कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

वह्निस्संहारिणी शक्तिः पाशानां भस्मसात्करी ॥ ३३७
प्रकाशिका पदार्थानां महामायोर्ध्व वर्तिनाम्।
नागोपधृष्टा शक्तिस्सर्वेषां च विधायिका ॥ ३३८
पाशं पाशत्रयं विद्यान्मायाकर्म मलात्मकम्।
घण्टा नादात्मकं रूपं मन्त्रविग्रहबोधकम्॥ ३३९
अभयं सर्वलोकानां शक्तिर्वै परिपालिनी।
यद्भोग्येह्यात्मनः प्राप्तिस्तत्रैव नियमोऽङ्कुशम्॥ ३४०
एवं भूतस्वरूपाणि स्मर्यन्ते चायुधानि वै।

iccha jñānā kriyāśaktitrayanetrayutaṁ smaret॥ 335
candraḥ sarvajñatārūpaḥ daśahastāḥ diśo daśa|
triśūlaṁ triguṇaṁ proktaṁ sattā paraśurucyate॥ 336
khaḍgamīśapratāpaḥ syādvajraṁ durbhedyatā bhavet|
vahnissaṁhāriṇī śaktiḥ pāśānāṁ bhasmasātkarī॥ 337
prakāśikā padārthānāṁ mahāmāyordhva vartinām|
nāgopadhṛṣṭatā śaktissarveṣāṁ ca vidhāyikā॥ 338
pāśaṁ pāśatrayaṁ vidyānmāyākarma malātmakam|
ghaṇṭā nādātmakaṁ rūpaṁ mantravigrahabodhakam॥ 339
abhayaṁ sarvalokānāṁ śaktirvai paripālinī|
yadbhogyehyātmanaḥ prāptistvatraiva niyamo'ṅkuśam॥ 340
evaṁ bhūtasvarūpāṇi smaryante cāyudhāni vai|

His three eyes are to be considered as symbolizing the three powers- iccha, jnana and kriya; the cresecent
moon denotes His power of all-knowing; ten hands represent the ten directions; the trident denotes His
three qualities –sattva, rajas and tamas functioning in the pure realm; parasu denotes His nature of eterenal
existence; khadga represents His invincible prowess; vajra denotes His state of unshakable firmness; fire
denotes His destructive power, the power which incinerates the roots and knots of bondage and the
luminous power which illumines the objects of the worlds for the sake of those existing in the pure maya;
the naga denotes the power of supporting and sustatining everything and the power of disposing the things
allocated to all the beings; pasa denotes the three bonds- maya, karma and mala; the ghanta represents the
the nuture of basic sound which makes known the the form constituted of mantra; abhaya-mudra denotes
His power of protecting all the worlds; ankusa represents the power of regulating and meting out the
enjoyments obtainable to the souls according to their karmic fruits and controlling the souls to experience
only those pertaining to them. In this way, the weapons held in His ten hands should be understood as
representative of the power relevant to each of them.

ईशस्स्फटिकवन्मध्ये पूर्वे कुङ्कुमवन्नरः ॥ ३४१
दक्षिणेऽञ्जनवद्धोरः सौम्ये वामः कुसुमवत्।
चन्द्रांशुनिर्मलं सद्यं वक्त्रं पश्चिम दिग्गतम्॥ ३४२