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

vedādyaṁ aparaṁ jñānaṁ paśupāśārtha darśakam|
yathā vilakṣaṇaṁ cakṣuḥ kṣapāyāṁ nṛbiḍālayoḥ|| 16
tathā vilakṣaṇaṁ jñānaṁ evametatparāparam|
The Sages, having been informed in this way, prostrated before the Lord, lying down on the
ground like a staff. Having ordered them to lift themselves up from the ground, Srikantha Siva
instructed this exceedingly superior Agama to them. “ In the beginning, the Scripture was
revealed in twofold way, in view of the difference observable in the competency of the fitting
recipients. The Scripture collectively known as Sivajnana Sastras was revealed in two different
streams called para and apara. These Scriptures reveal the exact nature of Pati(the Supreme
Protector) and the bound souls and ultimately make known the exact nature of transcendental
Parasiva. The Scriptures such as the Vedas belong to the category of apara. These Scriptures
reveal the nature of the bound souls and the bonds. Just as the eyes of human beings and the
cats are observed to be of different nature during the night time, even so these Scriptures
which are para and apara are recognized to be of different contents.
लौकिकं वैदिकं चैव तथाऽध्यात्मिकं एव च॥ १७
अतिमार्गं च मन्त्राख्यं तन्त्रमेतदनेकधा॥
सद्योवाम महाघोर पुरुषेशान मूर्तयः॥ १८
प्रत्येकं पञ्चवक्त्रास्स्युः तैरुक्तं लौकिकादिकम्।
पञ्चविंशति भेदेन स्रोतोभेदः प्रकीर्तितः॥ १९
laukikaṁ vaidikaṁ caiva tathā'dhyātmikaṁ eva ca|| 17
atimārgaṁ ca mantrākhyaṁ tantrametadanekadhā||
sadyovāma mahāghora puruṣeśāna mūrtayaḥ|| 18
pratyekaṁ pañcavaktrāssyuḥ tairuktaṁ laukikādikam|
pañcaviṁśati bhedena srotobhedaḥ prakīrtitaḥ|| 19
Laukika, Vaidika, Adyatmika, Atimarga and Mantra – in this way this scriptural revelation
became manifold. There are five faces - Sadyojata, Vama, Aghora, Tatpurusha and Isana .
Each face is with an appearance of five faces. The scriptures such as Laukika and others
were revealed by these five faces. Each face revealed 5 different scriptures. Thus, there
took place the revelation of 25 different scriptures.