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164 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi | Controversy regarding text of S.S. 165
स एव तुर्यः परिकीर्तितोऽसौ
संविद्विपाकाच्छरणाभिधानः ।।४८।।
इति श्रीमत्षट्स्थलब्रह्मिणा शिवयोगिनामा
(रेणुकाचार्येण) विरचिते श्रीसिद्धान्तशिखामणौ
प्राणलिङ्गिनः पञ्चस्थलप्रसङ्गो नाम
द्वादशः परिच्छेदः समाप्तः ।।१२।।
He (the Prāṇaliṅgin) himself who is endowed with the
efficiency in the practices such as Prāṇaliṅgārcana (worship
of the Prāṇaliṅga with abstract materials of worship) and
who has a mature conception of Śiva as his Self, is called as
the ‘Turya’, the fourth one (in the order from Bhakta, etc.),
gets the designation of Śaraṇa by virtue of his maturity in
spirtual experience. (48)
Here ends the twelfth chapter dealing with the five Sthalas of the Prāṇaliṅgin in the
Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi written by Śivayogin who is endowed with the experience of Brahman realised through the path of Ṣaṭsthala. (12)
त्रयोदशः परिच्छेदः
शरणस्य चतुर्विधस्थलप्रसङ्गः
अथअगस्त्यप्रश्नः। अगस्त्य उवाचेति —
माहेश्वरः प्रसादीति प्राणलिङ्गीति बोधितः।
कथमेष समादिष्टः पुनः शरणसंज्ञकः ।।१।।
Then comes Agastya’s question, i.e., Agastya says —
I am given an instruction about the Māheśvara and the
Prasādin and about the Prāṇaliṅgin. How is it that this
Prāṇaliṅgin is said to be Śaraṇa again? (1)
अङ्गलिङ्गी ज्ञानरूपः सती ज्ञेयः शिवः पतिः।
यत्सौख्यं तत्समावेशे तद्वान् शरणनामवान् ।।२।।
The Prāṇaliṅgin who has realised the communion of
Aṅga and Liṅga and whose natural state is that of Śiva’s
knowledge, should regard himself as a Satī (devoted wife)
and Śiva as Pati (lord or husband). He who experiences that
bliss in such an intimacy, is called as Śaraṇa. (2)
स्थलमेतत्समाख्यातं चतुर्धा धर्मभेदतः।
आदौ शरणमाख्यातं ततस्तामसवजर्नम् ।।३।।
ततो निर्देशमुद्दिष्टं शीलसम्पादनं ततः।
क्रमाल्लक्षणमेतेषां कथयामि निशाम्यताम् ।।४।।
This Sthala (Śaraṇasthala) is said to be fourfold on the
basis of the differences in distinctive features in it. They are:

1. Śaraṇasthala, 2. Tāmasanirasanasthala, 3. Nirdeśasthala
   and 4. Śīlasampādanasthala. Listen, I shall tell you about
   their special features in due order.(3-4)
   सतीव रमणे यस्तु शिवे शक्तिं विभावयन्।
   तदन्यविमुखः सोऽयं ज्ञातः शरणनामवान् ।।५।।
   He who contemplates on his Self as Śakti (the spiritual
   spouse) to Śiva as a chaste wife to her beloved husband and
   who is averse to other deities, is known by the name of
   Śaraṇa. (5)
   परिज्ञाते शिवे साक्षात् को वाऽन्यमभिकाङ्क्षति।
   निधाने महति प्राप्ते कः काचं याचतेऽन्यतः ।।६।।