सिद्धान्तशिखामणि (शिवयोगी रेणुकाचार्य - वीरशैव षट्स्थल दर्शन एवं शक्तिविशिष्टाद्वैत महाग्रन्थ)

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
अभिन्नः परमात्मेति महाकाशस्थलं विदुः ।।६५।।
यथा न भिन्नमाकाशं घटेषु च मठेषु च।
तथाण्डेषु पिण्डेषु स्थितो ह्यात्मा न भिद्यते ।।६६।।
The great ether, contained in the body (piṇḍāṇḍa) and
the world (brahmāṇḍa) is not different; in the same way,
Paramātman is not different from Jīvātman and this is known
as “Mahākāśasthala”. (65) Just as the ether is not different
in the pots and the monasteries, so the Ātman residing in the
worlds and the bodies, does not differ. (66)
अनिर्देश्यमनौपम्यमवाङ्मानसगोचरम्।
सर्वतोमुखसम्पन्नं सप्तानन्दं चिदात्मकम् ।।६७।।
कालातीतं कलातीतं क्रमयोगादिवर्जितम्।
स्वानुभूतिप्रमाणस्थं ज्योतिषामुदयस्थलम् ।।६८।।
शिवाख्यं परमं ब्रह्म परमाकाशलक्षणम्।
लिङ्गमित्युच्यते सद्भिर्यद्विना न जगत्स्थितिः ।।६९।।
This Paraśiva, the Supreme Brahman, who is depicted
as the Supreme Ether, who is indescribable, who is without
any comparison, who is beyond the range of speech and
mind, who is endowed with all round vision, who is reality
and bliss, who is supreme consciounsess, who transcends
time, who transcends all the “kalās” (instants), who is not
subjected to any order of modifications, who is evident
through self-realisation and who is the source of all the
luminaries, is said to be the “Mahāliṅga” by the wise.
Without that Mahāliṅga (Mahākāśa) the universe cannot
exist. (67-69)
परमाकाशमव्यक्तं प्रबोधानन्दलक्षणम्।
लिङ्गं ज्योतिर्मयं प्राहुर्लीयन्ते यत्र योगिनः ।।७०।।
संविदेव परा काष्ठा परमानन्दरूपिणी।
तामाहुः परमाकाशं मुनयो मुक्तसंशयाः ।।७१।।
The Supreme Ether, which is unmanifest, which is
characterised by intelligence and bliss, is called as the Liṅga
consisting in brilliance, wherin the Yogins merge. (70) The
divine consciousness which is of the nature of supreme bliss,
is the highest point. That is said to be the Supreme Ether by
the Yogins who are relieved of all doubts. (71)
तरङ्गादि यथा सिन्धोः स्वरूपान्नातिरिच्यते।
तथा शिवाच्चिदाकाशाद् विश्वमेतन्न भिद्यते ।।७२।।
Just as the waves, etc., of the ocean do not differ from
the nature of the ocean, so does this world not differ from
Śiva, the Supreme Ether. (72)
यथा पुष्पपलाशादि वृक्षरूपान्न भिद्यते।
तथा शिवात् पराकाशाज्जगतो नास्ति भिन्नता ।।७३।।
Just as the flowers, leaves, etc., do not differ from the
form of the tree, so this world has no difference from Śiva,
the Supreme Ether. (73)
यथा ज्योतींषि भासन्ते भूताकाशे पृथक्पृथक्।
तथा भान्ति पराकाशे ब्रह्माण्डानि विशेषतः ।।७४।।
Just as the luminaries shine separately in the elemental
ether, so in the Supreme Ether (i. e., Śiva) the worlds appear
separately. (74)
निरस्तोपाधिसम्बन्धं निर्मलं संविदात्मकम्।
पराकाशं जगच्चित्रविलासालम्बभित्तिकाम् ।।७५।।
The Supreme Ether (i.e., Paraśiva), which is bereft of
all the relation with external adjuncts and which is of the
nature of pure consciousness, is the canvas for painting the