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

A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
सप्तमः परिच्छेदः
Saptamaḥ Paricchedaḥ
विभूतिरुद्राक्षधारणप्रसङ्गः
Vibhūtirudrākṣadhāraṇaprasaṅgaḥ
भस्मधारणसंयुक्तः पवित्रो नियताशयः ।
शिवाभिधानं यत्प्रोक्तं भासनाद्भसितं तथा ।। १ ।।
महाभस्मेति सञ्चिन्त्य महादेवं प्रभामयम् ।
वर्तन्ते ये महाभागा मुख्यास्ते भस्मधारिणः ।। २ ।।
atha bhasmadhraṇasthalaṃ - 6
bhasmadhāraṇasaṃyuktaḥ pavitro niyatāśayaḥ |
śivābhidhānaṃ yatproktaṃ bhāsanādbhasitaṃ tathā || 1 ||
mahābhasmeti sañcintya mahādevaṃ prabhāmayam |
vartante ye mahābhāgā mukhyāste bhasmadhāriṇaḥ || 2 ||
He who is endowed with the application of Bhasma, is
pure and of controlled aspirations. Those blessed persons
who cherish the Mahādeva (Great God) full of resplendence
as the Mahābhasma, who is said to be Śiva by name and who
is likewise called ‘Bhasita’ due to shining (bhāsana), are the
foremost among those who apply the Bhasma. (1-2)
शिवाग्न्यादिसमुत्पन्नं मन्त्रन्यासादियोगतः ।
तदुपाधिकमित्याहुर्भस्मतन्त्रविशारदाः ।। ३ ।।
śivāgnyādisamutpannaṃ mantranyāsādiyogataḥ |
tadupādhikamityāhurbhasmatantraviśāradāḥ || 3 ||
That which is born from the fire sanctified by Śivamantra
to the accompaniment of Mantranyāsa, etc., is called as
‘Sopādhikabhasma’ by the experts in the art of preparing
Bhasma (or in the Śāstra pertaining to Bhasma). (3)
विभूतिर्भसितं भस्म क्षारं रक्षेति भस्मनः ।
एतानि पञ्चनामानि हेतुभिः पञ्चभिर्भृशम् ।। ४ ।।
vibhūtirbhasitaṃ bhasma kṣāraṃ rakṣeti bhasmanaḥ |
etāni pañcanāmāni hetubhiḥ pañcabhirbhṛśam || 4 ||
Vibhūti, Bhasita, Bhasma, Kṣāra and Rakṣā — these
are the five names of Bhasma often due to five reasons. (4)
विभूतिर्भूतिहेतुत्वाद् भसितं तत्त्वभासनात् ।
पापानां भर्त्सनाद्भस्म क्षरणात् क्षारमापदाम् ।।
रक्षणात् सर्वभूतेभ्यो रक्षेति परिगीयते ।। ५ ।।
vibhūtirbhūtihetutvād bhasitaṃ tattvabhāsanāt |
pāpānāṃ bhartsanādbhasma kṣaraṇāt kṣāramāpadām ||
rakṣaṇāt sarvabhūtebhyo rakṣeti parigīyate || 5 ||
It is called ‘Vibhūti’ because it is the cause for prosper-
ity, ‘Bhasita’ because it reveals the spiritual truth,
‘Bhasma’because it threatens away sins, ‘Kṣāra’ because it
makes all the adversities to flow away and ‘Rakṣā’ because it
protects from all evil beings. (5)
नन्दा भद्रा च सुरभिः सुशीला सुमनास्तथा ।
पञ्च गावो विभोर्जाताः सद्योजातादिवक्त्रतः ।। ६ ।।
nandā bhadrā ca surabhiḥ suśīlā sumanāstathā |
pañca gāvo vibhorjātāḥ sadyojātādivaktrataḥ || 6 ||
Nandā, Bhadrā, Surabhi, Suśīlā and Sumanas - these are
the five cows born from the Lord’s faces, Sadyojāta, etc.,
respectively. (6)
कपिला कृष्णा च धवला धूम्रा रक्ता तथैव च ।
नन्दादीनां गवां वर्णाः क्रमेण परिकीर्तिताः ।। ७ ।।
kapilā kṛṣṇā ca dhavalā dhūmrā raktā tathaiva ca |
nandādīnāṃ gavāṃ varṇāḥ krameṇa parikīrtitāḥ || 7 ||
Tawny, black, white, grey and red are said to be the
colours of the cows, Nandā, etc., respectively. (7)