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

84 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
अष्टमः परिच्छेदः
Aṣṭamaḥ Paricchedaḥ
पञ्चाक्षरीजपप्रसङ्गः
Pañcākṣarījapaprasaṅgaḥ
धृतश्रीभूतिरुद्राक्षः प्रयतो लिङ्गधारकः।
जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरीविद्यां शिवतत्त्वप्रबोधिनीम्॥१॥
dhṛtaśrībhūtirudrākṣaḥ prayato liṅgadhārakaḥ |
japetpañcākṣarīvidyāṃ śivatattvaprabodhinīm ||1||
He who has worn Bhasma and Rudrākṣas, who has been
endowed with self-restraint and who has borne the Liṅga,
should perform 'japa' with Pañcākṣarīmantra, which reveals
the principle of Śiva (i.e., of his Self as Śiva). (1)
शिवतत्त्वात् परं नास्ति यथा तत्त्वान्तरं महत्।
तथा पञ्चाक्षरीमन्त्रान्नास्ति मन्त्रान्तरं महत्॥२॥
śivatattvāt paraṃ nāsti yathā tattvāntaraṃ mahat |
tathā pañcākṣarīmantrānnāsti mantrāntaraṃ mahat ||2||
Just as there is no greater principle than the principle of
Śiva, so is no greater Mantra than Pañcākṣara-mantra (2)
ज्ञाते पञ्चाक्षरीमन्त्रे किं वा मन्त्रान्तरैः फलम्।
ज्ञाते शिवे जगन्मूले किं फलं देवतान्तरैः॥३॥
jñāte pañcākṣarīmantre kiṃ vā mantrāntaraiḥ phalam |
jñāte śive jaganmūle kiṃ phalaṃ devatāntaraiḥ ||3||
When the Pañcākṣarīmantra is known, what is the use
of other Mantras? When Śiva, who is the source of the world,
is known, what is the use of other deities? (3)
2. Śaivāgamas : (9) Pāśupatāgama 85
सप्तकोटिषु मन्त्रेषु मन्त्रः पञ्चाक्षरो महान्।
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिवेवेषु यथा शम्भुर्महत्तरः॥४॥
saptakoṭiṣu mantreṣu mantraḥ pañcākṣaro mahān |
brahmaviṣṇvādideveṣu yathā śambhurmahattaraḥ ||4||
Among the seven crore great Mantras, the Pañcākṣarī
mantra is the best, just as Śambhu is the greatest among the
gods, Brahman, Viṣṇu, etc. (4)
अशेषजगतां हेतुः परमात्मा महेश्वरः।
तस्य वाचकमन्त्रोऽयं सर्वमन्त्रैककारणम्॥५॥
aśeṣajagatāṃ hetuḥ paramātmā maheśvaraḥ |
tasya vācakamantro'yaṃ sarvamantraikakāraṇam ||5||
Maheśvara, the Supreme Soul, is the cause of the entire
worlds and this Mantra expressive of him, is the sole cause of
all Mantras. (5)
तस्याभिधानमन्त्रोऽयमभिधेयश्च स स्मृतः।
अभिधानाभिधेयत्वान्मन्त्रात् सिद्धः परः शिवः॥६॥
tasyābhidhānamantro'yamabhidheyaśca sa smṛtaḥ |
abhidhānābhidheyatvānmantrāt siddhaḥ paraḥ śivaḥ ||6||
This Mantra (Pañcākṣarī) is the one that denotes him
(Śiva) and he (Śiva) is known to be denoted by it. Due to the
relation of the denoted and the denotation, Paraśiva is evident
from the Mantra. (6)
नमःशब्दं वदेत्पूर्वं शिवायेति ततः परम्।
मन्त्रः पञ्चाक्षरो ह्येष सर्वश्रुतिशिरोगतः॥७॥
namaḥ śabdaṃ vadetpūrvaṃ śivāyeti tataḥ param |
mantraḥ pañcākṣaro hyeṣa sarvaśrutiśirogataḥ ||7||
The word 'namaḥ' (salutations) should be uttered first
and then the word 'śivāya' (to Śiva). This is the Pañcākṣara
(five-lettered) Mantra which is at the head of all Śrutis. (7)