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

124 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
name of Māheśvara. (9)
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां ब्रह्मादीनां महानिति।
बुद्धियोगात्तदासक्तो भक्तो माहेश्वरः स्मृतः।।१०।।
The devotee (Bhakta) who is attached to Śiva with the
firm conviction that he is the Great Lord of all the beings
such as Brahman, etc., is regarded as the Māheśvara. (10)
ब्रह्मादिदेवताजालं मोहितं मायया सदा।
अशक्तं मुक्तिदाने तु क्षयातिशयसंयुतम् ।।११।।
अनादिमुक्तो भगवानेक एव महेश्वरः।
मुक्तिदश्चेति यो वेद स वै माहेश्वरः स्मृतः ।।१२।।
The net-work of gods such as Brahman, etc., which is
ever infatuated by Māyāśakti and which is endowed with the
states of waning and waxing, is incapable of conferring
liberation. (11) He who knows that Maheśvara, who is free
from bondage from beginningless times, is alone the giver of
liberation, is regarded as the Māheśvara. (12)
क्षयातिशययुक्ता ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिसम्पदः।
तृणवन्मन्यते युक्त्या वीरमाहेश्वरः सदा।।१३।।
शब्दस्पर्शादिसम्पन्ने सुखलेशे तु निःस्पृहः।
शिवानन्दे समुत्कण्ठो वीरमाहेश्वरो भवेत् ।।१४।।
The Vīramāheśvara always considers with reason the
affluences of Brahman, Viṣṇu, etc., which are subject to
waning and waxing, as similar to a straw of grass. (13) The
Vīramāheśvara is indeed indifferent towards the small bit of
pleasure arising from the objects of senses such as sound,
touch, etc., and is full of longing for the bliss of Śiva. (14)

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The date of Śrīkara Bhā. 125
परस्त्रीसङ्गनिर्मुक्तः परद्रव्यपराङ्मुखः।
शिवार्थकार्यसम्पन्नः शिवागामपरायणः।।१५।।
शिवस्तुतिरसास्वादमोदमानमनाः शुचिः।
शिवोत्कर्षप्रमाणानां सम्पादनसमुद्यतः ।।१६।।
निर्ममो निरहङ्कारो निरस्तक्लेशपञ्जरः।
अस्पृष्टमदसम्बन्धो मात्सर्यावेशवर्जितः ।।१७।।
निरस्तमदनोन्मेषो निर्धूतक्रोधविप्लवः।
सदा सन्तुष्टहृदयः सर्वप्राणिहिते रतः।।१८।।
निवारणसमुद्योगी शिवकार्यविरोधिनाम्।
सहचारी सदाकालं शिवोत्कर्षाभिधायिभिः ।।१९।।
शिवापकर्षसम्प्राप्तौ प्राणत्यागेऽप्यशङ्कितः।
शिवैकनिष्ठः सर्वात्मा वीरमाहेश्वरो भवेत् ।।२०।।
The Vīramāheśvara is averse to association with other’s
wives, not interested in other’s wealth, engaged in an activity
for the sake of Śiva, well-versed in Śivāgamas, endowed with
a mind which takes delight in relishing the sweetness of
Śiva’s praise, pure, engaged in collecting the evidences to
prove the the greatness of Śiva, without the notion of ‘me
and mine’, free from egoism, bereft of the cage of afflictions,
untouched by the tinge of infatuation, bereft of the influence
of jealousy, without the manifestation of eroticism, free from
the agitation due to anger, ever endowed with contented
heart, engaged in doing good to all beings, busy in the act of
averting those who are apposed to actions dedicated to Śiva,
always a close associate of those who speak of the greatness
of Śiva, not having any hesitation in giving up his life when
some insult is caused to Śiva, devoted to Śiva only and having