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

! Look at the two letters between oandv: they are two is with dots on top! i i! There is no doubt that the print actually has māvāmalavinirmuktau mahimātiśavoiivalau! Wait, look at L22: śivatattvapariinānatiraskrtabhavāmavau ||29||Look atpariināna: it has two is with dots! Not jñ! Look at tiraskrtabhavāmavau: the last syllable is vau, not yau! Look at L25: nitvasiddhan nirtankau nirankuśaparākramau |Look atnitvasiddhan: it has vinstead ofy, and ninstead ofu! Look at L26: tādrśau tau mahābhāgau samviksva parameśvarah ||31||Look atsamviksva: it has vinstead ofy! Look at L45: ganesvaran renukadārukāvubhan- bothgaṇeśvarauandreṇukadārukāvubhauend withn, not u! Look at L46: viśvāsabhūtan navac

18 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
तृतीयः परिच्छेदः
कैलासवर्णनं रेणुकावतरणकारणं च
कदाचिदथ कैलासे कलधौतशिलामये ।
गन्धर्ववामनयना क्रीडामौक्तिकदर्पणे ।। १ ।।
मन्दारवकुलाशोकमाकन्दप्रायभूरुहे ।
मल्लीमरन्दनिष्यन्दपानपीनमधुव्रते ।। २ ।।
कुङ्कुमस्तबकामोदकूलङ्कषहरिन्मुखे ।
कलकण्ठकुलालापकन्दलद्रागबन्धुरे ।। ३ ।।
किन्नरीगीतमाधुर्यपरिवाहितगह्वरे ।
सानन्दवरयोगीन्द्रवृन्दालङ्कृतकन्दरे ।। ४ ।।
हेमारविन्दकलिकासुगन्धिरसमानसे ।
शातकुम्भमयस्तम्भशतोत्तुङ्गविराजिते ।। ५ ।।
माणिक्यदीपकलिकामरीचिद्योतितान्तरे ।
द्वारतोरणसंरूढशङ्खपद्मनिधिद्वये ।। ६ ।।
मुक्ताताराकितोदारवितानाम्बरमण्डिते ।
स्पर्शालक्षितवैडूर्यमयभित्तिपरम्परे ।। ७ ।।
सञ्चरत्प्रमथश्रेणीपदवाचालनूपुरे ।
प्रवालवलभीशृङ्गशृङ्गारमणिमण्टपे ।। ८ ।।
kadācidatha kailāse kaladhautaśilāmaye |
gandharvavāmanayanākrīḍāmauktikadarpaṇe || 1 ||
mandāravakulāśokamākandaprāyabhūruhe |
mallīmarandaniṣyandanapīnamadhuvrate || 2 ||
kuṅkumastabakāmodakūlaṅkaṣaharinmukhe |
kalakaṇṭhakulālāpakandaladrāgabandhure || 3 ||

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   kinnarīgītamādhuryaparivāhitagahvare |
   sānandavarayogīndravṛndālaṅkṛtakandare || 4 ||
   hemāravindakalikāsugandhirasamānase |
   śātakumbhamayastambhaśatottuṅgavirājite || 5 ||
   māṇikyadīpakalikāmarīcidyotitāntare |
   dvāratoranasaṁrūḍhaśaṅkhapadmanidhidvaye || 6 ||
   muktātārakitodāravitānāmbaramaṇḍite |
   sparśālakṣitavaiḍūryamayabhittiparamparē || 7 ||
   sañcaratpramathaśreṇīpadavācālanūpure |
   pravālavalabhīśṛṅgaśṛṅgāramaṇimaṇḍape || 8 ||
   Then once in the Kailāsa mountain, which was made up
   of silver - coloured rocks, which was the mirror studded with
   pearls for the sport of Gandharva damsels(1), which was full
   of various trees with the predominance of Mandāra (coral
   tree), Bakula, Aśoka and Mākanda (mango), which had the
   bees fattened by the drinking of honey oozing from jasmine
   flowers (2), which had the ends of all its quarters deeply
   wafted by the fragrance of the bunches of Kuṅkuma (red)
   flowers, which was charmingly filled with the acute melody
   of the cooings of the hosts of cuckoos (3), which had its caves
   overflowing with the sweetness of songs sung by the Kinnara
   damsels, which had its valleys adorned by the hosts of great
   Yogins such as Sānanda-gaṇeśa (4), which had the Mānasa
   lake rendered fragrant by the buds of the gold-hued lotuses,
   which shone with the loftiness of hundreds of pillars made up
   of gold (5), which had its interior illuminated by the rays of
   lamp-posts studded with jewels (māṇikya), which was rich
   with the double treasure of ‘Śaṅkha’ and ‘Padma’ inlaid in
   the arched door ways (6), which was adorned with the broad
   cloth of canopies starred (twinkling) with pearls, which had
   rows of walls that were studded with lapis lazuli which could
   be identified by touch only (7), which was filled with the noise
   of the anklets of the feet of the lines of the principal devotees
   who were wandering in it and which had a ceremonial tent

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20 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
(maṇṭapa) studded with the beautiful jewels at the top of the
mansion of coral stones(8), (there was a jewelled throne).
वन्दारुदेवमुकुटमन्दाररसवासितम्।
रत्नसिंहासनं दिव्यमध्यस्तं परमेश्वरम्।।९।।
तमास्थानगतं देवं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरम्।
त्रय्यन्तकमलारण्यविहारकलहंसकम्।।१०।।
उदारगुणमोंकारशुक्तिकैापुटमौक्तिकम्।
सर्वमङ्गलसौभाग्यसमुदायकेतनम्।।११।।
संसारविषमूर्च्छाल्लुजीवसञ्जीवनौषधम्।
नित्यप्रकाशनेर्मल्यकैवल्यसुरपादपम्।।१२।।
अनन्तपरमानन्दमकरन्दमधुव्रतम् ।
आत्मशक्तिलतापुष्यत्रिलोकीपुष्पकोरकम्।।१३।।
ब्रह्माण्डकुण्डिकाषण्डपिण्डीकरणपण्डितम्।
समस्तदेवताचक्रचक्रवर्तिपदे स्थितम् ।।१४।।
चन्द्रबिम्बायुतच्छायादायादद्युतिविग्रहम्।
माणिक्यमुकुटज्योतिर्मञ्जरीपिञ्जराम्बरम्।।१५।।
चूडालं सोमकलया सुकुमारबिसाभया।
कल्याणपुष्पकलिकाकर्णपूरमनोहरम्।।१६।।
मुक्तावलियसम्बद्धमुण्डमालाविरोजितम्।
पर्याप्तचन्द्रसौन्दर्यपरिपन्थिमुखश्रियम्।।१७।।
प्रातःसम्फुल्लकमलपरियायत्रिलोचनम्।
मन्दस्मितमितालापमधुराधरपल्लवम्।।१८।।
गण्डमण्डलपर्यन्तक्रीडन्मकरकुण्डलम्।
कालिमा कालकूटस्य कण्ठनाले कलङ्कितम्।।१९।।
मणिकङ्कणकेयूरमरीचिकरपल्लवैः।
चतुर्भिः संविराजन्तं बाहुमन्दारशाखिभिः।।२०।।
गौरीपयोधराश्लेषकृतार्थभुजमध्यमम्।

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   सुवर्णब्रह्मसूत्राङ्गं सूक्ष्मकौशेयवाससम्।।२१।।
   नाभिस्थानावलम्बिन्‍या नवमौक्तिकमालया।
   गङ्गयेव कृताश्लेषं मौलिभागावतीर्णया।।२२।।
   पदेन मणिमञ्जीरप्रभापल्लवितश्रिया।
   चन्द्रवत्स्फटिकं पीठं समावृत्य स्थितं पुरः।।२३।।
   vandārudevamukuṭamandārarasavāsitam |
   ratnasiṁhāsanaṁ divyamadhyastaṁ parameśvaram ||9||
   tamāsthānagataṁ devaṁ sarvalokamaheśvaram |
   trayyantakamalāraṇyavihārakalahaṁsakam ||10||
   udāraguṇamoṅkāraśuktikāpuṭamauktikam |
   sarvamaṅgalasaubhāgyasamudāyaniketanam ||11||
   saṁsāraviṣamūrcchalujīvasañjīvanauṣadham |
   nityaprakāśanairmalyakaivalyasurapādapam ||12||
   anantaparamānandamakarandamadhuvratam |
   ātmaśaktilatāpuṣpatrilokīpuṣpakorakam ||13||
   brahmāṇḍakuṇḍikāṣaṇḍapiṇḍīkaraṇapaṇḍitam |
   samastadevatācakracakravartipade sthitam ||14||
   candrabimbāyutacchāyādāyādadyutivigraham |
   māṇikyamukuṭajyotirmañjarīpiñjarāmbaram ||15||
   cūḍālaṁ somakalayā sukumārabisābhayā |
   kalyāṇapuṣpakalikākarṇapūramanoharam ||16||
   muktāvalayasambaddhamuṇḍamālāvīrāyitam |
   paryāptacandrasaundaryaparipanthimukhaśriyam ||17||
   prātaḥsamphullakamalaparyāyatrilocanam |
   mandasmitamitālāpamadhurādharapallavam ||18||
   gaṇḍamaṇḍalaparyantakrīḍanmakarakuṇḍalam |
   kālimnā kālakūtasva kanthanāle kalaṅkitam ||19||
   maṇikaṅkaṇakeyūramarīcikarapallavaiḥ |
   caturbhiḥ saṁvirājantaṁ bāhumandāraśākhibhiḥ ||20||

22 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
gaurīpayodharāśleṣakṛtārthabhujamadhyamam |
suvarṇabrahmasūtrāṅkaṁ sūkṣmakauśevavāsasam ||21||
nābhisthānāvalambinyā navamauktikamālayā |
gaṅgaveva kṛtāśleṣaṁ maulibhāgāvatīrṇavā ||22||
padena maṇimañjīraprahhāpallavitaśriyā |
candravatsphātikaṁ pīṭhaṁ samāvṛtva sthita purah ||23||
There on the jewelled divine throne, which was scented
with the juice of Mandāra flowers adorning the crowns of
gods offering salutations, sat Śiva the great Lord (9) who was
in that court of gods, who was the supreme master of all the
worlds, who was the royal swan taking a pleasure trip in lotus-
bed in the form of Vedānta (Upaniṣadic philosophy) (10),
who was of abundant virtues, who was the pearl of the oyster
in the form of ‘oṁkāra’ (oṁ - syllable), who was the abode of
the collection of all auspicious fortunes (11), who was the
reviving herb (sañjīvanauṣadha) for the beings falling into
swoon due to the poison of transmigration, who was shining
with eternal lustre, who was the divine tree (Kalpa tree)
granting emancipation (to those who surrendered to him)
(12), who was the bee enjoying abundant fragrance in the
form of infinite bliss, who had the buds in the form of the
three worlds emerging from the creeper in the form of his
inherent Śakti (13), who was the expert in bringing together
the flower-pots in the form of worlds, who stood in the position
of an emperor amidst the assembly of all gods (14), whose
body competed in lustre with a myriad orbs of moon, whose
attire was variegated in colour due to the clustre of lustres of
the nine jewels in his crown (15), who had adorned his crest
with the digit of moon which had the beauty of tender lotus
bulb, who was beautiful with the ear - ornaments made up of
auspicious flower - buds (16), who shone with the necklace
(muṇḍamālā) which was made up of rings of pearls, whose
face had the beauty that defeated the beauty of full moon
(17), whose three eyes represented the lotuses that bloomed
in the morning, whose sprout-like lower lip was charming

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   with a faint smile and less talk (18), whose crocodile-shaped
   ear-rings were sporting with his cheeks, who was blackened
   on his neck with the blackness of the ‘Kālakūṭa’ - poison (19),
   whose arms resembling Mandāra trees which had sproutlike
   four hands that were adorned with the rays of the jewelled
   bracelets and armlets, (20), whose bosom was blessed with
   the embrace of Gaurī’s breasts, who was marked with golden
   sacred thread, who had attired in fine silken dress (21), who
   with a fresh pearl necklace hanging down to his navel appeared
   as if he were embraced by Gaṅgā descending from his head
   (22) and who remained at the front portion of the throne by
   occupying the moonlike crystal foot-hold with his foot which
   had the sprouting lustre of jewelled anklets. (23)
   वामपार्श्वनिवासिन्या मङ्गलप्रियवेषया।
   समस्तलोकनिर्माणसमवायस्वरूपया ।।२४।।
   इच्छाज्ञानक्रियारूपबहुशक्तिविलासया।
   विद्यातत्त्वप्रकाशिन्या विनाभावविहीनया ।।२५।।
   संसारविषकान्तारदाहदावाग्निलॆखया।
   धम्मिल्लमल्लिकामोदझङ्कुर्वद्भृङ्गमालया ।।२६।।
   सम्पूर्णचन्द्रसौभाग्यसंवादिमुखपद्मया।
   नासामौक्तिकलावण्याशीरस्मितशोभया ।।२७।।
   मणित्ताटङ्करत्नान्तर्वलितापाङ्गलीलया।
   नेत्रद्वितयसौन्दर्यनिन्दितेन्दीवरत्विषा ।।२८।।
   कुसुमायुधकोदण्डकुटिलभ्रूविलासया।
   बन्धूककुसुमच्छायाबन्धुभूताधरश्रिया ।।२९।।
   कण्ठनालजितानङ्गकम्बुबिब्बोकसम्पदा।
   बाहुद्वितयसौभाग्यवञ्चितोत्पलमालया ।।३०।।
   स्थिरयौवनलावण्यशृङ्गारितशरीरया ।
   अत्यन्तकठिनोत्तुङ्गपीवरस्तनभारया ।।३१।।
   मृणालवल्लरीतन्तुबन्धुभूतावलग्नया ।

24 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
शृङ्गारतटिनीतुङ्गपुलिनश्रोणिभारया ।।३२।।
कुसुम्भकुसुमच्छायाकोमलाम्बरशोभया।
शृङ्गारोद्यानसंरम्भरम्भास्तम्भोरुकाण्डया ।।३३।।
चूतप्रवालसुषमासुकुमारपदाम्बज्या ।
स्थिरमङ्गलशृङ्गारभूषणालाङ्कृताङ्गया ।।३४।।
हारनूपुरकेयूरचमत्कृतशरीरया ।
चक्षुरानन्दलतया सौभाग्यकुलविद्यया ।।३५।।
उमया सममासीनं लोकजालकुटुम्बया।
अपूर्वरूपमभजन् परिवाराः समन्ततः ।।३६।।
vāmapārśvanivāsinyā maṅgalapriyaveṣayā |
samastalokanirmānasamavāyasvarūpavā ||24||
icchājñānakriyārūpabahuśaktivilāsayā |
vidvātattvaprakāśinvā vinābhāvavihīnavā ||25||
saṁsāraviṣakāntāradāhadāvāgnilekhayā |
dhammillamallikāmodahaṅkurvadbhṛṅgamālavā ||26||
sampūrṇacandrasaubhāgyasaṁvādīmukhapadmayā |
nāsāmauktikalāvanvaśirasmitāśobhavā ||27||
maṇitāṭaṅkaraṅgāntarvalitāpāṅgalīlayā |
netradvitavasaunḍarvaninditendīvaratviṣā ||28||
kusumāyudhakodaṇḍakuṭilābhrūvilāsayā |
bandhūkakusumacchāvābandhubhūtā'dharaśrivā ||29||
kaṇṭhanālajitānaṅgakambubhibbokasampadā |
bāhudvitayasaubhāgyavañcitotpalamālavā ||30||
sthiravauvanalāvanyaśṛṅgāritaśarīravā |
atvantakanthinottuṅgapīvarastanabhāravā ||31||
mṛṇālavallarītantubandhubhūtāvalagnayā |
śṛṅgāratatinītuṅgapulināśronibhāravā ||32||
kusumbhakusumacchāyākomalāmbaraśobhavā |
śṛṅgārodvānasaṁrambharambhāstambhorukndavā ||33||
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cūtapravālasuṣumāsukumārapadābjayā |
sthiramaṅgalaśṛṅgārabhūṣanālaṅkṛtāṅgavā ||34||
hāranūpurakeyūracamatkṛtaśarīrayā |
cakṣurānandalatavā saubhāgvakulavidvavā ||35||
umayā samamāsīnaṁ lokajālakuṭumbayā |
apūrvarūpamabhaian parivārāḥ samantatah ||36||
With Umā (36) who sat by his (Śiva's) left side, who
was decked in an auspicious and pleasing dress, who was of
the form of the material cause for the creation of all the worlds
(24), who displayed her many powers as Icchāśakti, Jñānaśakti
and Kriyāśakti, who revealed the 'Śuddhavidyātattva', who
was ever without separation from Śiva (25), who was the row
of forest-fire to burn the poisonous forest in the form of
transmigration, who had the swarms of bees humming with
the fragrance of the fully-blown jasmine flowers (26), whose
face-lotus was a match to the beauty of the full moon, who
had the beauty of her smile strewn with excessive loveliness
of the pearls in the nose-ornament (27), whose side glances
sportively danced on the stage in the form of the jewelled
ear-ornaments, who looked down on the colour of the blue
lotuses with the beauty of her two eyes (28), who was en-
dowed with the grace of eye-brows curved like the bow of
cupid with floral weapons (arrows), whose lower lip had the
(red) beauty related to the beauty of the Bandhūka flowers
(29), whose neck defeated cupid's victory conch and its voice,
who with the beauty of her two arms hoodwinked the garland
of Utpala flowers (30), whose body was adorned with the
loveliness of permanent youth, who was heavy with her
extremely hard, rising and bulging breasts (31), whose waist
was matched with the fibre of the lotus stalk, who was heavy
with the hip region resembling the raised sand of the river in
the form of love (32), who shone with the dress which was
lovely and tender like the Kusumbha flowers, whose tapering
thighs looked like the plantain trees adorning the garden of
love (33), whose lotus - like feet were as charming and soft as

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the mango sprouts, whose limbs were adorned with very
charming ornaments which were firm and auspicious (34),
whose body was sparkling with necklaces, anklets and armlets,
who was the creeper of joy to the eyes, who was the noble
lore of beauty (35) and who had the entire net - work of
worlds as her family, Śiva sat. Him who had such an
unparallelled form, the retinue all round adored with praises.
(36)
पुण्डरीकाकृति स्वच्छं पूर्णचन्द्रसहोदरम् ।
दधौ तस्य महालक्ष्मीः सितमातपवारणम् ।। ३७ ।।
puṇḍarīkākṛtiṃ svacchaṃ pūrṇacandrasahodaram |
dadhau tasya mahālakṣmīḥ sitamātapavāraṇam || 37 ||
Mahālakṣmī held for him the white umbrella which was
of the form of white lotus, which was bright and which
resembled the full moon. (37)
तन्त्रीझङ्कारशालिन्या सङ्गीतामृतविद्यया ।
उपतस्थे महादेवमुपान्ते च सरस्वती ।। ३८ ।।
tantrījhaṅkāraśālinyā saṅgītāmṛtavidyayā |
upatasthe mahādevamupānte ca sarasvatī || 38 ||
Sarasvatī served near the Great Lord with nectarous
singing which was accompanied by the twang of the lute. (38)
झणत्कङ्कणजातेन हस्तेनोपनिषद्वधूः ।
ओंकारतालवृन्तेन वीजयामास शङ्करम् ।। ३९ ।।
jhaṇatkaṅkaṇajātena hastenopaniṣadvadhūḥ |
oṃkāratālavṛntena vījayāmāsa śaṅkaram || 39 ||
The damsel in the form of Upaniṣad was rendering
fanning service to Śaṅkara with the palmyra fan in the form
of “ Oṃkāra” held in her hand adorned with the jingling
bracelets. (39)
चलच्चामरिकाहस्ता झङ्कुर्वन्मणिकङ्कणाः ।
आसेवन्त तमीशानमभितो दिव्यकन्यकाः ।। ४० ।।

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calaccāmarikāhastā jhaṅkurvanmaṇikaṅkaṇāḥ |
āsevanta tamīśānamabhito divyakanyakāḥ || 40 ||
The divine damsels who held the waving chowries in their
hands and who were adorned with the jingling jewelled
bracelets, were rendering service all around to Śiva, the Lord.
(40)
चामराणां विलोलानां मध्ये तन्मुखमण्डलम्।
रराज राजहंसानां भ्रमतामिव पङ्कजम् ।। ४१ ।।
cāmarāṇāṃ vilolānāṃ madhye tanmukhamaṇḍalam |
rarāja rājahaṃsānāṃ bhramatāmiva paṅkajam || 41 ||
In the midst of the waving chowries, his round face shone
like a lotus amidst the encircling royal swans. (41)
मन्त्रेण तमसेवन्त वेदाः साङ्गविभूतयः ।
भक्त्या चूडामणिं कान्तं वहन्त इव मौलिभिः ।। ४२ ।।
mantreṇa tamasevanta vedāḥ sāṅgavibhūtayaḥ |
bhaktyā cūḍāmaṇiṃ kāntaṃ vahanta iva maulibhiḥ || 42 ||
Bearing him as their charming crest jewel as it were on
their heads, the Vedas along with their accessories (aṅgas)
rendered service to him devotedly through ‘mantras’ (hymns
of praise). (42)
तदीयायुधधारिण्यस्तत्समानविभूषणाः ।
अङ्गभूताःस्त्रियः काश्चिदासेवन्त तमीश्वरम् ।। ४३ ।।
tadīyāyudhadhāriṇyastatsamānavibhūṣaṇāḥ |
aṅgabhūtāḥstriyaḥ kāścidāsevanta tamīśvaram || 43 ||
Some damsels who were of the forms of Vedāṅgas,
who were holding their weapons and who were adorned with
ornaments similar to their ornaments, served him, the
Lord. (43)
आप्ताधिकारिणः केचिदनन्तप्रमुखा अपि ।
अष्टौ विद्येश्वरा देवमभजन्त समन्ततः ।। ४४ ।।

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āptādhikāriṇaḥ kecidanantapramukhā api ।
aṣṭau vidyeśvarā devamabhajanta samantataḥ ॥44॥
The eight Vidyeśvaras, Ananta, etc., who were the close
confidants of Śiva served the God all around. (44)
ततो नन्दी महाकालश्चण्डो भृङ्गी रिटिस्ततः ।
घण्टाकर्णः पुष्पदन्तः कपाली वीरभद्रकः ॥४५॥
एवमाद्या महाभागा महाबलपराक्रमाः ।
निरङ्कुशमहासत्त्वा भेजिरे तं महेश्वरम् ॥४६॥
tato nandī mahākālaścaṇḍo bhṛṅgī riṭistataḥ ।
ghaṇṭākarṇaḥ puṣpadantaḥ kapālī vīrabhadrakaḥ ॥45॥
evamādyā mahābhāgā mahābalaparākramāḥ ।
niraṅkuśamahāsattvā bhejire taṁ maheśvaram ॥46॥
Then Nandin, Mahākāla, Caṇḍa, Bhṛṅgin, Riṭi,
Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Puṣpadanta, Kapālin and Vīrabhadra — such
blessed ones, who were endowed with great power and
prowess and who were of uncontrolled great strength, served
the Great Lord. (45-46)
अणिमादिकमैश्वर्यं येषां सिद्धेरपोहनम् ।
ब्रह्मादयः सुरा येषामाज्ञाल्लङ्घनभीरवः ॥४७॥
मोक्षलक्ष्मीपरिष्वङ्गमुदिता येऽन्तरात्मना ।
येषामीषत्करं विश्वसर्गसंहारकल्पनम् ॥४८॥
ज्ञानशक्तिः परा येषां सर्ववस्तुप्रकाशिनी ।
आनन्दकणिका येषां हरिब्रह्मादिसम्पद् ॥४९॥
आकाङ्क्षन्ते पदं येषां योगिनो योगतत्पराः ।
काङ्क्षणीयफलो येषां सङ्कल्पः कल्पपादपः ॥५०॥
कर्मकालादिकार्यण्यचिन्ता येषां न विद्यते ।
येषां विक्रमसन्नाहा मृत्योरपि च मृत्यवः ॥
ते सारूप्यपदं प्राप्ताः प्रमथा भेजिरे शिवम् ॥५१॥
aṇimādikamaiśvaryaṁ yeṣāṁ siddherapohanam ।
brahmādayaḥ surā yeṣāmājñālaṅghanabhīravaḥ ॥47॥

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mokṣalakṣmīpariṣvaṅgamuditā ye'ntarātmanā ।
yeṣāmīṣatkaraṁ viśvasargasaṁhārakalpanam ॥48॥
jñānaśaktiḥ parā yeṣāṁ sarvavastuprakāśinī ।
ānandakaṇikā yeṣāṁ haribrahmādisampadaḥ ॥49॥
ākāṅkṣante padaṁ yeṣāṁ yogino yogatatparāḥ ।
kāṅkṣaṇīyaphalo yeṣāṁ saṅkalpaḥ kalpapādapaḥ ॥50॥
karmakālādikārpaṇyacintā yeṣāṁ na vidyate ।
yeṣāṁ vikramasaṇṇāhā mṛtyorapi ca mṛtyavaḥ ॥
te sārūpyapadaṁ prāptāḥ pramathā bhejire śivam ॥51॥
Those Pramathas (the first devotees) before whose extra-
ordinary power the superhuman powers such as Aṇiman, etc.,
were nothing, whose order the gods Brahman, etc., were afraid
of transgressing (47), who were in their hearts delighted with
the embrace of the damsel of Mukti, to whom the creation
and annihilation of the universe was a simple job (48), whose
supreme power of knowledge was such as to reveal all the
objects, in whose case the wealth of Viṣṇu, Brahman, etc.,
was but particles of bliss (49), whose status was aspired by
the Yogins who were engaged in Yoga, whose resolve was the
Kalpa tree bestowing all the desired fruits (50), in whose case
there was no worry of the shortcomings in respect of fruits of
action, time, desire, etc., the attempts of whose valour were
occasions of death even for the God of death and who had
attained the state of 'sārūpya' (oneness of form with Śiva),
served Śiva. (51)
ब्रह्मोपेन्द्रमहेन्द्राद्या विश्वतन्त्राधिकारिणम् ।
आयुधालङ्कृतप्रान्ताः परितस्तं सिषेविरे ॥५२॥
brahmopendramahendrādyā viśvatantrādhikāriṇam ।
āyudhālaṅkṛtaprāntāḥ paritastaṁ siṣevire ॥52॥
Brahman, Viṣṇu, Indra, etc., who had formed into rows
adorning themselves with weapons, served all around him,
who had the authority of world-creation. (52)

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आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा यक्षगन्धर्वकिन्नराः।
दानवा राक्षसा दैत्याः सिद्धा विद्याधरोरगाः ।।
अभजन्त महादेवमपरिच्छिन्नसैनिकाः ।।५३।।
ādityā vasavo rudrā yakṣagandharvakinnarāḥ |
dānavā rākṣasā daityāḥ siddhā vidyādharoragāḥ ||
abhajanta mahādevamaparicchinnasainikāḥ || 53 ||
Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras,
Dānavas, Rākṣasas, Daityas, Siddhas, Vidyādharas and
serpents were rendering service to the Great Lord with all
their army. (53)
वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च पुलस्त्यागस्त्यशौनकाः ।
दधीचिर्गौतमश्चैव सानन्दशुकनारदाः ।।५४।।
उपमन्युर्भृगुव्यासपाराशरमरीचयः ।
इत्याद्या मुनयः सर्वे नीलकण्ठं निषेविरे ।।५५।।
vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca pulastyāgastyaśaunakḥ |
dadhīcirgautamaścaiva sānandaśukanāradāḥ || 54 ||
upamanyubhṛguvyāsapārāśaramarīcayaḥ |
ityādyā munayaḥ sarve nīlakaṇṭhaṃ siṣevire || 55 ||
Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, Pulastya, Agastya, Śaunaka,
Dadhīci, Gautama, Sānanda, Śuka, Nārada, Upamanyu,
Bhṛgu, Vyāsa, Pārāśara, Marīci, these and other sages
rendered service to Śiva. (54-55)
पार्श्वस्थपरिवाराणां विमलाङ्गेषु बिम्बितः।
सर्वान्तर्गतमात्मानं स रेजे दर्शयन्निव ।।५६।।
pārśvasthaparivārāṇāṃ vimalāṅgeṣu bimbitaḥ |
sarvāntargatamātmānaṃ sa reje darśayanniva || 56 ||
Having been reflected in the clear bodies of the
servants standing by his sides, the Lord shone as if to show
himself as residing in all. (56)

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क्षणं स शम्भुर्देवानां कार्यभागं निरूपयन् ।
क्षणं गन्धर्वराज्ञानां गानविद्यां विभावयन् ।।५७।।
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिभिर्देवैः क्षणमालापमाचरन् ।
क्षणं देवमृगाक्षीणां लालयन्नृत्यविभ्रमम् ।।५८।।
व्यासादीनां क्षणं कुर्वन् वेदोच्चारेषु गौरवम् ।
विदधानः क्षणं देव्या मुखे बिम्बाधरे दृशः ।।५९।।
हास्यनृत्यं क्षणं पश्यन् भृङ्गिणा परिकल्पितम् ।
नन्दिना वेत्रहस्तेन सर्वतन्त्राधिकारिणा ।।६०।।
अमुञ्चता सदा पार्श्वमात्माभिप्रायवेदिना ।
चोदितान् वासयन् कांश्चिद्विसृजन् भ्रूविलासत: ।।
सम्भावयंस्तथा चान्यानन्यानपि नियमयन् ।।६१।।
समस्तभुवनाधीशमौलिलालितशासनः ।
अकुण्ठशक्तिरव्याजालावण्यललिताकृतिः ।। ६ २ ।।
स्थिरयौवनसौरभ्यशृङ्गारितकलेवरः ।
आत्मशक्त्यमृतास्वादरसोल्लासितमानसः ।। ६ ३ ।।
स्वाभाविकमहैश्वर्यविश्रामपरमावधिः ।
निष्कल्लङ्कमहासत्त्वनिर्मितानेकविग्रहः ।। ६ ४ ।।
अखण्डारातिदोर्दण्डकण्डूखण्डनपण्डितः ।
चिन्तामणिः प्रपन्नानां श्रीकण्ठः परमेश्वरः ।। ६ ५ ।।
kṣaṇaṁ sa śambhurdevānāṁ kāryabhāgaṁ nirūpayan |
kṣaṇaṁ gandharvarājānāṁ gānavidyāṁ vibhāvayan || 57 ||
brahmaviṣṇvādibhirdevaiḥ kṣaṇamālāpamācaran |
kṣaṇaṁ devamṛgākṣīṇāṁ lālayannṛtyavibhramam || 58 ||
vyāsādīnāṁ kṣaṇaṁ kurvan vedoccāreṣu gauravam |
vidadhānaḥ kṣaṇaṁ devyā mukhe bimbādhare dṛśaḥ || 59 ||
hāsyanṛtyaṁ kṣaṇaṁ paśyan bhṛṅgiṇā parikalpitam |
nandinā vetrahastena sarvatantrādhikāriṇā || 60 ||

vsद्यो: Wait, dthenywith an acute accent or dot? No, it'sd y o t a y a n n i d a m a b r a v ī t! Wait, is it a y? Let's look at the bottom of the letter in dyotayan: The first letter is d. Then the next letter: does it have a descender? Wait, look at renukam: r e n u k a m. Wait, look at ullaṅghva: is that a yor av? Wait! In ullaṅghya: u l l a ṅ g h y a! Wait, look at the letter after h: it has a diagonal line down to the left, which is... a y! Wait! Why did it look like a vearlier? Let's re-examine: Look atullaṅghva: in ullaṅghya, the letter is y! Wait, let's look at lokanāthasya: l o k a n ā t h a s y a! Wait, look at sya: is that sfollowed byy? Wait! Look at syinlokanāthasya: The letter after s` has a right stem and a left diagonal... wait, does it have a

34 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
re re reṇuka durbuddhe kathameṣa tvayā'dhunā |
ullaṅghitaḥ sabhāmadhye mama bhakto hi drukaḥ ||69||
laṅghanaṁ mama bhaktānāṁ paramānarthakāraṇam |
āyuḥ śriyaṁ kulaṁ kīrtiṁ nihanti hi śarīriṇām ||70||
“O ill-witted Reṇuka, how is it that my devotee Dāruka
has been transgressed by you in the midst of the assembly?
(69) Crossing over my devotees is the cause of great disaster.
It takes away the length of life, wealth, continuity of family
and fame of the human beings. (70)
मम भक्तमवज्ञाय मार्कण्डेयं पुरा यमः।
मत्पादताडनादासीत् स्मरणीयकलेवरः।।७१।।
mama bhaktamavajñāya mārkaṇḍeyaṁ purā yamaḥ |
matpādatāḍanādāsīt smaraṇīyakalevaraḥ ||71||
“After insulting my devotee Mārkaṇḍeya, once upon a
time, Yama had only the reminiscence of his body due to
kicking by my foot. (71)
भृगोश्च शङ्कुकर्णस्य मम भक्तिमतोस्तयोः ।
कृत्वानिष्टमभूद् विष्णुर्विकेशो दशयोनिभाक् ।।७२।।
bhṛgośca śaṅkukarṇasya mama bhaktimatostayoḥ |
kṛtvāniṣṭamabhūd viṣṇurvikeśo daśayonibhāk ||72||
“Having done wrong to two of my devotees called Bhṛgu
and Śaṅkukarṇa, Viṣṇu became bald and suffered ten births
(incarnations). (72)
मद्भक्तेन दधीचेन कृत्वा युद्धं जनार्दनः।
भग्नचक्रायुधः पूर्वं पराभवमुपागमत् ।। ७३ ।।
madbhaktena dadhīcena kṛtvā yuddhaṁ janārdanaḥ |
bhagnacakrāyudhaḥ pūrvaṁ parābhavamupāgamat ||73||
“Having fought against my devotee Dadhīca, in the past,
Viṣṇu suffered defeat with his disc having been broken. (73)
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कृताश्वमेधो दक्षोऽपि मद्भक्तांश्च गणेश्वरान्।
अवमत्य सभामध्ये मेषवक्त्रोऽभवत् पुरा।।७४।।
kṛtāśvamedho dakṣo'pi madbhaktāṁśca gaṇeśvarān |
avamatya sabhāmadhye meṣavaktro'bhavat purā ||74||
“In days of yore, even Dakṣa, who had performed
Aśvamedha sacrifice, had to become goat-faced after having
insulted my devotees in the middle of the assembly. (74)
श्वेतस्य मम भक्तस्य दुरतिक्रमतेजसः।
औदासीन्येन कालोऽपि मया दग्धः पुराऽभवत्।।७५।।
śvetasya mama bhaktasya duratikramatejasaḥ |
audāsīnyena kālo'pi mayā dagdhaḥ purā'bhavat ||75||
“Having shown neglect towards my devotee by name
Śveta, who had unsurpassable prowess, even God of Death
(Yama) was formerly burnt by me. (75)
एवमन्येऽपि बहवो मद्भक्तानामतिक्रमात्।
परिभूता हताश्चासन् भक्ता मे दुरतिक्रमाः।।७६।।
evamanye'pi bahavo madbhaktānāmatikramāt |
paribhūtā hatāścāsan bhaktā me duratikramāḥ ||76||
“Thus having transgressed my devotees, many others
also were defeated and killed; my devotees are unsurpassable.”
(76)
अविचारेण मद्भक्तो लङ्घितो दारुकस्त्वया।
एष त्वं रेणुकानेन जन्मवान् भव भूतले।।७७।।
avicāreṇa madbhakto laṅghito dārukastvayā |
eṣa tvaṁ reṇukānena janmavān bhava bhūtale ||77||
“Due to indiscretion my devotee Dāruka has been
crossed over by you. Hence, Reṇuka, you should now take
birth on the earth.” (77)

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इत्युक्तः परमेशेन भक्तमाहात्म्यशंसिना।
प्रार्थयामास देवेशं प्रणिपत्य स रेणुकः।।७८।।
ityuktaḥ parameśena bhaktamāhātṁyaśaṁsinā |
prārthayāmāsa deveśaṁ praṇipatya sa reṇukaḥ ||78||
Having been told like this by the Supreme Lord, who
ordained the greatness of devotees, Reṇuka prostrated before
the Lord of gods and requested him. (78)
मानुषीं योनिमासाद्य महादुःखविवर्धिनीम्।
जात्यायुर्भोगवैषम्यहेतुकर्मोपपादिनीम्।।७९।।
समस्तदेव कैङ्कर्यकार्पण्यप्रसवस्थलीम्।
महातापत्रयोपेतां वर्णाश्रमनियन्त्रिताम्।।
विहाय त्वत्पदाम्भोजसेवां किं वा वसाभ्यहम्।।८०।।
यथा मे मानुषो भावो न भवेत् क्षितिमण्डले।
तथा प्रसादं देवेश विधेहि करुणानिधे।।८१।।
mānuṣīṁ yonimāsādya mahāduḥkhavivardhinīm |
jātyāyurbhogavaiṣamyahetukarmopapādinīm ||79||
samastadevakaiṅkaryakārpaṇyaprasavasthalīm |
mahātāpatrayopetāṁ varṇāśramaniyantritām||
vihāya tvatpadāmbhojasevāṁ kiṁ vā vasāmyaham ||80||
yathā me mānuṣo bhāvo na bhavet kṣitimaṇḍale |
tathā prasādaṁ deveśa vidhehi karuṇānidhe ||81||
“Having attained to human womb, which increases great
sorrow, which gives rise to the fruits of deeds that cause great
inequality regarding birth, duration of life and experience (of
joy and sorrow) (79), which is the ground for the origin of
helplessness in the form of service to all gods, which is
endowed with great afflictions of three types and which is
subjected to the restrictions of castes (varṇas) and orders of
life (āśramas), how can I stay away by discarding the service
of your feet - lotuses? (80) O ocean of compassion, do me a

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   favour in such a way as I would not attain the state of a human
   being on the surface of the earth.” (81)
   इति सम्प्रार्थितो देवो रेणुकेन महेश्वरः।
   मा भैषीर्मम भक्तानां कुतो भीतिरिहेष्यति।।८२।।
   iti samprārthito devo reṇukena maheśvaraḥ |
   mā bhaiṣīrmama bhaktānāṁ kuto bhītiriheṣyati ||82||
   Having been thus requested by Reṇuka, the Great Lord
   said — “Do not fear; how can any fear come to my devotees?
   (82)
   श्रीशैलस्योत्तरे भागे त्रिलिङ्गविषये शुभे।
   कोल्लिपाक्याभिधानोऽस्ति कोऽपि ग्रामो महत्तरः।।८३।।
   śrīśailasyottare bhāge triliṅgaviṣaye śubhe |
   kollipākyābhidhāno'sti ko'pi grāmo mahattaraḥ ||83||
   “Towards the northern side of Śrīśaila in the auspicious
   Triliṅga region, there is a great village by name Kollipākī.
   (83)
   सोमेश्वराभिधानस्य तत्र वासवतो मम।
   अस्पृशन् मानुषं भावं लिङ्गात्प्रादुर्भाविष्यसि।।८४।।
   someśvarābhidhānasya tatra vāsavato mama |
   aspṛśan mānuṣaṁ bhāvaṁ liṅgātprādurbhaviṣyasi ||84||
   “There from the Liṅga where I reside with the name
   Someśvara, you will spring up without touching the human
   state. (84)
   मदीयलिङ्गसंभूतं मद्भक्तपरिपालकम्।
   विस्मिता मानुषाः सर्वे त्वां भजन्तु मदाज्ञया।।८५।।
   मदद्वैतपरं शास्त्रं वेदवेदान्तसंमतम्।
   स्थापयिष्यसि भूलोके सर्वेषां हितकारकम्।।८६।।
   मम प्रतापमतुलं मद्भक्तानां विशेषतः।
   प्रकाशय महीभागे वेदमार्गानुसारतः।।८७।।

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38 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
madīyaliṅgasambhūtaṁ madbhaktaparipālakam |
vismitā mānuṣāḥ sarve tvāṁ bhajantu madājñayā || 85 ||
madadvaitaparaṁ śāstraṁ vedavedāntasaṁmatam |
sthāpayiṣyasi bhūrḷoke sarveṣāṁ hitakārakam || 86 ||
mama pratāpamatulaṁ madbhaktānāṁ viśeṣataḥ |
prakāśaya mahībhāge vedamārgānusārataḥ || 87 ||
"All the people who will become astonished shall on
my word serve you, who will be born from the Śivaliṅga and
who will be the protector of my devotees. (85) You shall
establish on the earth the Śivādvaita lore, which will be in
accordance with Veda and Vedānta and which is beneficial to
all. (86) You shall reveal on the earthly region the
incomparable prowess of mine especially that of my devotees
in accordance with the path (tradition) of Veda".(87)
इत्युक्त्वा परमेश्वरः स भगवान् भद्रासनादुत्थितो
ब्रह्मोपेन्द्रमुखान् विसृज्य विबुधान् भ्रूसंज्ञया केवलम्।
पार्वत्या सहितो गणैरभिमतैः प्राप स्वमन्तःपुरं
क्षोणीभागमवातरत् पशुपतेराज्ञावशाद् रेणुकः ।।८८ ।।
ityuktvā parameśvaraḥ sa
bhagavān bhadrāsandutthito
brahmopendramukhān visṛjya
vibudhān bhrūsaṅjñayā kevalam |
pārvatyā sahito gaṇairabhimataiḥ
prāpa svamantaḥpuraṁ
kṣoṇībhāgamavātarat
paśupaterājñāvaśād reṇukaḥ || 88 ||
Having said this, the lord Parameśvara got up from his
auspicious throne, bid goodbye to all the gods headed by
Brahman, Viṣṇu, etc., by the mere movement of his eye brows
and entered his harem along with Pārvatī and close devotees.
Śrī Reṇuka, on the command of Śiva, descended to the surface
of the earth. (88)

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इति श्रीमहावीरमाहेश्वराचार्य-शिवयोगिसंगृहीते
वेदागमपुराणादिसारभूते श्रीसिद्धान्तशिखामणौ
कैलासवर्णन-रेणुकभूलोकावतरणकारणनिरूपणं
नाम तृतीयः परिच्छेदः ।। ३ ।।
iti śrī mahāvīramāheśvarācārya śivayogi saṅgṛhīte
vedāgamapurāṇādisāre śrīsiddhāntaśikhāmaṇau
kailāsavarṇana reṇukabhūlokāvataraṇakāraṇanirūpaṇaṁ
nāma tṛtīyaḥ paricchedaḥ || 3 ||
Thus ends the third chapter dealing with topic called
'the description of Kailāsa and the situation leading to
Śrī Reṇuka’s descent on earthly world' in
the Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi which is the essence of
Veda, Āgama and Purāṇas culled out by Śrī Śivayogin,
the teacher among the Vīramāheśvaras. (3)

40 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
चतुर्थः परिच्छेदः
रेणुकागस्त्यदर्शनप्रसङ्गः
अथ त्रिलिङ्गविषये कोल्लिपाक्याभिधे पुरे ।
सोमेश्वरमहालिङ्गात् प्रदुरासीत् स रेणुकः ॥१॥
atha triliṅgaviṣaye kollipākyabhidhe pure |
someśvaramahāliṅgāt pradurāsīt sa reṇukaḥ || 1 ||
Then at the place called Kollipāki in the Triliṅga region,
Śrī Reṇuka arose from the great Someśvara-liṅga. (1)
प्रादुर्भूतं तमालोक्य शिवलिङ्गात् त्रिलिङ्गजाः ।
विस्मिताः प्राणिनः सर्वे बभूवुरतितेजसम् ।।२।।
भस्मोद्धूलितसर्वाङ्गं साररुद्राक्षभूषणम् ।
जटामुकुटसंयुक्तं त्रिपुण्ड्राङ्कितमस्तकम् ।।३।।
कटीतटीपटीभूतकन्थापटलबन्धुरम् ।
दधानं योगदण्डं च भस्माधारं कमण्डलुम् ।।४।।
शिवाद्वैतपरिज्ञानपरमानन्दमोदितम् ।
निर्धूतसर्वसंसारवासनादोषपञ्जरम् ।।५।।
शिवागमसुधासिन्धुसमुन्मेषसुधाकरम् ।
चित्तारविन्दसंगूढशिवपादाम्बुजद्वयम् ।।६।।
यमादियोगतन्त्रज्ञं स्वतन्त्रं सर्वकर्मसु।
समस्तसिद्धसन्तानसमुदायशिखामणिम् ।।७।।
वीरसिद्धान्तनिर्वाहकॄतपट्टनिबन्धनम् ।
आलोकमात्रनिर्भिन्नसमस्तप्राणिपातकम् ।।८।।
2. Śaivāgamas : (1) Candrajñānāgama 41
prādurbhūtaṁ tamālokya śivaliṅgāt triliṅgajā |
vismitāḥ prāninah sarve babhūvuratiteiasam || 2 ||
bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgaṁ sārarudrākṣabhūṣaṇam |
iatāmukutasaṅvuktam tripundrāṅkitamastakam || 3 ||
kaṭītaṭīpaṭībhktakanthāpaṭalabandhuram
dadhānaṁ yogadaṇḍaṁ ca
bhasmādhāraṁ kamaṇḍalum || 4 ||
śivādvaitaparijñānaparamānandamoditam |
nirdhūtasarvasaṁsāravāsanādosapañiaram || 5 ||
śivāgamasudhāsindhusamunmeṣasudhākaram |
cittāravindasaṅgūḍhaśivapādāmbuiadvavam || 6 ||
yamādiyogatantrajñaṁ svatantraṁ sarvakarmasu |
samastasiddhasantānasamudāyaśikhāmanim || 7 ||
vīrasiddhāntanirvāhakṛtapaṭṭanibandhanam |
ālokamātranirbhinnasamastaprānipātakam || 8 ||
All the beings born in the Triliṅga country were struck
with wonder on seeing him (Śrī Reṇuka) who arose from the
Śivaliṅga, who was extremely effulgent (2), whose limbs were
smeared with the holy ash, who had adorned himself with
excellent Rudrākṣas (beads), who had a crown of matted
locks, whose forehead was marked with Tripuṇḍra (3), who
looked charming with the patched garment tied around his
waist, who held a yogadaṇḍa and kamaṇḍalu for storing holy
ash (4), who had been delighted by the supreme bliss obtained
through the realisation of non-duality with Śiva, who was
totally bereft of the impressions of transmigration (5), who
was the veritable full moon for the surging of the nectar ocean
in the form of Śaivāgamas, who had been cherishing the pair
of lotus-feet of Śiva in the lotus of his heart (6), who was
efficient in the practice of Yoga such as yama, who was the
crest-jewel of the assembly of all the races of Siddhas (7),
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and whose mere sight was enough to destroy the sins of all
beings. (8)
तमपृच्छन् जनाः सर्वे नमन्तः को भवानिति ।
इति पृष्टो महायोगी जनैर्विस्मितमानसैः ।। ९ ।।
प्रत्युवाच शिवाद्दैतमहानन्दपरायणः ।
पिनाकिनः पार्श्ववर्ती रेणुकाख्यो गणेश्वरः ।। १० ।।
केनचित्कारणेनाहं शिवलिङ्गादिहाभवम् ।
नाम्ना रेणुकसिद्धोऽहं सिद्धसन्ताननायकः ।। ११ ।।
स्वच्छन्दचारी लोकेऽस्मिन् शिवसिद्धान्तपालकः ।
खण्डयन् जैनचार्वाकबौद्धादीनां दुरागमान् ।। १२ ।।
इत्युक्त्वा पश्यतां तेषां विषयस्थिरचक्षुषाम् ।
उत्थाय व्योममार्गेण मलयाद्रिमुपागमत् ।। १३ ।।
tamapṛcchan janāḥ sarve namantaḥ ko bhavānīti |
iti pṛṣṭo mahāyogī janairvismitamānasaiḥ ||9||
pratyuvāca śivādvaitamahānandaparāyaṇaḥ |
pinākinaḥ pārśvavartī reṇukākhyo gaṇeśvaraḥ ||10||
kenacit kāraṇenāhaṁ śivaliṅgādihābhavam |
nāmnā reṇukasiddho'haṁ siddhasantānanāyakaḥ ||11||
svacchandacārī loke'smin śivasiddhāntapālakaḥ |
khaṇḍayan jainacārvākabauddhādīnāṁ durāgamān ||12||
ityuktvā paśyatāṁ teṣāṁ viṣayasthiracakṣuṣām |
utthāya vyomamārgeṇa malayādrimupāgamat ||13||
Saluting him all the people asked as to who he was.
Having been asked by the people whose minds were struck
with wonder, the great yogin (9), Reṇuka, who was the lord
of the host of Śiva's devotees, who served Śiva (the wielder
of Pināka bow) and who was absorbed in the supreme bliss in
the form of non-duality with Śiva, said (10): "I am
Reṇukasiddha by name, the leader of the lineage of Siddhas.
I have here sprung up from this Śivaliṅga with some purpose.
2. Śaivāgamas : (2) Pārameśvarāgama 43
(11) I freely move about in this world as the protector of
Śaiva doctrine, refuting as I do the improper Āgamas
(traditional treatises) of Jainas, Cārvākas, Bauddhas, etc.
(12)" Having said this, he rose up, as they were seeing him
with their eyes steady on their object of sight, and went
towards Malaya mountain by aerial path. (13)
नवचन्दनकान्तारकदलनमन्दमारुतम् ।
अभङ्गुरभुजङ्गस्त्रीसंगीतरससंकुलम् ।।१४।।
करिपोतकराकृष्टस्फुरदेलातिवासितम् ।
वराहदंष्ट्रिकाध्वस्तमुस्तासुरभिकन्दरम् ।। १५ ।।
पटीरदलपर्यङ्कप्रसुप्तव्याधदम्पतिम् ।
माधवीमल्लिकाजातीमञ्जरीरेणुरञ्जितम् ।। १६ ।।
navacandanākāntārakandalanmandamārutam |
abhaṅgurabhujaṅgastrīsaṅgītarasasaṅkulam ||14||
karipotakarākṛṣṭasphuradelātivāsitam |
varāhadaṁṣṭrikādhvastamustāsurabhikandaram ||15||
paṭīradalaparyaṅkaprasuptavyādhadampatim |
mādhavīmallikājātīmañjarīreṇurañjitam ||16||
(Śrī Reṇuka marched towards the Malaya mountain),
which had the gentle breezes that could cut down the forest
of fresh sandalwood trees, which was full of melody of music
produced by the thick group of serpent damsels (14), which
was fragrant with the trembling cardamom plants dragged by
the trunks of young elephants, which had its valleys full of
fragrance of the 'mustā' grass crushed by the tusks of boars
(15), wherein the hunter - couples were asleep on the cots
made up of camphor and plantain leaves and which was
coloured with the pollens of the bunches of flowers of
Mādhavī, Jasmine and Jātī creepers. (16)
तत्र कुत्रचिदाभोगसर्वर्तुकुसुमोद्गमे ।
अपश्यदाश्रमं दिव्यमगस्त्यस्य महामुनेः ।। १७ ।।

44 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi 2. Śaivāgamas : (2) Pārameśvarāgama 45
मन्दारचन्दनप्रायैर्मण्डितं तरुमण्डलैः ।
शाखाशिखरसंलीनतारकागणकोरकैः ॥१८॥
मुनिकन्याकरानीतकलशाम्बुविवर्धितैः ।
आलवालजलास्वादमोदमानमृगीगणैः॥१९॥
हेमारविन्दनिष्यन्दमकरन्दसुगन्धिभिः।
मरालालापवाचालुवीचिमालामनोहरैः ॥२०॥
इन्दीवरवरज्योतिस्तिरस्कृतहरिन्मुखैः।
लोपामुद्रापदन्यासचरितार्थतटाङ्कितैः ॥२१॥
हारनीहारकर्पूरहरहासामलोदकैः ।
नित्यनैमित्तिकस्नाननियमार्थैस्तपस्विनाम् ॥२२॥
प्रकृष्टमणिसोपानैः परिवीतं सरोवरैः ।
विमुक्तसत्त्ववैरस्यं ब्रह्मलोकमिवापरम् ।। २३ ।।
हूयमानाज्यसन्तानधूमगन्धिमहास्थलम्।
शुकसंसत्समार्थ्यश्रुतिशास्त्रोपबृंहणम् ।। २४ ।।
tatra kutracidābhogasārvartukusumadrume |
apaśvadāśramaṁ divyamagastvasva mahāmuneh ||17||
mandāracandanaprāyairmaṇḍitaṁ tarumaṇḍalaiḥ |
śākhāśikharasaṁlīnatārakāgaṇakorakaiḥ ||18||
munikanyākarānītakalaśāmbuvivardhitaiḥ |
ālavālajalāsvādamodamānamṛgīgaṇaiḥ ||19||
hemāravindaniṣyandmakarandasugandhibhiḥ |
marālālapavācāluvīcimālāmanoharaiḥ ||20||
indīvaravarajyotirandhikṛtaharinmukhaiḥ |
lopāmudrāpadanvāsacaritārthatatāṅkitaiḥ ||21||
hāranīhārakarpūrahārahāsāmalodakaiḥ |
nitvanaimittikasnānanīyamārthaistapasvinām ||22||
prakṛṣṭamaṇisopānaiḥ parivītaṁ sarovaraiḥ |
vimuktasattvavairasvaṁ brahmalokamivāparam ||23||
hūyamānājyasantānadhūmagandhimahāsthalam |
śukasaṁsatsamārabdhaśrutiśāstropabṛṁhaṇam ||24||
There at some place in that Malaya - mountain, which
was endowed with trees bearing flowers throughout all seasons,
he (Śrī Reṇuka) saw the holy hermitage of the great sage
Agastya (17), which was adorned with the groups of trees
such as Mandāra tree, sandalwood tree, etc., that were bearing
buds of flowers resembling the galaxy of stars grown at the
ends of their branches (18), which was also adorned with the
herds of female deer that were nourished by the waters
brought in pitchers by the hands of hermit-maids and that
were delighted by drinking water from the basins of trees
(19), which was surrounded by the lakes (23) that were
fragrant with the honey issuing from the gold- coloured lotuses,
that were charming with the series of waves rendered reso-
nant with cooings of swans (20), that were rendering the
quarters dark with the excellent lustre of the blue lotuses,
that were endowed with banks sanctified by the feet of
Lopāmudrā (21), that were full of waters as clear as pearl
necklace, snow, camphor and Śiva's laughter, that were useful
for the daily and occasional ablutions by the hermits (22)
and that were decked with steps studded with excellent jewels,
which was free from enmity on the part of animals and thus
was like another Brahma-world (23), which was endowed with
a vast ground that was fragrant with the smoke arising from
the series of oblations offered and which was resonant with
the repetition of Vedas and other Śāstras made by the hosts
of parrots. (24)
तस्य मध्ये समासीनं मूले चन्दनभूरुहः।
सुकुमारदलच्छायादूरितादित्यतेजसः ।।२५।।
तडिप्तिङ्गज्जटाभारैस्त्रिपुण्ड्राङ्कितमस्तकैः ।
भस्मोद्धूलितसर्वाङ्गैः स्फुरद्रुद्राक्षभूषणैः ॥२६॥
नववल्कलवासोभिर्नानानियमधारिभिः ।
परिवीतं मुनिगणैः प्रमथैरिव शङ्करम् ।।२७।।

46 A preamble to Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi
समुज्ज्वलजटाजालैस्तपःपादपपल्लवैः।
स्फुरत्सौदामिनीकल्पैर्ज्वालाजालैरिवानलम्।।२८।।
विशुद्धभस्मकृतया त्रिपुण्ड्राङ्कितरेखया।
त्रिस्रोतसेव सम्बद्धशिलाभागं हिमाचलम्।।२९।।
भस्मालङ्कृतसर्वाङ्गं शशाङ्कमिव भूगतम्।
वसानं वल्कलं नव्यं बालातपसमप्रभम्।।३०।।
वडवाग्निशिखाजालसमालीढमिवार्णवम्।
सर्वासामपि विद्यानां समुदायनिकेतनम्।।३१।।
न्यक्कृतप्राकृताहन्तं निरूढशिवभावनम्।
तृणीकृतजगज्जालं सिद्धीनामुदयस्थलम्।।३२।।
मोहान्धकारतपनं मूलबोधमहीरुहम्।
ददर्श स महायोगी मुनिं कलशसंभवम्।।३३।।
tasya madhye samāsīnaṁ mūle candanabhūruhaḥ |
sukumāradalacchāvādūritāditvatejasah ||25||
taḍitpiṅgajaṭābhraistripuṇḍrāṅkitamastakaiḥ |
bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgaiḥ
sphuradrudrākṣabhkṣaṇaiḥ ||26||
navavalkalavāsobhīrnānāniyamadhāribhiḥ |
parivītaṁ munigaṇaiḥ pramathairiva śaṅkaram ||27||
samujjvalajaṭājālaistapaḥ pādapapallavaiḥ |
sphuratsaudāminīkalpairjvālājālairivānalam ||28||
viśuddhabhasmakśtayā tripuṇḍrāṅkitarekhayā |
trisrotaseva sambaddhaśilābhāgaṁ himācalam ||29||
bhasmālaṅkṛtasarvāṅgaṁ śaśāṅkamiva bhūgatam |
vasānaṁ valkalaṁ navyaṁ bālātapasamaprabham ||30||
vaḍavāgniśikhājālasamālīḍhamivārṇavam |
sarvṣamapi vidyānāṁ samudāyaniketanam ||31||
nyakkṛtaprākṛtāhantaṁ nirūḍhaśivabhāvanam |
tṛṇīkṛtajagajjālaṁ siddhīnāmudayasthalam ||32||
2. Śaivāgamas : (2) Pārameśvarāgama 47
mohāndhakāratapanaṁ mūlabodhamahīruham |
dadarśa sa mahāyogī munim kalaśasambhavaṁ ||33||
In that hermitage (25) he (Śrī Reṇuka), the great sage,
saw the pitcher-born sage (Agastya) (33), who sat under the
sandalwood tree which warded off the sun-shine by the shadow
of its tender foliage (25), who had been surrounded by the
hosts of sages like Śaṅkara by his first devotees (pramathas)
(27) with their matted locks reddish like lightning, with their
foreheads marked by ‘tripuṇḍra’ (triple horizontal lines of
holy ash — Bhasma), with all their limbs smeared with Bhasma,
with their ornaments of shining beads, with their fresh bark
garments (26) and with the observance of many religious vows
(27), who looked like fire with the net-work of flames in the
form of the net-work of matted locks that were the veritable
sprouts of the tree of penance and that resembled the flashing
lightning (28), who, with the ‘tripuṇḍra’ mark made by pure
white Bhasma, looked like the Himālaya mountain with its
rocky region associated with the three streams of Gaṅgā (29),
who had all his limbs adorned with Bhasma marks and thus
looked like the moon descending to the earth, who had decked
himself with new bark garment having its lustre resembling
the morning sun-shine (30) and thus looked like the ocean
enveloped by the net-work of flames of submarine fire, who
had been the abode for the collection of the lores (31), who
had given up uncultured egoistic feeling, who had the con-
ception of Śiva deep - rooted in him, who looked at the
network of the worlds as if it were a straw of grass, who had
been the source of superior powers (aṇimā, mahimā, etc.)
(32), who had been the illuminator of the darkness of
infatuation and who had been the divine tree of self-
knowledge. (33)
समागतं महासिद्धं समीक्ष्य कलशोद्भवः।
गणेन्द्रं रेणुकाभिख्यं विवेद ज्ञानचक्षुषा।।३४।।
तस्यानुभावं विज्ञाय सहसैव समुत्थितः।

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लोपामुद्राकरानीतैरूदकैरतिपावनैः ।।
पादौ प्रक्षालयामास स तस्य शिवयोगिनः ।।३५।।
संपूज्य तं यथाशास्त्रं तन्नियोगपुरस्सरम् ।
मुनिर्विर्नियसम्पन्नो निषसादासनान्तरे ।।३६।।
समासीनं मुनिवरं सर्वतेजस्विनां विभुम् ।
उवाच शान्तया वाचा रेवणः सिद्धशेखरः ।।३७।।
tamāgataṁ mahāsiddhaṁ samīkṣya kalaśodbhavaḥ |
gaṇendraṁ reṇukābhikhyaṁ viveda jñānacakṣuṣā ||34||
tasyānubhāvaṁ vijñāya sahasaiva samutthitaḥ |
lopāmudrākarānītairudakairatipāvanaiḥ ||
pādau prakṣālayāmāsa sa tasya śivayoginaḥ ||35||
sampūjya taṁ yathāśāstraṁ tanniyogapurassaram |
munirvinayasampanno niṣasādāsanāntare ||36||
samāsīnaṁ munivaraṁ sarvatejasvināṁ vibhum |
uvāca śāntayā vācā revaṇaḥ siddhaśekharaḥ ||37||
On seeing the great Siddha who had come, the pitcher -
born sage (Agastya) came to know through his inner
intellectual vision that he was the lord of Śiva's gaṇas
(devotees), Reṇuka by name (34). Having known his spir-
itual power, he (Agastya) rose up immediately and washed
his, the Śivayogin's, feet with the holy waters brought by
Lopāmudrā with her hands. (35) Having worshipped him
according to Śāstras after bringing him in, the sage, who was
of great discipline, sat on another seat. (36) Then Śrī Reṇuka,
the crest - jewel among the Siddhas, said in a calm voice to
the great sage, who was the lord among the spiritual
luminaries. (37)
निर्विघ्नं वर्तसे किं नु नित्या ते नियमक्रिया ।
अथ वाऽगस्त्य तेजस्विन् कुतः स्युस्तेऽन्तरायकाः ।।३८।।
विन्ध्यो निरुद्धो भवता विश्वोल्लङ्घनविभ्रमः ।
नहुषो रोषलेशात् ते सद्यः सर्पत्वमागतः ।।३९।।
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आचान्ते भवता पूर्वं पङ्कशेषाः पयोधयः ।
जीर्णस्ते जाठरे वह्नौ दृप्तो वातापिदानवः ।।४०।।
एवंविधानां चित्राणां सर्वलोकातिशायिनाम् ।
कृत्यानां तु भवान् कर्ता कस्तेऽगस्त्य समप्रभः ।।४१।।
शिवाद्वैतपरानन्दप्रकाशनपरायणम् ।
भवन्तमेकं शंसन्ति प्रकृत्या सङ्गवर्जितम् ।।४२।।
पुरा हैमवतीसूनुरवदत् ते षडाननः ।
शिवधर्मोत्तरं नाम शास्त्रमीश्वरभाषितम् ।।४३।।
भक्तिः शैवी महाघोरसंसारभयहारिणी ।
त्वया राजन्वती लोके जाताऽगस्त्य महामुने ।।४४।।
nirvighnaṁ vartase kiṁ nu nityā te niyamakriyā |
atha vā'gastya tejasvin kutaḥ syuste'ntarāyakāḥ ||38||
vindhyo niruddho bhavatā viśvollaṅghanavibhramaḥ |
nahuṣo roṣaleśāt te sadyaḥ sarpatvamāgataḥ ||39||
ācānte bhavatā pūrvaṁ paṅkaśeṣāḥ payodhayaḥ |
jīrṇaste jāṭhare vahnau dṛpto vātāpidānavaḥ ||40||
evaṁvidhānāṁ citrāṇāṁ sarvalokātiśāyinām |
kṛtyānāṁ tu bhavān kartā kaste'gastya samaprabhaḥ ||41||
śivādvaitaparānandaprakāśanaparāyaṇam |
bhavantamekaṁ śaṁsanti prakṛtyā saṅgavarjitam ||42||
purā haimavatīsūnuravadat te ṣaḍānanaḥ |
śivadharmottaraṁ nāma śāstramīśvarabhāṣitam ||43||
bhaktiḥ śaivī mahāghorasaṁsārabhayahāriṇī |
tvayā rājanvatī loke jātā'gastya mahāmune ||44||
"O Agastya, one endowed with brilliance! Are you free
from all obstacles? Are your religious practices regular? Or
else, whence could there be any impediments so far as you are
concerned? (38) The Vindhya mountain which was engaged
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under control by you. By virtue of a little anger of yours,
Nahuṣa was instantaneously transformed into a serpent. (39)
In the past the oceans were reduced to the residue of mud
through your sipping of water. The haughty demon Vātāpi was
digested by you in your gastric fire. (40) Who can be equal to
you in power as you are the performer of those wonderful
deeds, which excel all the world? (41) You are alone praised
as one who is without any association since you are devoted to
the revelation of the supreme Bliss of non-duality with Śiva.
(42) It may be asked how; the answer is — In the past, the six-
faced God who is the son of Pārvatī, expounded to you the
Śivadharmottara - śāstra, which was originally spoken by Śiva.
(43) O great sage Agastya, the devotion to Śiva which was
capable of removing all fear of terrible transmigration, was
made manifest in the world by you.” (44)
अथागस्त्यमुनिवचनम्—
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सिद्धस्य मुनिपुङ्गवः ।
गम्भीरगुणया वाचा बभाषे भक्तिपूर्वकम् ।।४५ ।।
अहमेव मुनीन्द्राणां लालनीयोऽस्मि सर्वदा ।
भवदागमसम्पत्तिर्मां विना कस्य संभवेत् ।।४६ ।।
स्थिरमद्य शिवज्ञानं स्थिरा मे तापसक्रिया ।
भवद्दर्शनपुण्येन स्थिरा मे मुनिराजता ।।४७।।
संसारसर्पदष्टानां मूर्च्छितानां शरीरिणाम्।
कटाक्षस्तव कल्याणं समुज्जीवनभेषजम् ।।४८ ।।
समस्तलोकसन्दाहतापत्रयमह्रानलः ।
त्वत्पदाम्बुजकणास्वादादुपशाम्यति देहिनाम् ।।४९ ।।
रेणुकं त्वां विजानामि गणनांथं शिवप्रियम् ।
अवतीर्णमिमां भूमिं मदनुग्रहकाङ्क्षया ।।५० ।।
भवादृशानां सिद्धानां प्रबोधध्वस्तजन्मनाम् ।
प्रवृत्तिरीदृशी लोके परानुग्रहकारिणी ।।५१ ।।

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   त्वन्मुखाच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि सिद्धान्तं श्रुतिसंमतम्।
   सर्वज्ञ वद मे साक्षाच्छैवं सर्वार्थसाधकम् ।।५२ ।।
   सद्यः सिद्धिकरं पुंसां सर्वयोगीन्द्रसेवितम्।
   दुराचारैरनाघ्रातं स्वीकृतं वेदवेदिभिः ।।
   शिवात्मैक्यमहाबोधसम्प्रदायप्रवर्तकम् ।।५३ ।।
   उक्त्वा भवान् सकललोक-
   महोपकारं सिद्धान्तसंग्रहमनादृतबाह्यतन्त्रम्।
   सद्यः कृतार्थयितुमर्हति दिव्ययोगिन्
   नानागमश्रवणवर्तितसंशयं माम् ।।५४ ।।
   athagastyamunivacanam—
   iti tasya vacaḥśrutvā siddhasya munipuṅgavaḥ |
   gambhīraguṇayā vācā babhṣe bhaktipūrvakam ||45||
   ahameva munīndrāṇāṁ lālanīyo’smj sarvadā |
   bhavadāgamasampattirmāṁ vinā kasva saṁbhavet ||46||
   sthiramadya śivajñānaṁ sthirā me tāpasakriyā |
   bhavaddarśanapunvena sthirā me munirājatā ||47||
   saṁsārasarpadaṣṭānāṁ mūrcchitānāṁ śarīriṇāṁ |
   katākṣastava kalvāṇaṁ samuiiīvanabhesaiam ||48||
   samastalokasandāhatāpatrayamahānalaḥ |
   tvatpadāmbukanāsvdādupaśāṁvati dehinām ||49||
   reṇukaṁ tvāṁ vijānāmi gaṇanāthaṁ śivapriyam |
   avatīrṇamimāṁ bhūmiṁ madanugrahakāṅkṣavā ||50||
   bhavādrśānāṁ siddhānāṁ
   prabodhadhvastajanmanām |
   pravrttiridrśī loke parānugrahakārinī ||51||
   tvanmukhācchrotumicchāmi
   siddhntanśrutisaṁmatam |
   sarvaiña vada me sākṣā-
   cchaivaṁ sarvārthasādhakam ||52||

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sadyaḥ siddhikaraṁ puṁsāṁ sarvayogīndrasevitam |
durācārairanāghrātaṁ svīkṛtaṁ vedavedibhiḥ ||
śivātmaikyavahābodhasampradāyapravartakam ||53||
uktvā bhavān sakalalokamahopakāraṁ
siddhntasaṅgrahamanādṛtabāhyatantram |
sadyaḥ kṛtārthayitumarhati divyayogin
nānāgamaśravanavartitasaṁśavaṁ māṁ ||54||
Having heard Siddha’s (Śrī Reṇuka’s) speech, the best
among the sages (Agastya) said with devotion in a speech
that was endowed with the quality of depth (45) — “I should,
among the great sages, be praised at all times; for, to whom
except me, has befallen this fortune of your visit? (46) By
the merit of your sight, my knowledge of Śiva has become
firm, my performance of penance has become firm (fruitful)
and my distinction as the lord of the sages has become firm.
(47) The auspicious glance of yours is the medicine for revival
in the case of those beings who are in a swoon for having
been bitten by the serpent of transmigration. (48) The great
fire of three afflictions which burns the entire world gets ex-
tinguished by the swallowing of a drop of water from your
feet (Pādodaka)”. (49) When asked as to ‘who I am’, he says

• “I know that you are the lord of the Śivagaṇas called Reṇuka,
  who is dear to Śiva and that you have descended to the earth
  with a desire to render favour to me. (50) Such is the attitude
  of conferring favour on others in the case of Siddhas of your
  stature, whose transmigration has been arrested by spiritual
  knowledge. (51) Hence I would like to hear from you the
  Siddhānta (doctrine), which is acceptable to the Śrutis
  (Vedas). O omniscient one, please tell me the doctrine which
  is directly associated with Śiva, which is the means for
  attaining all rewards (52), which brings immediate
  achievement for the people, which is resorted to by all the
  best sages, which is not even smelt by the persons of ill-
  conduct, which is accepted by the knowers of Veda, and which
  spreads the great tradition consisting in the awareness of the

2. Śaivāgamas : (3) Sūkṣmāgama 53
   unity of Ātman with Śiva. (53) Hence, O divine yogin, it
   behoves you to make me, who am full of doubts due to hearing
   many traditional lores, presently blessed by expounding the
   Śaiva doctrine, which is of great benefit to the entire world
   and which does not respect any external treatises”. (54)
   ॐ तत्सदिति श्रीशिवयोगीतेषु सिद्धान्तागमेषु शिवाव्दैतवीद्यायां
   शिवयोगशास्त्रे श्रीरेणुकागस्त्यसंवादे वीरशैवधर्मनिर्णये
   श्रीशिवयोगीशिवाचार्यविरचिते श्रीसिद्धान्तशिखामणौ
   अनुक्रमवर्णनो नाम चतुर्थः परिच्छेदः ।।
   Om Tatsaditi Śrīśivagīteṣu siddhāntāgameṣu
   śivādvaitavidyāyāṁ śivayogaśāstre
   śrīreṇukāgastyasaṁvāde vīraśaivadharmanirṇaye
   śivayogīśivācāryaviracite Śrīsiddhāntaśikhāmaṇau
   anukramavarṇano nāma caturthaḥ paricchedaḥ // 4 //
   Thus ends the fourth chapter called
   ‘the meeting between Śrī Reṇuka and Agastya’
   in Śrī Siddhāntaśikhāmaṇi, which is the essence of
   Vedas, Āgamas, Purāṇas culled out by Śrī Śivayogin,
   who is the great teacher among the Vīramāheśvaras. (4)

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पञ्चमः परिच्छेदः
भक्तस्थले पिण्डपिण्डज्ञानसंसारहेयस्थलप्रसङ्गः
अथागस्त्यवचः श्रुत्वा रेणुको गणनायकः।
ध्यात्वा क्षणं महादेवं साम्बमाह समाहितः ।।१।।
athāgastyavacaḥ śrutvā reṇuko gaṇanāyakaḥ |
dhvātvā kṣaṇaṁ mahādevaṁ sāmbamāha samāhitaḥ ||1||
Then on hearing the words of Agastya, Śrī Reṇuka, the
lord of Gaṇas, cherished mentally with concentration the
Mahādeva along with Ambā (Śakti) and said: (1)
अगस्त्य मुनिशार्दूल समस्तागमपारग।
शिवज्ञानकरं वक्ष्ये सिद्धान्तं शृणु सादरम् ।।२।।
agastya muniśārdūla samastāgamapāraga |
śivaiñānakaraṁ vaksve siddhāntaṁ śṛṇu sādaram ||2||
O Agastya, who is the lion among the sages and who is
well versed in all the Āgamas, I shall tell you the Siddhānta
(doctrine) which inculcates the knowledge of Śiva; listen to
it with respect. (2)
अगस्त्य खलु सिद्धान्ता विख्याता रुचिभेदतः।
भिन्नाचारसमायुक्ता भिन्नार्थप्रतिपादकाः ।।३।।
agastya khalu siddhāntā vikhyātā rucibhedataḥ |
bhinnācārasamāvuktā bhinnārthapratipādakāḥ ||3||
O Agastya, there are (many) Siddhāntas which are well
known, which differ according to aptitudes, which are
associated with various practices and which propound various
tenets. (3)
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सांख्यं योगः पाञ्चरात्रं वेदाः पाशुपतं तथा।
एतानि मानभूतानि नोपहन्त्यानि युक्तिभिः ।।४।।
sānkhyaṁ yogaḥ pāñcarātraṁ vedāḥ pāśupataṁ tathā |
etāni mānabhūtāni nodahanvāni vuktibhih ||4||
Sāṅkhya, Yoga, Pāñcarātra, Vedas and Pāśupata, these
are the Siddhāntas which are quite authoritative and which
should not be refuted with arguments. (4)
वेदः प्रधानं सर्वेषां सांख्यादीनां महामुने।
वेदानुसरणादेषां प्रामाण्यमिति निश्चितम् ।।५।।
vedah pradhānaṁ sarveṣāṁ
sānkhyādīnāṁ mahāmune |
vedānusaranādeśāṁ drāmānvamiti niścitam ||5||
O Great sage, among these, Sāṅkhya, etc., Veda is
predominant. The authoritativeness of these is decidedly on
the ground that they follow Veda. (5)
पाञ्चरात्रस्य सांख्यस्य योगस्य च तथा मुने।
वेदैकदेशवर्तित्वं शैवं वेदमयं मतम् ।।६।।
pāñcarātrasya sānkhyasya yogasya ca tathā mune |
vedaikadeśavartitvaṁ śaivaṁ vedamavaṁ matam ||6||
O sage, Pāñcarātra, Sāṅkhya and Yoga are based on some
parts of Veda, while Śaivasiddhānta is based on the entire
Veda. (6)
वेदैकदेशवर्तिभ्यः सांख्यादिभ्यो महामुने।
सर्ववेदानुसारित्वाच्छैवतंत्रं विशिष्यते ।।७।।
vedaikadeśavartibhyaḥ sānkhyādibhyo mahāmune |
sarvavedānusāritvācchaivatantraṁ viśisvate ||7||
O great sage, compared to Sāṅkhya, etc., which are based
on some parts of Veda, the Śaivasiddhānta, which follows the
entire Veda, is superior. (7)