Cidgaganacandrika (study)
by S. Mahalakshmi | 2017 | 83,507 words
Cidgaganacandrika 76 [Adya-spandharupa-Shaktipitha], English comparative study extracted from the two available commentaries—the Divyacakorika and the Kramaprakashika. The Cidgagana-candrika is an important Tantric work belonging to the Krama system of Kashmir Shaivism. Written by Kalidasa (Shrivatsa) in 312 Sanskrit verses, it deals with the knowledge regarding both the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic phenomena
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Verse 76 [Ādya-spandharūpa-Śaktipītha]
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English commentary of verse 76:
अम्ब ! शक्तिवपुषा त्वयोन्मिषद्रूपया समरसः शिवो यदा ।
यत्तदोल्लसति वीर्यमूर्जितं पीठ एष हि महांस्त्वदुत्थितः ॥ ७६ ॥amba ! śaktivapuṣā tvayonmiṣadrūpayā samarasaḥ śivo yadā |
yattadollasati vīryamūrjitaṃ pīṭha eṣa hi mahāṃstvadutthitaḥ || 76 ||
Comparative analysis of commentaries and excerpts in English:
[Vimarśa-Ādyaspandharūpa-Śaktipītha—Saṅkalparūpa—Mahattattva]
When the necessity arises for the creation, then Vimarśa—Ādya-spandharūpa unites like the milk and water with Śiva, to spring out the first form of creation, the Mahat tattva, as Śaktipīṭha[1]. He is Gaṇeśa as per the first verse of First Vimarśa. He is the creator of the whole universe born out of the Saṅkalpa created in Śiva towards manifestation. This Saṅkalpa is the first seed letter form “ॐ”.
Notes and Sanskrit references:
[2] Cf. [Kramaprakāśikā] p47-[Cidgaganacandrikā] 76.—
yadā tu sargāvasare sargābhimukhyaṃ bhajantyā ādyacitspandarūpayā śaktyā śivasya nīrakṣīravat saṃśleṣarūpaṃ sāmarasyam tadā saṃkalparūpaṃ sargānuguṇaṃ vīryaṃ śektarullasati | sa eṣa śektarutthitaḥ saṃkalparūpaḥ śaktipīṭhaḥ, eṣa eva ca sraṣṭā jagato mahān mahattattvarūpo brahmeti |