Sanatkumara Samhita
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The is is the english translation of the Sanatkumara Samhita. Sanatkumara in Sanskrit means “eternal youth”. Sage Sanatkumara was one of the Four Kumaras, the four Manasputras (mind-born-sons) or spiritual sons of Brahma. Sanatkumara is also the author of the Sanatkumara Samhita, which is part of the Shiva Purana, and has 59 chapters. Alternative ...
verse 28
Sanskrit text and Unicode transliteration:
को मन्त्रः सर्व-मन्त्राणां पुरश्चरण-वर्जितः
विना न्यासैर् विना योगैः संस्कारादयिर् विना प्रभोko mantraḥ sarva-mantrāṇāṃ puraścaraṇa-varjitaḥ
vinā nyāsair vinā yogaiḥ saṃskārādayir vinā prabho
Word-for-word Sanskrit-English equivalents:
kaḥ—what?; mantraḥ—mantra; sarva-mantrāṇām—of all mantras; puraścaraṇa-varjitaḥ—without purascarana; vinā—without; nyāsaiḥ—nyasa; vinā—without; yogaiḥ—yoga; saṃskārādayiḥ—beginning with samsakaras; vinā—without; prabhaḥ—O master.
English translation of verse:
O Lord, of all mantras what mantra needs no puraścaraṇa, no nyāsa, no yoga, no samskāra, and no other thing?