Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘28a. Kalagnirudra on Trishakti and Mrityunjaya Mantras’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
28a. Kālāgnirudra on Triśakti and Mṛtyuñjaya Mantras
Once it happened that Sanatkumāra asked the exalted Kālāgnirudra:
“Teach me O exalted Sir! the truth in respect to the rule of the Tripuṇḍram (a sect mark consisting of three streaks) and what material, which place, how much, of what extent and which streaks, which divinity, which formula, which powers and which reward there are?”
The exalted one said to him
“The material should be the ash of fires. One should grasp it with the five Brahman-formulas. Consecrate it with the formula “Agnir iti Bhasma” etc., Take out with the formula “mānas toke tanayae” and (after consecrating) with the formula “Tṛyambakam Yajāmahe” should apply it as
[...] Kālagnirudra Upaniṣad 5
Three lines across on the head, forehead, breast and shoulders under the tryāyuṣa formulas, tṛyambaka formulas and triśakti formulas.[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Kālagnirudra Upaniṣad 1-5.