Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘Effect of Wearing Vibhuti’ 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.
30. Effect of Wearing Vibhūti
[...] Śiva Gītā III.30
A learned twice-born and who is smeared with the sacred ash is freed from all sins resulting from deadly vices, and is liberated eternally. There is no doubt about it.[1]