Mantra, kriya, mandala Shāstra Pramana on Mandala science🔗

idam puraṁ kāraṇa-vaktrapadmādvini'srutaṁ tadvahudhā vibhinnam | vidyeśvaraiḥ kāraṇatulya-rupairmantrakriya maṇdala saṁprayogagaiḥ || 103 ||

koṭyā nibaddhaṁ parameśvareṇ śaivam padam matrgaṇairupetaṁ | tadeva sarvaṁ kṛtavānmahātmā bhṛgūttamo dvādaśabhis-sahasraiḥ || 104 ||

This Agama issues forth first from the lotus-like face of Shiva, who is the Primal Lord. This was further variegated into many parts by Vidyeshwara (Ananteshwara) whose causal form is in Oneness with Shiva. He made such divisions such as to present the details of MANTRAS, KRIYA, MANDALAS and the techniques for applying these, under various contexts.

This Āgama is centered on the attainment of state of Shiva, Shaiva Padam, which is associated with well-formed groups of letters and which was revealed by Shiva, was originally composed of 10 million verses. All those matters enshrined in these verses were summariesd in 12,000 verses by Bhrugu, the foremost among the Gurus.

~ mantrārtha varnanam, Raurava Agama, vidyā pādā (vr. 103, 104)

MANḌALA

In the Deeksha Vargah (8), the section on sacred Initiation by Lord Sadashiva as the 'Guru' in Raurava Agama, the great sages enquire the following:

• • How are the embodied souls relieved from the bonds through Deeksha?
• • How do they attain the essential nature of Shiva, Śivatva, having severed the mighty bonds of Māyā – shivatāṁ yānti chinamāyā bandhanaḥ (1)