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Shiva Purana

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कलाष्टकसमा युक्तं सुश्वेतं शांतिकं तथा ॥ त्रयोदशकलायुक्तं बालाद्यैस्सह लोहितम् ॥ ४६ ॥

Mantras of Yajurveda consisting of twenty-five syllables and eight Kalās are used for conciliatory purpose.

english translation

बभूवुरस्य चोत्पत्तिवृद्धिसंहारकारणम् ॥ वर्णा एकाधिकाः षष्टिरस्य मंत्रवरस्य तु ॥ ४७ ॥

The mantra of thirteen Kalās consisting of sixty-one syllables is conducive to outcome, increase and destruction.

english translation

पुनर्मृत्युंजयं मन्त्रं पञ्चाक्षरमतः परम् ॥ चिंतामणिं तथा मंत्रं दक्षिणामूर्ति संज्ञकम् ॥ ४८ ॥

The lord Viṣṇu secured these five mantras:—Mṛtyuñjaya mantra, five-syllabled mantra, Cintāmaṇi mantra, Dakṣiṇāmūrti mantra.

english translation

ततस्तत्त्वमसीत्युक्तं महावाक्यं हरस्य च ॥ पञ्चमंत्रांस्तथा लब्ध्वा जजाप भगवान्हरिः ॥ ४९ ॥

The “tattvamasi” mantra which is Hara’s Mahāvākya. Lord Viṣṇu performed Japa by means of these mantras.

english translation

अथ दृष्ट्वा कलावर्णमृग्यजुस्सामरूपिणम् ॥ ईशानमीशमुकुटं पुरुषाख्यं पुरातनम् ॥ 2-1-8-५० ॥

The lord Viṣṇu and I being glad at heart eulogised the boon-bestowing lord Śiva with appropriate words,—Śiva who was seen in the form of Kalās, Varṇas (syllables), Ṛk, Yajus, Sāman, Īśāna, Īśa, Purātana Puruṣa (the ancient Being).

english translation