Namaḥ Śrīmahākālāya

From the sahasranāma of the viśvasāra tantra

śmaśānastho mahārudro mahākālo digambaraḥ .
kapālakarttṛkā vāme śūlaṃ khaṭvāṅgadakṣiṇe ..

bhujaṅgabhūṣitāṅgo’pi bhasmāsthimaṇimaṇḍitaḥ .
jvalatpāvakamadhyastho bhasmaśayyāvyavasthitaḥ ..

viparītaratāṃ tatra kālikāṃ hṛdayopari .
peyaṃ khādyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca tau kṛtvā tu parasparam ..

From the Mahākālasādhanā of Sumatibhadra,an otherwise unknown author

viśvābjasūryamadhyasthaṃ pratyālīḍhaṃ bhujadvayaṃ.
kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ mahāraudraṃ nāgābharaṇamaṇḍitam..
kartri-kapālā-śūlaṃ ca muṇḍamālā pralambitaṃ
mahātejaṃ śravadrudhiraṃ lalajihvaṃ bhayānakam..

From the Mahākālasādhanā of Karuṇā/Karuṇācala,disciple of Līlāvajra(also the author of another sādhanā on Kurukullā)

nīlāmbhoja-tamāla-kajjala-ghanacchāyo navīnārkavanniḥsīma prasarapratīcyakiraṇajvālāruṇo locana.
daṃṣṭrākoṭīkarālabhāsvaralasadvaktrāntarāle bhramanbhīṣmaśrīrasanastanuttamamahākālo jagatpiṅgalaḥ..
sanmaitrīkaruṇāṃ tathaiva muditāṃ dhyāyadupekṣāṃ tataḥ kuryāt kalmaśadeśanādimakhilaṃ śrīmadgurorājñayā.
sarvākāravatīmanantasugataprajñāmayā śunyatā sañcintya sphuṭanīlahūṃkṛtimataḥ saṃbhogavaccintayet..
tadbījaṃ bhagavantamugrakiraṇajvālāvalīḍhāmbaraṃ sanmūrtocchaladandhakārapaṭalacchāyaṃ mahābhīṣaṇām.
kharvaṃ kharvapīvaraṃ pravikaṭakuṇḍorudaṃṣṭrāṅkuraṃ prasyandan ghanāsrapiñjarabṛhatsṛkkopakaṇṭhasthalaṃ..
visphūrjad ghanarociraṃ varamaṇivyāsaktapādadvayaṃ dhātāraṃ paridhānamaṃṣuvilasat śārduladehacchadaṃ.
antarbhrāntanipīta pinḍitaghanadhvāntaughamukhāruṇapraṣṭhodbhrāmaramaṇḍalābhavipulajvālaṃ ca netratrayam..
bibhrāṇaṃ pariveṣṭya vāmabhujayordaṇḍaṃ triśūlaṃ tathā haste sāsrakapālamekamaparaṃ caikāṃ mahākartarīm.
dhyāyādurdhvaniveśanaṃ naraśiraḥsrakṣaktapīnorasaṃ vidyutpuñjakarālakuntalacayaśmaśrutkaṭasya śrīyaṃ..

Posted for information and as personal notes for this year’s Mahāśivarātri.

On the imagery of the Gaṇapati mentioned in the krama of tripurA and shArikA

The Ucchiṣṭagaṇapati mentioned in the first lines is also mentioned with an identical mantra in the Buddhist sādhanāmāla,albeit just as Gaṇapati. His description from that compliation of sādhanās runs(in rather ungrammatical Sanskrit) thus: bhagavantaṃ gaṇapatiṃ raktavarṇaṃ jaṭāmukuṭakirīṭīnaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ lambodaraikavadanaṃ ūrdhvaparyankatāṇḍavaṃ trinetramapyekadantaṃ savyabhujeṣu kuṭhāra-śara-aṅkuśa-vajra-khaṭvaṅga-śūlaṃ ca vāmabhujeṣu mūṣala-cāpa-khaṭvāṅga-asṛk-kapāla-śuṣka-māṃsakapālaphaṭkaṃ ca raktapadme mūṣikopari sthitamiti. No mention of any distinct rites are there in the sādhanā,only just japa.