śāktaṃ vā vaiṣṇavaṃ vāpi śaivaṃ vānyaṃ tathā punaḥ ॥ 11
vārāṇasyāṃ japed yo hi māsatrayaṃ varānane ।
prātaḥkālaṃ samārambha yāvanmadhyandinaṃ bhavet ॥ 12
avaśyaṃ mantrasiddhiḥ syāt satyameva susiddhide ।
nirvāṇaṃ tasya deveśi tvavaśyaṃ jāyate śive ॥ 13
mahāśmaśānaṃ deveśi ānandakānanaṃ tathā ।
avimuktaṃ mahādevi tathā gaurīmukhaṃ punaḥ ॥ 14
vārāṇasī mahākṣetraṃ kālīrūpaṃ parātparam ।
tatra yad yat kṛtaṃ devi kiṃ tasya kathayāmi te ॥ 15
yoginītantrasya ekādaśapaṭalaḥ
Month: August 2026
The dhyāna of Bālā tryakṣarī as Kāmākhyā (ongoing note) along with Kāmeśvara mantra and dhyāna
Dhyāna of vāgbhavabīja (aiṃ)
sindūrapuñjasaṃkāśāṃ trinetrāṃ tu caturbhujām
vāmoṛdhve puṣpakoḍandaṃ dhṛtvādhaḥ pustakaṃ tathā
dakṣiṇoṛdhve pañcabāṇānakṣamālāṃ dadhatyadhaḥ
caturṇāṃ kuṇapānāṃ tu pṛṣṭhe’nyaṃ kuṇapāntaram
nidhāya tasya pṛṣṭhe tu samapādena saṃsthitām
jaṭājūṭārdhacandreṇa samāvaddhāśirodharām
nagnāṃ trivalibhedena cārumadhyāṃ manoharām
sarvālaṅkārasampūrṇāṃ sarvāṅgasundarī śubhām
sravaddraviṇasandohāṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām
Dhyāna of kāmabīja(klīṃ)
bandhūkapuṣpasaṅkāśāṃ jaṭājūṭendumaṇḍitāṃ
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇāṃ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitaṃ
uddyadraviprabhāṃpadmoparyukteṣu susaṃsthitāṃ
muktāratnāvalīyuktā pānonnatapayodharām
valīvibhāgacaturāmāsavāmodamoditām
netrāhlādakarīṃ śubhrāṃ kṣobhaṇīṃ jagatāṃ tathā
trinetrāṃ yonimudrāyāmoṣdhāsasamāyutām
navayauvanasampannāṃ mṛṇālābhacaturbhujām
vāmārdhve pustakaṃ dhatte akṣamālāṃ tu dakṣiṇe
vāmenābhayadāṃ devīṃ dakṣiṇārdhve varapradām
sravadraktaughasūryābhāṃ śiromālāṃ tu bibhratīm
āpādalambinīṃ kalpadrumamāsādya saṃsthitām
kadambopavanāntasthāṃ kāmāhlādakarīṃ śubhām
dvitīyāṃ tripurāṃ dhyāyedevaṃrūpāṃ manoharām
Dhyāna of the third bīja(ḍāmara/mohanabīja) (sauḥ)
tṛtīyaṃ tripurārūpaṃ śṛṇu vetālabhairavaṃ
javākusumasaṅkāśāṃ muktakeśīṃ śubhānanām
sadāśivaṃ hasantaṃ tu pretavad vinighāya vai
hṛdaye tasya devasya hārddhaapadmāsanāsthitām
raktoṛtpalairmiśritāṃ tu muṇḍamālāṃ padānugām
grīvāyāṃ dhārayantīṃ tu pīnonnatapayodharām
caturbhujāṃ tathā nagnāṃ dakṣiṇārdhve’kṣamālinīm
varadāṃ tadadho vāme jaganmāyāṃ tathābhayām
adhastu pustakaṃ dhatte trinetrāṃ hasitānanām
sravadrudhirabhogārtaṃ tathā sarvāṅgasundarīm
evaṃvidhaṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu rūpaṃ dhyāyet tu pūjakaḥ
ādyaṃ tu vāgbhavaṃ rūpaṃ dvitīyaṃ kāmarājakam
ḍāmaraṃ mohanaṃ cāpi tṛtīyaṃ parikīrtitam
mantratrayaṃ tathaikatra kṛtvā ca manumūrtayaḥ
kartavyā ekatastatra madhyarūpe niveṣayet
Blog author’s own note:mantratrayaM=bIjatrayaM
Dhyāna of kāmeśvara(hauṃ) (nātha kāmeśvaraṃ devaṃ prāsādena prapūjayet)
nāthaṁ kāmeśvaraṁ tatra ekavaktraṁ caturbhujam |
bhasmaśvetaṁ madhyahṛdi raktapuṣpaistu kuṅkumaiḥ || 124 ||
triśūlaṁ ca pinākaṁ ca vāmahastadvaye sthitam |
utpalaṁ bījapūraṁ ca dakṣiṇadvitaye tathā || 125 ||
śvetapadmoparisthaṁ ca dhyātvā madhye prapūjayet |
The shaiva/vaiShNava presences on kAmAkhyA nIlAchala according to the kAlikA purANa
Someone should map the shaiva prescences in nIlAchala hill to the shiva shrines actually present there,which would be
1. kAmeshvara(corresponds to the vAmedeva li~Nga named kAmeshvara mentioned in the kAmAkhyAmAhAtmyam just before the traipura vidhi is mentioned)
2. koTili~Nga(sharabheshvara) (yo’sau sharabhamUrtirme madhyakhaNDaprachaNDakaH/mahAbhairavanAmAbhut koTili~NgAhvayastu me//)
3. kambaleshvara(harihara/sha~NkaranArAyaNa)
4. aghora in the kAmAkhyA cave(if someone could help me out about the exact location?I couldn’t identify when I went in)…the corresponding verse in the KP seems to be yacchaghorAhvAyaM shIrShaM tatkAmAyAstu dakShiNe/pIThe bhairavanAmA tu gadite paramArthibhiH//
5. kedAreshvara (kedArasaMj~nakaM kShetraM madhyasthaM siddhakAmayoH/)
6. A li~Nga at the bottom of the saubhAgyakuNDa. It is visible on mahAshivarAtri when the kuNDa is drained then apparently?
7. pANDunAtha=seems to be invoked both as varAha(varAhaH pANDunAthAkhyAH sthitastatra hariryataH) and as the nArAyaNa aShTAkShari in a later chapter of the purANA
8. kAmuka vaTuka seemingly in the main cave of kAmAkhyA itself
9. Amratakeshvara(sadyojAta) (sadyojAtAhvayam shIrShaM pIThe tvAmrAtakeshvara…says the kAlikA purANa’s kAmAkhyAmAhAtmyam,62nd chapter)
10. heruka bhairava apparently
11. bhuvaneshvara bhairava identified with tatpuruSha…bhuvanesha in the cave of bhuvanAnanda
12. siddheshvara identified with IshAna (IshAnAkhya shivo yatra tat siddheshvarasanj~nakaM/shilArupaM siddhakuNDaM madhyasthaM viddhi bhairavaM)
This post should be read in conjunction with this post and this post on other shrines on the nIlAchala hill. I would be glad if someone took a lead and published where exact correspondences to the places mentioned that are less clear(like bhuvaneshvara). The article will be updated as I get new information.
padmavajra 