Skanda Upanishad

skandopaniṣat

yatrāsaṃbhavatāṃ yāti svātiriktabhidātatiḥ । ।
saṃvinmātraṃ paraṃ brahma tatsvamātraṃ vijṛmbhate ॥

oṃ saha nāvavatu । saha nau bhunaktu । saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai ।
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai ॥

oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥

acyuto'smi mahādeva tava kāruṇyaleśataḥ ।
vijñānaghana evāsmi śivo'smi kimataḥ param ॥ 1॥

na nijaṃ nijavadbhāti antaḥkaraṇajṛmbhaṇāt ।
antaḥkaraṇanāśena saṃvinmātrasthito hariḥ ॥ 2॥

saṃvinmātrasthitaścāhamajo'smi kimataḥ param ।
vyatiriktaṃ jaḍaṃ sarvaṃ svapnavacca vinaśyati ॥ 3॥

cijjaḍānāṃ tu yo draṣṭā so'cyuto jñānavigrahaḥ ।
sa eva hi mahādevaḥ sa eva hi mahāhariḥ ॥ 4॥

sa eva hi jyotiṣāṃ jyotiḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ ।
sa eva hi paraṃ brahma tadbrahmāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ॥ 5॥

jīvaḥ śivaḥ śivo jīvaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ ।
tuṣeṇa baddho vrīhiḥ syāttuṣābhāvena taṇḍulaḥ ॥ 6॥

evaṃ baddhastathā jīvaḥ karmanāśe sadāśivaḥ ।
pāśabaddhastathā jīvaḥ pāśamuktaḥ sadāśivaḥ ॥ 7॥

śivāya viṣṇurūpāya śivarūpāya viṣṇave ।
śivasya hṛdayaṃ viṣṇuḥ viṣṇośca hṛdayaṃ śivaḥ ॥ 8॥

yathā śivamayo viṣṇurevaṃ viṣṇumayaḥ śivaḥ ।
yathāntaraṃ na paśyāmi tathā me svastirāyuṣi ॥ 9॥

yathāntaraṃ na bhedāḥ syuḥ śivakeśavayostathā ।
deho devālayaḥ proktaḥ sa jīvaḥ kevalaḥ śivaḥ ॥ 10॥

tyajedajñānanirmālyaṃ so'haṃbhāvena pūjayet ।
abhedadarśanaṃ jñānaṃ dhyānaṃ nirviṣayaṃ manaḥ ।
snānaṃ manomalatyāgaḥ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ ॥ 11॥

brahmāmṛtaṃ pibedbhaikṣyamācareddeharakṣaṇe ।
vasedekāntiko bhūtvā caikānte dvaitavarjite ।
ityevamācareddhīmānsa evaṃ muktimāpnuyāt ॥ 12॥

śrīparamadhāmne svasti cirāyuṣyonnama iti ।
viriñcinārāyaṇaśaṅkarātmakaṃ nṛsiṃha deveśa tava
prasādataḥ ।
acintyamavyaktamanantamavyayaṃ vedātmakaṃ brahma nijaṃ vijānate ॥ 13॥

tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ ।
divīva cakṣurātatam ॥ 14॥

tadviprāso vipanyavo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ samindhate । viṣṇoryatparamaṃ
padam ।
ityetannirvāṇānuśāsanamiti vedānuśāsanamiti
vedānuśāsanamityupaniṣat ॥ 15॥

॥ iti kṛṣṇayajurvedīya skandopaniṣatsamāptā ॥