Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates 鈥楾he fruit of this knowledge鈥� of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲s are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
29. The fruit of this knowledge
[...] K膩lagnirudra 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲 verse 10
碍腻濒腻驳苍颈谤耻诲谤补 gives the fruit of the Knowledge of Bhasma and 诲丑腻谤补峁嘺. According to him he who knows this, whether he be a Brahman-student, a house holder, a forest-resident or an ascetic, he is thereby purified of all the major sins and minor sins. Thereby all the gods are meditated upon by him, he is known by all the gods, becomes one who has bathed in all the holy bathing places, one who has all the time muttered the Rudra prayer. And after enjoying all the pleasures he enters, giving up the body, into union with 艢颈惫补 and does not return鈥揳nd does not return. Thus spoke the exalted 碍腻濒腻驳苍颈谤耻诲谤补. One who recites it here, he also attains to a similar state. Om Satyam.鈥揟hus reads the 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲.