Sadashiva Chakra

The sadAshiva chakra is composed of five chakras: tatpuruSha, aghora, vAmadeva, sadyojAta and IshAna.
Here the word chakra refers to yantra (maNDala), mUrti and mantra and hence a sort of sa~Nketa traya for the
five-fold diversity is seen in all these aspects. The origin of the mantra chakra is from the mantra shuddha
praNava with its five components: a, u, ma, bindu and nAda. These represent tatpuruShAdi mUrtis. From the
praNava arises the five lettered mahAmantra popularly known as shuddha pa~nchAkSharI mantra. The five
letters of this mantra represent the five mUrtis (tatpuruShAdayaH). From each of the letters of this mantra
originate five panchAkSharI mantras known as the much(y)a panchAkSharas:
IshAna, sadyojAta, vamadeva, aghora and tatpuruSha panchAkSharas.
From each letter of these mantras, five panchAkSharas originate i.e. from every mukhya pa~nchAkShara
mantra, twenty-five panchAkShara mantras emanate:
praNava
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V
shuddha panchAkShara
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V
tatpuruSha panchAkShara, aghora pa~nchAkShara, vAmadeva pa~nchAkShara, sadyojAta pa~nchAkShara,
IshAna pa~nchAkShara
tatpuruSha ->
ananta, aghora, saumya, rudra, hamsa, Atma, Aj~nA, madana, mAyA, mantra, amR^ita, prapa~ncha, sArasvata,
skanda, mUla, mahA, kailAsa, mR^ityu~njaya, lakShmI, kShipra, Ananda, ana~Nga, shAmbhava, jvAlA and
sarvasiddhi panchAkSharas
aghora ->
vidveSha, savya, satya, brahma, vishva, varuNa, samudrashoShaNa, garuDa, gaja, bhramara, saMgrAma,
yoginI, gaNa, shArabha, gandharva, vidyAdhara, sandhAna, sR^iShTi, samhAra, chitra, vyaShTi, samaShTi,
vaishvAnara, parjanya and yakSha pa~nchAkSharas
vAmadeva ->
stambhana, praj~nA, stotra, vimAna, mAnasa, dhenu, purUhUta, icChA, laghu, saura, baindava, sa~nchAra,
Aloka, vij~nAna, khechara, pa~nchasadAkhya, manovega, shubha, gIrvANa, svarga, viSha, sundara, ghaNTA,
sa~njIvana and AkhaNDala panchAksharas
sadyojAta ->
bhedana, prAjApatya, mahAbala, nirvana, nayana, giri, viShNu, ucchaishrava, mandAkinI, samvarta,
aghamarShaNa, anAhata, megha, pavana, siddhi, yaj~na, pUjA, parimala, sasya, dik, jihvA, karNa, chit, j~nAna
and sambhoga panchAkSharas
IshAna ->
prAsAda, prAsAdagochara, prAsAdasundara, prAsAdashekhara, prAsAdasaura, prAsAdabandhana,
prAsAdabhujanga, prAsAdakamala, prAsAdachandra, prAsAdavidyAdhara, prAsAdavij~nAna,
prAsAdachintAmaNi, prAsAdadIpaka, prAsAdavidyatanu, prAsAdakamalAnanda, prAsAdakavacha,
prAsAdaratnAkara, prAsAdakaustubha, prAsAdalakShaNa, prAsAdakuNDalI, prAsAdachUDAmaNi,
prAsAdapArameshvarIya, prAsAdashaiva, prAsAdashakti and mahAprAsAda panchakshara mantras
Each of the 125 panchAkShara mantras are said to confer different siddhis. For example, the siddhi associated
with prAsAdakamalAnanda is bhuvanAdhva darshana, prAsAda chintAmaNi is somamaNDala darshana, karNa

panchAkShara is karNa siddhi, nayana panchAkshara is dUradarshana siddhi, khechara panchAkShara is

AkAshagamana siddhi and so on.
Thus, this results in a total of 125 + 5 + 1 = 131 mantras (excluding praNava) which again amounts to the
number 5 (1+3+1). As these 131 mantras with praNava acting as mantra vIrya for each of them are hidden within
the prAsAda, this great mantra of sadAshiva is termed as the seed or bIja of every mantra belonging to
shaivAmnAya. Hence, the UrdhvAmnAya tantra describes the siddhi of prAsAda as equivalent to the siddhi of
the entire gamut of shaiva mantras. When we speak of prAsAda, the reference here is to shuddha prAsAda (of
shaivAmnAya) but due to its presence within parA prAsAda and prAsAda parA, this would hold good even in the
case of these mantras belonging to shAmbhavAmnAya. Hence it is said regarding mahAprAsAda mantra:
tamAchAryaM vijAnIhi dvAdashArNapradaM shive |
guruH prAsAdadAtA syAdupAdhyAyaH prakIrtitaH ||
ShaDakSharI pradAtA tu sA~NgopA~NgaM mahAmanum |
dadan sa paramAchAryo saiva deshikarADiti ||
imaM manuM naro yastu sakR^ijjapati bhUtale |
guruM santoShya yatnena pUjayitvA svakardhanaiH ||
sa eva muktisAmrAjyapadavIbhA~N na saMshayaH |
shaivaM ShaDakSharImAhuH pUrvA~NgaM shrutayaH shive ||
dvAdasharNaM tathA prAhuruttarA~NgaM shivAgamAH |
prAsAdamAhurhR^idayaM sarvAmnAyagatAH shive ||
vidyAvihInopi dhanairvihInaH putrairvihInopi yashasA vihInaH |
vidyAmimAM kAmitakalpavallIM sA~NgAM bruvan pAtakasa~NghamuktaH ||
shivopi chAhaM svamukhairyutaH san vidhishcha vA viShNurathAmarA vA |
mAhAtmyamasyAH prabhavanti nAtra kiM vaktumanye prabhavanti mUDhAH ||
The anuShThAna of sadAshiva chakra and panchAkShara prAsAda rashmi nyAsa are performed during
pradoSha and importantly on the last prahara of Mahashivratri. The observance of sadAshiva chakra in its
aspects of mantra, mUrti and mandala grants panchAnga shuddhi without which inner alchemy has been
declared as unattainable by the rasa siddhas.