Shiva Agamas

Arti Agarwal
 His Divine Holiness
Paramahamsa
Nithyananda Swamiji
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Why Should You Care About Agamas?

Hindu scriptures are not dead books.

They are alive, reverberating with the timeless cosmic truths revealed to the
Rishis, Munis and sages thousands of years ago.

Shiva Agamas are not a set of “instructions.”

They are the vision document of Mahadeva. They were revealed by
Mahadeva Himself, and give insights into a lifestyle to live the timeless truths
also, for every age and time.
Why Should You Care About Agamas?

The methods given in Agamas are timeless, because they help you manifest a
timeless truth.

What has changed?

Attitudes
Capacity for tapasya
Demography
Topography
Political Structure

Dharmic Ambience
Types of Scriptures

Classification of Hindu Scriptures

Shruti – Directly heard from Cosmos & recorded by Rishis

Eg. Vedas, Agamas, Upanishads
Smriti – Vision and instructions of the Rishi (mentions name)
Eg, Manusmriti
Itihaas – Recorded history
Eg. Bhagvat Purana, Shiva Purana, Skanda Purana
Types of Scriptures

Pramaanas from Scriptures

Shaastra Pramaana – As mentioned in the Shruti texts.

Apta Pramaana – Recorded accounts of rishis.
Atma Pramaana – Recorded experience of your own Guru
Sakshi Pramaana – Your own experience

Classification given by H. H. Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji

What Are Agamas?

“आगम् ”
“That which is revealed.”
Transmission of Agamas

“आगम् ” Shiva Agamas

“That which is revealed.” Vishnu Agamas
Shakta Agamas
 Sadyojata Laukika
Vaidika
Adhyatmika
Atimarga
Mantra
Laukika
Vamdeva Vaidika
Adhyatmika
Atimarga
Mantra
Laukika
Shiva Vaidika
Aghora Adhyatmika
Agamas Atimarga
Mantra
Laukika
Vaidika
Adhyatmika
Tatpurusha Atimarga
Mantra
Laukika
Vaidika
Adhyatmika
Atimarga
Ishana Mantra
 Sadyojata Bhuta Tantra (24) Eg, Kaula

Vamdeva Vama Tantra (24)

Aghora Bhairava Tantra Yogaja

Cintya
Karana
Ajita
Tatpurusha Garuda Tantra (24) Dipta
Sukshma
Sahasra
Rudra Bheda (18)
Amsumam
Ishana Shiva Bheda (10) Kamika
Numbering in Agamas

Kamika Agama has parardha –

1020 – verses!

Karana Agama has ten million verses.

Sukshma Agama has 1 billion verses.
Sahasra Agama has one hundred trillion verses.
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Parts of Agama

Four Types of Content in Every Agama:

Kriya Pada
Carya Pada
Yoga Pada
Jnana Pada
Kamika Agama
Kamika Agama Has Details on:

Formation of mantras
Daily habits
Selection of deities
Vidhi to perform puja
Offering in Puja
Agriculture
Town Planning
Construction of houses, animal shelters
Construction of temples
Installation of Deities
Characteristics of Deities
What Is a Mantra?

Then I will tell you briefly about the systematic

formation of the mantras, in due order. From
ploughing of the land to the regular worship, not
even a single activity is carried out without
mantra.

‘Manana’ is the ability to know everything, and ‘Trana’

is liberation from the samsara. Since it gives both
manana and trana, it is called “mantra.”

Mantra consists of two different forms – vacya

and vacaka. The form of the word is known as
vacaka. The form of the deep meaning of that word is
Verses 1-3, Chapter 2, known as vacya. In any mantra, the inseparable
Kamika Agama, Purva Pada identity of this vacka and vacya is very much expected.
Types of Puja

“Now, I will explain the systematic process of

Siva-worship which is efficacious in yielding the
worldly enjoyments as well as the final
liberation. Siva-worship is of two kinds –
individual (personal) worship or Atmartha and
worship for the public - Parartha.

The worship being done for the Linga graciously

given to the disciple by the Guru at the
completion of the qualifying diksha-ritual, or for
the Linga made of earth and other substances is
personal (atmartha). Since it grants the fruits to
Verses 1-2, Chapter 4, the disciple as desired by him, it is called svartha
Kamika Agama, Purva Pada puja.”
Offering of Naivedyam

“Then I will speak on the perfect directions for the offering of foods (naivedya) to Lord Siva.
The sadhaka should prepare the foods with devotion and according to the availability of
resources. One should not make use of leaves, flowers, fruits, water, foods, drinks and other
items, herbal decoction and others without offering them to the supreme Lord (Bhagavan),
Sadasiva.”

Verse 1-2, Chapter 6, Kamika Agama, Purva Pada

Offering of Naivedyam

“If those items such as the sweets and eatables, grains, fruits and such other materials and those
which are to be used by the sadhaka are first offered to Siva and then used by him, then all those
kinds of items would be flourishing well. The wealth enjoyed by the sadhaka without being
offered to Siva would decay. For both the affluent persons and the poor persons, the fruit
is the same irrespective of the smallness or greatness of the offered thing.”

Verse 3-4, Chapter 6, Kamika Agama, Purva Pada

Bhasma
“Just as the water of the Ganga river is always pure,
even so the bhasma is always pure. The bhasma is
auspicious one and it is self-luminous and it makes
everyone to be luminous. Since it consumes all the
effects of sinful deeds, it is significantly called “Bhasma”.
For the human being, the bhasma is the bestower of
wealth; purifier; garland; ornaments; capable of
attracting the world; highly meritorious. Therefore,
bhasma-snana should be done everyday. Those persons
who are affected with fever and epilepsy, those who are
possessed by the ghostly beings and brahma-rakshasa
get re-established in their own state of health and
Verse 55-58, Chapter 3, happiness, merely by besmearing the bhasma over the
Kamika Agama, Purva Pada body.”
Pancha Gavya
“Then he should prepare the mixture of five substances got from the
cow- Pancha Gavya. The process of mixing the five substances is now
explained. In the auspicious part of the pavilion , he should draw a
square mandala associated with nine grids. Having identified five
tattvas with the central, east, south, north and west grids respectively,
he should place five vessels – supratishta, susanta, tejas, ratna and amruta
– in these grids, in the same order. Then he should place milk, curd,
ghee, cow-urine and cow-dung in these vessels respectively. He
should energize them with Ishana, Tatpurusha, Aghora, Vamadeva
and Sadyojata mantras in the mentioned order. Energizing is one time
for milk with Ishana mantra, two times for curd with Tatpurusha
mantra, three times for ghee with Aghora mantra, four times for the
cow-urine with Vamadeva mantra and five times for the cow-dung
with Sadyojata mantra. Water with kusa-grass contained in the
avyakta-vessel kept in the north-east grid(identified with prakruti
tattva) should be energized for sixteen times. Having rendered them to
Verse 225-229, Chapter 4, be of nectarine nature, he should worship them and declare their
Kamika Agama, Purva Pada Oneness with Siva.”
Prana Pratishtha to Deities

Chapter 68, Kamika Agama, Purva Pada

Prana Pratishtha to Deities
Kamika Agama Uttar Pada gives process for prana pratishtha & installation of deity for:

Lingas
Shakti
Vighnesha
Nrittmurti (dancing form)
Somaskanda Murti
Chandrasekhara Murti
Purari Murti
Lingodbhava Murti
Dakshinamurti
Bhikshatana Murti
Baliburti
Sarabesvara Murti
Candesa Anugraha Murti
Bhakta Anugraha Murti
Kalantaka Murti & Kamaghna Murti
Mudras

“Now, I will describe the process of holding the secret mudras, which were
revealed by Siva Himself. These mudras are to be gestured in the sacred activities
such as the flower-offering, offering of rice-ball, incantation and so forth.”

Verse 1, Chapter 4, Raurava Agama

 Mudras
Verse 3-6, Chapter 4, Raurava Agama
“Now I will describe these mudras with all the essential
lineaments, one by one according to the timeless
traditional order. The sadhaka should worship, keeping
the namaskara mudra. He should practice dhyana,
holding the dhvaja mudra. The internal correspondence
between the sadhaka and the Deity should be
maintained with the holding of sasakarnika mudra. In
presenting the relevant seat to the invoked Deity, he
should hold mukula mudra. In visualizing the seat
mentally, he should hold padma mudra. For invoking
the Deity, he should hold a’va’hana mudra. To stabilize
the presence of the Deity and to ward off the obstacles,
he should hold nishthura mudra. To effect the
consummate perfection of the worship of Siva, he
should hold kalakanthi mudra. To establish total
identity between the form of Siva and the
devotee, he should hold linga mudra.”
Yoga

Yoga is said to be consisting of six steps – pratyahara, dhyana, pranayama,

dharana, tarka and samadhi. Of these steps, dharana is now explained.

Verse 5, Chapter 7, Raurava Agama

Yoga

Acting in the same way, both, when honoured or abused, happy or unhappy,
when delighted, fearful or depressed - the sa’dhaka should repeatedly practice
the practices of yoga.

Verse 4, Chapter 1, Sarvajnanottara Agama

Yoga

There are many postures suitable to yoga-practice such as padmaka, svastika, ardha pi’t’ha, ardha
candra, sarvatobhadra and so forth. Having assumed a posture agreeable to him, keeping his body
upright, with the head aligned, the sadhaka should abandon all attachments, be withdrawn into
his/her own mind, O Guha.

Verse 8-9, Chapter 1, Sarvajnanottara Agama

Yoga

Without allowing the upper row of teeth to touch the lower teeth and without allowing the
tongue to touch the corners of the mouth, and keeping his eyes half-closed and raised, the
sa’dhaka should repeat the mu’lamantra of S’iva in a perfect way as instructed by his
Guru.

Verse 10, Chapter 1, Sarvajnanottara Agama

Yoga

Having equalized the pra’na and apa’na and having enabled the breath to flow through within the
central sus”umna nadi and having arrested the workings of inbreath and outbreath, the well-
skilled sadhaka should deeply meditate on Lord S’iva.

Through the continued practice of this, the sa’dhaka experiences unfailing and inseparable
union with the luminous form , which is subtle, all pervasive, eternal, without
attributes, all knowing .

Verse 13-14, Chapter 1, Sarvajnanottara Agama

Trinetra Tilak

“By placing subtle pressure or awareness on the light energy in the eye, a spark of flame
resembling the form of a tilak mark [the sacred mark between the eyebrows, the ajna chakra]
comes before the eye within. Placing the restful awareness on this bindu, the one-pointed flame
in the third eye or at the crown center (śikānte) it opens up in the heart cave. When this deep
awareness reaches completion, there is absorption in the light of ultimate consciousness, the
state of Sadashiva.”

Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, Sutra 37, Dharana 14

References

Kamika Agama, Purva Pada

Kamika Agama, Uttar Pada
Mrigendra Agama
Raurava Agama
Sarvajnanaottara Agama

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