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Upanishads · Muktikā 1.34
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Devanāgarī
परिव्राट् त्रिशिखी सीता चूडा निर्वाणमण्डलम् । दक्षिणा शरभं स्कन्दं महानारायणाह्वयम्
Transliteration (IAST)
parivrāṭ triśikhī sītā cūḍā nirvāṇamaṇḍalam | dakṣiṇā śarabhaṃ skandaṃ mahānārāyaṇāhvayam
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SanskritIASTMeaning
परिव्राट् त्रि-शिखी सीताparivrāṭ tri-śikhī sītāParivrāt, Triśikhī, Sītā
चूडा निर्वाण-मण्डलम्cūḍā nirvāṇa-maṇḍalamCūḍā, Nirvāṇa, Maṇḍala[-brahmaṇa]
दक्षिणा शरभं स्कन्दंdakṣiṇā śarabhaṃ skandaṃDakṣiṇā, Śarabha, Skanda
महा-नारायण-आह्वयम्mahā-nārāyaṇa-āhvayamcalled Mahānārāyaṇa
Translation
«Parivrāt, Triśikhī, Sītā, Cūḍāmaṇi, Nirvāṇa, Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa, Dakṣiṇāmūrti, Śarabha, Skanda, called Mahānārāyaṇa…»
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Worth noting that the list contains the Sītā-upaniṣad, and this is worth stating. This book is devoted to Sītā and speaks of her as prakṛti, the primal power; that is, it is a Vaishnava answer to the Śākta books read last. In it Sītā is named threefold: icchā, kriyā, and jñāna — will, action, and knowledge; and the world is explained as her manifestation at Rāma's side.
That is, the Vaishnavas too have their own class of books about the goddess; but in it the goddess is always someone's, and it was said at Bahvṛcā (2) that the difference here lies not in greatness but in the order of the words. Add Śarabha, for it is curious. Śarabha is a fabled eight-legged beast, stronger than a lion; and this book is Shaiva: in it Śiva, in the form of Śarabha, overcomes Nṛsiṃha.
That is, in the list of the hundred and eight stands a book where Śiva defeats a form of Viṣṇu; and this is worth noting, so it is not thought the list was compiled one-sidedly. The compiler included even what stands against him; and this, I think, does him credit. Add Mahānārāyaṇa: it is the concluding portion of the Taittirīya-āraṇyaka, extensive and ancient, and in it stands the famous na veda-vin manute taṃ bṛhantam, which was examined at Hayagrīva (1.4).