Upanishads · Bhasmajābāla 2.11
॥
Devanāgarī
हरिहरहिरण्यगर्भस्रष्टारमप्रमेयमनाद्यन्तं रुद्रसूक्तैरभिषिच्य सितेन भस्मना श्रीफलदलैश्च त्रिशाखैरार्द्रैरनार्द्रैर्वा
Transliteration (IAST)
hariharahiraṇyagarbhasraṣṭāramaprameyamanādyantaṃ rudrasūktairabhiṣicya sitena bhasmanā śrīphaladalaiśca triśākhairārdrairanārdrairvā
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SanskritIASTMeaning
हरि-हर-हिरण्यगर्भ-स्रष्टारम्hari-hara-hiraṇyagarbha-sraṣṭāramthe creator of Hari, Hara, and Hiraṇyagarbha
अ-प्रमेयम् अनादि-अन्तंa-prameyam anādi-antaṃimmeasurable, without beginning or end
रुद्र-सूक्तैः अभिषिच्यrudra-sūktaiḥ abhiṣicyahaving bathed [it] with the hymns of Rudra
सितेन भस्मना श्री-फल-दलैः चsitena bhasmanā śrī-phala-dalaiḥ cawith white ash and bilva-tree leaves
Translation
«…the creator of Hari, Hara, and Hiraṇyagarbha, immeasurable, without beginning or end — having bathed [it] with the hymns of Rudra, with white ash and bilva-tree leaves, threefold, moist or dry…»
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Hari-hara-hiraṇyagarbha-sraṣṭāram, «the creator of Hari, Hara, and Hiraṇyagarbha», is named. That is, the one addressed is called the creator of all three — Viṣṇu, Śiva, and Brahmā — and here Śiva is called the creator even of Hara, that is, of himself. This turn, strange at first sight, was discussed when reading the first chapter (1.3): a distinction is drawn between Rudra as one of the three and Śiva as the highest.
Worth noting, however, the structure of the list: Hari is named first. Order in such lists is not usually accidental, and that in Śākta books the name of Viṣṇu constantly turns up where one does not expect it was discussed when reading Tripurātāpinī (1, 19, 30, 32, 56) and Rudra-hṛdaya (13). One should not draw more from this than warranted, and we will not. Let us only note that in this very book, thoroughly Śaiva, when naming the three the composer began with Hari.
Separately worth mentioning are śrī-phala-dala, «bilva leaves»: the leaf of the bilva tree, tripartite, and so offered to Śiva — three leaflets on one stalk answering to his three eyes and his trident. The Vaishnava side offers tulasī; and both sides agree that a leaf is offered, not gold.