sri netra tantram🔗

In the rare Agama, Sri Netra Tantram, Bhagavan Sadashiva reveals the ultimate sacred secrets of the Third Eye to Devi Parvati on the her enquiry to the handsome Lord Shiva.

The tika or commentary on this Agama has been done by Sri Kshemaraja, the enlightend disciple of Sri Abhinava Gupta, the great AdiShaiva Master. Following are the direct Shaastra Pramana, the scriptural evidences on the secrets of Third Eye, Trinetra from the Sri Netra Tantram, first Adhikara.

Seated on Kailasa Peak is the Lord of Devatas, Maheshvara, Hara, the altar of dalliance, with his Gaṇas and his consort Devi Parvati. Having seen the Lord, with desire to enrich the living beings, Devi grasped His feet, and enquired to Parameshwara in a very devoted way.

śrī devyovāca

O Parameshvara, Kāma was burned up by Its play. What is this ferocious, fiery eye (netra), Natha, which is always invisible, yet is the causative source of great miraculous, astonishing wonders?

O Deva, how does fire come to exist, within the space between the Eyes (the Third Eye). Who does it See? How is this Divine Eyes, cakṣuḥ filled by fire (vahni-mayam)? Why is it invisible?

O Jagatpate, Lord of Universe, how is it indeed that from this Divine Eye, Cakṣu, which is streaming forth, raising, and expanding the Whole Cosmos, which is filled with amṛta, the nectarine essence of All-immortality, you reach, enter and pervade the Universe, instantaneously.

Deva, by this graceful, pleasing nectarine pure Eye, Amrta-Cakshu only, you make me blissful and cause the projecting and reaching into the Universe. From where does this fire, known and celebrated as the fire of time (kāla anala) is caused, generated, and comes forth?

O Bhagavan, only you can speak and reveal this to me completely.

śrī bhagavān ucāva

Shri Bhagavan said:

I will speak about all That, listen Dear, established in Yoga, the uniting space of Oneness with Me. Its real form and nature is without origin, pure, pervading all and having faces everywhere. It is existing within all living creatures and present in the hearts of all things, attained by yoga, difficult to accomplish, hard to attain for all beings.

netretatvābhidhāyitvād netremityasya nāma pratijñānaṁ sphuṭayati |

In my Netra (Third Eye), both Fire (Vahni) and Nectar of Immortality (Amrita) exist, this is the unsurpassable, excellent sacred secret (rahasyam) not told previously, yet.

As the Paasha, the cosmic rope that controls, Body of Time (Kāladeha) and The Burner (Dāhakam), The Cause who enters as Self and expands as the Universe – by entering into the Supreme Non-Dual Source, sphāra – which is svayam-prakasha shining with gold-like fiery light of the cosmic bang, the ultimate space of Oneness with everything – I will narrate and reveal (this netra tantra rahasya) to you.

By engaging in space of uniting with Me (yoga-yukta), listen with a deep space of intra-analyzing (antarvimṛśa) to the first words here of the sacred secret (rahasya) of the Ultimate Fire, Paravahni which is the Divine Eye with the inner-essence of Nectar of Immortality, Amritātma-Netra, which is being spoken and expressed to you – its purpose and applied science (proyojanam) is especially for the enjoyment (bhoga) and for liberation (mokṣa) and its indicated counter-effects.

There are Six Relations, saḍ sambandah, which are well-known, starting with parā and ending with adivyā.

It is like my own Vīryam, the Life-energy filled semen, my own self-knowledge, indeed my supreme space. It is the essence of all semen, the strongest of the strong. Certainly, and without any doubt, it is the ojas of all ojas, the perpetual Eternity itself which is immovable and established. From Me, She is known as supreme Iccha Shakti, one with Parāshakti, born from My own nature endowed with all powers.