The Tilaka of Sharada

When that consciousness becomes doubled in form, (60)

The Supreme Self, having the nature of the letter Hamsa a mantra associated with the breath, the word and the meaning, the sun and the moon—the Supreme Goddess creates Prakriti nature and Purusha consciousness. (61)

Whatever other pair exists in this universe, it was born from that. The goddess who is the consort of Shiva, whose all-limbed body is threefold referring to the three gunas, whose form is consciousness, (62)

Gives birth to the Traipura mantra, the Shaktivinayaka mantra, the three-letter mantra Pasha, the Traiputa, and the Chandanayaka. (63)

The Saura, the Mrityunjaya, the Shakti, the Mantava, the Vinatasuta, the three-letter Vagisha mantra, and the Nilakantha, the remover of poison. (64)

The auspicious goddess, who is the threefold path of the Vedas and the three letters, is the threefold mandala of the goddess, the three worlds, and the three qualities. (65)

She is the three-lotus, the vowels, the three triads beginning with Brahma, the three times of the fire, the three powers, and the three great states of functioning. (66)

She is the three channels, the three goals of life, and whatever else is considered threefold. The Shambhavi consort of Shiva, the giver of bliss, multiplied in four ways— (67)

At that time, she makes the four-letter mantra of the Lord of the Padmini the sun, the four letters of the Great Goddess, and the quartet of divine principles. (68)

The four oceans, the quartet of internal instruments, the four states beginning with the subtle, and the quartet of Vishnu’s forms. (69)

The quartet of Ganeshas, the quartet beginning with the self, as well as the altar of worship and the quartet of Dharma and others. (70)

The elephant and whatever else is a quartet—the wife of Shambhu, multiplied in five ways, is the grantor of all objects. (71)

She is the five-fold Tripura, and for her there are two five-letter mantras. She is the five-jewel of the Great Goddess, granting the fruit of all desires. (72)

The five-letter mantra of Maheshvara and the five-letter mantra of Marutvata Indra.