Vadavali 3.1-6.3

3.1-6.3

liṅgapramāṇèntarbhāvamapi mahatā prayāsena sādhayitvā'pekṣitatvenānumānasyā'prayojakatvanirāso'pi kākadantavicāramevānusarati | ataścittaśuddheḥ sarvavidyāpekṣitatvamicchadbhiḥ svoktānumāne svarūpā'siddhivāraṇāya 'agni'rityādimantravidheyamiti pakṣaviśeṣaṇaṃ vihāya,
agnerbhasmāsītyādimantravidheyamiti viśeṣaṇaṃ dātavyamiti yuktam
nanu 'vratametatpāśupataṃ paśupāśavimokṣāye'ti śrutau vimokṣapadena
karaṇavyutpattyā vimokṣasādhanabhūtaṃ vidyāmātramucyate | 'etāvadare
khalvamṛtatvami'tyatrā'mṛtatvapadenā'mṛtatvasādhanavat | ataḥ śrutirapyeṣā śaivānumāne na pramāṇamiti nāprayojakatvaṃ nāpi svarūpāsiddhiriti
cet-na | dṛṣṭānte kevalāmṛtavimokṣapadena dārṣṭāntike kevalā'mṛtavimokṣapadābhāvenobhayorvaiṣamyāt | vimukternityaniratiśayasukharūpatvena paśupāśavimukterduḥkhābhāvarūpatvena bhedātpaśupāśavimokṣapadasya śrutyā sarvasādhāraṇatvā'bhāvāt | vimokṣapadasya karaṇavyutpattāvapi paśupāśapadaviśiṣṭatayā tatsānnidhyena vācakatve niyantrite paśupāśavimokṣarūpaphalakaraṇabhūtapāśupatavidyāyā eva bodhasambhavena vimuktisādhanībhūtavidyāntaraparatve nivṛtte sarvavidyāparatvasyā'śakyavacanatvācca
nāpi 'teṣāmevaitāṃ brahmavidyāṃ vadeta śirovrataṃ vidhivadyaistu
cīrṇa'miti muṇḍakavākyaṃ tatra pramāṇam | śirasyaṅgāradhāraṇarūpasya
muṇḍakādhyayanāṅgabhūtavratasya tatrābhipretatvenoddhūlanasya tatrā'śakyavacanatvāt | nanu saurasaṃhitāyāmatharvaśiraḥprasiddhaṃ pāśupatavratameva