Vadavali 3.1-6.4

3.1-6.4

śirovratapadenocyate | 'idaṃ śirovrataṃ cīrṇaṃ vidhivadyairdvijātibhiḥ | teṣāmeva parāṃ vidyāṃ vadedajñānabādhikām |' śirovrataṃ
nāma śirasyā'tharvaṇaśruteryaduktaṃ taddhi, naivānyattatpāśupatasaṃhitamityādyuktvā 'agnirityādibhirmantraiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śuddhena bhasmanā | sarvāṅgoddhūlanaṃ kuryācchirovratasamāhvaya'miti | brahmottarakhaṇḍe'pi
'uddhūlanaṃ tripuṇḍraṃ ca māyāpāśanivṛttaye | āmananti muniśreṣṭhā atharvaśirasi sthita'miti
pūrvoktavrate tu śirovratapadamadhyāpakaprasiddham | tatprasiddhyapekṣayā
purāṇaprasiddherbaliṣṭhatvādidameva śirovratatvena grāhyam | anyathaitadvākyavirodhāpatteriti cet-na | pūrvavākye, samaḥ samāna āhvayo
yasyeti samāhvayaḥ | śirovrataṃ samāhvayo yasya tacchirovratasamāhvayamiti samāsāduddhūlanasya śirovratasamānanāmakatvabodhanāt | dvitīyavākye pūrvavṛttasyaivā'tharvaśiraḥsthitatvakathanena śiraḥsaṃbandhi vrataṃ śirovratamiti yogabodhanādrūḍhiryogamapaharatīyato'syānupabṛṃhaṇatvānusaṃdhānena puraḥsphūrtikaṃ tadvirodhamanādṛtyaiva vyāsacaraṇaiḥ, 'svādhyāyasya