Laghustavacarcastavau 5_934

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nanvayaṃ mantroddhāro bahuṣvāgameṣu darśitastato'sya ko bhedaḥ
ityapekṣāyāmāha viśeṣeti . viśeṣaistripurāvidyāviśeṣaiḥ sahitaste ca
viśeṣāstatroddhṛtāḥ . na caitatsvopajñamityāha satsampradāyeti . san
nirdoṣatvena praśastaścāsau sampradāya upadeśapāramparyaṃ tenānvito
gurumukhāllabdha-ityarthaḥ . evaṃ satsampradāyaprāptānāmeva
mantrāṇāmuddhāro mayātra kṛta ityaprāmāṇyaśaṃkā nirastā . tena
paramaśivātprabhṛti svagurupāramparyeṇa

Now, one might ask: this extraction of the mantra is shown in many Āgamas, so what is its difference from them? In response to this, he says: 'accompanied by specific distinctions' (viśeṣasahitaḥ). It is accompanied by distinctions—that is, specific forms of the Tripurāvidyā—and those distinctions are extracted therein. Nor is this of his own invention; hence he says: 'endowed with the authentic tradition' (satsampradāyānvitaḥ). A tradition that is good (sat)—praiseworthy because it is faultless—is an uninterrupted succession of oral instruction; endowed with that means received from the mouth of the guru. Thus, it is the mantras obtained solely from an authentic tradition whose extraction has been performed by me here, thereby dispelling any doubt regarding lack of authoritative validity. By this it is indicated that