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The Essence of the Tantra8.17

8.17

अत्र च तत्त्वेश्वराः शिवशक्तिसदाशिवेश्वरानन्ताः ब्रह्मेव निवृत्तौ एषां सामान्यरूपाणां विशेषा अनुगतिविषयाः पञ्च तद्यथा शाम्भवाः शाक्ताः मन्त्रमहेश्वराः मन्त्रेश्वराः मन्त्रा इति शुद्धाध्वा

Transliteration (IAST)

atra ca tattveśvarāḥ śivaśaktisadāśiveśvarānantāḥ brahmeva nivṛttau eṣāṃ sāmānyarūpāṇāṃ viśeṣā anugativiṣayāḥ pañca tadyathā śāmbhavāḥ śāktāḥ mantramaheśvarāḥ mantreśvarāḥ mantrā iti śuddhādhvā

— the lords of (these) principles ; — Śiva, Śakti, Sadāśiva, Īśvara, and Ananta (the lord of pure-knowledge) ; — in the (lowest, earth-) sphere of cessation ; — of these general forms ; — serving as the domains pervaded (by them) ; — the Śāmbhavas (belonging to Śiva) ; — the Mantramaheśvaras (great lords of mantra) ; — the pure path (the higher half of the cosmic hierarchy)

And here the lords of these principles are Śiva, Śakti, Sadāśiva, Īśvara, and Ananta — just as Brahmā presides over the sphere of cessation (the earth). The particulars of these general forms, serving as the domains they pervade, are five: namely the Śāmbhavas, the Śāktas, the Mantramaheśvaras, the Mantreśvaras, and the Mantras. This is the pure path.