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The practice of rashmimAlA mantra is considered indispensable for every shrIvidyA upAsaka by most
living traditions today. This mAlA, which is an emanation of rashmis from the panchadashAkSharI
mahAmantra of mahAtripurasundarI is revealed by bhagavAn parashurAma in the kalpasUtra. A longer
version of the same can be seen in dattAtreya samhitA and an even longer version in dakShiNAmUrti
samhitA.
There is a corresponding shiva-mAlA termed as chidrashmimAlA, which is praised as the essence of all
shaivAgamas. Many dAkShiNAtya upAsakas of shrIvidyA, myself included, use this mAlA everyday, like
traipura rashmimAlA. While the rashmimAlA of tripurasundarI is recited in the morning, this mAlA is
recited last thing in the night, generally with rajata, svarNa, ratna and chitpAdukAs of Urdhva-pAshupata
stream. Several versions of this mAlA can be found in works such as chidambara tantra, vAmadeva
samhitA, dakShiNAmUrti samhitA, shaivasarvasva, prAsAda-paddhati, naTeshvara rahasya etc. The
mantras that constitute the mAlA are listed below:
र्चन्तामर्णमनुसतित् पिाप्रासादनामकः |
प्रणवो हं सर्वद्या च र्शवपञ्चाििी ततः |
पञ्चमं पञ्चकर्मर्त ज्ञेयं पातकनाशनम् ||
cintāmaṇimanusatadvat parāprāsādanāmakaḥ |
praṇavo haṃsavidyā ca śivapancākṣarī tataḥ |
pancamaṃ pancakamiti jneyaṃ pātakanāśanam ||
viśveśvarābhidhānuṣṭup nīlakaṇṭhamanustataḥ |
anuṣṭubho nīlakaṇṭhamanurmṛtyunjayābhidhaḥ ||
anuṣṭubhaḥ tataḥ prokto bhavānuṣṭup manustataḥ |
gaurīvallabhavidyā ca pancabrahmamanustataḥ ||
tvaritākhyā mahāvidyā sarvānte samudīritā |
śarabhassālduvamanuritīyaṃ samudāhṛtaḥ ||