Verse 1

Kalagnirudra

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ॐ अथ कालाग्निरुद्रोपनिषदः। संवर्तकोऽग्निरृषिरनुष्टुप्छन्दः। श्रीकालाग्निरुद्रो देवता। श्रीकालाग्निरुद्रप्रीत्यर्थे भस्मत्रिपुण्ड्रधारणे विनियोगः ॥१॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ॐ । अथ । कालाग्निरुद्र-उपनिषदः । संवर्तकः । अग्निः । ऋषिः । अनुष्टुप् । छन्दः । श्री-कालाग्निरुद्रः । देवता । श्री-कालाग्निरुद्र-प्रीति-अर्थे । भस्म-त्रिपुण्ड्र-धारणे । विनियोगः ॥१॥

IAST Transliteration

oṁ atha kālāgnirudropaniṣadaḥ | saṁvartako’gnir ṛṣir anuṣṭup-chandaḥ | śrī-kālāgnirudro devatā | śrī-kālāgnirudra-prītyarthe bhasma-tripūṇḍra-dhāraṇe viniyogaḥ ||1||

Translation

Om. Nun beginnt die Kālāgnirudra-Upaniṣad. Der Seher ist Saṁvartaka Agni; das Metrum ist Anuṣṭubh; die Gottheit ist der ehrwürdige Kālāgnirudra. Ihre Anwendung besteht im Tragen der drei Aschezeichen (tripuṇḍra) zur Befriedigung und Verehrung Kālāgnirudras.

Academic Translation

Om. Now (begins) the Kālāgnirudra Upaniṣad. The seer is Saṁvartaka Agni; the meter is Anuṣṭubh; the deity is the venerable Kālāgnirudra. Its application is for the wearing of the three ash-marks (tripuṇḍra) for the satisfaction (propitiation) of Kālāgnirudra.

Verse Context

• Upāsanā (Rudra-bhakti) as a support for Mokṣa; purification through bhasma; Śaiva sādhanā
• Mahavakya: Indirect: preparatory discipline (sādhana) supporting realization of Brahman/Ātman taught by Mahāvākyas; no explicit Mahāvākya in this verse
• Atharva
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as stated; the verse functions as a colophon/nyāsa-style header)