Transmission lineage and colophon
Ancient Īśvarakṛṣṇa SanskritSK 69
puruṣārtha-jñānam idaṃ guhyam parama-rṣiṇā samākhyātam sthity-utpatti-pralayāś cintyante yatra bhūtānām.
SK 70
etat pavitram agryam munir Āsuraye ’nukampayā pradadau Āsurir api Pañca-śikhāya tena bahudhā-kṛtaṃ tantram.
SK 71
śiṣya-param-parayā ’gatam Īśvara-kṛṣṇena caitad āryābhiḥ saṃkṣiptam ārya-matinā samyag vijñāya siddhāntam.
SK 72
saptatyāṃ kila ye ’rthās te ’rthāḥ kṛtsnasya Ṣaṣṭi-tantrasya ākhyāyikā-virahitāḥ para-vāda-vivarjitāś cā ’pi.
SK 73
tasmāt samāsa-dṛṣṭaṃ śāstram idaṃ nā ’rthataś ca parihīṇam tantrasya bṛhanmūrter darpaṇa-saṅkrāntam iva bimbam.