Kubjikā-Tantra

Chapter 1

The Power of Kālikā in Kaliyuga

Devī as the interlocutor asks the lord through which method the stainless state can be attained. The text knows of the ten mahāvidyās, hence is probably a later tantra.

na hi devāḥ prasīdanti kalau cānyavidhānataḥ |
kālikā mokṣadā devi kalau śīghraphalapradā || 1/24 ||

”In the age of kali, the devas are not delighted by any other method.
O Devi, in the age of kali, Kālikā bestows liberation, she swiftly grants fruits.”

Chapter 2

Revelation of the Mantras of Kālikā

The reveals the seed-syllable and several mantras of Kālikā in the typical cryptic fashion of a mantra-uddhāra.

Chapters 3-4

Further Mantra Revelations

Chapter 5

How to Meditate on Ultimate Awareness

The tantra offers a detailed procedure of how to meditate on caitanyam uttamam, ultimate awareness, by piercing through the cakras.

Chapter 6

How to Meditate on the Goddesses in the Cakras

A detailed description of various goddesses and their meditations in the cakras, meditations on kuṇḍalinī in the presence of a śakti and by inserting the tongue in the nasal cavity. Drawing the nectar from haṁsa, followed by tarpaṇa with nectar of the goddesses ḍākinī etc. from cakra to cakra, ultimately tarpaṇa of kuṇḍalinī.

Chapter 7

The World as the Feminine, Consciousness as Śiva

strīrūpañ ca jagat sarvaṃ pūruṣaṃ śivarūpiṇam |
hṛdaye pārvatīṃ devīṃ śirasā śivarūpiṇam || 7/7 ||
abhede cintayed yastu sa eva devatātmakaḥ |

“One who, in the state of inseparability, contemplates the entire world as the feminine, and consciousness as the nature of Śiva — Pārvatī in the heart, and Śiva with the head — such a one becomes of the nature of the deity.”

rātrau ca pūjayed devīṃ na divāpi kadācana || 7/24 ||

"One should only worship Devī at night, never by day.”

The chapter offers details about the worship of girls and young ladies.

The Sacred Pīṭhas

A list of sacred pīṭhas is given as follows:

śruyatāṃ sāvadhānena siddhapīṭhaṃ pativrate |
yasmin sādhanamātreṇa sarvasiddhīśvarobhavet || 7/48 ||
māyāvatī madhupurī kāśī gorakṣakāriṇī |
hiṅgulā ca mahāpīṭhaṃ tathā jālandharaṃ punaḥ || 7/49 ||
jvālāmukhī mahāpīṭhaṃ pīṭhaṃ nagarasambhavam |
kāmagirirmahāpīṭhaṃ tathā godāvarī priye || 7/50 ||
nepālaṃ kālasūtrañca mahāvarṇaṃ tathā priye |
ayodhyāñca kurūkṣetraṃ siṃhanādaṃ manoharam || 7/51 ||
maṇipūraṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ prayāgañca tapovanam |
vadarīñca mahāpīṭhaṃ amvikāmurddhamānakam || 7/52 ||
triveṇīñca mahāpīṭhaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgamam |
nārīkolañca virajāmuḍḍīyānaṃ maheśvari || 7/53 ||
kurugrāmaṃ vaidyanāthaṃ jānīyādvāmalocane |
kāmarūpaṃ mahāpīṭhaṃ sarvakāmaphala pradam || 7/54 ||

The Cloth of Kāmākhyā

The tantra is aware of the kāmākhyāvastra, the cloth of Kāmākhyā, that is to be held in the hand while practising.

Further, a list of sacred flowers is provided.

Chapter 8

The Kālikā of the Cremation Ground

The chapter describes the mantra and esoteric practice of śmaśānakālikā.

Chapter 9

The State of the Realised Practitioner

The tantra beautifully describes the state of the realised practitioner who experiences divinity within himself and everywhere.

Chapter 10

Remedies, Yantras and Mantras

The tantra offers remedies for a barren womb; descriptions of the yantras; further mantras.

Chapters 11-13

Practice Procedures

The chapters discuss Vedic mantras, followed by a practice procedure (seat, purification of the elements, etc.).

An elaborate practice procedure similar to Śrīvidyā is presented.

Chapter 14

An Elaborate Mental Puja Description

hṛtpadmam āsanaṃ dadyāt sahasrāracyutāmṛtaṃ
pādyaṃ caraṇayor dadyāt manaś cārghyaṃ nivedayet |
tenāmṛtenācamanaṃ snānīyaṃ tena ca smṛtam |
ākāśatantraṃ vastraṃ syāt gandhaḥ syād gandhatattvakam |
cittaṃ prakalpayet puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ prāṇān prakalpayet |
tejastattvañ ca dīpārthaṃ naivedyaṃ syāt sudhāmbudhiḥ |
anāhatadhvanir ghaṇṭā śabdatattvañ ca gītakam |
nṛtyam indriyacāñcalyaṃ vāyutattvañ ca cāmaram |
sahasrāraṃ bhavec chatraṃ haṃsaḥ syāt pādukādvayam |
sumekhalāṃ padmamālāṃ puṣpaṃ nānāvidhaṃ tathā |
amāyādyair bhāvapuṣpair arccayet tām agocarām |
amāyāmanahaṅkāram arāgamadamantataḥ |
amohakamadantañ ca advevākṣobhakau tataḥ |
amātsaryasalobhañ ca daśapuṣpaṃ vidur budhāḥ |
ahiṃsā paramaṃ puṣpaṃ puṣpam indriyanigraham |
jñānapuṣpaṃ dayāpuṣpaṃ kṣamāpuṣpaṃ tathaiva ca |
iti pañcadaśair bhāvapuṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayecchivām | 

sudhāmbudhiṃ māṃsaśailaṃ matsyaśailaṃ tathaiva ca |
mudrārāśiṃ subhaktañ ca ghṛtāktaṃ paramānnakam |
kulāmṛtañ ca tatpuṣpaṃ pañcatatkṣālanodakam |
bhūmau svarge ca pātāle gagane ca jalāstare |
yadyat prameyaṃ tatsarvaṃ naivedyārthaṃ prakalpayet |
kāmakrodhau chāgavāhau baliṃ datvā japettataḥ |
pātāla-bhūtala-vyomacāriṇo vighnakāriṇaḥ |

tāṃstān api baliṃ dattvā nirdvando japam ārabhet |
mālāvarṇamayī jñeyā sūtraṃ śa...śirātmakam |
granthiḥ sā kuṇḍalīśaktir nādānte merusaṃsthitaḥ |
sabinduṃ varṇam uccārya mūlamantraṃ samuccaret | 

athavā citriṇīsūtraṃ jñānarūpaṃ parātparam |