Sakthi

 

As Tripura 

Long ago, at the time of creation, Tripura the Universal Consciousness was all alone. There was nothing other than Her. She, the embodiment of Power, who is Self independent wanted to create; the desire developed. From desire, knowledge was born and then action. From Her three glances the three gods were born. Pashupati represented desire, Hari knowledge and Brahma action. They were looked at by Sankari and became naturally powerful and Truth abiding.

— T. B. Lakshmana Rao, Shri Tripura Rahasya (Mahatmya Khanda), Chapter 10, Verses 18 to 22

Those who are deluded by my maya, don’t know me completely. I alone, worshipped by all, give the desired fruit. Other than me, there is none who is to be worshipped or who grants the fruits.

— T. B. Lakshmana Rao, Shri Tripura Rahasya (Jñāna Khanda), Chapter 20, Verses 40 to 41.

The Srividya presented in the Tripura Upanishad, has been described by the medieval Tantra scholar Bhaskararaya to one of realizing that "Devi within each human being is a means to know and attain one's own real nature",[31] that personal liberation and freedom (moksha) is a "process of reintegration",[31] a journey of knowing one's inner roots and returning to it.[32] It is a path to become one with Ultimate Reality, the Brahman.[31] Genuine religious freedom, asserts Bhaskararaya in his commentary on Tripura Upanishad, is achievable only with autonomy and realization of one's nature.

one's nature.[33]

The text is considered, in Shakta tradition, to be rooted in Rigveda hymns, with Rig hymn 5.47.4 considered as a form of Srividya, the most important mantra in many Shakti traditions.