Saundarya Lahari

śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ
na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi .
atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi
praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati _ 1_tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇa-paṅkeruha-bhavaṃ
viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam .
vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ
harassaṅkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlana-vidhim _ 2_avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī
jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī .
daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇi-guṇanikā janmajaladhau
nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati _ 3_tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyām abhayavarado daivatagaṇaḥ
tvamekā naivāsi prakaṭita-varābhītya-bhinayā .
bhayāt trātuṃ dātuṃ phalamapi ca vāñchā-samadhikaṃ
śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāveva nipuṇau _ 4_haristvāmārādhya praṇata-jana-saubhāgya-jananīṃ
purā nārī bhūtvā puraripumapi kṣobhamanayat .
smaro'pi tvāṃ natvā rati-nayana-lehyena vapuṣā
munīnāmapyantaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām _ 5_dhanuḥ pauṣpaṃ maurvī madhukara-mayī pañca viśikhāḥ
vasantaḥ sāmanto malaya-marudāyodhana-rathaḥ .
tathāpyekaḥ sarvaṃ hima-giri-sute kāmapi kṛpām
apāṅgātte labdhvā jagadida-manaṅgo vijayate _ 6_kvaṇatkāñcī-dāmā karikalabha-kumbha-stana-natā
parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇata-śaraccandra-vadanā .
dhanurbāṇān pāśaṃ sṛṇimapi dadhānā karatalaiḥ
purastādāstāṃ naḥ puramathitu-rāho-puruṣikā _ 7_sudhā-sindhormadhye sura-viṭapi-vāṭī-parivṛte
maṇidvīpe nīpopavana-vati cintāmaṇigṛhe .
śivākāre mañce paramaśiva-paryaṅka-nilayāṃ
bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānanda-laharīm _ 8_mahīṃ mūlādhāre kamapi maṇipūre hutavahaṃ
sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi maruta-mākāśa-mupari .
mano'pi bhrūmadhye sakalamapi bhitvā kulapathaṃ
sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharase _ 9_sudhā-dhārā-sāraiḥ caraṇa-yuga-lāntarvigalitaiḥ
prapañcaṃ siñcantī punarapi rasāmnāya-mahasaḥ .
avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaga-nibhamadhyuṣṭa-valayaṃ
svamātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi _ 10_caturbhiḥ śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhirapi
prabhinnābhiḥ śambhoḥ navabhirapi mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ .
catuścatvāriṃśat vasudala-kalāśra-trivalaya
trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava śaraṇakoṇāḥ pariṇatāḥ _ 11_tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhina-giri-kanye tulayituṃ
kavīndrāḥ kalpante kathamapi viriñci-prabhṛtayaḥ .
yadā-lokautsukyāt amara-lalanā yānti manasā
tapo-bhirduṣprā-pāmapi giriśa-sāyujya-padavīm _ 12_

*** ~ Sage Sankaracharya ***