Saundarya Lahari · Verses 1-20

śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ na ced evaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditum api
atas tvām ārādhyāṃ hariharavirañcyādibhir api praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā katham akṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati //

tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ virañciḥ saṃcinvan viracayati lokān avikalam
vahaty enaṃ śauriḥ katham api sahasreṇa śirasāṃ haraḥ saṃkṣubhyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim //

avidyānām antastimiramihiradvīpanagarī jaḍānāṃ caitanyastabakamakarandasrutijharī
daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripuvarāhasya bhavatī //

tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyām abhayavarado daivatagaṇas tvam ekā naivāsi prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā
bhayāt trātuṃ dātuṃ phalam api ca vāñchāsamadhikaṃ śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāv eva nipuṇau //

haris tvām ārādhya praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīṃ purā nārī bhūtvā puraripum api kṣobham anayat
smaro 'pi tvāṃ natvā ratinayanalehyena vapuṣā munīnām apy antaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām //

dhanuḥ pauṣpaṃ maurvī madhukaramayī pañca viśikhā vasantaḥ sāmanto malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ
tathāpy ekaḥ sarvaṃ himagirisute kām api kṛpāṃ apāṅgāt te labdhvā jagad idam anaṅgo vijayate //

kvaṇatkāñcīdāmā karikalabhakumbhastanabharā parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇataśaraccandravadanā
dhanur bāṇān pāśaṃ sṛṇim api dadhānā karatalaiḥ purastād āstāṃ naḥ puramathitur āhopuruṣikā //

sudhāsindhor madhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe
śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ kati cana cidānandalaharīm //

mahīṃ mūlādhāre kam api maṇipūre hutavahaṃ sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi marutam ākāśam upari
mano 'pi bhrūmadhye sakalam api bhittvā kulapathaṃ sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharasi //

sudhādhārāsāraiś caraṇayugalāntarvigalitaiḥ prapañcaṃ siñcantī punar api rasaāmnāyamahasā
avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaganibham adhyuṣṭavalayaṃ svam ātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi //

caturbhiḥ śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhir api prabhinnābhiḥ śaṃbhor navabhir iti mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ
trayaś catvāriṃśad vasudalakalāśratrivalaya trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava caraṇakoṇāḥ pariṇatāḥ //

tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhinagirikanye tulayituṃ kavīndrāḥ kalpante katham api viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ
yad ālokyautsukyād amaralalanā yānti manasā tapobhir duṣprāpām api giriśasāyujyapadavīm //

naraṃ varṣīyāṃsaṃ nayanavirasaṃ narmasu jaḍaṃ tavāpāṅgāloke patitam anudhāvanti śataśaḥ
galadveṇībandhāḥ kucakalaśavisrastasicayā haṭhāt truṭyatkāñcyo vigalitadukūlā yuvatayaḥ //

kṣitau ṣatpañcāśad dvisamadhikapañcāśad udake hutāśe dvāṣaṣṭiś caturadhikapañcāśad anile
divi dviḥṣattriṃśan manasi ca catuḥṣaṣṭir iti ye mayūkhās teṣām apy upari tava pādāmbujayugam //

śarajjyotsnāśubhrāṃ śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamukuṭāṃ varatrāsatrāṇasphaṭikaguṭikāpustakakarām
sakṛn na tvā natvā katham iva stāṃ saṃnidadhate madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇā bhaṇitayaḥ //

kavīndrāṇāṃ cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ bhajante ye santaḥ kati cid aruṇām eva bhavatīm
virañcipreyasyās taruṇataraśṛṅgāralaharī gabhīrābhir vāgbhir vidadhati satāṃ rañjanam amī //

savitrībhir vācāṃ śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhir vaśinyādyābhis tvāṃ saha janani saṃcintayati yaḥ
sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahatāṃ bhaṅgisubhagair vacobhir vāgdevīvadanakamalāmodamadhuraiḥ //

tanucchāyābhis te taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhir divaṃ sarvām urvīm aruṇimanigmagnāṃ smarati yaḥ
bhavanty asya trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ sahorvaśyā vaśyāḥ katikati na gīrvāṇagaṇikā //

mukhaṃ binduṃ kṛtvā kucayugam adhas tasya tadadho harārdhaṃ dhyāyed yo haramahiṣi te manmathakalām
sa sadyaḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ nayati vanitā ity atilaghu trilokīm apy āśu bhramayati ravīndustanayugām //

kirantīm aṅgebhyaḥ kiraṇanikurambāmṛtarasaṃ hṛdi tvām ādhatte himakaraśilāmūrtim iva yaḥ
sa sarpāṇāṃ darpaṃ śamayati śakuntādhipa iva jvarapluṣṭān dṛṣṭyā sukhayati sudhādhārasirayā //