कालरात्रीं ब्रह्मस्तुतां वैष्णवीं स्कन्दमातरम्। सरस्वतीमदितिं दक्षदुहितरं नमामः पावनां शिवाम् ॥ ११ ॥
kālarātrīṁ brahmastutāṁ vaiṣṇavīṁ skandamātaram | sarasvatīmaditiṁ dakṣaduhitaraṁ namāmaḥ pāvanāṁ śivām || 11 ||
Translation
We bow to Kālarātri, praised by Brahmā; to Vaiṣṇavī, the mother of Skanda; to Sarasvatī, to Aditi the daughter of Dakṣa; to the purifying, auspicious one.
Word by word
- kālarātrīm
- Kālarātri, the Night of Time
- brahmastutām
- praised by Brahmā (or by the Veda)
- vaiṣṇavīm
- Vaiṣṇavī, the power of Viṣṇu
- skandamātaram
- the mother of Skanda
- sarasvatīm
- Sarasvatī
- aditim
- Aditi
- dakṣaduhitaram
- the daughter of Dakṣa
- namāmaḥ
- we bow
- pāvanām
- the purifying one
- śivām
- the auspicious one
Meaning
The Goddess is named in her great forms: the Night of Time, the power of Viṣṇu, the mother of the war god, the goddess of learning, and Aditi, the mother of the gods.