Chapter 5 · Pañcamo’dhyāyaḥ (Fifth Chapter)
Verse 11
कल्याण्यै प्रणतां वृद्ध्यै सिद्ध्यै कुर्मो नमो नमः। नैऋर्त्यै भूभृतां लक्ष्म्यै शर्वाण्यै ते नमो नमः ॥ ११ ॥
kalyāṇyai praṇatāṁ vṛddhyai siddhyai kurmō namō namaḥ | naiṛrtyai bhūbhṛtāṁ lakṣmyai śarvāṇyai tē namō namaḥ || 11 ||
Translation
We offer salutations again and again to the embodiment of Welfare, to she who is worthy of obeisance, to Growth, and to Success. Salutations to you as the Goddess of calamities, to the Fortune of the mountains (Parvati), to the Consort of Sharva.
Word by word
- kalyāṇyai
- to the embodiment of Welfare
- praṇatām
- to she who is bowed to
- vṛddhyai
- to the embodiment of Growth
- siddhyai
- to the embodiment of Success
- kurmaḥ
- we make
- nairṛtyai
- to the Goddess of calamities (or presiding over the SW direction)
- bhūbhṛtāṁ
- of the mountains
- lakṣmyai
- to the Goddess of Fortune
- śarvāṇyai
- to the Consort of Sharva (Shiva)
- te
- to you
Meaning
The gods invoke her as the bestower of all positive outcomes: welfare, spiritual growth, and accomplishment. They also acknowledge her fierce aspect (Nairriti, goddess of destruction) and her identity as the daughter of the mountain king (Parvati) and the divine consort of Shiva (Sharvani).