चिताभस्मालेपो गरलमशनं दिक्पटधरो जटाधारी कण्ठे भुजगपतिहारी पशुपतिः। कपाली भूतेशो भजति जगदीशैकपदवीं भवानि त्वत्पाणिग्रहणपरिपाटीफलमिदम्॥ ७ ॥
citābhasmālepo garalam aśanaṁ dikpaṭadharo jaṭādhārī kaṇṭhe bhujagapatihārī paśupatiḥ | kapālī bhūteśo bhajati jagadīśaikapadavīṁ bhavāni tvatpāṇigrahaṇaparipāṭīphalamidam || 7 ||
Translation
Smeared with funeral pyre ash, eating poison, wearing the directions as cloth, bearing matted hair, with a serpent necklace, the lord of beings, skull-bearer, lord of spirits, attains the sole position of the lord of the universe; O Bhavānī, this is the fruit of your hand’s acceptance.
Word by word
- cita
- funeral pyre
- bhasma
- ash
- ālepaḥ
- smeared
- garalam
- poison
- aśanam
- eating
- dik
- directions
- paṭa
- cloth
- dharaḥ
- wearing
- jaṭā
- matted hair
- dhārī
- bearing
- kaṇṭhe
- on neck
- bhujaga
- serpent
- pati
- lord
- hārī
- wearing
- paśupatiḥ
- lord of beings
- kapālī
- skull-bearer
- bhūteśaḥ
- lord of spirits
- bhajati
- attains
- jagadīśa
- lord of the universe
- eka
- sole
- padavīm
- position
- bhavāni
- O Bhavānī (name of the Goddess)
- tvat
- your
- pāṇi
- hand
- grahaṇa
- acceptance
- paripāṭī
- order
- phalam
- fruit
- idam
- this
Meaning
The devotee describes Lord Śiva’s ascetic attributes and his attainment of universal lordship, attributing it to the Goddess’s (Bhavānī’s) acceptance of him, highlighting her power to elevate through her grace.