ककारकूटस्तवमाहात्म्यम्The greatness of the hymn made of the letter ka
Verse 10
श्रीमदाद्याकालिकायाः सुखसान्निध्यकारणम् । स्तवस्यास्य प्रसादेन त्रिपुरारिरहं शिवे ॥ १० ॥
śrīmadādyākālikāyāḥ sukhasānnidhyakāraṇam | stavasyāsya prasādēna tripurārirahaṁ śivē || 10 ||
Translation
it brings the gracious nearness of glorious Ādyā Kālikā. By the grace of this hymn, Śivā, I am the slayer of Tripura.
Word by word
- śrīmad
- (śrīmat) glorious
- ādyā
- Ādyā
- kālikāyāḥ
- of Kālikā
- sukha
- gracious
- sānnidhya
- nearness
- kāraṇam
- brings
- stavasya
- of hymn
- asya
- this
- prasādēna
- by the grace
- tripura
- of Tripura
- arir
- (ariḥ) the slayer
- ahaṁ
- I
- śivē
- O Śivā
Meaning
The highest fruit is "the gracious nearness" (sukha-sānnidhya) of the Goddess herself: not only gifts from her, but her presence. Then Śiva gives his own testimony: it is by the power of this hymn that he became Tripurāri, "the enemy of Tripura". The commentary explains: Tripura was a demon whose three cities, made of heaven, earth and the underworld, Śiva destroyed. The god who teaches the hymn says he owes his greatest victory to it; even Śiva's power, in this Tantra, flows from the Goddess.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
Tripurāri: he whose (cities, pura) are three (tri), made of heaven, earth and the underworld, is Tripura, a particular demon; his enemy (ari) is Tripurāri, Śiva.