प्रदीपज्वालाभिर्दिवसकरनीराजनविधिः सुधासूतेश्चन्द्रोपलजललवैरर्घ्यरचना। स्वकीयैरम्भोभिः सलिलनिधिसौहित्यकरणं त्वदीयाभिर्वाग्भिस्तव जननि वाचां स्तुतिरियम्॥
pradīpa-jvālābhir divasakara-nīrājana-vidhiḥ sudhā-sūtēś candrōpala-jala-lavair arghya-racanā। svakīyair ambhōbhiḥ salila-nidhi-sauhitya-karaṇaṁ tvadīyābhir vāgbhis tava janani vācāṁ stutir iyam॥
Translation
With lamp-flames, a sun-waving ritual; with moonstone water-drops, a nectar-born offering; with own waters, ocean-friendship; with your words, O Mother, this is my praise of speech.
Word by word
- pradīpa-jvālābhiḥ
- with lamp-flames
- divasakara
- sun
- nīrājana-vidhiḥ
- waving-light ritual
- sudhā-sūtēḥ
- of nectar-born (moon)
- candrōpala
- moonstone
- jala-lavaiḥ
- with water-drops
- arghya-racanā
- offering-preparation
- svakīyaiḥ
- own
- ambhōbhiḥ
- with waters
- salila-nidhi
- ocean
- sauhitya-karaṇaṁ
- friendship-making
- tvadīyābhiḥ
- your
- vāgbhiḥ
- with words
- tava
- your
- janani
- O Mother
- vācāṁ
- of speech
- stutiḥ
- praise
- iyam
- this
Meaning
The devotee offers praise (stutiḥ) to the Goddess (janani) using her divine words (tvadīyābhiḥ vāgbhiḥ), likened to a sun-waving ritual (divasakara-nīrājana), moonstone offerings (candrōpala-arghya), and ocean-uniting waters (salila-nidhi-sauhitya). In Śrīvidyā, she is the source of vāk-śakti (speech-power). The verse concludes the main text, reflecting Shakta devotion through a poetic offering of worship.
