त्वदीयं सौन्दर्यं तुहिनगिरिकन्ये तुलयितुं कवीन्द्राः कल्पन्ते कथमपि विरिञ्चिप्रभृतयः। यदालोकौत्सुक्यादमरललना यान्ति मनसा तपोभिर्दुष्प्रापामपि गिरिशसायुज्यपदवीम्॥
tvadīyaṁ saundaryaṁ tuhina-giri-kanyē tulayituṁ kavīndrāḥ kalpantē katham api viriñci-prabhṛtayaḥ। yad ālōkautsukyād amara-lalanā yānti manasā tapōbhir duṣprāpām api giriśa-sāyujya-padavīm॥
Translation
O Daughter of the Snow-Mountain, how can great poets like Brahma compare your beauty? Eager to behold it, celestial women attain, through mental focus, the state of union with Shiva, difficult even by austerities.
Word by word
- tvadīyaṁ
- your
- saundaryaṁ
- beauty
- tuhina-giri-kanyē
- O daughter of the snow-mountain
- tulayituṁ
- to compare
- kavīndrāḥ
- great poets
- kalpantē
- imagine
- katham api
- somehow
- viriñci-prabhṛtayaḥ
- Brahma and others
- yat
- which
- ālōka
- sight
- autsukyāt
- from eagerness
- amara-lalanā
- celestial women
- yānti
- attain
- manasā
- with mind
- tapōbhiḥ
- by austerities
- duṣprāpām
- difficult to attain
- api
- even
- giriśa
- Lord of the mountain, Shiva
- sāyujya-padavīm
- state of union
Meaning
The Goddess’s beauty (saundarya) defies comparison, even by poets like Brahma. Celestial women (amara-lalanā), eager to see her, achieve mental union with Shiva (sāyujya), a state typically attained through rigorous penance. Addressed as tuhina-giri-kanyē (Parvati), her beauty is both aesthetic and spiritual, leading to liberation. In Śrīvidyā, her form inspires devotion and meditation, guiding devotees to non-dual realization, reflecting Shakta emphasis on her divine allure.