स्मरं योनिं लक्ष्मीं त्रितयमिदमादौ तव मनो- र्निधायैके नित्ये निरवधिमहाभोगरसिकाः। भजन्ति त्वां चिन्तामणिगुननिबद्धाक्षवलयाः शिवाग्नौ जुह्वन्तः सुरभिघृतधाराहुतिशतैः॥
smaraṁ yōniṁ lakṣmīṁ tritayam idam ādau tava manōr nidhāyāikē nityē niravadhi-mahā-bhōga-rasikāḥ। bhajanti tvāṁ cintāmaṇi-guna-nibaddhākṣa-valayāḥ śivāgnau juhvantaḥ surabhi-ghṛta-dhārā-huti-śataiḥ॥
Translation
Placing Kamadeva, Shakti, and Lakshmi in your mind at first, O eternal one, those relishing boundless great enjoyment worship you with rosaries bound by wish-fulfilling gem qualities, offering hundreds of fragrant ghee-stream oblations in Shiva’s fire.
Word by word
- smaraṁ
- Kamadeva
- yōniṁ
- source (or Shakti)
- lakṣmīṁ
- Lakshmi
- tritayam
- triad
- idam
- this
- ādau
- at first
- tava
- your
- manōḥ
- of mind
- nidhāya
- placing
- aikē
- in one
- nityē
- eternal
- niravadhi
- boundless
- mahā-bhōga
- great enjoyment
- rasikāḥ
- relishers
- bhajanti
- worship
- tvāṁ
- you
- cintāmaṇi
- wish-fulfilling gem
- guna
- qualities
- nibaddha
- bound
- akṣa-valayāḥ
- with rosary beads
- śiva
- Shiva
- agnau
- in fire
- juhvantaḥ
- offering
- surabhi
- fragrant
- ghṛta-dhārā
- ghee-stream
- huti
- oblations
- śataiḥ
- with hundreds
Meaning
Devotees meditate on the triad of Kamadeva (desire), Shakti (power), and Lakshmi (wealth) as aspects of the Goddess, worshipping her eternal form with cintāmaṇi-like rosaries and offerings of ghee in a ritual fire symbolizing Shiva. In Śrīvidyā, this represents tantric worship integrating desire, power, and prosperity into devotion, with the Goddess as the ultimate reality. The verse reflects Shakta practice, where ritual and meditation unite to achieve spiritual and material fulfillment.