कराग्रेण स्पृष्टं तुहिनगिरिणा वत्सलतया गिरीशेनोदस्तं मुहुरधरपानाकुलतया। करग्राह्यं शम्भोर्मुखमुकुरवृन्तं गिरिसुते कथङ्कारं ब्रूमस्तव चिबुकमौपम्यरहितम्॥
karāgrēṇa spṛṣṭaṁ tuhina-giriṇā vatsalatayā girīśēnōdastaṁ muhur adhara-pānākulatayā। kara-grāhyaṁ śambhōr mukha-mukura-vṛntaṁ giri-sutē kathaṅkāraṁ brūmas tava cibukam aupamya-rahitam॥
Translation
O Daughter of the Mountain, your chin, touched affectionately by Shiva’s fingertip and eagerly lifted for lip-drinking, held as his face’s mirror-lotus, how can we describe, being without comparison?
Word by word
- karāgrēṇa
- with fingertip
- spṛṣṭaṁ
- touched
- tuhina-giriṇā
- by snow-mountain (Shiva)
- vatsalatayā
- with affection
- girīśēna
- by lord of mountains
- udastaṁ
- lifted
- muhuḥ
- repeatedly
- adhara
- lip
- pāna
- drinking
- ākulatayā
- with eagerness
- kara-grāhyaṁ
- held by hand
- śambhōḥ
- of Shiva
- mukha-mukura-vṛntaṁ
- face-mirror-lotus
- giri-sutē
- O daughter of mountain
- kathaṅkāraṁ
- how
- brūmaḥ
- we describe
- tava
- your
- cibukam
- chin
- aupamya-rahitam
- without comparison
Meaning
The Goddess’s chin (cibukam), touched lovingly by Shiva (tuhina-giriṇā) and lifted for kisses (adhara-pānākulatayā), is likened to a mirror-lotus (mukha-mukura-vṛntaṁ) reflecting his face. Its beauty defies comparison (aupamya-rahitam). Addressed as giri-sutē, she embodies divine intimacy with Shiva. In Śrīvidyā, her chin symbolizes delicate beauty. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, celebrating her incomparable charm in the context of divine love.