समं देवि स्कन्दद्विपवदनपीतं स्तनयुगं तवेदं नः खेदं हरतु सततं प्रस्नुतमुखम्। यदालोक्याशङ्काकुलितहृदयो हासजनकः स्वकुम्भौ हेरम्बः परिमृशति हस्तेन झडिति॥
samaṁ dēvi skanda-dvipa-vadana-pītaṁ stana-yugaṁ tavēdaṁ naḥ khēdaṁ haratu satataṁ prasnuta-mukham। yad ālōkyāśaṅkā-kulita-hṛdayō hāsa-janakaḥ sva-kumbhau hērambaḥ parimṛśati hastēna jhaḍiti॥
Translation
O Goddess, may your breast-pair, equally drunk by Skanda and Ganesha, ever milk-flowing, remove our sorrow. Seeing it, Ganesha, with a fear-filled heart, laughter-causing, quickly touches his forehead-pots with his hand.
Word by word
- samaṁ
- equally
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- skanda
- Skanda
- dvipa-vadana
- elephant-faced (Ganesha)
- pītaṁ
- drunk
- stana-yugaṁ
- pair of breasts
- tavēdaṁ
- this your
- naḥ
- our
- khēdaṁ
- sorrow
- haratu
- may remove
- satataṁ
- always
- prasnuta-mukham
- milk-flowing
- yat
- which
- ālōkya
- seeing
- āśaṅkā-kulita-hṛdayaḥ
- fear-filled heart
- hāsa-janakaḥ
- laughter-causing
- sva-kumbhau
- own forehead-pots
- hērambaḥ
- Ganesha
- parimṛśati
- touches
- hastēna
- with hand
- jhaḍiti
- quickly
Meaning
The Goddess’s breasts (stana-yugaṁ), nourishing Skanda and Ganesha (skanda-dvipa-vadana), flow with milk (prasnuta-mukham), dispelling devotees’ sorrow (khēdaṁ). Ganesha (hērambaḥ), fearing their abundance, humorously touches his forehead (sva-kumbhau), mistaking them for rivals. In Śrīvidyā, her breasts symbolize nurturing amṛta. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, portraying her as the divine mother with a touch of playful imagery.