पराजेतुं रुद्रं द्विगुणशरगर्भौ गिरिसुते निषङ्गौ जङ्घे ते विषमविशिखो बाढमकृत। यदग्रे दृश्यन्ते दशशरफलाः पादयुगली- नखाग्रच्छद्मानः सुरमकुटशाणैकनिशिताः॥
parājētuṁ rudraṁ dviguṇa-śara-garbhau giri-sutē niṣaṅgau jaṅghē tē viṣama-viśikhō bāḍham akṛt। yad agrē dṛśyantē daśa-śara-phalāḥ pāda-yugalī- nakhāgra-cchadmānaḥ sura-makuṭa-śāṇaika-niśitāḥ॥
Translation
O Daughter of the Mountain, your shins, like quivers with double arrows, were made by Kamadeva to conquer Rudra. Their nail-tipped feet, disguised as his ten-arrow fruits, are sharpened by divine crowns’ whetstones.
Word by word
- parājētuṁ
- to conquer
- rudraṁ
- Rudra
- dviguṇa
- double
- śara-garbhau
- arrow-filled
- giri-sutē
- O daughter of mountain
- niṣaṅgau
- quivers
- jaṅghē
- shins
- tē
- your
- viṣama
- uneven
- viśikhaḥ
- archer (Kamadeva)
- bāḍham
- indeed
- akṛt
- made
- yat
- which
- agrē
- in front
- dṛśyantē
- are seen
- daśa-śara
- ten-arrowed (Kamadeva)
- phalāḥ
- fruits
- pāda-yugalī
- pair of feet
- nakhāgra
- nail-tips
- cchadmānaḥ
- disguised
- sura-makuṭa
- divine crowns
- śāṇa
- whetstone
- eka-niśitāḥ
- singly sharpened
Meaning
The Goddess’s shins (jaṅghē), likened to Kamadeva’s quivers (niṣaṅgau) filled with arrows, were crafted to conquer Shiva (rudraṁ). Her feet’s nail-tips (pāda-yugalī-nakhāgra), resembling Kamadeva’s arrows (daśa-śara-phalāḥ), are sharpened by divine crowns (sura-makuṭa-śāṇa). Addressed as giri-sutē, her form enchants even Shiva. In Śrīvidyā, her feet symbolize divine authority. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, portraying her as Kamadeva’s ally in divine love.