हिमानीहन्तव्यं हिमगिरिनिवासैकचतुरौ निशायां निद्राणं निशि चरमभागे च विशदौ। वरं लक्ष्मीपात्रं श्रियमतिसृजन्तौ समयिनां सरोजं त्वत्पादौ जननि जयतश्चित्रमिह किम्॥
himānī-hantavyaṁ hima-giri-nivāsaika-caturau niśāyāṁ nidrāṇaṁ niśi carama-bhāgē ca viśadau। varaṁ lakṣmī-pātraṁ śriyam atisṛjantau samayināṁ sarōjaṁ tvat-pādau janani jayataś citram iha kim॥
Translation
O Mother, your lotus-feet, uniquely skilled in destroying snow, abode of the snow-mountain, sleeping at night yet clear in its last part, excellent vessels of Lakshmi, abundantly bestowing prosperity on devotees, what wonder they triumph?
Word by word
- himānī
- snow
- hantavyaṁ
- to be destroyed
- hima-giri
- snow-mountain
- nivāsa
- abode
- eka-caturau
- uniquely skilled
- niśāyāṁ
- at night
- nidrāṇaṁ
- sleeping
- niśi
- night
- carama-bhāgē
- last part
- ca
- and
- viśadau
- clear
- varaṁ
- excellent
- lakṣmī-pātraṁ
- vessel of Lakshmi
- śriyam
- prosperity
- atisṛjantau
- bestowing abundantly
- samayināṁ
- of devotees
- sarōjaṁ
- lotus
- tvat-pādau
- your feet
- janani
- O Mother
- jayataḥ
- triumph
- citram
- wonderful
- iha
- here
- kim
- what
Meaning
The Goddess’s feet (tvat-pādau), likened to lotuses (sarōjaṁ), melt the snow (himānī) of Shiva’s Himalayan abode (hima-giri-nivāsa), symbolizing her power over him. They rest at night (nidrāṇaṁ) but shine in the dawn (carama-bhāgē viśadau), granting prosperity (śriyam) like Lakshmi’s vessels (lakṣmī-pātraṁ). Addressed as janani, her feet triumph (jayataḥ). In Śrīvidyā, they represent liberation and abundance. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, praising her feet’s wondrous glory.