गिरामाहुर्देवीं द्रुहिणगृहिणीमागमविदो हरेः पत्नीं पद्मां हरसहचरीमद्रितनयाम्। तुरीया कापि त्वं दुरधिगमनिःसीममहिमा महामाया विश्वं भ्रमयसि परब्रह्ममहिषि॥
girām āhur dēvīṁ druhiṇa-gṛhiṇīm āgama-vidō harēḥ patnīṁ padmāṁ hara-sahacarīm adri-tanayām। turīyā kāpi tvaṁ duradhigama-niḥsīma-mahimā mahāmāyā viśvaṁ bhramayasi para-brahma-mahiṣi॥
Translation
Scripture-knowers call the goddess Brahma’s wife, Vishnu’s Lakshmi, Shiva’s companion, the mountain-daughter. You are some fourth, hard-to-attain, boundless-gloried great illusion, deluding the universe, O Supreme Brahman’s queen.
Word by word
- girām
- of scriptures
- āhuḥ
- say
- dēvīṁ
- goddess
- druhiṇa-gṛhiṇīm
- Brahma’s wife
- āgama-vidō
- scripture-knowers
- harēḥ
- of Vishnu
- patnīṁ
- wife
- padmāṁ
- Lakshmi
- hara-sahacarīm
- Shiva’s companion
- adri-tanayām
- mountain-daughter
- turīyā
- fourth
- kāpi
- some
- tvaṁ
- you
- duradhigama
- hard to attain
- niḥsīma
- boundless
- mahimā
- glory
- mahāmāyā
- great illusion
- viśvaṁ
- universe
- bhramayasi
- you delude
- para-brahma-mahiṣi
- supreme Brahman’s queen
Meaning
Scriptures (girām) identify the goddess as Sarasvati (druhiṇa-gṛhiṇīm), Lakshmi (padmāṁ), or Parvati (hara-sahacarīm adri-tanayām). Yet, the Goddess is a transcendent fourth (turīyā), with boundless glory (niḥsīma-mahimā) and great illusion (mahāmāyā), deluding the universe (viśvaṁ bhramayasi). As para-brahma-mahiṣi, she is Brahman’s consort. In Śrīvidyā, she is Parāśakti beyond trinity. The verse reflects Shakta devotion, exalting her supreme transcendence.