गिरी कैलाश निवास छ, गण छन् सहचारी। शिव–२ मुण्डमाला छ गलामा–२ रुप छ भयहारी॥ ॐ हर हर हर महादेव
girī kailāśa nivāsa cha, gaṇa chan sahacārī | śiva–2 muṇḍamālā cha galāmā–2 rupa cha bhayahārī || ōṁ hara hara hara mahādēva
Translation
Your abode is Mount Kailāsa, and the gaṇas are your companions. A garland of skulls hangs at your neck, and your form takes away fear.
Word by word
- girī
- mountain
- kailāśa
- Kailāsa
- nivāsa
- dwelling, abode
- cha
- is
- gaṇa
- the gaṇas, Śiva's attendants
- chan
- are
- sahacārī
- companions
- śiva
- Śiva
- muṇḍamālā
- garland of skulls
- galāmā
- on the neck
- rupa
- form
- bhayahārī
- that takes away fear
- ōṁ
- Oṁ, the sacred syllable
- hara
- Hara, "the one who takes away" (sorrow and bondage), a name of Śiva
- mahādēva
- Mahādeva, the great god
Meaning
The verse pictures Śiva at home on Kailāsa among his gaṇas. The garland of skulls, a sign of his mastery over death and time, is the very thing that frees his devotees from fear.