शिव उवाच शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि कुञ्जिकास्तोत्रमुत्तमम्। येन मन्त्रप्रभावेण चण्डीजापः शुभो भवेत् ॥ १ ॥
śiva uvāca śṛṇu dēvi pravakṣyāmi kuñjikāstōtramuttamam | yēna mantraprabhāvēṇa caṇḍījāpaḥ śubhō bhavēt || 1 ||
Translation
Śiva said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall tell you the supreme Kuñjikā hymn, by the power of whose mantra the recitation of the Caṇḍī bears its fruit.
Word by word
- śiva uvāca
- Śiva said
- śṛṇu
- listen
- dēvi
- O Goddess
- pravakṣyāmi
- I shall tell
- kuñjikāstōtram
- the Kuñjikā hymn
- uttamam
- supreme
- yēna
- by whose
- mantraprabhāvēṇa
- by the power of the mantra
- caṇḍījāpaḥ
- the recitation of the Caṇḍī
- śubhaḥ
- fruitful, auspicious
- bhavēt
- becomes
Meaning
Kuñjikā means “key”. In this hymn from the Gaurī Tantra of the Rudrayāmala, Śiva teaches Pārvatī the key that unlocks the power of the Saptaśatī, the Caṇḍī, so that its recitation becomes fruitful.