कृतं मया तत् सकलं सृजस्व विविधं जगत्
All this has been accomplished by me; now create the diverse worlds.
सर्गरक्षालयगुणैर्निष्कलः परमेश्वरः
The Supreme Lord is without parts, endowed with the qualities of creation, preservation, and dissolution.
ममैव दक्षिणादङ्गाद् वामाङ्गात् पुरुषोत्तमः
From my right side and from my left side arose the Supreme Person.
संबभूवाथ रुद्रो ऽसावहं तस्यापरा तनुः
Then Rudra was born; I am his other form.
विभज्यात्मानमेको ऽपि स्वेच्छया शङ्करः स्थितः
Though one, Śaṅkara abides by his own will, dividing himself.
निरूपः केवलः स्वच्छो महादेवः स्वभावतः
By nature, Mahādeva is formless, pure, and transparent.
माहेश्वरी त्रिनयना योगिनां शान्तिदा सदा
The great goddess, three-eyed, always bestows peace upon yogis.
शाश्वतैश्वर्यविज्ञानतेजोयोगसमन्विताम्
She is endowed with eternal sovereignty, knowledge, brilliance, and union with yoga.
कालो भूत्वा न तमसा मामन्यो ऽभिभविष्यति
Becoming Time, no one else will overcome me by darkness.
तदा तदा मे सान्निध्यं भविष्यति तवानघ
Then and then, my presence will be with you, O sinless one.
सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैः क्षणादन्तरधीयत
Along with his mind-born sons, he vanished in an instant.
नारायणाख्यो भगवान् यथापूर्वं प्रिजापतिः
The Lord called Nārāyaṇa, as before, became the progenitor.
दक्षमत्रिं वसिष्ठं च सो ऽसृजद् योगविद्यया
By the power of yoga, he created Dakṣa, Atri, and Vasiṣṭha.
सर्वे ते ब्रह्मणा तुल्याः साधका ब्रह्मवादिनः
All of them were equal to Brahmā, accomplished and speakers of Brahman.
स्थानाभिमानिनः सर्वान् यथा ते कथितं पुरा
All those who preside over the worlds, as previously described to you.
सहैव मानसैः पुत्रैस्तताप परमं तपः
Along with his mind-born sons, he performed supreme austerity.
त्रिशूलपाणिरीशानः प्रदुरासीत् त्रिलोचनः
The Lord, three-eyed, bearing a trident, appeared.
विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मा चान्तर्दधे भयात्
Saying, 'Divide yourself,' Brahmā disappeared out of fear.
बिभेद पुरुषत्वं च दशधा चैकधा पुनः
He divided the state of being a person in ten ways, and then again into one.
कपालोशादयो विप्रा देवकार्ये नियोजिताः
O Brahmins, Kapāla and others were appointed to the task of the gods.
बिभेद बहुधा देवः स्वरूपैरसितैः सितैः
The god divided himself in many ways, with forms both dark and bright.
लक्ष्म्यादयो याभिरीशा विश्वंव्याप्नोति शाङ्करी
By whom, beginning with Lakshmi, the sovereign goddess pervades the universe.
महादेवनियोगेन पितामहमुपस्थिता
By the command of Mahadeva, she approached the Grandfather (Brahma).
सापि तस्य नियोगेन प्रादुरासीत् प्रजापतेः
And by his command, she appeared before the Lord of Creatures.
दक्षाद् रुद्रो ऽपि जग्राह स्वकीयामेव शूलभृत्
Rudra, the bearer of the trident, also took his own share from Daksha.
मेनायामभवत् पुत्री तदा हिमवतः सती
Then, in Menā, the daughter of Himavat, Satī was born.
हिताय सर्वदेवानां त्रिलोकस्यात्मनो ऽपि च
For the welfare of all the gods, of the three worlds, and even of herself.
शिवा सती हैमवती सुरासुरनमस्कृता
Śivā, Satī, the daughter of Himavat, honored by gods and demons alike.
विन्दन्ति मुनयो वेत्ति शङ्करो वा स्वयं हरिः
The sages realize her, or Śaṅkara himself, or Hari.
ब्रह्मणः पद्मयोनित्वं शङ्करस्यामितौजसः
Brahmā's birth from the lotus, and the immeasurable energy of Śaṅkara.