भूपतिर्विस्मयं प्रात्पः किं करोमीति विस्मितः
The king was amazed and wondered, 'What should I do?'
सत्यमेतदिति व्यक्तं न चिन्तां कर्तुमर्हसि
This is certainly true; you should not entertain any doubt.
समस्तदेवताराजमस्तौषीद्भक्तितत्परः
Absorbed in devotion, he praised the Lord of all the gods.
प्रमाणागोचरं देवमीशानं प्रणवात्मकम्
He worshipped the Lord, the essence of Om, who is beyond the reach of proof.
विश्वरुपं विरुपाक्ष प्रणतो ऽस्म्युग्ररेतसम्
I bow to the universal form, O Virupaksha, the one of fierce seed.
समामनन्ति योगीन्द्रा स्तं वन्दे पुष्टिवर्धनम्
The lords of yoga proclaim him; I honor the one who increases strength.
नमो ऽस्तु नीलग्रीवाय पसूनां पतये नमः
Salutations to the blue-throated one, homage to the lord of beasts.
नमो ऽकल्पप्रकल्पाय भूतानां पतये नमः
Salutations to the one beyond creation and dissolution, homage to the lord of beings.
नमः कपालहस्ताय पाशमुद्गरधारिणे
Homage to the one with a skull in his hand, who holds the noose and club.
नमः पञ्चास्यदेवाय क्षेत्राणां पतये नमः
Homage to the five-faced god, homage to the lord of the fields.
अनेकरुपरुपाय निर्गुणाय परात्मने
To the one of many forms and appearances, the qualityless, the supreme self.
नमो हिरण्यगर्भाय हिरण्यपतये नमः
Salutations to Hiranyagarbha, homage to the lord of gold.
नमो ध्यानस्वरुपाय नमस्ते ध्यानसाक्षिणे
Salutations to the one whose form is meditation, salutations to the witness of meditation.
येनेदं विश्वमखिलं चराचरविराजितम्
By whom this entire universe, moving and unmoving, is made resplendent.
वर्षेवाभ्रेण जनितं प्रधानपुरुषात्मना
Who, like rain from a cloud, is born from the Supreme Principle and the Person.
यमामनन्ति तत्त्वज्ञाः सवितारं नृचक्षुषाम्
Whom the knowers of truth call the illuminator, the sun of human eyes.
मृत्युञ्जयं महादेवं परात्परतरं विभुम्
The conqueror of death, the great god, the supreme among the supreme, the all-pervading.
कपर्द्दिने नमस्तुभ्यं सद्यो जाताय वै नमः
O Kaparddin, I bow to you; indeed, salutations to the newly born.
मन्यवे त इषे त्रघय्याः पतये यज्ञतन्तवे
To Manyu, to Isha, to the lord of swift ones, to the thread of sacrifice.
कृशानुरेतसे तुभ्यं नमो ऽस्तु सुमाहात्मने
To you, whose seed is fire, salutations to the one of great soul.
स्थाणु श्चरिष्णुर्महदल्पकं च असञ्च सज्जीवमजीमास
The steadfast, the moving, the great and the small, the unmanifest and the manifest, the living and the non-living.
स्वतन्त्रमेकं गुणुनां गुणं च नमामि भूयः प्रणमामि भूयः
To the independent, the one, the quality among qualities, I bow again and again.
आविर्बभूव भृपस्य संतत्पतपसोग्रतः
From the king’s intense and continuous austerity, he appeared.
त्रिलोचनमुदाराङ्गं नागयज्ञोपवीतिनम्
He had three eyes, a noble form, and wore a serpent as his sacred thread.
गजचर्माम्बरधरं सुरार्चितपदाम्बुजम्
Clad in an elephant hide, his lotus feet were worshipped by the gods.
तत उत्थाय सहसा शिवाग्रे विहिताञ्जलिः
Then, rising quickly, he stood before Shiva with hands joined in reverence.
विज्ञाय भक्तिं भूपस्य शङ्करः शशिशेखरः
Recognizing the king’s devotion, Śaṅkara, the moon-crested one,
तोषितो ऽस्मि त्वया सम्यक् स्तोत्रेण तपसा तथा
said, 'I am truly pleased with you—by your hymn and your austerity as well.'
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा जगतामीश्वरेश्वरेश्वरम्
With joined palms, he addressed the Lord of lords of the worlds.
तदा गङ्गां प्रयच्छास्मत्पितॄणां मुक्तिहेतवे
'Then, grant me Gaṅgā for the liberation of my ancestors.'