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.'
तुभ्यं मोक्षं परश्चेति तमुक्त्वान्तर्दधे शिवः
'Liberation is granted to you and to them,' said Shiva, and then he vanished.
पावयन्ती जगत्सर्वमन्वगच्छद्भगीरथम्
Purifying the whole world, Gaṅgā followed Bhagiratha.
भागीरथीति विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेष्वभून्मुने
She became renowned as Bhāgīrathī in the three worlds, O sage.
तं देशं प्लावयामास गङ्गा सर्वसरिद्वरा
That supreme river, Gaṅgā, flooded that land.
तदैव नरके मग्ना उद्धृताश्च गतैनसः
At that very moment, those sunk in hell were lifted up, freed from sin.
त एव पूचितास्तेन गङ्गाजलपरिप्लुताः
Bathed in Gaṅgā’s water, they were honored by him.
प्रणम्याभ्यर्च्य विधिवत्प्राह तान्प्रीतमानसः
After bowing and worshipping them properly, he addressed them with a joyful heart.
मुक्ता विमानमारुह्य गच्छध्वं विष्णुमन्दिरम्
'Freed, ascend the celestial chariot and go to Viṣṇu’s abode.'
दिव्यदेहधरा भूत्वा विष्णुलोकं प्रपेदिरे
Assuming divine bodies, they reached Viṣṇu’s world.
सर्वलोकेषु विख्याता महापातकनाशिनी
She became famed in all worlds as the destroyer of great sins.