जय प्रणीतपञ्चार्थप्रयोगपरमामृत जय पञ्चार्थविज्ञानसुधास्तोत्रस्वरूपिणि
Victory to you, who are the supreme nectar of the practice of the fivefold meaning! Victory to you, who are the very form of the hymn of the nectar of knowledge of the fivefold meaning!
जयति घोरसंसारमहारोगभिषग्वर जयानादिमलाज्ञानतमःपटलचंद्रिके
Victory to the supreme physician for the great disease of terrible worldly existence! Victory to you, O moonlight dispelling the ancient darkness of impurity and ignorance!
जय त्रिपुरकालाग्ने जय त्रिपुरभैरवि जय त्रिगुणनिर्मुक्ते जय त्रिगुणमर्दिनि
Victory to you, fire of the three cities and times! Victory to you, O Tripurabhairavi! Victory to you, free from the three qualities! Victory to you, destroyer of the three qualities!
जय प्रथमसर्वज्ञ जय सर्वप्रबोधिक जय प्रचुरदिव्यांग जय प्रार्थितदायिनि
Victory to you, first knower of all! Victory to you, awakener of all! Victory to you, adorned with many divine limbs! Victory to you, bestower of what is desired!
क्व देव ते परं धाम क्व च तुच्छं च नो वचः तथापि भगवन् भक्त्या प्रलपंतं क्षमस्व माम्
Where is your supreme abode, O God, and where are my worthless words? Yet, O Lord, forgive me who, out of devotion, babble thus.
विज्ञाप्यैवंविधैः सूक्तैर्विश्वकर्मा चतुर्मुखः नमश्चकार रुद्राय रद्राण्यै च मुहुर्मुहुः
Thus addressed with such excellent words, Viśvakarman, the four-faced one, repeatedly bowed to Rudra and Rudrāṇī.
इदं स्तोत्रवरं पुण्यं ब्रह्मणा समुदीरितम् अर्धनारीश्वरं नाम शिवयोर्हर्षवर्धनम्
This excellent and holy hymn, spoken by Brahmā, is called Ardhanārīśvara, and brings joy to Śiva and Pārvatī.
य इदं कीर्तयेद्भक्त्या यस्य कस्यापि शिक्षया स तत्फलमवाप्नोति शिवयोः प्रीतिकारणात्
Whoever recites this with devotion, or teaches it to anyone, attains its fruit because it brings delight to Śiva and Pārvatī.
सकलभुवनभूतभावनाभ्यां जननविनाशविहीनविग्रहाभ्याम् नरवरयुवतीवपुर्धराभ्यां सततमहं प्रणतोस्मि शंकराभ्याम्
To the two forms of Śaṃkara, creators and sustainers of all beings and worlds, whose forms are free from birth and destruction, who bear the bodies of the best of men and women—I always bow.
अथ देवो महादेवो महाजलदनादया वाचा मधुरगंभीरशिवदश्लक्ष्णवर्णया
Then the great god, Mahādeva, with a voice like the deep sound of a great cloud, spoke in sweet, profound, auspicious, and flawless words.
अर्थसंपन्नपदया राजलक्षणयुक्तया अशेषविषयारंभरक्षाविमलदक्षया
With words full of meaning, marked by royal qualities, pure and skillful in expressing all subjects without omission,
मनोहरतरोदारमधुरस्मितपूर्वया संबभाषे सुसंपीतो विश्वकर्माणमीश्वरः
Preceded by a most charming, noble, and sweet smile, the Lord, greatly pleased, spoke to Viśvakarman.
वत्स वत्स महाभाग मम पुत्र पितामह ज्ञातमेव मया सर्वं तव वाक्यस्य गौरवम्
"Child, child, greatly fortunate one, my son, O grandfather! I know fully the weight of all your words."
प्रजानामेव बृद्ध्यर्थं तपस्तप्तं त्वयाधुना तपसा ऽनेन तुष्टोस्मि ददामि च तवेप्सितम्
"You have now performed austerity for the growth of beings. By this austerity I am pleased and will grant what you desire."
इत्युक्त्वा परमोदारं स्वभावमधुरं वचः ससर्ज वपुषो भागाद्देवीं देववरो हरः
Having spoken these words, noble and sweet by nature, the supreme god Hara created the goddess from a portion of his own form.
यामाहुर्ब्रह्मविद्वांसो देवीं दिव्यगुणान्विताम् परस्य परमां शक्तिं भवस्य परमात्मनः
Those who know Brahman declare her to be the goddess, endowed with divine qualities, the supreme power of the transcendent, the supreme soul, Bhava.
यस्यां न खलु विद्यंते जन्म मृत्युजरादयः या भवानी भवस्यांगात्समाविरभवत्किल
In her, indeed, birth, death, old age and the like do not exist; she, Bhavānī, emerged from the body of Bhava.
यस्या वाचो निवर्तन्ते मनसा चेंद्रियैः सह सा भर्तुर्वपुषो भागाज्जातेव समदृश्यत
Words, along with mind and senses, turn back from her; she appeared as if born from a portion of her lord's body.
या सा जगदिदं कृत्स्नं महिम्ना व्याप्य तिष्ठति शरीरिणीव स देवी विचित्रं समलक्ष्यत
She, by her greatness, pervades this entire world; as if embodied, that goddess was seen in wondrous forms.
सर्वं जगदिदं चैषा संमोहयति मायया ईश्वरात्सैव जाताभूदजाता परमार्थतः
She deludes all this world by her māyā; though born from the Lord, in truth she is unborn.
न यस्या परमो भावः सुराणामपि गोचरः विश्वामरेश्वरी चैव विभक्ता भर्तुरंगतः
Her supreme nature is not accessible even to the gods; she, the ruler of the universe, is distinct, yet arises from her lord's body.
तां दृष्ट्वा परमेशानीं सर्वलोकमहेश्वरीम् सर्वज्ञां सर्वगां सूक्ष्मां सदसद्व्यक्तिवर्जिताम्
Seeing that supreme goddess, the great ruler of all worlds, all-knowing, all-pervading, subtle, free from the distinctions of existence and non-existence,
परमां निखिलं भासा भासयन्तीमिदं जगत् प्रणिपत्य महादेवीं प्रार्थयामास वै विराट्
The supreme one, illuminating this entire world with her radiance, Virāṭ, having bowed to the great goddess, earnestly prayed to her.
देवि देवेन सृष्टो ऽहमादौ सर्वजगन्मयि प्रजासर्गे नियुक्तश्च सृजामि सकलं जगत्
O goddess, I was created by the god at the beginning, you who are the essence of all worlds; appointed in the creation of beings, I create the entire world.
मनसा निर्मिताः सर्वे देवि देवादयो मया न वृद्धिमुपगच्छन्ति सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः
O goddess, all the gods and others were created by me through mind; yet, repeatedly created, they do not attain growth.
मिथुनप्रभवामेव कृत्वा सृष्टिमतः परम् संवर्धयितुमिच्छामि सर्वा एव मम प्रजाः
Having made them arise only through pairs, according to the supreme creative principle, I wish to nurture all my offspring.
न निर्गतं पुरा त्वत्तो नारीणां कुलमव्ययम् तेन नारीकुलं स्रष्टुं शक्तिर्मम न विद्यते
No lineage of women has ever emerged from you before; thus, I lack the power to create a race of women.
सर्वासामेव शक्तीनां त्वत्तः खलु समुद्भवः तस्मात्सर्वत्र सर्वेषां सर्वशक्तिप्रदायिनीम्
All powers indeed originate from you; therefore, everywhere, you are the giver of all powers to all.
त्वामेव वरदां मायां प्रार्थयामि सुरेश्वरीम् चराचरविवृद्ध्यर्थमंशेनैकेन सर्वगे
I pray to you alone, the bestower of boons, the goddess Māyā, ruler of the gods, for the increase of moving and unmoving beings, through a portion of yourself, O all-pervading one.
दक्षस्य मम पुत्रस्य पुत्री भव भवार्दिनि एवं सा याचिता देवी ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्मयोनिना
Become the daughter of Dakṣa, my son, O destroyer of existence; thus, the goddess was requested by Brahmā, the source of Brahman.