षड्विंशत्तत्त्वरूपस्त्वमभितश्चाभिवर्त्तसे
You are the embodiment of the twenty-six principles, and you pervade everything on all sides.
किरातः किल देवस्त्वं सारमेयैः किलागमैः
Indeed, you are the god who appeared as a hunter, accompanied by the Sārameyas, as is told.
देव दक्षाध्वरे पूर्वं वरिभद्रस्त्वदाज्ञया
O god, formerly at Dakṣa's sacrifice, Virabhadra acted by your command.
तव कालाग्निरूपस्य सर्वब्रह्मांडदाहिनः
In your form as the fire of time, you burn up all the cosmic eggs.
कृतापराधः शूलेन त्वया दीर्णो जलंधरः
Jalandhara, having committed offense, was pierced by you with the trident.
अधारयिष्यत्कण्ठेन कालकूटं न चेद्भवान् 1.3.2.16.
If you had not held the Kālakūṭa poison in your throat, who could have borne it?
देवदारुवने पूर्वं मुनीन्केवलकर्मठान्
Formerly, in the Devadāru forest, you subdued the sages who were intent only on ritual action.
अंघ्रिणाक्रांतवान्नो चेदत्युग्रां त्वमपस्मृतिम्
If you had not trampled us underfoot, we would have fallen into terrible delusion.
अर्धनारीश्वरं रूपं त्वया चेन्न प्रकाशितम्
If you had not revealed the form of Ardhanārīśvara, the Lord who is half woman—
भवता स्तंभितः शम्भो संरंभाज्जंभजिद्भुजः
By you, O Śambhu, the proud one with conquering arms was restrained.
भिक्षोः कपालमापूर्य रुधिरेणात्मनो हरिः
Hari filled the skull of the mendicant with his own blood.
न चेदशिक्षयः सर्वशस्त्रास्त्राण्यनुकंपया
If you had not taught compassion, all weapons and missiles would have been used.
नृहरिं शरभाकारः समहार्षीन्न चेद्भवान्
If you had not assumed the forms of Narasimha and Sharabha, the great sages would not have survived.
त्वमाचकृक्षः कल्पाब्धौ कैवर्त्तो मत्स्यकच्छपौ
You became the boatman in the ocean of the cosmic cycle, as the Fish and the Tortoise.
एकोने पद्मसाहस्रे स्वनेत्रेण कृतार्चनम्
With one of your own thousand lotus eyes, you performed worship.
धूर्जटिः सृष्टिकर्तृत्वं पुनरस्याभ्यमन्यत ।। 1.3.2.16.
Dhūrjaṭi again considered himself the creator of the universe.
समँज्यासु द्विजानां च पूजनं चानुशिष्टवान्
He instructed the twice-born in the equal string and in worship.
गुरुं स्मरतो मामेव जाग्रतं सृष्टिरक्षयोः
For one who remembers me as the guru, whether awake or during creation and dissolution,
इह प्रदेशे युवयोर्यन्मयानुग्रहः कृतः
In this very place, whatever favor I have granted to you both,
योजनत्रयमात्रेऽस्मिन्क्षेत्रे निवसतां नृणाम्
For those who dwell in this region within three yojanas,
यद्वा तिरश्चामप्यत्र स्थावराणां च देहिनाम्
Or even for animals and embodied beings among the immobile here,
नृणां च दर्शनाद्दूरे कैवल्यं स्मरणेन वा
For humans, either by seeing or by remembering from afar, liberation is attained.
शुभाय तैजसी मूर्तिः स्थावरा मम शाश्वती
For auspiciousness, my radiant form remains here eternally as an immovable image.
युगात्ययेपि नैनं तु मज्जयेयुर्महाब्धयः
Even at the end of the ages, the great oceans will never submerge it.
ज्योतिर्मयमिदं लिंगं ज्योतिःष्वपि न जातुचित्
This linga is made of light, and even among lights, it is never surpassed.
यस्यानुग्रहमिच्छामि जंतो्तस्यात्र संभवः 1.3.2.16.
Whomever I wish to favor, that being is born here.
एष दूरात्प्रणामेन निकर्षाच्च प्रदक्षिणात्
From a distance, by prostration, or by circumambulation from near,
अत्रैव नियतं वासाः संभवंति महात्मनाम्
Here alone, the residence of great souls is assured.
शोणाचलमनादृत्य क्वचित्स्थित्वापि मुक्तये
Without disregarding Shonachala, even by dwelling elsewhere, one attains liberation.
तौ व्यज्ञापयतां देवं दूरीभवदहंक्रियौ
Those two, their egotism removed, submitted to the Lord.