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Kanakadhara Stotram
कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्
Kanakadhārā Stotram
Chant
गीर्देवतेति गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीति शाकम्भरीति शशिशेखरवल्लभेति । सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकेलिषु संस्थितायै तस्यै नमस्त्रिभुवनैकगुरोस्तरुण्यै ॥१०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- गीर्देवतेति गरुडध्वजसुन्दरीति
- as goddess of speech, as fair consort of Garuḍa-bannered Lord
- शाकम्भरीति शशिशेखरवल्लभेति ।
- as Śākambharī, as consort of the moon-crested Lord
- सृष्टिस्थितिप्रलयकेलिषु संस्थितायै
- to her established in the sport of creation, preservation, and dissolution
- तस्यै नमस्त्रिभुवनैकगुरोस्तरुण्यै ॥१०॥
- salutations to that youthful consort of the sole Guru of the three worlds
Many names converge in one power present through creation, preservation, and dissolution. The Goddess as Guru's consort points to śakti as the living teaching through which the world is known and transcended.
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