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Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram
शिवपादादिकेशान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivapādādikeśāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
शमयति शमलं निर्यद्दानाम्बुधारापरिमलतरलीभूतलोलम्बपाली झङ्गारैः शङ्कराद्रेः शिखरशतदरीः पूरयन्भूरिघोषैः शार्वस्सौवर्णशैलप्रतिमपृथुवपुस्सर्वविघ्नोपहर्ता शर्वाण्याः पूर्वसूनुस्स भवतु भवतां स्वस्तिदो हस्तिवक्त्रः ॥७॥
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Word breakdown
- शमयति शमलं
- It removes impurity,
- निर्यद्दानाम्बुधारापरिमलतरलीभूतलोलम्बपाली
- the row of swaying shoots made tender by the exceedingly fragrant stream of Ganga issuing forth,
- झङ्गारैः शङ्कराद्रेः शिखरशतदरीः पूरयन्भूरिघोषैः
- with jingling sounds filling the hundred cascades of Shankara's mountain with abundant roar,
- शार्वस्सौवर्णशैलप्रतिमपृथुवपुस्सर्वविघ्नोपहर्ता
- Sarva's broad body resembling a golden mountain, remover of all obstacles,
- शर्वाण्याः पूर्वसूनुस्स भवतु भवतां स्वस्तिदो हस्तिवक्त्रः
- may that elephant-faced one, Sharvani's elder son, be giver of welfare to you.
Ganesha, Ganga's fragrance and remover of obstacles, flows from Shiva as Shakti's elder son, showing that wisdom and grace proceed from the one Lord. The stream that purifies is the current of consciousness washing away the impurity of ignorance.
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