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Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram
शिवपादादिकेशान्तवर्णनस्तोत्रम्
Śivapādādikeśāntavarṇanastotram
Chant
यः पुण्यैर्देवतानां समजनि शिवयोश्श्लाघ्यवीरैकमत्यात् वीर्यैकमत्यात्] यन्नाम्नि श्रूयमाणे दितिजभटघटा भीतिभारं भजन्ते भूयात्सोऽयं विभूत्यै निशितशरशिखापाटितक्रौञ्चशैल स्संसारागाधकूपोदरपतितसमुत्तारकस्तारकारिः ॥८॥
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Word breakdown
- यः पुण्यैर्देवतानां समजनि शिवयोश्श्लाघ्यवीरैकमत्यात् वीर्यैकमत्यात्]
- Who was born from the praised single union of valor of Shiva and the gods through their merit,
- यन्नाम्नि श्रूयमाणे दितिजभटघटा भीतिभारं भजन्ते
- at whose name being heard, hosts of demon warriors take on a heavy burden of fear,
- भूयात्सोऽयं विभूत्यै निशितशरशिखापाटितक्रौञ्चशैल
- may he be for splendor - who split Krauncha mountain with the sharp point of his arrow,
- स्संसारागाधकूपोदरपतितसमुत्तारकस्तारकारिः
- Tarakari, uplifter of those fallen into the deep pit of samsara.
Skanda born of Shiva's valor splits the mountain of delusion and lifts those fallen into samsara's pit. The son's victory over Taraka is the triumph of discriminating awareness born from the union of Shiva and Shakti in the heart.
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