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Soundarya Lahari
सौन्दर्यलहरी
Saundaryalaharī
Chant
शिवः शक्त्या युक्तो यदि भवति शक्तः प्रभवितुं न चेदेवं देवो न खलु कुशलः स्पन्दितुमपि । अतस्त्वामाराध्यां हरिहरविरिञ्चादिभिरपि प्रणन्तुं स्तोतुं वा कथमकृतपुण्यः प्रभवति ॥१॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- शिवः शक्त्या युक्तः
- Śiva united with Śakti
- प्रभवितुम्
- to manifest or act
- आराध्याम्
- the One worthy of worship
- अकृतपुण्यः
- one without accrued spiritual merit
The opening verse presents Śiva and Śakti as inseparable: pure consciousness is not a second, inactive reality beside power, but is disclosed through its power of manifestation. Read as a study note rather than a metaphysical slogan, it asks devotion to recognize the source from which both worshipper and worship arise.
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