Verse 5 of 17

Shloka 5 of Shiva Tandava Stotram

Sahasra Lochana Prabhrityashesha Lekha Shekhara सहस्रलोचनप्रभृत्यशेषलेखशेखर-

Prasuna Dhuli Dhorani Vidhusaranghri Pithabhuh प्रसूनधूलिधोरणीविधूसराङ्घ्रिपीठभूः ।

Bhujangaraja Malaya Nibaddha Jatajutakah भुजङ्गराजमालया निबद्धजाटजूटकः

Shriyai Chiraya Jayatam Chakora Bandhu Shekharah श्रियै चिराय जायतां चकोरबन्धुशेखरः ॥

Meaning

His footstool is grey with pollen falling from the flowers in the crowns of Indra and all the gods as they bow; his knot of matted hair is tied with a garland of the king of serpents. May he whose crest is the moon, beloved of the chakora bird, grant us lasting prosperity.

Word by word

WordMeaning
Sahasra Lochana Prabhriti सहस्रलोचनप्रभृति Indra, the thousand-eyed, and the rest
Ashesha Lekha Shekhara अशेषलेखशेखर the crowns of all the gods
Prasuna Dhuli Dhorani प्रसूनधूलिधोरणी the steady fall of flower pollen
Vidhusaranghri Pithabhuh विधूसराङ्घ्रिपीठभूः whose footstool is grey with it
Bhujangaraja Malaya भुजङ्गराजमालया with a garland of the king of serpents
Nibaddha Jatajutakah निबद्धजाटजूटकः whose knot of matted hair is tied
Shriyai Chiraya Jayatam श्रियै चिराय जायतां may he be for lasting prosperity
Chakora Bandhu Shekharah चकोरबन्धुशेखरः he whose crest is the moon, friend of the chakora bird
Read this verse in other scripts
IAST (scholarly)
sahasralocanaprabhṛtyaśeṣalekhaśekhara-prasūnadhūlidhoraṇīvidhūsarāṅghripīṭhabhūḥ |bhujaṅgarājamālayā nibaddhajāṭajūṭakaḥśriyai cirāya jāyatāṃ cakorabandhuśekharaḥ ||
Telugu
సహస్రలోచనప్రభృత్యశేషలేఖశేఖర-ప్రసూనధూలిధోరణీవిధూసరాంఘ్రిపీఠభూః ।భుజంగరాజమాలయా నిబద్ధజాటజూటకఃశ్రియై చిరాయ జాయతాం చకోరబంధుశేఖరః ॥
Tamil
ஸஹஸ்ரலோசநப்ரப்⁴ருʼத்யஶேஷலேக²ஶேக²ர-ப்ரஸூநதூ⁴லிதோ⁴ரணீவிதூ⁴ஸராங்க்⁴ரிபீட²பூ⁴꞉ ।பு⁴ஜங்க³ராஜமாலயா நிப³த்³த⁴ஜாடஜூடக꞉ஶ்ரியை சிராய ஜாயதாம் சகோரப³ந்து⁴ஶேக²ர꞉ ॥
Kannada
ಸಹಸ್ರಲೋಚನಪ್ರಭೃತ್ಯಶೇಷಲೇಖಶೇಖರ-ಪ್ರಸೂನಧೂಲಿಧೋರಣೀವಿಧೂಸರಾಂಘ್ರಿಪೀಠಭೂಃ ।ಭುಜಂಗರಾಜಮಾಲಯಾ ನಿಬದ್ಧಜಾಟಜೂಟಕಃಶ್ರಿಯೈ ಚಿರಾಯ ಜಾಯತಾಂ ಚಕೋರಬಂಧುಶೇಖರಃ ॥
Malayalam
സഹസ്രലോചനപ്രഭൃത്യശേഷലേഖശേഖര-പ്രസൂനധൂലിധോരണീവിധൂസരാങ്ഘ്രിപീഠഭൂഃ ।ഭുജങ്ഗരാജമാലയാ നിബദ്ധജാടജൂടകഃശ്രിയൈ ചിരായ ജായതാം ചകോരബന്ധുശേഖരഃ ॥
Gujarati
સહસ્રલોચનપ્રભૃત્યશેષલેખશેખર-પ્રસૂનધૂલિધોરણીવિધૂસરાઙ્ઘ્રિપીઠભૂઃ ।ભુજઙ્ગરાજમાલયા નિબદ્ધજાટજૂટકઃશ્રિયૈ ચિરાય જાયતાં ચકોરબન્ધુશેખરઃ ॥
Bengali
সহস্রলোচনপ্রভৃত্যশেষলেখশেখর-প্রসূনধূলিধোরণীবিধূসরাঙ্ঘ্রিপীঠভূঃ ।ভুজঙ্গরাজমালযা নিবদ্ধজাটজূটকঃশ্রিযৈ চিরায জাযতাং চকোরবন্ধুশেখরঃ ॥

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