Canonical Ref: SL 24
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
जगत्सूते धाता हरिरवति रुद्रः क्षपयते
तिरस्कुर्वन्नेतत्स्वमपि वपुरीशस्तिरयति ।
सदापूर्वः सर्वं तदिदमनुगृह्णाति च शिव-
स्तवाज्ञामालम्ब्य क्षणचलितयोर्भ्रूलतिकयोः ॥ 24 ॥
तिरस्कुर्वन्नेतत्स्वमपि वपुरीशस्तिरयति ।
सदापूर्वः सर्वं तदिदमनुगृह्णाति च शिव-
स्तवाज्ञामालम्ब्य क्षणचलितयोर्भ्रूलतिकयोः ॥ 24 ॥
Roman Transliteration (IAST)
Jagat suthe dhata harir avati rudrah kshapayate Tiraskurvan etat svam api vapurisastirayati; Sada-purvah sarvam tad idamanugrhnati cha Shiva- Stavajnam aalambya kshana-chalitayor bhru-latikayoh. Brahma creates the world, Vishnu looks after it, Shiva destroys it, Easwara makes them disappear, And also disappears himself, And Sadshiva blesses them all,
English Scholarly Translation
By your order given to him, By a momentary move of your eyebrows. 24
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: Creation, Preservation, and Destruction】
Canonical Anandalahari/Saundaryalahari verse 24 traditionally attributed to Adi Sankaracharya.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 24. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.