Canonical Ref: SL 92
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
गतास्ते मञ्चत्वं द्रुहिणहरिरुद्रेश्वरभृतः
शिवः स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः ।
त्वदीयानां भासां प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया
शरीरी शृङ्गारो रस इव दृशां दोग्धि कुतुकम् ॥ ९२॥
शिवः स्वच्छच्छायाघटितकपटप्रच्छदपटः ।
त्वदीयानां भासां प्रतिफलनरागारुणतया
शरीरी शृङ्गारो रस इव दृशां दोग्धि कुतुकम् ॥ ९२॥
English Scholarly Translation
Brahma, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Maheśvara have become the legs of your couch. Śiva
serves as the clever bed-sheet woven from his own clear radiance. Reddened by the reflected lustre of
your radiances, he milks the wonder of all eyes — like the embodied aesthetic of śṛṅgāra (erotic beauty)
made flesh.
serves as the clever bed-sheet woven from his own clear radiance. Reddened by the reflected lustre of
your radiances, he milks the wonder of all eyes — like the embodied aesthetic of śṛṅgāra (erotic beauty)
made flesh.
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
【Title: The Couch of Gods — Śiva Glowing Red in Her Radiance】
The four great gods — Brahma (creator), Viṣṇu (preserver), Rudra (destroyer), and
Maheśvara (lord of lords) — form the four legs of the Goddess's couch. Śiva, placed separately as the
pracchada-paṭa (bed-sheet or coverlet), is distinguished from Maheśvara: in some Śrīvidyā
classifications, Maheśvara is a cosmic function while Śiva (Sadāśiva) is the supreme being who
is nonetheless the Goddess's intimate companion. The word kapaṭa (clever, deceptive) applied to
the bed-sheet is charming: Śiva pretends to be a mere piece of cloth while actually being the supreme
consciousness resting beneath the Goddess.
Padaccheda: गताः · ते · मञ्चत्वम् · द्रुहिण-हरि-रुद्र-ईश्वर-भृतः · शिवः ·
स्वच्छ-च्छाया-घटित-कपट-प्रच्छद-पटः · त्वदीयानाम् · भासाम् · प्रतिफलन-राग-अरुणतया · शरीरी · शृङ्गारः ·
रसः इव · दृशाम् · दोग्धि · कुतुकम्
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Saundaryalaharī, SL 92. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.