What is being praised in the first verse?

The verse praises a divine effulgence with a crescent moon on its forehead, adorned with matted locks, holding a lotus-like hand, and displaying an elephant hide.

What does the second verse describe?

The verse describes a form adorned with the splendor of white garlands, radiant upon a bull, dispelling the pride of Kubera and other mountains, and stained with Uma's saffron, adorned with an elephant hide.

What is the prayer in the seventh verse?

The prayer is that the mind never indulges in worldly pleasures, that desires do not become hospitable, and to reside in a cottage on the banks of the celestial river, dedicated to Shiva's worship day and night.

What is described in the eighth verse as an ornament?

The celestial river is described as an ornament, nourishing with its abundant spray the sacred altar, and the wish-fulfilling tree granting the desired fruits to those who bow down.

What is the plea in the tenth verse?

The plea is for the pure stream of the celestial river to flow freely through the dense matted locks, and for the intellect to be like a garland of jasmine flowers amidst the assembly of ascetics.

śrī śiva stutiḥ (laṅkēśvara kr̥tam)

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Shiv Stotra

galē kalitakālimaḥ prakaṭitēnduphālasthalē
vināṭitajaṭōtkaraṁ rucirapāṇipāthōruhē |
udañcitakapālajaṁ jaghanasīmni sandarśita
dvipājinamanukṣaṇaṁ kimapi dhāma vandāmahē || 1 ||

vr̥ṣōpari parisphuraddhavaladāmadhāmaśriyā
kubēragiri-gaurimaprabhavagarvanirvāsi tat |
kvacitpunarumā-kucōpacitakuṅkumai rañjitaṁ
gajājinavirājitaṁ vr̥jinabhaṅgabījaṁ bhajē || 2 ||

uditvara-vilōcanatraya-visr̥tvarajyōtiṣā
kalākarakalākara-vyatikarēṇa cāharniśam |
vikāsita jaṭāṭavī viharaṇōtsavaprōllasa-
ttarāmara taraṅgiṇī tarala-cūḍamīḍē mr̥ḍam || 3 ||

vihāya kamalālayāvilasitāni vidyunnaṭī-
viḍaṁbanapaṭūni mē viharaṇaṁ vidhattāṁ manaḥ |
kapardini kumudvatīramaṇakhaṇḍacūḍāmaṇau
kaṭī taṭapaṭī bhavatkaraṭicarmaṇi brahmaṇi || 4 ||

bhavadbhavanadēhalī-vikaṭatuṇḍa-daṇḍāhati
truṭanmukuṭakōṭibhi-rmaghavadādibhirbhūyatē |
vrajēma bhavadantikaṁ prakr̥timētya paiśācakīṁ
kimityamarasampadaḥ pramathanātha nāthāmahē || 5 ||

tvadarcanaparāyaṇa-pramathakanyakāluṇṭhita
prasūnasaphaladrumaṁ kamapi śailamāśānmahē |
alaṁ taṭavitardikāśayitasiddha-sīmantinī
prakīrṇa sumanōmanō-ramaṇamēruṇāmēruṇā || 6 ||

na jātu hara yātu mē viṣayadurvilāsaṁ manō
manōbhavakathāstu mē na ca manōrathātithyabhūḥ |
sphuratsurataraṅgiṇī-taṭakuṭīrakōṭā vasa-
nnayē śiva divāniśaṁ tava bhavāni pūjāparaḥ || 7 ||

vibhūṣaṇa surāpagā śucitarālavālāvalī-
valadbahalasīkara-prakarasēkasaṁvardhitā |
mahēśvara suradrumasphurita-sajjaṭāmañjarī
namajjanaphalapradā mama nu hanta bhūyādiyam || 8 ||

bahirviṣayasaṅgati-pratinivartitākṣāpalē-
ssamādhikalitātmanaḥ paśupatēraśēṣātmanaḥ |
śirassurasarittaṭī-kuṭilakalpakalpadrumaṁ
niśākara kalāmahaṁ vaṭuvimr̥ṣyamāṇāṁ bhajē || 9 ||

tvadīya suravāhinī vimalavāridhārāvala-
jjaṭāgahanagāhinī matiriyaṁ mama krāmatu |
surōttamasarittaṭī-viṭapitāṭavī prōllasa-
ttapasvi-pariṣattulāmamala mallikābha prabhō || 10 ||

iti śrīlaṅkēśvaraviracitā śivastutiḥ ||

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