Verse 1

Śataka
Śṛṅgāra Śatakaशृङ्गारशतकम्
Chhanda
Vasantatilakāवसन्ततिलका

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शम्भुस्वयम्भुहरयो हरिणेक्षणानां येनाक्रियन्त सततं गृहकुम्भदासाःवाचामगोचरचरित्रविचित्राय तस्मै नमो भगवते मकरध्वजाय ॥१॥

śambhusvayambhuharayo hariṇekṣaṇānāṃ yenākriyanta satataṃ gṛhakumbhadāsāḥvācāmagocaracaritravicitrāya tasmai namo bhagavate makaradhvajāya ||1||

Translation

(SALUTATION TO THE DEITY OF PASSION)

Salutation to that God with the ‘crocodile flag’ whose amazing actions are indescribable indeed; because of whom, Shiva, Brahmaa and Vishnu have become always the ‘water-carrying servants’ for the ‘deer-eyed beauties’. ॥ 1 ॥