Soundarya Lahari--Verse 74

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Vahaty amba stamberama-danuja-kumbha-prakrtibhih

samArabdhAm muktA-manibhir amalAm hAra-latikAm;

KucAbhogo bimbAdhara-rucibhir antah sabalitAm

pratApa-vyAmisrAm pura-damayituh kIrtim iva te.

 

O Mother! the region of Thy breast wears a creeper-like lucid

garland, strung with pearls from the skull of Stamberama-danuja, its

natural lustre variegated with the reflected lustre of Thy bimba lips

[thus] resembling the fame of the vanquisher of the [three] Pura-s

intermixed with his valour.

 

Skull of Stamberama-danuja- ie of GajAsura, a demon in the form of an

elephant, said to have been vanquished by Siva, who, to mark his

victory over him, wore his hide as a garment. Pearls of various

colours, according to tradition, are said to be found in the skull of

an elephant, the hollow of a bamboo, the hood of a snake, the cloud,

the sugarcane and the pearl-oyster. The pearls obtained from the

skull of GajAsura are worn by the Devi as a trophy round her neck.

Again, fame is described by poets as of a white colour and valour as

of a red colour. Hence the comparison between the pearl necklace of

the Devi tinged with the red lustre of her lips and the fame and

valour of her Lord.

 

 

 

Yantra image in : SS homepage.

 

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The Saundarya-Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada.

By Pandit S. Subrahmanya Sastri and T.R Srinivasa Ayyangar.