Soundarya Lahari-- Verse 25 [Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada]

[Guest guest]

TrayAnAm devAnAm tri-guna-janitAnAm tava sive

bhavet pUjA pUjA tava caranayou yA viracitA;

TathA hi tvat-pAdodvahana-manipIthasya nikate

sthitA hy ete sasvan mukulita-karottamsa-makutAh.

 

O Spouse of Siva! the homage rendered to Thy feet becomes by itself

the homage rendered by the three gods born of Thy three Guna-s. It is,

therefore, meet that these [gods] ever stand by the jewelled seat on

which Thy feet rest, with their folded hands adorning their crowns.

 

 

This stanza implies that those who worship the Devi stand in no need

of separately worshipping Brahman, Visnu and Rudra, who are but her

agents, standing by her foot-stool, ever at her beck and call and in

the act of adoring her.

 

 

 

The Ocean of beauty - Saundarya Lahari of Sri Samkara-Bhagavatpada

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