Shloka 56

स्वेच्छाविग्रहसंभव-प्रतिष्ठाफलवर्णनम् (विविधशिवमूर्तिप्रतिष्ठा, लोक-फल, शिवसायुज्य)

Devanagari script

गङ्गाधरं सुखासीनं चन्द्रशेखरमेव च

Transliteration

gaṅgādharaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ candraśekharameva ca

Translation

Méditez sur Śiva—Gangādhara, qui porte la Gaṅgā sacrée, assis dans une paisible béatitude; et sur Chandrashekhara, qui porte la lune sur sa couronne.

Word by Word

• गङ्गाधरं: the bearer of the Ganga

• सुखासीनं: seated comfortably/at ease (in tranquil posture)

• चन्द्रशेखरम्: he whose crest (śekhara) is the moon

• एव: indeed/only

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; a dhyana-stuti segment describing Shiva’s form)