चंद्रचूडमृड धूर्जटे हर त्र्यक्ष दक्ष शततंतुशातन । शांतशाश्वत शिवापते शिव त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद
caṃdracūḍamṛḍa dhūrjaṭe hara tryakṣa dakṣa śatataṃtuśātana | śāṃtaśāśvata śivāpate śiva tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada
ಚಂದ್ರಚೂಡ, ಮೃಡ, ಧೂರ್ಜಟೇ! ಹರ, ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರ, ದಕ್ಷ, ಶತತಂತು (ಬಂಧನ) ಶಾತನ! ಶಾಂತ, ಶಾಶ್ವತ, ಶಿವಾಪತೇ ಶಿವ! ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ—ನಮಿಸುವವರ ವಾಂಛಿತವನ್ನು ನೀಡುವವನು ನೀನೇ।
Sūrya (Ravi)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Śiva as bondage-cutter)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śiva
Scene: A litany of Śiva’s names unfolds: moon-crested, compassionate Mṛḍa, matted-haired Dhūrjaṭi, Hara, three-eyed, skillful, destroyer of the hundred-threaded bondage; Śiva radiates timeless peace.
Śiva is both fierce (Hara) and benevolent (Mṛḍa), cutting the bonds of attachment and granting peace and liberation-oriented boons.
The hymn is embedded in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa, aligning Śiva’s praise with Kāśī’s promise of release from bondage.
No direct injunction; the devotional act modeled is repeated salutations and recitation of Śiva-nāma (divine epithets).