चंद्रचूडमृड धूर्जटे हर त्र्यक्ष दक्ष शततंतुशातन । शांतशाश्वत शिवापते शिव त्वां नतोस्मि नतवांछितप्रद
caṃdracūḍamṛḍa dhūrjaṭe hara tryakṣa dakṣa śatataṃtuśātana | śāṃtaśāśvata śivāpate śiva tvāṃ natosmi natavāṃchitaprada
हे चंद्रचूड, हे मृड, हे धूर्जटे! हे हर, त्र्यक्ष, दक्ष, शततंतु (बंधन) छेदक! हे शांत, शाश्वत, शिवापते शिव! मी तुला नमस्कार करतो—तू नतांच्या वांछित इच्छा देणारा आहेस।
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).