Shri Shiva Stutih
श्रीशिवस्तुतिः
Sanskrit
नमस्तुङ्गशिरश्चुम्बिचन्द्रचामरचारवे । त्रैलोक्यनगरारम्भमूलस्तम्भाय शम्भवे ॥
Transliteration
namas tuṅgaśiraścumbicandracāmaracārave | trailokyanagarārambhamūlastambhāya śambhave ||
Translation
Salutations to Shambhu, charming with the moon that touches and fans his lofty head like a chowrie, who was the very first foundation-pillar in the building of the city that is the three worlds.
Deep Meaning
Salutations to Shri Shiva, who kisses the lofty head, that is, upon whose lofty head sits the charming, chowrie-like moon, and who became the very first foundation-pillar in the construction of the city that is the three worlds.
Sanskrit
चन्द्राननार्धदेहाय चन्द्रांशुसितमूर्तये । चन्द्रार्कानलनेत्राय चन्द्रार्धशिरसे नमः ॥
Transliteration
candrānanārdhadehāya candrāṃśusitamūrtaye | candrārkānalanetrāya candrārdhaśirase namaḥ ||
Translation
Salutations to him whose half-body has the moon-faced one as its face, whose form is white as the moon's rays, whose eyes are the moon, sun and fire, and upon whose head is the half-moon.
Deep Meaning
In half of Shiva's body is Chandranana, the moon-faced Parvati, whose form is as fair as the rays of the moon; his first eye is the moon, his second eye is the sun, and his third eye, of fire, is upon his forehead, and upon his head is the half-moon; salutation to this Ardhanarishwara form of Shiva.