यच्छौचनि:सृतसरित्प्रवरोदकेन तीर्थेन मूर्ध्न्यधिकृतेन शिव: शिवोऽभूत् । ध्यातुर्मन:शमलशैलनिसृष्टवज्रं ध्यायेच्चिरं भगवतश्चरणारविन्दम् ॥ २२ ॥
yac-chauca-nihsrta-sarit-pravarodakena tirthena murdhny adhikrtena sivah sivo ’bhut dhyatur manah-samala-saila-nisrsta-vajram dhyayec ciram bhagavatas caranaravindam
- yat
- the Lord’s lotus feet
- sauca
- washing
- nihsrta
- gone forth
- sarit-pravara
- of the Ganges
- udakena
- by the water
- tirthena
- holy
- murdhni
- on his head
- adhikrtena
- borne
- sivah
- Lord Siva
- sivah
- auspicious
- abhut
- became
- dhyatuh
- of the meditator
- manah
- in the mind
- samala-saila
- the mountain of sin
- nisrsta
- hurled
- vajram
- thunderbolt
- dhyayet
- one should meditate
- ciram
- for a long time
- bhagavatah
- of the Lord
- carana-aravindam
- on the lotus feet
The blessed Lord Siva becomes all the more blessed by bearing on his head the holy waters of the Ganges, which has its source in the water that washed the Lord’s lotus feet. The Lord’s feet act like thunderbolts hurled to shatter the mountain of sin stored in the mind of the meditating devotee. One should therefore meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord for a long time.