Bhavanishankarau Vande

Shloka 2 · Bal Kand

Shloka Text

भवानीशङ्करौ वन्दे श्रद्धाविश्वासरूपिणौ। याभ्यां विना न पश्यन्ति सिद्धाः स्वान्तःस्थमीश्वरम्‌॥ २ ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

bhavānīśaṅkarau vande śraddhāviśvāsarūpiṇau। yābhyāṃ vinā na paśyanti siddhāḥ svāntaḥsthamīśvaram॥ 2 ॥

Meaning

I bow to Bhagavati Parvati and Lord Shankar, who are the very forms of faith and trust; without them, the perfected beings cannot behold the Lord dwelling in the heart.

Context

This is Shloka 2 from Bal Kand, in the episode “Invocation and Auspicious Beginning”. The episode describes Tulsidas invoking Sarasvati, Ganesha, Bhavani-Shankara, Guru, and Rama seeking divine grace.

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