Shankhendvabhamativa Sundara Tanum
Shloka 2 · Lanka Kand
Shloka Text
शंखेन्द्वाभमतीवसुन्दरतनुं शार्दूलचर्माम्बरं कालव्यालकरालभूषणधरं गंगाशशांकप्रियम्। काशीशं कलिकल्मषौघशमनं कल्याणकल्पद्रुमं नौमीड्यं गिरिजापतिं गुणनिधिं कन्दर्पहं शंकरम्॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śaṅkhendvābhamatīvasundaratanuṃ śārdūlacarmāmbaraṃ kālavyālakarālabhūṣaṇadharaṃ gaṅgāśaśāṅkapriyam। kāśīśaṃ kalikalmaṣaughaśamanaṃ kalyāṇakalpadrumaṃ naumīḍyaṃ girijāpatiṃ guṇanidhiṃ kandarpahaṃ śaṅkaram॥ 2 ॥
Meaning
I bow to Shankara, whose body is exceedingly beautiful like conch and moonlight, who wears tiger skin as garments, who bears ornaments of fierce serpents like Death himself, who is dear to Ganga and the moon, lord of Kashi, destroyer of the host of sins in the Kali Yuga, the wish-fulfilling tree of welfare, the revered husband of Girija, treasury of virtues, and destroyer of Kama.
Context
This is Shloka 2 from Lanka Kand, in the episode “Auspicious Invocation”. The episode describes Tulsidas's prayerful invocation of Rama, Shiva, and the holy Name at the opening of Lanka Kand.