सत्यं ब्रवीमि परलोकहितं ब्रवीमि सारं ब्रवीम्युपनिषद्धृदयं ब्रवीमि ।
satyaṁ bravīmi paralokahitaṁ bravīmi sāraṁ bravīmyupaniṣaddhr̥dayaṁ bravīmi .
I speak the truth; I speak what is good for the world to come; I speak the essence, the heart of the Upanishads:
संसारमुल्बणमसारमवाप्य जन्तोः सारोऽयमीश्वरपदाम्बुरुहस्य सेवा ॥
saṁsāramulbaṇamasāramavāpya jantoḥ sāro'yamīśvarapadāmburuhasya sevā .
in this harsh and empty world, the one thing of worth for any being is service at Ishwar's lotus feet.
ये नार्चयन्ति गिरिशं समये प्रदोषे ये नार्चितं शिवमपि प्रणमन्ति चान्ये ।
ye nārcayanti giriśaṁ samaye pradoṣe ye nārcitaṁ śivamapi praṇamanti cānye .
Those who offer no puja to Girisha at the hour of pradosh, and those who will not even bow to Shiva when others offer it,
एतत्कथां श्रुतिपुटैर्न पिबन्ति मूढास्ते जन्मजन्मसु भवन्ति नरा दरिद्राः ॥
etatkathāṁ śrutipuṭairna pibanti mūḍhāste janmajanmasu bhavanti narā daridrāḥ .
and the foolish who will not drink in this story with their ears — they are poor, birth after birth.
ये वै प्रदोषसमये परमेश्वरस्य कुर्वन्त्यनन्यमनसोऽङ्घ्रिसरोजपूजाम् ।
ye vai pradoṣasamaye parameśvarasya kurvantyananyamanaso'ṅghrisarojapūjām .
Those who, with a mind on nothing else, offer puja at Parameshwar's lotus feet at the hour of pradosh
नित्यं प्रवृद्धधनधान्यकलत्रपुत्रसौभाग्यसम्पदधिकास्त इहैव लोके ॥
nityaṁ pravr̥ddhadhanadhānyakalatraputrasaubhāgyasampadadhikāsta ihaiva loke .
grow, in this very life, in wealth and grain, in wife and children, in good fortune and plenty.
कैलासशैलभवने त्रिजगज्जनित्रीं गौरीं निवेश्य कनकाञ्चितरत्नपीठे ।
kailāsaśailabhavane trijagajjanitrīṁ gaurīṁ niveśya kanakāñcitaratnapīṭhe .
In his home on Mount Kailasa he seats Gauri, mother of the three worlds, on a throne of gold and jewels,
नृत्यं विधातुमभिवाञ्छति शूलपाणौ देवाः प्रदोषसमयेऽनुभजन्ति सर्वे ॥
nr̥tyaṁ vidhātumabhivāñchati śūlapāṇau devāḥ pradoṣasamaye'nubhajanti sarve .
and when the one who holds the trident wishes to dance at the hour of pradosh, all the Devas gather to serve him.
वाग्देवी धृतवल्लकी शतमखो वेणुं दधत्पद्मजस्तालोन्निद्रकरो रमा भगवती गेयप्रयोगान्विता ।
vāgdevī dhr̥tavallakī śatamakho veṇuṁ dadhatpadmajastālonnidrakaro ramā bhagavatī geyaprayogānvitā .
Saraswati Maa holds the veena, Indra the flute, Brahma ji keeps the tala, and Lakshmi Maa leads the song;
विष्णुः सान्द्रमृदङ्गवादनपटुर्देवाः समन्तात्स्थिताः सेवन्ते तमनु प्रदोषसमये देवं मृडानीपतिम् ॥
viṣṇuḥ sāndramr̥daṅgavādanapaṭurdevāḥ samantātsthitāḥ sevante tamanu pradoṣasamaye devaṁ mr̥ḍānīpatim .
Vishnu ji plays the deep mridangam, and the Devas stand all round — so at the hour of pradosh they all serve Mridani's husband.
गन्धर्वयक्षपतगोरगसिद्धसाध्या विद्याधरामरवराप्सरसां गणांश्च ।
gandharvayakṣapatagoragasiddhasādhyā vidyādharāmaravarāpsarasāṁ gaṇāṁśca .
Gandharvas, Yakshas, birds, serpents, Siddhas and Sadhyas, Vidyadharas, Devas and the bands of apsaras,
येऽन्ये त्रिलोकनिलयाः सहभूतवर्गाः प्राप्ते प्रदोषसमये हरपार्श्वसंस्थाः ॥
ye'nye trilokanilayāḥ sahabhūtavargāḥ prāpte pradoṣasamaye harapārśvasaṁsthāḥ .
and all who live in the three worlds, the bhutas with them — when the hour of pradosh comes, all stand at Hara's side.
अतः प्रदोषे शिव एक एव पूज्योऽथ नान्ये हरिपद्मजाद्याः ।
ataḥ pradoṣe śiva eka eva pūjyo'tha nānye haripadmajādyāḥ .
So at pradosh Shiva alone is to be offered puja, and not the others — Hari, Brahma and the rest;
तस्मिन्महेशे विधिनेज्यमाने सर्वे प्रसीदन्ति सुराधिनाथाः ॥
tasminmaheśe vidhinejyamāne sarve prasīdanti surādhināthāḥ .
for when Mahesh is offered puja in the right way, every chief of the Devas is pleased.
एष ते तनयः पूर्वजन्मनि ब्राह्मणोत्तमः ।
eṣa te tanayaḥ pūrvajanmani brāhmaṇottamaḥ .
"This son of yours was, in his last birth, a fine brahmin;
प्रतिग्रहैर्वयो निन्ये न दानाद्यैः सुकर्मभिः ॥
pratigrahairvayo ninye na dānādyaiḥ sukarmabhiḥ .
he spent his life taking gifts, not in giving or in good deeds.
अतो दारिद्र्यमापन्नः पुत्रस्ते द्विजभामिनि ।
ato dāridryamāpannaḥ putraste dvijabhāmini .
That is why your son has fallen into poverty, O wife of a brahmin;
तद्दोषपरिहारार्थं शरणं यातु शङ्करम् ॥
taddoṣaparihārārthaṁ śaraṇaṁ yātu śaṅkaram .
to undo that fault, let him go to Shankar for refuge."