कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम्। सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि॥

Karpura-gauram karunavataram samsara-saram bhujagendra-haram, Sada vasantam hridayaravinde Bhavam Bhavani-sahitam namami.

I bow to Shiva, white as camphor, compassion incarnate, the essence of the world, who wears the king of serpents as his garland, who always dwells in the lotus of the heart, together with Bhavani.