महिम्नः पारं ते परमविदुषो यद्यसदृशी स्तुतिर्ब्रह्मादीनामपि तदवसन्नास्त्वयि गिरः। अथावाच्यः सर्वः स्वमतिपरिणामावधि गृणन् ममाप्येष स्तोत्रे हर निरपवादः परिकरः॥

Meaning

O Hara, if praise offered by one ignorant of the farther shore of Thy greatness be unworthy, then even the hymns of Brahma and the gods fall short, for words falter before Thee. Yet since every devotee may extol the Lord to the limit of his own understanding without blame, this stotra of mine too is a faultless offering. The Gandharva king Pushpadanta, cursed for trampling Shiva's flowers, sings this opening to acknowledge that the Mahadeva's mahima is anirvachaniya — beyond speech and mind. Sincere bhakti, not eloquence, sanctifies stuti; the Lord receives the bhava, not the polish.