A tribute to universal mother

Oh ! Devi, Shiva is not even able to move without your shakti. Hari(vishnu), Hara(Shiva) and Virinchi (Brahma) cannot worship you and cannot create this universe without your blessings. So O Mother, If I who has not performed any meritorious deeds, is capable of saluting, and praising you it is indeed your grace!

Oh generator of words, this your hymn of praise, by your own words (is like) the performance of the oblation of lights with the flame of the lamp for the sun; the performance of oblation with drops of water (oozing from) the moon stone, for the moon (and) giving satisfaction to the ocean with his own waters.

First and last shlokas of Adi Shankara's soundarya lahari.

Source Links:
http://acharya.iitm.ac.in/mirrors/vv/literature/sankara/sankara.html (English Meaning)
http://sanskrit.gde.to/all_pdf/saundaryalahari.pdf (Devnagari Text)