विश्वगुणादर्श - किमिह कमनीयं न कमलम्

निवस्तां वा कृत्तिं निवसतु चिरं वा पितृवने
    शिवस्तावद्धत्तामहिगणमथाप्येष सुभगः ।
परीतं शैलालैरुषितमपि पंकेषु मलिना
    मलीनां बिभ्राणं किमिह कमनीयं न कमलम् ॥

- विश्वगुणादर्श

nivastAm vA kRuttiM nivasatu chiraM vA pitRuvane
    shivaH tAvat dhattA mahigaNam athApi eSha subhagaH ।
parItam shaiva alairuShitamapi pankeShu malinA
    malInAm bibhrANam kimaha kamanIyaM na kamalam ॥

- vishvaguNAdarsha

Lord Shiva wears animal hide, lives in a cemetery, has a snake around the neck - still he is so attractive and auspicious. The Lotus plant may be covered with moss and lichen, lives/blooms in mire, sprayed with discards of the bees - still it does looks beautiful.

- Vishvagunadarsha