Dari in Telugu means a picturesque cave or grotto which has been employed as the opening word in this song as metaphor for the sanctum sanctorum of the temple of the Goddess here
dari joopavE bhavAbdhilO
daridApu vEreveru dharalO
daridra vinAshini (i) shAmbhavi (ii) mAdhava sO-
dari gowri parAtpari shankari
dari jyOtisvaroopiNi pArvati sun-
dari ravi shashi dhari nannu
Adarimpa samayamidE rAvE
vrkOdari mandahAsa dhari mahEshvari