वेदसारशिवस्तवः Vedasara Shiva Stava
vedasāraśivastavaḥ
"Pashūnāṃ patiṃ pāpanāśaṃ pareśaṃ": Śaṅkara's hymn that sums up the teaching of the Vedas about Śiva, from the five-faced Lord to the formless Absolute.
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पशूनां पतिं पापनाशं परेशंगजेन्द्रस्य कृत्तिं वसानं वरेण्यम् ।जटाजूटमध्ये स्फुरद्गाङ्गवारिंमहादेवमेकं स्मरामि स्मरारिम् ॥१॥
paśūnāṃ patiṃ pāpanāśaṃ pareśaṃgajendrasya kṛttiṃ vasānaṃ vareṇyam |jaṭājūṭamadhye sphuradgāṅgavāriṃmahādevamekaṃ smarāmi smarārim ||1||
I remember the one Mahādeva, foe of Smara (Kāma): Lord of all beings, destroyer of sin, the supreme Lord, wearing the hide of the king of elephants, most worthy of worship, with the waters of Gaṅgā sparkling in his matted locks.
महेशं सुरेशं सुरारातिनाशंविभुं विश्वनाथं विभूत्यङ्गभूषम् ।विरूपाक्षमिन्द्वर्कवह्नित्रिनेत्रंसदानन्दमीडे प्रभुं पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥२॥
maheśaṃ sureśaṃ surārātināśaṃvibhuṃ viśvanāthaṃ vibhūtyaṅgabhūṣam |virūpākṣamindvarkavahnitrinetraṃsadānandamīḍe prabhuṃ pañcavaktram ||2||
I praise the five-faced Lord, ever blissful: the great Lord, lord of the gods, destroyer of the gods’ enemies, all-pervading, Lord of the universe, his body adorned with sacred ash, of uncommon eyes, whose three eyes are the moon, the sun and fire.
गिरीशं गणेशं गले नीलवर्णंगवेन्द्राधिरूढं गुणातीतरूपम् ।भवं भास्वरं भस्मना भूषिताङ्गंभवानीकलत्रं भजे पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥३॥
girīśaṃ gaṇeśaṃ gale nīlavarṇaṃgavendrādhirūḍhaṃ guṇātītarūpam |bhavaṃ bhāsvaraṃ bhasmanā bhūṣitāṅgaṃbhavānīkalatraṃ bhaje pañcavaktram ||3||
I worship the five-faced Lord: Lord of the mountain, lord of the gaṇas, blue at the throat, riding the great bull, whose form is beyond the guṇas; Bhava, shining, his limbs adorned with ash, whose consort is Bhavānī.
शिवाकान्त शम्भो शशाङ्कार्धमौलेमहेशान शूलिन् जटाजूटधारिन् ।त्वमेको जगद्व्यापको विश्वरूपःप्रसीद प्रसीद प्रभो पूर्णरूप ॥४॥
śivākānta śambho śaśāṅkārdhamaulemaheśāna śūlin jaṭājūṭadhārin |tvameko jagadvyāpako viśvarūpaḥprasīda prasīda prabho pūrṇarūpa ||4||
Beloved of Śivā, Śambhu, wearing the half-moon on your head, great Lord, bearer of the trident and matted locks: you alone pervade the world, you are the form of the universe. Be gracious, be gracious, Lord whose form is fullness.
परात्मानमेकं जगद्बीजमाद्यंनिरीहं निराकारमोङ्कारवेद्यम् ।यतो जायते पाल्यते येन विश्वंतमीशं भजे लीयते यत्र विश्वम् ॥५॥
parātmānamekaṃ jagadbījamādyaṃnirīhaṃ nirākāramoṅkāravedyam |yato jāyate pālyate yena viśvaṃtamīśaṃ bhaje līyate yatra viśvam ||5||
I worship that Lord, the one supreme Self, the first seed of the world, free of desire, formless, known through Oṃ; from whom the universe is born, by whom it is sustained, and into whom it dissolves.
न भूमिर्न चापो न वह्निर्न वायुर्न चाकाशमास्ते न तन्द्रा न निद्रा ।न चोष्णं न शीतं न देशो न वेषोन यस्यास्ति मूर्तिस्त्रिमूर्तिं तमीडे ॥६॥
na bhūmirna cāpo na vahnirna vāyurna cākāśamāste na tandrā na nidrā |na coṣṇaṃ na śītaṃ na deśo na veṣona yasyāsti mūrtistrimūrtiṃ tamīḍe ||6||
He is not earth, not water, not fire, not wind, not space; in him there is no drowsiness and no sleep, no heat and no cold, no place and no dress; he has no form, yet I praise him as the three forms (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva).
अजं शाश्वतं कारणं कारणानांशिवं केवलं भासकं भासकानाम् ।तुरीयं तमःपारमाद्यन्तहीनंप्रपद्ये परं पावनं द्वैतहीनम् ॥७॥
ajaṃ śāśvataṃ kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃśivaṃ kevalaṃ bhāsakaṃ bhāsakānām |turīyaṃ tamaḥpāramādyantahīnaṃprapadye paraṃ pāvanaṃ dvaitahīnam ||7||
I take refuge in the Supreme: unborn, eternal, the cause of all causes, auspicious, the One alone, the light that lights all lights, the fourth state, beyond darkness, without beginning or end, purifying, without a second.
नमस्ते नमस्ते विभो विश्वमूर्तेनमस्ते नमस्ते चिदानन्दमूर्ते ।नमस्ते नमस्ते तपोयोगगम्यनमस्ते नमस्ते श्रुतिज्ञानगम्य ॥८॥
namaste namaste vibho viśvamūrtenamaste namaste cidānandamūrte |namaste namaste tapoyogagamyanamaste namaste śrutijñānagamya ||8||
Salutation, salutation to you, all-pervading one whose form is the universe; salutation, salutation to you whose form is consciousness and bliss; salutation, salutation to you, reached by austerity and yoga; salutation, salutation to you, reached by the knowledge of the Vedas.
प्रभो शूलपाणे विभो विश्वनाथमहादेव शम्भो महेश त्रिनेत्र ।शिवाकान्त शान्त स्मरारे पुरारेत्वदन्यो वरेण्यो न मान्यो न गण्यः ॥९॥
prabho śūlapāṇe vibho viśvanāthamahādeva śambho maheśa trinetra |śivākānta śānta smarāre purāretvadanyo vareṇyo na mānyo na gaṇyaḥ ||9||
O Lord with the trident in your hand, all-pervading Lord of the universe, Mahādeva, Śambhu, great Lord, three-eyed one, beloved of Śivā, peaceful one, foe of Kāma, destroyer of the three cities: there is none but you worthy to be chosen, honoured or counted.
शम्भो महेश करुणामय शूलपाणेगौरीपते पशुपते पशुपाशनाशिन् ।काशीपते करुणया जगदेतदेक-स्त्वं हंसि पासि विदधासि महेश्वरोऽसि ॥१०॥
śambho maheśa karuṇāmaya śūlapāṇegaurīpate paśupate paśupāśanāśin |kāśīpate karuṇayā jagadetadeka-stvaṃ haṃsi pāsi vidadhāsi maheśvaro'si ||10||
Śambhu, great Lord, compassionate one, bearer of the trident, husband of Gaurī, Lord of all beings who cuts the bonds of the bound, Lord of Kāśī: out of compassion you alone create, protect and dissolve this world. You are the great Lord.
त्वत्तो जगद्भवति देव भव स्मरारेत्वय्येव तिष्ठति जगन्मृड विश्वनाथ ।त्वय्येव गच्छति लयं जगदेतदीशलिङ्गात्मकं हर चराचरविश्वरूपिन् ॥११॥
tvatto jagadbhavati deva bhava smarāretvayyeva tiṣṭhati jaganmṛḍa viśvanātha |tvayyeva gacchati layaṃ jagadetadīśaliṅgātmakaṃ hara carācaraviśvarūpin ||11||
From you, O God, Bhava, foe of Kāma, the world arises; in you alone it abides, gracious Lord of the universe; into you alone, O Lord, this world goes to dissolution. O Hara, whose nature is the liṅga, whose form is the whole moving and unmoving universe.
॥ इति वेदसारशिवस्तवः सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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