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पशुपत्यष्टकम् Shri Pashupatyashtakam

paśupatyaṣṭakam

Shri Pashupatyashtakam (पशुपत्यष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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  • Śiva
  • Ashtaka

पशुपत्यष्टकम्

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Verse 1

ध्यानम् ।ध्यायेन्नित्यं महेशं रजतगिरिनिभं चारुचन्द्रावतंसंरत्नाकल्पोज्ज्वलाङ्गं परशुमृगवराभीतिहस्तं प्रसन्नम् ।पद्मासीनं समन्तात्स्तुतममरगणैर्व्याघ्रकृत्तिं वसानंविश्वाद्यं विश्वबीजं निखिलभयहरं पञ्चवक्त्रं त्रिनेत्रम् ॥अथ स्तोत्रम् ।पशुपतिं द्युपतिं धरणीपतिं भुजगलोकपतिं च सतीपतिम् ।प्रणतभक्तजनार्तिहरं परं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ १॥

dhyānam |dhyāyennityaṃ maheśaṃ rajatagirinibhaṃ cārucandrāvataṃsaṃratnākalpojjvalāṅgaṃ paraśumṛgavarābhītihastaṃ prasannam |padmāsīnaṃ samantātstutamamaragaṇairvyāghrakṛttiṃ vasānaṃviśvādyaṃ viśvabījaṃ nikhilabhayaharaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trinetram ||atha stotram |paśupatiṃ dyupatiṃ dharaṇīpatiṃ bhujagalokapatiṃ ca satīpatim |praṇatabhaktajanārtiharaṃ paraṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 1||

Verse 2

न जनको जननी न च सोदरो न तनयो न च भूरिबलं कुलम् ।अवति कोऽपि न कालवशं गतं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ २॥

na janako jananī na ca sodaro na tanayo na ca bhūribalaṃ kulam |avati ko'pi na kālavaśaṃ gataṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 2||

Verse 3

मुरजडिण्डिमवाद्यविलक्षणं मधुरपञ्चमनादविशारदम् ।प्रमथभूतगणैरपि सेवितं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ३॥

murajaḍiṇḍimavādyavilakṣaṇaṃ madhurapañcamanādaviśāradam |pramathabhūtagaṇairapi sevitaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 3||

Verse 4

शरणदं सुखदं शरणान्वितं शिव शिवेति शिवेति नतं नृणाम् ।अभयदं करुणावरुणालयं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ४॥

śaraṇadaṃ sukhadaṃ śaraṇānvitaṃ śiva śiveti śiveti nataṃ nṛṇām |abhayadaṃ karuṇāvaruṇālayaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 4||

Verse 5

नरशिरोरचितं मणिकुण्डलं भुजगहारमुदं वृषभध्वजम् ।चितिरजोधवलीकृतविग्रहं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ५॥

naraśiroracitaṃ maṇikuṇḍalaṃ bhujagahāramudaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam |citirajodhavalīkṛtavigrahaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 5||

Verse 6

मखविनाशकरं शशिशेखरं सततमध्वरभाजिफलप्रदम् ।प्रलयदग्धसुरासुरमानवं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ६॥

makhavināśakaraṃ śaśiśekharaṃ satatamadhvarabhājiphalapradam |pralayadagdhasurāsuramānavaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 6||

Verse 7

मदमपास्य चिरं हृदि संस्थितं मरणजन्मजराभयपीडितम् ।जगदुदीक्ष्य समीपभयाकुलं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ७॥

madamapāsya ciraṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaṃ maraṇajanmajarābhayapīḍitam |jagadudīkṣya samīpabhayākulaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 7||

Verse 8

हरिविरञ्चिसुराधिपपूजितं यमजनेशधनेशनमस्कृतम् ।त्रिनयनं भुवनत्रितयाधिपं भजत रे मनुजा गिरिजापतिम् ॥ ८॥

harivirañcisurādhipapūjitaṃ yamajaneśadhaneśanamaskṛtam |trinayanaṃ bhuvanatritayādhipaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim || 8||

Verse 9

पशुपतेरिदमष्टकमद्भुतं विरचितं पृथिवीपतिसूरिणा ।पठति संशृणुते मनुजः सदा शिवपुरीं वसते लभते मुदम् ॥ ९॥

paśupateridamaṣṭakamadbhutaṃ viracitaṃ pṛthivīpatisūriṇā |paṭhati saṃśṛṇute manujaḥ sadā śivapurīṃ vasate labhate mudam || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीपशुपत्यष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīpaśupatyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति पशुपत्यष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Pashupatyashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: पशुपत्यष्टकम् (paśupatyaṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Pashupatyashtakam (पशुपत्यष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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