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शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च Shankarashtakam

śaṅkarāṣṭakam 1 sadāśivāṣṭakam ca

Shankarashtakam (शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

  • Stotra
  • Aṣṭakam
  • Śiva
  • Ashtaka

शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।शीर्षजटागणभारं गरलाहारं समस्तसंहारम् ।कैलासाद्रिविहारं पारं भववारिधेरहं वन्दे ॥ १॥

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |śīrṣajaṭāgaṇabhāraṃ garalāhāraṃ samastasaṃhāram |kailāsādrivihāraṃ pāraṃ bhavavāridherahaṃ vande || 1||

Verse 2

चन्द्रकलोज्ज्वलभालं कण्ठव्यालं जगत्त्रयीपालम् ।कृतनरमस्तकमालं कालं कालस्य कोमलं वन्दे ॥ २॥

candrakalojjvalabhālaṃ kaṇṭhavyālaṃ jagattrayīpālam |kṛtanaramastakamālaṃ kālaṃ kālasya komalaṃ vande || 2||

Verse 3

कोपेक्षणहतकामं स्वात्मारामं नगेन्द्रजावामम् ।संसृतिशोकविरामं श्यामं कण्ठेन कारणं वन्दे ॥ ३॥

kopekṣaṇahatakāmaṃ svātmārāmaṃ nagendrajāvāmam |saṃsṛtiśokavirāmaṃ śyāmaṃ kaṇṭhena kāraṇaṃ vande || 3||

Verse 4

कटितटविलसितनागं खण्डितयागं महाद्भुतत्यागम् ।विगतविषयरसरागं भागं यज्ञेषु बिभ्रतं वन्दे ॥ ४॥

kaṭitaṭavilasitanāgaṃ khaṇḍitayāgaṃ mahādbhutatyāgam |vigataviṣayarasarāgaṃ bhāgaṃ yajñeṣu bibhrataṃ vande || 4||

Verse 5

त्रिपुरादिकदनुजान्तं गिरिजाकान्तं सदैव संशान्तम् ।लीलाविजितकृतान्तं भान्तं स्वान्तेपु देहिनां वन्दे ॥ ५॥

tripurādikadanujāntaṃ girijākāntaṃ sadaiva saṃśāntam |līlāvijitakṛtāntaṃ bhāntaṃ svāntepu dehināṃ vande || 5||

Verse 6

सुरसरिदाप्लुतकेशं त्रिदशकुलेशं हृदालयावेशम् ।विगताशेषक्लेशं देशं सर्वेष्टसम्पदां वन्दे ॥ ६॥

surasaridāplutakeśaṃ tridaśakuleśaṃ hṛdālayāveśam |vigatāśeṣakleśaṃ deśaṃ sarveṣṭasampadāṃ vande || 6||

Verse 7

करतलकलितपिनाकं विगतजराकं सुकर्मणां पाकम् ।परपदवीतवराकं नाकङ्गमपूगवन्दितं वन्दे ॥ ७॥

karatalakalitapinākaṃ vigatajarākaṃ sukarmaṇāṃ pākam |parapadavītavarākaṃ nākaṅgamapūgavanditaṃ vande || 7||

Verse 8

भूतिविभूषितकायं दुस्तरमायं विवर्जितापायम् ।प्रमथसमूहसहायं सायं प्रातर्निरन्तरं वन्दे ॥ ८॥

bhūtivibhūṣitakāyaṃ dustaramāyaṃ vivarjitāpāyam |pramathasamūhasahāyaṃ sāyaṃ prātarnirantaraṃ vande || 8||

Verse 9

यस्तुपदाष्टकमेतद्ब्रह्मानन्देन निर्मितं नित्यम् ।पठति समाहितचेताः प्राप्नोत्यन्ते स शैवमेव पदम् ॥ ९॥

yastupadāṣṭakametadbrahmānandena nirmitaṃ nityam |paṭhati samāhitacetāḥ prāpnotyante sa śaivameva padam || 9||

Verse 10

इति श्रीमत्परमहंसस्वामिब्रह्मानन्दविरचितं श्रीशङ्कराष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti śrīmatparamahaṃsasvāmibrahmānandaviracitaṃ śrīśaṅkarāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shankarashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च (śaṅkarāṣṭakam 1 sadāśivāṣṭakam ca)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shankarashtakam (शङ्कराष्टकम् १ सदाशिवाष्टकम् च): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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