नीलकण्ठनमश्शिवायाष्टकम् Shri Nilakantha Namah Shivaya Ashtakam
nīlakaṇṭhanamaśśivāyāṣṭakam
Shri Nilakantha Namah Shivaya Ashtakam (नीलकण्ठनमश्शिवायाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.
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नीलकण्ठनमश्शिवायाष्टकम्
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नमो नमः कारणकारणायजगन्मयायाहितपाशकाय ।त्वत्पादपद्माश्रितरक्षकायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ १॥
namo namaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāyajaganmayāyāhitapāśakāya |tvatpādapadmāśritarakṣakāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 1||
ध्यायन्ति ये त्वां यतयः स्तुवन्तिहृदम्बुजे दीपसमप्रकाशम् ।नासाग्रविन्यस्तविलोचनायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ २॥
dhyāyanti ye tvāṃ yatayaḥ stuvantihṛdambuje dīpasamaprakāśam |nāsāgravinyastavilocanāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 2||
सर्गस्थितिध्वंसनकारणाययमादियोगाष्टकसिद्धिदाय ।तपस्विनां शीघ्रफलप्रदाय ।श्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ३॥
sargasthitidhvaṃsanakāraṇāyayamādiyogāṣṭakasiddhidāya |tapasvināṃ śīghraphalapradāya |śrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 3||
वेदादिरूपाय त्रिलोचनायवेदान्तवेद्याय दिगम्बराय ।विभूतिशुभ्राय जटाधरायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ४॥
vedādirūpāya trilocanāyavedāntavedyāya digambarāya |vibhūtiśubhrāya jaṭādharāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 4||
उग्राय संसारभयापहायज्ञानप्रदायशुसुखप्रदाय ।कालान्तकाय प्रलयानिलायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ५॥
ugrāya saṃsārabhayāpahāyajñānapradāyaśusukhapradāya |kālāntakāya pralayānilāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 5||
विधातृरूपाय जगद्धितायरमेशरूपाय सदाशिवाय ।अनन्तरूपाय चतुर्भुजायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ६॥
vidhātṛrūpāya jagaddhitāyarameśarūpāya sadāśivāya |anantarūpāya caturbhujāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 6||
विश्वैकवन्द्याय कलाधरायसमस्तलोकैकसमाश्रयाय ।कुठारपाशाङ्कुशपालिने चश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ७॥
viśvaikavandyāya kalādharāyasamastalokaikasamāśrayāya |kuṭhārapāśāṅkuśapāline caśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 7||
शर्वाय सर्वप्रियकारणायपिनाकिने बाणधराय तुभ्यम् ।गौरीप्रियायाखिलपालकायश्रीनीलकण्ठाय नमः शिवाय ॥ ८॥
śarvāya sarvapriyakāraṇāyapinākine bāṇadharāya tubhyam |gaurīpriyāyākhilapālakāyaśrīnīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ śivāya || 8||
इति स्तुत्वा महादेवं प्रणम्य च पुनः पुनः ।विदध्यू ऋषयस्तत्र सुराः पद्मभुवादयः ॥ ९॥
iti stutvā mahādevaṃ praṇamya ca punaḥ punaḥ |vidadhyū ṛṣayastatra surāḥ padmabhuvādayaḥ || 9||
इति श्रीनीलकण्ठ नमः शिवायाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।
iti śrīnīlakaṇṭha namaḥ śivāyāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |
॥ इति नीलकण्ठनमश्शिवायाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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