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रुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकम् Shri Rudrakotishvara Ashtakam

rudrakoṭīśvarāṣṭakam

Shri Rudrakotishvara Ashtakam (रुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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Verse 1

ॐ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।क्षेत्रम् तिरुक्कळुकुन्रम् टिरुक्कऴुकुन्द्रम्, ट्ण्व्योमानिलानलजलाचलचन्द्रसूर्यचैतन्यकल्पितशरीरविराजिताय ।ऋग्वादि वेदगिरिशृङ्गनिकेतनायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ १॥

oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ |kṣetram tirukkaḷukunram ṭirukkaḻukundram, ṭṇvyomānilānalajalācalacandrasūryacaitanyakalpitaśarīravirājitāya |ṛgvādi vedagiriśṛṅganiketanāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 1||

Verse 2

कर्पूरशङ्खधवलाकृतिचन्द्रकान्तमुक्ताफलस्पटिकवह्निपविग्रहाय ।कस्तूरिकुङ्कुमहिमाम्बुविलेपनायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ २॥

karpūraśaṅkhadhavalākṛticandrakāntamuktāphalaspaṭikavahnipavigrahāya |kastūrikuṅkumahimāmbuvilepanāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 2||

Verse 3

सौन्दर्यनायकिमुखाम्बुजभृङ्गभूतचन्द्रार्कवह्निनिलयाय सदाशिवाय ।अणिमादिदाय करुणामृतसागरायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ३॥

saundaryanāyakimukhāmbujabhṛṅgabhūtacandrārkavahninilayāya sadāśivāya |aṇimādidāya karuṇāmṛtasāgarāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 3||

Verse 4

गङ्गाजलाग्रनिलयाय कलामयायकामान्धकत्रिपुरदग्धविलेपनाय ।गङ्गाधराय गरुडध्वजसेवितायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ४॥

gaṅgājalāgranilayāya kalāmayāyakāmāndhakatripuradagdhavilepanāya |gaṅgādharāya garuḍadhvajasevitāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 4||

Verse 5

गृध्राचलेन्द्रनिलयाय निरीश्वरायतत्त्वादि सिद्धसुपूजितवन्दिताय ।सिद्धादि योगपुरुषाय दिगम्बरायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ५॥

gṛdhrācalendranilayāya nirīśvarāyatattvādi siddhasupūjitavanditāya |siddhādi yogapuruṣāya digambarāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 5||

Verse 6

पञ्चाक्षराय भवसागरतारणायपञ्चास्यचर्मवसनाय परात्पराय ।पञ्चाक्षराय निगमाचलनायकायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ६॥

pañcākṣarāya bhavasāgaratāraṇāyapañcāsyacarmavasanāya parātparāya |pañcākṣarāya nigamācalanāyakāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 6||

Verse 7

वेदान्तमुख्यविभवाय निरीश्वरायवेदान्तवेद्यसरसाय विचक्षणाय ।वेदाय वेददुर्गाय विक्षायनायश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ७॥

vedāntamukhyavibhavāya nirīśvarāyavedāntavedyasarasāya vicakṣaṇāya |vedāya vedadurgāya vikṣāyanāyaśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 7||

Verse 8

आधारशक्तिकुटिलासनपञ्चकायब्रह्माण्डकल्पितकलामयविग्रहाय ।प्रासाद षोडशकलामय विश्वमूर्तिश्रीरुद्रकोटिनिलयाय नमःशिवाय ॥ ८॥

ādhāraśaktikuṭilāsanapañcakāyabrahmāṇḍakalpitakalāmayavigrahāya |prāsāda ṣoḍaśakalāmaya viśvamūrtiśrīrudrakoṭinilayāya namaḥśivāya || 8||

Verse 9

इति श्रीरुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrīrudrakoṭīśvarāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

॥ इति रुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shri Rudrakotishvara Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Śiva, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: रुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकम् (rudrakoṭīśvarāṣṭakam)). Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Rudrakotishvara Ashtakam (रुद्रकोटीश्वराष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Śiva. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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