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Ardhanārīśvara Stotram

Shiva
| Stotram
| by Adi Shankaracharya
ardhanārīśvara-aṣṭakam cāmpeyagaurārdha-śarīrakāyai karpūragaurārdha-śarīrakāya dhammillakāyai ca jaṭādharāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya kastūrikākuṅkumacarcitāyai citārajaḥpuñjavicarcitāya kṛtasmarāyai vikṛtasmarāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya jhaṇatkvaṇatkaṅkaṇa-nūpurāyai pādābjarājat-phaṇinūpurāya hemāṅgadāyai ca bhujaṅgadāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya viśālanīlotpalalocanāyai vikāsipaṅkeruhalocanāya samekṣaṇāyai viṣamekṣaṇāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya mandāramālākalitālakāyai kapālamālāṅkitakandharāya divyāmbarāyai ca digambarāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya ambhodharaśyāmalakuntalāyai taṭitprabhātāmrajaṭādharāya nirīśvarāyai nikhileśvarāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya prapañcasṛṣṭyunmukhalāsyakāyai samastasaṃhārakatāṇḍavāya jagajjananyai jagadekapitre namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya pradīptaratnojjvalakuṇḍalāyai sphuranmahāpannagabhūṣaṇāya śivānvitāyai ca śivānvitāya namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya etatpaṭhedaṣṭakamiṣṭadaṃ yo bhaktyā sa mānyo bhuvi dīrghajīvī prāpnoti saubhāgyamanantakālaṃ bhūyāt sadā tasya samastasiddhiḥ ||iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrī-govinda-bhagavatpūjya-pāda-śiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrī-ardhanārīśvara aṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam||
Source: Traditional

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