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Śivamahimna Stotram

Shiva
| Stotram
| by Pushpadanta
śivamahimnaḥ-stotram mahimnaḥ pāraṃ te paramaviduṣo yadyasadṛśī stutirbrahmādīnāmapi tadavasannāstvayi giraḥ athā'vācyaḥ sarvaḥ svamatipariṇāmāvadhi gṛṇan mamāpyeṣa stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ atītaḥ panthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāṅmanasayoḥ atad-vyāvṛttyā yaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ madhusphītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ nirmitavataḥ tava brahman kiṃ vāgapi suragurorvismayapadam mama tvetāṃ vāṇīṃ guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavataḥ punāmītyarthe'smin puramathana buddhirvyavasitā tavaiśvaryaṃ yattajjagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛt trayīvastu vyastaṃ tisṛṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu abhavyānāmasmin varada ramaṇīyāmaramaṇīṃ vihantuṃ vyākrośīṃ vidadhata ihaike jaḍadhiyaḥ kimīhaḥ kiṃ kāyaḥ sa khalu kimupāyastribhuvanaṃ kimādhāro dhātā sṛjati kimupādāna iti ca atarkyaiśvarye tvayyanavasara duḥstho hatadhiyaḥ kutarko'yaṃ kāṃścinmukharayati mohāya jagataḥ ajanmāno lokāḥ kimavayavavanto'pi jagatām adhiṣṭhātāraṃ kiṃ bhavavidhiranādṛtya bhavati anīśo vā kuryādbhuvanajanane kaḥ parikaro yato mandāstvāṃ pratyamaravara saṃśerata ime trayī sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti prabhinne prasthāne paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca rucīnāṃ vaicitryādṛjukuṭila nānāpathajuṣāṃ nṛṇāmeko gamyastvamasi payasāmarṇava iva mahokṣaḥ khaṭvāṅgaṃ paraśurajinaṃ bhasmaphaṇinaḥ kapālaṃ cetīyattava varada tantropakaraṇam surāstāṃ tāmṛddhiṃ dadhati tu bhavadbhūpraṇihitāṃ na hi svātmārāmaṃ viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati dhruvaṃ kaścit sarvaṃ sakalamaparastvaddhruvamiṃ paro dhrauvyā'dhrauvye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye samaste'pyetasmin puramathana tairvismita iva stuvan jihremi tvāṃ na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā tavaiśvaryaṃ yatnād-yadupari viriñcirhariradhaḥ paricchetuṃ yātāvanilamanalaskandhavapuṣaḥ tato bhaktiśraddhā-bharaguru-gṛṇadbhyāṃ giriśa yat svayaṃ tasthe tābhyāṃ tava kimanuvṛttirna phalati ayatnādāsādya tribhuvanamavairavyatikaraṃ daśāsyo yadbāhūnabhṛta-raṇakaṇḍū-paravaśān śiraḥpadmaśreṇī-racitacaraṇāmbhoruhabaleḥ sthirāyāstvadbhaktestripurahara visphūrjitamidam amuṣya tvatsevā-samadhigatasāraṃ bhujavanaṃ balāt kailāse'pi tvadadhivasatau vikramayataḥ alabhyāpātāle'pyalasacalitāṅguṣṭhaśirasi pratiṣṭhā tvayyāsīd-dhruvamupacito muhyati khalaḥ yadṛddhiṃ sutrāmṇo varada paramoccairapi satīm adhaścakre bāṇaḥ parijanavidheyatribhuvanaḥ na taccitraṃ tasmin varivasitari tvaccaraṇayoḥ na kasyāpyunnatyai bhavati śirasastvayyavanatiḥ akāṇḍa-brahmāṇḍa-kṣayacakita-devāsurakṛpā vidheyasyā''sīd-yastrinayana viṣaṃ saṃhṛtavataḥ sa kalmāṣaḥ kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyamaho vikāro'pi ślāghyo bhuvana-bhayabhaṅga-vyasaninaḥ asiddhārthā naiva kvacidapi sadevāsuranare nivartante nityaṃ jagati jayino yasya viśikhāḥ sa paśyannīśa tvāmitarasurasādhāraṇamabhūt smaraḥ smartavyātmā na hi vaśiṣu pathyaḥ paribhavaḥ mahī pādāghātād-vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadaṃ padaṃ viṣṇorbhrāmyadbhuja-parigha-rugṇa-grahagaṇam muhurdyaurdausthyaṃ yātyanibhṛta-jaṭā-tāḍita-taṭā jagadrakṣāyai tvaṃ naṭasi nanu vāmaiva vibhutā viyad‍vyāpī tārāgaṇa-guṇita-phenodgama-ruciḥ pravāho vārāṃ yaḥ pṛṣatalaghudṛṣṭaḥ śirasi te jagaddvīpākāraṃ jaladhivalayaṃ tena kṛtamiti anenaivonneyaṃ dhṛtamahima divyaṃ tava vapuḥ rathaḥ kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtiragendro dhanuratho rathāṅge candrārkau ratha-caraṇa-pāṇiḥ śara iti didhakṣoste ko'yaṃ tripuratṛṇamāḍambara-vidhiḥ vidheyaiḥ krīḍantyo na khalu paratantrāḥ prabhudhiyaḥ hariste sāhasraṃ kamalabalimādhāya padayoḥ yadekone tasmin nijamudaharannetrakamalam gato bhaktyudrekaḥ pariṇatimasau cakravapuṣā trayāṇāṃ rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām kratau supte jāgrat tvamasi phalayoge kratumatāṃ kva karma pradhvastaṃ phalati puruṣārādhanamṛte atastvāṃ samprekṣya kratuṣu phaladāna-pratibhuvaṃ śrutau śraddhāṃ badhvā dṛḍhaparikaraḥ karmasu janaḥ kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatiradhīśastanubhṛtām ṛṣīṇāmārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ suragaṇāḥ kratubhraṃśastvattaḥ kratuphala-vidhāna-vyasaninaḥ dhruvaṃ kartuṃ śraddhā vidhuramabhicārāya hi makhāḥ prajānāthaṃ nātha prasabhamabhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ gataṃ rohidbhūtāṃ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṃ divamapi sapatrākṛtamamuṃ trasantaṃ te'dyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ svalāvaṇyāśaṃsā dhṛtadhanuṣamahnāya tṛṇavat puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā puramathana puṣpāyudhamapi yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata-dehārdha-ghaṭanāt avaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ śmaśāneṣvākrīḍā smarahara piśācāḥ sahacarāḥ citā-bhasmālepaḥ sragapi nṛkaroṭī-parikaraḥ amaṅgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivamakhilaṃ tathā'pi smartṝṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṅgalamasi manaḥ pratyak citte savidhamavidhāyātta-marutaḥ prahṛṣyadromāṇaḥ pramada-salilotsaṅgati-dṛśaḥ yadālokyā''hlādaṃ hrada iva nimajyāmṛtamaye dadhatyantastattvaṃ kimapi yaminastat kila bhavān tvamarkastvaṃ somastvamasi pavanastvaṃ hutavahaḥ tvamāpastvaṃ vyoma tvamu dharaṇirātmā tvamiti ca paricchinnāmevaṃ tvayi pariṇatā bibhrati giraṃ na vidmastattattvaṃ vayamiha tu yat tvaṃ na bhavasi trayīṃ tisro vṛttistribhuvanamatho trīnapi surān akārādyairvarṇaistribhirabhidadhat tīrṇavikṛti turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhiravarundhānamaṇubhiḥ samastavyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātyomiti padam bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahān tathā bhīmeśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam amuṣmin pratyekaṃ pravicarati deva śrutirapi priyāyāsmai dhāmne praṇihita-namasyo'smi bhavate namo nediṣṭhāya priyadava daviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ namo varṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ namaḥ sarvasmai te tadidamatisarvāya ca namaḥ bahularajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ prabalatamase tat saṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ janasukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ kṛśa-pariṇati-cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ kva ca tava guṇa-sīmollaṅghinī śaśvadṛddhiḥ iti cakitamamandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktirādhād- varada caraṇayoste vākya-puṣpopahāram asitagirisamaṃ syāt kajjalaṃ sindhupātre surataruvara-śākhā lekhanī patramurvī likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ tadapi tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṃ na yāti asura-sura-munīndrairarcitasyendumauleḥ grathita-guṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya sakala-gaṇa-variṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhānaḥ ruciramalaghuvṛttaiḥ stotrametaccakāra aharaharanavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭeḥ stotrametat paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddhacittaḥ pumān yaḥ sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyastathā'tra pracuratara-dhanāyuḥ putravān kīrtimāṃśca maheśānnāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ aghorānnāparo mantro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param dīkṣā dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ mahimnastava pāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm kusumadaśana-nāmā sarvagandharvarājaḥ śaśidharavara-maulerdevadevasya dāsaḥ sa khalu nijamahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt stavanamidamakārṣīd-divya-divyaṃ mahimnaḥ suragurumabhipūjya svargamokṣaikahetuṃ paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāñjalirnānyacetāḥ vrajati śivasamīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ stavanamidamamoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam āsamāptamidaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gandharvabhāṣitam anaupamyaṃ manohāri sarvamīśvaravarṇanam ityeṣā vāṅmayī pūjā śrīmacchaṅkarapādayoḥ arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdṛśo'si maheśvara yādṛśo'si mahādeva tādṛśāya namo namaḥ ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate śrī-puṣpadanta-mukhapaṅkaja-nirgatena stotreṇa kilbiṣa-hareṇa harapriyeṇa kaṇṭhasthitena paṭhitena samāhitena suprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatirmaheśaḥ ||iti śrī-puṣpadantaviracitaṃ śrī-śivamahimnaḥ stotraṃ sampūrṇam||
Source: Traditional

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