Śivamahimnastava · Verses 10-15
apūrvaṃ lāvaṇyaṃ vivasanatanos te vimṛṣatāṃ munīnāṃ dārāṇāṃ samajani sa ko 'py avyatikaraḥ |
yato bhagne guhye sakṛd api saparyāṃ vidadhatāṃ dhruvaṃ mokṣaṃ līlāṃ kim api puruṣārthaṃ prasavite ||
vapuḥprādurbhāvād anumitam idaṃ janmani purā purāre naivāhaṃ kvacid api bhavantaṃ praṇatavān |
naman muktaḥ sampraty atanur aham agre 'py anatimān maheśa kṣantavyaṃ tad idam aparādhadvayam api ||
ity eṣā vāṅmayī pūjā śrīmacchaṃkarapādayoḥ |
arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ ||
tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdṛśo 'si maheśvara |
yādṛśo 'si mahādeva tādṛśāya namo namaḥ ||
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhen naraḥ |
lambapāśavinirmuktaḥ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati ||
kīrtanena hi rudrasya pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā |
pracaṇḍapavanenaiva dhanaṃ jaladamaṇḍalam ||
Original text: Śivamahimnastava · Edition: : The Mahimnastava or Praise of Shiva's Greatness. Edited, translated, and presented in illustrations by W.\ Norman Brown. Poona: American Institute of Indian Studies 1965. · Data entry Harunaga Isaacson · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0