Śivamahimnastava · Verses 21-9
kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatir adhīśas tanubhṛtām ṛṣīṇām ārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ suragaṇāḥ |
kratubhraṃśas tvattaḥ kratuphalavidhānavyasanino dhruvaṃ kartuḥ śraddhāvidhuram abhicārāya hi makhāḥ ||
prajānāthaṃ prasabham abhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ gataṃ rohidbhūtāṃ riramayiṣum ṛśyasya vapuṣā |
dhanuṣpāṇer yātaṃ divam api sapatrākṛtam amuṃ trasantaṃ te 'dyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ ||
svalāvaṇyāśaṃsādhṛtadhanuṣam ahnāya tṛṇavat puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā puramathana puṣpāyudham api |
yadi straiṇaṃ yamanirata dehārdhaghaṭanād avaiti tvām addhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ ||
śmaśāneṣv ākrīḍā smarahara piśācāḥ sahacarāś citābhasmālepaḥ srag api nṛkaroṭīparikaraḥ |
amāṅgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivam akhilaṃ tathāpi smart.Rṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṅgalam asi ||
manaḥ pratyakcitte savidham avadhāyāttamarutaḥ prahṛṣyadromāṇaḥ pramadasalilotsaṅgitadṛśaḥ |
yad ālokyāhlādaṃ hrada iva nimajyāmṛtamaye dadhaty antas tattvaṃ kim api yaminas tat kila bhavān ||
tvam arkas tvaṃ somas tvam asi pavanas tvaṃ hutavahas tvam āpas tvaṃ vyoma tvam u dharaṇir ātmā tvam iti ca |
paricchinnām evaṃ tvayi pariṇatā bibhrati giraṃ na vidmas tat tattvaṃ vayam iha tu yat tvaṃ na bhavasi ||
trayīṃ tisro vṛttīs tribhuvanam atho trīn api surān nakārādyair varṇais tribhir abhidadhat tīrṇavikṛti |
turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhir avarundhānam aṇubhiḥ samastaṃ vyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātīm iti padam ||
bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatir athograḥ sahamahāṃs tathā bhīmeśānāv iti yad abhidhānāṣṭakam idam |
amuṣmin pratyekaṃ pravicarati deva śrutir api priyāyāsmai dhāmne praṇihitanamasyo 'smi bhavate ||
namo nediṣṭhāya priyadava daviṣṭhāya ca namo namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ |
namo varṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namo namaḥ sarvasmai te tad idam iti sarvāya ca namaḥ ||
bahularajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ prabalatamase tatsaṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ |
janasukhakṛte sattvotpattau mṛdāya namo namaḥ pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ ||
kṛśapariṇati cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ kva ca tava guṇasīmollaṅghinī śāśvadṛddhiḥ |
iti cakitam anandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktir ādhād varaca caraṇayos te vākyapuṣpopahāram ||
asitagirisamaṃ syāt kajjalaṃ sindhupātre surataruvaraśākhā lekhanī patram urvī |
likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ tad api tava guṇānām īśa pāraṃ na yāti ||
asurasuramunīndrair arcitasyendumauleḥ prathitaguṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya |
sakalaguṇavariṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhāno ruciram alaghuvṛttaiḥ stotram etac cakāra ||
aharāhar anavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭe stotram etat paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddhacittaḥ pumān yaḥ |
sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyaḥ sadātmā pracurataradhanāyuḥ putravān kīrtimāṃś ca ||
maheśān nāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ |
aghorān nāparo mantro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param ||
dīkṣā dānaṃ tapas tīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ |
mahimnas tava pāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm ||
āsamāptam idaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gandharvabhāṣitam |
anaupamyaṃ manohāri śivam īśvaravarṇanam ||
kusumadaśananāmā sarvagandharvarājaḥ śiśuśaśadharamauler devadevasya dāsaḥ |
sa khalu nijamahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt stavanam idam akārṣīd divyadivyaṃ mahimnaḥ ||
suragurum abhipūjya svargamokṣaikahetuṃ paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāñjalir nānyacetāḥ |
vrajati śivasamīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ stavanam idam amoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam ||
śrīpuṣpadantamukhapaṅkajanirgatena stotreṇa kilbiṣahareṇa harapriyeṇa |
kaṇṭhasthitena paṭhitena gṛhasthitena samprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatir maheśaḥ ||
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