śrīcandraśekharāṣṭakam · Chapter 1

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām /
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

ratnasānuśarāsanaṃ rajatādiśṛṅganiketanaṃ
siñjinīkṛtapannageśvaramacyutānanasāyakam /
kṣipradaghapuratrayaṃ tridivālayaibhivanditaṃ
candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ

pañcapādapapuṣpagandhapadāmbujadūyaśobhitaṃ
bhālalocanajātapāvakadagdhamanmathavigrahaṃ /
bhasmadigdhakalevaraṃ bhavanāśanaṃ bhavamavyayaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

mattvāraṇamukhyacarmakṛtottarīmanoharaṃ
paṅkajāsanapadmalocanapujitāṅghrisaroruham /
devasindhutaraṅgasīkara siktaśubhrajaṭādharaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

yakṣarājasakhaṃ bhagākṣaharaṃ bhujaṅgavibhūṣaṇaṃ
śailarājasutā pariṣkṛta cāruvāmakalevaram /
kṣveḍanīlagalaṃ paraśvadhadhāriṇaṃ mṛgadhāriṇaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

kuṇḍalīkṛtakuṇḍaleśvarakuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃ
nāradādimunīśvarastutavaibhavaṃ bhuvaneśvaram /
andhakāndhakāmā śritā marapādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

bhaṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇāmakhilāpadāmapahāriṇaṃ
dakṣayajñarvināśanaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ trivilocanam /
bhuktimuktaphalapradaṃ sakalāghasaṅghanivarhanaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

bhakta vatsalamaciñtaṃ nidhimakṣayaṃ haridamvaraṃ
sarvabhūtapatiṃ parātpara prameyamanuttamam /
somavārija bhūhutāśanasomapānilakhākṛtiṃ
candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām

viśvasṛṣṭividhālinaṃ punareva pālanatatparaṃ
saṃharantamapi prapañcama śeṣalokanivāsinam /
kriḍayantamaharniśaṃ gaṇanāthayūtha samanvitaṃ
candraśekhara candraśekara candraśekara rakṣamām

mṛtyubhītamṛkaṇḍasūnukṛtastava śiva sannidhau
yatra kutra ca paṭhennahi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet /
pūrṇamāyurarogitāmakhilātha sampadamādaraṃ
candraśekhara eva tasya dadāti muktimayatnataḥ