śrīśivamahimāstotram · Chapter 1

mahimnaḥ pāraṃ te, paramaviduṣo yajñasadṛśī
stutirbrahmādīnā mapi tadavasannāstvayi giraḥ /
athāvācyaḥ sarvaḥ svamatipariṇāmadhi gṛṇan
mamāpyeṣaḥ stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ

atītaḥ paṃthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāḍ manasayo
ratadvyāvṛtyāyaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi /
sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ
pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ

madhusphītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ nirmitavata
stava brahmankiṃ vā gapi suragurorvismayapadam /
mama tvetāṃ vāṇīṃ guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavataḥ
punāmītyarthesmin puramathanabuddhirvyavasitā

tavaiścaryeṃ yattad jagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛta
trayī vastu vyastaṃ tisṛṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu /
abhavyānāmasmin varada ramaṇīyāmaramaṇīṃ
vihaṃtuṃ vyokrośīṃ vidadhata ihai ke jaḍadhiyaḥ

kimihaḥ kiṃkāyaḥ sa khalu kimupāyastribhuvanaṃ
kimādhāro dhātā sṛjati kimupādāna iti ca /
atakaryaiśvaryetvayyanavasaraduḥstho hatadhiyaḥ
kutarkoḍayaṃkāṃści nmukharayati mohāya jagataḥ

ajanmāno lokāḥ kimavayavaṃvatoḍapi jagatā
madhiṣṭhātāraṃ kiṃ bhavavidhiranādatya bhavati /
anīśo vā kuryāda bhuvanajanane kaḥ parikaro
yato maṃdāstvāṃ pratyamaravara saṃśerata ime

trayī sāṃkhyaṃ yogaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti
prabhinne prasthāne paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca /
rucīnāṃ vaicitryā dajukuṭilanānāpathajuṣāṃ
nṛṇāmeko gamya stvamasi payamāmarṇava iva

mahokṣaḥ khaḍvāṃgaṃ paraśurajinaṃ bhasma phaṇinaḥ
kapālaṃ cetīya ttava varada taṃtropakaraṇam /
surāstāṃ tāmṛddhiṃ dadhati tu bhava dbhrūpraṇihitāṃ
nahi svātmārāmaṃ viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati

dhruvaṃ kaścitsarvaṃ sakalamaparastvaddhruvamidaṃ
paro dhrovyādhrovye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye /
samasteḍapyetasmi npuramathana tairvismita iva
stuvaṃjihremi tvāṃ na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā

tavaiśvaryaṃ yatnā dyadupari viriṃcirhariradhaḥ
paricchetuṃ yātā vanalamanalaskaṃdhavapuṣaḥ /
tato bhaktiśraddhā bharagurugṛṇadbhyāṃ giriśa yat
svayaṃ tasthe tābhyāṃ tava kimanuvṛttine phalati

ayatnādāpādya tribhuvanamavairavyatikaraṃ
daśāsyo yadbāhū nabhṛna raṇakaṃḍuparavaśān /
śiraḥpadmaśreṇī racitacaraṇāṃbhoruhabaleḥ
sthirāyāstvadbhakte stripurahara visphūrjitamidam

amuṣya tvatsevā samadhigatasāraṃ bhujavanaṃ
balātkailāseḍapi tvadadhivasatau vikramayataḥ /
alabhyāpātāle ḍapyalasacalitāṃguṣṭhaśirasi
pratiṣṭhā pratvayyā sīddhruvamupacito muhyati khalaḥ

yadaddhiṃ sutrāmṇo varada paramoccairapi satī
madhaścakre bāṇaḥ parijanavidheyastribhuvanaḥ /
na taccitraṃ tasmiṃnvarivasitari tvaccaraṇayo
rna kasyāpyunnatyai bhavati śirasastvayyavanatiḥ

akāṇḍabrahmāṇḍakṣayacakitadevāsurakṛpā
vidheyasyāsīdyastrinayaviṣaṃ saṃhratavataḥ /
sa kalmāṣaḥ kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyamaho
vikāroḍapi ślādhyo bhuvanabhayabhaṃgavyasaninaḥ

asiddhārthā naiva kavacidapi sadevāsuranare
nivartante nityaṃ jagati jayino yasya viśikhāḥ /
sa paśyannīśa tvāmitarasarurasādhāraṇamabhūt
smaraḥ smartavyātmā nahi vaśiṣu pathyaḥ paribhavaḥ

mahī pādādhātād vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadaṃ
padaṃ viṣṇorbhrāmyadbhujaparigharugṇagrahagaṇam /
muhudyauṃrdosthyaṃ yātyanibhṛtajaṭātāḍitataṭā
jagadrakṣāyai tvaṃ naṭasi nanu vāmaiva vibhutā

viyadvyāpī tārāgaṇaguṇitaphenodgamaruciḥ
pravāho vārāṃ yaḥ pṛṣatalaghudaṣṭaḥ śirasi te /
jagad dvīpākāraṃ jaladhivalayaṃ tena kṛtami
tyanenaivonneyaṃ dhṛtamahima divyaṃ tava vapuḥ

rathaḥ kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtiragendro dhanuratho
rathāḍage candrārkau rathacaraṇapāṇiḥ śara iti /
didhakṣoste koḍayaṃ tripuratṛṇamāḍambaravidhir
vidheyaiḥ krīḍantyo na khalu paratantrāḥ prabhudhiyaḥ

hariste sāhastraṃ kamalabalimādhāya padayo
yadikone tasmin nijamudaharannetrakamalam /
gato bhakatyudrekaḥ pariṇatimasau cakravapuṣā
trayāṇāṃ rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām

kratau supte jāgrattvamasi phalayoge kratumatāṃ
kva karma pradhvastaṃ phalati puruṣārādhanamṛte /
atastvāṃ samprekṣya kratuṣu phaladānapratibhuvaṃ
śrutau śraddhāṃ baddhvā daṭaparikaraḥ karmasu janaḥ

kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatiradhīśastanubhṛtā
mṛṣīṇāmārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ suragaṇāḥ /
kratubhraṃṣastvattaḥ kratuphalavidhānavyasanino
dhruvaṃ kartuḥ śraddhāvidhuramabhicārāya hi makhāḥ

prajānāthaṃ nātha prasabhamabhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ
gataṃ rohidbhūtāṃ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā /
dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṃ divamapi sapatrākṛtaṃmamuṃ
trasantaṃ teḍadyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ

svalāvaṇyāśaṃsādhṛtadhanuṣamahnāya tṛṇavat
puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ daṣṭavā puramathana puṣpāyudhamapi /
yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata dehārdhaghaṭanā
davaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ

smaśāneṣvākrīḍā smahara piśācāḥ sahacarā
ścitābhasmālepaḥ stagapi nṛkaroṭīparikaraḥ /
amaṃgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivamakhilaṃ
tathāḍapi smartṛṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṃgalamasi

manaḥ pratyakcitte savidhamavadhāyāttamarutaḥ
prahraṣyadromāṇaḥ pramadasalilotsaṃgitadaśaḥ /
yadālokyāhlādaṃ hrada iva nimajjyāmṛtamaye
dadyatyaṃtastattvaṃ krimapi yaminastatkila bhavān

tvamarkastvaṃ somastvamasi pavanastvaṃ hutavaha
stvamāpastvaṃ vyoma tvamu dharaṇirātmā tvamiti ca /
paricchinnāmevaṃ tvayipariṇatā bibhratu giraṃ
na vidmastattatvaṃ vayamiha tu yattvaṃ na bhavasi

trayīṃ tistro vṛttīstribhuvanamatho trīnapi surā
nakārādyairvarṇai stribhirabhidadhattīrṇa vikṛtiḥ /
turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhiravarundhānamaṇubhiḥ
samastaṃ vyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātyomiti padam

bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahāṃ
stathāṃ bhīmaśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam /
amuṣminpratyekaṃ pravitarati deva śrutirapi
priyāyāsmai dhāmne praṇihitanamasyoḍasmi bhavate

namo nediṣṭhāya priyadavadaviṣṭhāya ca namo
namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ /
namovarṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhā ca namaḥ
namaḥ sarvasmai te tadidamitiśarvāya ca namaḥ

bahalarajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ
prabalatamase tatsaṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ /
janasukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ
pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ

kṛśapariṇati cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ
kva ca tava guṇasīmollaṃdhinī śaśvadraddhiḥ
iti cakitamamandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktirādhād
varada caraṇayoste vākya-puṣpopahāram

asitagirisamaṃsyāt kajjalaṃ siṃdhupātre
surataruvaraśākhā lekhinī patramurvi /
likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ
tadapi tava guṇānā mīśa pāraṃ na yāti

asurasuramunīndrairarcitasyendumaule
rgrathitaguṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya /
sakalagaṇavariṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhāno
ruciramaladhuvṛttaiḥ stotrametaccakāra

aharaharanavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭeḥ stotrametat
paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddhacittaḥ pumānyaḥ /
sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyastathāḍatra
pracurataradhanāyuḥ putravānkīrtimāṃśca

maheśānnāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ /
aghorānnāparo maṃtro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param

dīkṣā dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
mahimnastavapāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

kusumadaśananāmā sarvagandharvarājaḥ
śiśuśaśidharamaulerdeva devasya dāsaḥ /
sa khalu nijamahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt
stavanamidamakārṣīd divyadivyaṃ mahimnaḥ

suravaramunipūjyaṃ svargamokṣaikahetuṃ
paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāṃjalirnānyacetāḥ /
vrajati śivasamīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ
stavanamidamamoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam

āsamāptamidaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gaṃdharvabhāṣitam /
anaupamyaṃ manohāriśivamīśvaravarṇanam

ityeṣā vāḍamayī pūjā śrīmacchaṃkarapādayoḥ /
arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ

tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdśoḍasi maheśvara /
yādsoḍasi mahādeva tādśāya namo namaḥ

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate

śrī puṣpadaṃtamukhapaṃkajanirgatena
stotreṃṇa kilbihareṇa harapriyeṇa /
kaṃṭhasthitena paṭhitena samāhitena
suprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatirmaheśaḥ