Ashtakam

शिवनामावल्यष्टकम्

Shiva Namavalyashtakam

A garland of Shiva's names whose recurring prayer asks Jagadisha to rescue the devotee from the dense sorrow of samsara.

🔱समर्पितभगवान शिव

he chandrachooda madanaantaka shoolapaane sthaano gireesha girijesha maheshashambho. bhootesha bheetabhayasoodana maamanaathn snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

he paarvateehridayavallabha chandramaule bhootaadhipa pramathanaatha gireeshachaapa. he vaamadeva bhava rudra pinaakapaane snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

he neelakantha vrishabhadhvaja panychavaktra lokesha sheshavalaya pramathesha sharva. he dhoorjate pashupate girijaapate maaं snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

he vishvanaatha shivashangkara devadeva ganggaadhara pramathanaayaka nandikesha. baaneshvaraandhakaripo hara lokanaatha snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

vaaraanaseepurapate manikarnikesha veeresha dakshamakhakaala vibho ganesha. sarvajnya sarvahridayaikanivaasa naatha snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

shreemanmaheshvara kripaamaya he dayaalo he vyomakesha shitikantha ganaadhinaatha. bhasmaanggaraaga nrikapaalakalaapamaala snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

kailaasashailavinivaasa vrishaakape he mrityunyjaya trinayana trijagannivaasa. naaraayanapriya madaapaha shaktinaatha snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

vishvesha vishvabhavanaashaka vishvaroopa vishvaatmaka tribhuvanaikagunaadhikesha. he vishvanaatha karunaamaya deenabandho snsaaraduःkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha..

gaureevilaasabhavanaaya maheshvaraaya panychaananaaya sharanaagatakalpakaaya. sharvaaya sarvajagataamadhipaaya tasmai daaridryaduःkhadahanaaya namh shivaaya..

भावार्थ

शिवनामावल्यष्टकम् का अर्थ

The complete Sanskrit text is presented with original BhajanDhara verse-group summaries in English and Hindi; these summaries are explanatory rather than literal translations.