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
Sacred textPronunciation

he chandrachooda madanaantaka shoolapaane sthaano gireesha girijesha maheshashambho.bhootesha bheetabhayasoodana maamanaathn snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (1)

he paarvateehridayavallabha chandramaule bhootaadhipa pramathanaatha gireeshachaapa.he vaamadeva bhava rudra pinaakapaane snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (2)

he neelakantha vrishabhadhvaja panychavaktra lokesha sheshavalaya pramathesha sharva.he dhoorjate pashupate girijaapate maan snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (3)

he vishvanaatha shivashangkara devadeva ganggaadhara pramathanaayaka nandikesha.baaneshvaraandhakaripo hara lokanaatha snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (4)

vaaraanaseepurapate manikarnikesha veeresha dakshamakhakaala vibho ganesha.sarvajnya sarvahridayaikanivaasa naatha snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (5)

shreemanmaheshvara kripaamaya he dayaalo he vyomakesha shitikantha ganaadhinaatha.bhasmaanggaraaga nrikapaalakalaapamaala snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (6)

kailaasashailavinivaasa vrishaakape he mrityunyjaya trinayana trijagannivaasa.naaraayanapriya madaapaha shaktinaatha snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (7)

vishvesha vishvabhavanaashaka vishvaroopa vishvaatmaka tribhuvanaikagunaadhikesha.he vishvanaatha karunaamaya deenabandho snsaaraduhkhagahanaajjagadeesha raksha (8)

gaureevilaasabhavanaaya maheshvaraaya panychaananaaya sharanaagatakalpakaaya.sharvaaya sarvajagataamadhipaaya tasmai daaridryaduhkhadahanaaya namh shivaaya (9)

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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.