Lord Shiva

śiva bhujaṅga stotram

(Shiva Bhujanga Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

The Shiva Bhujanga Stotram is a profound devotional hymn composed by Adi Shankaracharya. The title refers to the snake-like rhythmic structure of its verses, which flow with elegance and intensity. This stotram serves as a meditative praise of Lord Shiva, the supreme consciousness and ultimate reality. Chanting this composition is believed to purify the mind, dissolve ego, and bestow spiritual liberation. By contemplating the divine attributes of Shiva as described in these verses, devotees seek to transcend worldly suffering and attain union with the supreme, seeking protection and grace from the destroyer of ignorance.

galaddānagaṇḍaṃ miladbhṛṅgaṣaṇḍaṃ
calaccāruśuṇḍaṃ jagattrāṇaśauṇḍam |
kanaddantakāṇḍaṃ vipadbhaṅgacaṇḍaṃ
śivapremapiṇḍaṃ bhaje vakratuṇḍam || 1 ||
anādyantamādyaṃ paraṃ tattvamarthaṃ
cidākāramekaṃ turīyaṃ tvameyam |
haribrahmamṛgyaṃ parabrahmarūpaṃ
manovāgatītaṃ mahaḥśaivamīḍe || 2 ||
svaśaktyādi śaktyanta siṃhāsanasthaṃ
manohāri sarvāṅgaratnorubhūṣam |
jaṭāhīndugaṅgāsthiśamyākamauliṃ
parāśaktimitraṃ namaḥ pañcavaktram || 3 ||
śiveśānatatpūruṣāghoravāmādibhiḥ
pañcabhirhṛnmukhaiḥ ṣaḍbhiraṅgaiḥ |
anaupamya ṣaṭtriṃśataṃ tattvavidyāmatītaṃ
paraṃ tvāṃ kathaṃ vetti ko vā || 4 ||
pravālapravāhaprabhāśoṇamardhaṃ
marutvanmaṇi śrīmahaḥ śyāmamardham |
guṇasyūtametadvapuḥ śaivamantaḥ
smarāmi smarāpattisampattihetoḥ || 5 ||
svasevāsamāyātadevāsurendrā
namanmaulimandāramālābhiṣiktam |
namasyāmi śambho padāmbhoruhaṃ te
bhavāmbhodhipotaṃ bhavānī vibhāvyam || 6 ||
jagannātha mannātha gaurīsanātha
prapannānukampinvipannārtihārin |
mahaḥstomamūrte samastaikabandho
namaste namaste punaste namo'stu || 7 ||
virūpākṣa viśveśa viśvādideva
trayī mūla śambho śiva tryambaka tvam |
prasīda smara trāhi paśyāvamuktyai
kṣamāṃ prāpnuhi tryakṣa māṃ rakṣa modāt || 8 ||
mahādeva deveśa devādideva
smarāre purāre yamāre hareti |
bruvāṇaḥ smariṣyāmi bhaktyā \linè bhavantaṃ tato me dayāśīla deva prasīda || 9 ||
tvadanyaḥ śaraṇyaḥ prapannasya neti
prasīda smaranneva hanyāstu dainyam |
na cette bhavedbhaktavātsalyahānistato
me dayālo sadā sannidhehi || 10 ||
ayaṃ dānakālastvahaṃ dānapātraṃ
bhavāneva dātā tvadanyaṃ na yāce |
bhavadbhaktimeva sthirāṃ dehi mahyaṃ
kṛpāśīla śambho kṛtārtho'smi tasmāt || 11 ||
paśuṃ vetsi cenmāṃ tamevādhirūḍhaḥ
kalaṅkīti vā mūrdhni dhatse tameva |
dvijihvaḥ punaḥ so'pi te kaṇṭhabhūṣā
tvadaṅgīkṛtāḥ śarva sarve'pi dhanyāḥ || 12 ||
na śaknomi kartuṃ paradrohaleśaṃ
kathaṃ prīyase tvaṃ na jāne girīśa |
tathāhi prasanno'si kasyāpi
kāntāsutadrohiṇo vā pitṛdrohiṇo vā || 13 ||
stutiṃ dhyānamarcāṃ yathāvadvidhātuṃ
bhajannapyajānanmaheśāvalambe |
trasantaṃ sutaṃ trātumagre
mṛkaṇḍoryamaprāṇanirvāpaṇaṃ tvatpadābjam || 14 ||
śiro dṛṣṭi hṛdroga śūla pramehajvarārśo jarāyakṣmahikkāviṣārtān |
tvamādyo bhiṣagbheṣajaṃ bhasma śambho
tvamullāghayāsmānvapurlāghavāya || 15 ||
daridro'smyabhadro'smi bhagno'smi dūye
viṣaṇṇo'smi sanno'smi khinno'smi cāham |
bhavānprāṇināmantarātmāsi śambho
mamādhiṃ na vetsi prabho rakṣa māṃ tvam || 16 ||
tvadakṣṇoḥ kaṭākṣaḥ patettryakṣa yatra
kṣaṇaṃ kṣmā ca lakṣmīḥ svayaṃ taṃ vṛṇāte |
kirīṭasphuraccāmaracchatramālākalācīgajakṣaumabhūṣāviśeṣaiḥ || 17 ||
bhavānyai bhavāyāpi mātre ca pitre
mṛḍānyai mṛḍāyāpyaghaghnyai makhaghne |
śivāṅgyai śivāṅgāya kurmaḥ śivāyai
śivāyāmbikāyai namastryambakāya || 18 ||
bhavadgauravaṃ mallaghutvaṃ viditvā
prabho rakṣa kāruṇyadṛṣṭyānugaṃ mām |
śivātmānubhāvastutāvakṣamo'haṃ
svaśaktyā kṛtaṃ me¶adhaṃ kṣamasva || 19 ||
yadā karṇarandhraṃ vrajetkālavāhadviṣatkaṇṭhaghaṇṭā ghaṇātkāranādaḥ |
vṛṣādhīśamāruhya devaupavāhyantadā
vatsa mā bhīriti prīṇaya tvam || 20 ||
yadā dāruṇābhāṣaṇā bhīṣaṇā me
bhaviṣyantyupānte kṛtāntasya dūtāḥ |
tadā manmanastvatpadāmbhoruhasthaṃ
kathaṃ niścalaṃ syānnamaste'stu śambho || 21 ||
yadā durnivāravyatho'haṃ śayāno
luṭhanniḥśvasanniḥsṛtāvyaktavāṇiḥ |
tadā jahnukanyājalālaṅkṛtaṃ te
jaṭāmaṇḍalaṃ manmanomandire syāt || 22 ||
yadā putramitrādayo matsakāśe
rudantyasya hā kīdṛśīyaṃ daśeti |
tadā devadeveśa gaurīśa śambho
namaste śivāyetyajasraṃ bravāṇi || 23 ||
yadā paśyatāṃ māmasau vetti
nāsmānayaṃ śvāsa eveti vāco bhaveyuḥ |
tadā bhūtibhūṣaṃ bhujaṅgāvanaddhaṃ
purāre bhavantaṃ sphuṭaṃ bhāvayeyam || 24 ||
yadā yātanādehasandehavāhī
bhavedātmadehe na moho mahānme |
tadā kāśaśītāṃśusaṅkāśamīśa
smarāre vapuste namaste smarāmi || 25 ||
yadāpāramacchāyamasthānamadbhirjanairvā vihīnaṃ gamiṣyāmi mārgam |
tadā taṃ nirundhaṅkṛtāntasya mārgaṃ
mahādeva mahyaṃ manojñaṃ prayaccha || 26 ||
yadā rauravādi smaranneva bhītyā
vrajāmyatra mohaṃ mahādeva ghoram |
tadā māmaho nātha kastārayiṣyatyanāthaṃ parādhīnamardhendumaule || 27 ||
yadā śvetapatrāyatālaṅghyaśakteḥ
kṛtāntādbhayaṃ bhaktivātsalyabhāvāt |
tadā pāhi māṃ pārvatīvallabhānyaṃ
na paśyāmi pātārametādṛśaṃ me || 28 ||
idānīmidānīṃ mṛtirme bhavitrītyaho santataṃ cintayā pīḍito'smi |
kathaṃ nāma mā bhūnmṛtau bhītireṣā
namaste gatīnāṃ gate nīlakaṇṭha || 29 ||
amaryādamevāhamābālavṛddhaṃ
harantaṃ kṛtāntaṃ samīkṣyāsmi bhītaḥ |
mṛtau tāvakāṅghryabjadivyaprasādādbhavānīpate nirbhayo'haṃ bhavāni || 30 ||
jarājanmagarbhādhivāsādiduḥkhānyasahyāni jahyāṃ jagannātha deva |
bhavantaṃ vinā me gatirnaiva śambho
dayālo na jāgarti kiṃ vā dayā te || 31 ||
śivāyeti śabdo namaḥpūrva eṣa
smaranmuktikṛnmṛtyuhā tattvavācī |
maheśāna mā gānmanasto vacastaḥ
sadā mahyametatpradānaṃ prayaccha || 32 ||
tvamapyamba māṃ paśya śītāṃśumaulipriye bheṣajaṃ tvaṃ bhavavyādhiśāntau
bahukleśabhājaṃ padāmbhojapote
bhavābdhau nimagnaṃ nayasvādya pāram || 33 ||
anudyallalāṭākṣi vahni prarohairavāmasphuraccāruvāmoruśobhaiḥ |
anaṅgabhramadbhogibhūṣāviśeṣairacandrārdhacūḍairalaṃ daivatairnaḥ || 34 ||
akaṇṭhekalaṅkādanaṅgebhujaṅgādapāṇaukapālādaphāle'nalākṣāt |
amaulauśaśāṅkādavāmekalatrādahaṃ devamanyaṃ na manye na manye || 35 ||
mahādeva śambho girīśa triśūliṃstvadīyaṃ samastaṃ vibhātīti yasmāt |
śivādanyathā daivataṃ nābhijāne
śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'ham || 36 ||
yato'jāyatedaṃ prapañcaṃ vicitraṃ
sthitiṃ yāti yasminyadekāntamante |
sa karmādihīnaḥ svayañjyotirātmā
śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'ham || 37 ||
kirīṭe niśeśo lalāṭe hutāśo
bhuje bhogirājo gale kālimā ca |
tanau kāminī yasya tattulyadevaṃ
na jāne na jāne na jāne na jāne || 38 ||
anena stavenādarādambikeśaṃ
parāṃ bhaktimāsādya yaṃ ye namanti |
mṛtau nirbhayāste janāstaṃ bhajante
hṛdambhojamadhye sadāsīnamīśam || 39 ||
bhujaṅgapriyākalpa śambho mayaivaṃ
bhujaṅgaprayātena vṛttena klṛptam |
naraḥ stotrametatpaṭhitvorubhaktyā
suputrāyurārogyamaiśvaryameti || 40 ||

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