Lord Shiva

śiva suvarṇamālā stuti

(Shiva Suvarnamala Stuti in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Shiva Suvarnamala Stuti is a magnificent hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, dedicated to the Supreme Lord Shiva. The title, meaning a Garland of Gold, reflects the poetic brilliance and spiritual richness of the verses. In this stuti, the devotee seeks refuge at the lotus feet of the Lord, praising His infinite attributes and transcendental nature. Regular recitation of this stuti is believed to purify the mind, bestow divine grace, and remove the obstacles of worldly existence. It serves as a powerful meditative tool, helping the practitioner attain inner peace and ultimate liberation by focusing on the compassionate aspect of Shiva.

atha kathamapi madrāsanāṃ tvadguṇaleśairviśodhayāmi vibho |

sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 1 ||
ākhaṇḍalamadakhaṇḍanapaṇḍita taṇḍupriya caṇḍīśa vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 2 ||
ibhacarmāmbara śambararipuvapurapaharaṇojjvalanayana vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 3 ||
īśa girīśa nareśa pareśa maheśa bileśayabhūṣaṇa bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 4 ||
umayā divyasumaṅgalavigrahayāliṅgitavāmāṅga vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 5 ||
ūrīkuru māmajñamanāthaṃ dūrīkuru me duritaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 6 ||
ṛṣivaramānasahaṃsa carācarajananasthitilayakāraṇa bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 7 ||
ṝkṣādhīśakirīṭa mahokṣārūḍha vidhṛtarudrākṣa vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 8 ||
luvarṇadvandvamavṛntasukusumamivāṅghrau tavārpayāmi vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 9 ||
ekaṃ saditi śrutyā tvameva sadasītyupāsmahe mṛḍa bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 10 ||
aikyaṃ nijabhaktebhyo vitarasi viśvambharo'tra sākṣī bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 11 ||
omiti tava nirdeṣṭrī māyāsmākaṃ mṛḍopakartrī bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 12 ||
audāsyaṃ sphuṭayati viṣayeṣu digambaratā ca tavaiva vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 13 ||
antaḥkaraṇaviśuddhiṃ bhaktiṃ ca tvayi satīṃ pradehi vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 14 ||
astopādhisamastavyastai rūpairjaganmayo'si vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 15 ||
karuṇāvaruṇālaya mayi dāsa udāsastavocito na hi bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 16 ||
khalasahavāsaṃ vighaṭaya ghaṭaya satāmeva saṅgamaniśaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 17 ||
garalaṃ jagadupakṛtaye gilitaṃ bhavatā samo'sti ko'tra vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 18 ||
ghanasāragauragātra pracurajaṭājūṭabaddhagaṅga vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 19 ||
jñaptiḥ sarvaśarīreṣvakhaṇḍitā yā vibhāti sā tvaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 20 ||
capalaṃ mama hṛdayakapiṃ viṣayadrucaraṃ dṛḍhaṃ badhāna vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 21 ||
chāyā sthāṇorapi tava tāpaṃ namatāṃ haratyaho śiva bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 22 ||
jaya kailāsanivāsa pramathagaṇādhīśa bhūsurārcita bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 23 ||
jhaṇutakajhaṅkiṇujhaṇutatkiṭataka-śabdairnaṭasi mahānaṭa bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 24 ||
jñānaṃ vikṣepāvṛtirahitaṃ kuru me gurustvameva vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 25 ||
ṭaṅkārastava dhanuṣo dalayati hṛdayaṃ dviṣāmaśaniriva bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 26 ||
ṭhākṛtiriva tava māyā bahirantaḥ śūnyarūpiṇī khalu bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 27 ||
ḍambaramamburuhāmapi dalayatyanaghaṃ tvadaṅghriyugalaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 28 ||
ḍhakkākṣasūtraśūladruhiṇakaroṭīsamullasatkara bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 29 ||
ṇākāragarbhiṇī cecchubhadā te śaragatirnṛṇāmiha bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 30 ||
tava manvatisañjapataḥ sadyastarati naro hi bhavābdhiṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 31 ||
thūtkārastasya mukhe bhūyātte nāma nāsti yasya vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 32 ||
dayanīyaśca dayāluḥ ko'sti madanyastvadanya iha vada bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 33 ||
dharmasthāpanadakṣa tryakṣa guro dakṣayajñaśikṣaka bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 34 ||
nanu tāḍito'si dhanuṣā lubdhadhiyā tvaṃ purā nareṇa vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 35 ||
parimātuṃ tava mūrtiṃ nālamajastatparātparo'si vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 36 ||
phalamiha nṛtayā januṣastvatpadasevā sanātaneśa vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 37 ||
balamārogyaṃ cāyustvadguṇarucitāṃ ciraṃ pradehi vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 38 ||
bhagavanbharga bhayāpaha bhūtapate bhūtibhūṣitāṅga vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 39 ||
mahimā tava na hi māti śrutiṣu himānīdharātmajādhava bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 40 ||
yamaniyamādibhiraṅgairyamino hṛdaye bhajanti sa tvaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 41 ||
rajjāvahiriva śuktau rajatamiva tvayi jaganti bhānti vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 42 ||
labdhvā bhavatprasādāccakraṃ vidhuravati lokamakhilaṃ bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 43 ||
vasudhātaddharatacchayarathamaurvīśara parākṛtāsura bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 44 ||
śarva deva sarvottama sarvada durvṛttagarvaharaṇa vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 45 ||
ṣaḍripuṣaḍūrmiṣaḍvikārahara sanmukha ṣaṇmukhajanaka vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 46 ||
satyaṃ jñānamanantaṃ brahmetyetallakṣaṇalakṣita bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 47 ||
hāhāhūhūmukhasuragāyakagītāpadānapadya vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 48 ||
lādirna hi prayogastadantamiha maṅgalaṃ sadāstu vibho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 49 ||
kṣaṇamiva divasānneṣyati tvatpadasevākṣaṇotsukaḥ śiva bho |
sāmba sadāśiva śambho śaṅkara śaraṇaṃ me tava caraṇayugam || 50 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau suvarṇamālā stutiḥ sampūrṇā ||

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