Lord Shiva

śrī kāśī viśvanātha suprābhātam

(Shri Kashi Vishwanath Suprabhatam in English (IAST))

Traditional

Shri Kashi Vishwanath Suprabhatam is a sacred morning hymn dedicated to Lord Shiva, the presiding deity of the holy city of Varanasi. This devotional composition invokes the presence of Vishweshwara, along with other revered entities of Kashi like Goddess Annapurna, Dhundhiraj, and Bhairava. Reciting this stotra at dawn is believed to bestow spiritual awakening, inner peace, and the blessings of the Lord of the Universe. It serves as a rhythmic invitation to the Divine to bless the devotees, cleansing the mind of negativity and fostering a deep, auspicious connection with the sacred city of Kashi.

viśveśaṃ mādhavaṃ ḍhuṇḍhiṃ daṇḍapāṇiṃ ca bhairavam |
vande kāśīṃ guhāṃ gaṅgāṃ bhavānīṃ maṇikarṇikām || 1 ||
uttiṣṭha kāśi bhagavān prabhuviśvanātho
gaṅgormi-saṅgati-śubhaiḥ paribhūṣito'bjaiḥ |
śrīḍhuṇḍhi-bhairava-mukhaiḥ sahitā''nnapūrṇā
mātā ca vāñchati mudā tava suprabhātam || 2 ||
brahmā murāristripurāntakāriḥ
bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaśca |
guruśca śukraḥ śani-rāhu-ketavaḥ
kurvantu sarve bhuvi suprabhātam || 3 ||
vārāṇasī-sthita-gajānana-ḍhuṇḍhirāja
tāpatrayāpaharaṇe prathita-prabhāva |
ānanda-kandalakula-prasavaikabhūme
nityaṃ samasta-jagataḥ kuru suprabhātam || 4 ||
brahmadravopamita-gāṅga-payaḥ-pravāhaiḥ
puṇyaiḥ sadaiva paricumbita-pādapadme |
madhye-'khilāmaragaṇaiḥ parisevyamāne
śrīkāśike kuru sadā bhuvi suprabhātam || 5 ||
pratnairasaṅkhya-maṭha-mandira-tīrtha-kuṇḍa-
prāsāda-ghaṭṭa-nivahaiḥ viduṣāṃ varaiśca
āvarjayasyakhila-viśva-manāṃsi nityaṃ
śrīkāśike kuru sadā bhuvi suprabhātam || 6 ||
ke vā narā nu sudhiyaḥ kudhiyo'dhiyo vā
vāñchanti nāntasamaye śaraṇaṃ bhavatyāḥ |
he koṭi-koṭi-jana-mukti-vidhāna-dakṣe
śrīkāśike kuru sadā bhuvi suprabhātam || 7 ||
yā devairasurairmunīndratanayairgandharva-yakṣoragaiḥ
nāgairbhūtalavāsibhirdvijavaraissaṃsevitā siddhaye |
yā gaṅgottaravāhinī-parisare tīrthairasaṅkhyairvṛtā
sā kāśī tripurārirāja-nagarī deyāt sadā maṅgalam || 8 ||
tīrthānāṃ pravarā manorathakarī saṃsāra-pārāparā
nandā-nandi-gaṇeśvarairupahitā devairaśeṣaiḥ-stutā |
yā śambhormaṇi-kuṇḍalaika-kaṇikā viṣṇostapo-dīrghikā
seyaṃ śrīmaṇikarṇikā bhagavatī deyāt sadā maṅgalam || 9 ||
abhinava-bisa-vallī pāda-padmasya viṣṇoḥ
madana-mathana-maulermālatī puṣpamālā |
jayati jaya-patākā kāpyasau mokṣalakṣmyāḥ
kṣapita-kali-kalaṅkā jāhnavī naḥ punātu || 10 ||
gāṅgaṃ vāri manohāri murāri-caraṇacyutam |
tripurāri-śiraścāri pāpahāri punātu mām || 11 ||
vighnāvāsa-nivāsakāraṇa-mahāgaṇḍasthalālambitaḥ
sindūrāruṇa-puñja-candrakiraṇa-pracchādi-nāgacchaviḥ |
śrīvighneśvara-vallabho girijayā sānandamānanditaḥ (pāṭhabheda viśveśvara)
smerāsyastava ḍhuṇḍhirāja-mudito deyāt sadā maṅgalam || 12 ||
kaṇṭhe yasya lasatkarāla-garalaṃ gaṅgājalaṃ mastake
vāmāṅge girirājarāja-tanayā jāyā bhavānī satī |
nandi-skanda-gaṇādhirāja-sahitaḥ śrīviśvanāthaprabhuḥ
kāśī-mandira-saṃsthito'khilaguruḥ deyāt sadā maṅgalam || 13 ||
śrīviśvanātha karuṇāmṛta-pūrṇa-sindho
śītāṃśu-khaṇḍa-samalaṅkṛta-bhavyacūḍa |
uttiṣṭha viśvajana-maṅgala-sādhanāya
nityaṃ sarvajagataḥ kuru suprabhātam || 14 ||
śrīviśvanātha vṛṣabha-dhvaja viśvavandya
sṛṣṭi-sthiti-pralaya-kāraka devadeva |
vācāmagocara maharṣi-nutāṅghri-padma
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 15 ||
śrīviśvanātha bhavabhañjana divyabhāva
gaṅgādhara pramatha-vandita sundarāṅga |
nāgendra-hāra nata-bhakta-bhayāpahāra
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 16 ||
śrīviśvanātha tava pādayugaṃ namāmi
nityaṃ tavaiva śiva nāma hṛdā smarāmi |
vācaṃ tavaiva yaśasā'nagha bhūṣayāmi
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 17 ||
kāśī-nivāsa-muni-sevita-pāda-padma
gaṅgā-jalaugha-pariṣikta-jaṭākalāpa |
asyākhilasya jagataḥ sacarācarasya
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 18 ||
gaṅgādharādritanayā-priya śāntamūrte
vedānta-vedya sakaleśvara viśvamūrte |
kūṭastha nitya nikhilāgama-gīta-kīrte
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 19 ||
viśvaṃ samastamidamadya ghanāndhakāre
mohātmake nipatitaṃ jaḍatāmupetam |
bhāsā vibhāsya parayā tadamogha-śakte
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 20 ||
sūnuḥ samasta-jana-vighna-vināśa-dakṣo
bhāryā'nnadāna-niratā-'virataṃ janebhyaḥ |
khyātaḥ svayaṃ ca śivakṛt sakalārthi-bhājāṃ
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 21 ||
ye no namanti na japanti na cāmananti
no vā lapanti vilapanti nivedayanti |
teṣāmabodha-śiśu-tulya-dhiyāṃ narāṇāṃ
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 22 ||
śrīkaṇṭha kaṇṭha-dhṛta-pannaga nīlakaṇṭha
sotkaṇṭha-bhakta-nivahopahitopa-kaṇṭha |
bhasmāṅgarāga-pariśobhita-sarvadeha
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 23 ||
śrīpārvatī-hṛdaya-vallabha pañca-vaktra
śrīnīla-kaṇṭha nṛ-kapāla-kalāpa-māla |
śrīviśvanātha mṛdu-paṅkaja-mañju-pāda
vārāṇasīpurapate kuru suprabhātam || 24 ||
dugdha-pravāha-kamanīya-taraṅga-bhaṅge
puṇya-pravāha-paripāvita-bhakta-saṅge |
nityaṃ tapasvi-jana-sevita-pāda-padme
gaṅge śaraṇya-śivade kuru suprabhātam || 25 ||
sānandamānanda-vane vasantaṃ ānanda-kandaṃ hata-pāpa-vṛndam |
vārāṇasī-nāthamanātha-nāthaṃ śrīviśvanāthaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 26 ||
iti śrīkāśīviśvanāthasuprabhātaṃ sampūrṇam |

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