Manikarnika Ashtakam

tvattīre maṇikarṇike hariharau sāyujyamuktipradau vādantau kurutaḥ parasparamubhau jantoḥ prayāṇotsave । madrūpo manujo'yamastu hariṇā proktaḥ śivastatkṣaṇā- ttanmadhyādbhṛgulāñchano garuḍagaḥ pītāmbaro nirgataḥ ॥ 1 ॥ indrādyāstridaśāḥ patanti niyataṃ bhogakṣaye ye puna- rjāyante manujāstatopi paśavaḥ kīṭāḥ pataṅgādayaḥ । ye mātarmaṇikarṇike tava jale majjanti niṣkalmaṣāḥ sāyujye'pi kirīṭakaustubhadharā nārāyaṇāḥ syurnarāḥ ॥ 2 ॥ kāśī dhanyatamā vimuktanagarī sālaṅkṛtā gaṅgayā tatreyaṃ maṇikarṇikā sukhakarī muktirhi tatkiṅkarī । svarlokastulitaḥ sahaiva vibudhaiḥ kāśyā samaṃ brahmaṇā kāśī kṣoṇitale sthitā gurutarā svargo laghutvaṃ gataḥ ॥ 3 ॥ gaṅgātīramanuttamaṃ hi sakalaṃ tatrāpi kāśyuttamā tasyāṃ sā maṇikarṇikottamatamā yetreśvaro muktidaḥ । devānāmapi durlabhaṃ sthalamidaṃ pāpaughanāśakṣamaṃ pūrvopārjitapuṇyapuñjagamakaṃ puṇyairjanaiḥ prāpyate ॥ 4 ॥ duḥkhāmbhodhigato hi jantunivahasteṣāṃ kathaṃ niṣkṛtiḥ jñātvā taddhi viriñcinā viracitā vārāṇasī śarmadā । lokāḥsvargasukhāstato'pi laghavo bhogāntapātapradāḥ kāśī muktipurī sadā śivakarī dharmārthamokṣapradā ॥ 5 ॥ eko veṇudharo dharādharadharaḥ śrīvatsabhūṣādharaḥ yo'pyekaḥ kila śaṅkaro viṣadharo gaṅgādharo mādhavaḥ । ye mātarmaṇikarṇike tava jale majjanti te mānavāḥ rudrā vā harayo bhavanti bahavasteṣāṃ bahutvaṃ katham ॥ 6 ॥ tvattīre maraṇaṃ tu maṅgalakaraṃ devairapi ślāghyate śakrastaṃ manujaṃ sahasranayanairdraṣṭuṃ sadā tatparaḥ । āyāntaṃ savitā sahasrakiraṇaiḥ pratyudgato'bhūtsadā puṇyo'sau vṛṣago'thavā garuḍagaḥ kiṃ mandiraṃ yāsyati ॥ 7 ॥ madhyāhne maṇikarṇikāsnapanajaṃ puṇyaṃ na vaktuṃ kṣamaḥ svīyairabdhaśataiścaturmukhadharo vedārthadīkṣāguruḥ । yogābhyāsabalena candraśikharastatpuṇyapāraṅgata- stvattīre prakaroti suptapuruṣaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ vā śivam ॥ 8 ॥ kṛcchrai koṭiśataiḥ svapāpanidhanaṃ yaccāśvamedhaiḥ phalaṃ tatsarve maṇikarṇikāsnapanaje puṇye praviṣṭaṃ bhavet । snātvā stotramidaṃ naraḥ paṭhati cetsaṃsārapāthonidhiṃ tīrtvā palvalavatprayāti sadanaṃ tejomayaṃ brahmaṇaḥ ॥ 9 ॥

Recite with devotion and pure heart

Regular practice brings spiritual benefits

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