Shiva Mahimna Stotram

mahimnaḥ pāraṃ te paramaviduṣo yadyasadṛśī stutirbrahmādīnāmapi tadavasannāstvayi giraḥ । athā'vācyaḥ sarvaḥ svamatipariṇāmāvadhi gṛṇan mamāpyeṣa stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ ॥ 1 ॥ atītaḥ panthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāṅmanasayoḥ atadvyāvṛttyā yaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi । sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ ॥ 2 ॥ madhusphītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ nirmitavataḥ tava brahman kiṃ vāgapi suragurorvismayapadam । mama tvetāṃ vāṇīṃ guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavataḥ punāmītyarthe'smin puramathana buddhirvyavasitā ॥ 3 ॥ tavaiśvaryaṃ yattajjagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛt trayīvastu vyastaṃ tisruṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu । abhavyānāmasmin varada ramaṇīyāmaramaṇīṃ vihantuṃ vyākrośīṃ vidadhata ihaike jaḍadhiyaḥ ॥ 4 ॥ kimīhaḥ kiṅkāyaḥ sa khalu kimupāyastribhuvanaṃ kimādhāro dhātā sṛjati kimupādāna iti ca । atarkyaiśvarye tvayyanavasara duḥstho hatadhiyaḥ kutarko'yaṃ kāṃścit mukharayati mohāya jagataḥ ॥ 5 ॥ ajanmāno lokāḥ kimavayavavanto'pi jagatāṃ adhiṣṭhātāraṃ kiṃ bhavavidhiranādṛtya bhavati । anīśo vā kuryād bhuvanajanane kaḥ parikaro yato mandāstvāṃ pratyamaravara saṃśerata ime ॥ 6 ॥ trayī sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti prabhinne prasthāne paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca । rucīnāṃ vaicitryādṛjukuṭila nānāpathajuṣāṃ nṛṇāmeko gamyastvamasi payasāmarṇava iva ॥ 7 ॥ mahokṣaḥ khaṭvāṅgaṃ paraśurajinaṃ bhasma phaṇinaḥ kapālaṃ cetīyattava varada tantropakaraṇam । surāstāṃ tāmṛddhiṃ dadhati tu bhavadbhūpraṇihitāṃ na hi svātmārāmaṃ viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati ॥ 8 ॥ dhruvaṃ kaścit sarvaṃ sakalamaparastvadhruvamidaṃ paro dhrauvyā'dhrauvye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye । samaste'pyetasmin puramathana tairvismita iva stuvan jihremi tvāṃ na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā ॥ 9 ॥ tavaiśvaryaṃ yatnād yadupari viriñcirhariradhaḥ paricchetuṃ yātāvanalamanalaskandhavapuṣaḥ । tato bhaktiśraddhā-bharaguru-gṛṇadbhyāṃ giriśa yat svayaṃ tasthe tābhyāṃ tava kimanuvṛttirna phalati ॥ 10 ॥ ayatnādāsādya tribhuvanamavairavyatikaraṃ daśāsyo yadbāhūnabhṛta raṇakaṇḍū-paravaśān । śiraḥpadmaśreṇī-racitacaraṇāmbhoruha-baleḥ sthirāyāstvadbhaktestripurahara visphūrjitamidam ॥ 11 ॥ amuṣya tvatsevā-samadhigatasāraṃ bhujavanaṃ balāt kailāse'pi tvadadhivasatau vikramayataḥ । alabhyā pātāle'pyalasacalitāṅguṣṭhaśirasi pratiṣṭhā tvayyāsīd dhruvamupacito muhyati khalaḥ ॥ 12 ॥ yadṛddhiṃ sutrāmṇo varada paramoccairapi satīṃ adhaścakre bāṇaḥ parijanavidheyatribhuvanaḥ । na taccitraṃ tasmin varivasitari tvaccaraṇayoḥ na kasyāpyunnatyai bhavati śirasastvayyavanatiḥ ॥ 13 ॥ akāṇḍa-brahmāṇḍa-kṣayacakita-devāsurakṛpā vidheyasyā''sīd yastrinayana viṣaṃ saṃhṛtavataḥ । sa kalmāṣaḥ kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyamaho vikāro'pi ślāghyo bhuvana-bhaya- bhaṅga- vyasaninaḥ ॥ 14 ॥ asiddhārthā naiva kvacidapi sadevāsuranare nivartante nityaṃ jagati jayino yasya viśikhāḥ । sa paśyannīśa tvāmitarasurasādhāraṇamabhūt smaraḥ smartavyātmā na hi vaśiṣu pathyaḥ paribhavaḥ ॥ 15 ॥ mahī pādāghātād vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadaṃ padaṃ viṣṇorbhrāmyad bhuja-parigha-rugṇa-graha- gaṇam । muhurdyaurdausthyaṃ yātyanibhṛta-jaṭā-tāḍita-taṭā jagadrakṣāyai tvaṃ naṭasi nanu vāmaiva vibhutā ॥ 16 ॥ viyadvyāpī tārā-gaṇa-guṇita-phenodgama-ruciḥ pravāho vārāṃ yaḥ pṛṣatalaghudṛṣṭaḥ śirasi te । jagaddvīpākāraṃ jaladhivalayaṃ tena kṛtamiti anenaivonneyaṃ dhṛtamahima divyaṃ tava vapuḥ ॥ 17 ॥ rathaḥ kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtiragendro dhanuratho rathāṅge candrārkau ratha-caraṇa-pāṇiḥ śara iti । didhakṣoste ko'yaṃ tripuratṛṇamāḍambara-vidhiḥ vidheyaiḥ krīḍantyo na khalu paratantrāḥ prabhudhiyaḥ ॥ 18 ॥ hariste sāhasraṃ kamala balimādhāya padayoḥ yadekone tasmin nijamudaharannetrakamalam । gato bhaktyudrekaḥ pariṇatimasau cakravapuṣaḥ trayāṇāṃ rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām ॥ 19 ॥ kratau supte jāgrat tvamasi phalayoge kratumatāṃ kva karma pradhvastaṃ phalati puruṣārādhanamṛte । atastvāṃ samprekṣya kratuṣu phaladāna-pratibhuvaṃ śrutau śraddhāṃ badhvā dṛḍhaparikaraḥ karmasu janaḥ ॥ 20 ॥ kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatiradhīśastanubhṛtāṃ ṛṣīṇāmārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ sura-gaṇāḥ । kratubhraṃśastvattaḥ kratuphala-vidhāna-vyasaninaḥ dhruvaṃ kartuḥ śraddhā-vidhuramabhicārāya hi makhāḥ ॥ 21 ॥ prajānāthaṃ nātha prasabhamabhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ gataṃ rohid bhūtāṃ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā । dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṃ divamapi sapatrākṛtamamuṃ trasantaṃ te'dyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ ॥ 22 ॥ svalāvaṇyāśaṃsā dhṛtadhanuṣamahnāya tṛṇavat puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā puramathana puṣpāyudhamapi । yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata-dehārdha-ghaṭanāt avaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ ॥ 23 ॥ śmaśāneṣvākrīḍā smarahara piśācāḥ sahacarāḥ citā-bhasmālepaḥ sragapi nṛkaroṭī-parikaraḥ । amaṅgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivamakhilaṃ tathāpi smartṝṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṅgalamasi ॥ 24 ॥ manaḥ pratyakcitte savidhamavidhāyātta-marutaḥ prahṛṣyadromāṇaḥ pramada-salilotsaṅgati-dṛśaḥ । yadālokyāhlādaṃ hrada iva nimajyāmṛtamaye dadhatyantastattvaṃ kimapi yaminastat kila bhavān ॥ 25 ॥ tvamarkastvaṃ somastvamasi pavanastvaṃ hutavahaḥ tvamāpastvaṃ vyoma tvamu dharaṇirātmā tvamiti ca । paricchinnāmevaṃ tvayi pariṇatā bibhrati giraṃ na vidmastattattvaṃ vayamiha tu yat tvaṃ na bhavasi ॥ 26 ॥ trayīṃ tisro vṛttīstribhuvanamatho trīnapi surān akārādyairvarṇaistribhirabhidadhat tīrṇavikṛti । turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhiravarundhānamaṇubhiḥ samastaṃ vyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātyomiti padam ॥ 27 ॥ bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahān tathā bhīmeśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam । amuṣmin pratyekaṃ pravicarati deva śrutirapi priyāyāsmaidhāmne praṇihita-namasyo'smi bhavate ॥ 28 ॥ namo nediṣṭhāya priyadava daviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ । namo varṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ namaḥ sarvasmai te tadidamatisarvāya ca namaḥ ॥ 29 ॥ bahula-rajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ prabala-tamase tat saṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ । jana-sukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ ॥ 30 ॥ kṛśa-pariṇati-cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ kva ca tava guṇa-sīmollaṅghinī śaśvadṛddhiḥ । iti cakitamamandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktirādhād varada caraṇayoste vākya-puṣpopahāram ॥ 31 ॥ asita-giri-samaṃ syāt kajjalaṃ sindhu-pātre sura-taruvara-śākhā lekhanī patramurvī । likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ tadapi tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṃ na yāti ॥ 32 ॥ asura-sura-munīndrairarcitasyendu-mauleḥ grathita-guṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya । sakala-gaṇa-variṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhānaḥ ruciramalaghuvṛttaiḥ stotrametaccakāra ॥ 33 ॥ aharaharanavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭeḥ stotrametat paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddha-cittaḥ pumān yaḥ । sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyastathā'tra pracuratara-dhanāyuḥ putravān kīrtimāṃśca ॥ 34 ॥ maheśānnāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ । aghorānnāparo mantro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param ॥ 35 ॥ dīkṣā dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ । mahimnastava pāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm ॥ 36 ॥ kusumadaśana-nāmā sarva-gandharva-rājaḥ śaśidharavara-maulerdevadevasya dāsaḥ । sa khalu nija-mahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt stavanamidamakārṣīd divya-divyaṃ mahimnaḥ ॥ 37 ॥ suragurumabhipūjya svarga-mokṣaika-hetuṃ paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāñjalirnānya-cetāḥ । vrajati śiva-samīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ stavanamidamamoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam ॥ 38 ॥ āsamāptamidaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gandharva-bhāṣitam । anaupamyaṃ manohāri sarvamīśvaravarṇanam ॥ 39 ॥ ityeṣā vāṅmayī pūjā śrīmacchaṅkara-pādayoḥ । arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ ॥ 40 ॥ tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdṛśo'si maheśvara । yādṛśo'si mahādeva tādṛśāya namo namaḥ ॥ 41 ॥ ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ । sarvapāpa-vinirmuktaḥ śiva loke mahīyate ॥ 42 ॥ śrī puṣpadanta-mukha-paṅkaja-nirgatena stotreṇa kilbiṣa-hareṇa hara-priyeṇa । kaṇṭhasthitena paṭhitena samāhitena suprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatirmaheśaḥ ॥ 43 ॥ ॥ iti śrī puṣpadanta viracitaṃ śivamahimnaḥ stotraṃ samāptam ॥

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