Shiva Mahimnah Stotram HYMN TO THE GLORY OF SHIVA

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Shiva Mahimnah Stotram HYMN TO THE GLORY OF SHIVA

 

Om namah parvati pataye

 

Hara hara hara Mahadev

 

Gajananam bhuta-ganadhi-sevitam

 

Kapittha-jambu-phalacaru-bhaksanam

 

Umasutam soka-vinasa-karakam

 

Namami vighne-svara-pada-pankajam

 

0M! SaIutations to Parvati's consort, Hara, Hara, Hara, Great God

(Shiva).

 

O Elephant-faced (Ganesh), served by ghosts and other attendants,

Eating sweet wood-apples and blackberries, Uma's son, the destroyer

of sorrows, O remover of obstacles, I how to your lotus feet.

 

Sri puspadanta uvaca.

 

1. Mahimnah param te

 

parama viduso yadyasadrsi

 

Stutir brahma dinam

 

api tadava sanna stvayi girah,

 

Atha vacyah sarvah

 

svamati parina mavadhi grnan

 

Mama-pyesah stotre

 

hara nirapavadah parikarah

 

Sri Pushpadanta said:

 

If it is unseemly to praise You when ignorant of the extent of' Your

greatness, then even the praises of Brahma and others are inadequate.

If no one can be blamed when they praise You according to their

intellectual powers, then my attempt to compose a hymn cannot be

reproached.

 

2. Atitah panthanam

 

tava ca mahima vanmanasayor

 

Atad vyavrttya yam

 

cakita mabhi dhatte srutirapi,

 

Sa kasya stotavyah

 

katividha gunah kasya visayah

 

Pade tvarvacine

 

patati na manah kasya na vacah.

 

Your greatness is beyond the reach of mind and speech. Who can

properly praise that which even the Vedas describe with trepidation,

by means of' 'not this, not this'? How many qualities does He

possess? By whom can He be perceived? Yet whose mind and speech do

not turn to the form later taken by Him (saguna) ?

 

3. Madu sphita vacah

 

paramam amrtam nirmitavatas

 

Tava brahman kim vag

 

api suraguror vismaya padam,

 

Mama tvetam vanim

 

guna kathana punyena bhavatah

 

Punam ityarthe'smin

 

puramathana buddhir vyavasita.

 

O Brahman! Do even Brihaspati's praises cause wonder to You, the

author of the nectarlike sweet Vedas? 0 destroyer of the three

cities, the thought that by praising Your glories I shall purify my

speech has prompted me to undertake this work.

 

4. Tavaisvaryam yat taj

 

jagadudaya raksa pralayakrt

 

Trayivastu vyastam

 

tisrsu guna-bhinnasu tanusu,

 

Abhavyanam asmin

 

varada ramaniyama ramanim

 

Vihantum vyakrosim

 

vidadhata ihaike jadadhiyah.

 

O Giver of boons! Some ****** people produce arguments—pleasing to

the ignorant but in fact hateful— to refute Your Divinity, which

creates, preserves and destroys the world, which is divided into

three bodies (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) according to the three gunas,

and which is described in the three Vedas.

 

5. Kimihah kinkayah

 

sa khalu kimupaya stribhuvanam

 

Kimadharo dhata

 

srjati kimupadana iti ca,

 

Atarkyais varye tvay

 

yanavasara duhstho hatadhiyah

 

Kutarko'yam kanscin

 

mukharayati mohaya jagatah.

 

To fulfil what desire, assuming what form, with what instruments,

support and material does that Creator create the three worlds?….

This kind of futile argumentation about You whose divine nature is

beyond the reach of intellect, makes the perverted vociferous, and

brings delusion to men.

 

6. Ajanmano lokah

 

kimavayava vanto'pi jagatam

 

Adhisthataram kim

 

bhavavidhir-anadrtya bhavati,

 

Aniso va kuryad

 

bhuvana janane kah parikaro

 

Yato mandastvam prat—

 

yamaravara sanserata ime.

 

O Lord of gods! Can the worlds be without origin, though they have

bodies? Is their creation possible with & shy;out a creator? Who else

but God can initiate the creation of the worlds? Because they are

fools they raise doubts about Your existence.

 

7. Trayi sankhyam yogah

 

pasupati matam vaisnavamiti

 

Prabhinne prasthane

 

paramidamadah pathyamiti ca,

 

Rucinam vaicitryad-

 

rju kutila nana pathajusam

 

Nrnam eko gamyas-

 

tvamsasi payasa marnava iva.

 

Different paths (to realisation) arc enjoined by the three Vedas, by

Sankhya, Yoga, Pashupata (Shaiva) (doctrine and Vaishnava Shastras.

People follow different paths, straight or crooked. according to

their temperament, depending on which they consider best, or most

appropriate—and reach You alone just as rivers enter the ocean.

 

8. Mahoksah khatvangam

 

parasu rajinam bhasma phaninah

 

Kapalam cetiyat

 

tava varada tanto pakaranam,

 

Surastam tamrddhim

 

dadhati tu bhavad bhru pranihitam

 

Na hi svatma ramam

 

visaya mrga trsna bhramayati.

 

O Giver of boons! A great bull, a wooden handrest, an axe, a tiger

skin, ashes, serpents, a human skull and other such things—these are

all You own, though simply by casting Your eyes on gods You gave them

great treasures which they enjoy. Indeed one whose delight is in the

Self cannot be deluded by the mirage of sense objects.

 

9. Dhruvam kascit sarvam

 

sakala mapara stva dhruva midam

 

Paro dhrau vyadhrauvye

 

jagati gadati vyasta visaye,

 

Samaste'pye tasmin

 

puramathana tair vismita iva

 

Stuvan jihremi tvam

 

na khalu nanu dhrsta mukharata.

 

O Destroyer of the demon Pura, some say that the whole universe is

eternal while others say that all is transi & shy;tory. Others still,

hold that it is eternal and non-eternal — having different

characteristics. Bewildered by all this, I do not feel ashamed to

praise You; indeed my loquacity is an indication of my boldness.

 

10. Tavaisvaryam yatnad

 

yadupari virincir-hari-radhah

 

Paricchettum yatav

 

anala manala skandha vapusah,

 

Tato bhakti sraddha

 

bhara-guru-,grnad-bhyam girisa yat

 

Svayam tasthe tabhyam

 

tava kim anuvrttir na phalati.

 

0 Girisha, when You took the form of a pillar of fire, Brahma trying

from above and Vishnu trying from below failed to measure You.

Afterwards, when they praised You with great faith and devotion, You

revealed yourself to them of Your own accord; does not surrender to

You bear fruit?

 

11. Ayatnad apadya

 

tribhuvana mavaira vyatikaram

 

Dasasyo yadbahun

 

abhrta ranakandu paravasan,

 

Sirah padmasreni

 

racita caranam bhoruhabaleh

 

Sthiraya stvad bhaktes

 

tripurahara visphur jitamidam.

 

0 Destroyer of Tripura, it was because of that great devotion, which

prompted him to offer his heads as lotuses to Your feet, that the ten-

headed Ravana was still with arms and eager for fresh war after he

had effortlessly rid the three worlds of all traces of enemies.

 

12. Amusya tvatseva

 

samadhigata saram bhujavanam

 

Balat kailase'pi

 

tvadadhi vasatau vikramayatah,

 

Alabhya patale

 

'pyalasa calitangustha sirasi

 

Pratistha tvayyasid

 

dhruva mupacito muhyati khalah

 

But when he (Ravana) extended the valour of his arms-whose strength

was obtained by worshipping You- to Kailas, Your abode, You moved the

tip of Your toe, and he did not find a resting place even in the

nether world. Truly, when affluent the wicked become deluded.

 

13. Yadrddhim sutramno

 

varada paramo ccairapi satim-

 

Adhas cakre banah

 

parijana vidheya tribhuvanah,

 

Na taccitram tasmin

 

varivasitari tvac caranayor

 

Na kasya unnatyai

 

Bhavati srirasas tvay yavanati.

 

0 Giver of boons, since Bana was the worshipper of Your feet is it to

be wondered at that he had the three worlds at his command and put to

shame the wealth of Indra? What prosperity does not come from bowing

down the head to You?

 

14. Akanda brahmanda

 

ksaya cakita devasura krpa

 

Vidheya syasidyas

 

trinayana visam sanhrta vatah,

 

Sa kalmasah kanthe

 

tava na kurute na sriya maho

 

vikaro'pi slaghyo

 

bhuvana bhaya bhanga vyasaninah.

 

0 Three-Eyed One, who drank poison out of compassion for gods and

demons when they were distraught at the sudden prospect of the

destruction of the universe, surely the dark blue stain on Your

throat has beautified You. Even deformity is to be admired in one who

is given to freeing the world of fear.

 

15. Asiddhartha naiva

 

kvacid api sadeva suranare

 

Nivartante nityam,

 

Jagati jayino yasya visikhah,

 

Sa pasyann isa tvam

 

Itara surasadharana mabhut

 

Smarah smarta vyatma

 

Na hi vasisu pathyah paribhavah

 

O Lord, the god of love, whose arrows never fail in the world of gods

and men, become nothing but an object of memory because he looked on

You as an ordinary god (his body being burnt by Your look of wrath).

An insult to the self-controlled is not conducive to good.

 

16. Mahi pada ghatad

 

vrajati sahasa sansaya padam

 

Padam visnor bhramyad

 

bhujaparigha rugna graha ganam,

 

Muhur dyaur dausthyam yat- & shy;yanibhrta jata taditatata

 

Jagad raksayai tvam

 

natasi nanu vamaiva vibhuta.

 

When You danced to save the world, the earth was suddenly thrown into

a precarious state at the striking of Your feet; the spatial regions

and the hosts of stars felt oppressed by the movement of Your massive

club-like arms; and the heavens became miserable as their sides were

constantly struck by Your waving matted hair. Indeed it is Your very

mightiness which is the cause of the trouble.

 

17. Viyad vyapi tara

 

gana gunita phenod gama rucih

 

Pravaho varam yah

 

prsata laghu drstah sirasi te,

 

Jagad dvipakaram

 

jaladhivalayam tena krtami-

 

Tyane naivon neyam

 

dhrta mahima divyam tava vapuh.

 

The river which pervades the sky and whose foam crests look all the

more beautiful because of stars and planets, seems no more than a

drop of water when on Your head. That same river has turned the world

into islands surrounded by waters. From this can be judged the

vastness of Your divine body.

 

18. Rathah ksoni yanta

 

sata dhrti ragendro dhanur atho

 

Rathange candrarkau

 

rathacarana panih sara iti,

 

Didhaksoste ko'yam

 

tripura trna madambara vidhir

 

Vidheyaih kridantyo

 

na khalu paratantrah prabhu dhiyah.

 

When You wanted to burn the three cities of the demons - which were

but a piece of straw to You—the earth was Your chariot, Brahma Your

charioteer, the great mountain Meru Your bow, the sun and the moon

the wheels of Your chariot, Vishnu Your arrow. Why all this

paraphernalia? The Lord is not dependent on others. He was only

playing with things at His command.

 

19. Hariste sahasram

 

kamala balima dhaya padayor

 

Yadekone tasmin

 

nija mudaharan netra kamalam,

 

Gato bhaktyu drekah

 

parinatim asau cakra vapusa

 

Trayanam raksayai

 

tripura hara jagarti jagatam.

 

0 Destroyer of the three cities, Hari rooted out His own lotus-eye to

make up the difference when one flowerwas missing in His offering of

1,000 lotuses to Your feet. For this great devotion You awarded the

discus (Sudarshan Chakra) ~ with which Hari protects the three worlds.

 

20. Kratau supte jagrat

 

tvamasi phalayoge kratumatam

 

Kva karma pradhvastam

 

phalati purusa radhana mrte,

 

Atas tvam sam preksya

 

kratusu phala dana pratibhuvam

 

Srutau sraddham baddhva

 

drdha parikarah karmasu janah.

 

When a sacrifice has ended, You ever keep awake to bestow its fruit

on the sacrificer. How can any action bear fruit if not accompanied

by worship of You, 0 Lord? Therefore, knowing You to be the Giver of

fruits of sacrifices and putting faith in the Vedas, people become

resolute about the performance of sacrificial acts.

 

21. Kriyadakso daksah

 

kratupati radhisa stanubhrtam

 

Rsinam artvijyam

 

saranada sadasyah suraganah,

 

Kratu bhramsas tvattah

 

kratuphala vidhana vyasanino

 

Dhruvam kartuh sraddha

 

vidhura mabhicaraya hi makhah.

 

0 Giver of refuge, even that sacrifice where Daksha, the Lord of

creation and expert in sacrifices, was the sacrificer, rishis were

priests, gods participants, was destroy & shy;ed by You who are

habitually the Giver of fruits of sacrifices. Surely sacrifices cause

injury to the sacrificers in the absence of faith and devotion.

 

22. Praja natham natha

 

prasabha mabhikam svam duhitaram

 

Gatam rohid bhutam

 

rira mayisu mrsyasya vapusa,

 

Dhanus paner yatam

 

divamapi sapatra krtamamum

 

Trasantam te'dyapi

 

tyajati na mrga vyadha rabhasah.

 

0 Lord, the fury of You who became a hunter with a bow in hand has

not as yet left Brahma-who, overcome by incestuous lust and finding

his own daughter transforming herself into a hind, desired to ravish

her in the body of a stag-and keenly pierced by Your arrows, he

(Brahma) has fled to the sky.

 

23. Sva lavanya sansa

 

dhrta dhanusa mahnnaya trnavat

 

Purah p1ustam drstva

 

Pura mathana puspa yudhamapi,

 

Yadi strninam devi

 

Yama nirata dehardha ghatana

 

Davaiti tvam addha

 

Bata varada mugdha yuvatayah.

 

O Destroyer of the three cities, 0 Giver of boons, is Parvati who saw

the god of love, bow in hand, burnt like a piece of straw in a minute

by You, still proud of her beauty and believing that You are

fascinated by her, because she was allowed to occupy half Your body

because of her austerities? ... Ah, surely all women are under

delusion. You have completely conquered Your senses.

 

24 . Smasanesvai krida

 

smarahara pisacah sahacaras

 

Cita bhasma lepah

 

sragapi nrkaroti parikarah.

 

Amangalyam silam

 

tava bhavatu namaiva makhilam

 

Tathapi smartrnam

 

varada paramam mangalamasi.

 

O Destroyer of the god of love, 0 Giver of boons, Your play is in

cremation grounds, Your companions are ghosts, You smear Your body

with the ashes of burnt bodies, human skulls are Your garland-all

Your conduct is indeed inauspicious. But You promote the greatest

good of those who remember You.

 

25. Manah pratyak citte

 

savidha mavadhayatta marutah

 

Prahrsyad romanah

 

pramada salilot sangitadrsah

 

Yada lokyah ladam

 

hrada iva nimajya mrtamaye

 

Dadhat yantas tattvam

 

Kimapi yaminas tat kila bhavan.

 

You are indeed that inexpressible Truth which the yogis realise

within through concentrating their minds on the Self and controlling

the breath according to the directions laid down in the scriptures,

and realising which Truth they experience rapturous thrills and shed

profuse tears of joy; swimming as it were in a pool of nectar they

enjoy inner bliss.

 

26. Tvamarkas tvam somas

 

tvamasi pavanas tvam hutavahas

 

Tvamapas tvam vyoma

 

tvamu dharanir atma tvamiti ca,

 

Paricchinnam evam

 

tvayi parinata bibhratu giram

 

Na vidmas tat tattvam

 

vayamiha tu yat tvam na bhavasi.

 

The wise hold this limiting view of You: You are the sun, You are the

moon, You are fire, You are air, You are water, You are space, You

are the earth and You are the Self. But we do not know the things

which You are not.

 

27. Trayim tisro vrttis

 

tribhuvana matho trinapi sura

 

Nakaradyair varnais

 

tribhir abhi dadhat tirnavikrti,

 

Turiyam te dhama

 

dhvanibhi rava rundhana manubhih

 

Samastam vyastam tvam

 

Saranada grnat yomiti padam.

 

0 Giver of refuge, with the three letters A, U, M, indicating the

three Vedas, three states, three worlds and the three gods, the word

AUM(Om) describes You separately. By its subtle sound the word Om

collectively denotes You - Your absolute transcendental state which

is free from change.

 

28. Bhavah sarvo rudrah

 

pasupati rathograh sahamahan

 

-Statha bhime sanav

 

iti yadabhi dhana stakam idam,

 

Amusmin pratyekam

 

pravicarati deva srutirapi

 

Priyayasmai dhamne

 

pravihita namasyo'smi bhavate.

 

O Lord! Bhava, Sharva, Rudra, Pashupati, Ugra, Mahadeva, Bhima, and

Ishana-these eight names of Yours are each treated in detail in the

Vedas. To You, most beloved Lord Shankara, of resplendent form, I

offer salutations.

 

29. Namo nedisthaya

 

priyadava davistaya ca namo

 

Namah ksodisthaya

 

smarahara mahisthaya ca namah

 

Namo varsisthaya

 

Trinayana yavisthaya ca namo

 

Namah sarvasmai te

 

tadida matisarvaya ca namah.

 

0 Lover of solitude, my salutations to You who are the nearest and

the farthest. 0 Destroyer of the god of love, my salutations to You

who are the minutest and also the largest. 0 Three-eyed one, my

salutations to You who are the oldest and also the youngest. My

salutations to You again and again who are all and also transcending

all.

 

30. Bahala rajase visvot pattau

 

bhavaya namo namah

 

Prabala tamase tat sanhare

 

haraya namo namah,

 

Jana sukhakrte sattvo driktau

 

mrdaya namo namah

 

Pramahasi pade nis traigunye

 

sivaya namo namah.

 

Salutations to You as Brahma in whom rajas prevails for the creation

of the universe. Salutations to You as Rudra in whom tamas prevails

for its destruction. Saluta & shy;tions to You as Vishnu in whom sattva

prevails for giving happiness to the people. Salutations to You, 0

Shiva, who are effulgent and beyond the three attributes.

 

31. Bahala rajase visvot pattau

 

bhavaya namo namah

 

Prabala tamase tat sanhare

 

haraya namo namah,

 

Jana sukhakrte sattvo driktau

 

mrdaya namo namah

 

Pramahasi pade nis traigunye

 

sivaya namo namah.

 

Salutations to You as Brahma in whom rajas prevails for the creation

of the universe. Salutations to You as Rudra in whom tamas prevails

for its destruction. Saluta & shy;tions to You as Vishnu in whom sattva

prevails for giving happiness to the people. Salutations to You, 0

Shiva, who are effulgent and beyond the three attributes.

 

32. Krsa parinati cetah klesa vasyam kva cedam

 

Kva ca tava gunasimollanghini sasva drddhih,

 

Iti cakita mamandi krtya mam bhakti radhad

 

Varada caranayo ste vakya puspo paharam.

 

0 Giver of boons, how poor is my ill-developed mind, subject to

afflictions, and how boundless Your divinity- Eternal and possessing

infinite virtues. Though terror—stricken because of this, I am

inspired by my devotion to offer this hymnal garland at Your feet.

 

33. Asita giri samam syat kajjalam sindhu patre

 

Sura taruvara sakha lekhani patra murvi,

 

Likhati yadi grhitva sarada sarva kalam

 

Tadapi tava gunanam isa paramit na yati.

 

0 Lord, if the black mountain be ink, the ocean the inkpot, the

branch of the stout wish-fulfilling tree a pen, the earth the writing

leaf, and if taking these the Goddess ofLearning writes for eternity,

even then the limit of Your virtues will not be reached.

 

34. Asura sura munindrair arcita syendu mauler

 

Grathita guna mahimno nirguna syesvarasya,

 

Sakala gana varisthah puspa danta bhidhano

 

Rucira malaghu vrttaih stotra metac cakara.

 

The best of Gandharvas, Pushpadanta by name, composed in great

devotion this beautiful hymn to the Lord, who is worshipped by

demons, gods, and the best of sages, whose praises have been sung,

who has the moon on His forehead, and who is attributeless.

 

35. Ahara harana vadyam dhurjateh stotra metat

 

Pathati paramabhaktya suddhacittah pumanyah.

 

Sa bhavati sivaloke rudra tulya stathatra

 

Pracuratara dhanayuh putravan kirtimansca.

 

The person who with purified heart and in great devotion always reads

this beautiful and elevating hymn to Shiva, becomes like Shiva (after

death) in the abode of Shiva, and while in this world gets abundant

wealth, long life, progeny and fame.

 

36. Mahesan naparo devo

 

mahimno napara stutih,

 

Aghoran naparo mantro

 

nasti tattvam guroh param.

 

There is no God higher than Shiva, there is no hymn better than the

hymn on the greatness of Shiva, there is no mantra more powerful than

the name of Shiva, there is nothing higher to be known than the real

nature of the Guru.

 

37. Diksa danam tapas tirtham

 

yoga yaga dikah kriyah,

 

Mahimnah stava pathasya

 

kalam narhanti sodasim

 

Initiation into spiritual life, charities, austerities, pilgrimages,

practice of yoga, performance of sacrificial rites - none of these

give even a sixteenth part of the merit that one gets by reciting the

hymn on the greatness of Shiva.

 

38. Kusuma dasana nama sarva gandharva rajah

 

Sisu sasadhara mauler deva devasya dasah

 

Sa khalu nija mahimno bhrasta evasya rosat

 

Stavanamidamakarsid divya divyam mahimnah.

 

The Lord of Gandharvas, Pushpadanta by name, is the servant of the

God of gods who has the crescent moon on his forehead. Fallen from

his glory due to the wrath of the Lord, he composed this very

beautiful uplifting hymn on the greatness of Shiva to regain His

favour.

 

39. Suravaramuni pujyam svargamoksaikahetum

 

Pathati yadi manusyah pranjalir nanyacetah,

 

Vrajati siva samipam kinnaraih stuyamanah

 

Stavanamidamamogham puspadanta pranitam.

 

If one with single-minded devotion and folded palms reads this

unfailing hymn composed by Pushpadanta, which is adored by great gods

and the best of sages and which grants heaven and liberation, one

goes to Shiva and is worshipped by Kinnaras (celestial beings).

 

40. Asamapta midam stotram

 

punya gandharva bhasitam,

 

Anaupamyam manohari

 

siva misvara varnanam.

 

Thus ends this unparalleled sacred hymn composed by Pushpadanta and

describing the glory of God Shiva in a most fascinating manner.

 

41. Ityesa vanmayi puja

 

Srimac chankara padayoh,

 

Arpita tena dcvesah,

 

Priyatam me sadasivah.

 

This hymnal worship is offered at the feet of Shiva. May the ever

beneficent Lord of gods be pleased with me at this!

 

42. Tav tatva na janami

 

Kidrasdasi maheswar

 

Yadrashosi mahadev

 

Tadrashay namo namah

 

Eak kalam dwikalam wa

 

Trikalam yah pathennarah

 

Sarva papa vinirmuktah

 

Shivloke mahiyate

 

43 . Sri puspadanta mukha parikaja nirgatena

 

Stotrena kilbisa harena hara priyena,

 

Kanthas thitena pathitena samahitena

 

Suprinito bhavati bhutapatir mahesah.

 

If a person learns by heart and recites this hymn, which flowed from

the lotus mouth of Pushpadanta, which destroys sins and is dear to

Shiva and which equally promotes the good of all, Shiva, the Lord of

creation, becomes very pleased.

 

44. Om Mahadeva Shiva Shankara Shambho

 

Umakanta Hara Tripurare

 

Mrituewnjaya vrishabhadhwaja shoolina Gangadhar mrud madanare

 

Hara Shiva Shankar Gaurisham

 

Kalaye Kaashipuri naatham

 

Jaya Shambho, Jaya Shambho

 

Shiva Gauri Shankar Jaya Shambho

 

Om namah paarvati pataye Hara Hara Mahadeva

 

Karpoora Gauram Karunaavtaaram

 

Sansar saaram Bhujagendra Haaram

 

Sadaa Vasantam Hridayaarvinde

 

Bhavam Bhawani Sahitam Namam!

 

 

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