Bilvaashtakam

bilvāṣṭakam

Śloka 1

tridalaṃ triguṇākāraṃ trinetraṃ ca triyāyudham |

trijanma pāpasaṃhāraṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

triśākhaiḥ bilvapatraiśca acchidraiḥ komalaiḥ śubhaiḥ |

tavapūjāṃ kariṣyāmi ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

koṭi kanyā mahādānaṃ tilaparvata koṭayaḥ |

kāñcanaṃ śailadānena ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

kāśīkṣetra nivāsaṃ ca kālabhairava darśanam |

prayāge mādhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

induvāre vrataṃ sthitvā nirāhāro maheśvarāḥ |

naktaṃ hauṣyāmi deveśa ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

rāmaliṅga pratiṣṭhā ca vaivāhika kṛtaṃ tathā |

taṭākānica sandhānaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

akhaṇḍa bilvapatraṃ ca āyutaṃ śivapūjanam |

kṛtaṃ nāma sahasreṇa ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

umayā sahadeveśa nandi vāhanameva ca |

bhasmalepana sarvāṅgaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

sālagrāmeṣu viprāṇāṃ taṭākaṃ daśakūpayoḥ |

yajñnakoṭi sahasrasya ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

danti koṭi sahasreṣu aśvamedhaśatakratau | [aśvamedha śatāni ca / vājapeya śatāni ca]

koṭikanyā mahādānaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

bilvāṇāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ sparśanaṃ pāpanāśanam |

aghora pāpasaṃhāraṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

sahasraveda pāṭeṣu brahmastāpanamucyate |

anekavrata koṭīnāṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

annadāna sahasreṣu sahasropanayanaṃ tadhā |

aneka janmapāpāni ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

bilvāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭheśśiva sannidhau |

śivalokamavāpnoti ekabilvaṃ śivārpaṇam ||

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vikalpa saṅkarpaṇa

tridalaṃ triguṇākāraṃ trinetraṃ ca triyāyudham |

trijanma pāpasaṃhāraṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 1 ||

triśākhaiḥ bilvapatraiśca acchidraiḥ komalaiḥ śubhaiḥ |

tavapūjāṃ kariṣyāmi ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 2 ||

darśanaṃ bilvavṛkṣasya sparśanaṃ pāpanāśanam |

aghorapāpasaṃhāraṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 3 ||

sālagrāmeṣu vipreṣu taṭāke vanakūpayoḥ |

yajñnakoṭi sahasrāṇāṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 4 ||

dantikoṭi sahasreṣu aśvamedha śatāni ca |

koṭikanyāpradānena ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 5 ||

ekaṃ ca bilvapatraiśca koṭiyajñna phalaṃ labhet |

mahādevaiśca pūjārthaṃ ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 6 ||

kāśīkṣetre nivāsaṃ ca kālabhairava darśanam |

gayāprayāga me dṛṣṭvā ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 7 ||

umayā saha deveśaṃ vāhanaṃ nandiśaṅkaram |

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo ekabilvaṃ śivārpitam || 8 ||

iti śrī bilvāṣṭakam ||