Kasi Vishwanathashtakam

kAzI vizvanAthASTakam

zloka 1

gaGgA taraGga ramaNIya jaTA kalApaM

gaurI nirantara vibhUSita vAma bhAgaM

nArAyaNa priyamanaGga madApahAraM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 1 ||

vAcAmagocaramaneka guNa svarUpaM

vAgIza viSNu sura sevita pAda padmaM

vAmeNa vigraha varena kalatravantaM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 2 ||

bhUtAdipaM bhujaga bhUSaNa bhUSitAGgaM

vyAghrAJjinAM baradharaM, jaTilaM, trinetraM

pAzAGkuzAbhaya varaprada zUlapANiM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 3 ||

sItAMzu zobhita kirITa virAjamAnaM

bAlekSaNAtala vizoSita paJcabANaM

nAgAdhipA racita bAsura karNa pUraM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 4 ||

paJcAnanaM durita matta mataGgajAnAM

nAgAntakaM dhanuja puGgava pannAgAnAM

dAvAnalaM maraNa zoka jarATavInAM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 5 ||

tejomayaM saguNa nirguNamadvitIyaM

Ananda kandamaparAjita maprameyaM

nAgAtmakaM sakala niSkalamAtma rUpaM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 6 ||

AzAM vihAya parihRtya parazya nindAM

pApe rathiM ca sunivArya manassamAdhau

AdhAya hRt-kamala madhya gataM parezaM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 7 ||

rAgAdhi doSa rahitaM svajanAnurAgaM

vairAgya zAnti nilayaM girijA sahAyaM

mAdhurya dhairya subhagaM garalAbhirAmaM

vArANazI purapatiM bhaja vizvanAtham || 8 ||

vArANazI pura pate sthavanaM zivasya

vyAkhyAtaM aSTakamidaM paThate manuSya

vidyAM zriyaM vipula saukhyamananta kIrtiM

samprApya deva nilaye labhate ca mokSam ||

vizvanAthASTakamidaM puNyaM yaH paTheH ziva sannidhau

zivalokamavApnoti zivenasaha modate ||