Pashupati Ashtakam

paśupatyaṣṭakam

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paśupatīndupatiṃ dharaṇīpatiṃ bhujagalokapatiṃ ca satīpatim |

praṇatabhaktajanārtiharaṃ paraṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim ||1||

na janako jananī na ca sodaro na tanayo na ca bhūribalaṃ kulam |

avati ko'pi na kālavaśaṃ gataṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim ||2||

murajaḍiṇḍimavādyavilakṣaṇaṃ madhurapañcamanādaviśāradam |

pramathabhūtagaṇairapi sevitaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim  ||3||

śaraṇadaṃ sukhadaṃ śaraṇānvitaṃ śiva śiveti śiveti nataṃ nṛṇām |

abhayadaṃ karuṇāvaruṇālayaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim  ||4||

naraśiroracitaṃ maṇikuṇḍalaṃ bhujagahāramudaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam |

citirajodhavalīkṛtavigrahaṃ bhajata re  manujā girijāpatim  ||5||

makhavināśakaraṃ śaśiśekharaṃ satatamadhvarabhājiphalapradam |

pralayadagdhasurāsuramānavaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim  ||6||

madamapāsya ciraṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaṃ maraṇajanmajarāmayapīḍitam |

jagadudīkṣya samīpabhayākulaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim  ||7||

harivirañcisurādhipapūjitaṃ yamajaneśadhaneśanamaskṝtam |

trinayanaṃ bhuvanatritayādhipaṃ bhajata re manujā girijāpatim  ||8||

paśupateridamaṣṭakamadbhutaṃ viracitaṃ pṛthivīpatisūriṇā |

paṭhati saṃśa‍ṛṇute manujaḥ sadā śivapurīṃ vasate labhate mudam ||9||

iti śrīpaśupatyaṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||