Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram
Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram
Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram
śivāparādha kṣamāpaṇa stotram
ādau karmaprasaṅgātkalayati kaluṣaṃ mātṛkukṣau sthitaṃ māṃ
viṇmūtrāmedhyamadhye kvathayati nitarāṃ jāṭharo jātavedāḥ |
yadyadvai tatra duḥkhaṃ vyathayati nitarāṃ śakyate kena vaktuṃ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 1||
bālye duḥkhātireko malalulitavapuḥ stanyapāne pipāsā
no śaktaścendriyebhyo bhavaguṇajanitāḥ jantavo māṃ tudanti |
nānārogādiduḥkhādrudanaparavaśaḥ śaṅkaraṃ na smarāmi
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 2||
prauḍho'haṃ yauvanastho viṣayaviṣadharaiḥ pañcabhirmarmasandhau
daṣṭo naṣṭo vivekaḥ sutadhanayuvatisvādusaukhye niṣaṇṇaḥ |
śaivīcintāvihīnaṃ mama hṛdayamaho mānagarvādhirūḍhaṃ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 3||
vārdhakye cendriyāṇāṃ vigatagatimatiścādhidaivāditāpaiḥ
pāpai rogairviyogaistvanavasitavapuḥ prauḍhahīnaṃ ca dīnam |
mithyāmohābhilāṣairbhramati mama mano dhūrjaṭerdhyānaśūnyaṃ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 4||
snātvā pratyūṣakāle snapanavidhividhau nāhṛtaṃ gāṅgatoyaṃ
pūjārthaṃ vā kadācidbahutaragahanātkhaṇḍabilvīdalāni |
nānītā padmamālā sarasi vikasitā gandhadhūpaiḥ tvadarthaṃ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 5||
dugdhairmadhvājyayuktairdadhisitasahitaiḥ snāpitaṃ naiva liṅgaṃ
no liptaṃ candanādyaiḥ kanakaviracitaiḥ pūjitaṃ na prasūnaiḥ |
dhūpaiḥ karpūradīpairvividharasayutairnaiva bhakṣyopahāraiḥ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 6||
no śakyaṃ smārtakarma pratipadagahanapratyavāyākulākhyaṃ
śraute vārtā kathaṃ me dvijakulavihite brahmamārgānusāre | var brahmamārge susāre
jñāto dharmo vicāraiḥ śravaṇamananayoḥ kiṃ nididhyāsitavyaṃ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 7||
dhyātvā citte śivākhyaṃ pracurataradhanaṃ naiva dattaṃ dvijebhyo
havyaṃ te lakṣasaṅkhyairhutavahavadane nārpitaṃ bījamantraiḥ |
no taptaṃ gāṅgātīre vratajapaniyamaiḥ rudrajāpyairna vedaiḥ
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 8||
nagno niḥsaṅgaśuddhastriguṇavirahito dhvastamohāndhakāro
nāsāgre nyastadṛṣṭirviditabhavaguṇo naiva dṛṣṭaḥ kadācit |
unmanyā'vasthayā tvāṃ vigatakalimalaṃ śaṅkaraṃ na smarāmi
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 9||
sthitvā sthāne saroje praṇavamayamarutkumbhake (kuṇḍale) sūkṣmamārge
śānte svānte pralīne prakaṭitavibhave jyotirūpe'parākhye |
liṅgajñe brahmavākye sakalatanugataṃ śaṅkaraṃ na smarāmi
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 10||
hṛdyaṃ vedāntavedyaṃ hṛdayasarasije dīptamudyatprakāśaṃ
satyaṃ śāntasvarūpaṃ sakalamunimanaḥpadmaṣaṇḍaikavedyam |
jāgratsvapne suṣuptau triguṇavirahitaṃ śaṅkaraṃ na smarāmi
kṣantavyo me'parādhaḥ śiva śiva śiva bho śrīmahādeva śambho || 11||
candrodbhāsitaśekhare smarahare gaṅgādhare śaṅkare
sarpairbhūṣitakaṇṭhakarṇavivare netrotthavaiśvānare | yugale
dantitvakkṛtasundarāmbaradhare trailokyasāre hare
mokṣārthaṃ kuru cittavṛttimacalāmanyaistu kiṃ karmabhiḥ || 12||
kiṃ vā'nena dhanena vājikaribhiḥ prāptena rājyena kiṃ
kiṃ vā putrakalatramitrapaśubhirdehena gehena kim |
jñātvaitatkṣaṇabhaṅguraṃ sapadi re tyājyaṃ mano dūrataḥ
svātmārthaṃ guruvākyato bhaja mana śrīpārvatīvallabham || 13||
paurohityaṃ rajanicaritaṃ grāmaṇītvaṃ niyogo
māṭhāpatyaṃ hyanṛtavacanaṃ sākṣivādaḥ parānnam |
brahmadveṣaḥ khalajanaratiḥ prāṇināṃ nirdayatvaṃ
mā bhūdevaṃ mama paśupate janmajanmāntareṣu || 14||
āyurnaśyati paśyatāṃ pratidinaṃ yāti kṣayaṃ yauvanaṃ
pratyāyānti gatāḥ punarna divasāḥ kālo jagadbhakṣakaḥ |
lakṣmīstoyataraṅgabhaṅgacapalā vidyuccalaṃ jīvitaṃ
tasmāttvāṃ śaraṇāgataṃ śaraṇada tvaṃ rakṣa rakṣādhunā || 15|| tasmānmāṃ
vande devamumāpatiṃ suraguruṃ vande jagatkāraṇaṃ
vande pannagabhūṣaṇaṃ mṛgadharaṃ vande paśūnāṃ patim |
vande sūryaśaśāṅkavahninayanaṃ vande mukundapriyaṃ
vande bhaktajanāśrayaṃ ca varadaṃ vande śivaṃ śaṅkaram ||16||
gātraṃ bhasmasitaṃ sitaṃ ca hasitaṃ haste kapālaṃ sitaṃ var smitaṃ ca
khaṭvāṅgaṃ ca sitaṃ sitaśca vṛṣabhaḥ karṇe site kuṇḍale |
gaṅgā phenasitā jaṭā paśupateścandraḥ sito mūrdhani
so'yaṃ sarvasito dadātu vibhavaṃ pāpakṣayaṃ sarvadā || 17||
karacaraṇakṛtaṃ vākkāyajaṃ karmajaṃ vā
śravaṇanayanajaṃ vā mānasaṃ vā'parādham |
vihitamavihitaṃ vā sarvametatkṣmasva
śiva śiva karuṇābdhe śrīmahādeva śambho || 18||
|| iti śrīmad śaṅkarācāryakṛta śivāparādhakṣamāpaṇastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||
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About This Stotram
Overview
The Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram is an 18-verse Sanskrit stotram dedicated to Lord Shiva that serves as a prayer for forgiveness of offenses committed — intentionally or unintentionally — in the course of worship and daily life. It acknowledges human limitations and appeals to Shiva's capacity for compassion, and it belongs to the Shaiva devotional tradition of Sanskrit stotram literature.
What are the benefits of chanting Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram?
- Seeking absolution for transgressions in thought, word, and deed related to Shiva worship
- Purification of the mind and alleviation of guilt from ritual errors
- Invocation of Shiva's grace through humility and sincere repentance
- Mitigation of negative karma accumulated through inadvertent offenses
When is the best time to recite this?
This stotram is appropriately recited at the close of morning or evening Shiva puja, as a way of acknowledging any shortcomings in the ritual. It is also recited on Maha Shivaratri and during Shravana, and at any time one wishes to seek Shiva's forgiveness.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram is not definitively attributed to a named author or traced to a specific ancient Purana, though its sophisticated Sanskrit and structure suggest composition by a learned devotee in the medieval or post-medieval period. Prayers for forgiveness of ritual offenses (aparadha kshamapana) are a recognized genre in Sanskrit devotional literature, with parallel texts existing for Vishnu and Devi worship. The stotram is widely included in printed Shaivite devotional collections and is in active liturgical use.
Available scripts
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Related Texts
- Shiva Kavacham — a Sanskrit kavacham invoking Shiva's protective presence, often recited alongside devotional stotrams to Shiva
- Lingashtakam — an eight-verse hymn honoring the Shivalinga, widely used in daily Shiva worship