Shiva Mahimna Stotram

śiva mahimnā stotram

atha śrī śivamahimnastotram ||

mahimnaḥ pāraṃ te paramaviduṣo yadyasadṛśī

stutirbrahmādīnāmapi tadavasannāstvayi giraḥ |

athā'vācyaḥ sarvaḥ svamatipariṇāmāvadhi gṛṇan

mamāpyeṣa stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ || 1 ||

atītaḥ panthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāṅmanasayoḥ

atadvyāvṛttyā yaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi |

sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ

pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ || 2 ||

madhusphītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ nirmitavataḥ

tava brahman​ kiṃ vāgapi suragurorvismayapadam |

mama tvetāṃ vāṇīṃ guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavataḥ

punāmītyarthe'smin puramathana buddhirvyavasitā || 3 ||

tavaiśvaryaṃ yattajjagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛt

trayīvastu vyastaṃ tisruṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu |

abhavyānāmasmin varada ramaṇīyāmaramaṇīṃ

vihantuṃ vyākrośīṃ vidadhata ihaike jaḍadhiyaḥ || 4 ||

kimīhaḥ kiṅkāyaḥ sa khalu kimupāyastribhuvanaṃ

kimādhāro dhātā sṛjati kimupādāna iti ca |

atarkyaiśvarye tvayyanavasara duḥstho hatadhiyaḥ

kutarko'yaṃ kāṃścit mukharayati mohāya jagataḥ || 5 ||

ajanmāno lokāḥ kimavayavavanto'pi jagatāṃ

adhiṣṭhātāraṃ kiṃ bhavavidhiranādṛtya bhavati |

anīśo vā kuryād bhuvanajanane kaḥ parikaro

yato mandāstvāṃ pratyamaravara saṃśerata ime || 6 ||

trayī sāṅkhyaṃ yogaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti

prabhinne prasthāne paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca |

rucīnāṃ vaicitryādṛjukuṭila nānāpathajuṣāṃ

nṛṇāmeko gamyastvamasi payasāmarṇava iva || 7 ||

mahokṣaḥ khaṭvāṅgaṃ paraśurajinaṃ bhasma phaṇinaḥ

kapālaṃ cetīyattava varada tantropakaraṇam |

surāstāṃ tāmṛddhiṃ dadhati tu bhavadbhūpraṇihitāṃ

na hi svātmārāmaṃ viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati || 8 ||

dhruvaṃ kaścit sarvaṃ sakalamaparastvadhruvamidaṃ

paro dhrauvyā'dhrauvye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye |

samaste'pyetasmin puramathana tairvismita iva

stuvan​ jihremi tvāṃ na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā || 9 ||

tavaiśvaryaṃ yatnād yadupari viriñcirhariradhaḥ

paricchetuṃ yātāvanalamanalaskandhavapuṣaḥ |

tato bhaktiśraddhā-bharaguru-gṛṇadbhyāṃ giriśa yat

svayaṃ tasthe tābhyāṃ tava kimanuvṛttirna phalati || 10 ||

ayatnādāsādya tribhuvanamavairavyatikaraṃ

daśāsyo yadbāhūnabhṛta raṇakaṇḍū-paravaśān |

śiraḥpadmaśreṇī-racitacaraṇāmbhoruha-baleḥ

sthirāyāstvadbhaktestripurahara visphūrjitamidam || 11 ||

amuṣya tvatsevā-samadhigatasāraṃ bhujavanaṃ

balāt kailāse'pi tvadadhivasatau vikramayataḥ |

alabhyā pātāle'pyalasacalitāṅguṣṭhaśirasi

pratiṣṭhā tvayyāsīd dhruvamupacito muhyati khalaḥ || 12 ||

yadṛddhiṃ sutrāmṇo varada paramoccairapi satīṃ

adhaścakre bāṇaḥ parijanavidheyatribhuvanaḥ |

na taccitraṃ tasmin varivasitari tvaccaraṇayoḥ

na kasyāpyunnatyai bhavati śirasastvayyavanatiḥ || 13 ||

akāṇḍa-brahmāṇḍa-kṣayacakita-devāsurakṛpā

vidheyasyā''sīd​ yastrinayana viṣaṃ saṃhṛtavataḥ |

sa kalmāṣaḥ kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyamaho

vikāro'pi ślāghyo bhuvana-bhaya- bhaṅga- vyasaninaḥ || 14 ||

asiddhārthā naiva kvacidapi sadevāsuranare

nivartante nityaṃ jagati jayino yasya viśikhāḥ |

sa paśyannīśa tvāmitarasurasādhāraṇamabhūt

smaraḥ smartavyātmā na hi vaśiṣu pathyaḥ paribhavaḥ || 15 ||

mahī pādāghātād vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadaṃ

padaṃ viṣṇorbhrāmyad bhuja-parigha-rugṇa-graha- gaṇam |

muhurdyaurdausthyaṃ yātyanibhṛta-jaṭā-tāḍita-taṭā

jagadrakṣāyai tvaṃ naṭasi nanu vāmaiva vibhutā || 16 ||

viyadvyāpī tārā-gaṇa-guṇita-phenodgama-ruciḥ

pravāho vārāṃ yaḥ pṛṣatalaghudṛṣṭaḥ śirasi te |

jagaddvīpākāraṃ jaladhivalayaṃ tena kṛtamiti

anenaivonneyaṃ dhṛtamahima divyaṃ tava vapuḥ || 17 ||

rathaḥ kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtiragendro dhanuratho

rathāṅge candrārkau ratha-caraṇa-pāṇiḥ śara iti |

didhakṣoste ko'yaṃ tripuratṛṇamāḍambara-vidhiḥ

vidheyaiḥ krīḍantyo na khalu paratantrāḥ prabhudhiyaḥ || 18 ||

hariste sāhasraṃ kamala balimādhāya padayoḥ

yadekone tasmin​ nijamudaharannetrakamalam |

gato bhaktyudrekaḥ pariṇatimasau cakravapuṣaḥ

trayāṇāṃ rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām || 19 ||

kratau supte jāgrat​ tvamasi phalayoge kratumatāṃ

kva karma pradhvastaṃ phalati puruṣārādhanamṛte |

atastvāṃ samprekṣya kratuṣu phaladāna-pratibhuvaṃ

śrutau śraddhāṃ badhvā dṛḍhaparikaraḥ karmasu janaḥ || 20 ||

kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatiradhīśastanubhṛtāṃ

ṛṣīṇāmārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ sura-gaṇāḥ |

kratubhraṃśastvattaḥ kratuphala-vidhāna-vyasaninaḥ

dhruvaṃ kartuḥ śraddhā-vidhuramabhicārāya hi makhāḥ || 21 ||

prajānāthaṃ nātha prasabhamabhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ

gataṃ rohid​ bhūtāṃ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā |

dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṃ divamapi sapatrākṛtamamuṃ

trasantaṃ te'dyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ || 22 ||

svalāvaṇyāśaṃsā dhṛtadhanuṣamahnāya tṛṇavat

puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭvā puramathana puṣpāyudhamapi |

yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata-dehārdha-ghaṭanāt

avaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ || 23 ||

śmaśāneṣvākrīḍā smarahara piśācāḥ sahacarāḥ

citā-bhasmālepaḥ sragapi nṛkaroṭī-parikaraḥ |

amaṅgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivamakhilaṃ

tathāpi smartṝṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṅgalamasi || 24 ||

manaḥ pratyakcitte savidhamavidhāyātta-marutaḥ

prahṛṣyadromāṇaḥ pramada-salilotsaṅgati-dṛśaḥ |

yadālokyāhlādaṃ hrada iva nimajyāmṛtamaye

dadhatyantastattvaṃ kimapi yaminastat kila bhavān || 25 ||

tvamarkastvaṃ somastvamasi pavanastvaṃ hutavahaḥ

tvamāpastvaṃ vyoma tvamu dharaṇirātmā tvamiti ca |

paricchinnāmevaṃ tvayi pariṇatā bibhrati giraṃ

na vidmastattattvaṃ vayamiha tu yat tvaṃ na bhavasi || 26 ||

trayīṃ tisro vṛttīstribhuvanamatho trīnapi surān

akārādyairvarṇaistribhirabhidadhat tīrṇavikṛti |

turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhiravarundhānamaṇubhiḥ

samastaṃ vyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātyomiti padam || 27 ||

bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahān

tathā bhīmeśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam |

amuṣmin pratyekaṃ pravicarati deva śrutirapi

priyāyāsmaidhāmne praṇihita-namasyo'smi bhavate || 28 ||

namo nediṣṭhāya priyadava daviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ

namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ |

namo varṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namaḥ

namaḥ sarvasmai te tadidamatisarvāya ca namaḥ || 29 ||

bahula-rajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ

prabala-tamase tat saṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ |

jana-sukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ

pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ || 30 ||

kṛśa-pariṇati-cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ

kva ca tava guṇa-sīmollaṅghinī śaśvadṛddhiḥ |

iti cakitamamandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktirādhād

varada caraṇayoste vākya-puṣpopahāram || 31 ||

asita-giri-samaṃ syāt kajjalaṃ sindhu-pātre

sura-taruvara-śākhā lekhanī patramurvī |

likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ

tadapi tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṃ na yāti || 32 ||

asura-sura-munīndrairarcitasyendu-mauleḥ

grathita-guṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya |

sakala-gaṇa-variṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhānaḥ

ruciramalaghuvṛttaiḥ stotrametaccakāra || 33 ||

aharaharanavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭeḥ stotrametat

paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddha-cittaḥ pumān yaḥ |

sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyastathā'tra

pracuratara-dhanāyuḥ putravān kīrtimāṃśca || 34 ||

maheśānnāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ |

aghorānnāparo mantro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param || 35 ||

dīkṣā dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ |

mahimnastava pāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm || 36 ||

kusumadaśana-nāmā sarva-gandharva-rājaḥ

śaśidharavara-maulerdevadevasya dāsaḥ |

sa khalu nija-mahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt

stavanamidamakārṣīd divya-divyaṃ mahimnaḥ || 37 ||

suragurumabhipūjya svarga-mokṣaika-hetuṃ [suravaramunipūjyaṃ]

paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāñjalirnānya-cetāḥ |

vrajati śiva-samīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ

stavanamidamamoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam || 38 ||

śrī puṣpadanta-mukha-paṅkaja-nirgatena

stotreṇa kilbiṣa-hareṇa hara-priyeṇa |

kaṇṭhasthitena paṭhitena samāhitena

suprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatirmaheśaḥ || 43 ||

āsamāptamidaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gandharva-bhāṣitam |

anaupamyaṃ manohāri sarvamīśvaravarṇanam || 39 ||

tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdṛśo'si maheśvara |

yādṛśo'si mahādeva tādṛśāya namo namaḥ || 41 ||

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ |

sarvapāpa-vinirmuktaḥ śiva loke mahīyate || 42 ||

ityeṣā vāṅmayī pūjā śrīmacchaṅkara-pādayoḥ |

arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ || 40 ||

|| iti śrī puṣpadanta viracitaṃ śivamahimna-stotraṃ samāptam ||