अयि गिरिनंदिनि नंदितमेदिनि विश्वविनोदिनि नंदनुते गिरिवर विंध्य शिरोधिनिवासिनि विष्णुविलासिनि जिष्णुनुते | भगवति हे शितिकण्ठकुटुंबिनि भूरि कुटुंबिनि भूरि कृते जय जय हे महिषासुरमर्दिनि रम्यकपर्दिनि शैलसुते || || Meaning : I pray to you, O loved daughter of the mountain (himavaan), who is praised by the whole world and the Nandi and the one who entertains the […]
ॐ शिव ॐ शिव परात्परा शिव ओंकार शिव तव शरणम् | नमामि शंकर भजामि शंकर उमामहेश्वर तव शरणम् || Meaning : Om Shiva, Om Shiva; Shiva who is paratpar (beyond the beyond), who is the sound of Om, I take refuge in you. I bow to Shankar, I sing the glories of Shankar, I take […]
अपूर्वः कोऽपि कोशोऽयं विद्यते तव भारति । व्ययतो बुद्धिमायाति क्षयमायाति सञ्चयात् ॥| Meaning : O Devi Saraswati (Bharati), Your repository is like none other! Upon spending, it extends the intellect; upon gathering, it shrinks ! Implied meaning : The repository of Devi Saraswati is Vidya (Pure Knowledge) When a person shares that knowledge with others […]
शांतं शाश्वतमप्रमेयमनवं निर्वाणशान्तिप्रदं ब्रह्माशम्भुफणीन्द्रसेव्यमनिशं वेदान्तवेद्यं विभुम् | रामाख्यं जगदीश्वरं सुरगुरुं मायामनुष्यं हरिं वन्देऽहं करुणाकरं रघुवरं भूपालचूडामणिम् || I adore the God of the universe bearing the name of Rama, the chief of Raghu’s line and the crest-jewel of kings, the mine of compassion, the dispeller of all sins, appearing in human form through Maya, the […]
मूषिकवाहन् मोदकहस्त चामरकर्ण विलम्बित सूत्र | वामनरूप महेश्वरपुत्र विघ्नविनायक पाद नमस्ते || Meaning : O God ! who has the mouse as his vehicle, and the sweet modaka (a kind of sweet dish prepared from rice flour) in your hand, whose ears are wide like fans, wearing the sacred thread. O son of Shiva ! […]
अनायासेन मरणं विना दैन्येन जीवनम् । देहान्ते तव सायुज्यं देहि मे पार्वतीपते ॥ Meaning : Death without exertion; Life without affliction; Thy proximity (Attainment of thy abode) upon leaving the body – grant me these O God of paarvati
शिवं शिवकरं शान्तं शिवात्मानं शिवोत्तमम् | शिवमार्ग प्रणेधरम् प्रणतोस्मि सदाशिवम् || Meaning : Obeisance to Sadashiva, the ever auspicious; The leader of all auspicious paths; Sacred, purifier, embodiment of peace; excelling the best, the auspicious Self Itself.
शिव एको गुरु:साक्षात् गुरुरेव शिव स्वयं | उभयोरन्तरं किंचित् न द्रष्टव्यं मुमुक्षुभि || Meaning: God Shiva is the real Guru and the Guru is God Shiva Himself. Those desirous of Liberation (mumukshus) should never think of Them as even slightly distinct from each other.
प्रातर्नमामि गिरिशं गिरिजार्धदेहं सर्गस्थितिप्रलयकारणमादिदेवम् । विश्वेश्वरं विजितविश्वमनोभिरामं संसाररोगहरमौषधमद्वितीयम् ॥ Meaning : In the early morning, I Salute Sree Girisha (Shiva), Who has Devi Girija (Parvati) as half of His body, who is the primordial cause behind the creation, maintenance and dissolution of the Universe, who is the God of the universe and who conquers the […]
