Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram was written by Adi Shankaracharya
॥ Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram Kannada Lyrics ॥
ಆದೌ ಕರ್ಮಪ್ರಸಂಗಾತ್ಕಲಯತಿ ಕಲುಷಂ ಮಾತೃಕುಕ್ಷೌ ಸ್ಥಿತಂ ಮಾಂ
ವಿಣ್ಮೂತ್ರಾಮೇಧ್ಯಮಧ್ಯೇ ಕಥಯತಿ ನಿತರಾಂ ಜಾಠರೋ ಜಾತವೇದಾಃ ।
ಯದ್ಯದ್ವೈ ತತ್ರ ದುಃಖಂ ವ್ಯಥಯತಿ ನಿತರಾಂ ಶಕ್ಯತೇ ಕೇನ ವಕ್ತುಂ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 1 ॥
ಬಾಲ್ಯೇ ದುಃಖಾತಿರೇಕೋ ಮಲಲುಲಿತವಪುಃ ಸ್ತನ್ಯಪಾನೇ ಪಿಪಾಸಾ
ನೋ ಶಕ್ತಶ್ಚೇಂದ್ರಿಯೇಭ್ಯೋ ಭವಗುಣಜನಿತಾಃ ಜಂತವೋ ಮಾಂ ತುದಂತಿ ।
ನಾನಾರೋಗಾದಿದುಃಖಾದ್ರುದನಪರವಶಃ ಶಂಕರಂ ನ ಸ್ಮರಾಮಿ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 2 ॥
ಪ್ರೌಢೋஉಹಂ ಯೌವನಸ್ಥೋ ವಿಷಯವಿಷಧರೈಃ ಪಂಚಭಿರ್ಮರ್ಮಸಂಧೌ
ದಷ್ಟೋ ನಷ್ಟೋஉವಿವೇಕಃ ಸುತಧನಯುವತಿಸ್ವಾದುಸೌಖ್ಯೇ ನಿಷಣ್ಣಃ ।
ಶೈವೀಚಿಂತಾವಿಹೀನಂ ಮಮ ಹೃದಯಮಹೋ ಮಾನಗರ್ವಾಧಿರೂಢಂ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 3 ॥
ವಾರ್ಧಕ್ಯೇ ಚೇಂದ್ರಿಯಾಣಾಂ ವಿಗತಗತಿಮತಿಶ್ಚಾಧಿದೈವಾದಿತಾಪೈಃ
ಪಾಪೈ ರೋಗೈರ್ವಿಯೋಗೈಸ್ತ್ವನವಸಿತವಪುಃ ಪ್ರೌಢಹೀನಂ ಚ ದೀನಮ್ ।
ಮಿಥ್ಯಾಮೋಹಾಭಿಲಾಷೈರ್ಭ್ರಮತಿ ಮಮ ಮನೋ ಧೂರ್ಜಟೇರ್ಧ್ಯಾನಶೂನ್ಯಂ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 4 ॥
ನೋ ಶಕ್ಯಂ ಸ್ಮಾರ್ತಕರ್ಮ ಪ್ರತಿಪದಗಹನಪ್ರತ್ಯವಾಯಾಕುಲಾಖ್ಯಂ
ಶ್ರೌತೇ ವಾರ್ತಾ ಕಥಂ ಮೇ ದ್ವಿಜಕುಲವಿಹಿತೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಮಾರ್ಗೇஉಸುಸಾರೇ ।
ಙ್ಞಾತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ವಿಚಾರೈಃ ಶ್ರವಣಮನನಯೋಃ ಕಿಂ ನಿದಿಧ್ಯಾಸಿತವ್ಯಂ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 5 ॥
ಸ್ನಾತ್ವಾ ಪ್ರತ್ಯೂಷಕಾಲೇ ಸ್ನಪನವಿಧಿವಿಧೌ ನಾಹೃತಂ ಗಾಂಗತೋಯಂ
ಪೂಜಾರ್ಥಂ ವಾ ಕದಾಚಿದ್ಬಹುತರಗಹನಾತ್ಖಂಡಬಿಲ್ವೀದಲಾನಿ ।
ನಾನೀತಾ ಪದ್ಮಮಾಲಾ ಸರಸಿ ವಿಕಸಿತಾ ಗಂಧಧೂಪೈಃ ತ್ವದರ್ಥಂ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 6 ॥
ದುಗ್ಧೈರ್ಮಧ್ವಾಜ್ಯುತೈರ್ದಧಿಸಿತಸಹಿತೈಃ ಸ್ನಾಪಿತಂ ನೈವ ಲಿಂಗಂ
ನೋ ಲಿಪ್ತಂ ಚಂದನಾದ್ಯೈಃ ಕನಕವಿರಚಿತೈಃ ಪೂಜಿತಂ ನ ಪ್ರಸೂನೈಃ ।
ಧೂಪೈಃ ಕರ್ಪೂರದೀಪೈರ್ವಿವಿಧರಸಯುತೈರ್ನೈವ ಭಕ್ಷ್ಯೋಪಹಾರೈಃ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 7 ॥
ಧ್ಯಾತ್ವಾ ಚಿತ್ತೇ ಶಿವಾಖ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರಚುರತರಧನಂ ನೈವ ದತ್ತಂ ದ್ವಿಜೇಭ್ಯೋ
ಹವ್ಯಂ ತೇ ಲಕ್ಷಸಂಖ್ಯೈರ್ಹುತವಹವದನೇ ನಾರ್ಪಿತಂ ಬೀಜಮಂತ್ರೈಃ ।
ನೋ ತಪ್ತಂ ಗಾಂಗಾತೀರೇ ವ್ರತಜನನಿಯಮೈಃ ರುದ್ರಜಾಪ್ಯೈರ್ನ ವೇದೈಃ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 8 ॥
ಸ್ಥಿತ್ವಾ ಸ್ಥಾನೇ ಸರೋಜೇ ಪ್ರಣವಮಯಮರುತ್ಕುಂಭಕೇ (ಕುಂಡಲೇ)ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಮಾರ್ಗೇ
ಶಾಂತೇ ಸ್ವಾಂತೇ ಪ್ರಲೀನೇ ಪ್ರಕಟಿತವಿಭವೇ ಜ್ಯೋತಿರೂಪೇஉಪರಾಖ್ಯೇ ।
ಲಿಂಗಙ್ಞೇ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಾಕ್ಯೇ ಸಕಲತನುಗತಂ ಶಂಕರಂ ನ ಸ್ಮರಾಮಿ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 9 ॥
ನಗ್ನೋ ನಿಃಸಂಗಶುದ್ಧಸ್ತ್ರಿಗುಣವಿರಹಿತೋ ಧ್ವಸ್ತಮೋಹಾಂಧಕಾರೋ
ನಾಸಾಗ್ರೇ ನ್ಯಸ್ತದೃಷ್ಟಿರ್ವಿದಿತಭವಗುಣೋ ನೈವ ದೃಷ್ಟಃ ಕದಾಚಿತ್ ।
ಉನ್ಮನ್ಯಾஉವಸ್ಥಯಾ ತ್ವಾಂ ವಿಗತಕಲಿಮಲಂ ಶಂಕರಂ ನ ಸ್ಮರಾಮಿ
ಕ್ಷಂತವ್ಯೋ ಮೇஉಪರಾಧಃ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಭೋ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 10 ॥
ಚಂದ್ರೋದ್ಭಾಸಿತಶೇಖರೇ ಸ್ಮರಹರೇ ಗಂಗಾಧರೇ ಶಂಕರೇ
ಸರ್ಪೈರ್ಭೂಷಿತಕಂಠಕರ್ಣಯುಗಲೇ (ವಿವರೇ)ನೇತ್ರೋತ್ಥವೈಶ್ವಾನರೇ ।
ದಂತಿತ್ವಕ್ಕೃತಸುಂದರಾಂಬರಧರೇ ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯಸಾರೇ ಹರೇ
ಮೋಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥಂ ಕುರು ಚಿತ್ತವೃತ್ತಿಮಚಲಾಮನ್ಯೈಸ್ತು ಕಿಂ ಕರ್ಮಭಿಃ ॥ 11 ॥
ಕಿಂ ವಾஉನೇನ ಧನೇನ ವಾಜಿಕರಿಭಿಃ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತೇನ ರಾಜ್ಯೇನ ಕಿಂ
ಕಿಂ ವಾ ಪುತ್ರಕಲತ್ರಮಿತ್ರಪಶುಭಿರ್ದೇಹೇನ ಗೇಹೇನ ಕಿಮ್ ।
ಙ್ಞಾತ್ವೈತತ್ಕ್ಷಣಭಂಗುರಂ ಸಪದಿ ರೇ ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯಂ ಮನೋ ದೂರತಃ
ಸ್ವಾತ್ಮಾರ್ಥಂ ಗುರುವಾಕ್ಯತೋ ಭಜ ಮನ ಶ್ರೀಪಾರ್ವತೀವಲ್ಲಭಮ್ ॥ 12 ॥
ಆಯುರ್ನಶ್ಯತಿ ಪಶ್ಯತಾಂ ಪ್ರತಿದಿನಂ ಯಾತಿ ಕ್ಷಯಂ ಯೌವನಂ
ಪ್ರತ್ಯಾಯಾಂತಿ ಗತಾಃ ಪುನರ್ನ ದಿವಸಾಃ ಕಾಲೋ ಜಗದ್ಭಕ್ಷಕಃ ।
ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಸ್ತೋಯತರಂಗಭಂಗಚಪಲಾ ವಿದ್ಯುಚ್ಚಲಂ ಜೀವಿತಂ
ತಸ್ಮಾತ್ತ್ವಾಂ (ಮಾಂ)ಶರಣಾಗತಂ ಶರಣದ ತ್ವಂ ರಕ್ಷ ರಕ್ಷಾಧುನಾ ॥ 13 ॥
ವಂದೇ ದೇವಮುಮಾಪತಿಂ ಸುರಗುರುಂ ವಂದೇ ಜಗತ್ಕಾರಣಂ
ವಂದೇ ಪನ್ನಗಭೂಷಣಂ ಮೃಗಧರಂ ವಂದೇ ಪಶೂನಾಂ ಪತಿಮ್ ।
ವಂದೇ ಸೂರ್ಯಶಶಾಂಕವಹ್ನಿನಯನಂ ವಂದೇ ಮುಕುಂದಪ್ರಿಯಂ
ವಂದೇ ಭಕ್ತಜನಾಶ್ರಯಂ ಚ ವರದಂ ವಂದೇ ಶಿವಂ ಶಂಕರಮ್ ॥ 14 ॥
ಗಾತ್ರಂ ಭಸ್ಮಸಿತಂ ಚ ಹಸಿತಂ ಹಸ್ತೇ ಕಪಾಲಂ ಸಿತಂ
ಖಟ್ವಾಂಗಂ ಚ ಸಿತಂ ಸಿತಶ್ಚ ವೃಷಭಃ ಕರ್ಣೇ ಸಿತೇ ಕುಂಡಲೇ ।
ಗಂಗಾಫೇನಸಿತಾ ಜಟಾ ಪಶುಪತೇಶ್ಚಂದ್ರಃ ಸಿತೋ ಮೂರ್ಧನಿ
ಸೋஉಯಂ ಸರ್ವಸಿತೋ ದದಾತು ವಿಭವಂ ಪಾಪಕ್ಷಯಂ ಸರ್ವದಾ ॥ 15 ॥
ಕರಚರಣಕೃತಂ ವಾಕ್ಕಾಯಜಂ ಕರ್ಮಜಂ ವಾ
ಶ್ರವಣನಯನಜಂ ವಾ ಮಾನಸಂ ವಾஉಪರಾಧಮ್ ।
ವಿಹಿತಮವಿಹಿತಂ ವಾ ಸರ್ವಮೇತತ್ಕ್ಷ್ಮಸ್ವ
ಶಿವ ಶಿವ ಕರುಣಾಬ್ಧೇ ಶ್ರೀ ಮಹಾದೇವ ಶಂಭೋ ॥ 16 ॥
॥ ಇತಿ ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯಕೃತ ಶಿವಾಪರಾಧಕ್ಷಮಾಪಣ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣಮ್ ॥
॥ Shiva Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram Meaning ॥
Even before I saw the light of this world, my sins from previous births,
Through which I passed because of desire for the fruit of my deeds,
Punished me as I lay in my mother’s womb.
There I was boiled in the midst of filthy things:
Who can describe the pain that afflicts the child in its mother’s womb?
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 1 ॥
In childhood my suffering never came to an end;
My body was covered with filth and I craved for my mother’s breasts.
Over my body and limbs I had no control;
I was pursued by troublesome flies and mosquitoes;
Day and night I cried with the pain of many an ailment, forgetting Thee, O Sankara!
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 2 ॥
In youth the venomous snakes of sound, sight, taste, touch, and smell,
Bit into my vitals and slew my discrimination;
I was engrossed in the pleasures of wealth, sons, and a youthful wife.
Alas! My heart, bereft of the thought of Siva,
Was filled with arrogance and pride,
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 3 ॥
Now in old age my senses have lost the power of proper judging and acting;
My body, though still not wholly bereft of life,
Is weak and senile from many afflictions, from sins and illnesses and bereavements;
But even now my mind, instead of meditating on Siva,
Runs after vain desires and hollow delusions.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 4 ॥
The duties laid down in the smriti-perilous and abstruse-are now beyond me;
How can I speak of the Vedic injunctions for Brahmins, as means for attaining Brahman?
Never yet have I rightly grasped, through discrimination,
The meaning of hearing the scriptures from the guru and reasoning on his instruction;
How then can I speak of reflecting on Truth without interruption?
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 5 ॥
Not even once have I finished my bath before sunrise and brought from the Ganges
Water to bathe Thy holy image;
Never, from the deep woods, have I brought the sacred vilwa leaves for Thy worship;
Nor have I gathered full-blown lotuses from the lakes,
Nor ever arranged the lights and the incense for worshipping Thee.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 6 ॥
I have not bathed Thine image with milk and honey, with butter and other oblations;
I have not decked it with fragrant sandal=paste;
I have not worshipped Thee with golden flowers, with incense, with camphor-flame and savoury offerings.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 7 ॥
I have not made rich gifts to the Brahmins, cherishing in my heart,
O Mahadeva, Thy sacred form;
I have not made in the sacred fire the million oblations of butter,
Repeating the holy mantra given to me by my guru;
Never have I done penance along the Ganges with japa and study of the Vedas.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 8 ॥
I have not sat in the lotus posture, nor have I ever controlled
The prana along the Sushumna, repeating the syllable Om;
Never have I suppressed the turbulent waves of my mind, nor merged the self-effulgent Om
In the ever-shining Witness-Consciousness, whose nature is that of the highest Brahman;
Nor have I, in Samadhi, meditated on Sankara, who dwells in every form as the Inner Guide.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 9 ॥
10)
Never, O Siva! Have I seen Thee, the Pure, the Unattached, the Naked One,
Beyond the three gunas, free from delusion and darkness, absorbed in meditation,
And ever aware of the true nature of the world;
Nor, with a longing heart, have I meditated on Thine auspicious and sin-destroying form.
Therefore, O Siva! O Mahadeva! O Sambhu! Forgive me, I pray, for my transgressions. ॥ 10 ॥
O mind, to gain liberation, concentrate wholly on Siva,
The sole Reality underlying the worlds, the Giver of good;
Whose head is illumined by the crescent moon and in whose hair the Ganges is hidden;
Whose fire-darting eyes consumed the god of earthly love; whose throat and ears are decked with snakes;
Whose upper garment is a comely elephant-skin.
Of what avail are all the other rituals? ॥ 11 ॥
O mind, of what are wealth or horses, elephants or a kingdom?
Of what avail the body or a house?
Know all these to be but momentary and quickly shun them;
Worship Siva, as your guru instructs you, for the attaining of Self-Knowledge. ॥ 12 ॥
Day by day does man come nearer to death;
His youth wears away; the day that is gone never returns.
Almighty Time devours everything;
Fickle as lightning is the goddess of fortune.
O Siva! O Giver of shelter to those that come to Thee for refuge!
Protect me, who have taken refuge at Thy feet. ॥ 13 ॥
I salute the ever auspicious Siva, the Home of Peace,
Who sits in the lotus posture; who has five mouths and three eyes;
Who holds in both His hands weapons and gong and drum;
Who is bedecked with many an ornament;
Whose skin is clear as crystal; who is Parvati’s Lord. ॥ 14 ॥
I salute the self-effulgent Guru of the gods, the Lord of Uma;
I salute the Cause of the Universe
I salute the Lord of beasts, adorned with snakes;
I salute Siva, whose three eyes shine like the sun, the moon, and fire;
I salute the Beloved of Krishna; I salute Sankara, who bestows boons on His devotees and gives them shelter;
I salute the auspicious Siva. ॥ 15 ॥
O Siva! White is Thy body, covered with ashes; white shine Thy teeth when Thou smilest!
White is the skull Thou holdest in Thy hand; white is Thy club, which threatens the wicked!
White is the bull on which Thou ridest; white are the rings that hang from Thine ears!
White appear Thy matted locks, covered with the foam of the Ganges;
White shines the moon on Thy forehead!
May He who is all white, all pure, bestow on me the treasure of forgiveness for my transgressions! ॥ 16 ॥
O Siva, forgive all the sins that I have committed
With hands or feet, with words or body, with ears or eyes, with mind or heart;
Forgive my sins, those past and those that are yet to come!
Victory unto Siva, the Ocean of Compassion, the Great God, the Abode of Blessedness! ॥ 17 ॥
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