॥ Sri Siva Sahasranama Stotram – Poorva Peetika English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī śiva sahasranama stōtram – pūrvapīthika ॥
śuklambaradharaṁ visnuṁ śaśivarnaṁ caturbhujaṁ ।
prasannavadanaṁ dhyayēt sarvavighnōpaśantayē ॥
pūrvapīthika ॥
vasudēva uvaca ।
tataḥ sa prayatō bhūtva mama tata yudhisthira ।
prañjaliḥ praha viprarsirnamasaṅgrahamaditaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
upamanyuruvaca ।
brahmaprōktaiḥ r̥siprōktairvēdavēdaṅgasambhavaiḥ ।
sarvalōkēsu vikhyataṁ stutyaṁ stōsyami namabhiḥ ॥ 2 ॥
mahadbhirvihitaiḥ satyaiḥ siddhaiḥ sarvarthasadhakaiḥ ।
r̥sina tandina bhaktya kr̥tairvēdakr̥tatmana ॥ 3 ॥
yathōktaiḥ sadhubhiḥ khyatairmunibhistattvadarśibhiḥ ।
pravaraṁ prathamaṁ svargyaṁ sarvabhūtahitaṁ śubham ॥ 4 ॥
śrutaiḥ sarvatra jagati brahmalōkavataritaiḥ ।
satyaistatparamaṁ brahma brahmaprōktaṁ sanatanam ॥ 5 ॥
vaksyē yadukulaśrēstha śr̥nusvavahitō mama ।
varayainaṁ bhavaṁ dēvaṁ bhaktastvaṁ paramēśvaram ॥ 6 ॥
tēna tē śravayisyami yattadbrahma sanatanaṁ ।
na śakyaṁ vistaratkr̥tsnaṁ vaktuṁ sarvasya kēnacit ॥ 7 ॥
yuktēnapi vibhūtīnamapi varsaśatairapi ।
yasyadimadhyamantaṁ ca surairapi na gamyatē ॥ 8 ॥
kastasya śaknuyadvaktuṁ gunan kartsnyēna madhava ।
kiṁ tu dēvasya mahataḥ saṅksiptarthapadaksaram ॥ 9 ॥
śaktitaścaritaṁ vaksyē prasadat tasya dhīmataḥ ।
aprapya tu tatō:’nujñaṁ na śakyaḥ stōtumīśvaraḥ ॥ 10 ॥
yada tēnabhyanujñataḥ stutō vai sa tada maya ।
anadinidhanasyahaṁ jagadyōnērmahatmanaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
namnaṁ kiñcitsamuddēśyaṁ vaksyamyavyaktayōninaḥ ।
varadasya varēnyasya viśvarūpasya dhīmataḥ ॥ 12 ॥
śr̥nu namnaṁ cayaṁ kr̥sna yaduktaṁ padmayōnina ।
daśanamasahasrani yanyaha prapitamahaḥ ॥ 13 ॥
tani nirmathya manasa dadhnō ghr̥tamivōddhr̥taṁ ।
girēḥ saraṁ yatha hēma puspasaraṁ yatha madhu ॥ 14 ॥
ghr̥tatsaraṁ yatha mandastathaitatsaramuddhr̥taṁ ।
sarvapapapahamidaṁ caturvēdasamanvitam ॥ 15 ॥
prayatnēnadhigantavyaṁ dharyaṁ ca prayatatmana ।
maṅgalyaṁ paustikaṁ caiva raksōghnaṁ pavanaṁ mahat ॥ 16 ॥
idaṁ bhaktaya datavyaṁ śraddhaya nastikaya ca ।
naśraddhadhana rūpaya nastikaya hitatmanē ॥ 17 ॥
yaścabhyasūyatēdēvaṁ karanatmanamīśvaraṁ ।
sa kr̥sna narakaṁ yati saḥ pūrvaiḥ sahatmajaiḥ ॥ 18 ॥
idaṁ dhyanam idaṁ yōgaṁ idaṁ dhyēyamanuttamaṁ ।
idaṁ japyamidaṁ jñanaṁ rahasyamidamuttamam ॥ 19 ॥
yaṁ jñatva hyantakalēpi gacchēta paramaṁ gatiṁ ।
pavitraṁ maṅgalaṁ mēthyaṁ kalyanamidamuttamam ॥ 20 ॥
idaṁ brahma pura kr̥tva sarvalōkapitamahaḥ ।
sarva stavanaṁ rajatvē divyanaṁ samakalpayat ॥ 21 ॥
tada prabhr̥ti caivayaṁ īśvarasya mahatmanaḥ ।
stavaraja iti khyatō jagatyamarapūjitaḥ ॥ 22 ॥
brahmalōkadayaṁ svargyē stavarajōvataritaḥ ।
yatastandiḥ puraprapa tēna tandi kr̥tō bhavat ॥ 23 ॥
svargaccaivatra bhūlōkaṁ tandina hyavataritaḥ ।
sarvamaṅgala maṅgalyaṁ sarvapapa pranaśanam ॥ 24 ॥
nigadhisyē mahabahō stavanamuttamaṁ stavaṁ ।
brahmanamapi yadbrahma paranamapi yatparam ॥ 25 ॥
tējasamapi yattējastapasamapi yattapaḥ ।
śantanamapi yaḥ śantō dyutīnamapi yadyutiḥ ॥ 26 ॥
dantanamapi yō dantō dhīmatamapi ya ca dhīḥ ।
dēvanamapi yō dēva r̥sīnamapi yastr̥siḥ ॥ 27 ॥
yajñanamapi yō yajñaśśivanamapi yaḥ śivaḥ ।
rudranamapi yō rudraḥ prabhaḥ prabhavatamapi ॥ 28 ॥
yōginamapi yō yōgī karananaṁ ca karanaṁ ।
yatō lōkassambhavanti na bhavanti yataḥ punaḥ ॥ 29 ॥
sarvabhūtatmabhūtasya harasyamitatējasaḥ ।
astōttarasahasraṁ tu namnaṁ śarvasya mē śr̥nu ॥ 30 ॥
yacchrutva manujavyaghra sarvan kamanavapsyasi ॥ 31 ॥
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