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Chandrashekhara Ashtakam

శ్రీచన్ద్రశేఖరాష్టకమ్

Chandrashekhara Ashtakam is a traditional Shiva devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara pāhimām | candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 1|| ratnasānuśarāsanaṃ rajatādiśṛṅganiketanaṃ siñjinīkṛtapannageśvaramacyutānanasāyakam | kṣipradaghapuratrayaṃ tridivālayaibhivanditaṃ candraśekharamāśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ || 2|| pañcapādapapuṣpagandhapadāmbujadūyaśobhitaṃ bhālalocanajātapāvakadagdhamanmathavigrahaṃ | bhasmadigdhakalevaraṃ bhavanāśanaṃ bhavamavyayaṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 3|| mattvāraṇamukhyacarmakṛtottarīmanoharaṃ paṅkajāsanapadmalocanapujitāṅghrisaroruham | devasindhutaraṅgasīkara siktaśubhrajaṭādharaṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 4|| yakṣarājasakhaṃ bhagākṣaharaṃ bhujaṅgavibhūṣaṇaṃ śailarājasutā pariṣkṛta cāruvāmakalevaram | kṣveḍanīlagalaṃ paraśvadhadhāriṇaṃ mṛgadhāriṇaṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 5|| kuṇḍalīkṛtakuṇḍaleśvarakuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃ nāradādimunīśvarastutavaibhavaṃ bhuvaneśvaram | andhakāndhakāmā śritā marapādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 6|| bhaṣajaṃ bhavarogiṇāmakhilāpadāmapahāriṇaṃ dakṣayajñarvināśanaṃ triguṇātmakaṃ trivilocanam | bhuktimuktaphalapradaṃ sakalāghasaṅghanivarhanaṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 7|| bhakta vatsalamaciñtaṃ nidhimakṣayaṃ haridamvaraṃ sarvabhūtapatiṃ parātpara prameyamanuttamam | somavārija bhūhutāśanasomapānilakhākṛtiṃ candraśekhara candraśekhara candraśekhara rakṣamām || 8|| viśvasṛṣṭividhālinaṃ punareva pālanatatparaṃ saṃharantamapi prapañcama śeṣalokanivāsinam | kriḍayantamaharniśaṃ gaṇanāthayūtha samanvitaṃ candraśekhara candraśekara candraśekara rakṣamām || 9|| mṛtyubhītamṛkaṇḍasūnukṛtastava śiva sannidhau yatra kutra ca paṭhennahi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet | pūrṇamāyurarogitāmakhilātha sampadamādaraṃ candraśekhara eva tasya dadāti muktimayatnataḥ || 10|| ||| iti candraśekharāṣṭakam ||

Reading & reflection

Shiva hymns use images of the Ganga, the moon, sacred ash, and stillness. Read at an unhurried pace and reflect on the images as you go.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of श्रीचन्द्रशेखराष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 36833, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.