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Rudrashtakam

రుద్రాష్టకమ్

Rudrashtakam 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)

namāmiśamīśāna nirvāṇa rūpaṃ| vibhuṃ vyāpakaṃ brahma vedasvarūpaṃ||1|| nijaṃ nirguṇaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirīhaṃ| cidākāśamākāśavāsaṃ bhajehaṃ||2|| nirākāramoṃkāramūlaṃ turīyaṃ| girā jñāna gotītamīśaṃ girīśaṃ||3|| karālaṃ mahākāla kālaṃ kṛpālaṃ| guṇāgāra saṃsārapāraṃ natohaṃ||4|| tuṣārādri saṃkāśa gauraṃ gaṃbhīraṃ| manobhūta koṭi prabhā śrī śarīraṃ||5|| sphuranmauli kallolinī cāru gaṃgā| lasadbhālabāleṃdu kaṃṭhe bhujaṃgā||6|| calatkuṃḍalaṃ bhrū sunetraṃ viśālaṃ| prasannānanaṃ nīlakaṃṭha dayālaṃ||7|| mṛgādhīśacarmāmbaraṃ muṇḍamālaṃ| priyaṃ śaṃkaraṃ sarvanāthaṃ bhajāmi||8|| pracaṃḍaṃ prakṛṣṭaṃ pragalbhaṃ pareśaṃ| akhaṃḍaṃ ajaṃ bhānukoṭiprakāśaṃ||9|| traya:śūla nirmūlanaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ| bhajehaṃ bhavānīpatiṃ bhāvagamyaṃ||10|| kalātīta kalyāṇa kalpāntakārī| sadā sajjanānandadātā purārī||11|| cidānaṃdasaṃdoha mohapahārī| prasīda prasīda prabho manmathārī||12|| na yāvad umānātha pādāravindaṃ| bhajaṃtīha loke pare vā narāṇāṃ||13|| na tāvatsukhaṃ śāṃti santāpanāśaṃ| prasīda prabho sarvabhūtādhivāsaṃ||14|| na jānāmi yogaṃ japaṃ naiva pūjāṃ| natohaṃ sadā sarvadā śaṃbhu tubhyaṃ||15|| jarā janma du:khaugha tātapyamānaṃ| prabho pāhi āpannamāśīśa śaṃbho||16|| rudrāṣṭakamidaṃ proktaṃ vipreṇa haratoṣaye| ye paṭhanti narā bhaktyā teṣāṃ śambhuḥ prasīdati||

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 रुद्राष्टकम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 334499, 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.