Shiva Mahimna Stotram

mahimnaḥ pāraṃ te, paramaviduṣo yajñasadṛśī stutirbrahmādīnā mapi tadavasannāstvayi giraḥ | athāvācyaḥ sarvaḥ svamatipariṇāmadhi gṛṇan mamāpyeṣaḥ stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ ||1|| atītaḥ paṃthānaṃ tava ca mahimā vāḍ manasayo ratadvyāvṛtyāyaṃ cakitamabhidhatte śrutirapi | sa kasya stotavyaḥ katividhaguṇaḥ kasya viṣayaḥ pade tvarvācīne patati na manaḥ kasya na vacaḥ ||2|| madhusphītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ nirmitavata stava brahmankiṃ vā gapi suragurorvismayapadam | mama tvetāṃ vāṇīṃ guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavataḥ punāmītyarthesmin puramathanabuddhirvyavasitā ||3|| tavaiścaryeṃ yattad jagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛta trayī vastu vyastaṃ tisṛṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu | abhavyānāmasmin varada ramaṇīyāmaramaṇīṃ vihaṃtuṃ vyokrośīṃ vidadhata ihai ke jaḍadhiyaḥ ||4|| kimihaḥ kiṃkāyaḥ sa khalu kimupāyastribhuvanaṃ kimādhāro dhātā sṛjati kimupādāna iti ca | atakaryaiśvaryetvayyanavasaraduḥstho hatadhiyaḥ kutarkoḍayaṃkāṃści nmukharayati mohāya jagataḥ ||5|| ajanmāno lokāḥ kimavayavaṃvatoḍapi jagatā madhiṣṭhātāraṃ kiṃ bhavavidhiranādatya bhavati | anīśo vā kuryāda bhuvanajanane kaḥ parikaro yato maṃdāstvāṃ pratyamaravara saṃśerata ime ||6|| trayī sāṃkhyaṃ yogaḥ paśupatimataṃ vaiṣṇavamiti prabhinne prasthāne paramidamadaḥ pathyamiti ca | rucīnāṃ vaicitryā dajukuṭilanānāpathajuṣāṃ nṛṇāmeko gamya stvamasi payamāmarṇava iva ||7|| mahokṣaḥ khaḍvāṃgaṃ paraśurajinaṃ bhasma phaṇinaḥ kapālaṃ cetīya ttava varada taṃtropakaraṇam | surāstāṃ tāmṛddhiṃ dadhati tu bhava dbhrūpraṇihitāṃ nahi svātmārāmaṃ viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati ||8|| dhruvaṃ kaścitsarvaṃ sakalamaparastvaddhruvamidaṃ paro dhrovyādhrovye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye | samasteḍapyetasmi npuramathana tairvismita iva stuvaṃjihremi tvāṃ na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā ||9|| tavaiśvaryaṃ yatnā dyadupari viriṃcirhariradhaḥ paricchetuṃ yātā vanalamanalaskaṃdhavapuṣaḥ | tato bhaktiśraddhā bharagurugṛṇadbhyāṃ giriśa yat svayaṃ tasthe tābhyāṃ tava kimanuvṛttine phalati ||10|| ayatnādāpādya tribhuvanamavairavyatikaraṃ daśāsyo yadbāhū nabhṛna raṇakaṃḍuparavaśān | śiraḥpadmaśreṇī racitacaraṇāṃbhoruhabaleḥ sthirāyāstvadbhakte stripurahara visphūrjitamidam ||11|| amuṣya tvatsevā samadhigatasāraṃ bhujavanaṃ balātkailāseḍapi tvadadhivasatau vikramayataḥ | alabhyāpātāle ḍapyalasacalitāṃguṣṭhaśirasi pratiṣṭhā pratvayyā sīddhruvamupacito muhyati khalaḥ ||12|| yadaddhiṃ sutrāmṇo varada paramoccairapi satī madhaścakre bāṇaḥ parijanavidheyastribhuvanaḥ | na taccitraṃ tasmiṃnvarivasitari tvaccaraṇayo rna kasyāpyunnatyai bhavati śirasastvayyavanatiḥ ||13|| akāṇḍabrahmāṇḍakṣayacakitadevāsurakṛpā vidheyasyāsīdyastrinayaviṣaṃ saṃhratavataḥ | sa kalmāṣaḥ kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyamaho vikāroḍapi ślādhyo bhuvanabhayabhaṃgavyasaninaḥ ||14|| asiddhārthā naiva kavacidapi sadevāsuranare nivartante nityaṃ jagati jayino yasya viśikhāḥ | sa paśyannīśa tvāmitarasarurasādhāraṇamabhūt smaraḥ smartavyātmā nahi vaśiṣu pathyaḥ paribhavaḥ||15|| mahī pādādhātād vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadaṃ padaṃ viṣṇorbhrāmyadbhujaparigharugṇagrahagaṇam | muhudyauṃrdosthyaṃ yātyanibhṛtajaṭātāḍitataṭā jagadrakṣāyai tvaṃ naṭasi nanu vāmaiva vibhutā ||16|| viyadvyāpī tārāgaṇaguṇitaphenodgamaruciḥ pravāho vārāṃ yaḥ pṛṣatalaghudaṣṭaḥ śirasi te | jagad dvīpākāraṃ jaladhivalayaṃ tena kṛtami tyanenaivonneyaṃ dhṛtamahima divyaṃ tava vapuḥ ||17|| rathaḥ kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtiragendro dhanuratho rathāḍage candrārkau rathacaraṇapāṇiḥ śara iti | didhakṣoste koḍayaṃ tripuratṛṇamāḍambaravidhir vidheyaiḥ krīḍantyo na khalu paratantrāḥ prabhudhiyaḥ ||18|| hariste sāhastraṃ kamalabalimādhāya padayo yadikone tasmin nijamudaharannetrakamalam | gato bhakatyudrekaḥ pariṇatimasau cakravapuṣā trayāṇāṃ rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām ||19|| kratau supte jāgrattvamasi phalayoge kratumatāṃ kva karma pradhvastaṃ phalati puruṣārādhanamṛte | atastvāṃ samprekṣya kratuṣu phaladānapratibhuvaṃ śrutau śraddhāṃ baddhvā daṭaparikaraḥ karmasu janaḥ ||20|| kriyādakṣo dakṣaḥ kratupatiradhīśastanubhṛtā mṛṣīṇāmārtvijyaṃ śaraṇada sadasyāḥ suragaṇāḥ | kratubhraṃṣastvattaḥ kratuphalavidhānavyasanino dhruvaṃ kartuḥ śraddhāvidhuramabhicārāya hi makhāḥ ||21|| prajānāthaṃ nātha prasabhamabhikaṃ svāṃ duhitaraṃ gataṃ rohidbhūtāṃ riramayiṣumṛṣyasya vapuṣā | dhanuṣpāṇeryātaṃ divamapi sapatrākṛtaṃmamuṃ trasantaṃ teḍadyāpi tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasaḥ ||22|| svalāvaṇyāśaṃsādhṛtadhanuṣamahnāya tṛṇavat puraḥ pluṣṭaṃ daṣṭavā puramathana puṣpāyudhamapi | yadi straiṇaṃ devī yamanirata dehārdhaghaṭanā davaiti tvāmaddhā bata varada mugdhā yuvatayaḥ ||23|| smaśāneṣvākrīḍā smahara piśācāḥ sahacarā ścitābhasmālepaḥ stagapi nṛkaroṭīparikaraḥ | amaṃgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaivamakhilaṃ tathāḍapi smartṛṇāṃ varada paramaṃ maṃgalamasi ||24|| manaḥ pratyakcitte savidhamavadhāyāttamarutaḥ prahraṣyadromāṇaḥ pramadasalilotsaṃgitadaśaḥ | yadālokyāhlādaṃ hrada iva nimajjyāmṛtamaye dadyatyaṃtastattvaṃ krimapi yaminastatkila bhavān ||25|| tvamarkastvaṃ somastvamasi pavanastvaṃ hutavaha stvamāpastvaṃ vyoma tvamu dharaṇirātmā tvamiti ca | paricchinnāmevaṃ tvayipariṇatā bibhratu giraṃ na vidmastattatvaṃ vayamiha tu yattvaṃ na bhavasi ||26|| trayīṃ tistro vṛttīstribhuvanamatho trīnapi surā nakārādyairvarṇai stribhirabhidadhattīrṇa vikṛtiḥ | turīyaṃ te dhāma dhvanibhiravarundhānamaṇubhiḥ samastaṃ vyastaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇada gṛṇātyomiti padam ||27|| bhavaḥ śarvo rudraḥ paśupatirathograḥ sahamahāṃ stathāṃ bhīmaśānāviti yadabhidhānāṣṭakamidam | amuṣminpratyekaṃ pravitarati deva śrutirapi priyāyāsmai dhāmne praṇihitanamasyoḍasmi bhavate ||28|| namo nediṣṭhāya priyadavadaviṣṭhāya ca namo namaḥ kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namaḥ | namovarṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhā ca namaḥ namaḥ sarvasmai te tadidamitiśarvāya ca namaḥ ||29|| bahalarajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ prabalatamase tatsaṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ | janasukhakṛte sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo namaḥ pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namo namaḥ ||30|| kṛśapariṇati cetaḥ kleśavaśyaṃ kva cedaṃ kva ca tava guṇasīmollaṃdhinī śaśvadraddhiḥ iti cakitamamandīkṛtya māṃ bhaktirādhād varada caraṇayoste vākya-puṣpopahāram ||31|| asitagirisamaṃsyāt kajjalaṃ siṃdhupātre surataruvaraśākhā lekhinī patramurvi | likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālaṃ tadapi tava guṇānā mīśa pāraṃ na yāti ||32|| asurasuramunīndrairarcitasyendumaule rgrathitaguṇamahimno nirguṇasyeśvarasya | sakalagaṇavariṣṭhaḥ puṣpadantābhidhāno ruciramaladhuvṛttaiḥ stotrametaccakāra ||33|| aharaharanavadyaṃ dhūrjaṭeḥ stotrametat paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddhacittaḥ pumānyaḥ | sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyastathāḍatra pracurataradhanāyuḥ putravānkīrtimāṃśca ||34|| maheśānnāparo devo mahimno nāparā stutiḥ | aghorānnāparo maṃtro nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param ||35|| dīkṣā dānaṃ tapastīrthaṃ jñānaṃ yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ | mahimnastavapāṭhasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm ||36|| kusumadaśananāmā sarvagandharvarājaḥ śiśuśaśidharamaulerdeva devasya dāsaḥ | sa khalu nijamahimno bhraṣṭa evāsya roṣāt stavanamidamakārṣīd divyadivyaṃ mahimnaḥ ||37|| suravaramunipūjyaṃ svargamokṣaikahetuṃ paṭhati yadi manuṣyaḥ prāṃjalirnānyacetāḥ | vrajati śivasamīpaṃ kinnaraiḥ stūyamānaḥ stavanamidamamoghaṃ puṣpadantapraṇītam ||38|| āsamāptamidaṃ stotraṃ puṇyaṃ gaṃdharvabhāṣitam | anaupamyaṃ manohāriśivamīśvaravarṇanam ||39|| ityeṣā vāḍamayī pūjā śrīmacchaṃkarapādayoḥ | arpitā tena deveśaḥ prīyatāṃ me sadāśivaḥ ||40|| tava tattvaṃ na jānāmi kīdśoḍasi maheśvara | yādsoḍasi mahādeva tādśāya namo namaḥ ||41|| ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate ||42|| śrī puṣpadaṃtamukhapaṃkajanirgatena stotreṃṇa kilbihareṇa harapriyeṇa | kaṃṭhasthitena paṭhitena samāhitena suprīṇito bhavati bhūtapatirmaheśaḥ ||43||