(Ved Saar Shiva Stotram)
वेद-सार शिव स्तोत्र
पशूनां पतिं पापनाशं परेशं गजेन्द्रस्य कृत्तिं वसानं वरेण्यम् ।
जटाजूटमध्ये स्फुरद्गाड्गवारि महादेवमेकं स्मरामि समरामि ॥ १ ॥
[I meditate only on that great God, Who is the lord of all beings, Who is the destroyer of sins, Who is the lord of heaven, Who wears the hide of the king of elephants And who keeps river ‘Ganga’ in the middle of his hair...]
महेशं सुरेशं सुरारार्तिनाशं विभूं विश्वनाथं विभूत्यङ्गभूषम् ।
विरूपाक्षमिन्द्वर्कवह्नित्रिनेत्रं सदानन्दमीडे प्रभुं पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥ २ ॥
[I pray that Lord of lords with faces five, who is the greatest God, Who is the God of devas, Who is the enemy of Asuras, Who is scholar of philosophy, Who is the lord of the universe, Who anoints himself totally with ash And who has sun, moon and fire as eyes...]
गिरीशं गणेशं गले नीलवर्णं गवेन्द्राधिरूढं गणातीत रूपम् ।
भवं भास्वरं भस्मना भूषिताङ्गं भवानीकत्रं भजे पञ्चवक्त्रम् ॥ ३ ॥
[I worship the five-faced lord who has bhavaani as his wife, who is the lord of mountains, the lord of each and every individual, blue-throated, seated on the bull, beyond gunas, who is the world and the lord of the world with snakes as his ornaments...]
शिवाकान्त शभ्भो शशाङ्कार्धमौले महेशान शूलिन् जटाजूट धारिन् ।
त्वमेको जगद्व्यापको विश्वरूप प्रसीद् प्रसीद् प्रभो पूर्णरूप ॥ ४ ॥
[Be kind to me. Be kind to me, Oh, Lord, Who has a fully complete mien, Who is the consort of Goddess Uma, Who keeps the moon crescent with himself, Who is the God who carries the great spear, Who has unkempt grown hair, Who is the only one pervading all over And who has a form which encompasses the universe...]
परात्मानमेकं जगद्बीजमाद्यं निरीहं निराकारमोङ्कारवेधम् ।
यतो जायते पाल्यते येन विश्वं तमीशं भजे लीयते यत्र विश्वम् ॥ ५ ॥
न भूमिर्न चापो न वह्निर्न वायुर्न चाकाशमास्ते न तन्द्र न निद्रा ।
न ग्रीषमो न शीतं न देशो न वेशो न यस्यास्ति मूर्तिस्त्रिमूतिं तमीडे ॥ ६ ॥
[I pray and praise that God Who is the trimurty, And who is not affected by Earth, water, fire, wind, Ether, thanthra, nidhra, Heat, cold, place of stay and attire...]
अजं शाश्वतं कारणं कारणानां शिवं केवलं भासकं भासकानाम् ।
तुरीयं तमःपारमाद्यन्तहीनं प्रपद्ये परं पावनं द्वैतहीनम् ॥ ७ ॥
[I praise that most holy God, Who does not have any birth, Who is permanent, Who is the cause of all causes, Who is peaceful, Who is the light of all lights, Who is thureeya, the other side of ignorance, Who does not have either end or beginning And who does not have any divisions...]
नमस्ते नमस्ते विभो विश्वमूर्ते नमस्ते नमस्ते चिदानन्दमूर्ते ।
नमस्ते नमस्ते तपोयोगगम्य नमस्ते नमस्ते श्रुतिज्ञानगम्य ॥ ८ ॥
[Salutations and salutations, To the store house of knowledge and god of all worlds, Salutations and salutations, To him who should be known by meditation and Yoga, Salutations and salutations, To him who is the ever lasting bliss, Salutations and salutations To him who should be attained through Vedas...]
प्रभो शूलपाणे विभो विश्वनाथ महादेव शभ्भो महेश त्रिनेत्र ।
शिवाकान्त शान्त स्मरारे पुरारे त्वदन्यो वरेण्यो न मान्यो न गण्यः ॥ ९ ॥
[I worship the one and only lord who holds the trident, the lord of the entire world and the lord of Devas, the greatest lord with three eyes, who is the husband of Shiva(Gauri), who is serene and the destroyer of tripurasuras...]
शभ्भो महेश करुणामय शूलपाणे गौरिपते पशुपते पशुपाशनाशिन् ।
काशीपते करुणया जगदेतदेकस्त्वं हंसि पासि विदधासि महेश्वरोऽसि ॥ १० ॥
[O Shambhu, you are the supreme lord, kind-hearted, Gauri's husband, holding the trident and destroy Jeeva's paasha of this world, the lord of Kaashi, You are the One who creates this world, nourish this world and You only destroy this world as you are the lord of the Lords...]
त्वत्तो जगद् भवति देव भव स्मरारे त्वय्येव तिष्ठति जगन्मृड विश्वनाथ ।
त्वय्येव गच्छति लयं जगदेतदीश लिङ्गात्मकं हर चराचरविश्वरूपम् ॥ ११ ॥
[Salutations to the lord from whom this world originates, who is this world, in whom this world resides, who is the lord of the world, in whose Ling-roop this entire world merges at last...]
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