Uma Maheshwara Stotram
उमामहेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां नवयौवनाभ्यां परस्पराश्लिष्टवपुर्धराभ्याम् नगेन्द्रकन्यावृषकेतनाभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ navayauvanābhyāṃ parasparāśliṣṭavapurdharābhyām | nagendrakanyāvṛṣaketanābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to that Shiva and Shiva, the goddess, of fresh youthful age, their bodies held in mutual embrace; repeated salutations to these two, Shankara, whose banner bears the sign of the bull, and Parvati, the daughter of the mountain-king Himalaya.
Deep Meaning
Of fresh youthful age, their bodies held in mutual embrace, to such Shiva and Shiva, the goddess, salutation. To these two, Shankara, whose banner bears the bull's sign, and Parvati, daughter of the mountain-king Himalaya, my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां सरसोत्सवाभ्यां नमस्कृताभीष्टवरप्रदाभ्याम् नारायणेनाऽर्चितपादुकाभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ sarasotsavābhyāṃ namaskṛtābhīṣṭavaradābhyām | nārāyaṇenārcitapādukābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Lord Shiva and the goddess, engaged in joyous festivity, who grant desired boons merely upon being saluted; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, whose sandals are worshipped by Shri Narayana himself.
Deep Meaning
Engaged in great and joyous festivity, who grant the desired boon merely by being saluted, to such Lord Shiva and the goddess, salutation. Whose foot-sandals are worshipped by Shri Narayana, to that Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां वृषवाहनाभ्यां विरञ्चिविष्ण्विन्द्रसुपूजिताभ्याम् विभूतिपाटीरविलेपनाभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ vṛṣavāhanābhyāṃ virañciviṣṇvindrasupūjitābhyām | vibhūtipāṭīravilepanābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, seated upon the bull, well worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Indra and the other chief gods; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, anointed with the unguent of ash, vibhuti, and sandal, patira.
Deep Meaning
Seated upon the bull, and well worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Indra and the chief gods, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Anointed with ash and fragrant sandal paste, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां जगदीश्वराभ्यां जगत्पतिभ्यां जयविग्रहाभ्याम् जम्भारिमुख्यैरभिवन्दिताभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ jagadīśvarābhyāṃ jagatpatibhyāṃ jayavigrahābhyām | jambhārimukhyair abhivanditābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, the lord of the entire universe, the master of the world, embodying victory; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, saluted by Indra and the other chief gods, enemies of the demon Jambha.
Deep Meaning
The lord of the entire universe, the master of the world, of victorious form, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Saluted by Indra and the other chief gods who are the enemies of the demon Jambha, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां परमौषधाभ्यां पञ्चाक्षरीपञ्जररञ्जिताभ्याम् प्रपञ्चसृष्टिस्थितिसंहृतिभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ paramauṣadhābhyāṃ pañcākṣarīpañjararañjitābhyām | prapañcasṛṣṭisthitisaṃhṛtibhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, the supreme medicine for yogis, adorned by the cage of the five-syllabled mantra "Namah Shivaya"; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, who are themselves the creation, sustenance and dissolution of the entire manifest universe.
Deep Meaning
The supreme medicine for yogis, adorned by the cage of the five-syllabled mantra "Namah Shivaya," to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Who are themselves the creation, sustenance and dissolution of the whole manifest universe, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यामतिसुन्दराभ्याम् अत्यन्तमासक्तहृदम्बुजाभ्याम् अशेषलोकैकहितङ्कराभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyām atisundarābhyām atyantamāsaktahṛdambujābhyām | aśeṣalokaikahitaṅkarābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, of exceedingly beautiful form, dwelling in the lotus-heart of their devotees, the yogis; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, the sole benefactors of all moving and unmoving beings.
Deep Meaning
Of exceedingly beautiful form, dwelling constantly in the lotus-heart of their devotees, the yogis, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. The sole benefactors of all moving and unmoving beings, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां कलिनाशनाभ्यां कङ्कालकल्याणवपुर्धराभ्याम् कैलासशैलस्थितदेवताभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ kalināśanābhyāṃ kaṅkālakalyāṇavapurdharābhyām | kailāsaśailasthitadevatābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shankara and Parvati, who destroy all the flaws of the Kali age, who grant liberation even to a creature reduced to a mere skeleton, who, through mantra, bring one to the supreme state, and who dwell on Mount Kailasa.
Deep Meaning
Destroyers of all the faults of the Kali age, who, through mantra, carry across to the supreme state even a creature whose body has been reduced to a mere skeleton, dwelling on Mount Kailasa, to that Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यामशुभापहाभ्याम् अशेषलोकैकविशेषिताभ्याम् अकुण्ठिताभ्यां स्मृतिसम्भृताभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyām aśubhāpahābhyām aśeṣalokaikaviśeṣitābhyām akuṇṭhitābhyāṃ smṛtisambhṛtābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, destroyers of inauspiciousness, the one and only in all the worlds; repeated salutations to Lord Shankara and Parvati, endowed with unobstructed power, who ever remember their devotees.
Deep Meaning
Destroyers of inauspiciousness, the one and only in all the worlds, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Endowed with unobstructed power and ever keeping their devotees in mind, to Lord Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां रथवाहनाभ्यां रवीन्दुवैश्वानरलोचनाभ्याम् राकाशशाङ्काभमुखाम्बुजाभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ rathavāhanābhyāṃ ravīnduvaiśvānaralocanābhyām | rākāśaśāṅkābhamukhāmbujābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, seated upon a chariot as their mount, whose three eyes are the sun, moon and fire; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, whose lotus faces are like the radiance of the full-moon night.
Deep Meaning
Seated upon a chariot as their mount, whose three eyes are of the nature of sun, moon and fire, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Whose lotus faces are like the radiance of the full-moon night, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां जटिलन्धराभ्यां जरामृतिभ्यां च विवर्जिताभ्याम् जनार्दनाब्जोद्भवपूजिताभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ jaṭilandharābhyāṃ jarāmṛtibhyāṃ ca vivarjitābhyām | janārdanābjodbhavapūjitābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, who wear matted locks and who are free from old age and death; repeated salutations to Lord Shankara and Goddess Parvati, worshipped by Lord Janardana, Vishnu, and by Brahma.
Deep Meaning
Wearing matted locks, and free from old age and death, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Worshipped by Lord Janardana, Vishnu, and by Brahma, to Lord Shankara and Goddess Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां विषमेक्षणाभ्यां बिल्वच्छदामल्लिकदामभृद्भ्याम् शोभावतीशान्तवतीश्वराभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ viṣamekṣaṇābhyāṃ bilvacchadāmallikadāmabhṛdbhyām | śobhāvatīśāntavatīśvarābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, three-eyed, wearing garlands of bilva leaves and fragrant mallika flowers; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, the lords of Shobhavati and Shantavati.
Deep Meaning
Three-eyed, wearing garlands of bilva leaves and fragrant mallati flowers, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Lords of Shobhavati and Shantavati, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
नमः शिवाभ्यां पशुपालकाभ्यां जगत्त्रयीरक्षणबद्धहृद्भ्याम् समस्तदेवासुरपूजिताभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥
Transliteration
namaḥ śivābhyāṃ paśupālakābhyāṃ jagattrayīrakṣaṇabaddhahṛdbhyām | samastadevāsurapūjitābhyāṃ namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām ||
Translation
Salutations to Shiva and the goddess, whose hearts are ever set upon sustaining all beings and protecting the three worlds; repeated salutations to Shankara and Parvati, worshipped by all the gods and demons.
Deep Meaning
Whose hearts are constantly set on sustaining all beings and protecting the three worlds, to such Shiva and the goddess, my salutation. Worshipped by all the gods and demons, to Shankara and Parvati my repeated salutation.
Sanskrit
स्तोत्रं त्रिसन्ध्यं शिवपार्वतीयं भक्त्या पठेद् द्वादशकं नरो यः स सर्वसौभाग्यफलानि भुङ्क्ते शतायुरन्ते शिवलोकमेति ॥
Transliteration
stotraṃ trisandhyaṃ śivapārvatīyaṃ bhaktyā paṭhed dvādaśakaṃ naro yaḥ | sa sarvasaubhāgyaphalāni bhuṅkte śatāyurante śivalokam eti ||
Translation
Whoever recites this twelve-versed hymn concerning Shiva and Parvati with great faith and devotion, three times a day, at dawn, midday and evening, lives for a hundred years enjoying all the fruits of good fortune, and in the end attains Shivaloka.
Deep Meaning
Whoever, with great faith and devotion, recites this twelve-versed hymn about Shiva and Parvati at dawn, midday and evening, lives a hundred years enjoying every fruit of good fortune, and in the end attains Shivaloka.