Vishwamurtyashtaka Stotram
विश्वमूर्त्यष्टकस्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit
अकारणायाखिलकारणाय नमो महाकारणकारणाय । नमोऽस्तु कालानललोचनाय कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
akāraṇāyākhilakāraṇāya namo mahākāraṇakāraṇāya | namo'stu kālānalalocanāya kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations to you, who are without cause yet the cause of all, salutations to you, the cause even of the great cause. Salutations to you, who bear the fire of time in your eye. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
To him who has no cause, yet is himself the cause of all and the cause even of the great cause, my salutation; salutation to Shiva who bears the fire of time in his eye. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
नमोऽस्त्वहीनाभरणाय नित्यं नमः पशूनां पतये मृडाय । वेदान्तवेद्याय नमो नमस्ते कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
namo'stv ahīnābharaṇāya nityaṃ namaḥ paśūnāṃ pataye mṛḍāya | vedāntavedyāya namo namaste kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Eternal salutations to you, who wear the serpent as your foremost ornament; salutations to you, Mrida, lord of all beings. Salutations, salutations again to you, who are knowable through the Upanishads. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Eternal salutation to him whose ornament is the serpent, salutation to Mrida, lord of all beings; salutation again and again to him known through the Upanishads. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
नमोऽस्तु भक्तेर्हितदानदात्रे सर्वौषधीनां पतये नमोऽस्तु । ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय नमो नमस्ते कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
namo'stu bhakter hitadānadātre sarvauṣadhīnāṃ pataye namo'stu | brahmaṇyadevāya namo namaste kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations to you, the giver of devotion and of auspicious gifts, and salutations to you, lord of all medicinal herbs. Salutations, salutations again to you, Brahmanyadeva. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation to the giver of devotion and auspicious gifts, salutation to the lord of all healing herbs; salutation again and again to Brahmanyadeva. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
कालाय कालानलसंनिभाय हिरण्यगर्भाय नमो नमस्ते । हालाहलादाय सदा नमस्ते कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
kālāya kālānalasaṃnibhāya hiraṇyagarbhāya namo namaste | hālāhalādāya sadā namaste kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations, salutations again to you, Time, who resemble the fire of time, and to Hiranyagarbha. Salutations always to you, who swallowed the Halahala poison. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation again and again to Time, who resembles the fire of time, and to Hiranyagarbha; salutation always to the drinker of Halahala poison. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
विरिञ्चिनारायणशक्रमुख्यैरज्ञातवीर्याय नमो नमस्ते । सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्माय नमोऽघहन्त्रे कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
viriñcinārāyaṇaśakramukhyair ajñātavīryāya namo namaste | sūkṣmātisūkṣmāya namo'ghahantre kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations, salutations again to you, whose valour cannot be known even by Brahma, Narayana, Indra and the other chief gods. I bow to you, subtler than the subtlest, the destroyer of sin. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation again and again to him whose valour even Brahma, Narayana, Indra and the chief gods cannot know; I bow to him who is subtler than the subtlest and destroys sin. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
अनेककोटीन्दुनिभाय तेऽस्तु नमो गिरीणां पतयेऽघहन्त्रे । नमोऽस्तु ते भक्तविपद्धराय कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
anekakoṭīndunibhāya te'stu namo girīṇāṃ pataye'ghahantre | namo'stu te bhaktavipaddharāya kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations to you, who grant delight like countless, endless moons; salutations to you, Girisha, destroyer of sin; salutations to you, remover of your devotees' calamities. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation to you, who resemble countless millions of moons, salutation to you, lord of the mountains, destroyer of sin; salutation to you, remover of your devotees' calamities. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
सर्वान्तरस्थाय विशुद्धधाम्ने नमोऽस्तु ते दुष्टकुलान्तकाय । समस्ततेजोनिधये नमस्ते कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
sarvāntarasthāya viśuddhadhāmne namo'stu te duṣṭakulāntakāya | samastatejonidhaye namaste kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations to you, who dwell within all as the Self, of pure radiance, the destroyer of wicked lineages; salutations to you, the treasury of all splendour. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation to you, abiding within all, of pure radiance, destroyer of wicked lineages; salutation to you, treasury of all splendour. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
यज्ञाय यज्ञादिफलप्रदात्रे यज्ञस्वरूपाय नमो नमस्ते । नमो महानन्दमयाय नित्यं कृतागसं मामव विश्वमूर्ते ॥
Transliteration
yajñāya yajñādiphalapradātre yajñasvarūpāya namo namaste | namo mahānandamayāya nityaṃ kṛtāgasaṃ mām ava viśvamūrte ||
Translation
Salutations, salutations again to you, Yajna, the giver of the fruit of sacrifice and other rites, of the very nature of sacrifice. Eternal salutations to you, of the nature of supreme bliss. O Vishwamurti! I am an offender; protect me.
Deep Meaning
Salutation again and again to you, sacrifice itself, giver of the fruit of sacrifice and other rites, of the nature of sacrifice; eternal salutation to you, of the nature of supreme bliss. O Vishwamurti, I have committed offence; protect me.
Sanskrit
इति स्तुतो महादेवो दक्षं प्राह कृताञ्जलिम् । यत् तेऽभिलषितं दक्ष तत् ते दास्याम्यहं ध्रुवम् ॥
Transliteration
iti stuto mahādevo dakṣaṃ prāha kṛtāñjalim | yat te'bhilaṣitaṃ dakṣa tat te dāsyāmy ahaṃ dhruvam ||
Translation
When Daksha had thus praised him with joined palms, Mahadeva said to him: O Daksha! Whatever you desire, that I shall surely give you.
Deep Meaning
Praised in this way by Daksha with joined palms, Lord Shiva said: O Daksha, whatever you wish for, that I will certainly give you.
Sanskrit
अन्यच्च शृणु भो दक्ष यच्च किञ्चिद् ब्रवीम्यहम् । यत्कृतं हि मम स्तोत्रं त्वया भक्त्या प्रजापते ॥
Transliteration
anyac ca śṛṇu bho dakṣa yac ca kiñcid bravīmy aham | yat kṛtaṃ hi mama stotraṃ tvayā bhaktyā prajāpate ||
Translation
Listen further, O Daksha, to what I now say. O Prajapati! This hymn of mine, which you have composed with devotion,
Deep Meaning
O Daksha, listen further to what I say now. O Prajapati, this hymn of mine which you have composed with devotion,
Sanskrit
ये श्रद्धया पठिष्यन्ति मानवाः प्रत्यहं शुभम् । निष्कल्मषा भविष्यन्ति सापराधा अपि ध्रुवम् ॥
Transliteration
ye śraddhayā paṭhiṣyanti mānavāḥ pratyahaṃ śubham | niṣkalmaṣā bhaviṣyanti sāparādhā api dhruvam ||
Translation
whoever recites this auspicious hymn with faith, every day, will become entirely free of sin and spotless, even if they have committed offences.
Deep Meaning
whoever recites this auspicious hymn with faith every day will certainly become free of all sin and spotless, even if they have committed an offence.