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Kapaleeshwar Ashtakam
Kapaleeshwar Ashtakam
Text in Roman script
Devotional text
īkapālīvarāṭaka
{|| īkapālīvarāṭaka ||}
(aṭaka) a .
. yato vāco inavatate| aāya
manasā saha| ,
aisatigirasamaṃ yā kajalaṃ isadhuḥ pāṃ
suratavaraśākhā lekhanī pamūva |
ilakhita yida gṛhīvā sāradā savakālaṃ
tadipa tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṃ na yāita ||
madhupītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ inamatavata-
tava ka vāgipa suragurovamayapada |
mama vetāṃ vāṇa guṇakathanapuyena bhavataḥ
punāmīyatha'ma puramathana buiyavathatā ||
taāvasaga janatāghivalavo yama italokamabavayipa |
nāmāyanataya yaśo'ikatāina yachṛvita gāyita
gṛṇita sādhavaḥ || (1-5-11).
ye yathā māṃ pate tāṃtathaiva bhajāyaha |
mama vamanuvatate manuyāḥ pātha savaśaḥ || (4-11).
. ilayate'nena iita ilaga|
(inagachita)
. layaṃ gachita bhūtāina saṃhāre inikhalāina
ca| inagachita yatacāipa ilagotatena hetunā ||
. (apa).
leśo'idhakatarateṣā-mayatāsata-cetasā ||
ayatā iha gitaduḥkhaṃ dehaviravāyate || (12-5).
ā ivaṇuca ca ikhaḍimita kayate |
ūva tu iśavabhāgayā ivaṇubhāgatu mayamaḥ |
ābhāgavadhaḥ otaḥ śāailagakubhayoḥ ||
ilagapī - līnamatha gamayatīita ilaga| taūpī ilagapī |
aivaāitaroihata-jaḍapacaya gamakavaṃ kāśāmakaya caitayaya,
taūpī paramevaraḥ iyathaḥ| tadutaṃ kāde -
sūtaḥ:-
athātaḥ saṃvayāima iśavilagaṃ samāsataḥ |
yaya ivaānamāeṇa ivamuto mānavo bhave ||
iśava eva vayaṃ ilagaṃ gamakameva iha |
iśavena gayate sava iśavo nāyena gayate || (653).
(yāma) . .
śaṃbhureva tadā pūyo nāye ivavādayasurāḥ |
ya sava'ipa surātaṭhita iśavasinadhau ||
atatayācanaṃ pūjā kathāguṇagaṇatava |
tamaya japacaiva katayo mokāṃiibhaḥ ||
dāiraduḥkhatādhānāṃ etiyājanaṃ mṛta |
ṛṇāṇavinamanānāṃ uḍupo'yaṃ sutārakaḥ ||
doṣe pāvatīnāthe mahavita tāḍava |
vādevī valavīdhae mṛdagaṃ gaḍavajaḥ |
ramā gānakalāṃ ā tālaṃ veṇuṃ idavapitaḥ ||
sava cāye supavaṇaḥ sevate taṃ mahevara |
puyaeṃ samāsā mahāilagaṃ inaṣeya ca ||
pacakṛvā namakuya sāṭāgaṃ bhatapūvaka |
pāṃsūnāṃ agalanānāṃ ekaikaya namakṛtau ||
idayavaṣasahaṃtu iśavaloke mahīyate|
daśanaṃ vadanaṃ ilagadiṇaca tapaṇa |
doṣe ṛṇamuteḥ yā bhavatūlamahāinalaḥ |
bhutamathunamayagaṃ hiradaśanakītane |
yathalāpaṃ doṣe tu vajayeaiidako janaḥ ||
ivavacanaṃ sadā kāya doṣasamayaṃ ivanā |
taāipa narasahaṃ tu kītayeśayeudhaḥ ||
evaṃ doṣasamaye pūjāṃ katumaśanuva |
gavā iśavālayaṃ paye bhato'bhato'tavā iśava ||
oṃ ṛtaṃ sayaṃ paraṃ puṣaṃ nṛkesira ivaha |
kṛṇapagala-mūvaretaṃ ivapāṃ śaṃkaraṃ nīlaloihataṃ
umāpata paśupata ipanāikanaṃ imatauita-mīśānaḥ--- ||
idanameta tataḥ puyaṃ bhivayita mahara |
iśavarāiirita yātā itithareṣā mama iyā ||
bhogāvahaṃ idaṃ ilagaṃ bhutamuyeka sādhana |
daśana-paśana-yānājatūnāṃ jama mocana ||
analācala-saṃkāśaṃ yidadaṃ ilagamuthata |
aṇācalimayeva tidadaṃ yātameyita ||
(tejoilaga|).
ivaṣayā ivinavatate inarāhāraya deihanaḥ|
māghakṛṇacatudayāṃ upavāso'itadulabhaḥ |
taāipa dulabhaṃ maye rāau jāgaraṇaṃ nṛṇā ||
atīva dulabhaṃ ta iśavilagaya daśana |
sudulabhataraṃ ta pūjanaṃ parameiśatuḥ ||
bhava-koiṭa-śatopā-puya-rāiśa-ivapākataḥ |
layate vā punata ibava-paāpaṇaṃ ivabhoḥ ||
vaṣaṇāmayutaṃ yena nātaṃ gagāsirajale |
sakṛ ibavācanenaiva taphalaṃ layate naraiḥ ||
aopavāsaḥ kenāipa kṛtaḥ tuśatāyate |
rāau jāgaraṇaṃ puyaṃ vaṣa-koiṭa-tapoidhaka ||
ekena ibava-paeṇa iśava-ilagācane kṛte |
ailoye taya puyaya ko vā sāyamṛchita ||
aho balavatī māyā yena śaivī mahāitithaḥ |
nopāyate janai-mūḍhaiḥ aitamūkhairava yī ||
upavāso jāgaraṇaṃ sinidhaḥ parameiśatuḥ |
gokaṇa iśavalokaya nṛṇāṃ sopāna-paitaḥ ||
's ṛṣabhāḍhaḥ.
(ṛṣabhaḥ)
. :- "vṛṣa secane"
vaṣaṇā savakāmānāṃvṛṣabhaḥ, dhamapatayā savakāmadavā,
tamāḍhaḥ; vṛṣabhavāhanaḥ iyathaḥ| (40).
vṛṣākaḥ| (39)..
rathathaṃ vāmanaṃ vā punajama na ivate | " "
āmānaṃ rithanaṃ ivi śarīraṃ rathameva ca |
bu tu sāratha ivi manaḥ hameva ca ||
. vāmanaḥ
aguṭhamāḥ puṣo maya āmina itaṭhita |
īśānaṃ bhūtabhayaya na tato ivajugusate ||
inarapeṃ muna śātaṃ inavaraṃ samadaśana |
anujāyahaṃ inayaṃ pūyayeyireṇuibhaḥ ||
ibhaāṭanaḥ
kāmeśa-ba-māgayasū-śoibhata-kadharā| 's
abakānāthaḥ = abakāyā nāthaḥ pitaḥ| idaṃ cāthataḥ
uita-isaṃ nāma| "namo iharaya-bāhave iharaya-vaṇaya
iharaya-pāya iharaya-pataye'bakā-pataya umā-pataye paśu-pataye
namonamaḥ|
saṃsārāṇava-manānāṃ samuraṇa hetuḥ -
saṃsāraḥ jananamaraṇāidasamūhaḥ sa evāṇavaḥ, samuḥ apāravā,
ta manānāṃ savadā duḥkhanubhivatṝṇāṃ,
duḥkhanāśakaralavāidarihatānāṃ, samuraṇe,
teṣāṃ duḥkhanāśane hetuḥ kāraṇaṃ vedātamahāvāyajaya-
vṛyāḍhaḥ sa saṃsarapāśivachedakaravā ||
"āvā devaṃ savapāśāpahāinirita|" uitaḥ || (408)
ivaṣayāṇavamanānāṃ samuraṇasetuḥ -
ivaṣayaśadena ivaṣayānubhavapasaṃsāra uyate|| sa evāṇavaḥ
samuḥ ivaṣayāṇavaḥ, tama saṃsārasamue mahita,
aivaākāmakamabhavaduḥkhodake tīrogajarāmṛyumahāāhe
anādāvanate'pāre inarālabe ivaṣayeiyajinatasukhalavalaṇivame,
paceiyothatṛmāta- ivaobhothatānathaśatamahomiṇa,
mahāpātakānekinarayagate, (duvaravāiracaragabha) hāheyāida-
kūijatāośanoūtamahāṇave manānaṃ samuraṇe sayaguraṇe
setuirava setuḥ |
"inataṃ thāya samaṃ śarīraṃ
dīiyāiṇa manasā sinaveya |
oḍupena tareva ivaā
otāṃisa savaiṇa bhayāvahāina||" iita uitaḥ || (477).
saṃsāra-sāgara-inamajana-mumānaṃ
dīnaṃ ivalokaya ivabho kaṇāinadhe mā |
lāda-kheda-pirahāra-parāvatāra-
lamīnṛsaha mama deiha karāvalaba||(10) ||
lāda-kheda-pirahāra-parāvatāra|
. .ayavocadidha vatā
thamo daiyo ibhaṣa|
teṣāmahaṃ samuta mṛyusaṃsārasāgarā |
bhavāima na icarāpātha mayāveiśaatacetasā ||
. kapaṃ .
savabhūtāina kauteya kṛta yāita māimakā |
kapaye punatāina kapādau ivasṛjāyaha ||
kapālīita - kapālaṃ kapālaṃ ayātīita kapālī| etena
aneka-āyaya-daśava-laṇaṃ sanātanavamutaṃ bhavita |
sadā mohāṭayāṃ carita yuvatīnāṃ kuca-igarau
naṭayāśāśākhāvaṭita hiṭita vairamibhataḥ |
kapāila! ibhao! me daya-kipamayata-capalaṃ
ḍhaṃ bavā iśava bhavadadhīnaṃ ku ivabho! || (20).
: māyāṃ tu kṛta ivaāmāiyanaṃ tu
mahevara | , , .
. (18). iśavo magalapaḥ|
inamaṭha-inikhala-duḥkhānuṣaga-paramānada-pa iyathaḥ |
savamagalamāgaye iśave savathasāidhake |
śaraye yabake gauira nārāyiṇa namo'tu te ||
yaḥ iśavo namapāyāṃ yā devī savamagalā |
tayoḥ saṃmaraṇā puṃsāṃ savato jaya magala ||
umāsahāyaṃ paramevaraṃ bhuṃ
ilocanaṃ nīlakaṭhaṃ śāta |
yāvā muinagachita bhūtayona
samatasā tamasaḥ paratā ||
kapakābā-kapālīśau bhataraṇa-taparau |
tayoḥ anuho ya vatate ta magala ||
|| ī kapālīvarāṭaka ||
kapāila-nāmadheyakaṃ kalāipa-puyadhīvaraṃ
kalādharādha-śekharaṃ karī-cama-bhūiṣata |
kṛpā-rasā-locanaṃ kulācala-pūijataṃ
kubera-imamūjataṃ gaṇeśa-pūijataṃ bhaje || 1||
bhaje bhujaga-bhūṣaṇaṃ bhavādha-bhīita-bhajanaṃ
bhavovaṃ bhayāpahaṃ sukhadaṃ surevara |
ravīdu-vina-locanaṃ ramā-dhavācataṃ varaṃ
umā-dhavaṃ sumādhavī-subhūiṣaataṃ mahāgu || 2||
guṃ igarī-dhivanaṃ guha-iyaṃ guhāśayaṃ
igira-iyaṃ naga-iyā-samivataṃ vara-da |
sura-iyaṃ riva-bhaṃ sure-pūijataṃ bhuṃ
nare-pīṭha-dāyakaṃ namāyahaṃ mahevara || 3||
mahevaraṃ surevaraṃ dhanevara-iyevaraṃ
vanevaraṃ ivaśu-ica vāisanaṃ parāpara |
maveṣa-dhāiraṇaṃ kṛṭa-icavaipaṇaṃ
iva-kama-kāiraṇaṃ suiśakaṃ marāyaha || 4||
marāyahaṃ marātakaṃ murāira-seivatāikaṃ
parāira-nāśana-maṃ purāira ipaṇaṃ śubha |
puara-saha-bhānu-tuya tejasaṃ mahaujasaṃ
su-caḍakeśa pūijataṃ mṛḍaṃ samāye sadā || 5||
sadā ṭa-ipaṇaṃ satāṃ haṣa-vaṣaṇaṃ
ibhadā ivanāśa-kāraṇa māṇagocaraṃ para |
mudā vṛ-natanaṃ jagapiva-kītanaṃ
inadānamekamautaṃ inatātamāyeha || 6||
ahaṃ-mamāida dūṣaṇaṃ mahe-rana-bhūṣaṇaṃ
mahā-vṛṣe-vāhanaṃ hī-bhūṣaṇāivata |
vṛṣākipa-vaipaṇaṃ mṛṣā-padātha-dhāiraṇaṃ
mṛkaḍusūnu saṃtutaṃ bhīitadaṃ namāima ta || 7||
namāima taṃ mahāmata nateṭadāna-caṇaṃ
natāta-bhajanotaṃ nage-vāisanaṃ ivabhu |
agejā samivataṃ mṛge ivamāivataṃ
khage-vāhana-iyaṃ sukhavapamayaya || 8||
sukapakābakā-pita-iyaṃvadaṃ manoharaṃ
sugūḍakāicarāmakṛṇa yoigiśaya saṃtuta |
mahādoṣa puyakāla kītanāśubhadaṃ
bhajāmahe sadāmudā kapāila magaḻāṭaka || 9||
kapāila tuṭadāyakaṃ mahāpida pālakaṃ
vabhīṭa-isi-dāyakaṃ iviśaṭa-magalāṭaka |
paṭhesubhatataḥ kapāila sinadhau mā
avāya savamāyurāida modate sumagala || 10||
iita gūḍalūr īrāmakṛṇānada yatī iśaya
ī rāmacaeṇa ivaricataṃ
|| ī kapālīvarāṭakaṃ sapūṇa ||About this ashtakam
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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