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Kapaleeshwar Ashtakam

Kapaleeshwar Ashtakam

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Devotional text

īkapālīvarāṭaka
{|| īkapālīvarāṭaka ||}
(aṭaka) a .
 . yato vāco inavatate| aāya
manasā saha| ,
aisatigirasamaṃ yā kajalaṃ isadhuḥ pāṃ
suratavaraśākhā lekhanī pamūva |
ilakhita yida gṛhīvā sāradā savakālaṃ
tadipa tava guṇānāmīśa pāraṃ na yāita ||
madhupītā vācaḥ paramamamṛtaṃ inamatavata-
tava  ka vāgipa suragurovamayapada |
mama vetāṃ vāṇa guṇakathanapuyena bhavataḥ
punāmīyatha'ma puramathana buiyavathatā ||
taāvasaga janatāghivalavo yama italokamabavayipa |
nāmāyanataya yaśo'ikatāina yachṛvita gāyita
gṛṇita sādhavaḥ || (1-5-11).
ye yathā māṃ pate tāṃtathaiva bhajāyaha |
mama vamanuvatate manuyāḥ pātha savaśaḥ || (4-11).
 . ilayate'nena iita ilaga|
 (inagachita)
 . layaṃ gachita bhūtāina saṃhāre inikhalāina
ca| inagachita yatacāipa ilagotatena hetunā ||
 . (apa).
leśo'idhakatarateṣā-mayatāsata-cetasā ||
ayatā iha gitaduḥkhaṃ dehaviravāyate || (12-5).
ā ivaṇuca ca ikhaḍimita kayate |
ūva tu iśavabhāgayā ivaṇubhāgatu mayamaḥ |
ābhāgavadhaḥ otaḥ śāailagakubhayoḥ ||
ilagapī - līnamatha gamayatīita ilaga| taūpī ilagapī |
aivaāitaroihata-jaḍapacaya gamakavaṃ kāśāmakaya caitayaya,
taūpī paramevaraḥ iyathaḥ| tadutaṃ kāde -
sūtaḥ:-
athātaḥ saṃvayāima iśavilagaṃ samāsataḥ |
yaya ivaānamāeṇa ivamuto mānavo bhave ||
iśava eva vayaṃ ilagaṃ gamakameva iha |
iśavena gayate sava iśavo nāyena gayate || (653).
(yāma) . .
śaṃbhureva tadā pūyo nāye ivavādayasurāḥ |
ya sava'ipa surātaṭhita iśavasinadhau ||
atatayācanaṃ pūjā kathāguṇagaṇatava |
tamaya japacaiva katayo mokāṃiibhaḥ ||
dāiraduḥkhatādhānāṃ etiyājanaṃ mṛta |
ṛṇāṇavinamanānāṃ uḍupo'yaṃ sutārakaḥ ||
doṣe pāvatīnāthe mahavita tāḍava |
vādevī valavīdhae mṛdagaṃ gaḍavajaḥ |
ramā gānakalāṃ ā tālaṃ veṇuṃ idavapitaḥ ||
sava cāye supavaṇaḥ sevate taṃ mahevara |
puyaeṃ samāsā mahāilagaṃ inaṣeya ca ||
pacakṛvā namakuya sāṭāgaṃ bhatapūvaka |
pāṃsūnāṃ agalanānāṃ ekaikaya namakṛtau ||
idayavaṣasahaṃtu iśavaloke mahīyate|
daśanaṃ vadanaṃ ilagadiṇaca tapaṇa |
doṣe ṛṇamuteḥ yā bhavatūlamahāinalaḥ |
bhutamathunamayagaṃ hiradaśanakītane |
yathalāpaṃ doṣe tu vajayeaiidako janaḥ ||
ivavacanaṃ sadā kāya doṣasamayaṃ ivanā |
taāipa narasahaṃ tu kītayeśayeudhaḥ ||
evaṃ doṣasamaye pūjāṃ katumaśanuva |
gavā iśavālayaṃ paye bhato'bhato'tavā iśava ||
oṃ ṛtaṃ sayaṃ paraṃ  puṣaṃ nṛkesira ivaha |
kṛṇapagala-mūvaretaṃ ivapāṃ śaṃkaraṃ nīlaloihataṃ
umāpata paśupata ipanāikanaṃ imatauita-mīśānaḥ--- ||
idanameta tataḥ puyaṃ bhivayita mahara |
iśavarāiirita yātā itithareṣā mama iyā ||
bhogāvahaṃ idaṃ ilagaṃ bhutamuyeka sādhana |
daśana-paśana-yānājatūnāṃ jama mocana ||
analācala-saṃkāśaṃ yidadaṃ ilagamuthata |
aṇācalimayeva tidadaṃ yātameyita ||
 (tejoilaga|).
ivaṣayā ivinavatate inarāhāraya deihanaḥ|
māghakṛṇacatudayāṃ upavāso'itadulabhaḥ |
taāipa dulabhaṃ maye rāau jāgaraṇaṃ nṛṇā ||
atīva dulabhaṃ ta iśavilagaya daśana |
sudulabhataraṃ ta pūjanaṃ parameiśatuḥ ||
bhava-koiṭa-śatopā-puya-rāiśa-ivapākataḥ |
layate vā punata ibava-paāpaṇaṃ ivabhoḥ ||
vaṣaṇāmayutaṃ yena nātaṃ gagāsirajale |
sakṛ ibavācanenaiva taphalaṃ layate naraiḥ ||
aopavāsaḥ kenāipa kṛtaḥ tuśatāyate |
rāau jāgaraṇaṃ puyaṃ vaṣa-koiṭa-tapoidhaka ||
ekena ibava-paeṇa iśava-ilagācane kṛte |
ailoye taya puyaya ko vā sāyamṛchita ||
aho balavatī māyā yena śaivī mahāitithaḥ |
nopāyate janai-mūḍhaiḥ aitamūkhairava yī ||
upavāso jāgaraṇaṃ sinidhaḥ parameiśatuḥ |
gokaṇa iśavalokaya nṛṇāṃ sopāna-paitaḥ ||
 's ṛṣabhāḍhaḥ.
(ṛṣabhaḥ)
 . :- "vṛṣa secane"
vaṣaṇā savakāmānāṃvṛṣabhaḥ, dhamapatayā savakāmadavā,
tamāḍhaḥ; vṛṣabhavāhanaḥ iyathaḥ| (40).
vṛṣākaḥ| (39)..
rathathaṃ vāmanaṃ vā punajama na ivate | " "
āmānaṃ rithanaṃ ivi śarīraṃ rathameva ca |
bu tu sāratha ivi manaḥ hameva ca ||
 . vāmanaḥ
aguṭhamāḥ puṣo maya āmina itaṭhita |
īśānaṃ bhūtabhayaya na tato ivajugusate ||
inarapeṃ muna śātaṃ inavaraṃ samadaśana |
anujāyahaṃ inayaṃ pūyayeyireṇuibhaḥ ||
 ibhaāṭanaḥ
 kāmeśa-ba-māgayasū-śoibhata-kadharā| 's
 abakānāthaḥ = abakāyā nāthaḥ pitaḥ| idaṃ cāthataḥ
uita-isaṃ nāma| "namo iharaya-bāhave iharaya-vaṇaya
iharaya-pāya iharaya-pataye'bakā-pataya umā-pataye paśu-pataye
namonamaḥ|
saṃsārāṇava-manānāṃ samuraṇa hetuḥ -
saṃsāraḥ jananamaraṇāidasamūhaḥ sa evāṇavaḥ, samuḥ apāravā,
ta manānāṃ savadā duḥkhanubhivatṝṇāṃ,
duḥkhanāśakaralavāidarihatānāṃ, samuraṇe,
teṣāṃ duḥkhanāśane hetuḥ kāraṇaṃ vedātamahāvāyajaya-
vṛyāḍhaḥ sa saṃsarapāśivachedakaravā ||
"āvā devaṃ savapāśāpahāinirita|" uitaḥ || (408)
ivaṣayāṇavamanānāṃ samuraṇasetuḥ -
ivaṣayaśadena ivaṣayānubhavapasaṃsāra uyate|| sa evāṇavaḥ
samuḥ ivaṣayāṇavaḥ, tama saṃsārasamue mahita,
aivaākāmakamabhavaduḥkhodake tīrogajarāmṛyumahāāhe
anādāvanate'pāre inarālabe ivaṣayeiyajinatasukhalavalaṇivame,
paceiyothatṛmāta- ivaobhothatānathaśatamahomiṇa,
mahāpātakānekinarayagate, (duvaravāiracaragabha) hāheyāida-
kūijatāośanoūtamahāṇave manānaṃ samuraṇe sayaguraṇe
setuirava setuḥ |
"inataṃ thāya samaṃ śarīraṃ
dīiyāiṇa manasā sinaveya |
oḍupena tareva ivaā
otāṃisa savaiṇa bhayāvahāina||" iita uitaḥ || (477).
saṃsāra-sāgara-inamajana-mumānaṃ
dīnaṃ ivalokaya ivabho kaṇāinadhe mā |
lāda-kheda-pirahāra-parāvatāra-
lamīnṛsaha mama deiha karāvalaba||(10) ||
 lāda-kheda-pirahāra-parāvatāra|
 . .ayavocadidha vatā
thamo daiyo ibhaṣa|
teṣāmahaṃ samuta mṛyusaṃsārasāgarā |
bhavāima na icarāpātha mayāveiśaatacetasā ||
 . kapaṃ .
savabhūtāina kauteya kṛta yāita māimakā |
kapaye punatāina kapādau ivasṛjāyaha ||
kapālīita - kapālaṃ kapālaṃ ayātīita kapālī| etena
aneka-āyaya-daśava-laṇaṃ sanātanavamutaṃ bhavita |
sadā mohāṭayāṃ carita yuvatīnāṃ kuca-igarau
naṭayāśāśākhāvaṭita hiṭita vairamibhataḥ |
kapāila! ibhao! me daya-kipamayata-capalaṃ
ḍhaṃ bavā iśava bhavadadhīnaṃ ku ivabho! || (20).
 : māyāṃ tu kṛta ivaāmāiyanaṃ tu
mahevara | , , .
 . (18). iśavo magalapaḥ|
inamaṭha-inikhala-duḥkhānuṣaga-paramānada-pa iyathaḥ |
savamagalamāgaye iśave savathasāidhake |
śaraye yabake gauira nārāyiṇa namo'tu te ||
yaḥ iśavo namapāyāṃ yā devī savamagalā |
tayoḥ saṃmaraṇā puṃsāṃ savato jaya magala ||
umāsahāyaṃ paramevaraṃ bhuṃ
ilocanaṃ nīlakaṭhaṃ śāta |
yāvā muinagachita bhūtayona
samatasā tamasaḥ paratā ||
kapakābā-kapālīśau bhataraṇa-taparau |
tayoḥ anuho ya vatate ta magala ||
|| ī kapālīvarāṭaka ||
kapāila-nāmadheyakaṃ kalāipa-puyadhīvaraṃ
kalādharādha-śekharaṃ karī-cama-bhūiṣata |
kṛpā-rasā-locanaṃ kulācala-pūijataṃ
kubera-imamūjataṃ gaṇeśa-pūijataṃ bhaje || 1||
bhaje bhujaga-bhūṣaṇaṃ bhavādha-bhīita-bhajanaṃ
bhavovaṃ bhayāpahaṃ sukhadaṃ surevara |
ravīdu-vina-locanaṃ ramā-dhavācataṃ varaṃ
umā-dhavaṃ sumādhavī-subhūiṣaataṃ mahāgu || 2||
guṃ igarī-dhivanaṃ guha-iyaṃ guhāśayaṃ
igira-iyaṃ naga-iyā-samivataṃ vara-da |
sura-iyaṃ riva-bhaṃ sure-pūijataṃ bhuṃ
nare-pīṭha-dāyakaṃ namāyahaṃ mahevara || 3||
mahevaraṃ surevaraṃ dhanevara-iyevaraṃ
vanevaraṃ ivaśu-ica vāisanaṃ parāpara |
maveṣa-dhāiraṇaṃ kṛṭa-icavaipaṇaṃ
iva-kama-kāiraṇaṃ suiśakaṃ marāyaha || 4||
marāyahaṃ marātakaṃ murāira-seivatāikaṃ
parāira-nāśana-maṃ purāira ipaṇaṃ śubha |
puara-saha-bhānu-tuya tejasaṃ mahaujasaṃ
su-caḍakeśa pūijataṃ mṛḍaṃ samāye sadā || 5||
sadā ṭa-ipaṇaṃ satāṃ haṣa-vaṣaṇaṃ
ibhadā ivanāśa-kāraṇa māṇagocaraṃ para |
mudā vṛ-natanaṃ jagapiva-kītanaṃ
inadānamekamautaṃ inatātamāyeha || 6||
ahaṃ-mamāida dūṣaṇaṃ mahe-rana-bhūṣaṇaṃ
mahā-vṛṣe-vāhanaṃ hī-bhūṣaṇāivata |
vṛṣākipa-vaipaṇaṃ mṛṣā-padātha-dhāiraṇaṃ
mṛkaḍusūnu saṃtutaṃ bhīitadaṃ namāima ta || 7||
namāima taṃ mahāmata nateṭadāna-caṇaṃ
natāta-bhajanotaṃ nage-vāisanaṃ ivabhu |
agejā samivataṃ mṛge ivamāivataṃ
khage-vāhana-iyaṃ sukhavapamayaya || 8||
sukapakābakā-pita-iyaṃvadaṃ manoharaṃ
sugūḍakāicarāmakṛṇa yoigiśaya saṃtuta |
mahādoṣa puyakāla kītanāśubhadaṃ
bhajāmahe sadāmudā kapāila magaḻāṭaka || 9||
kapāila tuṭadāyakaṃ mahāpida pālakaṃ
vabhīṭa-isi-dāyakaṃ iviśaṭa-magalāṭaka |
paṭhesubhatataḥ kapāila sinadhau mā
avāya savamāyurāida modate sumagala || 10||
iita gūḍalūr īrāmakṛṇānada yatī iśaya
ī rāmacaeṇa ivaricataṃ
|| ī kapālīvarāṭakaṃ sapūṇa ||

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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