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Ardhanarishvara Stuti

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Devotional text

ardhanārīśvarastutiḥ
ardhanārīśvarastutiḥ
||śrīḥīḥ||
vandemahyamalamayūkhamauliratnaṃ
devasya
prakaṭitasarvamaṅgalākhyamm|
anyonyaṃsadṛśamahīnakaṅkaṇāṅkaṃṃ
dehārdhadvitayamumārdharuddhamūrteḥ||1||
tadvandvegiripatiputrikārdhamiśraṃ
śraikaṇṭhaṃṭhaṃvapurapunarbhavāyavāyayatra|
vaktrendorghaṭayatikhaṇḍitasyadevyā
sādharmyaṃmukuṭagatomṛgāṅkakhaṇḍaḥḍaḥ||2||
ekatrasphaṭikaśilāmalaṃlāmalaṃyadardhe
pratyagradrutakanakojjvalaṃlaṃparatra|
bālārkadyutibharapiñjaraikabhāgaraikabhāga-
prāleyakṣitidharaśa‍ṛṅgabhaṅgimeti||3||
yatraikaṃaikaṃcakitakuraṅgabhaṅgicakṣuḥuḥ
pronmīlatkucakalaśopaśobhivakṣaḥ|
madhyaṃcaṛśimasametamuttamāṅgaṃ
bhṛṅgālīrucikacasañcayāñcitaṃtaṃca||4||
srābhogaṃābhogaṃghananibiḍaṃḍaṃnitambabimbaṃ
pādo'pi
sphuṭamaṇinūpurābhirāmaḥrāmaḥ|
ālokya
kṣaṇamitinandino'pyakasmā-
dāścaryaṃparamudabhūdabhūtapūrvamm||5||
yatrārdhaṃghaṭayati
bhūribhūtiśubhraṃ
candrāṃśucchuritakuberaśailaśobhāmtakuberaśailaśobhām|
ardhanārīśvarastutiḥ
ardhaṃcapraṇihitakuṅkumāṅgarāgaṃrāgaṃ
paryastāruṇarucikāñcanādrimudrāmām||6||
yatkāntiṃdadhadapi
kāñcanābhirāmāṃrāmāṃ
pronmīladbhujagaśubhāṅgadopagūḍhamdopagūḍham|
bibhrāṇaṃāṇaṃmukuṭamupoḍhacārucandraṃ
ṃ
sandhattesapadi
parasparopamānamropamānam||7||
āścaryaṃtavadayitetehitaṃtaṃvidhātuṃdhātuṃ
prāgalbhyaṃkimapibhavopatāpabhājām|
anyonyaṃgatamiti
vākyamekavaktra-
prodbhinnaṃghaṭayati
yatrasāmarasyam
m||8||
pratyaṅgaṃghanaparirambhataḥ
taḥprakampaṃ
vāmārdhaṃ
bhujagabhayādivaiti
yatra|
yatrāpisphuṭapulakaṃuṭapulakaṃcakāsti
śīta-
svaḥsindhusnapitatayevatatayevadakṣiṇārdhamm||9||
ekatrasphuratibhujaṅgabhogabhaṅgi-
rnīlendīvaradalamālikākāparatra|
ekatraprathayatibhāsmano'ṅgarāgaḥrāgaḥ
śubhratvaṃmalayajarañjanaṃnaṃparatra||10||
ekatrārpayativiṣaṃṣaṃgalasyakārṣṇyaṃ
kastūrīkṛtamapipuṇḍrakaṃkaṃparatra|
ekatradyutiramalāsthimālikānākānā-
manyatraprasaratimauktikāvalīnāmkāvalīnām||11||
ekatrasrutarudhirārākarīndrakṛttiḥ
kausumbhaṃ
ṃvasanamanaśvaraṃraṃparatra|
ityādīnyapihiparasparaṃraṃviruddhā-
nyekatvaṃdadhati
vicitradhāmniyatra||12||
dantānāṃānāṃsitimanikajjalaprayuktee
mālinye'pyalikavilocanasyayatra|
raktatvekaracaraṇādharasya
cānyo
nānyonyaṃsamajani
nūtanoviśeṣaḥśeṣaḥ||13||
ardhanārīśvarastutiḥ
kaṇṭhasyabhramaranibhābhāvibhārdhabhāgaṃbhāgaṃ
muktvākiṃṃsthitimakarocchiroruhārdhe|
ardhaṃvākanakasadṛgruciḥḥkacānāṃ
santyajyanyaviśataśatakiṃṃgalaikadeśe||14||
sauvarṇaḥḥkarakamaleyathaivavāme
savye'pidhruvamabhavattathaivathaivakumbhaḥ|
krīḍaikaprasṛtamatirvibhurbibharti
svācchandyādurasitamevanūnamenam||15||
yatrāsījjagadakhilaṃlaṃyugāvasāne
pūrṇatvaṃyaducitamatramadhyabhāgebhāge|
saṃrambhādgalitamadastadevadevanūnaṃ
viśrāntaṃghanakaṭhinenenitambabimbe||16||
ityādīnpravidadhurevadadhurevayatratāva-
tsaṅkalpānprathamasamāgamethamasamāgamegaṇendrāḥāḥ|
yāvatsa
praṇatividhaudhaupadāravindaṃ
ṃ
bhṛṅgīśaḥīśaḥpariharati
smanāmbikāyāḥkāyāḥ||17||
kimayaṃmayaṃśivaḥvaḥkimumuśivāthavāthaśivāvā-
vitiyatravandanavidhaudhaubhavati
|
avibhāvyamevamevavacanaṃviduṣāṣā-
mavibhāvyamevamevavacanaṃviduṣāmṣām||18||
ekaḥstanaḥnaḥsamucitonnatirekamakṣi
lakṣyāñjanaṃnaṃtanurapi
kraśimānviteti|
liṅgaistribhirvyavasitetesavibhaktike'pi
yatrāvyayatvamavikhaṇḍitamevatamevabhāti
||19||
yatradhruvaṃuvaṃhṛdayadayaevayadaikyamāsī
māsī-
dvākkāyayorapipunaḥpatitaṃtaṃtadeva|
yasmātsatāṃtāṃhṛdiyadevatadevavāci
yaccaivaivavāci
karaṇe'pyucitaṃ
taṃtadeva||20||
kānteśivevetvayivirūḍhamidaṃdaṃmanaśca
ardhanārīśvarastutiḥ
mūrtiścamehṛdayasammadadāyinīti|
anyonyamabhyabhihitaṃtaṃvitanotiyatra
sādhāraṇasmitamanoramatāṃ
tamanoramatāṃmukhasya
||21||
udyanniruttaraparasparasāmarasya-
sambhāvanavyasaninoranavadyahṛdyamm|
advaitamuttamacamatkṛtisādhanaṃsādhanaṃta-
dyuṣmākamastuuśivayoḥvayoḥśivayojanāyavayojanāya||22||
lakṣyāṇyalakṣyāṇyaparatrayatra
vilakṣaṇānyevevahilakṣaṇāni
sāhityamatyadbhutamīśayosta-
nnakasyaromāñcamudañcayetayeta||23||
jūṭāhermukuṭendranīlarucibhiḥśyāmaṃyāmaṃdadhatyūrdhvagaṃgaṃ
bhāgaṃvahniśikhāpiśaṅgamadharaṃmadharaṃmadhyesudhācchacchaviḥ|
dhatteśakradhanuḥśriyaṃyaṃpratimitātāyatrendulekhānṛjulekhānṛju-
ryuṣmākaṃākaṃsapayodharobhagavatoharṣāmṛtaṃmṛtaṃvarṣatutu||24||
ityardhanārīśvarastutiḥsampūrṇā||

About this stotram

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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