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Shankara Stotram

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Devotional text

ādiśaṅkarācāryastotramm
ādiśaṅkarācāryastotramm
deśekālaḍināmni
keraladharāśobhākaresadvijeje
jātaḥśrīpatirmandirasyasavidhedhesarvajñatāṃtāṃprāptavānvān|
bhūtvāṣoḍaśavatsare
reyativarovarogatvābadaryāśramammam
kartābhāṣyanibandhanasyasukaviḥḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||1||
santoṣākulamānasāyoṣākulamānasāyasutarāṃtūrṇabadaryāśramammam
samprāptāyāyatataḥparāśarabhuvebhāṣyaṃnijaṃjaṃdarśayanyan|
sārdhaṃtenatapodhanenabahudhādhākṛtvācasambhāṣaṇamāṣaṇam
mātrāsaṃsmṛtṛtaātmajanmanilayaḥlayaḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||2||
mātrevedyatamaṃtamaṃnivedyamaraṇedagdhvā'naleā'naletāṃdrutamutam
bhūyo'bhyetya
munīndrasevanarataḥsevanarataḥśrīmadbadaryāśramammam|
prītyātatrasunandanaṃ
naṃsumahitaṃtaṃśiṣyaṃcasaṃnyāsayanāsayan
tadyuktaḥkṛtapuṇyatīrthagamanaḥ
gamanaḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||3||
ādiśaṅkarācāryastotramm
māturmukti
- padapradānaniratastīrthaṃprayāgābhidhamdham
gatvātatrayathāvadevavihitasnānaḥānaḥsmaranmātaramātaram|
dṛṣṭvābhaṭṭaguruṃṃtuṣānalagataṃtattīratoīratodarśayanyan
asmaiaibhāṣyamanenamanenamānitamatiḥ
ḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||4||
tasmātātprasthitavāntavāntadīyavacasāśiṣyatvamānītavānmānītavān
vādebhūyasi
viśvarūpagṛhiṇaṃṇaṃgokarṇayāneyānepunaḥ|
dṛṣṭvākañcana
varṇinaṃnaṃdvijasutaṃjasutaṃmuktākhilākāṅkṣitamtam
kṛtvātaṃcayatīśvaraṃraṃpramuditaḥtaḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||||5||
bhūyastoṭakanāmadheyamamalaṃ
oṭakanāmadheyamamalaṃśiṣyaṃcasaṃnyāsayanāsayan
sarvaiḥśiṣyajanairudāramatibhiryuktaḥkṣitautausañcaranran|
nānātīrthaniṣevaṇotsukamatiḥ
ḥśrīkālahastīśvaramram
dṛṣṭvāśaṅkaramādarātkṛtanatiḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||6||
śrīkāñcīpuramāptavānathavānathatataḥśrīpuṇḍarīkāhvayamyam
kṣetraṃpuṇyatamaṃyatamaṃsametya
mahitaṃtaṃpaśyanyanvibhostāṇḍavamḍavam|
kāverīsaritaṃtaṃtatastadanudanutaṃśrīraṅganāthaṃnāthaṃharimm
dṛṣṭvārāghavasetumetya
muditaḥtaḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||7||
ādiśaṅkarācāryastotramm
snātvā''namyacarāmanāthamathatatkāñcīpuraṃīpuraṃprāptavānvān
jitvātatrasarasvatīṃbhagavatīṃsarvajñapīṭhaṃpīṭhaṃmudā|
āruhyā'thā'thavṛṣādrināyakamito
toyuktaḥsvaśiṣyaistataḥtaḥ
sāyujyaṃ
ṃgatavānkṛtācyutanatiḥ
ḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||8||
jātaḥkeralabhūtaledvijavarojavarobhūtvā''śuā''śubhāṣyāṇyataḥyataḥ
kṛtvāpañcadaśadaśakrameṇameṇacaturolabdhvācaśiṣyānānvarān|
śrīkāñcīpurametyatatrajitavāntavānvāṇīṃcasarvajñatāmtām
gatvāprāptavṛṣācalaḥvṛṣācalaḥsvapadagaḥpadagaḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||9|| ,
asminnjanmanivā'nyajanmasusumanovākkarmabhiryatkṛtamṛtam
bālyevāsati
yauvanecavihitaṃtaṃyadyatkṛtaṃṛtaṃvārdhakeke|
ajñānādapibuddhipūrvamadhunāmadhunāyatsañcitaṃtaṃcā'niśamśam
tasmātkalmaṣavṛndataḥtaḥsakalataḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||10||
yaccāmbhojapadāśanenojapadāśanenavihitaṃtaṃyaccāśubhāvyāgamātāgamāt
yaccāgamyapadābhivāsajanitātāyaccānavekṣyekṣaṇāḥṇāḥ|
ādiśaṅkarācāryastotramm
yaccāvācyanirarthakānṛtavacaḥkānṛtavacaḥsambhāṣaṇādarjitamtam
tasmātkalmaṣavṛndataḥtaḥsakalataḥśrīśaṅkaraḥraḥpātunaḥ||11||
śrīmacchaṅkaradeśikasyacaritastotraṃprabodhapradamdam
nirdaṣṭākhilapāpavṛndavipinaṃnaṃsaṅkṣiptametannarāḥrāḥ|
yeśa‍ṛṇvantipaṭhantisādarayutāḥsañcintayantvanvahaṃhaṃ
telabdhvābhuvi
sampadaṃdaṃcasakalāmante
esukhaṃniścitamtam||12||

About this stotram — Shiva

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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