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Shiva Stotram Lankeshwara Krutha

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Devotional text

īiśavatutī lakevarakṛta
{|| īiśavatutī lakevarakṛta ||}
īgaṇeśāya namaḥ |
gale kilatakāilamaḥ kiṭatedubhālathale ivanāiṭatajaṭokaraṃ icarapāiṇapāthohe |
udicatakapālakaṃ jaghanasīna sadaśatipāijanamanuṇaṃ ikamipa dhāma vadāmahe || 1||
vṛṣopira piraphuravaladhāmadhāmiyāṃ kuberigiragauiramabhavagavainavaisa ta |
vicapunamākucopicatakukumai rijataṃ gajāijanivarāijataṃ vṛijanabhagabījaṃ bhaje || 2||
uidavarivalocanayivasṛvarayoitaṣā kalākarakalākarayitakareṇa cāhanaśa |
ivakāisatajaṭāṭavīivaharaṇosavaolasarāmaratarigaṇītaralacūḍamīḍe mṛḍa || 3||
ivahāya kamalālayāivalisatāina ivaunaṭīivaḍabanapaṭūina me ivaharaṇaṃ ivadhaāṃ manaḥ |
kapadina kumutīramaṇakhaḍacūḍāmaṇau kaṭītaṭapaṭībhavakariṭacamaiṇa iṇa || 4||
bhavavanadehalīivakaṭatuḍadaḍāhitauṭamukuṭakoiṭibhamaghavadāidibhabhūyate |
jema bhavaditakaṃ kṛitameya paiśāicaka ikimayamarasapadaḥ mathanātha nāthāmahe || 5||
vadacanaparāyaṇamathakayakāluṭhatasūnasaphalaumaṃ kamipa śailamāśāmahe |
alaṃ taṭivatadakāśiyatisisīmitanīkīṇasumanomanoramaṇameṇāmeṇā || 6||
na jātu hara yātu me ivaṣayaduvalāsaṃ manomanobhavakathātu me na ca manorathāitayabhūḥ |
phurasuratarigaṇītaṭakuṭīrakoṭau vasanaye iśava idavāinaśaṃ tava bhavāina pūjāparaḥ || 7||
ivabhūṣaṇasurāpagāśuicatarālavālāvalīvalahalasīkarakarasekasaṃvadhatā |
mahevarasuraumaphuiratasajaṭāmajarī namajanaphaladā mama nu hata bhūyāidaya || 8||
bihavaṣayasagitaitinavatatāāvaleḥ samāidhakilatāmanaḥ paśupateraśeṣāmanaḥ |
iśaraḥsurasiraṭīkuiṭalakapakapaumaṃ inaśākarakalāmahaṃ baṭuivamṛyamānāṃ bhaje || 9||
vadīyasuravāihanīivamalavāiradhārāvalajaṭāgahanagāihanī mitirayaṃ mama āmatu |
upomasiraṭīivaṭipatāṭavī olasapavapiraṣaulāmamalamalakābha bho || 10||
iita īlakevarivaricatā iśavatuitaḥ samātā ||

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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