Shiva · Traditional devotional text · Source: vignanam.org (Traditional devotional text (public-domain shlokas))
gaṅgā taraṅga ramaṇīya jaṭā kalāpaṃ gaurī nirantara vibhūṣita vāma bhāgaṃ nārāyaṇa priyamanaṅga madāpahāraṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 1 ॥
vāchāmagōcharamanēka guṇa svarūpaṃ vāgīśa viṣṇu sura sēvita pāda padmaṃ vāmēṇa vigraha varēna kalatravantaṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 2 ॥
bhūtādipaṃ bhujaga bhūṣaṇa bhūṣitāṅgaṃ vyāghrāñjināṃ baradharaṃ, jaṭilaṃ, trinētraṃ pāśāṅkuśābhaya varaprada śūlapāṇiṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 3 ॥
sītāṃśu śōbhita kirīṭa virājamānaṃ bālēkṣaṇātala viśōṣita pañchabāṇaṃ nāgādhipā rachita bāsura karṇa pūraṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 4 ॥
pañchānanaṃ durita matta mataṅgajānāṃ nāgāntakaṃ dhanuja puṅgava pannāgānāṃ dāvānalaṃ maraṇa śōka jarāṭavīnāṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 5 ॥
tējōmayaṃ saguṇa nirguṇamadvitīyaṃ ānanda kandamaparājita mapramēyaṃ nāgātmakaṃ sakala niṣkaḻamātma rūpaṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 6 ॥
āśāṃ vihāya parihṛtya paraśya nindāṃ pāpē rathiṃ cha sunivārya manassamādhau ādhāya hṛt-kamala madhya gataṃ parēśaṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 7 ॥
rāgādhi dōṣa rahitaṃ svajanānurāgaṃ vairāgya śānti nilayaṃ girijā sahāyaṃ mādhurya dhairya subhagaṃ garaḻābhirāmaṃ vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 8 ॥
Offered for worship and study, not as prediction. Non-commercial.
vārāṇaśī pura patē sthavanaṃ śivasya vyākhyātaṃ aṣṭakamidaṃ paṭhatē manuṣya vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipula saukhyamananta kīrtiṃ samprāpya dēva nilayē labhatē cha mōkṣam ॥
viśvanāthāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhēḥ śiva sannidhau śivalōkamavāpnōti śivēnasaha mōdatē ॥
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