Lord Shiva

śiva pādādi keśānta varṇana stotraṃ

(Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram in English (IAST))

Traditional

Shiva Padadi Keshanta Varnana Stotram is a profound devotional hymn that meticulously describes the divine form of Lord Shiva starting from his holy feet up to the crown of his head. This specific genre of stotra is designed to facilitate dhyana, or meditative visualization, allowing the devotee to internalize the radiant, infinite form of the Supreme Being. By contemplating each aspect of Shiva’s anatomy and his cosmic ornaments, the practitioner achieves mental clarity, spiritual purification, and deep devotion. Reciting this hymn is believed to grant the devotee protection, liberation from worldly attachments, and the ultimate grace of Lord Shiva.

kalyāṇaṃ no vidhattāṃ kaṭakataṭalasatkalpavāṭīnikuñja-
-krīḍāsaṃsaktavidyādharanikaravadhūgītarudrāpadānaḥ |
tārairherambanādaistaralitaninadattārakārātikekī
kailāsaḥ śarvanirvṛtyabhijanakapadaḥ sarvadā parvatendraḥ || 1 ||
yasya prāhuḥ svarūpaṃ sakaladiviṣadāṃ sārasarvasvayogaṃ
yasyeṣuḥ śār‍ṅgadhanvā samajani jagatāṃ rakṣaṇe jāgarūkaḥ |
maurvī darvīkarāṇāmapi ca paribṛḍhaḥ pūstrayī sā ca lakṣyaṃ
so'vyādavyājamasmānaśivabhidaniśaṃ nākināṃ śrīpinākaḥ || 2 ||
ātaṅkāvegahārī sakaladiviṣadāmaṅghripadmāśrayāṇāṃ
mātaṅgādyugradaityaprakaratanugaladraktadhārāktadhāraḥ |
krūraḥ sūrāyutānāmapi ca paribhavaṃ svīyabhāsā vitanva-
-nghorākāraḥ kuṭhāro dṛḍhataraduritākhyāṭavīṃ pāṭayennaḥ || 3 ||
kālārāteḥ karāgre kṛtavasatiruraḥśāṇaśāto ripūṇāṃ
kāle kāle kulādripravaratanayayā kalpitasnehalepaḥ |
pāyānnaḥ pāvakārciḥprasarasakhamukhaḥ pāpahantā nitāntaṃ
śūlaḥ śrīpādasevābhajanarasajuṣāṃ pālanaikāntaśīlaḥ || 4 ||
devasyāṅkāśrayāyāḥ kulagiriduhiturnetrakoṇapracāra-
-prastārānatyudārānpipaṭhiṣuriva yo nityamatyādareṇa |
ādhatte bhaṅgituṅgairaniśamavayavairantaraṅgaṃ samodaṃ
somāpīḍasya so'yaṃ pradiśatu kuśalaṃ pāṇiraṅgaḥ kuraṅgaḥ || 5 ||
kaṇṭhaprāntāvasajjatkanakamayamahāghaṇṭikāghoraghoṣaiḥ
kaṇṭhārāvairakuṇṭhairapi bharitajagaccakravālāntarālaḥ |
caṇḍaḥ proddaṇḍaśṛṅgaḥ kakudakabalitottuṅgakailāsaśṛṅgaḥ
kaṇṭhekālasya vāhaḥ śamayatu śamalaṃ śāśvataḥ śākvarendraḥ || 6 ||
niryaddānāmbudhārāparimalataralībhūtarolambapālī-
-jhaṅkāraiḥ śaṅkarādreḥ śikharaśatadarīḥ pūrayanbhūrighoṣaiḥ |
śārvaḥ sauvarṇaśailapratimapṛthuvapuḥ sarvavighnāpahartā
śarvāṇyāḥ pūrvasūnuḥ sa bhavatu bhavatāṃ svastido hastivaktraḥ || 7 ||
yaḥ puṇyairdevatānāṃ samajani śivayoḥ ślāghyavīryaikamatyā-
-dyannāmni śrūyamāṇe ditijabhaṭaghaṭā bhītibhāraṃ bhajante |
bhūyātso'yaṃ vibhūtyai niśitaśaraśikhāpāṭitakrauñcaśailaḥ
saṃsārāgādhakūpodarapatitasamuttārakastārakāriḥ || 8 ||
ārūḍhaḥ prauḍhavegapravijitapavanaṃ tuṅgatuṅgaṃ turaṅgaṃ
celaṃ nīlaṃ vasānaḥ karatalavilasatkāṇḍakodaṇḍadaṇḍaḥ |
rāgadveṣādinānāvidhamṛgapaṭalībhītikṛdbhūtabhartā
kurvannākheṭalīlāṃ parilasatu manaḥkānane māmakīne || 9 ||
ambhojābhyāṃ ca rambhārathacaraṇalatādvandvakumbhīndrakumbhai-
-rbimbenendośca kamborupari vilasatā vidrumeṇotpalābhyām |
ambhodenāpi sambhāvitamupajanitāḍambaraṃ śambarāreḥ
śambhoḥ sambhogayogyaṃ kimapi dhanamidaṃ sambhavetsampade naḥ || 10 ||
veṇīsaubhāgyavismāpitatapanasutācāruveṇīvilāsā-
-nvāṇīnirdhūtavāṇīkaratalavidhṛtodāravīṇāvirāvān |
eṇīnetrāntabhaṅgīnirasananipuṇāpāṅgakoṇānupāse
śoṇānprāṇānudūḍhapratinavasuṣamākandalānindumauleḥ || 11 ||
nṛttārambheṣu hastāhatamurajadhimiddhiṅkṛtairatyudārai-
-ścittānandaṃ vidhatte sadasi bhagavataḥ santataṃ yaḥ sa nandī |
caṇḍīśādyāstathānye caturaguṇagaṇaprīṇitasvāmisatkā-
-rotkarṣodyatprasādāḥ pramathaparibṛḍhāḥ pāntu santoṣiṇo naḥ || 12 ||
muktāmāṇikyajālaiḥ parikalitamahāsālamālokanīyaṃ
pratyuptānargharatnairdiśi diśi bhavanaiḥ kalpitairdikpatīnām |
udyānairadrikanyāparijanavanitāmānanīyaiḥ parītaṃ
hṛdyaṃ hṛdyastu nityaṃ mama bhuvanapaterdhāma somārdhamauleḥ || 13 ||
stambhairjambhāriratnapravaraviracitaiḥ sambhṛtopāntabhāgaṃ
śumbhatsopānamārgaṃ śucimaṇinicayairgumbhitānalpaśilpam |
kumbhaiḥ sampūrṇaśobhaṃ śirasi sughaṭitaiḥ śātakumbhairapaṅkaiḥ
śambhoḥ sambhāvanīyaṃ sakalamunijanaiḥ svastidaṃ syātsado naḥ || 14 ||
nyasto madhye sabhāyāḥ parisaravilasatpādapīṭhābhirāmo
hṛdyaḥ pādaiścaturbhiḥ kanakamaṇimayairuccakairujjvalātmā ||
vāsoratnena kenāpyadhikamṛdutareṇāstṛto vistṛtaśrīḥ
pīṭhaḥ pīḍābharaṃ naḥ śamayatu śivayoḥ svairasaṃvāsayogyaḥ || 15 ||
āsīnasyādhipīṭhaṃ trijagadadhipateraṅghripīṭhānuṣaktau
pāthojābhogabhājau parimṛdulatalollāsipadmādirekhau |
pātāṃ pādāvubhau tau namadamarakirīṭollasaccāruhīra-
-śreṇīśoṇāyamānonnatanakhadaśakodbhāsamānau samānau || 16 ||
yannādo vedavācāṃ nigadati nikhilaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ pakṣiketu-
-rlakṣmīsambhogasaukhyaṃ viracayati yayoścāpare rūpabhede |
śambhoḥ sambhāvanīye padakamalasamāsaṅgatastuṅgaśobhe
māṅgalyaṃ naḥ samagraṃ sakalasukhakare nūpure pūrayetām || 17 ||
aṅge śṛṅgārayoneḥ sapadi śalabhatāṃ netravahnau prayāte
śatroruddhṛtya tasmādiṣudhiyugamadho nyastamagre kimetat |
śaṅkāmitthaṃ natānāmamarapariṣadāmantaraṅkūrayatta-
-tsaṅghātaṃ cāru jaṅghāyugamakhilapateraṃhasāṃ saṃharennaḥ || 18 ||
jānudvandvena mīnadhvajanṛvarasamudropamānena sākaṃ
rājantau rājarambhākarikarakanakastambhasambhāvanīyau |
ūrū gaurīkarāmbhoruhasarasasamāmardanānandabhājau
cārū dūrīkriyāstāṃ duritamupacitaṃ janmajanmāntare naḥ || 19 ||
āmuktānargharatnaprakarakarapariṣvaktakalyāṇakāñcī-
-dāmnā baddena dugdhadyutinicayamuṣā cīnapaṭṭāmbareṇa |
saṃvīte śailakanyāsucaritaparipākāyamāṇe nitambe
nityaṃ narnartu cittaṃ mama nikhilajagatsvāminaḥ somamauleḥ || 20 ||
sandhyākālānurajyaddinakarasarucā kāladhautena gāḍhaṃ
vyānaddhaḥ snigdhamugdhaḥ sarasamudarabandhena vītopamena |
uddīptaiḥ svaprakāśairupacitamahimā manmathārerudāro
madhyo mithyārthasadhryaṅmama diśatu sadā saṅgatiṃ maṅgalānām || 21 ||
nābhīcakrālavālānnavanavasuṣamādohadaśrīparītā-
-dudgacchantī purastādudarapathamatikramya vakṣaḥ prayānti |
śyāmā kāmāgamārthaprakathanalipivadbhāsate yā nikāmaṃ
sā mā somārdhamauleḥ sukhayatu satataṃ romavallīmatallī || 22 ||
āśleṣeṣvadrijāyāḥ kaṭhinakucataṭīliptakāśmīrapaṅka-
-vyāsaṅgādudyadarkadyutibhirupacitaspardhamuddāmahṛdyam |
dakṣārāterudūḍhapratinavamaṇimālāvalībhāsamānaṃ
vakṣo vikṣobhitāghaṃ satatanatijuṣāṃ rakṣatādakṣataṃ naḥ || 23 ||
vāmāṅke visphurantyāḥ karatalavilasaccāruraktotpalāyāḥ
kāntāyā vāmavakṣoruhabharaśikharonmardanavyagramekam |
anyāṃstrīnapyudārānvaraparaśumṛgālaṅkṛtānindumaule-
-rbāhūnābaddhahemāṅgadamaṇikaṭakānantarālokayāmaḥ || 24 ||
sambhrāntāyāḥ śivāyāḥ pativilayabhiyā sarvalokopatāpā-
-tsaṃvignasyāpi viṣṇoḥ sarabhasamubhayorvāraṇapreraṇābhyām |
madhye traiśaṅkavīyāmanubhavati daśāṃ yatra hālāhaloṣmā
so'yaṃ sarvāpadāṃ naḥ śamayatu nicayaṃ nīlakaṇṭhasya kaṇṭhaḥ || 25 ||
hṛdyairadrīndrakanyāmṛdudaśanapadairmudrito vidrumaśrī-
-ruddyotantyā nitāntaṃ dhavaladhavalayā miśrito dantakāntyā |
muktāmāṇikyajālavyatikarasadṛśā tejasā bhāsamānaḥ
sadyojātasya dadyādadharamaṇirasau sampadāṃ sañcayaṃ naḥ || 26 ||
karṇālaṅkāranānāmaṇinikararucāṃ sañcayairañcitāyāṃ
varṇyāyāṃ svarṇapadmodaraparivilasatkarṇikāsannibhāyām |
paddhatyāṃ prāṇavāyoḥ praṇatajanahṛdambhojavāsasya śambho-
-rnityaṃ naścittametadviracayatu sukhenāsikāṃ nāsikāyām || 27 ||
atyantaṃ bhāsamāne ruciratararucāṃ saṅgamātsanmaṇīnā-
-mudyaccaṇḍāṃśudhāmaprasaranirasanaspaṣṭadṛṣṭāpadāne |
bhūyāstāṃ bhūtaye naḥ karivarajayinaḥ karṇapāśāvalambe
bhaktālībhālasajjajjanimaraṇalipeḥ kuṇḍale kuṇḍale te || 28 ||
yābhyāṃ kālavyavasthā bhavati tanumatāṃ yo mukhaṃ devatānāṃ
yeṣāmāhuḥ svarūpaṃ jagati munivarā devatānāṃ trayīṃ tām |
rudrāṇīvaktrapaṅkeruhasatatavihārotsukendindirebhya-
-stebhyastribhyaḥ praṇāmāñjalimuparacaye trīkṣaṇasyekṣaṇebhyaḥ || 29 ||
vāmaṃ vāmāṅkagāyā vadanasarasije vyāvaladvallabhāyā
vyānamreṣvanyadanyatpunaralikabhavaṃ vītaniḥśeṣaraukṣyam |
bhūyo bhūyopi modānnipatadatidayāśītalaṃ cūtabāṇe
dakṣārerīkṣaṇānāṃ trayamapaharatādāśu tāpatrayaṃ naḥ || 30 ||
yasminnardhendumugdhadyutinicayatiraskāranistandrakāntau
kāśmīrakṣodasaṅkalpatamiva ruciraṃ citrakaṃ bhāti netram |
tasminnullīlacillīnaṭavarataruṇīlāsyaraṅgāyamāṇe
kālāreḥ phāladeśe viharatu hṛdayaṃ vītacintāntaraṃ naḥ || 31 ||
svāmingaṅgāmivāṅgīkuru tava śirasā māmapītyarthayantīṃ
dhanyāṃ kanyāṃ kharāṃśoḥ śirasi vahati kiṃ nveṣa kāruṇyaśālī |
itthaṃ śaṅkāṃ janānāṃ janayadatighanaṃ kaiśikaṃ kālamegha-
-cchāyaṃ bhūyādudāraṃ tripuravijayinaḥ śreyase bhūyase naḥ || 32 ||
śṛṅgārākalpayogyaiḥ śikharivarasutāsatsakhīhastalūnaiḥ
sūnairābaddhamālāvaliparivilasatsaurabhākṛṣṭabhṛṅgam |
tuṅgaṃ māṇikyakāntyā parihasitasurāvāsaśailendraśṛṅgaṃ
saṅghaṃ naḥ saṅkaṭānāṃ vighaṭayatu sadā kāṅkaṭīkaṃ kirīṭam || 33 ||
vakrākāraḥ kalaṅkī jaḍatanurahamapyaṅghrisevānubhāvā-
-duttaṃsatvaṃ prayātaḥ sulabhataraghṛṇāsyandinaścandramauleḥ |
tatsevantāṃ janaughāḥ śivamiti nijayāvasthayaiva bruvāṇaṃ
vande devasya śambhormukuṭasughaṭitaṃ mugdhapīyūṣabhānum || 34 ||
kāntyā samphullamallīkusumadhavalayā vyāpya viśvaṃ virāja-
-nvṛttākāro vitanvanmuhurapi ca parāṃ nirvṛtiṃ pādabhājām |
sānandaṃ nandidoṣṇā maṇikaṭakavatā vāhyamānaḥ purāreḥ
śvetacchatrākhyaśītadyutirapaharatādāpadastāpadā naḥ || 35 ||
divyākalpojjvalānāṃ śivagirisutayoḥ pārśvayorāśritānāṃ
rudrāṇīsatsakhīnāṃ madataralakaṭākṣāñcalairañcitānām |
udvelladbāhuvallīvilasanasamaye cāmarāndolanīnā-
-mudbhūtaḥ kaṅkaṇālīvalayakalakalo vārayedāpado naḥ || 36 ||
svargaukaḥsundarīṇāṃ sulalitavapuṣāṃ svāmisevāparāṇāṃ
valgadbhūṣāṇi vakrāmbujaparivigalanmugdhagītāmṛtāni |
nityaṃ nṛttānyupāse bhujavidhutipadanyāsabhāvāvaloka-
-pratyudyatprītimādyatpramathanaṭanaṭīdattasambhāvanāni || 37 ||
sthānaprāptyā svarāṇāṃ kimapi viśadatāṃ vyañjayanmañjuvīṇā-
-svānāvacchinnatālakramamamṛtamivāsvādyamānaṃ śivābhyām |
nānārāgātihṛdyaṃ navarasamadhurastotrajātānuviddhaṃ
gānaṃ vīṇāmaharṣeḥ kalamatilalitaṃ karṇapūrayatāṃ naḥ || 38 ||
ceto jātapramodaṃ sapadi vidadhatī prāṇināṃ vāṇinīnāṃ
pāṇidvandvāgrajāgratsulalitaraṇitasvarṇatālānukūlā |
svīyārāveṇa pāthodhararavapaṭunā nādayantī mayūrīṃ
māyūrī mandabhāvaṃ maṇimurajabhavā mārjanā mārjayennaḥ || 39 ||
devebhyo dānavebhyaḥ pitṛmunipariṣatsiddhavidyādharebhyaḥ
sādhyebhyaścāraṇebhyo manujapaśupatajjātikīṭādikebhyaḥ |
śrīkailāsaprarūḍhāstṛṇaviṭapimukhāścāpi ye santi tebhyaḥ
sarvebhyo nirvicāraṃ natimuparacaye śarvapādāśrayebhyaḥ || 40 ||
dhyāyannitthaṃ prabhāte pratidivasamidaṃ stotraratnaṃ paṭhedyaḥ
kiṃ vā brūmastadīyaṃ sucaritamathavā kīrtayāmaḥ samāsāt |
sampajjātaṃ samagraṃ sadasi bahumatiṃ sarvalokapriyatvaṃ
samprāpyāyuḥśatānte padamayati parabrahmaṇo manmathāreḥ || 41 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrī śiva pādādikeśāntavarṇana stotram ||

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