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Shri manikarnikaashtakam

 

tvatteere manikarnike hariharau saayujyamuktipradau
vaadamtau kurutah parasparamubhau jamtoh prayaanotsave |
madroopo manujoఽyamastu harinaa proktah shivastatkshanaa-
ttanmadhyaadbhrgulaamchano garudagah peetaambaro nirgatah || ~1 ||

imdraadyaastridasaah patamti niyatam bhogakshaye ye puna-
rjaayamte manujaastatopi pasavah keetaah patamgaadayah |
ye maatarmanikarnike tava jale majjamti nishkalmashaah
saayujyeఽpi kireetakaustubhadharaa naaraayanaah syurnaraah || ~2 ||

kaasee dhanyatamaa vimuktanagaree saalamkrtaa gamgayaa
tatreyam manikarnikaa sukhakaree muktirhi tatkimkaree |
svarlokastulitah sahaiva vibudhaih kaasyaa samam brahmanaa
kaasee kshonitale sthitaa gurutaraa svargo laghutvam gatah || ~3 ||

gamgaateeramanuttamam hi sakalam tatraapi kaasyuttamaa
tasyaam saa manikarnikottamatamaa yetresvaro muktidah |
devaanaamapi durlabham sthalamidam paapaughanaasakshamam
poorvopaarjitapunyapumjagamakam punyairjanaih praapyate || ~4 ||

duhkhaambhodhigato hi jamtunivahasteshaam katham nishkrtih
j~naatvaa taddhi virimchinaa virachitaa vaaraanasee sarmadaa |
lokaahsvargasukhaastatoఽpi laghavo bhogaamtapaatapradaah
kaasee muktipuree sadaa shivakaree dharmaarthamokshapradaa || ~5 ||

eko venudharo dharaadharadharah sreevatsabhooshaadharah
yoఽpyekah kila sankaro vishadharo gamgaadharo maadhavah |
ye maatarmanikarnike tava jale majjamti te maanavaah
rudraa vaa harayo bhavamti bahavasteshaam bahutvam katham || ~6 ||

tvatteere maranam tu mangalakaram devairapi slaaghyate
sakrastam manujam sahasranayanairdrashtum sadaa tatparah |
aayaamtam savitaa sahasrakiranaih pratyudgatoఽbhootsadaa
punyoఽsau vrshagoఽthavaa garudagah kim mamdiram yaasyati || ~7 ||

madhyaahne manikarnikaasnapanajam punyam na vaktum kshamah
sveeyairabdhasataischaturmukhadharo vedaarthadeekshaaguruh |
yogaabhyaasabalena chandrasikharastatpunyapaaramgata-
stvatteere prakaroti suptapurusham naaraayanam vaa shivam || ~8 ||

krchchrai kotisataih svapaapanidhanam yachchaasvamedhaih phalam
tatsarve manikarnikaasnapanaje punye pravishtam bhavet |
snaatvaa stotramidam narah pathati chetsamsaarapaathonidhim
teertvaa palvalavatprayaati sadanam tejomayam brahmanah || ~9 ||