Ardha Nareeswara Stotram

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• verse 1

  चाम्पेयगौरार्धशरीरकायैकर्पूरगौरार्धशरीरकाय ।धम्मिल्लकायै च जटाधरायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 1 ॥

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  chāmpēyagaurārdhaśarīrakāyaikarpūragaurārdhaśarīrakāya ।dhammillakāyai cha jaṭādharāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 1 ॥

  meaning

  Salutations to Her whose half-body is golden as champaka, and to Him whose half-body is white as camphor; to Her of the braided knot and to Him of matted locks — salutations to Shiva-female and Shiva-male.

• verse 2

  कस्तूरिकाकुङ्कुमचर्चितायैचितारजःपुञ्ज विचर्चिताय ।कृतस्मरायै विकृतस्मरायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 2 ॥

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  kastūrikākuṅkumacharchitāyaichitārajaḥpuñja vicharchitāya ।kṛtasmarāyai vikṛtasmarāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 2 ॥

  meaning

  To Her smeared with musk and saffron, and to Him smeared with cremation-ash; to Her who has stirred desire and to Him who has consumed desire — salutations to Shiva-female and Shiva-male.

• verse 3

  झणत्क्वणत्कङ्कणनूपुरायैपादाब्जराजत्फणिनूपुराय ।हेमाङ्गदायै भुजगाङ्गदायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 3 ॥

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  jhaṇatkvaṇatkaṅkaṇanūpurāyaipādābjarājatphaṇinūpurāya ।hēmāṅgadāyai bhujagāṅgadāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 3 ॥

  meaning

  To Her of jingling bangles and anklets, and to Him whose lotus-feet wear gleaming serpent-anklets; to Her with golden armlets and to Him with serpent-armlets — salutations to both.

• verse 4

  विशालनीलोत्पललोचनायैविकासिपङ्केरुहलोचनाय ।समेक्षणायै विषमेक्षणायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 4 ॥

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  viśālanīlōtpalalōchanāyaivikāsipaṅkēruhalōchanāya ।samēkṣaṇāyai viṣamēkṣaṇāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 4 ॥

  meaning

  To Her with broad blue-lotus eyes and to Him with eyes of full-blown lotuses; to Her of even gaze and to Him of uneven (three-)eyed gaze — salutations to both.

• verse 5

  मन्दारमालाकलितालकायैकपालमालाङ्कितकन्धराय ।दिव्याम्बरायै च दिगम्बरायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 5 ॥

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  mandāramālākalitālakāyaikapālamālāṅkitakandharāya ।divyāmbarāyai cha digambarāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 5 ॥

  meaning

  To Her whose locks bear a mandara garland and to Him whose neck is hung with a garland of skulls; to Her clad in heavenly robes and to Him clad in the directions — salutations to both.

• verse 6

  अम्भोधरश्यामलकुन्तलायैतटित्प्रभाताम्रजटाधराय ।निरीश्वरायै निखिलेश्वरायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 6 ॥

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  ambhōdharaśyāmalakuntalāyaitaṭitprabhātāmrajaṭādharāya ।nirīśvarāyai nikhilēśvarāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 6 ॥

  meaning

  To Her with cloud-dark tresses and to Him with copper-bright matted hair like lightning; to Her who has no separate Lord and to Him who is Lord of all — salutations to both.

• verse 7

  प्रपञ्चसृष्ट्युन्मुखलास्यकायैसमस्तसंहारकताण्डवाय ।जगज्जनन्यै जगदेकपित्रेनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 7 ॥

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  prapañchasṛṣṭyunmukhalāsyakāyaisamastasaṃhārakatāṇḍavāya ।jagajjananyai jagadēkapitrēnamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 7 ॥

  meaning

  To Her whose tender dance unfolds the universe, and to Him whose Tandava destroys all; to the Mother of the world and to the one Father of the world — salutations to both.

• verse 8

  प्रदीप्तरत्नोज्ज्वलकुण्डलायैस्फुरन्महापन्नगभूषणाय ।शिवान्वितायै च शिवान्वितायनमः शिवायै च नमः शिवाय ॥ 8 ॥

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  pradīptaratnōjjvalakuṇḍalāyaisphuranmahāpannagabhūṣaṇāya ।śivānvitāyai cha śivānvitāyanamaḥ śivāyai cha namaḥ śivāya ॥ 8 ॥

  meaning

  To Her with blazing jewelled earrings and to Him adorned with the great glittering serpent; to Her united with Shiva and to Him united with Shiva — salutations to both.

• verse 9

  एतत्पठेदष्टकमिष्टदं योभक्त्या स मान्यो भुवि दीर्घजीवी ।प्राप्नोति सौभाग्यमनन्तकालंभूयात्सदा तस्य समस्तसिद्धिः ॥ 9 ॥

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  ētatpaṭhēdaṣṭakamiṣṭadaṃ yōbhaktyā sa mānyō bhuvi dīrghajīvī ।prāpnōti saubhāgyamanantakālaṃbhūyātsadā tasya samastasiddhiḥ ॥ 9 ॥

  meaning

  Whoever recites this wish-granting eight-verse hymn with devotion is honoured on earth, lives long, gains lasting good fortune, and ever attains all accomplishments (phalashruti).