Sivamahimnastava
Based on: The Mahimnastava or Praise of Shiva's Greatness. Edited, translated,
and presented in illustrations by W.\ Norman Brown. Poona: American
Institute of Indian Studies 1965.
E-text prepared by Harunaga Isaacson, 2002.
% NB Brown's most important source an inscription on the Amaresvara temple
% at Mandhata in the district of Nimad on the northern
% bank of the Narmada river. Dated Samvat 1120 or 1220 (November 21, 1063
% or October 27, 1163 AD).
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| long a | ā |
| long A | Ā |
| long i | ī |
| long I | Ī |
| long u | ū |
| long U | Ū |
| vocalic r | ṛ |
| vocalic R | Ṛ |
| long vocalic r | ṝ |
| vocalic l | ḷ |
| long vocalic l | ḹ |
| velar n | ṅ |
| velar N | Ṅ |
| palatal n | ñ |
| palatal N | Ñ |
| retroflex t | ṭ |
| retroflex T | Ṭ |
| retroflex d | ḍ |
| retroflex D | Ḍ |
| retroflex n | ṇ |
| retroflex N | Ṇ |
| palatal s | ś |
| palatal S | Ś |
| retroflex s | ṣ |
| retroflex S | Ṣ |
| anusvara | ṃ |
| visarga | ḥ |
| long e | ē |
| long o | ō |
| l underbar | ḻ |
| r underbar | ṟ |
| n underbar | ṉ |
| k underbar | ḵ |
| t underbar | ṯ |
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mahimnas+pāram+te paramaviduṣas+yadi+asadṛśī
stutis+brahmādīnām+api tadavasannās+tvayi giras+ |
atha+avācyas+sarvas+svamatipariṇāmāvadhi gṛṇan+
mama+api+eṣa stotre hara nirapavādas+parikaras+ || Smst_1
atītas+panthānam+tava ca mahimā vāṅmanasayos+
atadvyāvṛttyā yam+cakitam+abhidhatte śrutis+api |
sa kasya stotavyas+katividhaguṇas+kasya viṣayas+
pade tu+arvācīne patati na manas+kasya na vacas+ || Smst_2
madhusphītās+vācas+paramam+amṛtam+nirmitavatas+
tava brahman+kim+vāk+api suraguros+vismayapadam |
mama tu+etām+vāṇīm+guṇakathanapuṇyena bhavatas+ |
punāmi+iti+arthe+asmin puramathana buddhis+vyavasitā || Smst_3
tava+aiśvaryam+yat+tat+jagadudayarakṣāpralayakṛt+
trayīvastu vyastam+tisṛṣu guṇabhinnāsu tanuṣu |
abhavyānām+asmin+varada ramaṇīyām+aramaṇīm+
vihantum+vyākrośīm+vidadhatas+iha+eke jaḍadhiyas+ || Smst_4
kimīhas+kiṃkāyas+sa khalu kimupāyas+tribhuvanam+
kimādhāras+dhātā sṛjati kimupādānas+iti ca |
atarkyaiśvarye tvayi+anavasaraduḥsthas+hatadhiyas+
kutarkas+ayam+kāṃścit+mukharayati mohāya jagatas+ || Smst_5
ajanmānas+lokās+kim+avayavavantas+api jagatām+
adhiṣṭhātāram+kim+bhavavidhis+anādṛtya bhavati |
anīśas+vā kuryāt+bhuvanajanane kas+parikaras+
yatas+mandās+tvām+prati+amaravara saṃśerate+ime || Smst_6
trayī sāṃkhyam+yogas+paśupatimatam+vaiṣṇavam+iti
prabhinne prasthāne param+idam+adas+pathyam+iti ca |
rucīnām+vaicitryāt+ṛjukuṭilanānāpathajuṣām+
nṛṇām+ekas+gamyas+tvam+asi payasām+arṇavas+iva || Smst_7
mahokṣas+khaṭvāṅgam+paraśus+ajinam+bhasma phaṇinas+
kapālam+ca+iti+iyat+tava varada tantropakaraṇam |
surās+tām+tām+ṛddhim+dadhati tu bhavadbhrūpraṇihitām+
na hi svātmārāmam+viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇā bhramayati || Smst_8
dhruvam+kaścit+sarvam+sakalam+aparas+tu+adhruvam+idam+
paras+dhrauvyādhrauvye jagati gadati vyastaviṣaye |
samaste+api+etasmin+puramathana tais+vismitas+iva
stuvan+jihremi tvām+na khalu nanu dhṛṣṭā mukharatā || Smst_9
tava+aiśvaryam+yatnāt+yat+upari viriñcas+haris+adhas+
paricchettum+yātau+analam+analaskandhavapuṣas+ |
tatas+bhaktiśraddhābharagurugṛṇadbhyām+giriśa yat+
svayam+tasthe tābhyām+tava kim+anuvṛttis+na phalati || Smst_10
ayatnāt+āpādya tribhuvanam+avairavyatikaram+
daśāsyas+yat+bāhūn+abhṛta raṇakaṇḍūparavaśān |
śiraḥpadmaśreṇīracitacaraṇāmbhoruhabales+
sthirāyās+tvadbhaktes+tripurahara visphūrjitam+idam || Smst_11
amuṣya tvatsevāsamadhigatasāram+bhujavanam+
balāt+kailāse+api tvadadhivasatau vikramayatas+ |
alabhyā pātāle+api+alasacalitāṅguṣṭhaśirasi
pratiṣṭhā tvayi+āsīt+dhruvam+upacitas+muhyati khalas+ || Smst_12
yadṛddhim+sutrāmṇas+varada paramoccais+api satīm+
adhas+cakre bāṇas+parijanavidheyatribhuvanas+ |
na tat+citram+tasmin+varivasitari tvaccaraṇayos+
na kasyās+unnatyai bhavati śirasas+tvayi+avanatis+ || Smst_13
akāṇḍabrahmāṇḍakṣayacakitadevāsurakṛpā-
vidheyasya+āsīt+yas+trinayana viṣam+saṃhṛtavatas+ |
na kalmāṣas+kaṇṭhe tava na kurute na śriyam+aho
vikāras+api ślāghyas+bhuvananbhayabhaṅgavyasaninas+ || Smst_14
asiddhārthā na+eva kvacit+api sadevāsuranare
nivartante nityam+jagati jayinas+yasya viśikhās+ |
sa paśyan+īśa tvām+itarasurasādhāraṇam+abhūt+
smaras+smartavyātmā na hi vaśiṣu pathyas+paribhavas+ || Smst_15
mahī pādāghātāt+vrajati sahasā saṃśayapadam+
padam+viṣṇos+bhrāmyadbhujaparigharugṇagrahagaṇam |
muhus+dyaus+dauḥsthyam+yāti+anibhṛtajaṭātāḍitataṭā
jagadrakṣāyai tvam+naṭasi nanu vāmā+eva vibhutā || Smst_16
viyadvyāpī tārāgaṇaguṇitaphenodgamarucis+
pravāhas+vārām+yas+pṛṣ.atalaghudṛṣṭas+śirasi te |
jagat+dvīpākāram+jaladhivalayam+tena kṛtam+iti+
anena+eva+unneyam+dhṛtamahima divyam+tava vapus+ || Smst_17
rathas+kṣoṇī yantā śatadhṛtis+agendras+dhanus+atho
rathāṅge candrārkau rathacaraṇapāṇis+śaras+iti |
didhakṣos+te kas+ayam+tripuratṛṇam+āḍambaravidhis+
vidheyais+krīḍantyas+na khalu paratantrās+prabhudhiyas+ || Smst_18
haris+te sāhasram+kamalabalim+ādhāya padayos+
yat+ekone tasmin+nijam+udaharan+netrakamalam |
gatas+bhaktyudrekas+pariṇatim+asau cakravapuṣā
trayāṇām+rakṣāyai tripurahara jāgarti jagatām || Smst_19
kratau supte jāgrat+tvam+asi phalayoge kratumatām+
kva karma pradhvastam+palati puruṣārādhanam+ṛte |
atas+tvām+samprekṣya tratuṣu phaladānapratibhuvam+
śrutau śraddhām+baddhvā dṛḍhaparikaras+karmasu janas+ || Smst_20
kriyādakṣas+dakṣas+kratupatis+adhīśas+tanubhṛtām+
ṛṣīṇām+ārtvijyam+śaraṇada sadasyās+suragaṇās+ |
kratubhraṃśas+tvattas+kratuphalavidhānavyasaninas+
dhruvam+kartus+śraddhāvidhuram+abhicārāya hi makhās+ || Smst_21
prajānātham+prasabham+abhikam+svām+duhitaram+
gatam+rohidbhūtām+riramayiṣum+ṛśyasya vapuṣā |
dhanuṣpāṇes+yātam+divam+api sapatrākṛtam+amum+
trasantam+te+adya+api tyajati na mṛgavyādharabhasas+ || Smst_22
svalāvaṇyāśaṃsādhṛtadhanuṣam+ahnāya tṛṇavat+
puras+pluṣṭam+dṛṣṭvā puramathana puṣpāyudham+api |
yadi straiṇam+yamanirata dehārdhaghaṭanāt+
avaiti tvām+addhā bata varada mugdhās+yuvatayas+ || Smst_23
śmaśāneṣu+ākrīḍā smarahara piśācās+sahacarās+
citābhasmālepas+srak+api nṛkaroṭīparikaras+ |
amāṅgalyam+śīlam+tava bhavatu nāma+evam+akhilam+
tathā+api smart.Rṇām+varada paramam+maṅgalam+asi || Smst_24
manas+pratyak+citte savidham+avadhāya+āttamarutas+
prahṛṣyadromāṇas+pramadasalilotsaṅgitadṛśas+ |
yat+ālokya+āhlādam+hradas+iva nimajya+amṛtamaye
dadhati+antas+tattvam+kim+api yaminas+tat+kila bhavān || Smst_25
tvam+arkas+tvam+somas+tvam+asi pavanas+tvam+hutavahas+
tvam+āpas+tvam+vyoma tvam+u dharaṇis+ātmā tvam+iti ca |
paricchinnām+evam+tvayi pariṇatā bibhrati giram+
na vidmas+tat+tattvam+vayam+iha tu yat+tvam+na bhavasi || Smst_26
trayīm+tisras+vṛttīs+tribhuvanam+atho trīn+api surān+
nakārādyais+varṇais+tribhis+abhidadhat+tīrṇavikṛti |
turīyam+te dhāma dhvanibhis+avarundhānam+aṇubhis+
samastam+vyastam+tvām+śaraṇada gṛṇāti+im+iti padam || Smst_27
bhavas+śarvas+rudras+paśupatis+atha+ugras+sahamahān+
tathā bhīmeśānau+iti yat+abhidhānāṣṭakam+idam |
amuṣmin+pratyekam+pravicarati deva śrutis+api
priyāya+asmai dhāmne praṇihitanamasyas+asmi bhavate || Smst_28
namas+nediṣṭhāya priyadava daviṣṭhāya ca namas+
namas+kṣodiṣṭhāya smarahara mahiṣṭhāya ca namas+ |
namas+varṣiṣṭhāya trinayana yaviṣṭhāya ca namas+
namas+sarvasmai te tat+idam+iti sarvāya ca namas+ || Smst_29
bahularajase viśvotpattau bhavāya namas+namas+
prabalatamase tatsaṃhāre harāya namas+namas+ |
janasukhakṛte sattvotpattau mṛdāya namas+namas+
pramahasi pade nistraiguṇye śivāya namas+namas+ || Smst_30
kṛśapariṇati cetas+kleśavaśyam+kva ca+idam+
kva ca tava guṇasīmollaṅghinī śāśvadṛddhis+ |
iti cakitam+anandīkṛtya mām+bhaktis+ādhāt+
varaca caraṇayos+te vākyapuṣpopahāram || Smst_31
% pariśiṣṭam: Additional verses in all MSS (!!) but not in the inscription
asitagirisamam+syāt+kajjalam+sindhupātre
surataruvaraśākhā lekhanī patram+urvī |
likhati yadi gṛhītvā śāradā sarvakālam+
tat+api tava guṇānām+īśa pāram+na yāti || Smst_Add_1
asurasuramunīndrais+arcitasya+indumaules+
prathitaguṇamahimnas+nirguṇasya+īśvarasya |
sakalaguṇavariṣṭhas+puṣpadantābhidhānas+
ruciram+alaghuvṛttais+stotram+etat+cakāra || Smst_Add_2
ahara+ahar+anavadyam+dhūrjaṭe stotram+etat+
paṭhati paramabhaktyā śuddhacittas+pumān+yas+ |
sa bhavati śivaloke rudratulyas+sadātmā
pracurataradhanāyus+putravān+kīrtimān+ca || Smst_Add_3
maheśāt+na+aparas+devas+mahimnas+na+aparā stutis+ |
aghorāt+na+aparas+mantras+na+asti tattvam+guros+param || Smst_Add_4
dīkṣā dānam+tapas+tīrtham+jñānam+yāgādikās+kriyās+ |
mahimnas+tava pāṭhasya kalām+na+arhanti ṣoḍaśīm || Smst_Add_5
āsamāptam+idam+stotram+puṇyam+gandharvabhāṣitam |
anaupamyam+manohāri śivam+īśvaravarṇanam || Smst_Add_6
kusumadaśananāmā sarvagandharvarājas+
śiśuśaśadharamaules+devadevasya dāsas+ |
sa khalu nijamahimnas+bhraṣṭas+eva+asya roṣāt+
stavanam+idam+akārṣīt+divyadivyam+mahimnas+ || Smst_Add_7
suragurum+abhipūjya svargamokṣaikahetum+
paṭhati yadi manuṣyas+prāñjalis+na+anyacetās+ |
vrajati śivasamīpam+kinnarais+stūyamānas+
stavanam+idam+amogham+puṣpadantapraṇītam || Smst_Add_8
śrīpuṣpadantamukhapaṅkajanirgatena stotreṇa kilbiṣahareṇa harapriyeṇa |
kaṇṭhasthitena paṭhitena gṛhasthitena samprīṇitas+bhavati bhūtapatis+maheśas+ || Smst_Add_9
apūrvam+lāvaṇyam+vivasanatanos+te vimṛṣatām+
munīnām+dārāṇām+samajani sa kas+api+avyatikaras+ |
yatas+bhagne guhye sakṛt+api saparyām+vidadhatām+
dhruvam+mokṣam+līlām+kim+api puruṣārtham+prasavite || Smst_Add_10
vapuḥprādurbhāvāt+anumitam+idam+janmani purā
purāre na+eva+aham+kvacit+api bhavantam+praṇatavān |
naman+muktas+samprati+atanus+aham+agre+api+anatimān+
maheśa kṣantavyam+tat+idam+aparādhadvayam+api || Smst_Add_11
iti+eṣā vāṅmayī pūjā śrīmacchaṃkarapādayos+ |
arpitā tena deveśas+prīyatām+me sadāśivas+ || Smst_Add_12
tava tattvam+na jānāmi kīdṛśas+asi maheśvara |
yādṛśas+asi mahādeva tādṛśāya namas+namas+ || Smst_Add_13
ekakālam+dvikālam+vā trikālam+yas+paṭhet+naras+ |
lambapāśavinirmuktas+śivalokam+sa gacchati || Smst_Add_14
kīrtanena hi rudrasya pāpam+yāti sahasradhā |
pracaṇḍapavanena+eva dhanam+jaladamaṇḍalam || Smst_Add_15