Shiv Mahimna Stotra
Artist: Ayodhyadas Nimavat
Shiv Mahimna Stotra
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Original
नमामीशमीशान निर्वाणरूपं विभुं व्यापकं ब्रह्मवेदस्वरूपम्। निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं चिदाकाशमाकाशवासं भजेऽहम्॥
Transliteration
namāmīśamīśāna nirvāṇarūpaṃ vibhuṃ vyāpakaṃ brahmavedasvarūpam | nijaṃ nirguṇaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirīhaṃ cidākāśamākāśavāsaṃ bhaje'ham ||
Meaning / Translation
I bow to the Lord, the Ruler of the Universe, the embodiment of Nirvana, the all-pervading, the essence of Brahman and the Vedas. I worship Him who is self-existent, beyond all qualities, beyond all change, desireless, the sky of consciousness, and who dwells in the ether.
Verse 2
Original
निराकारमोङ्कारमूलं निराकारमद्वितीयं विभुं व्यापकम्। निजं निर्गुणं निर्विकल्पं निरीहं चिदाकाशमाकाशवासं भजेऽहम्॥
Transliteration
nirākāramoṅkāramūlaṃ nirākāramadvitīyaṃ vibhuṃ vyāpakam | nijaṃ nirguṇaṃ nirvikalpaṃ nirīhaṃ cidākāśamākāśavāsaṃ bhaje'ham ||
Meaning / Translation
I worship the Formless One, the root of Om, the non-dual, the all-pervading, the self-existent, the qualityless, the changeless, the desireless, the sky of consciousness, who is clothed in the sky.
Verse 3
Original
त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं तत्त्वमसि त्वमेव सर्वं विश्वमाश्रितं च। त्वमेव सर्वं गूढं गुह्यं गुह्यं त्वमेव सर्वं त्वमेव सर्वम्॥
Transliteration
tvameva pratyakṣaṃ tattvamasi tvameva sarvaṃ viśvamāśritaṃ ca | tvameva sarvaṃ gūḍhaṃ guhyaṃ guhyaṃ tvameva sarvaṃ tvameva sarvam ||
Meaning / Translation
You alone are the visible Reality; You alone are the absolute truth. You are everything upon which the universe depends. You are the hidden, the secret, and the most mysterious; You are everything and You are all.
Verse 4
Original
नमोऽस्तु तेऽनन्ताय नमोऽस्तु तेऽनन्ताय नमोऽस्तु तेऽनन्ताय। शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं शिवोऽहं॥
Transliteration
namo'stu te'nantāya namo'stu te'nantāya namo'stu te'nantāya | śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ śivo'haṃ ||
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to You, the Infinite! Salutations to You, the Infinite! Salutations to You, the Infinite! I am Shiva, I am Shiva, I am Shiva...
Verse 5
Original
जटाजूटगङ्गाधर त्रिलोचन त्रिशूलपाणिं त्रिनेत्रधारिणम्। पशुपतिं पापनाशं प्रपन्नपालेत् शिवं शम्भो शङ्करं भजेऽहम्॥
Transliteration
jaṭājūṭagaṅgādhara trilocana triśūlapāṇiṃ trinetradhāriṇam | paśupatiṃ pāpanāśaṃ prapannapālet śivaṃ śambho śaṅkaraṃ bhaje'ham ||
Meaning / Translation
I worship Shiva, the holder of the Ganges in His matted hair, the three-eyed one, the wielder of the trident. I worship Pashupati, the destroyer of sins, the protector of those who surrender, the auspicious Shankara.
Verse 6
Original
अनादिनाथादनादिदेव महादेवेश महायोगिनम्। जगत्प्रसूतिं जगत्प्रलयं जगत्पालकं जगत्प्रपन्नम्॥
Transliteration
anādināthādānādideva mahādēvēśa mahāyoginam | jagatprasūtiṃ jagatpralayaṃ jagatpālakaṃ jagatprapannam ||
Meaning / Translation
The Lord without beginning, the primeval God, the Great Lord, the Great Yogi. He who is the cause of the universe's creation, its dissolution, its sustenance, and the refuge of the entire world.