Shiva Shankara Stotram
Shree shivashankara stotram'
Atibheeshanakat'ubhaashanayamakinkirapat'alee-
-kri'tataad'anaparipeed'anamaranaagamasamaye |
Umayaa saha mama chetasi yamashaasana nivasan
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 1 ||
Asadindriyavishayodayasukhasaatkri'tasukri'teh'
Paradooshanaparimokshana kri'tapaatakavikri'teh' |
Shamanaananabhavakaanananiraterbhava sharanam'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 2 ||
Vishayaabhidhabad'ishaayudhapishitaayitasukhato
Makaraayitagatisam'sri'tikri'tasaahasavipadam |
Paramaalaya paripaalaya paritaapitamanisham'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 3 ||
Dayitaa mama duhitaa mama jananee mama janako
Mama kalpitamatisantatimarubhoomishu niratam |
Girijaasakha janitaasukhavasatim' kuru sukhinam'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 4 ||
Janinaashana mri'timochana shivapoojananirateh'
Abhito'dri'shamidameedri'shamahamaavaha iti haa |
Gajakachchhapajanitashrama vimaleekuru sumatim'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 5 ||
Tvayi tisht'hati sakalasthitikarunaatmani hri'daye
Vasumaarganakri'panekshanamanasaa shivavimukham |
Akri'taahnikamasuposhakamavataadgirisutayaa
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 6 ||
Pitaraaviti sukhadaaviti shishunaa kri'tahri'dayau
Shivayaa hri'tabhayake hri'di janitam' tava sukri'tam |
Iti me shiva hri'dayam' bhava bhavataattava dayayaa
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 7 ||
Sharanaagatabharanaashrita karunaamri'tajaladhe
Sharanam' tava charanau shiva mama sam'sri'tivasateh' |
Parichinmaya jagadaamayabhishaje natiravataat
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 8 ||
Vividhaadhibhiratibheetibhirakri'taadhikasukri'tam'
Shatakot'ishu narakaadishu hatapaatakavivasham |
Mri'd'a maamava sukri'teebhava shivayaa saha kri'payaa
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 9 ||
Kalinaashana garalaashana kamalaasanavinuta
Kamalaapatinayanaarchita karunaakri'ticharana |
Karunaakara munisevita bhavasaagaraharana
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 10 ||
Vijitendriyavibudhaarchita vimalaambujacharana
Bhavanaashana bhayanaashana bhajitaangitahri'daya |
Phanibhooshana muniveshana madanaantaka sharanam'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 11 ||
Tripuraantaka tridasheshvara trigunaatmaka shambho
Vri'shavaahana vishadooshana patitoddhara sharanam |
Kanakaasana kanakaambara kalinaashana sharanam'
Shivashankara shivashankara hara me hara duritam || 12 ||
Iti shreeshivashankarastotram ||
Meaning
The Shiva Shankara Stotram is a deeply emotional hymn of surrender, where the devotee confesses human weaknesses—sins, fears, worldly attachments—and seeks total refuge in Lord Shiva, the compassionate remover of suffering.
The opening describes the terror of death and the moment when Yama’s messengers approach, praying that Shiva and Uma remain in the devotee’s heart to rescue them.
Subsequent verses acknowledge the impurities caused by the senses, the tendency to criticize others, and the dangers of worldly pleasures that lead the soul astray. The devotee repeatedly pleads:
“Shiva Shankara, remove my suffering, destroy my sins.”
The stotram portrays Shiva as:
• the giver of refuge,
• the protector of families,
• the purifier of the mind,
• the destroyer of fear,
• the healer of worldly sorrow.
It also seeks blessings for loved ones and prays that the mind may remain fixed in Shiva-puja. Shiva is remembered as the poison-drinker, the destroyer of Tripura, the one worshipped by gods, sages, and devotees.
Essence:
This stotram is a heartfelt surrender, a confession that only Shiva’s grace can free the soul from suffering, sin, and the cycle of birth and death.
Benefits:
• Removes sins and accumulated karmic impurities
• Protects from fear, anxiety, and mental disturbances
• Gives peace, stability, devotion and clarity
• Protects from dangers, suffering, and negativity
• Ensures spiritual upliftment and divine grace
• Helps at the time of death (removes Yama fear)
• Grants inner purity and surrender
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