Sri Chandraśēkhara Aṣṭakam

 



chandraśēkhara chandraśēkhara chandraśēkhara pāhimām ।
chandraśēkhara chandraśēkhara chandraśēkhara rakṣamām ॥

ratna-sānu śarāsanaṃ

rajatādri śṛṅga niketanam




ratna-sānu śarāsanaṃ rajatādri śṛṅga niketanam
śiñjinī-kṛta pannagēśvaraṃ acyutānala sāyakam ।
kṣipra-dagdha puratrayaṃ tridaśālayair abhivanditam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 1 ॥

Week 1

phāla-lōchana jāta-pāvaka dagdha-manmadha-vigraham


pañca-pādapa puṣpa-gandha padāmbuja-dvaya-śōbhitam
phāla-lōchana jāta-pāvaka dagdha-manmadha-vigraham ।
bhasma-digdha kaḻēbaraṃ bhava-nāśanam bhavam avyayam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 2 ॥


matta-vāraṇa mukhya-carma kṛtōttarīya (kṛta-uttarīya) manōharam
(This is a beautiful wall carving of “Gajasamhara” Lord Shiva slaying the elephant demon Gajasura. This carving is in Hoysaleswar temple, Halebidu, Karnataka, India which was built in 12th century by Hoysala Empire.)


paṅkajāsana padma-lōchana pūjita-aṅghri sarōruham 



paṅkajāsana padma-lōchana pūjita-aṅghri sarōruham



dēva-sindhu taraṅga-śrīkara sikta śubhra-jaṭā-dharam



matta-vāraṇa mukhya-carma kṛtōttarīya (kṛta-uttarīya) manōharam
paṅkajāsana padma-lōchana pūjita-aṅghri sarōruham ।
dēva-sindhu taraṅga-śrīkara sikta śubhra-jaṭā-dharam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 3 ॥


(Veerabhadra destroying Daksha Yagna)
bhagākṣa-haraṃ


yakṣa-rāja-sakhaṃ

kṣveḍa-nīla-galam


yakṣa-rāja-sakhaṃ bhagākṣa-haraṃ bhujaṅga-vibhūṣaṇam
śaila-rāja-sutā-pariṣkṛta-chāru-vāma-kaḻēbaram ।
kṣveḍa-nīla-galam paraśvadha-dhāriṇaṃ mṛga-dhāriṇam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 4 ॥

vṛṣavāhanaṃ



nāradādi munīśvara stutavaibhavaṃ bhuvanēśvaram 

andhakāntakam




āśritāmara pādapa



kuṇḍalīkṛta kuṇḍalīśvara kuṇḍalaṃ vṛṣavāhanaṃ
nāradādi munīśvara stutavaibhavaṃ bhuvanēśvaram ।
andhakāntakam āśritāmara pādapaṃ śamanāntakaṃ
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥5

dakṣa-yajña-vināśanam


bhēṣajaṃ bhava-rōgiṇām akhilāpadām apahāriṇam
dakṣa-yajña-vināśanam triguṇātmakam trivilōchanam ।
bhakti-mukti-phalapradam sakalāgha saṅgha nibarhaṇam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 6 ॥

sarvabhūta patiṃ parātparam (pasupatinath)



bhaktavatsalam architaṃ nidhim akṣayaṃ hari dambaraṃ
sarvabhūta patiṃ parātparam apramēyam anuttamam ।
sōmavārina bhū hutāśana sōma pādyakhilākṛtiṃ
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 7 ॥

krīḍayantam ahar-niśam (Thiruvilaiyaadal)


viśva-sṛṣṭi-vidhāyakam punar-eva-pālana-tatparam
saṃharantamapi prapañcam aśeṣa-lōka-nivāsinam ।
krīḍayantam ahar-niśam gaṇa-nātha-yūtha-samanvitam
chandraśēkharam āśraye mama kiṃ kariṣyati vai yamaḥ ॥ 8 ॥

mṛtyubhīta mṛkaṇḍusūnu kṛtastavaṃ śivasannidhau..

mṛtyubhīta mṛkaṇḍusūnu kṛtastavaṃ śivasannidhau
yatra kutra cha yaḥ paṭhēn nahi tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ bhavēt ।
pūrṇam āyur arōgatām akhilārtha sampadam ādarāt
chandraśēkhara ēva tasya dadāti muktim ayatnataḥ ॥ 9 ॥



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śrī amar̥takaṭeśvarar

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