Ardha Naareeswara Ashtakam – English Lyrics (Text)
Ardha Naareeswara Ashtakam – English Script
Author: ādi śaṅkarācārya
cāmpeyagaurārdhaśarīrakāyai
karpūragaurārdhaśarīrakāya |
dhammillakāyai ca jaṭādharāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 1 ||
kastūrikākuṅkumacarcitāyai
citārajaḥpuñja vicarcitāya |
kṛtasmarāyai vikṛtasmarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 2 ||
jhaṇatkvaṇatkaṅkaṇanūpurāyai
pādābjarājatphaṇinūpurāya |
hemāṅgadāyai bhujagāṅgadāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 3 ||
viśālanīlotpalalocanāyai
vikāsipaṅkeruhalocanāya |
samekṣaṇāyai viṣamekṣaṇāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 4 ||
mandāramālākalitālakāyai
kapālamālāṅkitakandharāya |
divyāmbarāyai ca digambarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 5 ||
ambhodharaśyāmalakuntalāyai
taṭitprabhātāmrajaṭādharāya |
nirīśvarāyai nikhileśvarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 6 ||
prapañcasṛṣṭyunmukhalāsyakāyai
samastasaṃhārakatāṇḍavāya |
jagajjananyai jagadekapitre
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 7 ||
pradīptaratnojjvalakuṇḍalāyai
sphuranmahāpannagabhūṣaṇāya |
śivānvitāyai ca śivānvitāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 8 ||
etatpaṭhedaṣṭakamiṣṭadaṃ yo
bhaktyā sa mānyo bhuvi dīrghajīvī |
prāpnoti saubhāgyamanantakālaṃ
bhūyātsadā tasya samastasiddhiḥ ||