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Shivaparadha Kshamapana Stotram
शिवापराधक्षमापणस्तोत्रम्
Śivāparādhakṣamāpaṇastotram
Chant
स्नात्वा प्रत्यूषकाले स्नपनविधिविधौ नाहृतं गाङ्गतोयं पूजार्थं वा कदाचिद्बहुतरगहनात्खण्डबिल्वीदलानि । नानीता पद्ममाला सरसि विकसिता गन्धधूपैः त्वदर्थं क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥५॥
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- स्नात्वा प्रत्यूषकाले स्नपनविधिविधौ नाहृतं गाङ्गतोयं
- After bathing at dawn, in the rite of ablution, Ganga water was not brought,
- पूजार्थं वा कदाचिद्बहुतरगहनात्खण्डबिल्वीदलानि ।
- nor at times for worship from the deep thicket were broken bilva leaves gathered,
- नानीता पद्ममाला सरसि विकसिता गन्धधूपैः त्वदर्थं
- nor was a lotus garland brought from the blossoming lake, nor incense for you.
- क्षन्तव्यो मेऽपराधः शिव शिव शिव भो श्रीमहादेव शम्भो
- My offence must be forgiven, Shiva, Shiva, Shiva, O glorious Mahadeva, Shambho.
Neglected water, leaves, flowers, and incense name the gap between intended worship and performed duty; forgiveness is asked because ritual slips reveal a heart not yet steady in offering, and the Lord is invoked as the one who accepts imperfect service.
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