Uma Maheshwara Stotram
उमामहेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Umāmaheśvarastotram
All 8 verses
Verse 1
नमः शिवाभ्यां नवयौवनाभ्याम् परस्पराश्लिष्टवपुर्धराभ्याम् नगेन्द्रकन्यावृषकेतनाभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥१॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां नवयौवनाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas ever in fresh youth,
- परस्पराश्लिष्टवपुर्धराभ्याम्
- who bear bodies mutually embraced,
- नगेन्द्रकन्यावृषकेतनाभ्याम्
- to the daughter of the king of mountains and the bull-bannered one,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Ever-youthful and mutually embraced, they show Shiva and Shakti as one life not aging in time; salutation to the divine pair is salutation to the non-dual reality in which power and consciousness are never apart.
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Verse 2
नमः शिवाभ्यां सरसोत्सवाभ्याम् नमस्कृताभीष्टवरप्रदाभ्याम् नारायणेनार्चितपादुकाभ्यां नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥२॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां सरसोत्सवाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas who are the festival of Saras,
- नमस्कृताभीष्टवरप्रदाभ्याम्
- who grant desired boons to those who bow,
- नारायणेनार्चितपादुकाभ्यां
- whose sandals are worshipped by Narayana,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Boon-givers whose sandals Vishnu honors reveal the supreme pair as the source even of the preserver's reverence; when the heart bows, it bows to the reality that grants wishes yet remains beyond every wish fulfilled.
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Verse 3
नमः शिवाभ्यां वृषवाहनाभ्याम् विरिञ्चिविष्ण्विन्द्रसुपूजिताभ्याम् विभूतिपाटीरविलेपनाभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥३॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां वृषवाहनाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas who ride the bull,
- विरिञ्चिविष्ण्विन्द्रसुपूजिताभ्याम्
- who are well worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, and Indra,
- विभूतिपाटीरविलेपनाभ्याम्
- who are anointed with ash and fragrant paste,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Worshipped by the Trimurti and anointed with ash and perfume, they unite austerity and beauty in one worshipful form; the gods' homage points to the one Lord whom all deities ultimately acknowledge as their ground.
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Verse 4
नमः शिवाभ्यां जगदीश्वराभ्याम् जगत्पतिभ्यां जयविग्रहाभ्याम् जम्भारिमुख्यैरभिवन्दिताभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥४॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां जगदीश्वराभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas, lords of the world,
- जगत्पतिभ्यां जयविग्रहाभ्याम्
- lords of the universe, forms of victory,
- जम्भारिमुख्यैरभिवन्दिताभ्याम्
- who are saluted by Jambhari and the foremost,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Lords of the worlds and victorious forms saluted even by great asuras show sovereignty that conquers without division; victory over cosmic powers images the Self's triumph over the mind's claim to separate lordship.
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Verse 5
नमः शिवाभ्यां परमौषधाभ्याम् पञ्चाक्षरी पञ्जररञ्जिताभ्याम् प्रपञ्चसृष्टिस्थिति संहृताभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥५॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां परमौषधाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas who are the supreme medicine,
- पञ्चाक्षरी पञ्जररञ्जिताभ्याम्
- who delight the cage of the five-syllable mantra,
- प्रपञ्चसृष्टिस्थिति संहृताभ्याम्
- who are creation, sustenance, and dissolution of the universe,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Supreme medicine and lords of creation, preservation, and destruction, caged yet radiant in the five syllables, teach that the mantra's sound holds the whole cosmic cycle; the pair is the living Om in whom the universe arises and returns.
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Verse 6
नमः शिवाभ्यामतिसुन्दराभ्याम् अत्यन्तमासक्तहृदम्बुजाभ्याम् अशेषलोकैकहितङ्कराभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥६॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यामतिसुन्दराभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two exceedingly beautiful Shivas,
- अत्यन्तमासक्तहृदम्बुजाभ्याम्
- who are most attached to the lotus hearts of devotees,
- अशेषलोकैकहितङ्कराभ्याम्
- who work the sole welfare of all worlds,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Exceeding beauty and steadfast love for devotees' lotus hearts reveal grace that seeks the surrendered mind; welfare of all worlds flows from the one pair because the Self's compassion is not partial but the very nature of reality.
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Verse 7
नमः शिवाभ्यां कलिनाशनाभ्याम् कङ्कालकल्याणवपुर्धराभ्याम् कैलासशैलस्थितदेवताभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥७॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यां कलिनाशनाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas who destroy the poison of Kali,
- कङ्कालकल्याणवपुर्धराभ्याम्
- who bear the auspicious form of Kala the destroyer,
- कैलासशैलस्थितदेवताभ्याम्
- who are the deities dwelling on Mount Kailasa,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Destroyers of Kali's taint and bearers of Time's auspicious form on Kailasa show death itself transfigured by the divine; the age's poison dissolves where the mind worships the Lord whose very form makes dissolution holy.
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Verse 8
नमः शिवाभ्यामशुभापहाभ्याम् अशेषलोकैकविशेषिताभ्याम् अकुण्ठिताभ्याम् स्मृतिसम्भृताभ्याम् नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम् ॥८॥
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- नमः शिवाभ्यामशुभापहाभ्याम्
- Salutations to the two Shivas who remove ill fortune,
- अशेषलोकैकविशेषिताभ्याम्
- who are uniquely distinguished in every world,
- अकुण्ठिताभ्याम् स्मृतिसम्भृताभ्याम्
- who are unbroken and nourished by remembrance,
- नमो नमः शङ्करपार्वतीभ्याम्
- again and again salutations to Shankara and Parvati.
Removers of ill, distinguished in every realm, sustained by unbroken smriti, the pair is honored through steady remembrance; when memory of Shankara and Parvati does not falter, the mind discovers the auspicious as its own undivided nature.
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