‘SHANKARA PANCHAMI’

- A day, the world enlightened by the arrival of Adi Shankaracharya.

Shiva Shadakshari Stotram

Author: ādi śaṅkarācārya

||oṃ oṃ||
oṅkārabindu saṃyuktaṃ nityaṃ dhyāyanti yoginaḥ |
kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ tasmādoṅkārāya namonamaḥ || 1 ||

||oṃ naṃ||
namanti munayaḥ sarve namantyapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
narāṇāmādidevāya nakārāya namonamaḥ || 2 ||

||oṃ maṃ||
mahātatvaṃ mahādeva priyaṃ ṅñānapradaṃ param |
mahāpāpaharaṃ tasmānmakārāya namonamaḥ || 3 ||

||oṃ śiṃ||
śivaṃ śāntaṃ śivākāraṃ śivānugrahakāraṇam |
mahāpāpaharaṃ tasmācchikārāya namonamaḥ || 4 ||

||oṃ vāṃ||
vāhanaṃ vṛṣabhoyasya vāsukiḥ kaṇṭhabhūṣaṇam |
vāme śaktidharaṃ devaṃ vakārāya namonamaḥ || 5 ||

||oṃ yaṃ||
yakāre saṃsthito devo yakāraṃ paramaṃ śubham |
yaṃ nityaṃ paramānandaṃ yakārāya namonamaḥ || 6 ||

ṣaḍakṣaramidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhecchiva sannidhau |
tasya mṛtyubhayaṃ nāsti hyapamṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ ||

śivaśiveti śiveti śiveti vā
bhavabhaveti bhaveti bhaveti vā |
harahareti hareti hareti vā
bhujamanaśśivameva nirantaram ||

iti śrīmatparamahaṃsa parivrājakācārya
śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavatpādapūjyakṛta śivaṣaḍakṣarīstotraṃ sampūrṇam ||