Sadashivashtakam
By
Sage Pathanjali
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(This Stotra is from Halasya Puranam,(i.e. The story of the city of
Suvarna padmini thatantha divya harmya vasine,
Suparna vahana priyata soorya koti thejase,
Aparnaya viharine phana darendra dharine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 1
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who resides in the
holy building near the tank of golden lotus[*],
Who is as brilliant
as billions of suns,
Who is liked by he
who rides on a bird,
Who lives with
Parvathi,
And who wears the
snake on his head.
Sathunga bhanga jahnuja sudhamsu ganda moulaye,
Pathanga pankaja suhruth krupeeta yoni chakshushe,
Bhujanga raja kundalaya, punya shali, bhandhave,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 2
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who has on his head
the river which fell from the sky[†],
And the piece of moon
shedding nectar,
Who has moon , friend
of lotus and fire as eyes,
Who wears snakes as
ear studs,
And who is the friend
of all who do good deeds.
Chathur mukhanana aravinda
veda geetha bhoothaye,
Chathurbhujanuja
sareera shobha mana murthaye,
Chathurvidartha dana
sounda thandava swaroopine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 3
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who is praised by the
four Vedas sung by four faces of Brahma,
Who shines because
of his merger with the sister of the
four armed,
Who blesses us with
just duty, assets, love and salvation,
And who has a form of
the vigorous male dancer.
Saran nisakara prakasa manda hasa manjula,
Dhara pravala bhasa mana vakthra mandala sriye,
Karasphurath kapalamuktha Vishnu raktha payine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 4
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who is very pretty
like the autumn moon with a smile,
Who shines with the
luster to his face added by his red lips,
Who holds a skull in
his one free hand,
And who has got the
sister of Lord Vishnu.
Sahasra pundareeka poojanaika soonya darshanath ,
Sahasra nethra kalpitharchanachyuthaya bhakthitha,
Sahasra bhanu mandala prakasa chakra dhayine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 5
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who gave the holy
wheel with the brilliance of thousand solar systems,
To Him who took his own eye to offer to Him,
When he found that
one flower was less out of thousand lotuses[‡].
Rasaradhaya ramya pathra bruthradanga panaye,
Rasa darendra chapa sinjani krutha nilasine,
Swasaradhi kruthabja yoni nunna veda vajine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 6
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who travels in the
pretty chariot of earth,
Who uses Lord Vishnu
as powerful arrow,
Who has a bow made of
the Mountain Meru,
For which the great
snake has been tied as string,
Whose chariot is
driven by Brahma ,
With the four holy
Vedas as horses.
Adhiprakalbha veerabhadra simha nada garjitha,
Sruthi prabheetha daksha yaga bhaginaga sadmanaam,
Gathi pradhaya garjithakhila prapancha sakshine,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 7
Forever salutations
to the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who gave protection
to those who attended the Yaga of Daksha,
When they started
trembling before efficient Veerabhadra[§] with
his lion like roar,
And who was the
witness to the billions of the universe
who heard the roar
Mrukandu soonu rakshana vadhootha danda panaye,
Suganda mandalasphurath prabha jithamruthamsave,
Akhanda bhoga sampadartha
loka bhavithathmane,
Sada namashivaya they sadashivaya shambhave. 8
Forever salutations to
the peaceful one,
Who blesses us with
prosperity and who is ever peaceful,
Who took the
punishing stick to save the son of Mrukandu from dying,
Whose pretty neck
further shines because of the crescent moon,
And who blesses all
those who pray for pleasure, wealth and
salvation.
Madhuripu vidhi shakra mukhya devaii,
Api niyamarchitha pada pankajaya,
Kanaka giri sarasanaya thubhyam,
Rajatha sabha pathaye, namasivaya. 9
Salutations to the
ever peaceful God,
Whose lotus like feet
are worshipped
By enemies of Madhu
and other devas,
Who has the golden
mountain as his bow,
And who is the lord
of the silver hall[**].
Halasya nadhaya maheshwaraya,
Hala halalankrutha kandharaya,
Meenekshanaya padaye shivaya,
Namo nama Sundara thandavaya.
10
Salutations and
salutations to the handsome dancer,
Who is the great god
and lord of town of
Who stopped the
poison called halahala in his neck,
And who is the lord
of the devi with eyes like fish.
Ishwara Uvacha:-
Thwaya krutham
idham sthothram ya padeth bhakthi
samyutha,
Thasya ayur deergam arogyam sampadascha dadamyaham.
God told:-
He who reads
this prayer composed you with devotion,
Will be given long life, health and wealth by me.
[*] The
temple pond in the city of
[†] The
river
[‡] When Lord Vishnu was trying to pooja with Shiva sahasra namma, one flower was missing. He plucked his eye and offered it
[§] Veerabhadra was sent by Lord Shiva to destroy the fire sacrifice of Daksha.
[**] Silver
hall is the Rajatha Sabhai in