Shiva Raksha Stotram
ಶಿವ ರಕ್ಷಾ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮ್
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ಅಸ್ಯ ಶ್ರೀಶಿವರಕ್ಷಾಸ್ತೋತ್ರಮನ್ತ್ರಸ್ಯ ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯ ಋಷಿಃ।
ಶ್ರೀಸದಾಶಿವೋ ದೇವತಾ।
ಅನುಷ್ಟುಪ್ ಛನ್ದಃ।
ಶ್ರೀಸದಾಶಿವಪ್ರೀತ್ಯರ್ಥಂ ಶಿವರಕ್ಷಾಸ್ತೋತ್ರಜಪೇ ವಿನಿಯೋಗಃ॥Asya shrishivarakshastotramantrasya yajnavalkya rishih, shrisadashivo devata, anushtup chhandah, shrisadashivaprityartham shivarakshastotrajape viniyogah.
Of this Shiva Raksha Stotra mantra, the seer is Yajnavalkya, the deity is Sadashiva, the metre is anushtup, and it is chanted to please Sadashiva.
ಚರಿತಂ ದೇವದೇವಸ್ಯ ಮಹಾದೇವಸ್ಯ ಪಾವನಮ್।
ಅಪಾರಂ ಪರಮೋದಾರಂ ಚತುರ್ವರ್ಗಸ್ಯ ಸಾಧನಮ್॥Charitam devadevasya mahadevasya pavanam, aparam paramodaram chaturvargasya sadhanam.
The story of Mahadeva, god of gods, is purifying, boundless and supremely generous, the means to all four aims of life.
ಗೌರೀವಿನಾಯಕೋಪೇತಂ ಪಞ್ಚವಕ್ತ್ರಂ ತ್ರಿನೇತ್ರಕಮ್।
ಶಿವಂ ಧ್ಯಾತ್ವಾ ದಶಭುಜಂ ಶಿವರಕ್ಷಾಂ ಪಠೇನ್ನರಃ॥Gaurivinayakopetam panchavaktram trinetrakam, shivam dhyatva dashabhujam shivaraksham pathennarah.
Meditating on Shiva, with Gauri and Vinayaka, five-faced, three-eyed and ten-armed, one should recite the Shiva Raksha.
ಗಙ್ಗಾಧರಃ ಶಿರಃ ಪಾತು ಭಾಲಮರ್ಧೇನ್ದುಶೇಖರಃ।
ನಯನೇ ಮದನಧ್ವಂಸೀ ಕರ್ಣೌ ಸರ್ಪವಿಭೂಷಣಃ॥Gangadharah shirah patu bhalamardhendushekharah, nayane madanadhvamsi karnau sarpavibhushanah.
May Gangadhara, who holds the Ganga, protect my head; the one crowned with the crescent moon, my forehead; the destroyer of Kama, my eyes; the one adorned with serpents, my ears.
ಘ್ರಾಣಂ ಪಾತು ಪುರಾರಾತಿರ್ಮುಖಂ ಪಾತು ಜಗತ್ಪತಿಃ।
ಜಿಹ್ವಾಂ ವಾಗೀಶ್ವರಃ ಪಾತು ಕನ್ಧರಾಂ ಶಿತಿಕನ್ಧರಃ॥Ghranam patu puraratirmukham patu jagatpatih, jihvam vagishvarah patu kandharam shitikandharah.
May the enemy of Tripura protect my nose; the lord of the world, my mouth; the lord of speech, my tongue; the blue-throated one, my neck.
ಶ್ರೀಕಣ್ಠಃ ಪಾತು ಮೇ ಕಣ್ಠಂ ಸ್ಕನ್ಧೌ ವಿಶ್ವಧುರನ್ಧರಃ।
ಭುಜೌ ಭೂಭಾರಸಂಹರ್ತಾ ಕರೌ ಪಾತು ಪಿನಾಕಧೃಕ್॥Shrikanthah patu me kantham skandhau vishvadhurandharah, bhujau bhubharasamharta karau patu pinakadhrik.
May Shrikantha protect my throat; the bearer of the world’s burden, my shoulders; the one who lifts the earth’s burden, my arms; the holder of the Pinaka bow, my hands.
ಹೃದಯಂ ಶಙ್ಕರಃ ಪಾತು ಜಠರಂ ಗಿರಿಜಾಪತಿಃ।
ನಾಭಿಂ ಮೃತ್ಯುಞ್ಜಯಃ ಪಾತು ಕಟಿಂ ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಾಜಿನಾಮ್ಬರಃ॥Hridayam shankarah patu jatharam girijapatih, nabhim mrityunjayah patu katim vyaghrajinambarah.
May Shankara protect my heart; Parvati’s husband, my belly; Mrityunjaya, the conqueror of death, my navel; the one clad in tiger skin, my waist.
ಸಕ್ಥಿನೀ ಪಾತು ದೀನಾರ್ತಶರಣಾಗತವತ್ಸಲಃ।
ಊರೂ ಮಹೇಶ್ವರಃ ಪಾತು ಜಾನುನೀ ಜಗದೀಶ್ವರಃ॥Sakthini patu dinartasharanagatavatsalah, uru maheshvarah patu januni jagadishvarah.
May the one who loves the poor, the suffering and those who seek refuge protect my hips; Maheshvara, my thighs; the lord of the universe, my knees.
ಜಙ್ಘೇ ಪಾತು ಜಗತ್ಕರ್ತಾ ಗುಲ್ಫೌ ಪಾತು ಗಣಾಧಿಪಃ।
ಚರಣೌ ಕರುಣಾಸಿನ್ಧುಃ ಸರ್ವಾಙ್ಗಾನಿ ಸದಾಶಿವಃ॥Janghe patu jagatkarta gulphau patu ganadhipah, charanau karunasindhuh sarvangani sadashivah.
May the creator of the world protect my shins; the lord of the ganas, my ankles; the ocean of compassion, my feet; and Sadashiva, every limb.
ಏತಾಂ ಶಿವಬಲೋಪೇತಾಂ ರಕ್ಷಾಂ ಯಃ ಸುಕೃತೀ ಪಠೇತ್।
ಸ ಭುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ಸಕಲಾನ್ಕಾಮಾನ್ ಶಿವಸಾಯುಜ್ಯಮಾಪ್ನುಯಾತ್॥Etam shivabalopetam raksham yah sukriti pathet, sa bhuktva sakalankaman shivasayujyamapnuyat.
The virtuous one who recites this protective hymn, filled with Shiva’s strength, enjoys every wish and attains union with Shiva.
ಗ್ರಹಭೂತಪಿಶಾಚಾದ್ಯಾಸ್ತ್ರೈಲೋಕ್ಯೇ ವಿಚರನ್ತಿ ಯೇ।
ದೂರಾದಾಶು ಪಲಾಯನ್ತೇ ಶಿವನಾಮಾಭಿರಕ್ಷಣಾತ್॥Grahabhutapishachadyastrailokye vicharanti ye, duradashu palayante shivanamabhirakshanat.
Malign planets, ghosts, goblins and all such beings that roam the three worlds flee far away at once from one guarded by Shiva’s name.
ಅಭಯಙ್ಕರನಾಮೇದಂ ಕವಚಂ ಪಾರ್ವತೀಪತೇಃ।
ಭಕ್ತ್ಯಾ ಬಿಭರ್ತಿ ಯಃ ಕಣ್ಠೇ ತಸ್ಯ ವಶ್ಯಂ ಜಗತ್ತ್ರಯಮ್॥Abhayankaranamedam kavacham parvatipateh, bhaktya bibharti yah kanthe tasya vashyam jagattrayam.
Whoever wears with devotion around the neck this armour of Parvati’s lord, called the Giver of Fearlessness, has the three worlds under their sway.
ಇಮಾಂ ನಾರಾಯಣಃ ಸ್ವಪ್ನೇ ಶಿವರಕ್ಷಾಂ ಯಥಾದಿಶತ್।
ಪ್ರಾತರುತ್ಥಾಯ ಯೋಗೀನ್ದ್ರೋ ಯಾಜ್ಞವಲ್ಕ್ಯಸ್ತಥಾಲಿಖತ್॥Imam narayanah svapne shivaraksham yathadishat, pratarutthaya yogindro yajnavalkyastathalikhat.
As Narayana revealed this Shiva Raksha in a dream, so Yajnavalkya, king of yogis, wrote it down on rising in the morning.