𑌮𑌨𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑍋𑌪𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑌾 𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌮𑌣𑌿𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌿𑌕𑌾 𑌚
𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌮𑌲𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾 𑌸𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾 ॥ 1 ॥
𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑍍𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌜𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌚𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌾𑌸𑌂
𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍁𑌖𑍈𑌕𑌾 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾 𑌸𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾 ॥ 2 ॥
𑌕𑍋𑌶𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌧𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌾 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍀 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌗𑍇𑌹𑌂
𑌸𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌗𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌸𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾 ॥ 3 ॥
𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌹𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌤 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌕𑌾
𑌸𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌤𑍇𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌹𑌿 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌕𑌾 ॥ 4 ॥
𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑍀𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌨𑌜𑌨𑌨𑍀 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌿𑌨𑍀 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾
𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌾 𑌗𑌯𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌜𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌰𑌣𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌗𑌃
𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌶𑍋𑌽𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍀𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌜𑌨𑌮𑌨𑌃 𑌸𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾
𑌦𑍇𑌹𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌮𑌦𑍀𑌯𑍇 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌵𑌸𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌿𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 ॥ 5 ॥
॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌾 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌕𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌮𑍍 ॥
Roman (IAST) Transliteration
mano nivṛttiḥ paramopaśāntiḥ sā tīrthavaryā maṇikarṇikā ca
jñānapravāhā vimalādigaṅgā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 1 ||
yasyāmidaṃ kalpitamindrajālaṃ carācaraṃ bhāti manovilāsaṃ
saccitsukhaikā paramātmarūpā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 2 ||
kośeṣu pañcasvadhirājamānā buddhirbhavānī pratidehagehaṃ
sākṣī śivaḥ sarvagato'ntarātmā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 3 ||
kāśyā hi kāśata kāśī kāśī sarvaprakāśikā
sā kāśī viditā yena tena prāptā hi kāśikā || 4 ||
kāśīkṣetraṃ śarīraṃ tribhuvanajananī vyāpinī jñānagaṅgā
bhakti śraddhā gayeyaṃ nijagurucaraṇadhyānayogaḥ prayāgaḥ
viśveśo'yaṃ turīyaḥ sakalajanamanaḥ sākṣibhūto'ntarātmā
dehe sarvaṃ madīye yadi vasati punastīrthamanyatkimasti || 5 ||
|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitā kāśī pañcakaṃ prayātāṣṭakam ||
Sanskrit — Devanagari (original)
मनो निवृत्तिः परमोपशान्तिः सा तीर्थवर्या मणिकर्णिका च
ज्ञानप्रवाहा विमलादिगङ्गा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 1 ॥
यस्यामिदं कल्पितमिन्द्रजालं चराचरं भाति मनोविलासं
सच्चित्सुखैका परमात्मरूपा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 2 ॥
कोशेषु पञ्चस्वधिराजमाना बुद्धिर्भवानी प्रतिदेहगेहं
साक्षी शिवः सर्वगतोऽन्तरात्मा सा काशिकाहं निजबोधरूपा ॥ 3 ॥
काश्या हि काशत काशी काशी सर्वप्रकाशिका
सा काशी विदिता येन तेन प्राप्ता हि काशिका ॥ 4 ॥
काशीक्षेत्रं शरीरं त्रिभुवनजननी व्यापिनी ज्ञानगङ्गा
भक्ति श्रद्धा गयेयं निजगुरुचरणध्यानयोगः प्रयागः
विश्वेशोऽयं तुरीयः सकलजनमनः साक्षिभूतोऽन्तरात्मा
देहे सर्वं मदीये यदि वसति पुनस्तीर्थमन्यत्किमस्ति ॥ 5 ॥
॥ इति श्रीमच्छङ्कराचार्यविरचिता काशी पञ्चकं प्रयाताष्टकम् ॥
mano nivṛttiḥ paramopaśāntiḥ sā tīrthavaryā maṇikarṇikā ca
jñānapravāhā vimalādigaṅgā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 1 ||
yasyāmidaṃ kalpitamindrajālaṃ carācaraṃ bhāti manovilāsaṃ
saccitsukhaikā paramātmarūpā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 2 ||
kośeṣu pañcasvadhirājamānā buddhirbhavānī pratidehagehaṃ
sākṣī śivaḥ sarvagato'ntarātmā sā kāśikāhaṃ nijabodharūpā || 3 ||
kāśyā hi kāśata kāśī kāśī sarvaprakāśikā
sā kāśī viditā yena tena prāptā hi kāśikā || 4 ||
kāśīkṣetraṃ śarīraṃ tribhuvanajananī vyāpinī jñānagaṅgā
bhakti śraddhā gayeyaṃ nijagurucaraṇadhyānayogaḥ prayāgaḥ
viśveśo'yaṃ turīyaḥ sakalajanamanaḥ sākṣibhūto'ntarātmā
dehe sarvaṃ madīye yadi vasati punastīrthamanyatkimasti || 5 ||
|| iti śrīmacchaṅkarācāryaviracitā kāśī pañcakaṃ prayātāṣṭakam ||
🕉️ This is the original Sanskrit rendered in Grantha script.
Pronunciation is identical to the Sanskrit Devanagari version.