Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram — Devanagari Script

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Summary — English

The Dvadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram is a hymn to Shiva consisting of twelve verses, each praising a different Jyotirlinga. The verses name and honor these twelve forms: Somanatha in Saurashtra, Mallikarjuna on Sri Shaila, Mahakala in Avantika, Omkara at the confluence of the Kaveri and Narmada, Vaidyanatha, Bhima, Rameshvara installed by Sri Ramachandra, Naganatha in the southern city of Sadanga, Vishvanatha of Varanasi, the three-eyed Lord on the Sahyadri mountain by the Godavari, Kedara on the great mountain, and Ghrishneshvara in Ilapura. The text states that a man with great devotion who reads this hymn of the twelve luminous lingas, the forms of Shiva, should worship his own self after seeing its fruit.

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⚠️ AI-generated translation — the Konkani meaning was produced by AI and automatically cross-checked against the Sanskrit, but it may still contain errors. It has not yet been reviewed by a scholar. Please refer to a traditional commentary for study.

Summary — Konkani

हें स्तोत्र द्वादश ज्योतिर्लिंग स्तोत्रम् आसा, जें शिवाक समर्पित आसा. तातूंत बारा ज्योतिर्लिंगांचीं नांवां आनी तांचीं स्थळां क्रमान सांगलीं आसात, जशे सोमनाथ, मल्लिकार्जुन, महाकाल, ओंकार, वैद्यनाथ, भीमशंकर, रामेश्वर, नागनाथ, विश्वनाथ, त्र्यंबक, केदार आनी घृष्णेश्वर. दरेक श्लोकांत त्या त्या लिंगाचें स्थान, रूप आनी भक्तांक दिवपी फळ हांचें वर्णन केलां. हें स्तोत्र भक्तीन वाचल्यार मनीस ताचें फळ पळोवन आपल्या आत्म्याची भजना करता, अशें शेवटाक सांगलां.

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Meaning —

लघु स्तोत्रम्

सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाधञ्च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।

उज्जयिन्यां महाकालं ओङ्कारेत्वमामलेश्वरम् ॥

पर्ल्यां वैद्यनाधञ्च ढाकिन्यां भीम शङ्करम् ।

सेतुबन्धेतु रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने ॥

वारणाश्यान्तु विश्वेशं त्रयम्बकं गौतमीतटे ।

हिमालयेतु केदारं घृष्णेशन्तु विशालके ॥

एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः ।

सप्त जन्म कृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति ॥

सम्पूर्ण स्तोत्रम्

Verse 1

सौराष्ट्रदेशे विशदेऽतिरम्ये ज्योतिर्मयं चन्द्रकलावतंसम् ।
भक्तप्रदानाय कृपावतीर्णं तं सोमनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ 1 ॥

saurāṣṭradeśe viśade'tiramye jyotirmayaṃ candrakalāvataṃsam |
bhaktapradānāya kṛpāvatīrṇaṃ taṃ somanāthaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 1 ||

In the country of Saurashtra, which is vast and exceedingly beautiful, I take refuge in that Somanatha, who is made of light, adorned with the crescent moon, who descended out of compassion to bestow boons upon devotees. ^AI

सौराष्ट्र देशांत, विशाल आनी खूब सोबीत अशा थंय, जो ज्योतीमय आसा आनी चंद्रकलेचो मुकुट घाल्लो आसा, भक्तांक वर दिवपाखातीर दयेन अवतार घेतलो, त्या सोमनाथाक हांव शरण वता. ^AI

Verse 2

श्रीशैलशृङ्गे विविधप्रसङ्गे शेषाद्रिशृङ्गेऽपि सदा वसन्तम् ।
तमर्जुनं मल्लिकपूर्वमेनं नमामि संसारसमुद्रसेतुम् ॥ 2 ॥

śrīśailaśṛṅge vividhaprasaṅge śeṣādriśṛṅge'pi sadā vasantam |
tamarjunaṃ mallikapūrvamenaṃ namāmi saṃsārasamudrasetum || 2 ||

I bow to that Arjuna, who is preceded by Mallika (i.e., known as Mallikarjuna), who always dwells on the peak of Sri Shaila, in various assemblies, and also on the peak of Sheshadri, and who is the bridge across the ocean of worldly existence. ^AI

श्रीशैलाच्या शिखरार, नाना प्रसंगांनी, आनी शेषाद्रीच्या शिखरारूय सदांच रावता, त्या अर्जुनाक, जो मल्लिकेआदीं (म्हळ्यार मल्लिकार्जुन म्हणून) वळखतात, संसारसागराचो सेतू, हांव नमन करतां. ^AI

Verse 3

अवन्तिकायां विहितावतारं मुक्तिप्रदानाय च सज्जनानाम् ।
अकालमृत्योः परिरक्षणार्थं वन्दे महाकालमहासुरेशम् ॥ 3 ॥

avantikāyāṃ vihitāvatāraṃ muktipradānāya ca sajjanānām |
akālamṛtyoḥ parirakṣaṇārthaṃ vande mahākālamahāsureśam || 3 ||

I salute Mahakala, the great lord of the demons, who took incarnation in Avantika to grant liberation to good people and to protect them from untimely death. ^AI

अवंतिकेंत अवतार घेतलो, सज्जनांक मुक्ती दिवपाखातीर, आनी अकाळमृत्यूसावन राखण करपाखातीर, त्या महाकाल, महासुरांच्या ईश्वराक हांव वंदन करतां. ^AI

Verse 4

कावेरिकानर्मदयोः पवित्रे समागमे सज्जनतारणाय ।
सदैव मान्धातृपुरे वसन्तं ओङ्कारमीशं शिवमेकमीडे ॥ 4 ॥

kāverikānarmadayoḥ pavitre samāgame sajjanatāraṇāya |
sadaiva māndhātṛpure vasantaṃ oṅkāramīśaṃ śivamekamīḍe || 4 ||

I praise the one Shiva, the lord known as Omkara, who always dwells in the city of Mandhata, at the holy confluence of the Kaveri and Narmada rivers, for the deliverance of good people. ^AI

कावेरी आनी नर्मदा हांच्या पवित्र संगमार, सज्जनांक तारपाखातीर, सदांच मांधातृपुरांत रावता, त्या ओंकार ईश्वराक, एका शिवाक हांव वाखाणतां. ^AI

Verse 5

पूर्वोत्तरे प्रज्वलिकानिधाने सदा वसं तं गिरिजासमेतम् ।
सुरासुराराधितपादपद्मं श्रीवैद्यनाथं तमहं नमामि ॥ 5 ॥

pūrvottare prajvalikānidhāne sadā vasaṃ taṃ girijāsametam |
surāsurārādhitapādapadmaṃ śrīvaidyanāthaṃ tamahaṃ namāmi || 5 ||

I bow to that Vaidyanatha, who always dwells in the northeast, in the abode of the blazing light, together with Girija, and whose lotus feet are worshipped by gods and demons. ^AI

उदेंत-उत्तरेक, प्रज्वलिकेच्या निधानांत, सदांच रावता, गिरिजेसयत, देव-दानवांनी पूजिल्ले पदकमळ आशिल्लो, त्या श्रीवैद्यनाथाक हांव नमन करतां. ^AI

Verse 6

यं डाकिनिशाकिनिकासमाजे निषेव्यमाणं पिशिताशनैश्च ।
सदैव भीमादिपदप्रसिद्धं तं शङ्करं भक्तहितं नमामि ॥ 6 ॥

yaṃ ḍākiniśākinikāsamāje niṣevyamāṇaṃ piśitāśanaiśca |
sadaiva bhīmādipadaprasiddhaṃ taṃ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktahitaṃ namāmi || 6 ||

I bow to that Shankara, the benefactor of devotees, who is always served in the company of dakinis and shakinis and by flesh-eating beings, and who is renowned by the name Bhima and others. ^AI

डाकिनी आनी शाकिनी हांच्या समुदायांत, आनी मांस खावपी प्राण्यांनी सदांच सेविल्लो, भीम आदी नांवांनी प्रसिद्ध, भक्तांचो हितकारक, त्या शंकराक हांव नमन करतां. ^AI

Verse 7

श्रीताम्रपर्णीजलराशियोगे निबध्य सेतुं विशिखैरसङ्ख्यैः ।
श्रीरामचन्द्रेण समर्पितं तं रामेश्वराख्यं नियतं नमामि ॥ 7 ॥

śrītāmraparṇījalarāśiyoge nibadhya setuṃ viśikhairasaṅkhyaiḥ |
śrīrāmacandreṇa samarpitaṃ taṃ rāmeśvarākhyaṃ niyataṃ namāmi || 7 ||

I always bow to that one known as Rameshvara, who was installed by Sri Ramachandra at the confluence of the waters of the Tamraparni river, after building a bridge with countless arrows. ^AI

श्रीताम्रपर्णीच्या जलराशीच्या संगमार, असंख्य बाणांनी सेतू बांदून, श्रीरामचंद्रान समर्पित केल्लो, त्या रामेश्वर नांवाच्या देवाक हांव नित्य नमन करतां. ^AI

Verse 8

याम्ये सदङ्गे नगरेऽतिरम्ये विभूषिताङ्गं विविधैश्च भोगैः ।
सद्भक्तिमुक्तिप्रदमीशमेकं श्रीनागनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ 8 ॥

yāmye sadaṅge nagare'tiramye vibhūṣitāṅgaṃ vividhaiśca bhogaiḥ |
sadbhaktimuktipradamīśamekaṃ śrīnāganāthaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 8 ||

In the southern city of Sadanga, which is exceedingly beautiful, I take refuge in that Naganatha, the one Lord, whose limbs are adorned with various enjoyments, and who grants true devotion and liberation. ^AI

दक्षिणेक, सदंग नगरांत, खूब सोबीत थंय, नाना भोगांनी अंग सुशोभित केल्लो, खरे भक्ती आनी मुक्ती दिवपी एक ईश्वर, त्या श्रीनागनाथाक हांव शरण वता. ^AI

Verse 9

सानन्दमानन्दवने वसन्तं आनन्दकन्दं हतपापबृन्दम् ।
वाराणसीनाथमनाथनाथं श्रीविश्वनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ 9 ॥

sānandamānandavane vasantaṃ ānandakandaṃ hatapāpabṛndam |
vārāṇasīnāthamanāthanāthaṃ śrīviśvanāthaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 9 ||

I take refuge in Shri Vishvanatha, the Lord of Varanasi, the Lord of the helpless, who dwells in the blissful forest, who is the root of bliss, and who has destroyed masses of sins. ^AI

आनंदाच्या वनांत आनंदान वसणाऱ्या, आनंदाच्या मूळ असलेल्या, पापांच्या समूहाचा नाश करणाऱ्या, वाराणसीच्या नाथाला, अनाथांच्या नाथाला, श्रीविश्वनाथाला हांव शरण जातां. ^AI

Verse 10

सह्याद्रिशीर्षे विमले वसन्तं गोदावरितीरपवित्रदेशे ।
यद्दर्शनात् पातकं पाशु नाशं प्रयाति तं त्र्यम्बकमीशमीडे ॥ 10 ॥

sahyādriśīrṣe vimale vasantaṃ godāvaritīrapavitradeśe |
yaddarśanāt pātakaṃ pāśu nāśaṃ prayāti taṃ tryambakamīśamīḍe || 10 ||

I praise that three-eyed Lord who dwells on the pure summit of the Sahyadri mountain, in the holy region on the bank of the Godavari, by whose sight a creature's sin is destroyed. ^AI

सह्याद्री पर्वताच्या शिखराचेर शुद्ध स्थळार, गोदावरी नदीच्या तीराचेर पवित्र प्रदेशांत वसणाऱ्या, जाच्या दर्शनान पापी जीवाचें पाप नाश पावता, त्या त्र्यंबक ईश्वराक हांव वंदन करतां. ^AI

Verse 11

महाद्रिपार्श्वे च तटे रमन्तं सम्पूज्यमानं सततं मुनीन्द्रैः ।
सुरासुरैर्यक्ष महोरगाढ्यैः केदारमीशं शिवमेकमीडे ॥ 11 ॥

mahādripārśve ca taṭe ramantaṃ sampūjyamānaṃ satataṃ munīndraiḥ |
surāsurairyakṣa mahoragāḍhyaiḥ kedāramīśaṃ śivamekamīḍe || 11 ||

I praise the one Shiva, the Lord Kedara, who sports on the side of the great mountain and on its slope, who is constantly worshipped by the best of sages, and by gods, demons, yakshas, and great serpents. ^AI

म्हान पर्वताच्या कुशीक आनी ताच्या तटाचेर क्रीडा करणाऱ्या, सदांच मुनींद्रांनी पूजिल्ल्या, देव-दानव, यक्ष आनी म्हान सर्पांनी पूजिल्ल्या, त्या केदार ईश्वराक, एका शिवाक हांव वंदन करतां. ^AI

Verse 12

इलापुरे रम्यविशालकेऽस्मिन् समुल्लसन्तं च जगद्वरेण्यम् ।
वन्दे महोदारतरस्वभावं घृष्णेश्वराख्यं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥ 12 ॥

ilāpure ramyaviśālake'smin samullasantaṃ ca jagadvareṇyam |
vande mahodāratarasvabhāvaṃ ghṛṣṇeśvarākhyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 12 ||

I bow to the one of exceedingly generous nature, who sports in Ilapura, in that beautiful and vast place, who is the most excellent in the world, and who is known as Ghrishneshvara; I take refuge in him. ^AI

इलापुरांत, त्या सुंदर आनी विशाल स्थळार क्रीडा करणाऱ्या, जगांत सर्वश्रेष्ठ, म्हान उदार स्वभावाच्या, घृष्णेश्वर नांवान वळखल्या जाणाऱ्या देवाक हांव नमन करतां; ताका हांव शरण जातां. ^AI

ज्योतिर्मयद्वादशलिङ्गकानां शिवात्मनां प्रोक्तमिदं क्रमेण ।
स्तोत्रं पठित्वा मनुजोऽतिभक्त्या फलं तदालोक्य निजं भजेच्च ॥

jyotirmayadvādaśaliṅgakānāṃ śivātmanāṃ proktamidaṃ krameṇa |
stotraṃ paṭhitvā manujo'tibhaktyā phalaṃ tadālokya nijaṃ bhajecca ||

Having read this hymn, which is declared in order and which consists of the twelve luminous lingas, the forms of Shiva, a man with great devotion should, having seen its fruit, worship his own self. ^AI

ज्योतिर्मय बारा लिंगांच्या, शिवस्वरूपांच्या, हें स्तोत्र क्रमान सांगलां. हें स्तोत्र वाचून, मनीस म्हान भक्तीन, ताचें फळ पळोवन, आपल्या स्वतःच्या आत्म्याची भजना करूं. ^AI

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