Shitala Ashtakam — Complete Lyrics
शीतलाष्टकम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
वन्देऽहं शीतलां देवीं रासभस्थां दिगम्बराम्।
मार्जनीकलशोपेतां शूर्पालङ्कृतमस्तकाम्॥
Vande-Aham Shitalam Devim Rasabhastham Digambaram
Marjani-Kalashopetam Shurpalankrita-Mastakam
I worship Goddess Shitala, seated upon a donkey, sky-clad, holding a broom and a water-pot, her head adorned with a winnowing fan.
Verse 2
वन्देऽहं शीतलां देवीं सर्वरोगभयापहाम्।
यामासाद्य निवर्तेत विस्फोटकभयं महत्॥
Vande-Aham Shitalam Devim Sarva-Roga-Bhaya-Apaham
Yam-Asadya Nivarteta Visphotaka-Bhayam Mahat
I worship Goddess Shitala, remover of the fear of all diseases, by reaching whom the great terror of pox-fevers is dispelled.
Verse 3
शीतले शीतले चेति यो ब्रूयाद्दाहपीडितः।
विस्फोटकभयं घोरं क्षिप्रं तस्य प्रणश्यति॥
Shitale Shitale Cheti Yo Bruyad-Daha-Piditah
Visphotaka-Bhayam Ghoram Kshipram Tasya Pranashyati
Whoever, tormented by burning fever, cries 'Shitale! Shitale!', for him the dreadful fear of pox is swiftly destroyed.
Verse 4
यस्त्वामुदकमध्ये तु ध्यात्वा सम्पूजयेन्नरः।
विस्फोटकभयं घोरं गृहे तस्य न जायते॥
Yas-Tvam-Udaka-Madhye Tu Dhyatva Sampujayen-Narah
Visphotaka-Bhayam Ghoram Grihe Tasya Na Jayate
The person who meditates upon you standing in water and worships you — in his home the dreadful fear of pox never arises.
Verse 5
शीतले ज्वरदग्धस्य पूतिगन्धयुतस्य च।
प्रनष्टचक्षुषः पुंसस्त्वामाहुर्जीवनौषधम्॥
Shitale Jvara-Dagdhasya Puti-Gandha-Yutasya Cha
Pranashta-Chakshushah Pumsas-Tvam-Ahur-Jivana-Aushadham
O Shitala, for the one burnt with fever, foul-smelling, his eyesight lost — you alone are called the medicine of life.
Verse 6
शीतले तनुजान्रोगान्नृणां हरसि दुस्त्यजान्।
विस्फोटकविदीर्णानां त्वमेकाऽमृतवर्षिणी॥
Shitale Tanujan-Rogan-Nrinam Harasi Dustyajan
Visphotaka-Vidirnanam Tvam-Eka-Amrita-Varshini
O Shitala, you carry away the hard-to-bear diseases of the body of men; for those torn apart by pox, you alone are the shower of nectar.
Verse 7
गलगण्डग्रहा रोगा ये चान्ये दारुणा नृणाम्।
त्वदनुध्यानमात्रेण शीतले यान्ति सङ्क्षयम्॥
Gala-Ganda-Graha Roga Ye Chanye Daruna Nrinam
Tvad-Anudhyana-Matrena Shitale Yanti Sankshayam
Goitre, seizures and other terrible diseases of men — by the mere meditation upon you, O Shitala, they go to destruction.
Verse 8
न मन्त्रो नौषधं तस्य पापरोगस्य विद्यते।
त्वामेकां शीतले धात्री नान्यां पश्यामि देवताम्॥
Na Mantro Nausadham Tasya Papa-Rogasya Vidyate
Tvam-Ekam Shitale Dhatri Nanyam Pashyami Devatam
For that grievous disease there is neither mantra nor medicine; O Shitala, you alone I see as the sustaining mother — I see no other deity.
Verse 9
मृणालतन्तुसदृशीं नाभिहृन्मध्यसंस्थिताम्।
यस्त्वां सञ्चिन्तयेद्देवि तस्य मृत्युर्न जायते॥
Mrinala-Tantu-Sadrishim Nabhi-Hrin-Madhya-Samsthitam
Yas-Tvam Sanchintayed-Devi Tasya Mrityur-Na Jayate
O Goddess, whoever contemplates you, subtle as a lotus-fibre, seated in the centre of the navel and heart — to him death does not come.
Verse 10
अष्टकं शीतलादेव्या यो नरः प्रपठेत्सदा।
विस्फोटकभयं घोरं गृहे तस्य न जायते॥
Ashtakam Shitala-Devya Yo Narah Prapathet-Sada
Visphotaka-Bhayam Ghoram Grihe Tasya Na Jayate
The person who always recites this Ashtakam of Goddess Shitala — in his home the dreadful fear of pox never arises.
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