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Umamaheshwara Stotram

Umamaheshwara Stotram in English · English

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 At the three sandhyas — dawn, midday and dusk — especially on Mondays, Pradosh and during the Shiva-Parvati Kalyanam·📜 Umāmaheśvara Stotram, attributed to Adi Shankaracharya

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglishසිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

The Umamaheshwara Stotram is a beloved hymn composed by Adi Shankaracharya in praise of the divine couple Shiva (Maheshwara) and Uma (Parvati) worshipped together as the eternal, inseparable Shiva-Shakti. Each of its twelve verses opens with 'Namaḥ Śivābhyām' and closes with 'Namo namaḥ Śaṅkara-Pārvatībhyām', adoring the pair as ever-youthful, supremely beautiful, the supreme medicine for worldly suffering, and the joint creators and protectors of the universe. The closing verse promises that reciting it thrice daily bestows all good fortune, a full lifespan, and finally the abode of Shiva.

Origin & Story

Umāmaheśvara Stotram, attributed to Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · 8th century CE

Adi Shankaracharya, though celebrated for his Advaita philosophy, composed numerous devotional hymns to the personal forms of the divine. In the Umamaheshwara Stotram he extols Shiva and Parvati not separately but as one inseparable divine couple — the cosmic parents (Jagat-Pitarau) whose union of consciousness and power upholds creation. The dual grammatical forms throughout ('to the two') express the Acharya's vision that Shiva and Shakti are ultimately one reality, worshipped here in their most gracious, beautiful and approachable form.

✦ As told in scripture

Devotees traditionally hold that because Shankaracharya sealed the hymn with a phalashruti promising 'all good fortune, a hundred years of life, and finally Shivaloka' to those who recite its twelve verses at the three sandhyas, sincere recitation harmonizes troubled marriages, removes domestic strife and inauspiciousness, and surrounds the household with the protective grace of the divine parents.

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Complete Text with Meaning

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Verse 1

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ navayauvanābhyāṁ Parasparāśliṣṭavapurdharābhyām। Nagendrakanyāvṛṣaketanābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥1॥

Meaning:Salutations to the auspicious pair, ever-youthful, their forms lovingly entwined — the daughter of the mountain-king and the Lord whose banner bears the bull. Salutations again and again to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 2

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ sarasotsavābhyāṁ Namaskṛtābhīṣṭavarapradābhyām। Nārāyaṇenārchitapādukābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥2॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who are the festival of all delight, who grant the cherished boons of those who bow to them, whose sandals are worshipped even by Nārāyaṇa. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 3

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ vṛṣavāhanābhyāṁ Viriñchiviṣṇvindrasupūjitābhyām। Vibhūtipāṭīravilepanābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥3॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who ride the bull, worshipped well by Brahmā, Vishnu and Indra, anointed with sacred ash and sandal paste. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 4

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ jagadīśvarābhyāṁ Jagatpatibhyāṁ jayavigrahābhyām। Jambhārimukhyairabhivanditābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥4॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who are the Lords of the universe, the masters of the world, whose forms are victory, adored by Indra (slayer of Jambha) and the foremost gods. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 5

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ paramauṣadhābhyāṁ Pañchākṣarīpañjararañjitābhyām। Prapañchasṛṣṭisthitisaṁhṛtābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥5॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who are the supreme medicine for worldly existence, who delight within the sanctuary of the five-syllable mantra, who create, preserve and dissolve the universe. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 6

Namaḥ śivābhyāmatisundarābhyām Atyantamāsaktahṛdambujābhyām। Aśeṣalokaikahitaṅkarābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥6॥

Meaning:Salutations to the surpassingly beautiful pair, whose lotus-hearts are utterly devoted to each other, the sole benefactors of every world. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 7

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ kalināśanābhyāṁ Kaṅkālakalyāṇavapurdharābhyām। Kailāsaśailasthitadevatābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥7॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who destroy the sins of the Kali age, who bear forms auspicious even amid skeletons and ash, the deities enthroned upon Mount Kailāsa. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 8

Namaḥ śivābhyāmaśubhāpahābhyām Aśeṣalokaikaviśeṣitābhyām। Akuṇṭhitābhyāṁ smṛtisambhṛtābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥8॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who drive away all inauspiciousness, distinguished above every world, undiminished and ever-present in the memory of devotees. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 9

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ rathavāhanābhyāṁ Ravīnduvaiśvānaralochanābhyām। Rākāśaśāṅkābhamukhāmbujābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥9॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair whose chariot is their vehicle, whose three eyes are the sun, moon and fire, whose lotus faces shine like the full moon. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 10

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ jaṭilandharābhyāṁ Jarāmṛtibhyāṁ cha vivarjitābhyām। Janārdanābjodbhavapūjitābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥10॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair with matted locks, free from old age and death, worshipped by Vishnu (Janārdana) and the lotus-born Brahmā. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 11

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ viṣamekṣaṇābhyāṁ Bilvachchhadāmallikadāmabhṛdbhyām। Śobhāvatīśāntavatīśvarābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥11॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair with the uneven (three-eyed) glance, wearing garlands of bilva leaves and jasmine, the resplendent Lords of Shobhāvatī and Śāntavatī. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 12

Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ paśupālakābhyāṁ Jagatrayīrakṣaṇabaddhahṛdbhyām। Samastadevāsurapūjitābhyāṁ Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām॥12॥

Meaning:Salutations to the pair who shepherd all beings, whose hearts are bound to the protection of the three worlds, worshipped by all gods and demons alike. Again and again, salutations to Shankara and Pārvatī.

Verse 13

Stotraṁ trisandhyaṁ śivapārvatībhyāṁ Bhaktyā paṭheddvādaśakaṁ naro yaḥ। Sa sarvasaubhāgyaphalāni bhuṅkte Śatāyurānte śivalokameti॥13॥

Meaning:Whatever person devotedly recites these twelve verses to Shiva and Pārvatī at the three sandhyās of the day enjoys every fruit of good fortune, lives a full hundred years, and in the end attains the world of Shiva.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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Namaḥ śivābhyāṁ🔊Salutations to the two auspicious ones (Shiva and Parvati) — the opening of every verse

Navayauvanābhyāṁ🔊To the two who are ever in the bloom of fresh youth

Parasparāśliṣṭavapurdharābhyām🔊To the two whose forms are lovingly entwined / embracing each other

Nagendrakanyā🔊The daughter of the king of mountains (Himavān) — i.e. Pārvatī

Vṛṣaketanābhyāṁ🔊And the one whose banner bears the bull (Shiva)

Namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām🔊Salutations again and again to Shankara and Pārvatī — the refrain ending every verse

Sarasotsavābhyāṁ🔊To the two who are the very festival of all sweetness and joy

Namaskṛtābhīṣṭavarapradābhyām🔊To the two who grant the cherished boons of those who bow to them

Nārāyaṇenārchitapādukābhyāṁ🔊Whose sandalled feet are worshipped even by Nārāyaṇa (Vishnu)

Vṛṣavāhanābhyāṁ🔊To the two whose vehicle is the bull Nandi

Viriñchiviṣṇvindrasupūjitābhyām🔊Well-worshipped by Brahmā (Viriñchi), Vishnu and Indra

Vibhūtipāṭīravilepanābhyāṁ🔊Anointed with sacred ash and fragrant sandal paste

Jagadīśvarābhyāṁ🔊To the two who are the Lords of the universe

Jayavigrahābhyām🔊Whose very forms are victory itself

Paramauṣadhābhyāṁ🔊To the two who are the supreme medicine (for the disease of worldly existence)

Pañchākṣarīpañjararañjitābhyām🔊Delighting within the cage / sanctuary of the five-syllabled mantra (Namaḥ Śivāya)

Prapañchasṛṣṭisthitisaṁhṛtābhyāṁ🔊Who create, sustain and dissolve the whole manifest world

Atisundarābhyām🔊To the two who are surpassingly beautiful

Aśeṣalokaikahitaṅkarābhyāṁ🔊The sole benefactors of all the worlds without exception

Kalināśanābhyāṁ🔊To the two who destroy the evils of the Kali age (and all strife)

Jarāmṛtibhyāṁ cha vivarjitābhyām🔊To the two who are free from old age and death

Viṣamekṣaṇābhyāṁ🔊To the one with the odd (third) eye — Shiva of the uneven number of eyes

Paśupālakābhyāṁ🔊To the two who are the shepherds / protectors of all living beings

Stotraṁ trisandhyaṁ🔊This hymn, at the three junctions (dawn, noon, dusk)

Dvādaśakaṁ🔊The set of twelve verses

Sarvasaubhāgyaphalāni bhuṅkte🔊Enjoys all the fruits of good fortune and prosperity

Śatāyurānte śivalokameti🔊Lives a full hundred years and at the end attains the abode of Shiva

Benefits of Chanting Umamaheshwara Stotram

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Worships Shiva and Parvati together, invoking the harmony of the divine Shiva-Shakti union

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Highly revered for blessing marital harmony, love and a happy family life

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The phalashruti promises all auspiciousness (sarva-saubhagya) to the daily reciter

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Said to bestow a long, healthy life of a hundred years and finally Shivaloka

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Described as 'paramaushadha' — the supreme medicine for the disease of worldly existence

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Composed by Adi Shankaracharya, carrying the grace and authority of the great Acharya

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Removes inauspiciousness, sins of the Kali age, and grief from the devotee's life

How to Chant Umamaheshwara Stotram

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Best TimeAt the three sandhyas — dawn, midday and dusk — especially on Mondays, Pradosh and during the Shiva-Parvati Kalyanam

The phalashruti itself prescribes recitation 'trisandhyam' — three times a day at dawn, noon and dusk. Sit facing an image of Uma-Maheshwara (Shiva and Parvati together), with a clean body and mind, light a lamp and incense, and recite all twelve verses with devotion, letting the refrain 'Namo namaḥ Śaṅkara-Pārvatībhyām' settle the heart. Couples often recite it together for marital harmony. A single complete reading per sitting is traditional; once daily is the minimum, thrice daily the ideal.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Umamaheshwara Stotram written in the English script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It was composed by Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, the 8th-century saint and philosopher. The colophon reads 'iti Śrī Śaṅkarāchārya-kṛtam Umāmaheśvara-stotram', attributing it to him.

The stotram worships the inseparable union of Shiva and Shakti. Each verse uses the dual (dvandva) form '-ābhyām' (to the two), addressing Maheshwara and Uma as a single divine principle — consciousness (Shiva) and energy (Shakti) — that together create, sustain and protect the cosmos.

According to its concluding verse, one who recites these twelve verses devotedly at the three sandhyas enjoys every fruit of good fortune (sarva-saubhagya), lives a full hundred years, and finally attains Shivaloka. It is especially recited for marital harmony, family well-being and relief from worldly suffering.

It has twelve verses of praise (each beginning 'Namaḥ Śivābhyām'), followed by a thirteenth phalashruti verse that describes the fruits of recitation — twelve being the count the hymn itself refers to as 'dvādaśakam'.