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Vishwanatha Ashtakam in Sinhala · සිංහල

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Origin & Story

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The Vishwanatha Ashtakam is a cherished traditional hymn. Eight verses in praise of Vishwanatha — Lord Shiva as the Lord of Kashi (Varanasi) — the supreme refuge of the city of liberation. A beloved hymn of pilgrims to the holy city on the Ganga.

As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Vishwanatha Ashtakam with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the Lord, who never forsakes those who lovingly call upon Him.

The Mantra

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ආදිශම්භු-ස්වරූප-මුනිවර-චන්ද්රශීශ-ජටාධරං මුණ්ඩමාල-විශාලලෝචන-වාහනං වෘෂභධ්වජම් . නාගචන්ද්ර-ත්රිශූලඩමරූ භස්ම-අඞ්ගවිභූෂණං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 1.. ගඞ්ගසඞ්ග-උමාඞ්ගවාමේ-කාමදේව-සුසේවිතං නාදබින්දුජ-යෝගසාධන-පඤ්චවක්තත්රිලෝචනම් . ඉන්දු-බින්දුවිරාජ-ශශිධර-ශඞ්කරං සුරවන්දිතං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 2.. ජ්යෝතිලිඞ්ග-ස්ඵුලිඞ්ගඵණිමණි-දිව්යදේවසුසේවිතං මාලතීසුර -පුෂ්පමාලා -කඤ්ජ-ධූප-නිවේදිතම් . අනලකුම්භ-සුකුම්භඣලකත-කලශකඤ්චනශෝභිතං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨහිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 3.. මුකුටක්රීට-සුකනකකුණ්ඩලරඤ්ජිතං මුනිමණ්ඩිතං හාරමුක්තා-කනකසූත්රිත-සුන්දරං සුවිශේෂිතම් . ගන්ධමාදන-ශෛල-ආසන-දිව්යජ්යෝතිප්රකාශනං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථ-විශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 4.. මේඝඩම්වරඡත්රධාරණ-චරණකමල-විලාසිතං පුෂ්පරථ-පරමදනමූරති-ගෞරිසඞ්ගසදාශිවම් . ක්ෂේත්රපාල-කපාල-භෛරව-කුසුම-නවග්රහභූෂිතං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථ-විශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 5.. ත්රිපුරදෛත්ය-විනාශකාරක-ශඞ්කරං ඵලදායකං රාවණාද්දශකමලමස්තක-පූජිතං වරදායකම් . කෝටිමන්මථමථන-විෂධර-හාරභූෂණ-භූෂිතං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 6.. මථිතජලධිජ-ශේෂවිගලිත-කාලකූටවිශෝෂණං ජ්යෝතිවිගලිතදීපනයන-ත්රිනේත්රශම්භු-සුරේශ්වරම් . මහාදේවසුදේව-සුරපතිසේව්ය-දේවවිශ්වම්භරං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 7.. රුද්රරූපභයඞ්කරං කෘතභූරිපාන-හලාහලං ගගනවේධිත-විශ්වමූල-ත්රිශූලකරධර-ශඞ්කරම් . කාමකුඤ්ජර-මානමර්දන-මහාකාල-විශ්වේශ්වරං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වේනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 8.. ඍතුවසන්තවිලාස-චහුංදිශි දීප්යතේ ඵලදායකං දිව්යකාශිකධාමවාසී-මනුජමඞ්ගලදායකම් . අම්බිකාතට-වෛද්යනාථං ශෛලශිඛරමහේශ්වරං ශ්රීනීලකණ්ඨ-හිමාද්රිජලධර-විශ්වනාථවිශ්වේශ්වරම් .. 9.. ශිවස්තෝත්ර-ප්රතිදින-ධ්යානධර-ආනන්දමය-ප්රතිපාදිතං ධන-ධාන්ය-සම්පති-ගෘහවිලාසිත-විශ්වනාථ-ප්රසාදජම් . හර-ධාම-චිරගණ-සඞ්ගශෝභිත-භක්තවර-ප්රියමණ්ඩිතං ආනන්දවන-ආනන්දඡවි-ආනන්ද-කන්ද-විභූෂිතම් .. 10.. ඉති ශ්රීශිවදත්තමිශ්රශාස්ත්රිසංස්කෘතං විශ්වනාථාෂ්ටකස්තෝත්රං සම්පූර්ණම් .

ādiśambhu-svarūpa-munivara-candraśīśa-jaṭādharaṃ muṇḍamāla-viśālalocana-vāhanaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam | nāgacandra-triśūlaḍamarū bhasma-aṅgavibhūṣaṇaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 1|| gaṅgasaṅga-umāṅgavāme-kāmadeva-susevitaṃ nādabinduja-yogasādhana-pañcavaktatrilocanam | indu-binduvirāja-śaśidhara-śaṅkaraṃ suravanditaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 2|| jyotiliṅga-sphuliṅgaphaṇimaṇi-divyadevasusevitaṃ mālatīsura -puṣpamālā -kañja-dhūpa-niveditam | analakumbha-sukumbhajhalakata-kalaśakañcanaśobhitaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭhahimādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 3|| mukuṭakrīṭa-sukanakakuṇḍalarañjitaṃ munimaṇḍitaṃ hāramuktā-kanakasūtrita-sundaraṃ suviśeṣitam | gandhamādana-śaila-āsana-divyajyotiprakāśanaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanātha-viśveśvaram || 4|| meghaḍamvarachatradhāraṇa-caraṇakamala-vilāsitaṃ puṣparatha-paramadanamūrati-gaurisaṅgasadāśivam | kṣetrapāla-kapāla-bhairava-kusuma-navagrahabhūṣitaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanātha-viśveśvaram || 5|| tripuradaitya-vināśakāraka-śaṅkaraṃ phaladāyakaṃ rāvaṇāddaśakamalamastaka-pūjitaṃ varadāyakam | koṭimanmathamathana-viṣadhara-hārabhūṣaṇa-bhūṣitaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 6|| mathitajaladhija-śeṣavigalita-kālakūṭaviśoṣaṇaṃ jyotivigalitadīpanayana-trinetraśambhu-sureśvaram | mahādevasudeva-surapatisevya-devaviśvambharaṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 7|| rudrarūpabhayaṅkaraṃ kṛtabhūripāna-halāhalaṃ gaganavedhita-viśvamūla-triśūlakaradhara-śaṅkaram | kāmakuñjara-mānamardana-mahākāla-viśveśvaraṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvenāthaviśveśvaram || 8|| ṛtuvasantavilāsa-cahu~diśi dīpyate phaladāyakaṃ divyakāśikadhāmavāsī-manujamaṅgaladāyakam | ambikātaṭa-vaidyanāthaṃ śailaśikharamaheśvaraṃ śrīnīlakaṇṭha-himādrijaladhara-viśvanāthaviśveśvaram || 9|| śivastotra-pratidina-dhyānadhara-ānandamaya-pratipāditaṃ dhana-dhānya-sampati-gṛhavilāsita-viśvanātha-prasādajam | hara-dhāma-ciragaṇa-saṅgaśobhita-bhaktavara-priyamaṇḍitaṃ ānandavana-ānandachavi-ānanda-kanda-vibhūṣitam || 10|| iti śrīśivadattamiśraśāstrisaṃskṛtaṃ viśvanāthāṣṭakastotraṃ sampūrṇam |

Meaning:Eight verses in praise of Vishwanatha — Lord Shiva as the Lord of Kashi (Varanasi) — the supreme refuge of the city of liberation. A beloved hymn of pilgrims to the holy city on the Ganga.

Benefits of Chanting Vishwanatha Ashtakam

Recitation of the Vishwanatha Ashtakam is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

Most auspicious on Mondays, and during Maha Shivaratri, Pradosh and the month of Shravan.

A short, melodious hymn that anyone can learn and recite daily with faith.

How to Chant Vishwanatha Ashtakam

Repetitions1times
Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Mondays
FaceEast or North

Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Vishwanatha Ashtakam slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially during Maha Shivaratri, Pradosh and the month of Shravan. Conclude with a prayer for grace and protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Vishwanatha Ashtakam written in the Sinhala 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.
Eight verses in praise of Vishwanatha — Lord Shiva as the Lord of Kashi (Varanasi) — the supreme refuge of the city of liberation. A beloved hymn of pilgrims to the holy city on the Ganga.
It is a traditional hymn (Traditional). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Mondays and during Maha Shivaratri, Pradosh and the month of Shravan.

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