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𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌸𑌾𑌰 𑌶𑌿𑌵 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍

Vedasara Shiva Stotram in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya · Adi Shankaracharya · Classical

The Vedasara Shiva Stotram is traditionally ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya. The "Essence of the Vedas" hymn to Shiva by Adi Shankaracharya — adoring the Lord of all beings (Pashupati), beyond name and form, the one supreme reality the Vedas point to.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Vedasara Shiva Stotram 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.

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The Mantra

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॥ 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌃॥ ॥ 𑌅𑌥 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍॥ 𑌪𑌶𑍂𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌗𑌜𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌜𑍂𑌟𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌫𑍁𑌰𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍁𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍂𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌮𑍍 । 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍀𑌡𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍁𑌂 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌂 𑌗𑌣𑍇𑌶𑌂 𑌗𑌲𑍇 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌂 𑌗𑌵𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌧𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌢𑌂 𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌤𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌮𑍍 । 𑌭𑌵𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌨𑌾 𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌂 𑌭𑌵𑌾𑌨𑍀𑌕𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤 𑌶𑌂𑌭𑍋 𑌶𑌶𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌮𑍗𑌲𑍇 𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌶𑌾𑌨 𑌶𑍂𑌲𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌜𑍂𑌟𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌨𑍍 । 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌕𑍋 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌕𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌦 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌦 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍋 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌰𑍂𑌪 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍇𑌕𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌬𑍀𑌜𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌹𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍋𑌂𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌵𑍇𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 । 𑌯𑌤𑍋 𑌜𑌾𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌤𑌮𑍀𑌶𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 𑌲𑍀𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌨 𑌭𑍂𑌮𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑍋 𑌨 𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌵𑌾𑌯𑍁- 𑌰𑍍𑌨 𑌚𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌮𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨 𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 𑌨 𑌨𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 । 𑌨 𑌚𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌂 𑌨 𑌶𑍀𑌤𑌂 𑌨 𑌦𑍇𑌶𑍋 𑌨 𑌵𑍇𑌷𑍋 𑌨 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌤𑌮𑍀𑌡𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌅𑌜𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌣𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌂 𑌕𑍇𑌵𑌲𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌕𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍀𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌮𑌃𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑌂 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍈𑌤𑌹𑍀𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤𑍇 । 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑌪𑍋𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌗𑌮𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌗𑌮𑍍𑌯 ॥ ௮॥ 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍋 𑌶𑍂𑌲𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌥 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌶𑌂𑌭𑍋 𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌶 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰 । 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌃 ॥ ௯॥ 𑌶𑌂𑌭𑍋 𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌶 𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌯 𑌶𑍂𑌲𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍇 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌪𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌶𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌨𑍍 । 𑌕𑌾𑌶𑍀𑌪𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌯𑌾 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍇𑌕- 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌿 𑌪𑌾𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌸𑌿 𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍋𑌽𑌸𑌿 ॥ ௧௦॥ 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍋 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌤𑌿 𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌭𑌵 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑌿 𑌜𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌮𑍃𑌡 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌨𑌾𑌥 । 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌵 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌲𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍇𑌤𑌦𑍀𑌶 𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑍇 𑌹𑌰 𑌚𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌿𑌨𑍍 ॥ ௧௧॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌹𑌂𑌸𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌕𑌾𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌶𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌂𑌕𑌰𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍗 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ।

|| śrīḥ|| || atha vedasāraśivastotram|| paśūnāṃ patiṃ pāpanāśaṃ pareśaṃ gajendrasya kṛttiṃ vasānaṃ vareṇyam | jaṭājūṭamadhye sphuradgāṅgavāriṃ mahādevamekaṃ smarāmi smarārim || 1|| maheśaṃ sureśaṃ surārātināśaṃ vibhuṃ viśvanāthaṃ vibhūtyaṅgabhūṣam | virūpākṣamindvarkavahnitrinetraṃ sadānandamīḍe prabhuṃ pañcavaktram || 2|| girīśaṃ gaṇeśaṃ gale nīlavarṇaṃ gavendrādhirūḍhaṃ guṇātītarūpam | bhavaṃ bhāsvaraṃ bhasmanā bhūṣitāṅgaṃ bhavānīkalatraṃ bhaje pañcavaktram || 3|| śivākānta śaṃbho śaśāṅkārdhamaule maheśāna śūliñjaṭājūṭadhārin | tvameko jagadvyāpako viśvarūpaḥ prasīda prasīda prabho pūrṇarūpa || 4|| parātmānamekaṃ jagadbījamādyaṃ nirīhaṃ nirākāramoṃkāravedyam | yato jāyate pālyate yena viśvaṃ tamīśaṃ bhaje līyate yatra viśvam || 5|| na bhūmirnaṃ cāpo na vahnirna vāyu- rna cākāśamāste na tandrā na nidrā | na coṣṇaṃ na śītaṃ na deśo na veṣo na yasyāsti mūrtistrimūrtiṃ tamīḍe || 6|| ajaṃ śāśvataṃ kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ śivaṃ kevalaṃ bhāsakaṃ bhāsakānām | turīyaṃ tamaḥpāramādyantahīnaṃ prapadye paraṃ pāvanaṃ dvaitahīnam || 7|| namaste namaste vibho viśvamūrte namaste namaste cidānandamūrte | namaste namaste tapoyogagamya namaste namaste śrutijñānagamya || 8|| prabho śūlapāṇe vibho viśvanātha mahādeva śaṃbho maheśa trinetra | śivākānta śānta smarāre purāre tvadanyo vareṇyo na mānyo na gaṇyaḥ || 9|| śaṃbho maheśa karuṇāmaya śūlapāṇe gaurīpate paśupate paśupāśanāśin | kāśīpate karuṇayā jagadetadeka- stvaṃhaṃsi pāsi vidadhāsi maheśvaro'si || 10|| tvatto jagadbhavati deva bhava smarāre tvayyeva tiṣṭhati jaganmṛḍa viśvanātha | tvayyeva gacchati layaṃ jagadetadīśa liṅgātmake hara carācaraviśvarūpin || 11|| iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau vedasāraśivastotraṃ sampūrṇam |

Meaning:The "Essence of the Vedas" hymn to Shiva by Adi Shankaracharya — adoring the Lord of all beings (Pashupati), beyond name and form, the one supreme reality the Vedas point to.

Benefits of Chanting Vedasara Shiva Stotram

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Recitation of the Vedasara Shiva Stotram is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

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

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

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

How to Chant Vedasara Shiva Stotram

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 Vedasara Shiva Stotram 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 Vedasara Shiva Stotram written in the Grantha 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.

The "Essence of the Vedas" hymn to Shiva by Adi Shankaracharya — adoring the Lord of all beings (Pashupati), beyond name and form, the one supreme reality the Vedas point to.

It is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya (Ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Mondays and during Maha Shivaratri, Pradosh and the month of Shravan.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Vedasara Shiva Stotram

How to Chant Vedasara Shiva Stotram

Frequently Asked Questions

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