Shiva Bhakti
Shalok
करचरण कृतं - Kara Carana Kritam
करचरण कृतं
करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा । श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधं ।
विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व । जय जय करुणाब्धे श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥
Kara-Caranna Krtam Vaak-Kaaya-Jam Karma-Jam Vaa | Shravanna-Nayana-Jam
Vaa Maanasam Va-Aparaadham |
Vihitam-Avihitam Vaa Sarvam-Etat-Kssamasva | Jaya Jaya Karunna-Abdhe
Shrii-Mahaadeva Shambho ||
Meaning:
1: Whatever Sins have been Committed by Actions Performed by my Hands
and Feet, Produced by my Speech and Body, Or my Works,
2: Produced by my Ears and Eyes, Or Sins Committed by my Mind (i.e.
Thoughts),
3: While Performing Actions which are Prescribed (i.e. duties prescribed
by tradition or allotted duties in one’s station of life), As Well as
All other Actions which are Not explicitly Prescribed (i.e. actions done
by self-judgement, by mere habit, without much thinking, unknowingly
etc); Please Forgive Them All,
4: Victory, Victory to You, O Sri Mahadeva Shambho, I Surrender to You,
You are an Ocean of Compassion.
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं - Karpura Gauram
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ।
सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥
Karpuura-Gauram Karunna-Avataaram Samsaara-Saaram
Bhujage[a-I]ndra-Haaram |
Sadaa-Vasantam Hrdaya-Aravinde Bhavam Bhavaanii-Sahitam Namaami ||
Meaning:
1: Pure White like Camphor, an Incarnation of Compassion,
2: The Essence of Worldly Existence, Whose Garland is the King of
Serpents,
3: Always Dwelling inside the Lotus of the Heart.
4: I Bow to Shiva and Shakti Together.
Vedic Mantras
महामृत्युंजय मन्त्रः - Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
महामृत्युंजय मन्त्रः – ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Om Try-Ambakam Yajaamahe Sugandhim Pusstti-Vardhanam Urvaarukam-Iva Bandhanaan Mrtyor-Mukssiiya Maa-[A]mrtaat ||
Meaning: 1: Om, We Worship the Tryambaka (the Three-Eyed One), 2: Who is Fragrant (as the Spiritual Essence), Increasing the Nourishment (of our Spiritual Core); 3: From these many Bondages (of Samsara) similar to Cucumbers (tied to their Creepers), 4: May I be Liberated from Death (Attachment to Perishable Things), So that I am not separated from the perception of Immortality (Immortal Essence pervading everywhere).
Pilgrimage Slokas
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि – सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् । उज्जयिन्यां
महाकालं_ॐकारममलेश्वरम् ॥१॥
Saurastre Somanatham Ca Shrishaile Mallikarjunam | Ujjayinyaam
Mahakalam-Omkaaram-Amaleshvaram ||1||
Meaning:
1.1: At Saurashtra is the Somanatha (Somanatha) and at Srishaila is the
Mallikarjuna (Mallikarjuna),
1.2: At Ujjayini is the Mahakala (Mahakaleshwara) and at Omkara
(Omkareshwar) is the Amaleshwara (or Mamaleshwara) (Omkareshwara),
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमाशंकरम् । सेतुबंधे तु रामेशं नागेशं
दारुकावने ॥२॥
Paralyam Vaidyanatham Ca Dakinyam Bhimashankaram | Setubandhe Tu
Ramesham Nagesham Darukavane ||2||
Meaning:
2.1: At Parli is the Vaidyanatha (Vaidyanatha) and at Dakini is the
Bhimashankara (Bhimashankara),
2.2: At Setubandha is the Ramesha (Rameshwara) and at Darukavana is the
Nagesha (Nageshwara),
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्र्यंबकं गौतमीतटे । हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं च
शिवालये ॥३॥
Varanasyam Tu Vishvesham Tryambakam Gautami-tatte | Himaalaye Tu
Kedaaram Ghushmesham Ca Shivaalaye ||3||
Meaning:
3.1: At Varanasi is the Vishwesha (Vishwanatha), and at the bank of
river Gautami (Godavari) is the Tryambaka (Tryambakeshwara),
3.2: At Himalaya is the Kedara (Kedarnatha), and at Shivalaya is the
Ghushmesha (Grishneshwara),
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन
विनश्यति ॥४॥
Etaani Jyotirlingani Sayam Pratah Patthen-Narah | Sapta-Janma-Krtam
Papam Smarannena Vinashyati ||4||
Meaning:
4.1: These Jyotirlingas, those persons who recites (i.e. meditates upon)
during the Evenings and Mornings, …
4.2: … (These Jyotirlingas) will destroy by remembrance, the sins
committed during the seven births.
Shiva Bhakti
Shalok
करचरण कृतं - Kara Carana Kritam
करचरण कृतं
करचरण कृतं वाक्कायजं कर्मजं वा । श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसं वापराधं । विहितमविहितं वा सर्वमेतत्क्षमस्व । जय जय करुणाब्धे श्रीमहादेव शम्भो ॥
Kara-Caranna Krtam Vaak-Kaaya-Jam Karma-Jam Vaa | Shravanna-Nayana-Jam Vaa Maanasam Va-Aparaadham | Vihitam-Avihitam Vaa Sarvam-Etat-Kssamasva | Jaya Jaya Karunna-Abdhe Shrii-Mahaadeva Shambho ||
Meaning: 1: Whatever Sins have been Committed by Actions Performed by my Hands and Feet, Produced by my Speech and Body, Or my Works, 2: Produced by my Ears and Eyes, Or Sins Committed by my Mind (i.e. Thoughts), 3: While Performing Actions which are Prescribed (i.e. duties prescribed by tradition or allotted duties in one’s station of life), As Well as All other Actions which are Not explicitly Prescribed (i.e. actions done by self-judgement, by mere habit, without much thinking, unknowingly etc); Please Forgive Them All, 4: Victory, Victory to You, O Sri Mahadeva Shambho, I Surrender to You, You are an Ocean of Compassion.
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं - Karpura Gauram
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥
Karpuura-Gauram Karunna-Avataaram Samsaara-Saaram Bhujage[a-I]ndra-Haaram | Sadaa-Vasantam Hrdaya-Aravinde Bhavam Bhavaanii-Sahitam Namaami ||
Meaning: 1: Pure White like Camphor, an Incarnation of Compassion, 2: The Essence of Worldly Existence, Whose Garland is the King of Serpents, 3: Always Dwelling inside the Lotus of the Heart. 4: I Bow to Shiva and Shakti Together.
Vedic Mantras
महामृत्युंजय मन्त्रः - Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
महामृत्युंजय मन्त्रः – ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥
Om Try-Ambakam Yajaamahe Sugandhim Pusstti-Vardhanam Urvaarukam-Iva Bandhanaan Mrtyor-Mukssiiya Maa-[A]mrtaat ||
Meaning: 1: Om, We Worship the Tryambaka (the Three-Eyed One), 2: Who is Fragrant (as the Spiritual Essence), Increasing the Nourishment (of our Spiritual Core); 3: From these many Bondages (of Samsara) similar to Cucumbers (tied to their Creepers), 4: May I be Liberated from Death (Attachment to Perishable Things), So that I am not separated from the perception of Immortality (Immortal Essence pervading everywhere).
Pilgrimage Slokas
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि – सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् । उज्जयिन्यां
महाकालं_ॐकारममलेश्वरम् ॥१॥
Saurastre Somanatham Ca Shrishaile Mallikarjunam | Ujjayinyaam
Mahakalam-Omkaaram-Amaleshvaram ||1||
Meaning:
1.1: At Saurashtra is the Somanatha (Somanatha) and at Srishaila is the
Mallikarjuna (Mallikarjuna),
1.2: At Ujjayini is the Mahakala (Mahakaleshwara) and at Omkara
(Omkareshwar) is the Amaleshwara (or Mamaleshwara) (Omkareshwara),
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमाशंकरम् । सेतुबंधे तु रामेशं नागेशं
दारुकावने ॥२॥
Paralyam Vaidyanatham Ca Dakinyam Bhimashankaram | Setubandhe Tu
Ramesham Nagesham Darukavane ||2||
Meaning:
2.1: At Parli is the Vaidyanatha (Vaidyanatha) and at Dakini is the
Bhimashankara (Bhimashankara),
2.2: At Setubandha is the Ramesha (Rameshwara) and at Darukavana is the
Nagesha (Nageshwara),
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्र्यंबकं गौतमीतटे । हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं च
शिवालये ॥३॥
Varanasyam Tu Vishvesham Tryambakam Gautami-tatte | Himaalaye Tu
Kedaaram Ghushmesham Ca Shivaalaye ||3||
Meaning:
3.1: At Varanasi is the Vishwesha (Vishwanatha), and at the bank of
river Gautami (Godavari) is the Tryambaka (Tryambakeshwara),
3.2: At Himalaya is the Kedara (Kedarnatha), and at Shivalaya is the
Ghushmesha (Grishneshwara),
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन
विनश्यति ॥४॥
Etaani Jyotirlingani Sayam Pratah Patthen-Narah | Sapta-Janma-Krtam
Papam Smarannena Vinashyati ||4||
Meaning:
4.1: These Jyotirlingas, those persons who recites (i.e. meditates upon)
during the Evenings and Mornings, …
4.2: … (These Jyotirlingas) will destroy by remembrance, the sins
committed during the seven births.