Kasi Vishwanathashtakam
Kasi Vishwanathashtakam
gaṅgā taraṅga ramaṇīya jaṭā kalāpaṃ gaurī nirantara vibhūṣita vāma bhāgaṃ nārāyaṇa priyamanaṅga madāpahāraṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 1 ||
vācāmagocaramaneka guṇa svarūpaṃ vāgīśa viṣṇu sura sevita pāda padmaṃ vāmeṇa vigraha varena kalatravantaṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 2 ||
bhūtādipaṃ bhujaga bhūṣaṇa bhūṣitāṅgaṃ vyāghrāñjināṃ baradharaṃ, jaṭilaṃ, trinetraṃ pāśāṅkuśābhaya varaprada śūlapāṇiṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 3 ||
sītāṃśu śobhita kirīṭa virājamānaṃ bālekṣaṇātala viśoṣita pañcabāṇaṃ nāgādhipā racita bāsura karṇa pūraṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 4 ||
pañcānanaṃ durita matta mataṅgajānāṃ nāgāntakaṃ dhanuja puṅgava pannāgānāṃ dāvānalaṃ maraṇa śoka jarāṭavīnāṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 5 ||
tejomayaṃ saguṇa nirguṇamadvitīyaṃ ānanda kandamaparājita maprameyaṃ nāgātmakaṃ sakala niṣkaḷamātma rūpaṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 6 ||
āśāṃ vihāya parihṛtya paraśya nindāṃ pāpe rathiṃ ca sunivārya manassamādhau ādhāya hṛt-kamala madhya gataṃ pareśaṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 7 ||
rāgādhi doṣa rahitaṃ svajanānurāgaṃ vairāgya śānti nilayaṃ girijā sahāyaṃ mādhurya dhairya subhagaṃ garaḷābhirāmaṃ vārāṇasī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanādham || 8 ||
vārāṇasī pura pate sthavanaṃ śivasya vyākhyātam aṣṭakamidaṃ paṭhate manuṣya vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipula saukhyamananta kīrtiṃ samprāpya deva nilaye labhate ca mokṣam ||
viśvanādhāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭheḥ śiva sannidhau śivalokamavāpnoti śivenasaha modate ||
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