Bharat Samhita

Shiv Chalisa

शिवस्तुति चालीसा

Lord Shiva, Parvati ji and Ganesh ji seated on Mount Kailash, with Nandi ji before them
Picture: R. Varma

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दोहा

, ।jaigaṇeś girijāsuvan, maṃgalamūl sujān| , ॥kahat ayodhyādās tav, dev abhay baradān||

चौपाई

।jai girijāpati dīnadayālā| ॥sadā karat saṃtan pratipālā||

।bhāl candramā sohat nīke| ॥kānan kuṃḍal nāg phanīke||

।aṃg gaur śir gaṃgabahāye| ॥muṃḍamāl tan chār lagāye||

।vastra khāl bāghambar sohai| ॥chavi ko dekhi nāgamuni mohai||

।mainā mātu kī havaiṃ dulārī| ॥bām aṃg sohat chavi bhārī||

।kar triśūl sohat chavinyārī| ॥karat sadā śatrun chayakārī||

।naṃdīgaṇ sohat haiṃ kaise| ॥sāgar madhya kamal hai jaise||

।kārttik śyām aur gaṇarāū| ॥yā chavi ko kahijāt na kāū||

।devan jabahīṃ jāy pukārā| ॥tabahiṃ duḥkh prabhu āp nivārā||

।kiyo upadrav tārak bhārī| ॥devan sab mili tumahi juhārī||

।turat ṣaḍānan āp paṭhāyav| ॥lav nimeṣ maham̐ māri girāyav||

।āp jalaṃdhar asur sam̐ghārā| ॥suyaś tumhār vidit saṃsārā||

।tripurāsur san yuddha macāī| ॥sabahi kṛpā kari līn bacāī||

।kiyā tapahi bhāgīrath bhārī| ॥purav pratijñā tāsu purārī||

।dānin maham̐ tum sam kou nāhīṃ| ॥sevak stuti karat sadāhīṃ||

।ved nām mahimā tuv gāī| ॥akath anādi bhed nahiṃ pāī||

।pragaṭī udadhi mathan meṃ jvālā| ॥jarat surāsur bhaye bihālā||

।kīnha dayā taham̐ karī sahāī| ॥nīlakaṃṭh tav nām kahāī||

।pūjan rāmacandra jab kīnhā| ॥jītake laṃk vibhīṣaṇ dīnhā||

।sahas kamal meṃ horahe dhārī| ॥kīnha parīkṣā tabahiṃ purārī||

।ek kamal prabhu rākheu joī| ॥kamalanain pūjan cahasoī||

।kaṭhin bhakti dekhā prabhu śaṃkar| ॥bhaye prasanna diye icchit var||

।jay jay jay anaṃt avināsī| ॥karat kṛpā sabake ghaṭ bāsī||

।duṣṭa sakal nit mohi satāvaiṃ| ॥bhramat rahauṃ mohiṃ cain na āvai||

।trāhi-trāhi maiṃ nāth pukārauṃ| ॥yahi avasar mohi āni ubārau||

।lai triśūl śatrun ko mārau| ॥saṃkaṭ se mohi āni ubārau||

।māt pitā bhrātā sab koī| ॥saṃkaṭ meṃ pūchat nahiṃ koī||

।svāmī ek hai ās tumhārī| ॥āy harahu ab saṃkaṭ bhārī||

।dhan niradhan ko dev sadāhīṃ| ॥jo koi jām̐cay vo phal pāhīṃ||

।astuti kehi vidhi karauṃ tumhārī| ॥kṣamahu nāth ab cūk hamārī||

।śaṃkar hau saṃkaṭ ke nāśan| ॥vighna vināśan maṃgal kāran||

।jogiyatīmuni dhyān lagāvaiṃ| ॥śārad nārad śīś navāvaiṃ||

।namo namo jai namaḥ śivāye| ॥sur brahmādik pār na pāye||

।jo yah pāṭh karai manalāī| ॥tāpar hot haiṃ śaṃbhu sahāī||

।riniyā jo koi ho adhikārī| ॥pāṭh karai so pāvan hārī||

।putra hon ko icchā joī| ॥niścay śiv prasād te hoī||

।paṇḍitatrayodaśī ko lāvai| ॥dhyānapūrvak hom karāvai||

।trayodaśī vrat karai hameśā| ॥tan nahiṃ tāke rahai kaleśā||

।śaṃkar sanmukh pāṭh sunāvai| ॥manakramabacan jo dhyān lagāvai||

।janma-janma ke pāp naśāvai| ॥anta bās śivapur meṃ pāvai||

।kahai ayodhyā āś tumhārī| ॥jāni sakal dukh harahu hamārī||

दोहा

, ।nitta nem kari prātahī, pāṭh karauṃ cālīs| , ॥tum merī manakāmanā, pūrṇa karahu jagadīś||

, ।magasarachaṭhahimavaṃtaṛtu, saṃvat cauṃsaṭh jān| , ॥astuti cālīsā śivahiṃ, pūrṇa kīnha kalyān||

Original: Its opening doha and last chaupai name अयोध्यादास, and its closing doha dates it संवत चौंसठ, most likely VS 1964 (1907); poet and date unverified. Traditional text, following word for word the printing शिवस्तुति चालीसा of Tej Kumar Book Depot, Lucknow (undated), pp. 3 to 20; checked line by line against four other printings: शिवस्तुति चालीसा (Naval Kishore Press Book Depot, Lucknow, undated); 51 चालीसा संग्रह आरतियों सहित (Randhir Prakashan, Haridwar, 2004), pp. 17 to 20; श्री शिव चालीसा (Randhir Book Sales, Haridwar, undated); and शिव चालीसा (Shri Sangameshwar Mahadev Mandir, Pehowa; 2007 per archive.org, unverified). Their readings are recorded in shiv-chalisa.notes.md. Digital text: Bharat Samhita (bharatsamhita.com): transcribed by Claude (AI) and checked line by line against the printings named in the edition; not yet reviewed by an editor (Public domain, unverified).