Sharabeshwara Mantra

चन्द्रार्कौ वह्निदृष्टिः कुलिशवरनखश्चञ्चलात्युग्रजिह्वः काली दुर्गा च पक्षौ हृदयजठरगो भैरवो वाडवाग्निः ।
ऊरूस्थौ व्याधिमृत्यू शरभवरखगश्चण्डवातातिवेगः संहर्ता सर्वशत्रून्स जयति शरभः सालुवः पक्षिराजः ॥

சந்த்ரார்கௌ வஹ்நித்ருஷ்டிஃ குலிஶவரநகஶ்சஞ்சலாத்யுக்ரஜிஹ்வஃ காலீ துர்கா ச பக்ஷௌ ஹ்ருதயஜடரகோ பைரவோ வாடவாக்நிஃ ।
ஊரூஸ்தௌ வ்யாதிம்ருத்யூ ஶரபவரககஶ்சண்டவாதாதிவேகஃ ஸம்ஹர்தா ஸர்வஶத்ரூந்ஸ ஜயதி ஶரபஃ ஸாலுவஃ பக்ஷிராஜஃ ॥

చన్ద్రార్కౌ వహ్నిదృష్టిః కులిశవరనఖశ్చఞ్చలాత్యుగ్రజిహ్వః కాలీ దుర్గా చ పక్షౌ హృదయజఠరగో భైరవో వాడవాగ్నిః ।
ఊరూస్థౌ వ్యాధిమృత్యూ శరభవరఖగశ్చణ్డవాతాతివేగః సంహర్తా సర్వశత్రూన్స జయతి శరభః సాలువః పక్షిరాజః ॥

ಚನ್ದ್ರಾರ್ಕೌ ವಹ್ನಿದೃಷ್ಟಿಃ ಕುಲಿಶವರನಖಶ್ಚಞ್ಚಲಾತ್ಯುಗ್ರಜಿಹ್ವಃ ಕಾಲೀ ದುರ್ಗಾ ಚ ಪಕ್ಷೌ ಹೃದಯಜಠರಗೋ ಭೈರವೋ ವಾಡವಾಗ್ನಿಃ ।
ಊರೂಸ್ಥೌ ವ್ಯಾಧಿಮೃತ್ಯೂ ಶರಭವರಖಗಶ್ಚಣ್ಡವಾತಾತಿವೇಗಃ ಸಂಹರ್ತಾ ಸರ್ವಶತ್ರೂನ್ಸ ಜಯತಿ ಶರಭಃ ಸಾಲುವಃ ಪಕ್ಷಿರಾಜಃ ॥

ചന്ദ്രാര്കൌ വഹ്നിദൃഷ്ടിഃ കുലിശവരനഖശ്ചഞ്ചലാത്യുഗ്രജിഹ്വഃ കാലീ ദുര്ഗാ ച പക്ഷൌ ഹൃദയജഠരഗോ ഭൈരവോ വാഡവാഗ്നിഃ ।
ഊരൂസ്ഥൌ വ്യാധിമൃത്യൂ ശരഭവരഖഗശ്ചണ്ഡവാതാതിവേഗഃ സംഹര്താ സര്വശത്രൂന്സ ജയതി ശരഭഃ സാലുവഃ പക്ഷിരാജഃ ॥

candrārkau vahnidṛṣṭiḥ kuliśavaranakhaścañcalātyugrajihvaḥ kālī durgā ca pakṣau hṛdayajaṭharago bhairavo vāḍavāgniḥ |
ūrūsthau vyādhimṛtyū śarabhavarakhagaścaṇḍavātātivegaḥ saṃhartā sarvaśatrūnsa jayati śarabhaḥ sāluvaḥ pakṣirājaḥ ||

The moon and sun are his eyes and fire is his third sight; his claws are like the thunderbolt and his darting tongue is terrible; Kali and Durga are his two wings, and Bhairava and the undersea fire dwell in his heart and belly. Disease and death sit on his thighs; he is the best of winged beings, swifter than a raging gale, the destroyer of all enemies: victory to Sharabha, Saluva, king of birds.

ज्वलनकुटिलकेशं सूर्यचन्द्राग्निनेत्रं निशिततरनखाग्रोद्धूतहेमाभदेहम् ।
शरभमथ मुनीन्द्रैः सेव्यमानं सिताङ्गं प्रणतभयविनाशं भावयेत्पक्षिराजम् ॥

ஜ்வலநகுடிலகேஶம் ஸூர்யசந்த்ராக்நிநேத்ரம் நிஶிததரநகாக்ரோத்தூதஹேமாபதேஹம் ।
ஶரபமத முநீந்த்ரைஃ ஸேவ்யமாநம் ஸிதாங்கம் ப்ரணதபயவிநாஶம் பாவயேத்பக்ஷிராஜம் ॥

జ్వలనకుటిలకేశం సూర్యచన్ద్రాగ్నినేత్రం నిశితతరనఖాగ్రోద్ధూతహేమాభదేహమ్ ।
శరభమథ మునీన్ద్రైః సేవ్యమానం సితాఙ్గం ప్రణతభయవినాశం భావయేత్పక్షిరాజమ్ ॥

ಜ್ವಲನಕುಟಿಲಕೇಶಂ ಸೂರ್ಯಚನ್ದ್ರಾಗ್ನಿನೇತ್ರಂ ನಿಶಿತತರನಖಾಗ್ರೋದ್ಧೂತಹೇಮಾಭದೇಹಮ್ ।
ಶರಭಮಥ ಮುನೀನ್ದ್ರೈಃ ಸೇವ್ಯಮಾನಂ ಸಿತಾಙ್ಗಂ ಪ್ರಣತಭಯವಿನಾಶಂ ಭಾವಯೇತ್ಪಕ್ಷಿರಾಜಮ್ ॥

ജ്വലനകുടിലകേശം സൂര്യചന്ദ്രാഗ്നിനേത്രം നിശിതതരനഖാഗ്രോദ്ധൂതഹേമാഭദേഹമ് ।
ശരഭമഥ മുനീന്ദ്രൈഃ സേവ്യമാനം സിതാങ്ഗം പ്രണതഭയവിനാശം ഭാവയേത്പക്ഷിരാജമ് ॥

jvalanakuṭilakeśaṃ sūryacandrāgninetraṃ niśitataranakhāgroddhūtahemābhadeham |
śarabhamatha munīndraiḥ sevyamānaṃ sitāṅgaṃ praṇatabhayavināśaṃ bhāvayetpakṣirājam ||

One should meditate on Sharabha, the king of birds, whose curling hair blazes like fire, whose eyes are the sun, moon and fire, and whose gold-bright body bristles with razor-sharp claws. He is white of limb, attended by the foremost sages, and he destroys the fear of all who bow to him.

देवादिदेवाय जगन्मयाय शिवाय नालीकनिभाननाय ।
शर्वाय भीमाय शराधिपाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

தேவாதிதேவாய ஜகந்மயாய ஶிவாய நாலீகநிபாநநாய ।
ஶர்வாய பீமாய ஶராதிபாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

దేవాదిదేవాయ జగన్మయాయ శివాయ నాలీకనిభాననాయ ।
శర్వాయ భీమాయ శరాధిపాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ದೇವಾದಿದೇವಾಯ ಜಗನ್ಮಯಾಯ ಶಿವಾಯ ನಾಲೀಕನಿಭಾನನಾಯ ।
ಶರ್ವಾಯ ಭೀಮಾಯ ಶರಾಧಿಪಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

ദേവാദിദേവായ ജഗന്മയായ ശിവായ നാലീകനിഭാനനായ ।
ശര്വായ ഭീമായ ശരാധിപായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

devādidevāya jaganmayāya śivāya nālīkanibhānanāya |
śarvāya bhīmāya śarādhipāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To the god of gods, who pervades the whole world, to Shiva whose face is like a lotus; to Sharva, the terrible one, lord of arrows: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

हराय भीमाय हरिप्रियाय भवाय शान्ताय परात्पराय ।
मृडाय रुद्राय विलोचनाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

ஹராய பீமாய ஹரிப்ரியாய பவாய ஶாந்தாய பராத்பராய ।
ம்ருடாய ருத்ராய விலோசநாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

హరాయ భీమాయ హరిప్రియాయ భవాయ శాన్తాయ పరాత్పరాయ ।
మృడాయ రుద్రాయ విలోచనాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಹರಾಯ ಭೀಮಾಯ ಹರಿಪ್ರಿಯಾಯ ಭವಾಯ ಶಾನ್ತಾಯ ಪರಾತ್ಪರಾಯ ।
ಮೃಡಾಯ ರುದ್ರಾಯ ವಿಲೋಚನಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

ഹരായ ഭീമായ ഹരിപ്രിയായ ഭവായ ശാന്തായ പരാത്പരായ ।
മൃഡായ രുദ്രായ വിലോചനായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

harāya bhīmāya haripriyāya bhavāya śāntāya parātparāya |
mṛḍāya rudrāya vilocanāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To Hara, the terrible one, dear to Vishnu; to Bhava, the peaceful one, higher than the highest; to Mrida the gracious, to Rudra, the one with the third eye: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

शीतांशुचूडाय दिगम्बराय सृष्टिस्थितिध्वंसनकारणाय ।
जटाकलापाय जितेन्द्रियाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

ஶீதாம்ஶுசூடாய திகம்பராய ஸ்ருஷ்டிஸ்திதித்வம்ஸநகாரணாய ।
ஜடாகலாபாய ஜிதேந்த்ரியாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

శీతాంశుచూడాయ దిగమ్బరాయ సృష్టిస్థితిధ్వంసనకారణాయ ।
జటాకలాపాయ జితేన్ద్రియాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಶೀತಾಂಶುಚೂಡಾಯ ದಿಗಮ್ಬರಾಯ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸ್ಥಿತಿಧ್ವಂಸನಕಾರಣಾಯ ।
ಜಟಾಕಲಾಪಾಯ ಜಿತೇನ್ದ್ರಿಯಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

ശീതാംശുചൂഡായ ദിഗമ്ബരായ സൃഷ്ടിസ്ഥിതിധ്വംസനകാരണായ ।
ജടാകലാപായ ജിതേന്ദ്രിയായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

śītāṃśucūḍāya digambarāya sṛṣṭisthitidhvaṃsanakāraṇāya |
jaṭākalāpāya jitendriyāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To him who wears the cool moon on his crest and the sky as his garment, the cause of creation, preservation and dissolution; to him with a mass of matted locks, master of the senses: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

कलङ्ककण्ठाय भवान्तकाय कपालशूलात्तकराम्बुजाय ।
भुजङ्गभूषाय पुरान्तकाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

கலங்ககண்டாய பவாந்தகாய கபாலஶூலாத்தகராம்புஜாய ।
புஜங்கபூஷாய புராந்தகாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

కలఙ్కకణ్ఠాయ భవాన్తకాయ కపాలశూలాత్తకరామ్బుజాయ ।
భుజఙ్గభూషాయ పురాన్తకాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಕಲಙ್ಕಕಣ್ಠಾಯ ಭವಾನ್ತಕಾಯ ಕಪಾಲಶೂಲಾತ್ತಕರಾಮ್ಬುಜಾಯ ।
ಭುಜಙ್ಗಭೂಷಾಯ ಪುರಾನ್ತಕಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

കലങ്കകണ്ഠായ ഭവാന്തകായ കപാലശൂലാത്തകരാമ്ബുജായ ।
ഭുജങ്ഗഭൂഷായ പുരാന്തകായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

kalaṅkakaṇṭhāya bhavāntakāya kapālaśūlāttakarāmbujāya |
bhujaṅgabhūṣāya purāntakāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To him whose throat bears the dark mark, who ends the round of worldly birth, whose lotus hands hold a skull and a trident; to him adorned with serpents, destroyer of the three cities: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

शमादिषट्काय यमान्तकाय यमादियोगाष्टकसिद्धिदाय ।
उमाधिनाथाय पुरातनाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

ஶமாதிஷட்காய யமாந்தகாய யமாதியோகாஷ்டகஸித்திதாய ।
உமாதிநாதாய புராதநாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

శమాదిషట్కాయ యమాన్తకాయ యమాదియోగాష్టకసిద్ధిదాయ ।
ఉమాధినాథాయ పురాతనాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಶಮಾದಿಷಟ್ಕಾಯ ಯಮಾನ್ತಕಾಯ ಯಮಾದಿಯೋಗಾಷ್ಟಕಸಿದ್ಧಿದಾಯ ।
ಉಮಾಧಿನಾಥಾಯ ಪುರಾತನಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

ശമാദിഷട്കായ യമാന്തകായ യമാദിയോഗാഷ്ടകസിദ്ധിദായ ।
ഉമാധിനാഥായ പുരാതനായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

śamādiṣaṭkāya yamāntakāya yamādiyogāṣṭakasiddhidāya |
umādhināthāya purātanāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To him who is the six virtues beginning with inner calm, the ender of Yama, who grants success in the eight limbs of yoga beginning with restraint; to the lord of Uma, the ancient one: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

घृणादिपाशाष्टकवर्जिताय खिलीकृतास्मत्पथि पूर्वगाय ।
गुणादिहीनाय गुणत्रयाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

க்ருணாதிபாஶாஷ்டகவர்ஜிதாய கிலீக்ருதாஸ்மத்பதி பூர்வகாய ।
குணாதிஹீநாய குணத்ரயாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

ఘృణాదిపాశాష్టకవర్జితాయ ఖిలీకృతాస్మత్పథి పూర్వగాయ ।
గుణాదిహీనాయ గుణత్రయాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಘೃಣಾದಿಪಾಶಾಷ್ಟಕವರ್ಜಿತಾಯ ಖಿಲೀಕೃತಾಸ್ಮತ್ಪಥಿ ಪೂರ್ವಗಾಯ ।
ಗುಣಾದಿಹೀನಾಯ ಗುಣತ್ರಯಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

ഘൃണാദിപാശാഷ്ടകവര്ജിതായ ഖിലീകൃതാസ്മത്പഥി പൂര്വഗായ ।
ഗുണാദിഹീനായ ഗുണത്രയായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

ghṛṇādipāśāṣṭakavarjitāya khilīkṛtāsmatpathi pūrvagāya |
guṇādihīnāya guṇatrayāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To him free of the eight bonds beginning with disgust, who goes before us on the path that had become overgrown; to him beyond all qualities, yet who is the three gunas: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

कालाय वेदामृतकन्दलाय कल्याणकौतूहलकारणाय ।
स्थूलाय सूक्ष्माय स्वरूपगाय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

காலாய வேதாம்ருதகந்தலாய கல்யாணகௌதூஹலகாரணாய ।
ஸ்தூலாய ஸூக்ஷ்மாய ஸ்வரூபகாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

కాలాయ వేదామృతకన్దలాయ కల్యాణకౌతూహలకారణాయ ।
స్థూలాయ సూక్ష్మాయ స్వరూపగాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಕಾಲಾಯ ವೇದಾಮೃತಕನ್ದಲಾಯ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣಕೌತೂಹಲಕಾರಣಾಯ ।
ಸ್ಥೂಲಾಯ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮಾಯ ಸ್ವರೂಪಗಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

കാലായ വേദാമൃതകന്ദലായ കല്യാണകൌതൂഹലകാരണായ ।
സ്ഥൂലായ സൂക്ഷ്മായ സ്വരൂപഗായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

kālāya vedāmṛtakandalāya kalyāṇakautūhalakāraṇāya |
sthūlāya sūkṣmāya svarūpagāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To him who is Time, the fresh shoot of the nectar of the Vedas, the cause of auspicious joy; to him who is gross and subtle and abides in his own true nature: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

पञ्चाननायानिलभास्कराय पञ्चाशदर्णाद्यपराक्षयाय ।
पञ्चाक्षरेशाय जगद्धिताय नमोऽस्तु तुभ्यं शरभेश्वराय ॥

பஞ்சாநநாயாநிலபாஸ்கராய பஞ்சாஶதர்ணாத்யபராக்ஷயாய ।
பஞ்சாக்ஷரேஶாய ஜகத்திதாய நமோஸ்து துப்யம் ஶரபேஶ்வராய ॥

పఞ్చాననాయానిలభాస్కరాయ పఞ్చాశదర్ణాద్యపరాక్షయాయ ।
పఞ్చాక్షరేశాయ జగద్ధితాయ నమోఽస్తు తుభ్యం శరభేశ్వరాయ ॥

ಪಞ್ಚಾನನಾಯಾನಿಲಭಾಸ್ಕರಾಯ ಪಞ್ಚಾಶದರ್ಣಾದ್ಯಪರಾಕ್ಷಯಾಯ ।
ಪಞ್ಚಾಕ್ಷರೇಶಾಯ ಜಗದ್ಧಿತಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತುಭ್ಯಂ ಶರಭೇಶ್ವರಾಯ ॥

പഞ്ചാനനായാനിലഭാസ്കരായ പഞ്ചാശദര്ണാദ്യപരാക്ഷയായ ।
പഞ്ചാക്ഷരേശായ ജഗദ്ധിതായ നമോഽസ്തു തുഭ്യം ശരഭേശ്വരായ ॥

pañcānanāyānilabhāskarāya pañcāśadarṇādyaparākṣayāya |
pañcākṣareśāya jagaddhitāya namo'stu tubhyaṃ śarabheśvarāya ||

To the five-faced one, who is wind and sun, the imperishable one beyond the fifty letters and all that begins with them; to the lord of the five-syllable mantra, who works for the good of the world: salutation to you, Lord Sharabheshvara.

इमं स्तवं जपेद्यस्तु शरभेशाष्टकं नरः ।
तस्य नश्यन्ति पापानि रिपवश्च सुरोत्तमाः ॥

இமம் ஸ்தவம் ஜபேத்யஸ்து ஶரபேஶாஷ்டகம் நரஃ ।
தஸ்ய நஶ்யந்தி பாபாநி ரிபவஶ்ச ஸுரோத்தமாஃ ॥

ఇమం స్తవం జపేద్యస్తు శరభేశాష్టకం నరః ।
తస్య నశ్యన్తి పాపాని రిపవశ్చ సురోత్తమాః ॥

ಇಮಂ ಸ್ತವಂ ಜಪೇದ್ಯಸ್ತು ಶರಭೇಶಾಷ್ಟಕಂ ನರಃ ।
ತಸ್ಯ ನಶ್ಯನ್ತಿ ಪಾಪಾನಿ ರಿಪವಶ್ಚ ಸುರೋತ್ತಮಾಃ ॥

ഇമം സ്തവം ജപേദ്യസ്തു ശരഭേശാഷ്ടകം നരഃ ।
തസ്യ നശ്യന്തി പാപാനി രിപവശ്ച സുരോത്തമാഃ ॥

imaṃ stavaṃ japedyastu śarabheśāṣṭakaṃ naraḥ |
tasya naśyanti pāpāni ripavaśca surottamāḥ ||

O best of gods, the verse says that for the person who recites this hymn, the Sharabhesha Ashtakam, both sins and enemies are destroyed.