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\engtitle{.. Vasudevakritam Shiva Stotram ..}##
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vAsudeva uvAcha |
yudhiShThira mahAbAho mahAbhAgyaM mahAtmanaH |
rudrAya bahurUpAya bahunAmne nibodha me || 1||
vadantyagniM mahAdevaM tathA sthANuM maheshvaram |
ekAkShaM tryambakaM chaiva vishvarUpaM shivaM tathA || 2||
dve tanU tasya devasya vedaj~nA brAhmaNA viduH |
ghorAmanyAM shivAmanyAM te tanU bahudhA punaH || 3||
ugrA ghorA tanuryA.asya so.agnirvidyutsa bhAskaraH |
shivA saumyA cha yA tasya dharmastvApo.atha chandramAH || 4||
Atmano.ardhaM tu tasyAgniruchyate bharatarShabha |
brahmacharyaM charatyeSha shivA yAsya tanustathA || 5||
yAsya ghoratamA mUrtirjagatsaMharate tayA |
IshvaratvAnmahattvAchcha maheshvara iti smR^itaH || 6||
yannirdahati yattIkShNo yadugro yatpratApavAn |
mAMsashoNitamajjAdo yattato rudra uchyate || 7||
devAnAM sumahAnyachcha yachchAsya viShayo mahAn |
yachcha vishvaM mahatpAti mahAdevastataH smR^itaH || 8||
samedhayati yannityaM sarvArthAnsarvakarmabhiH |
shivamichChanmanuShyANAM tasmAdeSha shivaH smR^itaH || 9||
dahatyUrdhvaM sthito yachcha prANotpattiH sthitishcha yat |
sthirali~Ngashcha yannityaM tasmAtsthANuriti smR^itaH || 10||
yadasya bahudhA rUpaM bhUtaM bhavyaM bhavattathA |
sthAvaraM ja~NgamaM chaiva bahurUpastataH smR^itaH || 11||
dhUmraM rUpaM cha yattasya dhUrjaTItyata uchyate |
vishve devAshcha yattasminvishvarUpastataH smR^itaH || 12||
sahasrAkSho.ayutAkSho vA sarvato.akShimayo.api vA |
chakShuShaH prabhavastejo nAstyanto.athAsya chakShuShAm || 13||
sarvathA yatpashUnpAti taishcha yadramate punaH |
teShAmadhipatiryachcha tasmAtpashupatiH smR^itaH || 14||
nityena brahmacharyeNa li~Ngamasya yadA sthitam |
mahayantyasya lokAshcha maheshvara iti smR^itaH || 15||
vigrahaM pUjayedyo vai li~NgaM vApi mahAtmanaH |
li~NgaM pUjayitA nityaM mahatIM shriyamashnute || 16||
R^iShayashchApi devAshcha gandharvApsarasastathA |
li~NgamevArchayanti sma yattadUrdhvaM samAsthitam || 17||
pUjyamAne tatastasminmodate sa maheshvaraH |
sukhaM dadAti prItAtmA bhaktAnAM bhaktavatsalaH || 18||
eSha eva shmashAneShu devo vasati nityashaH |
yajante taM janAstatra vIrasthAnaniSheviNam || 19||

iti mahAbhArate anushAsanaparvaNi 146 adhyAyAntargataM
vAsudevakR^itaM shivastotraM sampUrNam |

mahAbhArata | anuparva | adhyAya 146/1\-29||
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