Ardha Naareeswara Ashtakam in English

Ardha Naareeswara Ashtakam – English Lyrics (Text)

Ardha Naareeswara Ashtakam – English Script

Author: ādi śaṅkarācārya

cāmpeyagaurārdhaśarīrakāyai
karpūragaurārdhaśarīrakāya |
dhammillakāyai ca jaṭādharāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 1 ||

kastūrikākuṅkumacarcitāyai
citārajaḥpuñja vicarcitāya |
kṛtasmarāyai vikṛtasmarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 2 ||

jhaṇatkvaṇatkaṅkaṇanūpurāyai
pādābjarājatphaṇinūpurāya |
hemāṅgadāyai bhujagāṅgadāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 3 ||

viśālanīlotpalalocanāyai
vikāsipaṅkeruhalocanāya |
samekṣaṇāyai viṣamekṣaṇāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 4 ||

mandāramālākalitālakāyai
kapālamālāṅkitakandharāya |
divyāmbarāyai ca digambarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 5 ||

ambhodharaśyāmalakuntalāyai
taṭitprabhātāmrajaṭādharāya |
nirīśvarāyai nikhileśvarāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 6 ||

prapañcasṛṣṭyunmukhalāsyakāyai
samastasaṃhārakatāṇḍavāya |
jagajjananyai jagadekapitre
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 7 ||

pradīptaratnojjvalakuṇḍalāyai
sphuranmahāpannagabhūṣaṇāya |
śivānvitāyai ca śivānvitāya
namaḥ śivāyai ca namaḥ śivāya || 8 ||

etatpaṭhedaṣṭakamiṣṭadaṃ yo
bhaktyā sa mānyo bhuvi dīrghajīvī |
prāpnoti saubhāgyamanantakālaṃ
bhūyātsadā tasya samastasiddhiḥ ||