aardraantaHkaraNastvaM yasmaadIshaana bhaktavRundeShu |
aardrotsavapriyo&taH shrIkaNThaatraasti naiva sandehaH ||1||
draShTRUMstavotsavasya hi lokaanpaapaattathaa mRutyoH |
maa bhIrastviti shaMbho madhyetiryagga taagatairbrUShe ||2||
prakaroti karuNayaardraan shaMbhurnamraaniti prabodhaaya |
dharmo&yaM kila lokaanaardraankurute&dya gaurIsha ||3||
aardraa naFTeshasya mano&bjavRuttirityarthasaMbodhakRute janaanaam |
aardrarkSha evotsavamaaha shastaM puraaNajaalaM tava paarvatIsha ||4||
baaNaarchane bhagavataH parameshvarasya
prItirbhavennirupameti yataH puraaNaiH |
saMbodhyate parashivasya yathaandhakaM tataH karoti
baaNaarchanaM jagati bhaktiyutaa janaaLiH ||5||
yathaandhakaM tvaM vinihatya shIghraM lokasya rakShaamakaroH kRRupaabdhe |
tathaaj~jataaM me vinivaarya shIghraM vidyaaM prayacCaashu sabhaadhinaatha ||6||
iti shrIkaNTheshastotraM saMpoorNam ||