Vishwanathshatkma
ga~NgAtara.nga ramaNiya jaTakalApaM
gaurI nirantara vibhUShita vAmabhAgam |
nArAyaNa priya mana.nga madApahAraM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
vAchAmagochara manegaguNasvarUpaM vAgIshaviShNu surasevita pAdapITham |
vAmena vigrahavareNa kalatravantaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanATham ||
bhUtAdhipaM bhujaga bhUShaNa bhUShitA.ngaM vyAghrAjinAMbaradharaM jaTilaM trinetram | pAshA.nkushAbhaya varaprada shUlapANiM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanATham |
shItAMshu shobhita kirITa virAjamAnaM
bhAlexaNAnala vishoShita pa.nchabANam |
nAgAdhipArachita bhAsurakarNapUraM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
pa.nchAnanaM durita matta mada.ngajAnAM nAgAntakaM danujapu.ngava pannagAnAm |
dAvAnalaM maraNashoka jarATavInAM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
tejomayaM saguNa nirguNa madvitIyaM
Anandakanda maparAjita maprameyam |
nAgAtmakaM sakalaniShkala mAtmarUpaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
•rAgAdidoSha rahitaM svajanAnurAgaM
vairAgya shAnti nilayaM girijA sahAyam |
mAdhurya dhairya subhagaM garalAbhirAmaM vArANasIpurapatim bhaja vishvanAtham ||
AshAM vihAya parihR^itya parasya nindAM
pApe ratiM cha sunivArya manaH samAdhau |
AdhAya hR^itkamala madhyagataM pareshaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
vArANasI purapateH stavanaM shivasya
vyAkhyAta maShTakamidaM paThate manuShyaH |
vidyAM shriyaM vipulasaukhyamanantakIrtiM samprApya deha vilaye labhate cha moxam ||
vishvanAthAShTakamidaM yaH paThechchhiva sannidhau |
shivalokamavApnoti shivena saha modade || ||
iti vyAsapraNItaM shrI vishvanAthAShTakam saMpUrNam ||
Translation of Paragraph 1 and 2Sri Vishwanatha, the Lord of Varanasi,
whose locks look charming with the ripples of the Ganga;
who is ever adorned on His left by Gauri (the Divine Mother),
the Beloved of Narayana,
and the destroyer of Cupid’s pride. Worship Lord Shiva, Vishwanatha, the Lord of Varanasi,
Who is beyond speech, the repository of limitless attributes;
Whose feet are worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu
and other gods,
and Who has His wife (Gauri) on His left.
gaurI nirantara vibhUShita vAmabhAgam |
nArAyaNa priya mana.nga madApahAraM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
vAchAmagochara manegaguNasvarUpaM vAgIshaviShNu surasevita pAdapITham |
vAmena vigrahavareNa kalatravantaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanATham ||
bhUtAdhipaM bhujaga bhUShaNa bhUShitA.ngaM vyAghrAjinAMbaradharaM jaTilaM trinetram | pAshA.nkushAbhaya varaprada shUlapANiM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanATham |
shItAMshu shobhita kirITa virAjamAnaM
bhAlexaNAnala vishoShita pa.nchabANam |
nAgAdhipArachita bhAsurakarNapUraM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
pa.nchAnanaM durita matta mada.ngajAnAM nAgAntakaM danujapu.ngava pannagAnAm |
dAvAnalaM maraNashoka jarATavInAM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
tejomayaM saguNa nirguNa madvitIyaM
Anandakanda maparAjita maprameyam |
nAgAtmakaM sakalaniShkala mAtmarUpaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
•rAgAdidoSha rahitaM svajanAnurAgaM
vairAgya shAnti nilayaM girijA sahAyam |
mAdhurya dhairya subhagaM garalAbhirAmaM vArANasIpurapatim bhaja vishvanAtham ||
AshAM vihAya parihR^itya parasya nindAM
pApe ratiM cha sunivArya manaH samAdhau |
AdhAya hR^itkamala madhyagataM pareshaM vArANasIpurapatiM bhaja vishvanAtham ||
vArANasI purapateH stavanaM shivasya
vyAkhyAta maShTakamidaM paThate manuShyaH |
vidyAM shriyaM vipulasaukhyamanantakIrtiM samprApya deha vilaye labhate cha moxam ||
vishvanAthAShTakamidaM yaH paThechchhiva sannidhau |
shivalokamavApnoti shivena saha modade || ||
iti vyAsapraNItaM shrI vishvanAthAShTakam saMpUrNam ||
Translation of Paragraph 1 and 2Sri Vishwanatha, the Lord of Varanasi,
whose locks look charming with the ripples of the Ganga;
who is ever adorned on His left by Gauri (the Divine Mother),
the Beloved of Narayana,
and the destroyer of Cupid’s pride. Worship Lord Shiva, Vishwanatha, the Lord of Varanasi,
Who is beyond speech, the repository of limitless attributes;
Whose feet are worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu
and other gods,
and Who has His wife (Gauri) on His left.
