Kutarko’yam kamshcin mukharayati mohaya jagatah. Kimadharo dhata srijati kimupadana iti ca,Ītarkyaish varye tvay yanavasara duhstho hatadhiyah Kimihah kimkayah sa khalu kimupaya stribhuvanam O Giver of boons! Some stupid people produce arguments–pleasing to the ignorant but in fact hateful– to refute Your Divinity, which creates, preserves and destroys the world, which is divided into three bodies (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva) according to the three gunas, and which is described in the three Vedas. Vihantum vyakrosim vidadhata ihaike jadadhiyah. Trayivastu vyastam tisrishu guna-bhinnasu tanushu,Ībhavyanam asmin varada ramaniyama ramanim Tavaisvaryam yat taj jagadudaya raksa pralayakrit O Brahman! Do even Brihaspati’s praises cause wonder to You, the author of the nectar-like sweet Vedas? 0 destroyer of the three cities, the thought that by praising Your glories I shall purify my speech has prompted me to undertake this work. Punam ityarthe’smin puramathana buddhir vyavasita. Mama tvetam vanim guna kathana punyena bhavatah Tava brahman kim vag api suraguror vismaya padam, Madhu sphita vacah paramam amritam nirmitavatas Who can properly praise that which even the Vedas describe with trepidation, by means of’ ‘neti-neti / not this, not this’? How many qualities does He possess? By whom can He be perceived? Yet whose mind and speech do not turn to the form later taken by Him (saguna) || 2 || Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 3: Your greatness is beyond the reach of mind and speech. Pade tvarvacine patati na manah kasya na vacah. Sa kasya stotavyah katividha gunah kasya vishayah
|| 1 || Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 2:Ītitah panthanam tava ca mahima vanmanasayorĪtad vyavrttya yam cakita mabhi dhatte shrutirapi, If no one can be blamed when they praise You according to their intellectual powers, then my attempt to compose a hymn cannot be reproached. If it is unseemly to praise You when ignorant of the extent of’ Your greatness, then even the praises of Brahma and others are inadequate. Mamapyeshah stotre hara nirapavadah parikarah Stutir brahma dina mapitadava sannastvayi girah,Ītha vacyah sarvah svamati parina mavadhi grinan Mahimnah param te parama vidusho yadyasadrishi Shiva Mahimnah Stotram – English Lyrics and Meaning: Shiv Mahimna Stotram – Text 1: The recital of this stotra is very beneficial, so its recitation is beneficial for all beings! The legend has some basis since the name of the author is mentioned in verse 38 of the stotram. Lord Shiva was pleased with this Stotra and made the divine powers of Pushhpadanta. This same prayer was named “Shiva Mahimna Stotra”. In this prayer, he sang the greatness of the Lord. Then he made a prayer to Shiva to ask for forgiveness. The thief Pushhpadanta, unknowingly, walked on Shiva Nirmaalya and angered Shiva and lost the divine power of invisibility. Shiva Nirmaalya consists of Bilva leaves, flowers, etc. He tried with all his strength to capture the thief, but it was in vain, because the Gandharvas have the divine power to remain invisible.įinally, the king spread Shiva Nirmaalya in his garden. One day, a Gandharva (celestial singer at the court of Indra, the Lord of heaven) named Pushhpadanta, fascinated by the beautiful flowers, began stealing them, so that King Chitraratha could not offer flowers to Lord Shiva. The king used these flowers every day to worship Lord Shiva. There were beautiful flowers in this garden. Story of Pushpadanta:Ī king named Chitraratha had built a beautiful garden. The legend about the circumstances that led to the composition of this Stotra is as follows.
Shiva Mahimna Stotra is very popular among the devotees of Lord Shiva and is considered one of the best Stotras / Stutis offered to Lord Shiva.