Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram
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सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च
Saurāṣṭre Somanāthaṃ Cha
श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।
Śrīśaile Mallikārjunam
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालम्
Ujjayinyāṃ Mahākālam
ओङ्कारममलेश्वरम् ॥१॥
Oṅkāram Amaleśvaram
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च
Paralyāṃ Vaidyanāthaṃ Cha
डाकिन्यां भीमशङ्करम् ।
Ḍākinyāṃ Bhīmaśaṅkaram
सेतुबन्धे तु रामेशं
Setubandhe Tu Rāmeśaṃ
नागेशं दारुकावने ॥२॥
Nāgeśaṃ Dārukāvane
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं
Vārāṇasyāṃ Tu Viśveśaṃ
त्र्यम्बकं गौतमीतटे ।
Tryambakaṃ Gautamī-taṭe
हिमालये तु केदारं
Himālaye Tu Kedāraṃ
घुश्मेशं च शिवालये ॥३॥
Ghuśmeśaṃ Cha Śivālaye
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि
Etāni Jyotirliṅgāni
सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः ।
Sāyaṃ Prātaḥ Paṭhennaraḥ
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं
Sapta-janma-kṛtaṃ Pāpaṃ
स्मरणेन विनश्यति ॥
Smaraṇena Vinaśyati
Meaning
In Saurashtra, Somanatha; and
in Shrishaila, Mallikarjuna;
in Ujjain, Mahakala;
Omkara, Amaleshwara. (1)
In Paralya, Vaidyanatha; and
in Dakini, Bhimashankara;
at Setubandha, Rameshwara;
Nageshwara in the Daruka forest. (2)
In Varanasi, Vishveshwara;
Tryambaka on the bank of the Gautami;
in the Himalaya, Kedara;
and Ghushmesha at Shivalaya. (3)
These twelve Jyotirlingas,
whoever recites them morning and evening,
the sin committed over seven births,
is destroyed by this very remembrance.
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