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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.

Original text: public domainAuthor: TraditionalPeriod: AncientTranslation & transliteration © YatraBeyond

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