Kasi Vishwanathashtakam
gaṅgā taraṅga ramaṇīya jaṭā kalāpaṃ
gaurī nirantara vibhūṣita vāma bhāgaṃ
nārāyaṇa priyamanaṅga madāpahāraṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 1 ॥
vāchāmagōcharamanēka guṇa svarūpaṃ
vāgīśa viṣṇu sura sēvita pāda padmaṃ
vāmēṇa vigraha varēna kalatravantaṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 2 ॥
bhūtādipaṃ bhujaga bhūṣaṇa bhūṣitāṅgaṃ
vyāghrāñjināṃ baradharaṃ, jaṭilaṃ, trinētraṃ
pāśāṅkuśābhaya varaprada śūlapāṇiṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 3 ॥
sītāṃśu śōbhita kirīṭa virājamānaṃ
bālēkṣaṇātala viśōṣita pañchabāṇaṃ
nāgādhipā rachita bāsura karṇa pūraṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 4 ॥
pañchānanaṃ durita matta mataṅgajānāṃ
nāgāntakaṃ dhanuja puṅgava pannāgānāṃ
dāvānalaṃ maraṇa śōka jarāṭavīnāṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 5 ॥
tējōmayaṃ saguṇa nirguṇamadvitīyaṃ
ānanda kandamaparājita mapramēyaṃ
nāgātmakaṃ sakala niṣkaḻamātma rūpaṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 6 ॥
āśāṃ vihāya parihṛtya paraśya nindāṃ
pāpē rathiṃ cha sunivārya manassamādhau
ādhāya hṛt-kamala madhya gataṃ parēśaṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 7 ॥
rāgādhi dōṣa rahitaṃ svajanānurāgaṃ
vairāgya śānti nilayaṃ girijā sahāyaṃ
mādhurya dhairya subhagaṃ garaḻābhirāmaṃ
vārāṇaśī purapatiṃ bhaja viśvanātham ॥ 8 ॥
vārāṇaśī pura patē sthavanaṃ śivasya
vyākhyātaṃ aṣṭakamidaṃ paṭhatē manuṣya
vidyāṃ śriyaṃ vipula saukhyamananta kīrtiṃ
samprāpya dēva nilayē labhatē cha mōkṣam ॥
viśvanāthāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhēḥ śiva sannidhau
śivalōkamavāpnōti śivēnasaha mōdatē ॥
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