Vireshvarabhilash Ashtakam Lyrics in English:
॥ sri ganesaya namah ॥
visvanara uvaca ।
ekam brahmaivadvitiyam samastam satyam satyam neha nana’sti kim tu ।
eko rudro na dvitiyo’vatasthe tasmadekam tattvam prapadye mahesam ॥ 1॥
ekah karta tvam hi sarvasya sambho nanarupesvekarupo’pyarupah ।
yadvatpratyagdharma eko’pyanekastasmannanyam tvam vinesam prapadye ॥ 2॥
rajjau sarpah suktikayam ca raupyam nairah purastanmrgakhye maricau ।
yadyattadvadvisvagesah prapañco yasmin jñate tvam prapadye mahesam ॥ 3॥
toye saityam dahakatvam ca vahnau tapo bhanau sitabhanau prasadah ।
puspe gandho dugdhamadhye’pi sarpiryattacchambho tvam tatastvam prapadye ॥ 4॥
sabdam grhnasyasravastvam hi jighreraghranastvam vyaṅghrirayasi durat ।
vyaksah pasyestvam rasajño’pyajihvah kastvam samyagvettyatastvam prapadye ॥ 5॥
no vedastvamisa saksadvivedo no va visnurno vidhata’khilasya ।
no yogindra nendramukhyasca deva bhakto vedastvamatastvam prapadye ॥ 6॥
no te gotram napi janmapi nakhya no va rupam naiva silam na tejah ।
ittham bhuto’pisvarastvam trilokyah sarvankamanpurayestvam bhaje tvam ॥ 7॥
tvattatsarvam tvam hi sarvam smarare tvam gaurisastvam ca nagno’tisantah ।
tvam vai vrddhastvam yuva tvam ca balastatkim yattvam nasyatastvam nato’ham ॥ 8॥
stutveti bhumau nipapata viprah sa danḍavadyavadativa hrstah ।
tavatsa balo’khilavrddhavrddhah provaca bhudeva varam vrnihi ॥
tata utthaya hrstatma munirvisvanarah krti ।
pratyabravitkimajñatam sarvajñasya tava prabho ॥
sarvantaratma bhagavansarvah sarvaprado bhavan ।
yatrapratiniyukte mam kimiso dainyakarinim ।
iti srutva vacastasya devo visvanarasya ha ।
sucih sucivratasyatha sucismitvabravicchisuh ॥
bala uvaca ।
tvaya suce sucismatyam yo’bhilasah krto hrdi ।
acirenaiva kalena sa bhavisyatyasamsayah ॥
tava putratvamesyami sucismatyam mahamate ।
khyato grhapatirnamna sucih sarvamarapriyah ॥
abhilasastakam punyam stotrametattvayeritam ।
abdam trikalapathanatkamadam sivasannidhau ॥
etatstotrasya pathanam putrapautradhanapradam ।
sarvasantikaram capi sarvapatparinasanam ॥
svargapavargasampattikarakam natra samsayah ।
pratarutthaya susnato liṅgamabhyarcya sambhavam ॥
varsam japamidam stotramaputrah putravanbhavet ।
vaisakhe kartike maghe visesaniyamairyutah ॥
yah pathetsnanasamaye labhate sakalam phalam ।
kartikasya tu masasya prasadadahamavyayah ॥
tava putratvamesyami yastvanyastatpathisyati ।
abhilasastakamidam na deyam yasya kasyacit ॥
gopaniyam prayatnena mahavandhyaprasutikrt ।
striya va purusenapi niyamalliṅgasannidhau ॥
abdam japamidam stotram putradam natra samsayah ।
ityuktvantardadhe balah sopi vipro grham gatah ॥
॥ iti sriskandapurane kasikhanḍe viresvarastotram sampurnam ॥