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kaashee vishvanaathaashhTakam
gaMgaa taraMga ramaNeeya jaTaa kalaapaM
gauree niraMtara vibhooshhita vaama bhaagaM
naaraayaNa priyamanaMga madaapahaaraM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 1 ‖
vaacaamagocaramaneka guNa svaroopaM
vaageesha vishhNu sura sevita paada padmaM
vaameNa vigraha varena kalatravaMtaM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 2 ‖
bhootaadipaM bhujaga bhooshhaNa bhooshhitaaMgaM
vyaaghraaMjinaaM baradharaM, jaTilaM, trinetraM
paashaaMkushaabhaya varaprada shoolapaaNiM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 3 ‖
seetaaMshu shobhita kireeTa viraajamaanaM
baalekshhaNaatala vishoshhita paMcabaaNaM
naagaadhipaa racita baasura karNa pooraM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 4 ‖
paMcaananaM durita matta mataMgajaanaaM
naagaaMtakaM dhanuja puMgava pannaagaanaaM
daavaanalaM maraNa shoka jaraaTaveenaaM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 5 ‖
tejomayaM saguNa nirguNamadviteeyaM
aanaMda kaMdamaparaajita maprameyaM
naagaatmakaM sakala nishhkaLamaatma roopaM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 6 ‖
aashaaM vihaaya parihRRitya parashya niMdaaM
paape rathiM ca sunivaarya manassamaadhau
aadhaaya hRRit-kamala madhya gataM pareshaM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 7 ‖
raagaadhi doshha rahitaM svajanaanuraagaM
vairaagya shaaMti nilayaM girijaa sahaayaM
maadhurya dhairya subhagaM garaLaabhiraamaM
vaaraaNasee purapatiM bhaja vishvanaadhaM ‖ 8 ‖
vaaraaNasee pura pate sthavanaM shivasya
vyaakhyaataM ashhTakamidaM paThate manushhya
vidyaaM shriyaM vipula saukhyamanaMta keertiM
saMpraapya deva nilaye labhate ca mokshhaM ‖
vishvanaadhaashhTakamidaM puNyaM yaH paTheH shiva sannidhau
shivalokamavaapnoti shivenasaha modate ‖