Shri Shiva Bilvashtakam

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बिल्वाणां दर्शनं पुण्यं स्पर्शनं पापनाशनम् । अघोर पापसंहारं एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ ११ ॥

sanskrit

Even having a look at the Bilva tree or Even just touching it Destroys the most horrible sins one might have committed. I offer one leaf of Bilva to Lord Shiva.

english translation

bilvANAM darzanaM puNyaM sparzanaM pApanAzanam | aghora pApasaMhAraM ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 11 ||

hk transliteration

सहस्रवेद पाटेषु ब्रह्मस्तापनमुच्यते । अनेकव्रत कोटीनां एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १२ ॥

sanskrit

Chanting the vedas a thousand times Is said to elevate one to a great spiritual height And so with performing spiritual fasts crores of times Equal to all of these is Offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.

english translation

sahasraveda pATeSu brahmastApanamucyate | anekavrata koTInAM ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 12 ||

hk transliteration

अन्नदान सहस्त्रेषु सहस्रोपनयनं तधा । अनेक जन्मपापानि एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १३ ॥

sanskrit

The virtue earned by donating food to thousands Or by performing a thouand thread ceremonies Such virtue is attained By offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva Which washes away the sins of many lives.

english translation

annadAna sahastreSu sahasropanayanaM tadhA | aneka janmapApAni ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 13 ||

hk transliteration

बिल्वाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेश्शिव सन्निधौ । शिवलोकमवाप्नोति एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १४ ॥

sanskrit

Whoever reads these sacred verses of Bilvashtakam In the proximity (presence) of Lord Shiva Will be freed of all sins And will attain the abode of Lord Shiva.

english translation

bilvASTakamidaM puNyaM yaH paThezziva sannidhau | zivalokamavApnoti ekabilvaM zivArpaNam || 14 ||

hk transliteration