Chandrashekara Ashtakam

Jai Shiva Shankar,

This is my first video, I don't miss a day without listening to this stotra so i thought I'd Shree Ganesh my youtube with this.

All credit goes to KOSMIC MUSIC for creating a wonderful version of such a beautiful stotra.

Title-Chandrashekara Ashtakam
Album-Holy Chants On Shiva And Shakti
Artist-Kosmic Music
Lyrics-Sage Markandeya

Sage Markandeya was saved by Lord Shiva of certain death at the age of 16 by killing the God of death. This stotra is supposed to have been sung by the sage after that.

Rathna sanu sarasanam, rajathadri srunga nikethanam,
Sinchini krutha pannageswarachyuthahana sayakam,
Kshipra dhagdha pura thrayam thri divalayairabhi vanditham,
Chandra shekaramasraye mama kim karishyathi vai yama.

I seek refuge in Him, who has the moon,
Who made the mountain of jewels in to his bow,
Who resides on the mountain of silver,
Who made the serpent Vasuki as rope,
Who made Lord Vishnu as arrows,
And quickly destroyed the three cities,
And who is saluted by the three worlds,
And so what can the God of death do to me?

Pancha paada pa pushpa gandhambhuja dwaya shobitham,
Phala lochana jatha pavaka dagdha manmatha vigraham,
Basma digdha kalebharam, bhava nasanam, bhava mavyayam,
Chandra shekaramasraye mama kim karishyathi vai yama.

I seek refuge in Him, who has the moon,
Who shines with the pair of his lotus like feet,
Which are worshipped by the scented flowers of five kalpaka trees,
Who burnt the body of God of love,
Using the fire from the eyes on his forehead,
Who applies ash all over his body,
Who destroys the sorrow of life,
And who does not have destruction,
And so what can the God of death do to me?

Matha varana mukhya charma kruthothareeya mahoharam,
Pankajasana padma lochana poojithangri saroruham,
Deva sindhu tharanga seekara siktha jatadharam,
Chandra shekaramasraye mama kim karishyathi vai yama.

I seek refuge in Him, who has the moon,
Who is the stealer of minds because of his upper cloth,
Made of the skin of the ferocious elephant,
Who has lotus like feet which are worshipped,
By Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu,
And who has matted hair drenched by drops,
Of the waves of the holy river Ganga,
And so what can God of death do to me?

Yaksha raja sakham bhagaksha haram bhujanga bhooshanam,
Shila raje suthaa parish krutha charu vama kalebharam,
Kshweda neela galam praswadha dharinam mruga dharinam,
Chandra shekaramasraye mama kim karishyathi vai yama.

I seek refuge in Him, who has the moon,
Who is friend of Lord Khubhera,
Who destroyed the eyes of Bhaga,
Who wears serpent as ornament,
Whose left part of the body is decorated,
By the daughter of the king of mountain,
Whose neck is blue because of the poison,
Who is armed with an axe,
And who carries a deer with Him,

Lyrics & translation credit: VEDANTA SPIRITUAL LIBRARY.

Apologies for any mistakes and thank you for your comments in advance.

Jai Shiv Shankar

Ishaan

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• Ashtakam
• Shiva
• Shambhu
• Shankar
• Mahadev
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• Hinduism
• Spiritual
• Markandeya
• Stotram
• KosmicMusic

[raj24007]

Who are the singers is it Gayatri Devi and Saindhavi?

[Khushi172]

yes I believe thats right, the only reason I refer to them as Kosmic Music is because if I happen to miss someone who was part of the team then it would be unfair.

[sahil2479]

hi is nice video, thanks for uploading it, can you tell where can its lyrics be found

[Khushi172]

Hi there you could expand the box in the righthand corner but Iv just realised that for some reason all the lyrics are not there so instead go to VEDANTA SPIRITUAL LIBRARY.

(dot) celextel (dot) org (forwardslash) stotrasshiva (forwardslash) chandrasekharashtakam

and for others reading this I highly recomend the above site.

ॐ नमः शिवायः

[srishankara]

awesome song... some times i cry by listining this song.... oh god you are great... i cant express you.. you are ultimate.......... thanks to markandeya rishi and thanks to cosmic video to presenting this mind blowing stotra...... thank you very much

[108ganesha]

Thank you very much for such a wonderful video. It is one of the most melodious voices with incredible music composition. Very inspiring. I would like to buy a CD can someone suggest where can I get one? Thank you.

[Oddsocks09]

VERY NICE :)

GOD BLESS YOU

[SynestheticSoul]

This song feels so universal. I feel like we can all relate to it and I don't even know what the message is. <3

[sathyaaruljyothi]

I have a question, and I would really appreciate it if u could answer it:

the statue of Lord Shiva at 0:56 ...it blew my mind away. Where is it?

[pradeeptubeu]

Timeless beauty put in words! Cannot explain how sweet it is!

[dollyzenith]

JAI SHIV SHANKAR.......

well-done..good work..!

[shriramvidya]

i love this video i cant sleep at night without listening to this song

and it is like a manthra

[nilesh72986]

@achshobha 

[nilesh72986]

He every one

If anyone have problem OF MOON in HOROSCOPE He or She has to do ABHISEKA on Lord shiva with MILK, YOGURT, SAKAR ,GHHI and HANNY at-list 11

times on MONDAY before sunrise near of 5 to 6 oclock in HORA of moon

[TheAkatsuki10]

Believe or it not, Yama Maharaja/Yama Dharmaraja and Shiva Maharaja are actually my favorite deities to read of, especially the Great Lord Yama (which is ironic because my nickname is Yama).

[achshobha]

i love this song