Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Stotram
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verse 1
सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम्।
Saurāṣṭre Somanāthaṃ ca Śrīśaile Mallikārjunam
Somanatha in Saurashtra; and Mallikarjuna at Shrishaila
उज्जयिन्यां महाकालम् ओंकारममलेश्वरम्॥1॥
Ujjayinyāṃ Mahākālam Oṃkāram-Amaleśvaram
Mahakala at Ujjayini; Omkara and Amaleshwara
verse 2
परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमशंकरम्।
Paralyāṃ Vaidyanāthaṃ ca Ḍākinyāṃ Bhīmaśaṃkaram
Vaidyanatha at Parali; and Bhimashankara at Dakini
सेतुबन्धे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारुकावने॥2॥
Setu-bandhe tu Rāmeśaṃ Nāgeśaṃ Dārukāvane
Ramesha at Setubandha; and Nagesha in the Daruka forest
verse 3
वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्र्यम्बकं गौतमीतटे।
Vārāṇasyāṃ tu Viśveśaṃ Tryambakaṃ Gautamī-taṭe
Vishvesha at Varanasi; and Tryambaka on the bank of the Gautami
हिमालये तु केदारं घृष्णेशं च शिवालये॥3॥
Himālaye tu Kedāraṃ Ghṛṣṇeśaṃ ca Śivālaye
Kedara in the Himalaya; and Ghrishnesha at Shivalaya
phalashruti
एतानि ज्योतिर्लिङ्गानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः।
Etāni jyotir-liṅgāni sāyaṃ prātaḥ paṭhen naraḥ
Whoever recites these Jyotirlingas at dusk and at dawn
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति॥4॥
Sapta-janma-kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ smaraṇena vinaśyati
the sins committed across seven births are destroyed by that remembrance
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