Bilwa Ashtothara Satha Stotra (बिल्व अश्तोथार साथ स्तोत्र)

1. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Which has three leaves,
Causes three qualities, has three eyes and is like three weapons.

2. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva, which is leaf with three branches,
Which is suitable for worship, pretty and pure and which is offered as worship to you.

3. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the lord of three worlds,
Who is the purest in the three worlds and who is the protector of three worlds.

4. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is surrounded by king of snakes,
Who decorates himself with necklaces of snakes and wears snake ear studs.

5. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears a rosary of beads,
Who is the dear consort of Parvathi, who wears the crescent and is the god of North east.

6. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has three eyes and ten hands
Who wears half the body of Durga and is worshipped by sacred ash.

7. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who holds the trident,
Who is pretty with ornaments of serpent, who wears the crescent and is God of north east.

8. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who carries the Ganga,
Who is consort of Parvathi, who wears the snake,
Who is the death of God of death and is the Lord of the mountain.

9. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who resembles the pure crystal,
Who destroys during deluge, who is the treasure of mercy,
Who is the God of every one and who is always peaceful.

10. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has the form of divine bliss,
Who is full of extreme joy and peaceful, who is the Lord of the word and is the divine sky.

11. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is regal looking, who has thousand eyes,
Who covers himself with skin of Elephant, who has golden arms and is the chief of the army.

12. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is reddish, short star,
Who is real and the built one, who is elder and the younger and is peaceful.

13. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has a green hair, who is the Lord of jungle,
Who makes sounds of high tone, who is forever, Who is the pot shaped Bhairava.

14. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the oldest giver of boons,
Who is the leader of great thieves, Who has a blue neck and who is separate from the world.

15. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the protector of the devas,
Who ate poison, who is an armour against enemies, Who has the greatest army and is the greatest hero.

16. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is young, who is clever,
Who kills several great heroes and who is the head of all the divine ones.

17. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who has 10 ears and eyes and foreheads,
Who is Lord Shiva with ten faces and is the Shambu who completely removes sins.

18. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva. Who is having a blue neck,
Who is saluted by the world, who is Lord of the oppressed,
Who is the greatest God and who is Shambhu eradicating great sins.

19. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears the jewel from the killed elephant,
Who is one tied with Vasuki and who is the big one living in Kailasa.

20. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is as white as camphor and jasmine flower,
Who is source of help to those who live in hell and is the sea of the nectar of mercy.

21. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is the great god, Who is a great soul,
Who wears armlet made of the lord of snakes and is the God who removes great sins.

22. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is the God of Boothas, Who cuts with an axe,
Who is Vamadeva, who holds the bow called Pinaka,
And is the great one having the Goddess on his left side.

23. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who gives results within a second,
Who has a slanted eye, Who has a splendid neck, who is liked by his devotees,
Who is blue as well as coppery red and who uses sword as a weapon.

24. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who lives on Kailasa, Who is huge and ferocious,
Who put an end to three cities, who has a powerful body and rides on a bull.

25. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who likes sama veda and is full of notes.
Whose body covered by ash, who has won over death and chief of the world.

26. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who destroys the sorrow of poverty,
Who has sun, moon and fire as eyes, Who holds a deer and has moon as a crest.

27. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who pervades in all the worlds,
Who is the witness to the world, who is pure and is without any properties.

28. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the soul of all principles,
Who is Samba, who is far away from all principles and the form of all principles.

29. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the teacher of all the world,
Who is stable and gives boons to all the world and is the eyes of all the world.

30. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who made Manmatha rise up,
Who is peaceful, Who is the divine spirit, who is splendorous,
Who is the soul of divine spirit and who is worshipped by Goddess Lakshmi.

31. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is glowing in light, Who is very gross,
Who is the Lord of Uma, Who coats himself with ash and is the destroyer of effect of sins.

32. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who grants us heaven as well as salvation,
Who gave success to Lord Rama and who is the consort of the daughter of the serpent.

33. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears anklets on both his legs,
Who aims at giving good things, and who shines along with shining king of serpents.

34. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is without taint or basis,
Who is without passion, has a effulgent form and is extremely angry.

35. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the father of all worlds,
Who is the mother of all worlds and who is the Lord of all worlds.

36. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears fancy cloths,
Who does not have fallacious appearance, who rides on the bull,
Who has blue neck and who has five heads.

37. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears a gem studded cloak,
Who is the Lord of gems, who wears gem studded ear studs and crown made of nine types of gems.

38. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears divine gem studded ring,
Who wears gem studded ornaments in his ears, Who wears several type of gems and is full of gems.

39. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has hand shining with gem studded ring,
Whose fingers are shining with their nails and who is in the cave of the mind of his devotees.

40. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who likes the glance of the Goddess,
Who is on his left side, who has a serpent with down ward looking eyes.

41. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is full of passion, who is pleasant,
Who fulfills the desires of devotees, who gives luck and is very soothing.

42. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the basis of limitless good,
Who has a form defined by Vedas and who looks after Dharma as well as its absence.

43. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who recognizes and classifies different sciences,
Who has a very auspicious look and who does not have others greater than him in knowledge.

44. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who makes Goddess Gowri happy,
Who is the soul of Lord Brahma and the pure Bhairava till end of the eons.

45. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who leads to pleasure,
Who destroys causes of Sorrow as well as sorrow,
Who manages and gives us protection.

46. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is personification of pleasure,
Who destroys pride, who makes all roads of Dharma effective,
Who is greater than the senses and is the great illusion.

47. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has the form of all birds and animals,
Who is the Lord of all birds and animals and is the support of all birds and animals.

48. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the lord of all living beings,
Who is saluted by all living beings, who protects all living beings,
Who creates all living beings and also destroys them all.

49. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the soul of the universe,
Who is saluted by the universe, who is the soul of the diamond,
Who has Diamond like arms, who is the lord of the diamond and wears them.

50. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is the owner of the Ganas,
Who presides over the Ganas, who destroys using flood and fire.

51. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who pervades the three worlds,
Who kills by using trident, who destroys groups of disasters,
Who is the one who has one over senses and is the valorous hero.

52. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is as white as Jasmine and the moon,
Who shines with lucky eyes, who is angry like the fire at deluge and expert in everything.

53. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has a shell like neck,
Who has a neck like a band, who is courageous, who increases courage,
Who is pre eminent and who dresses himself with hide.

54. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is the cause of creation of the world,
Who is the one who causes deluge and has a form of complete joy.

55. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has gold like hair and great shine,
Who likes to hear songs of devotion, who is the Lord of the universe and one who carries it.

56. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who stays below the coral tree,
Who likes the flowers of coral tree and one who likes the garland of Thulasi

57. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who has great control over senses,
Who has great hands, who fulfills the faith in him and is got easily or with difficulty.

58. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the basis for the seeds, who has the form of the seed,
Who does not have birth, who promotes birth, who is lord of the divine and one who destroys lives.

59. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who creates ages of time, who is the lord of ages of time,
Who is the cause of ages of time and who is the lord and destroyer of ages.

60. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has a troubling matted lack,
Who has a brown hair, who is surrounded by matted lock,
Who is white like camphor and is the Lord of Goddess Gowri.

61. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who lives with devas,
Who lives with people, who is the Lord of Yoga,
Who has a gift of yoga and is the lion among Yogis.

62. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the greatest among greats,
Who is the philosophy, who is the killer of Andhakasura,
Who is the wish giving tree to devotees and who is praiseworthy.

63. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears a very peculiar garland,
Who coats himself with divine sandal paste and is worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu and others.

64. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is a lad, father and God,
Who wears the crescent, who is the treasure house of arts,
Who is the enemy of Brahma and is the friend of the universe.

65. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is pretty, who is sweet,
Who is the ocean of the essence of mercy and,
Who has thousand rays in between the eye brows.

66. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who sports a matted lock,
Who has a shining eyes, who is the lord of hard people,
Who is the Lord of the world, who bestows wishes and goes everywhere.

67. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is peaceful, patient and lord of Uma,
Who is meditated by great ones, who grants wisdom and sits on a animal hide.

68. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears the serpent Vasuki as garland,
Who is the cause of blessing people, who grants wisdom and who wears animal hide.

69. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears the crescent and is radiant,
Who is the Sankara of all the words and who is pure, permanent and is forever.

70. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is kind to those who surrender to him,
Who protects to those who seek,who is serious and who shouts “Vashat”.

71. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who consumes, who is the one that is consumed,
Who is a victor, who has mind full of success, who does, who is the cause and who is the victor.

72. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who knows the world, who protects the world,
Who is useful to those who pray, who has sky as his hair and who has a gross form.

73. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is born from thought, who is young,
Who cannot be split, who likes to be angry, who killed Yama,
Who has the world within himself and who has golden body.

74. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who punishes, who is the father of Chamunda,
Who is the salvation, who grants salvation, who is gold and who has a golden form.

75. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who lives in the great cremation ground,
Who has the concealed glitter of crystal, who leads Vedas and has the form of Vedas.

76. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is stable, who measures his own dharma,
Who is the lord depended by Brahmins, who lives in the universe and who is the first.

77. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears a garland of Rudraksha,
Who is very dear to Rudraksha, and who is sung by his devotees with Rudraksha.

78. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, whose neck is encircled by king of snakes.
Who likes to wear serpent ornaments and who speedily killed Daksha.

79. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, whose ear is tuned to the king of snakes,
Who is surrounded by kings of earth, who is saluted by sages and who is the greatest
Sage himself.

80. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears the hide of king of animals,
Who is the only life of sages and who is worshipped by all devas.

81. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is god of the poor,
Who is the friend of Khubhera (lord of riches), who avoids untimely death
Who has the form of Linga and is considered as not to be a linga.

82. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who does good to his devotees,
Who is busy, who is described by Vedas and Vedanthas,
Who makes ions and who destroys ions.

83. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the raging fire that burns great sins,
Who takes away the karma caused due to birth and who wears the garland of skulls.

84. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who wears the hide of an elephant,
Who assumes the supreme form, who surpasses Vishnu and is endless.

85. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is the one presiding over fire sacrifices,
Who is the one preventing stoppage of Yagna*, Who is the lord of Yagna,
And is the one who uses the results of Yagna .
*Fire sacrifice

86. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, Who is beyond time, who is the past, present and future,
Who causes bad people be destroyed and who is worshipped by minds of Yogis.

87. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is greatest, who is the great sky,
Who is the great belly, who is the great hand, who has great face and has a great job.

88. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who has good eyes and good forehead,
Who is everything, who is greatly valorous, who is the great god and who is the Shiva wearing moon.

89. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who is the basis of all the worlds,
Who delivers all good characters, who is the truth and who is endowed with all good qualities.

90. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who should be worshipped on fourteenth day of waning moon in month of Magha, (January-February)
Who is the teacher of the universe and who is difficult to get for all devas.

91. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, who though difficult to get,
Is easily available on Mondays of Nabha (June-july) month and
During the worship during Pradhosha.

92. I offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva, which if offered by Brahmins to Saligrama,
In the shore of lake or near hundreds of wells, Gives the result of gifting of crores of brides.

93. Seeing the bilwa tree and touching it leads to destruction of sins,
And it also destroys great sin and so Offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva.

94. Offer of ocimum or ocimum or vitis* flowers or lime or Gooseberry,
Leads to the destruction of great sins and so offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva,.
*Vitis negundi

95. If with unlimited leaves of Bilwa, if we worship God Nandi,
Then we would escape from all sins and so offer one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva.

96. Gifting away well decorated group of one thousand girls,
Gifting away of country or land is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

97. Gifting crores of horses or performing thousand Aswamedha sacrifices,
Or gifting crores of cows with their calf is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

98. Reading thousand times all four Vedas or the epic of Bharatha or
Gifting away of country or land is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

99. Giving weight equivalent to Meru studded with several gems, gold and divine cloths,
One hundred times is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

100. Living in Kasi, Seeing Kalabhirava and seeing Madhava of Prayaga,
is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

101. Using these one hundred and eight verses and worshipping god,
In dusk, noon and dawn would lead to salvation,
And so offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

102. Giving away one thousand crores of elephants or giving thousands of land and gold,
Always leads to blessings of God and is equivalent to offer of one leaf of Bilwa to lord Shiva.

103. He who offers one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva would get sons and grandsons,
Enjoy all pleasures, realize all three type of wishes and in the attain go before Lord Shiva.

104. He who offers one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva would get that same effect,
As giving away money to thousands of crores of money to Brahmins.

105. He who offers one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva would get the result,
OF Singing the names of Shiva and worshipping his lotus like feet,
And he would lead a detached life daily.

106. He who offers one leaf of Bilwa to Lord Shiva would get results .
Of several type of gifts and be endlessly happy and also,
Get the effect of going on pilgrimage all over the world.

107. Oh God please protect me everywhere as I meditate on your feet,
And make my home that of Sankara daily as I am offering one Bilwa to Lord Shiva.

108. If one worships the head of the Shiva linga with one hundred and eight bilwa leaves,
He would be called an expert in Atharva Veda and I am offering one Bilwa toi Lord Shiva.

109. If this is read daily all your enemies will perish.
If it is read twice, I would be offering one Bilwa to lord Shiva.

110. If this is read thrice all the wishes of mind would be fulfilled,
And without any doubt all actions would meet with success.

111. Those men who read it once or twice or thrice,
Would get wealth and live with Shiva, so agrees Lord Shiva.

112. Sins done in crores of births would be destroyed if this is used for worship,
Sins done in seven births would be destroyed, even if it is heard.

113. Just be hearing it sins done in previous and present birth would be destroyed.
And the sin done during a night and day would be destroyed by just seeing it.

114. Just by remembering the prayer would destroy sins committed in second after second,
And by just carrying the book ill health and fear would be destroyed.

116. Those who read these one hundred and thirteen slokas before Lord Shiva,
Would get all divine powers and live a full life with fame and he
Would be worshipped by all in this world and would be respected in land of Shiva.

118. If one worships with the three segmented Bilwa leaf,
On Ashtami (Eighth phase of moon), Monday, Pradhosha or Shiva rathri.
Or on star Arudhra or Thursday with one hundred and eight leaves on head of Shiva,
He would go to heaven and would be near Lord Shiva.

Thus ends the prayer of one hundred and eight bliwa leaves,
Which occurs in the conversation between Lord Vishnu and Parvathi,
Which occurs in Shiva Rahasya.
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