tasmai namah paramakaranakaranaya
diptojjvalajjvalitapingalalochanaya|
nagendraharakritakundalabhushanaya
brahmendravishnuvaradaya namah shivaya ||1||
shrimatprasannashashipannagabhushanaya
shailendrajavadanachumbitalochanaya|
kailasamandaramahendraniketanaya
lokatrayartiharanaya namah shivaya ||2||
padmavadatamanikundalagovrishaya
krishnagaruprachurachandanacharchitaya|
bhasmanushaktavikachotpalamallikaya
nilabjakanthasadrishaya namah shivaya ||3||
lambatsapingalajatamukutotkataya
danshtrakaralavikatotkatabhairavaya|
vyaghrajinambaradharaya manoharaya
trailokyanathanamitaya namah shivaya ||4||
dakshaprajapatimahamakhanashanaya
kshipram mahatripuradanavaghatanaya|
brahmorjitordhvagakarotinikrintanaya
yogaya yoganamitaya namah shivaya ||5||
sansarasrishtighatanaparivartanaya
rakshah pishachaganasiddhasamakulaya|
siddhoragagrahaganendranishevitaya
shardulacharmavasanaya namah shivaya ||6||
bhasmangaragakritarupamanoharaya
saumyavadatavanamashritamashritaya|
gaurikatakshanayanardhanirikshanaya
gokshiradharadhavalaya namah shivaya ||7||
adityasomavarunanilasevitaya
yagyagnihotravaradhumaniketanaya|
riksamavedamunibhih stutisanyutaya
gopaya gopanamitaya namah shivaya ||8||
shivashtakamidam punyam yah pathet shivasannidhau|
shivalokamavapnoti shivena saha modate ||9||
||iti shri shankaracharyakritam shivashtakam sampurnam||
यह पाठ देवनागरी से अपने आप रोमन अक्षरों में बदला गया है। सही उच्चारण के लिए देवनागरी पाठ को आधार मानें।