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% Language              : sanskrit
% Subject               : puraaNa
% Description/comments  : ShiitalaaShTakam.h
%                        ## From the Skanda Purana ##
%                        ## transliterated by Michael Magee 1997 ##
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% Transliterated by     : Michael Magee <ac70@cityscape.co.uk>
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\engtitle{.. shiitalaaShTakaM ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shiitalaaShTakaM ..}##\endtitles ##
asya shriishiitalaastotrasya mahaadeva R^iShiH .
anuShTup ChandaH .  shiitalaa devataa .
laxmiirbiijam .  bhavaanii shaktiH .
sarvavisphoTakanivR^ityarthe jape viniyogaH ..

iishvara uvaacha .
vande.ahaM shiitalaaM deviiM raasabhasthaaM digambarAm .
maarjaniikalashopetaaM shuurpaala~NkR^itamastakaam .. 1..
vande.ahaM shiitalaaM deviiM sarvarogabhayaapahaam.
yaamaasaadya nivarteta visphoTakabhayaM mahat .. 2..
shiitale shItale ceti yo bruuyaddaahapiiDitaH .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM xipraM tasya praNashyati .. 3..
yastvaamudakamadhye tu dhyAtvA sampuujayennaraH .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM gR^ihe tasya na jaayate .. 4..
shiitale jvaradagdhasya puutigandhayutasya cha .
praNaShTachaxuShaH puMsastvaamaahurjiivanauShadham .. 5..
shiitale tanujaan rogaan nR^iNaaM harasi dustyajaan .
visphoTakavidiirNaanaaM tvamekaa.amR^itavarShiNI .. 6..
galagaNDagrahaa rogaa ye chaanye daaruNaa nR^iNaam .
tvadanudhyaanamaatreNa shiitale yaanti sa~NkShayam .. 7..
na mantro nauShadhaM tasya paaparogasya vidyate .
tvaamekaaM shItale dhaatriiM naanyaaM pashyaami devataam .. 8..
mR^iNaalatantusadR^ishiiM naabhihR^inmadhyasaMsthitaam .
yastvaaM sa~nchintayeddevi tasya mR^ityurna jaayate .. 9..
aShTakaM shItalaadevyaa yo naraH prapaThetsadaa .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM gR^ihe tasya na jaayate .. 10..
shrotavyaM paThitavyaM cha shraddhaabhaaktisamanvitaiH .
upasargavinaashaaya paraM svastyayanaM mahat .. 11..
shItale tvaM jaganmaataa shiitale tvaM jagatpitaa .
shiitale tvaM jagaddhaatrii shiitalaayai namo namaH .. 12..
raasabho gardabhashchaiva kharo vaishaakhanandanaH .
shiitalaavaahanashchaiva duurvaakandanikR^intanaH .. 13..
etaani kharanaamaani shiitalaagre tu yaH paThet .
tasya gehe shishuunaaM cha shiitalaaru~N na jaayate .. 14..
shiitalaaShTakamevedaM na deyaM yasyakasyachit .
daatavyaM cha sadaa tasmai shraddhaabhaktiyutaaya vai .. 15..
.. iti shriiskandapuraaNe shiitalaaShTakaM sampUrNam ..
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