🌺 Śiva Aparādha Kṣamāpaṇa Stotram | The Prayer for Forgiveness by Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

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This exclusive edition of the Śiva Aparādha Kṣamāpaṇa Stotram takes you deeper — with immersive sound design, extended chanting, and narration that reveals the story, essence, and transformative power of this timeless hymn.

🌿 The Story Behind the Stotram

In ancient Bhārata, when divine knowledge flourished across the land, there lived Śrī Ādi Śaṅkarācārya, the realized master who revived Sanātana Dharma and revealed the truth of Advaita Vedānta — Oneness beyond illusion.

After composing sacred works like Bhaja Govindam, Saundaryalaharī, and Shivanandalaharī, the great sage once stood before Lord Mahādeva — not as a scholar, but as a humble devotee.
In a moment of self-reflection, he realized that even wisdom cannot protect the heart from human forgetfulness — when prayers fade, when pride rises, and when remembrance of the Divine slips away.

It was then that Śaṅkara folded his hands and poured his soul into this prayer —
“Śiva Aparādha Kṣamāpaṇa Stotram” — The Hymn of Forgiveness.
A song of surrender, a confession of imperfection, and a plea for grace from the ocean of compassion, Lord Shiva Himself.

🕉️ Purpose & Practice

This stotram is meant to purify the heart, not through ritual, but through feeling.
It reminds us that forgiveness is Shiva’s greatest blessing — that even if we forget Him a thousand times, He remembers us once and redeems us completely.

🪔 How to Experience It:

Sit in silence after evening prayers or meditation.

Light a lamp or candle.

Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and let each mantra dissolve your burdens.

You may chant it on Mondays, Pradosha, Śivarātri, or simply whenever the soul feels the need to reconnect.
Even listening with devotion awakens inner calm and divine presence.

✨ Benefits of Chanting

🌸 Cleanses karmic impurities and past guilt
🌸 Brings mental peace and emotional balance
🌸 Strengthens faith and inner surrender
🌸 Invokes Shiva’s grace and divine protection
🌸 Opens the path toward forgiveness, purity, and liberation

📜 Original Stotram (IAST)

āpatsu magnaḥ smaraṇaṁ tvadīyaṁ
karomi śambho tava pādapadmam ।
gaurīśa tattvaṁ hi mamāparādhaṁ
kṣamasva śambho karuṇākarasya ॥ 1॥

adyāvadhi brahmapade na niṣṭhā
na dhyānayogo na ca pūjanaṁ te ।
deveśa jīveśa jagannivāsa
śamasva śambho mama doṣameśa ॥ 2॥

bhūyastvadbhaktiryadi me’sti nātha
na dārasaṁtānadhanādilolaḥ ।
tathāpi na tyajyaḥ śaraṇaṁ madīyaṁ
tvameva śambho mama sannidhattām ॥ 3॥

pāpāni sarvāṇi tato’pi nātha
kṣantavyatāny eva tava prasādāt ।
kṛtāni yadvat na kṛtāni tāni
kṣamā tava syān na hi me samarthā ॥ 4॥

mando’smi te śambhu jano’tivelaṁ
kṛtānyaśeṣāṇy aparādharāśim ।
idānīṁ tava pādapadmayoḥ sannidhiṁ gato’haṁ
śaraṇaṁ prayātaḥ ॥ 5॥

na jāne dharmaṁ na cādharmaniṣṭhāṁ
na kāmavāñchāṁ na ca mokṣakāṅkṣām ।
kālena dainyena mayā vipannaṁ
śaraṇyaṁ śambho śaraṇaṁ prapadye ॥ 6॥

ahaṁ mamātmā tava śambhu sarvaṁ
saṁpāditaṁ yattava pūjanāya ।
tvameva śambho tava nāma rūpaṁ
sadā namāmi praṇato’smi nityam ॥ 7॥

śive ruṣṭe guruḥ trātā guruḥ trāte na kaścana ।
tasmāt sarvaprayatnena guroḥ prītiṁ karotu vai ॥ 8॥

tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva
tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva ।
tvameva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvameva
tvameva sarvaṁ mama devadeva ॥ 9॥

tvameva śaraṇaṁ deva tvameva hi mama prabho ।
saṁsārasāgarāt ghorāt trāhi māṁ śaṅkara prabho ॥ 10॥

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