Soundarya Lahari

About

Soundarya Lahari is a poem composed by Adhi Shankaracharya and Lord Shiva. Once, Adhi Shankaracharya went to Kailasam to visit Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi. He praised the two of them and, pleased, Lord Shiva gave him five Lingas, the form of Lord Shiva which is most worshiped and a poem known as Soundarya Lahari. As Adhi Shankaracharya was descending the mountain, Nandhi, one of Lord Shiva's ganas or servants, took nearly half of all the slokas. Adhi Shankaracharya, therefore, wrote the remaining half.

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Resources

Below, there are the links to the Soundarya Lahari text in multiple Indian languages and English. These links are provided for your convenience.

Soundarya Lahari English:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_English.pdf

Soundarya Lahari Devanagari:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_Devanagari.pdf

Soundarya Lahari Tamil:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_Tamil.pdf

Soundarya Lahari Telugu:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_Telugu.pdf

Soundarya Lahari Kannadam:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_Kannada.pdf

Soundarya Lahari Malayalam:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/lyrics/Soundarya_Lahari_Malayalam.pdf