Lord Shiva is considered to be premier Deity of Hindus. Adi Shankaracharya has written quite a few stotras (songs of worship) on Lord Shiva. Many known and unknown scholars have also expressed their adoration for Lord Shiva with their own poetic verses. However among all stotras, the one written by Pushpadanta became very popular.

Pushpadant was a mighty king but got curse due to his misdeed by Lord Shiva. In order to make the Lord happy, he created this stotra. In the verses lie stories about various great acts of Lord Shiva. Not many know that the famous Sanskrit shloka ‘Asiti Girisamam…...’ which means ‘if an ocean is made the inkpot, the branch of Parijat tree is made pen and Goddess Saraswati herself write the glory of Lord, it is impossible to fully comprehend the greatness of Lord Shiva’ – is among the verses of this stotra.

Known as Shiv Mahiman Stotra, this magnificent verse has 43 shlokas in Sanskrit. For the benefit of Gujarati people, Shri Yogeshwarji has translated it into simple and easy-to-understand Gujarati language.

It is interesting to know that Gujarati translation of Shiv Mahimna Stotra was completed by Shri Yogeshwarji in the year 1949. When Yogeshwarji first visited Amarnath – the famous pilgrim place of Lord Shiva in 1951, he offered this stotra to Lord Shiva along with ‘Amarnath Stuti’ and was blessed with the divine vision of the Lord.

For the information of readers, Ashit and Hema Desai, famous Gujarati singer duo has composed an audio cassette ‘Vande Sadashivam’ containing Yogeshwarji’s Gujarati rendering of Shiv Mahimna Stotra, Shiv Stuti (also written by Yogeshwarji) & Amarnath Stuti.