gayatrayastakam

Gayatri Ashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: I meditate on Gāyatrī, Who was the result of penance of Viśvāmitra, Who is dearest, Who is served by bumble-bee like sages, Who gives eternal or fleeting discerning knowledge, Who has a smiling face, Who is resplendent due to decoration by a crescent moon, Whose face is glowing red in color and has a betelnut, Who is situated in the middle of (twelve) Āditya, Who is dear to Hari, Who has three eyes, and Who has five heads.[1]

gurvastakam

Guru Ashtakam or Gurvashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: The body is beautiful and also the consort. The glory is variegated and beautiful. The wealth is comparable to Mount Meru. But if there is no mental devotion in the lotus-feet of preceptor, then what, then what, then what, then what?[1]

kanakadharastotram

Kanak Dhara Stotram (Kanakadhara Stotram) by Adi Sankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: May Laksmī, Who is taking refuge in the decorated body of Hari similar to a female bumble-bee enters in a garland of buds, Who has accepted all the splendors in Her body, Who can toy with Kāmadeva (cupid) [by her beauty], be the bestower of prosperity of Her, Who is Mangaladevatā, on me.[1]

dasasloki

Nirvana Dasakam (Dashashloki) by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: I am neither land nor water, neither fire nor wind, neither sky nor the sense-organs, or not even a collection of these; away from the proximity of multiplicity, proved by the existence of sleep, that which is left or remaining from all of the above, I am only that eternal-bliss.[1]

umamahesvarastotram

Uma Maheshvar Stotram by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: Salutations again and again for Śankara and Pārvatī, Who are eternally blissful, Who are full of new-youth, Whose beautiful forms are mutually close, Who is the daughter of Nagendra (Himālaya) and Who has the bull as a flag.[1]

siva_manasa_puja

Shiv Manas Puja by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Paśupati, Lord, Who is the storehouse of mercy! Please accept the following, which are assumed in the mind — a seat made with precious-stones, a bath with ice-trickled water, a divine-apparel adorned with many kinds of jewels, a sandalwood-paste mixed with fragrant deer-musk, flowers fashioned with jātī, campaka and bilvapatra, incense, and an earthen-lamp.[1]

bhavani_bhujangam

Bhavani Bhujangam Stuti by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: I extol Bhavānī, Who is reclining at the end of a lotus-seat with six support pillars, Who is shining forth excellently inside the arteries of the living beings (as the life spirit), Who is extracting and consuming the divine-nectar, Who is like an idol of the divine-nectar, and Whose true nature is eternal bliss.[1]

veda_sara_siva_stavah

Veda Sara Shiv Stavah by Adi Shankaracharya at Stutimandal

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Sample: I remember the only Mahādeva, Who is the enemy of Smara or Kāmadeva, Who is the Lord of the animals for sacrifice, Who destroys the sins, Who is the Lord beyond everyone, Who has a cloth made from elephant-skin, Who is the best, and Who has a shaking stream of Gangā in the midst of the matted-hair locks.[1]

mantra_matrka_puspamala

Mantra Matrika Pushpamala by Adi Shankara (attributed) at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Mother! I visualize Your throne studded with precious gems of thought in the middle of rolling waves in a nectar-ocean, which is sitting in a gem-island, which is surrounded by the heavenly wish-granting trees, which is within the enclosure of Kadamba trees, which is inside a hall with thousands of diamond pillars, and which is on a marvellous pedestal.[1]

parapuja

Para Puja by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

Sample: When the indivisible, eternally blissful, free from transition or change, and induplicate gets stationary (or understood) in mind, then tell me how can I do the prayers! What should be to used to invoke the complete and what should be used as a seat for the One Who is the supreme pillar of existence? Where is the way to clean the feet of the spotless and where is the way to purify the pure.[1—2]

govindastakam

Govindashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

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Sample: Extol Govinda, Who is the supreme bliss, Who is the eternal truth, Who is knowledge, Who is eternal, Who is beyond the skies, Who is the final limit, Who roams in the courtyard of cowshed in Vraja, Who needs no effort, Who is the final effort, Who is assuming various forms in the form of Māyā, Who is without form, Who is the form of the universe, Who is Lord (incarnated) on the earth, and Who has no Lord.[1]

jagannathastakam

Jagannathashtakam by Adi Shankara at Stutimandal

Sample: May Jagannātha — Who sometimes creates the sound of grand music at the banks of Kālindī (Yamunā), Who is the bumble-bee that happily feels the taste of lotus-like face of cowherdesses, Whose feet are honored by Ramā (Laksmī), Śiva, Brahmā, Indra and Ganeśa, and Who is my Lord — happen to walk in the path seen by my eyes.¹[1]

hanuman_pancharatnam

Hanumat Pancharatnam by Adi Shankaracharya at Stutimandal

Sample: I shine forth Hanumān, Who is the Son of Wind, Who is approached by everyone seeking a wish, Who brings forth joy, Who is free from desires, Who is gladdening, and Who is the foremost in the messengers of Rāma. I think of Hanumān, Whose face is like a red new lotus, Whose corners of the eyes are full of mercy, Who is animating, Whose valor is charming, and Who is the pride of Añjanā.[1—2]

adisankaracaryastakam

Adi Shankaracharya Ashtakam by Latha at Stutimandal

Sample: O Guru! I adore again and again, the prints of Your lotus feet (i.e., Your footprints) inside my heart. They bestow wealth. They show the way. They give strength (to walk on the way). They bestow fearlessness (in the journey).[1]

tripura_sundari_ashtakam

Tripura Sundari Ashtakam by Adi Sankara at Stutimandal

Sample: I seek refuge in the immaculate and beautiful Mother, Who wanders in a Kadamba forest, Who is like a bank of clouds for the dynasty of sages, Whose buttocks have won over the mountains, Who is served by heavenly wide-hipped damsels, Who has new-lotus like eyes, Who is glistening like a new grey cloud, and Who is the consort of Trilocana (Śiva).[1]