What adorns Shiva's head according to the text?

Shiva's head is adorned with the crescent moon (candrārdhaśēkhara) and the radiant waves of the Ganges (gaṅgātaraṅgabhāsitajaṭāpradēśa).

What weapon is associated with Shiva in the hymn?

The hymn mentions Shiva being associated with a noose or pāśa (pāśāyudhakulārthyasmitāpāṅga), implying it is one of his weapons.

Who are mentioned as worshipping Shiva's lotus-like feet (caraṇāravinda)?

Govinda (gōvindapūjitacaraṇāravinda) is mentioned as worshipping Shiva's lotus-like feet in the provided text.

What is Shiva described as destroying in the text?

Shiva is described as destroying Daksha's sacrifice (dhvastadakṣādhvaratantra), Tripura (śāntatripura), and the darkness caused by Andhaka (vyāpāditasamadāndhaka).

Which mountain is mentioned in relation to Shiva's bow?

Mount Meru (svīkr̥tasumērukōdaṇḍa) is mentioned as being taken by Shiva as his bow in the provided hymn.

śrī śiva gadyam (śrī śivāpadāna daṇḍaka stōtram)

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Shiv Stotra

śailādikr̥taniṣēvaṇa kailāsaśikharabhūṣaṇa tatvārthagōcara candrārdhaśēkhara pāśāyudhakulārthyasmitāpāṅga kōpāruṇakaṭākṣa bhasmitānaṅga sasmitāpāṅga ūrīkr̥tavibhūti divyāṅgarāga gaurīparigr̥hītasavyāṅgabhāga aṅgānuṣaṅga pāvitanarāsthidēśa gaṅgātaraṅgabhāsitajaṭāpradēśa vandanābhiratākhaṇḍala syandanāyitabhūmaṇḍala āśritadāsatāpasakadamba cakrīkr̥tārkaśītakarabimba ādr̥tapurāṇavētaṇḍa svīkr̥tasumērukōdaṇḍa kharvīkr̥tāsuramadānupūrvīvikāsa-darvīkarēśvara gr̥hītamaurvīvilāsa-vīṇāmunīndrakhyāpita garima pauruṣa bāṇādhikāra sthāpitaparamapūruṣa anilāśanavihitanaipathya kamalāsanavihitasārathya viśvādhikatvaparikalitōpalambha aśvāyitādyavacōgumbha kundasmayahara kāntiprakara mandasmitalava śāntatripura nādabindukalābhijñāspada bhūribhadra svēdabindulavāvirbhāvita vīrabhadratrastarakṣā paratantradhvastadakṣādhvaratantra kirīṭanītavividhavēdhaḥkapāla capēṭāghāta śithilabhāsvatkapōla vijr̥mbhitavikramōddaṇḍa stambhitacakridōrdaṇḍa brahmastavōcitamahāharṣa jihvasvabhāva janadurādharṣa vasundharādharasutōpalālana jarandarāsuraśirōnipātana kōpāhatapatitāntaka vyāpāditasamadāndhaka parasaṁhananajaṭāsambhr̥taparabhāgagaura narasiṁhaniyamanālambitaśarabhāvatāra prasanna bhayamōcana vibhinnabhagalōcana prapañcadahanakāraka viriñcivadanahāraka sañcārapūtamandara pañcāyudhātisundara apanītadakṣānana abhinīta bhikṣāṭana dhāritamērukānana kusumamālikālaṅkāra dāritadārukāvanakulapālikāhaṅkāra samāvarjitabhaktamānasānusāra parāvartitadr̥ptatāpasābhicāra vaiyāsikōktigōcara vaiyāghrakr̥ttibhāsura gataparikarmakr̥taspr̥ha kr̥takaricarmaparigraha svadhyānaśamitapātakaprasaṅga vidhyādivibudhapūjitasvaliṅga śāntamānasānurōdha kṣāntatāpasāparādha pālānalavalana bhīṣaṇa hālāhalagaralabhūṣaṇa aruṇāṁśukandalamaṇiphaṇikuṇḍala caraṇāgrayantrita daśakandharabhujamaṇḍala ānandatāṇḍava naṭanānubandha gōvindapūjitacaraṇāravinda vinayānatāmr̥tāśana sahasrāhitapramōda tanayābhilāṣimādhavatapasyākr̥ta prasāda divyāstra dānatōṣita bhr̥gusūnunamya navyābhāgabhāvitaharirūparamya vanditāgataśrutidhara nandipālita pratīhāra buddhanānārahasyaśatamanyumukhāmarabhaktigōcara dugdhapānārtha tapasyadupamanyuviśrāṇitadugdhasāgara adhikacālita duṣṭapīḍākaraṇa hariviriñcāpadr̥ṣṭa cūḍācaraṇa añcaddharmavr̥ṣādhāra adharmaprakṣālanādara pañcabrahmamayākāra vēdāśvavarōhitasvāmya śvētāśvatarōpaniṣadgamya cāpalyarahita ramyasvabhāva kaivalyavacanagamyaprabhāva akharvamakhādirājyapratāpa adharvaśikhānuvādyasvarūpa agarvanarastutimudita adharvavarastutividita nādāntavibhāvanīya praṇatārtihara praṇavārthasāra mugdhalāvaṇyādhāra śuddhacaitanyākāra āśīviṣadhāraka kāśīpuranāyaka hr̥dambujakr̥tavilāsa cidambarakr̥tanivāsa ākarṇacalitāpāṅga gōkarṇaracitānaṅga ghōrāsurapura dhūmakētu smita vārākaragata rāmasētusthita rakṣaṇalīlāvilāsa dakṣiṇakailāsavāsa ātāmralōlanayana ēkāmramūlabhavana ābhīlavidhusēvana śrīśailaśikharapāvana drākṣāmadhura vāggumbha rudrākṣaruciradōstambha kālakaṇṭharucighaṭitalāvaṇyanīlakaṇṭhamukhi nihitakāruṇya sēvāparatantrapālaka śaivāgamatantrakāraka sargasthitisaṁhr̥titrayasthēya garbhaśrutiyantrita gāyatryanusandhēya adhyāsitavaranikuñjagr̥hahimāhārya adhyāpitahariviriñcimukhaśivācārya arcitānantavihāra saccidānandaśarīra vijayībhava vijayībhava ||

dr̥ṣṭvā kaustubhamapsarōgaṇamapi prakrāntavādāmithō
gīrvāṇāḥ kativānasanti bhuvanē bhārā divaḥ kēvalam |
niṣkrāntē garalēdrutē suragaṇē niścēṣṭitē viṣṭapē
mābhaiṣṭēti girāvirāsadhuriyō dēvastamēvastumaḥ ||

iti śrīnīlakaṇṭhadīkṣita viracitaṁ śivāpadānagadya stōtram ||

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