Sri Ishwara Tirtha

The Early Acharyas · Guru Parampara

8.1098 - 1146Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

With reverence and gratitude to the Sri Sringeri Sharada Peetham, which has kept the lives of its Jagadgurus through the centuries and shares them with the world. What follows is the Peetham's own account, exactly as it gives it.

Sri Ishwara Tirtha (1098-1146 A.D)

ईप्सितार्थप्रदो नित्यं प्रणतानां च देहिनाम् ।
यतिरीश्वरतीर्थाख्यः तं नमामि गुरुं शिवम् ॥

Just as the Great Shiva, He grants with gracious heart The boons that pure beloved souls aspire for;
I salute and solemnly adore That saintly Master Ishwara Tirtha!

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