This relatively new composition "Shri Shanteri Ashtak" is a very calming eight stanza composition written by Vedamurthy Keshav Upendra Bhat, Kumta and sung in the beautiful voice of Pandit Shankar Shanbhogue.
kamalanilaya-lakṣmī jāni nārāyaṇasya
tribhuvanamahite śrī-ygamāyti-māy ॥
suramuninaravaṁdy vaṁditā-naṁdadātrī ।
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥1॥
rucirapadanakhānāṁ rcitādhaḥ kr̥tāgn
caraṇayugalabhāsā dūratsstāṁbujāt॥
himakararavirūpa-bhrāṁtikr̥jjānuyugm
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥2॥
dviradakarasadr̥kṣ bibhr̥ti-jvālajaṁgh
surapatigajagaṁḍa śrīdharaśrṇimaṁḍ ।
gahanakuharanābh śāṁtamūrt sumadhy
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥3॥
sarasijarasapānā-sakta haṁsastanāḍhy
vimalamadhurakaṁṭha svaccha-biṁbādharṣṭī ।
subhaganayanabhāsyaṁ te śaśāṁkānusārī
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥4॥
mastraṇakuṁkumacaṁda-tkśapāś tvamīś
kanakavasanakāś nāgabhgābhapāṇ ।
nikhilajagadanaṁtaṁ śāsi śailāgraputrī
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥5॥
saruṣanayanapātā dva bhasmībhavyuḥ
danujabalasamūhā htibhiḥ kiṁ tavaitaiḥ ।
vidadhatu tava śbhāṁ cakraśaṁkhāsiśūlā:
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥6॥
janani tava kr̥̄pāyāṁ viśva san svastha āsaṁ
tvayiśaraṇamanāptaṁ knu māmuddharta ॥
gaṇaya gaṇaya mā mā mātarāgāṁsi tanm
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥7॥
diśa diśa sukhamārgaṁ digbhramshaṁ bhramāmi
hara hara mama mhaṁ mūḍhactāvimadhy।
avabhavajaladhrmāṁ sarvabhādhāśca kr̥ti
bhagavatiśaraṇaṁ m dhi śāṁtāridvī ॥8॥