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GaNesha Pratahsmarana Somakanta

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Devotional text

somakāntakṛtaṃ
kṛtaṃprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
somakāntakṛtaṃ
kṛtaṃprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
śrīgaṇeśāyīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ|
somakānta
uvāca|
prātarnamāmigaṇanāthamaśeṣahetuṃ
brahmādidevavaradaṃdevavaradaṃsakalāgamāḍhyam
m|
dharmārthakāmaphaladaṃkāmaphaladaṃjanamokṣahetuṃhetuṃ
vācāmagocaramanādimanantarūpam
pam||7||
prātarnamāmikamalāpatimugravīryaṃ
nānāvatāranirataṃrataṃnijarakṣaṇāyaṇāya|
kṣīrābdhivāsamamarādhipabandhumīśaṃumīśaṃ
pāpāpahaṃripuharaṃpuharaṃbhavamuktihetumhetum||8||
prātarnamāmigirijāpatimindumauliṃ
vyāghrājināṃvṛtamudastadayaṃmanojedayaṃmanoje|
nārāyaṇendravaradaṃ
varadaṃsurasiddhajuṣṭaṃ
sarpāṃstriśūlaḍamarudadhataṃdadhataṃpurārimm||9||
prātarnamāmidinanāthamaghopahāraṃnanāthamaghopahāraṃ
gāḍhāndhakāraharamuttamalokavandyamm|
vedatrayātmakamudastasurārimāyaṃmāyaṃ
jñānaikahetumuruśaktimudārabhāvammudārabhāvam||10||
prātarnamāmigirijāṃjāṃbhavabhūtihetuṃhetuṃ
saṃsārasindhu
uparapārakarīṃtrinetrāmām|
tattvādikāraṇamudastasurārimāyāṃmāyāṃ
māyāmayīṃsuramunīndranutāṃ
nutāṃsureśīm||11||
evamanyāṃścasaṃsmṛtyadevānmunigaṇāṃstathāthā|
mānasairūpacāraiśca
pūjayitvā
ākṣamāpayetmāpayet||12||
somakāntakṛtaṃ
kṛtaṃprātaḥsmaraṇamraṇam
iti
somakāntakṛtaṃ
kṛtaṃprātaḥsmaraṇaṃraṇaṃsampūrṇamm||
- ||śrīgaṇeśapurāṇaṃīgaṇeśapurāṇaṃupāsanā(pūrva)khaṇḍa
|adhyāyāya3|1.37-12||

About this stotram — Ganesha

A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.

How to chant

Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.

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