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Subrahmanya Stuti

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Devotional text

śrīkumārastutiḥ
śrīkumārastutiḥ
viprauvāca-
śa‍ṛṇuṛṇusvāminvacovacomedyaya
kaṣṭaṃṭaṃmevinivārayavāraya|
sarvabrahmāṇḍanāthastvamatasteteśaraṇaṃgataḥ||1||
ajamedhādhvaraṃva
raṃkartumārambhaṃbhaṃkṛtavānaham|
so'jogatogṛhānmema
ehitroṭayitvāvāsvabandhanamdhanam||2||
najānesagataḥkutrā'nveṣaṇaṃva
eṣaṇaṃtatkṛtaṃkṛtaṃbahu|
naprāpto'tassasabalavānbhaṅgogobhavati
mekratoḥtoḥ||3||
tvayināthesati
vibhobhoyajñabhaṅgaḥgaḥkathaṃbhavet|
vicāryyaivā'khileśānaleśānakāmapūrṇaṃṃkuruṣvava
me||4||
tvāṃvāṃvihāyahāyaśaraṇyaṃkaṃyāyāṃśivasutavasutaprabhobho|
sarvabrahmāṇḍanāthaṃmāṇḍanāthaṃhisarvāmarasusevitamtam||5||
dīnabandhurdayāsindhussusevyāyābhaktavatsalaḥsalaḥ|
haribrahmādidevaiścacasustutaḥta
utaḥparameśvaraḥvaraḥ||6||
pārvatīnandanasskandaḥdaḥparamekaḥparantapaḥta
paḥ|
paramātmā'tmadassvāmīāmīsatāṃcaśaraṇārthinām
nām||7||
dīnānāthamaheśaśaṅkarasutakarasutatrailokyanāthayanāthaprabhobho
māyādhīśasamāgato'smi
śaraṇaṃmāṃpāhi
viprapriya
|
tvaṃvaṃsarvaprabhupriyaḥyaḥkhilavidabrahmādidevaistutatuta-
stvaṃmāyākṛtirātmabhaktasukhadota
sukhadorakṣāparomāyikaḥ
kaḥ||8||
bhaktaprāṇaguṇākarastriguṇatoguṇatobhinno'siśambhupriyaḥyaḥ
śambhuḥbhuḥśambhusutaḥbhusutaḥprasannasukhadassaccitsvarūporūpomahān|
sarvajñastripuraghnaśaṅkarasutaḥkarasutaḥsatpremavaśyassadāsadā
ṣaḍvaktraḥpriyasādhurānatapriyassarveśvaraśśaṅkaraḥkaraḥ|
śrīkumārastutiḥ
sādhudrohakaraghnana
śaṅkaragurokaragurobrahmāṇḍanāthomāṇḍanāthoprabhuḥbhuḥ
sarveṣāmamarādisevitapadotapadomāṃpāhi
sevāpriyaya||9||
vairibhayaṅkarakaraśaṅkarakarajanaśaraṇasyaya
vandedetavapadapadmaṃmaṃsukhakaraṇasyaya
|
vijñaptiṃmamakarṇeskandadanidhehinijabhaktiṃṃjanacetasi
sadāvidhehi||10||
karoti
kiṃṃtasyayabalīvipakṣodakṣo'pipakṣobhayāpārśvaguptaḥta
ḥ|
kintakṣakopyāmiṣabhakṣakoṣabhakṣakovātvaṃvaṃrakṣakoyasyayasadakṣamānaḥ||11||
vibudhagururapitvāṃvāṃstotumīśototumīśonahisyātyāt-
kathayakathamahaṃsyāṃyāṃmandabuddhirvarārcyaḥ|
śuciraśuciranāryoyādṛśastādṛśota
ādṛśovā
padakamalaparāgaṃskandadateprārthayāmi||12||
hesarveśvaravarabhaktavatsalasalakṛpāsindhodha
otvadīyo'smyahaṃhaṃ
bhṛtyassvasyayanasevakasyaya
gaṇapasyā''gaśśataṃya
ā''gaśśataṃsatprabhobho|
bhaktiṃṃkvāpikṛtāṃmanāgapi
vibhobhojānāsi
bhṛtyārtihāhā
tvattotonāstyaparo'vitātānabhagavanmattotonaraḥpāmaraḥ||13||
kalyāṇakartākalikalmaṣaghnaḥnaḥkuberabandhuḥdha
uḥkaruṇārdracittaḥta
ḥ|
triṣaṭkanetrorasavaktraśobhīśobhīyajñaṃprapūrṇaṃṃkurumeguhatvamvam||14||
rakṣakastvaṃ
ṃtrilokasyayaśaraṇāgatavatsalaḥsa
laḥ|
yajñakartā
yajñabhartā
harasevighnakāriṇāmṇām||15||
vighnavāraṇanavāraṇasādhūnāṃsargakāraṇakāraṇasarvataḥtaḥ|
pūrṇaṃṃkurumameśānasutayajñanamo'stuta
ute||16||
sarvatrātātāskandadahitvaṃvaṃsarvajñātājñātātvamevavamevahi|
sarveśvarastvamīśānomīśānoniveśasakalā'vanaḥveśasakalā'vanaḥ||17||
saṃgītajñastvamevāsi
vedavijñaḥjñaḥparaḥprabhuḥbhuḥ|
sarvasthātāthātāvidhātādhātātvaṃvaṃdevadevassatāṃsa
tāṃgatiḥḥ||18||
bhavānīnandanaśśambhutanayobha
utanayovayunaḥsvarāṭvarāṭ|
dhyātāyātādhyeyaḥyeyaḥpitṝṇāṃtṝṇāṃhipitātāyoniḥḥsadātmanāmma
nām||19||
iti
śrīśivamahāpurāṇevamahāpurāṇedvitīyāyāṃtīyāyāṃrudrasaṃhitāyāṃtāyāṃcaturthekumārakhaṇḍe
kumārā'dbhutacaritavarṇanaṃ
naṃnāmaṣaṣṭho'dhyāyāntargataṃtaṃ
śrīkumārastutiḥ
śrīkumārastutiḥsampūrṇā||

About this stotram — Subrahmanya

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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