Dashavatara Stuti
Dashavatara Stuti
दशावतार स्तुति
नामस्मरणादन्योपायं न हि पश्यामो भवतरणे ।
राम हरे कृष्ण हरे तव नाम वदामि सदा नृहरे ॥
वेदोद्धारविचारमते सोमकदानवसंहरणे ।
मीनाकारशरीर नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 1 ॥
मन्थानाचलधारणहेतो देवासुर परिपाल विभो ।
कूर्माकारशरीर नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 2 ॥
भूचोरकहर पुण्यमते क्रीडोद्धृतभूदेवहरे ।
क्रोडाकारशरीर नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 3 ॥
हिरण्यकशिपुच्छेदनहेतो प्रह्लादाऽभयधारणहेतो ।
नरसिंहाच्युतरूप नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 4 ॥
भवबन्धनहर विततमते पादोदकविहताघतते ।
वटुपटुवेषमनोज्ञ नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 5 ॥
क्षितिपतिवंशक्षयकरमूर्ते क्षितिपतिकर्ताहरमूर्ते ।
भृगुकुलराम परेश नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 6 ॥
सीतावल्लभ दाशरथे दशरथनन्दन लोकगुरो ।
रावणमर्दन राम नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 7 ॥
कृष्णानन्त कृपाजलधे कंसारे कमलेश हरे ।
कालियमर्दन लोकगुरो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 8 ॥
दानवसतिमानापहर त्रिपुरविजयमर्दनरूप ।
बुद्धज्ञाय च बौद्ध नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 9 ॥
शिष्टजनावन दुष्टहर खगतुरगोत्तमवाहन ते ।
कल्किरूपपरिपाल नमो भक्तं ते परिपालय माम् ॥ 10 ॥
नामस्मरणादन्योपायं न हि पश्यामो भवतरणे ।
राम हरे कृष्ण हरे तव नाम वदामि सदा नृहरे ॥
इति दशावतार स्तुतिः ।
About This Stotram
Overview
The Dashavatara Stuti is a ten-verse Sanskrit hymn that praises the ten principal avatars of Lord Vishnu — Matsya, Kurma, Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parashurama, Rama, Krishna, Balarama (or Buddha), and Kalki. The text belongs to the Vaishnava tradition and serves as a concise invocation of all ten divine incarnations.
What are the benefits of chanting Dashavatara Stuti?
- Recitation acknowledges all ten Vishnu avatars in a single sitting, making it an efficient act of Vaishnava devotion.
- The hymn is associated with liberation from the cycle of birth and death (bhava-tarana).
- Chanting reinforces understanding of the theological doctrine of divine incarnation (avatara) within Vaishnavism.
- Regular recitation is held to invite divine protection and sustenance.
- The text is used as a standalone invocation before longer Vaishnava rituals or puja.
When is the best time to recite this?
Morning and evening devotional sessions are standard occasions. Vaishnava festival days — including Vaikuntha Ekadashi, Rama Navami, and Krishna Janmashtami — are all appropriate, since the hymn covers multiple avatars. There is no single exclusive occasion.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Dashavatara Stuti does not have an identified author or a known origin within a specific Purana or Agama. The doctrine of the ten avatars is firmly established in Puranic literature, particularly in the Bhagavata Purana and the Garuda Purana. Hymns enumerating these avatars became common within Vaishnava devotional practice from the Puranic period onward. The composition of this particular stuti follows that established tradition; its date and authorship remain unknown.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: devanagari, tamil, telugu, kannada, malayalam, gujarati, bengali, iast, gurmukhi, oriya, assamese, sinhala, itrans, hk. Use the script selector above to switch between them.
Related Texts
- Vishnu Sahasranama — the thousand-name hymn to Vishnu that includes names of multiple avatars, recited in the same devotional tradition.
- Dashavatara Stotra by Jayadeva — the classical ten-avatar hymn from the Gitagovinda, which covers the same subject in a more literary style.
- Narayana Stotram — a hymn to Vishnu in his primordial form, related to the avatara theology expressed in the Dashavatara Stuti.