Ganga Stotram

gaṅgā stotram

Śloka 1

devi! sureśvari! bhagavati! gaṅge tribhuvanatāriṇi taralataraṅge |

śaṅkaramaulivihāriṇi vimale mama matirāstāṃ tava padakamale || 1 ||

bhāgīrathisukhadāyini mātastava jalamahimā nigame khyātaḥ |

nāhaṃ jāne tava mahimānaṃ pāhi kṛpāmayi māmajñānam || 2 ||

haripadapādyataraṅgiṇi gaṅge himavidhumuktādhavalataraṅge |

dūrīkuru mama duṣkṛtibhāraṃ kuru kṛpayā bhavasāgarapāram || 3 ||

tava jalamamalaṃ yena nipītaṃ paramapadaṃ khalu tena gṛhītam |

mātargaṅge tvayi yo bhaktaḥ kila taṃ draṣṭuṃ na yamaḥ śaktaḥ || 4 ||

patitoddhāriṇi jāhnavi gaṅge khaṇḍita girivaramaṇḍita bhaṅge |

bhīṣmajanani he munivarakanye patitanivāriṇi tribhuvana dhanye || 5 ||

kalpalatāmiva phaladāṃ loke praṇamati yastvāṃ na patati śoke |

pārāvāravihāriṇi gaṅge vimukhayuvati kṛtataralāpāṅge || 6 ||

tava cenmātaḥ srotaḥ snātaḥ punarapi jaṭhare sopi na jātaḥ |

narakanivāriṇi jāhnavi gaṅge kaluṣavināśini mahimottuṅge || 7 ||

punarasadaṅge puṇyataraṅge jaya jaya jāhnavi karuṇāpāṅge |

indramukuṭamaṇirājitacaraṇe sukhade śubhade bhṛtyaśaraṇye || 8 ||

rogaṃ śokaṃ tāpaṃ pāpaṃ hara me bhagavati kumatikalāpam |

tribhuvanasāre vasudhāhāre tvamasi gatirmama khalu saṃsāre || 9 ||

alakānande paramānande kuru karuṇāmayi kātaravandye |

tava taṭanikaṭe yasya nivāsaḥ khalu vaikuṇṭhe tasya nivāsaḥ || 10 ||

varamiha nīre kamaṭho mīnaḥ kiṃ vā tīre śaraṭaḥ kṣīṇaḥ |

athavāśvapaco malino dīnastava na hi dūre nṛpatikulīnaḥ || 11 ||

bho bhuvaneśvari puṇye dhanye devi dravamayi munivarakanye |

gaṅgāstavamimamamalaṃ nityaṃ paṭhati naro yaḥ sa jayati satyam || 12 ||

yeṣāṃ hṛdaye gaṅgā bhaktisteṣāṃ bhavati sadā sukhamuktiḥ |

madhurākantā pañjhaṭikābhiḥ paramānandakalitalalitābhiḥ || 13 ||

gaṅgāstotramidaṃ bhavasāraṃ vāñchitaphaladaṃ vimalaṃ sāram |

śaṅkarasevaka śaṅkara racitaṃ paṭhati sukhīḥ tava iti ca samāptaḥ || 14 ||