Pitru Stotram (Garuda Puranam)
Pitru Stotram (Garuda Puranam)
Pitru Stotram (Garuda Puranam)
pitṛ stotraṃ (garuḍa purāṇam)
ruciruvāca |
namasye'haṃ pitṝn bhaktyā ye vasantyadhidevatāḥ |
devairapi hi tarpyante ye śrāddheṣu svadhottaraiḥ || 1 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn svarge ye tarpyante maharṣibhiḥ |
śrāddhairmanomayairbhaktyā bhuktimuktimabhīpsubhiḥ || 2 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn svarge siddhāḥ santarpayanti yān |
śrāddheṣu divyaiḥ sakalairupahārairanuttamaiḥ || 3 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn bhaktyā ye'rcyante guhyakairdivi |
tanmayatvena vāñchadbhirṛddhiryātyantikīṃ parām || 4 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn martyairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā |
śrāddheṣu śraddhayābhīṣṭalokapuṣṭipradāyinaḥ || 5 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn viprairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā |
vāñchitābhīṣṭalābhāya prājāpatyapradāyinaḥ || 6 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn ye vai tarpyante'raṇyavāsibhiḥ |
vanyaiḥ śrāddhairyatāhāraistaponirdhūtakalmaṣaiḥ || 7 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn viprairnaiṣṭhikairdharmacāribhiḥ |
ye saṃyatātmabhirnityaṃ santarpyante samādhibhiḥ || 8 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn śrāddhai rājanyāstarpayanti yān |
kavyairaśeṣairvidhivallokadvayaphalapradān || 9 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn vaiśyairarcyante bhuvi ye sadā |
svakarmābhiratairnityaṃ puṣpadhūpānnavāribhiḥ || 10 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn śrāddhe śūdrairapi ca bhaktitaḥ |
santarpyante jagatkṛtsnaṃ nāmnā khyātāḥ sukālinaḥ || 11 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn śrāddhe pātāle ye mahāsuraiḥ |
santarpyante sudhāhārāstyaktadambhamadaiḥ sadā || 12 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn śrāddhairarcyante ye rasātale |
bhogairaśeṣairvidhivannāgaiḥ kāmānabhīpsubhiḥ || 13 ||
namasye'haṃ pitṝn śrāddhaiḥ sarpaiḥ santarpitānsadā |
tatraiva vidhivanmantrabhogasampatsamanvitaiḥ || 14 ||
pitṝnnamasye nivasanti sākṣā-
-dye devaloke'tha mahītale vā |
tathā'ntarikṣe ca surāripūjyā-
-ste me pratīcchantu manopanītam || 15 ||
pitṝnnamasye paramārthabhūtā
ye vai vimāne nivasantyamūrtāḥ |
yajanti yānastamalairmanobhi-
-ryogīśvarāḥ kleśavimuktihetūn || 16 ||
pitṝnnamasye divi ye ca mūrtāḥ
svadhābhujaḥ kāmyaphalābhisandhau |
pradānaśaktāḥ sakalepsitānāṃ
vimuktidā ye'nabhisaṃhiteṣu || 17 ||
tṛpyantu te'sminpitaraḥ samastā
icchāvatāṃ ye pradiśanti kāmān |
suratvamindratvamito'dhikaṃ vā
gajāśvaratnāni mahāgṛhāṇi || 18 ||
somasya ye raśmiṣu ye'rkabimbe
śukle vimāne ca sadā vasanti |
tṛpyantu te'sminpitaro'nnatoyai-
-rgandhādinā puṣṭimito vrajantu || 19 ||
yeṣāṃ hute'gnau haviṣā ca tṛpti-
-rye bhuñjate vipraśarīrasaṃsthāḥ |
ye piṇḍadānena mudaṃ prayānti
tṛpyantu te'sminpitaro'nnatoyaiḥ || 20 ||
ye khaḍgamāṃsena surairabhīṣṭaiḥ
kṛṣṇaistilairdivya manoharaiśca |
kālena śākena maharṣivaryaiḥ
samprīṇitāste mudamatra yāntu || 21 ||
kavyānyaśeṣāṇi ca yānyabhīṣṭā-
-nyatīva teṣāṃ mama pūjitānām |
teṣāñca sānnidhyamihāstu puṣpa-
-gandhāmbubhojyeṣu mayā kṛteṣu || 22 ||
dine dine ye pratigṛhṇate'rcāṃ
māsāntapūjyā bhuvi ye'ṣṭakāsu |
ye vatsarānte'bhyudaye ca pūjyāḥ
prayāntu te me pitaro'tra tuṣṭim || 23 ||
pūjyā dvijānāṃ kumudendubhāso
ye kṣatriyāṇāṃ jvalanārkavarṇāḥ |
tathā viśāṃ ye kanakāvadātā
nīlīprabhāḥ śūdrajanasya ye ca || 24 ||
te'sminsamastā mama puṣpagandha-
-dhūpāmbubhojyādinivedanena |
tathā'gnihomena ca yānti tṛptiṃ
sadā pitṛbhyaḥ praṇato'smi tebhyaḥ || 25 ||
ye devapūrvāṇyabhitṛptiheto-
-raśnanti kavyāni śubhāhṛtāni |
tṛptāśca ye bhūtisṛjo bhavanti
tṛpyantu te'sminpraṇato'smi tebhyaḥ || 26 ||
rakṣāṃsi bhūtānyasurāṃstathogrā-
-nnirnāśayantu tvaśivaṃ prajānām |
ādyāḥ surāṇāmamareśapūjyā-
-stṛpyantu te'sminpraṇato'smitebhyaḥ || 27 ||
agnisvāttā barhiṣada ājyapāḥ somapāstathā |
vrajantu tṛptiṃ śrāddhe'sminpitarastarpitā mayā || 28 ||
agnisvāttāḥ pitṛgaṇāḥ prācīṃ rakṣantu me diśam |
tathā barhiṣadaḥ pāntu yāmyāṃ me pitaraḥ sadā |
pratīcīmājyapāstadvadudīcīmapi somapāḥ || 29 ||
rakṣobhūtapiśācebhyastathaivāsuradoṣataḥ |
sarvataḥ pitaro rakṣāṃ kurvantu mama nityaśaḥ || 30 ||
viśvo viśvabhugārādhyo dharmo dhanyaḥ śubhānanaḥ |
bhūtido bhūtikṛdbhūtiḥ pitṝṇāṃ ye gaṇā nava || 31 ||
kalyāṇaḥ kalyadaḥ kartā kalyaḥ kalyatarāśrayaḥ |
kalyatāheturanaghaḥ ṣaḍime te gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ || 32 ||
varo vareṇyo varadastuṣṭidaḥ puṣṭidastathā |
viśvapātā tathā dhātā saptaite ca gaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ || 33 ||
mahānmahātmā mahito mahimāvānmahābalaḥ |
gaṇāḥ pañca tathaivaite pitṝṇāṃ pāpanāśanāḥ || 34 ||
sukhado dhanadaścānyo dharmado'nyaśca bhūtidaḥ |
pitṝṇāṃ kathyate caiva tathā gaṇacatuṣṭayam || 35 ||
ekatriṃśatpitṛgaṇā yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat |
ta evātra pitṛgaṇāstuṣyantu ca madāhitam || 36 ||
iti śrī garuḍapurāṇe ūnanavatitamo'dhyāye rucikṛta pitṛ stotram |
About This Stotram
Overview
Pitru Stotram (Garuda Puranam) is a 36-verse Sanskrit hymn to the Pitrus (deified ancestors) sourced from the Garuda Purana, one of the eighteen Mahapuranas of the Vaishnava tradition. The text praises the Pitrus, seeks their blessings, and is used in the context of shraaddha (ancestral rites) and pitru tarpanam (water libations). The Garuda Purana, which deals extensively with death, the afterlife, and liberation, provides the scriptural framework for this hymn.
What are the benefits of chanting Pitru Stotram (Garuda Puranam)?
- Propitiates ancestral spirits and invites their blessings for descendants
- Helps address pitru dosha through regular recitation and ritual context
- Supports the spiritual progress of departed ancestors
- Promotes family prosperity and well-being through ancestral harmony
When is the best time to recite this?
The stotram is best recited during Pitru Paksha, on Mahalaya Amavasya, on the Amavasya (new moon) of each month, and on the specific death anniversaries of ancestors. It may accompany the formal shraaddha ceremony.
What is the historical and traditional background?
The Garuda Purana is one of the eighteen canonical Mahapuranas, traditionally attributed to Vedavyasa and transmitted by the sage Suta to an assembly of rishis. Its final compilation is estimated by scholars between the 8th and 11th centuries CE. The Purana is specifically associated with knowledge of the afterlife, the journey of the soul after death, and the means to secure a favorable passage for the departed through rites performed by the living. The Pitru Stotram embedded within it carries that Puranic authority for ancestral worship.
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
- Pitru Stotram 3 (Brihaddharma Puranam) — a parallel ancestral hymn from the Brihaddharma Purana, similar in purpose and structure
- Pitru Tarpanam — the ritual procedure for water libations to the Pitrus, within which this stotram is recited