Sri Hari Ashtakam (Prahlada Krutam)

śrī haryaṣṭakam (prahlāda kṛtam)

Śloka 1

harirharati pāpāni duṣṭacittairapi smṛtaḥ |

anicchayā'pi saṃspṛṣṭo dahatyeva hi pāvakaḥ || 1 ||

sa gaṅgā sa gayā setuḥ sa kāśī sa ca puṣkaram |

jihvāgre vartate yasya harirityakṣaradvayam || 2 ||

vārāṇasyāṃ kurukṣetre naimiśāraṇya eva ca |

yatkṛtaṃ tena yenoktaṃ harirityakṣaradvayam || 3 ||

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca |

tāni sarvāṇyaśeṣāṇi harirityakṣaradvayam || 4 ||

gavāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi hemakanyāsahasrakam |

dattaṃ syāttena yenoktaṃ harirityakṣaradvayam || 5 ||

ṛgvedo'tha yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo'pyatharvaṇaḥ |

adhītastena yenoktaṃ harirityakṣaradvayam || 6 ||

aśvamedhairmahāyajñairnaramedhaistathaiva ca |

iṣṭaṃ syāttena yenoktaṃ harirityakṣaradvayam || 7 ||

prāṇaḥ prayāṇa pātheyaṃ saṃsāravyādhināśanam |

duḥkhātyanta paritrāṇaṃ harirityakṣaradvayam || 8 ||

baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati |

sakṛduccāritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam || 9 ||

haryaṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet |

āyuṣyaṃ balamārogyaṃ yaśo vṛddhiḥ śriyāvaham || 10 ||

prahlādena kṛtaṃ stotraṃ duḥkhasāgaraśoṣaṇam |

yaḥ paṭhetsa naro yāti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || 11 ||

iti prahlādakṛta śrī haryaṣṭakam |