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Sri Surya Panjara Stotram

Sri Surya Panjara Stotram

Sri Surya Panjara Stotram

Stotram
Surya
22 Verses
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śrī sūrya pañjara stotram

oṃ udayagirimupetaṃ bhāskaraṃ padmahastaṃ

sakalabhuvananetraṃ ratnarajjūpameyam |

timirakarimṛgendraṃ bodhakaṃ padminīnāṃ

suravaramabhivandyaṃ sundaraṃ viśvadīpam || 1 ||

oṃ śikhāyāṃ bhāskarāya namaḥ |

lalāṭe sūryāya namaḥ |

bhrūmadhye bhānave namaḥ |

karṇayoḥ divākarāya namaḥ |

nāsikāyāṃ bhānave namaḥ |

netrayoḥ savitre namaḥ |

mukhe bhāskarāya namaḥ |

oṣṭhayoḥ parjanyāya namaḥ |

pādayoḥ prabhākarāya namaḥ || 2 ||

oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrūṃ hraiṃ hrauṃ hraḥ |

oṃ haṃsāṃ haṃsīṃ haṃsūṃ haṃsaiṃ haṃsauṃ haṃsaḥ || 3 ||

oṃ satyatejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ sthitirūpakakāraṇāya pūrvādigbhāge māṃ rakṣatu || 4 ||

oṃ brahmatejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ tārakabrahmarūpāya parayantra-paratantra-paramantra-sarvopadravanāśanārthaṃ dakṣiṇadigbhāge māṃ rakṣatu || 5 ||

oṃ viṣṇutejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ pracaṇḍamārtāṇḍa ugratejorūpiṇe mukuravarṇāya tejovarṇāya mama sarvarājastrīpuruṣa-vaśīkaraṇārthaṃ paścimadigbhāge māṃ rakṣatu || 6 ||

oṃ rudratejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ bhavāya rudrarūpiṇe uttaradigbhāge sarvamṛtyopaśamanārthaṃ māṃ rakṣatu || 7 ||

oṃ agnitejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ timiratejase sarvaroganivāraṇāya ūrdhvadigbhāge māṃ rakṣatu || 8 ||

oṃ sarvatejojjvalajvālāmāline maṇikumbhāya huṃ phaṭ svāhā |

oṃ namaskārapriyāya śrīsūryanārāyaṇāya adhodigbhāge sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthaṃ māṃ rakṣatu || 9 ||

mārtāṇḍāya namaḥ bhānave namaḥ

haṃsāya namaḥ sūryāya namaḥ

divākarāya namaḥ tapanāya namaḥ

bhāskarāya namaḥ māṃ rakṣatu || 10 ||

mitra-ravi-sūrya-bhānu-khagapūṣa-hiraṇyagarbha-

marīcyāditya-savitrarka-bhāskarebhyo namaḥ śirasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 11 ||

sūryādi navagrahebhyo namaḥ lalāṭasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 12 ||

dharāya namaḥ dhṛvāya namaḥ

somāya namaḥ atharvāya namaḥ

anilāya namaḥ analāya namaḥ

pratyūṣāya namaḥ pratāpāya namaḥ

mūrdhnisthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 13 ||

vīrabhadrāya namaḥ girīśāya namaḥ

śambhave namaḥ ajaikapade namaḥ

ahirbudhne namaḥ pinākine namaḥ

bhuvanādhīśvarāya namaḥ diśāntapataye namaḥ

paśupataye namaḥ sthāṇave namaḥ

bhavāya namaḥ lalāṭasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 14 ||

dhātre namaḥ aṃśumate namaḥ

pūṣṇe namaḥ parjanyāya namaḥ

viṣṇave namaḥ netrasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 15 ||

aruṇāya namaḥ sūryāya namaḥ

indrāya namaḥ ravaye namaḥ

suvarṇaretase namaḥ yamāya namaḥ

divākarāya namaḥ karṇasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 16 ||

asitāṅgabhairavāya namaḥ rurubhairavāya namaḥ

caṇḍabhairavāya namaḥ krodhabhairavāya namaḥ

unmattabhairavāya namaḥ bhīṣaṇabhairavāya namaḥ

kālabhairavāya namaḥ saṃhārabhairavāya namaḥ

mukhasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 17 ||

brāhmyai namaḥ maheśvaryai namaḥ

kaumāryai namaḥ vaiṣṇavyai namaḥ

varāhyai namaḥ indrāṇyai namaḥ

cāmuṇḍāyai namaḥ kaṇṭhasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 18 ||

indrāya namaḥ agnaye namaḥ

yamāya namaḥ nir‍ṛtaye namaḥ

varuṇāya namaḥ vāyave namaḥ

kuberāya namaḥ īśānāya namaḥ

bāhusthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 19 ||

meṣādidvādaśarāśibhyo namaḥ hṛdayasthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 20 ||

vajrāyudhāya namaḥ śaktyāyudhāya namaḥ

daṇḍāyudhāya namaḥ khaḍgāyudhāya namaḥ

pāśāyudhāya namaḥ aṅkuśāyudhāya namaḥ

gadāyudhāya namaḥ triśūlāyudhāya namaḥ

padmāyudhāya namaḥ cakrāyudhāya namaḥ

kaṭisthāne māṃ rakṣatu || 21 ||

mitrāya namaḥ dakṣiṇahaste māṃ rakṣatu |

ravaye namaḥ vāmahaste māṃ rakṣatu |

sūryāya namaḥ hṛdaye māṃ rakṣatu |

bhānave namaḥ mūrdhnisthāne māṃ rakṣatu |

khagāya namaḥ dakṣiṇapāde māṃ rakṣatu |

pūṣṇe namaḥ vāmapāde māṃ rakṣatu |

hiraṇyagarbhāya namaḥ nābhisthāne māṃ rakṣatu |

marīcaye namaḥ kaṇṭhasthāne māṃ rakṣatu |

ādityāya namaḥ dakṣiṇacakṣūṣi māṃ rakṣatu |

savitre namaḥ vāmacakṣuṣi māṃ rakṣatu |

bhāskarāya namaḥ haste māṃ rakṣatu |

arkāya namaḥ kavace māṃ rakṣatu || 22

oṃ bhāskarāya vidmahe mahādyutikarāya dhīmahi | tanno ādityaḥ pracodayāt || 23 ||

iti śrī sūrya pañjara stotram ||

About This Stotram

Overview

Sri Surya Panjara Stotram is a Sanskrit stotram of 22 verses dedicated to Lord Surya, the Sun God. Panjara means "cage" or "armor," indicating this is a protective hymn that invokes Surya's divine shield around the devotee. The text describes Surya's attributes and his role as the dispeller of darkness and disease. It belongs to the Saura (Surya worship) tradition within Hinduism.

What are the benefits of chanting Sri Surya Panjara Stotram?

  • Recitation is said to protect from negative energies and obstacles.
  • Devotees chant it for good health and vitality.
  • It is used to seek success and removal of karmic afflictions.
  • Regular chanting is associated with spiritual clarity and illumination.

When is the best time to recite this?

Sri Surya Panjara Stotram is recited at sunrise and on Sundays dedicated to Surya. It is recited during solar festivals such as Makar Sankranti. Devotees also chant it when seeking protection or recovery from illness.

Historical and traditional background

The Saura tradition — worship of Surya as a supreme deity — has ancient roots in Vedic religion and gained further elaboration in Puranic and Tantric literature. Panjara stotrams (armor hymns) are a recognized genre in Sanskrit devotional poetry. This text belongs to the body of Surya devotional literature that developed across North and South India over many centuries. The author is not recorded, and the specific origin scripture is not established.

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 to read it in your preferred script.

Related Texts

  • Aditya Hridayam — the major Puranic Surya hymn from the Valmiki Ramayana, recited in the same Surya worship context.
  • Sri Surya Shatakam — a hundred-verse hymn to Surya attributed to Mahakavi Mayura, recited on the same solar festival occasions.