॥ Sankata Nama Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
॥ saṅkatanamastakam ॥
narada uvaca –
jaigīsavya muniśrēstha sarvajña sukhadayaka ।
akhyatani supunyani śrutani tvatprasadataḥ ॥ 1 ॥
na tr̥ptimadhigacchami tava vagamr̥tēna ca ।
vadasvaikaṁ mahabhaga saṅkatakhyanamuttamam ॥ 2 ॥
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutva jaigīsavyō:’bravīttataḥ ।
saṅkastanaśanaṁ stōtraṁ śr̥nu dēvarsisattama ॥ 3 ॥
dvaparē tu pura vr̥ttē bhrastarajyō yudhisthiraḥ ।
bhratr̥bhissahitō rajyanirvēdaṁ paramaṁ gataḥ ॥ 4 ॥
tadanīṁ tu tataḥ kaśīṁ purīṁ yatō mahamuniḥ ।
markandēya iti khyataḥ saha śisyairmahayaśaḥ ॥ 5 ॥
taṁ dr̥stva sa samutthaya pranipatya supūjitaḥ ।
kimarthaṁ mlanavadana ētattvaṁ maṁ nivēdaya ॥ 6 ॥
yudhisthira uvaca –
saṅkastaṁ mē mahatpraptamētadr̥gvadanaṁ tataḥ ।
ētannivaranōpayaṁ kiñcidbrūhi munē mama ॥ 7 ॥
markandēya uvaca –
anandakananē dēvī saṅkata nama viśruta ।
vīrēśvarōttarē bhagē pūrvaṁ candrēśvarasya ca ॥ 8 ॥
śr̥nu namastakaṁ tasyaḥ sarvasiddhikaraṁ nr̥nam ।
saṅkata prathamaṁ nama dvitīyaṁ vijaya tatha ॥ 9 ॥
tr̥tīyaṁ kamada prōktaṁ caturthaṁ duḥkhaharinī ।
śarvanī pañcamaṁ nama sasthaṁ katyayanī tatha ॥ 10 ॥
saptamaṁ bhīmanayana sarvarōgahara:’stamam ।
namastakamidaṁ punyaṁ trisandhyaṁ śraddhayanvitaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
yaḥ pathētpathayēdvapi narō mucyēta saṅkatat ।
ityuktva tu dvijaśrēsthamr̥sirvaranasīṁ yayau ॥ 12 ॥
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutva naradō harsanirbharaḥ ।
tataḥ sampūjitaṁ dēvīṁ vīrēśvarasamanvitam ॥ 13 ॥
bhujaistu daśabhiryuktaṁ lōcanatrayabhūsitam ।
malakamandaluyutaṁ padmaśaṅkhagadayutam ॥ 14 ॥
triśūladamarudharaṁ khadgacarmavibhūsitam ।
varadabhayahastaṁ taṁ pranamya vidhinandanaḥ ॥ 15 ॥
varatrayaṁ gr̥hītva tu tatō visnupuraṁ yayau ।
ētat- stōtrasya pathanaṁ putrapautravivardhanam ॥ 16 ॥
saṅkastanaśanaṁ caiva trisu lōkēsu viśrutam ।
gōpanīyaṁ prayatnēna mahavandhyaprasūtikr̥t ॥ 17 ॥
iti śrīpadmapuranē saṅkatanamastakam ।
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