॥ Sri Ganga Stava English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī gaṅga stavaḥ ॥
sūta uvaca –
śr̥nudhvaṁ munayaḥ sarvē gaṅgastavamanuttamam ।
śōkamōhaharaṁ puṁsamr̥sibhiḥ parikīrtitam ॥ 1 ॥
r̥saya ūcuḥ –
iyaṁ surataraṅginī bhavanavaridhēstarinī
stuta haripadambujadupagata jagatsaṁsadaḥ ।
sumēruśikharamarapriyajalamalaksalinī
prasannavadana śubha bhavabhayasya vidravinī ॥ 2 ॥
bhagīratharathanuga surakarīndradarpapaha
mahēśamukutaprabha giriśiraḥpataka sita ।
surasuranarōragairajabhavacyutaiḥ saṁstuta
vimuktiphalaśalinī kalusanaśinī rajatē ॥ 3 ॥
pitamahakamandaluprabhavamuktibīja lata
śrutismr̥tiganastutadvijakulalavalavr̥ta ।
sumēruśikharabhida nipatita trilōkavr̥ta
sudharmaphalaśalinī sukhapalaśinī rajatē ॥ 4 ॥
caradvihagamalinī sagaravaṁśamuktiprada
munīndravaranandinī divi mata ca mandakinī ।
sada duritanaśinī vimalavarisandarśana-
pranamagunakīrtanadisu jagatsu saṁrajatē ॥ 5 ॥
mahabhisasutaṅgana himagirīśakūtastana
saphēnajalahasinī sitamaralasañcarinī ।
calallaharisatkara varasarōjamaladhara
rasōllasitagaminī jaladhikaminī rajatē ॥ 6 ॥
kvacinmuniganaiḥ stuta kvacidanantasampūjita
kvacitkalakalasvana kvacidadhīrayadōgana ।
kvacidravikarōjjvala kvacidudagrapatakula
kvacijjanavigahita jayati bhīsmamata satī ॥ 7 ॥
sa ēva kuśalī janaḥ pranamatīha bhagīrathīṁ
sa ēva tapasaṁ nidhirjapati jahnavīmadarat ।
sa ēva purusōttamaḥ smarati sadhu mandakinīṁ
sa ēva vijayī prabhuḥ surataraṅginīṁ sēvatē ॥ 8 ॥
tavamalajalacitaṁ khagasr̥galamīnaksataṁ
calallaharilōlitaṁ ruciratīrajambhalitam ।
kada nijavapurmuda suranarōragaiḥ saṁstutō:’pyahaṁ
tripathagamini priyamatīva paśyamyahō ॥ 9 ॥
tvattīrē vasatiṁ tavamalajalasnanaṁ tava prēksanaṁ
tvannamasmaranaṁ tavōdayakathasaṁlapanaṁ pavanam ।
gaṅgē mē tava sēvanaikanipunō:’pyananditaścadr̥taḥ
stutva cōdgatapatakō bhuvi kada śantaścarisyamyaham ॥ 10 ॥
ityētadr̥sibhiḥ prōktaṁ gaṅgastavanamuttamam ।
svargyaṁ yaśasyamayusyaṁ pathanacchravanadapi ॥ 11 ॥
sarvapapaharaṁ puṁsaṁ balamayurvivardhanam ।
pratarmadhyahnasayahnē gaṅgasannidhyata bhavēt ॥ 12 ॥
ityētadbhargavakhyanaṁ śukadēvanmaya śrutam ।
pathitaṁ śravitaṁ catra punyaṁ dhanyaṁ yaśaskaram ॥ 13 ॥
avataraṁ mahavisnōḥ kalkēḥ paramamadbhutam ।
pathataṁ śr̥nvataṁ bhaktya sarvaśubhavinaśanam ॥ 14 ॥
iti śrīkalkipuranē gaṅgastavaḥ ॥
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