॥ Sankat Ashtaka Stotram English Lyrics ॥
Sri Ganesaya namah ।
dhyanam
dhyaye’ham paramesvarim dasabhujam netratrayodbhusitam
sadyah sankatatarinim gunamayimaraktavarnam subham ।
aksa-srag-jalapurnakumbha-kamalam samkham gada bibhratim
traisulam damarusca khadga-vidhrtam cakrabhayadhyam param ॥
Om̃ narada uvaca
jaigisavya munisrestha sarvajña sukhadayaka ।
akhyatani supunyani srutani tvatprasadatah ॥ 1 ॥
na trptimadhigacchami tava vagamrtena ca ।
vadasvaikam mahabhaga sankatakhyanamuttamam ॥ 2 ॥
iti tasya vacah srutva jaigisavyo’bravittatah ।
sankastanasanam stotram srnu devarsisattama ॥ 3 ॥
dvapare tu pura vrtte bhrastarajyo yudhisthirah ।
bhratrbhih sahito rajyanirvedam paramam gatah ॥ 4 ॥
tadanim tu tatah kasim purim yato mahamunih
markandeya iti khyatah saha sisyairmahayasah ॥ 5 ॥
tam drstva sa samutthaya pranipatya supujitah ।
kimartham mlanavadana etattvam mam nivedaya ॥ 6 ॥
yudhisthira uvaca
sankastam me mahatpraptametadrgvadanam tatah ।
etannivaranopayam kimcidbruhi mune mama ॥ 7 ॥
markandeya uvaca
anandakanane devi sankata nama visruta ।
viresvarottare bhage purvam candresvarasya ca ॥ 8 ॥
srnu namastakam tasyah sarvasiddhikaram nrnam ।
sankata prathamam nama dvitiyam vijaya tatha ॥ 9 ॥
trtiyam kamada proktam caturtham duhkhaharini ।
sarvani pañcamam nama sastham katyayani tatha ॥ 10 ॥
saptamam bhimanayana sarvarogahara’stamam ।
namastakamidam punyam trisandhyam sraddhayanvitah ॥ 11 ॥
yah pathetpathayedvapi naro mucyeta sankatat ।
ityuktva tu dvijasresthamrsirvaranasim yayau ॥ 12 ॥
iti tasya vacah srutva narado harsanirbharah ।
tatah sampujitam devim viresvarasamanvitam ॥ 13 ॥
bhujaistu dasabhiryuktam locanatrayabhusitam ।
malakamandaluyutam padmasankhagadayutam ॥ 14 ॥
trisuladamarudharam khadgacarmavibhusitam ।
varadabhayahastam tam pranamya vidhinandanah ॥ 15 ॥
varatrayam grhitva tu tato visnupuram yayau ।
etatstotrasya pathanam putrapautravivardhanam ॥ 16 ॥
sankastanasanam caiva trisu lokesu visrutam ।
gopaniyam prayatnena mahavandhyaprasutikrt ॥ 17 ॥
॥ iti sripadmapurane sankastanasanam sankatastakam sampurnam ॥