Various Deities

nitya pārāyaṇa ślokāḥ

(Nitya Parayana Shlokas in English (IAST))

Traditional

Nitya Parayana Shlokas are a collection of foundational Sanskrit verses recited daily by practitioners to invoke divine blessings upon waking and beginning one's tasks. These verses pay homage to Goddess Lakshmi, Goddess Saraswati, Lord Ganesha, and the Sun God, among others. By centering the mind on these sacred prayers, devotees seek to align their thoughts with spiritual purity, intellect, and prosperity. Chanting these shlokas helps cultivate discipline, removes obstacles, and fosters a state of gratitude, ensuring the practitioner remains protected and focused throughout the day while invoking the grace of the divine in every action.

prabhāta ślokaḥ
karāgre vasate lakṣmīḥ karamadhye sarasvatī |
karamūle sthitā gaurī prabhāte karadar​śanam ||
[pāṭhabhedaḥ - karamūle tu govindaḥ prabhāte karadar​śanam ||]
prabhāta bhūmi ślokaḥ
samudra vasane devī parvata stana maṇḍale |
viṣṇupatni namastubhyam, pādaspar​śa-ṅkṣamasvame ||
sūryodaya ślokaḥ
brahmasvarūpa mudaye madhyāhnetu maheśvaram |
sāha-ndhyāyetsadā viṣṇu-ntrimūrti-ñca divākaram ||
snāna ślokaḥ
gaṅge ca yamune caiva godāvarī sarasvatī
narmade sindhu kāverī jalesmin sannidhi-ṅkuru ||
namaskāra ślokaḥ
tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva, tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva |
tvameva vidyā draviṇa-ntvameva, tvameva sarva-mmama devadeva ||
bhasma dhāraṇa ślokaḥ
śrīkara-ñca pavitra-ñca śoka nivāraṇam |
loke vaśīkara-mpuṃsā-mbhasma-ntryailokya pāvanam ||
bhojana pūrva ślokāḥ
brahmārpaṇa-mbrahma haviḥ brahmāgnau brahmaṇāhutam |
brahmaiva tena gantavya-mbrahma karma samādhinaḥ ||
ahaṃ-vai~śvānaro bhūtvā prāṇinā-ndehamāśritaḥ |
prāṇāpāna samāyuktaḥ pacāmyanna-ñcaturvidham ||
annapūrṇe sadā pūrṇe śaṅkaraprāṇavallabhe |
jñānavairāgya siddhyartha-mbhikṣā-ndehi ca pārvati ||
tvadīyaṃ-va~stu govinda tubhyameva samarpaye |
gṛhāṇa sumukho bhūtvā prasīda parameśvara ||
bhojanānantara ślokaḥ
agastyaṃ-vai~nateya-ñca śamī-ñca baḍabālanam |
āhāra pariṇāmārthaṃ smarāmi ca vṛkodaram ||
sandhyā dīpa dar​śana ślokaḥ
dīpajyotiḥ para-mbrahma dīpajyotirjanārdanaḥ |
dīpo haratu me pāpa-ndīpajyotirnamo-'stute ||
śubha-ṅkaroti kalyāṇaṃ ārogya-ndhanasampadaḥ |
śatru-buddhi-vināśāya dīpajyotirnamo-'stute ||
nidrā/śayana ślokaḥ
rāmaṃ skandaṃ hanumantaṃ-vai~nateyaṃ-vṛ~kodaram |
śayane ya-ssmarennitya-ndusvapna-stasyanaśyati ||
aparādha kṣamāpaṇa stotraṃ
aparādha sahasrāṇi, kriyante-'harniśa-mmayā |
dāso-'yamiti mā-mmatvā, kṣamasva parameśvara ||
karacaraṇa kṛtaṃ-vā~ karma vākkāyajaṃ-vā~
śravaṇa nayanajaṃ-vā~ mānasaṃ-vā~parādham |
vihita mavihitaṃ-vā~ sarvameta-tkṣamasva
śiva śiva karuṇābdhe śrī mahādeva śambho ||
kāyena vācā manasendriyairvā
buddhyātmanā vā prakṛte-ssvabhāvāt |
karomi yadyatsakala-mparasmai
nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ||
devatā stotrāḥ
kārya prārambha stotrāḥ
śuklā-mbaradharaṃ-vi~ṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇa-ñcaturbhujam |
prasannavadana-ndhyāye-thsarva vighnopaśāntaye ||
yasyadvirada vaktrādyāḥ pāriṣadyāḥ paraśśatam |
vighna-nnighnantu satataṃ-vi~ṣvaksena-ntamāśraye ||
gaṇeśa stotraṃ
vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭi samaprabhaḥ |
nirvighna-ṅkuru me deva sarva kāryeṣu sarvadā ||
agajānana padmārka-ṅgajānana maharniśam |
anekadan-ta-mbhaktānām-ekadanta-mupāsmahe ||
viṣṇu stotraṃ
śāntākāra-mbhujagaśayana-mpadmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ
viśvādhāra-ṅgagana sadṛśa-mmeghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam |
lakṣmīkānta-ṅkamalanayanaṃ-yo~gihṛddhyānagamyaṃ
vande viṣṇu-mbhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ||
gāyatri mantraṃ
o-mbhūrbhuva॒ssuvaḥ॒ | tathsa̭vi॒turvare᳚ṇyaṃ॒ |
bhargo̭ de॒vasya̭ dhīmahi | dhiyo॒ yo naḥ̭ pracodayā᳚t ||
śiva stotraṃ
trya̭mbakaṃ-ya~jāmahe suga॒ndhi-mpṷṣṭi॒vardha̭nam |
u॒rvā॒ru॒kami̭va॒ bandha̭nā-nmṛtyo̭r-mukṣīya॒ mā-'mṛtā᳚t ||
vande śambhumumāpatiṃ suraguruṃ-va~nde jagatkāraṇaṃ
vande pannagabhūṣaṇaṃ śaśidharaṃ-va~nde paśūnā-mpatim‌ |
vande sūryaśaśāṅka vahninayanaṃ-va~nde mukundapriyaṃ
vande bhaktajanāśraya-ñca varadaṃ-va~nde śivaṃ śaṅkaram‌ ||
subrahmaṇya stotraṃ
śaktihastaṃ-vi~rūpākṣaṃ śikhivāhaṃ ṣaḍānanaṃ
dāruṇaṃ ripurogaghna-mbhāvaye kukkuṭa dhvajam |
skandaṃ ṣaṇmukha-ndevaṃ śivateja-ñcaturbhujaṃ
kumāraṃ svāminādha-nta-ṅkārtikeya-nnamāmyaham ||
guru ślokaḥ
gururbrahma gururviṣṇuḥ gururdevo maheśvaraḥ |
guru-ssākṣā-tparabrahma tasmai śrī gurave namaḥ ||
hanuma stotrāḥ
manojava-mmāruta tulyavega-ñjitendriya-mbuddhimatāṃ-va~riṣṭam |
vātātmajaṃ-vā~narayūdha mukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śirasā namāmi ||
buddhirbalaṃ-ya~śodhairya-nnirbhayatvamarogatā |
ajāḍyaṃ-vā~kpaṭutva-ñca hanumassmaraṇā-dbhavet ||
jayatyati balo rāmo lakṣmaṇasya mahābalaḥ |
rājā jayati sugrīvo rāghaveṇābhi pālitaḥ ||
dāso-'ha-ṅkosalendrasya rāmasyākliṣṭa karmaṇaḥ |
hanumān śatrusainyānā-nnihantā mārutātmajaḥ ||
śrīrāma stotrāṃ
śrī rāma rāma rāmeti rame rāme manorame
sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāma nāma varānane
śrī rāmacandra-śśritapārijāta-ssamasta kalyāṇa guṇābhirāmaḥ |
sītāmukhāmbhoruhā-cañcarīko nirantara-mmaṅgalamātanotu ||
śrīkṛṣṇa stotraṃ
mandāramūle madanābhirāmaṃ
bimbādharāpūrita veṇunādam |
gogopa gopījana madhyasaṃsthaṃ
gopa-mbhaje gokula pūrṇacandram ||
garuḍa svāmi stotraṃ
kuṅkumāṅkitavarṇāya kundendu dhavalāya ca |
viṣṇu vāha namastubhya-mpakṣirājāya te namaḥ ||
dakṣiṇāmūrti stotraṃ
gurave sarvalokānā-mbhiṣaje bhavarogiṇām |
nidhaye sarva vidyānāṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtaye nama ||
sarasvatī ślokaḥ
sarasvatī namastubhyaṃ-va~rade kāmarūpiṇī |
vidyārambha-ṅkariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā ||
yā kundendu tuṣāra hāra dhavalā, yā śubhra vastrāvṛtā [vastrānvitā] |
yā vīṇā varadaṇḍa maṇḍita karā, yā śveta padmāsanā |
yā brahmācyuta śaṅkara prabhṛtibhir-devai-ssadā pūjitā |
sā mā-mpātu sarasvatī bhagavatī niśśeṣajāḍyāpahā ||
lakṣmī ślokaḥ
lakṣmī-ṅkṣīrasamudra rāja tanayāṃ śrīraṅga dhāmeśvarīm |
dāsībhūta samasta deva vanitāṃ-lo~kaika dīpāṅkurām |
śrīmanmandha kaṭākṣa labdha vibhava brahmendra gaṅgādharām |
tvā-ntrailokyakuṭumbinīṃ sarasijāṃ-va~nde mukundapriyām ||
durgā devī stotraṃ
sarva svarūpe sarveśe sarva śakti samanvite |
bhayebhyastrāhi no devi durgedevi namostute ||
tripurasundarī stotraṃ
oṅkāra pañjara śukīṃ upaniṣadudyāna keli kalakaṇṭhīm |
āgama vipina mayūrīṃ āryāṃ antarvibhāvayedgaurīm ||
devī ślokaḥ
sarva maṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike |
śaraṇye tryambake devi nārāyaṇi namostute ||
veṅkaṭeśvara ślokaḥ
śriyaḥ kāntāya kalyāṇanidhaye nidhaye-'rthinām |
śrī veṅkaṭa nivāsāya śrīnivāsāya maṅgalam ||
bauddha prārthana
buddhaṃ śaraṇa-ṅgacchāmi
dharmaṃ śaraṇa-ṅgacchāmi
saṅghaṃ śaraṇa-ṅgacchāmi
śānti mantraṃ
asatomā sadgamayā |
tamasomā jyotirgamayā |
mṛtyormā amṛtaṅgamayā |
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ
sarve bhavantu sukhina-ssarve santu nirāmayāḥ |
sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścidduḥkha bhāgbhavet ||
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ
oṃ sarveṣāṃ svastirbhavatu,
sarveṣāṃ śāntirbhavatu |
sarveṣā-mpūrṇa-mbhavatu,
sarveṣā-mmaṅgala-mbhavatu |
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ
oṃ sa॒ha nā̭vavatu | sa॒ha naṷ bhunaktu | sa॒ha vī॒rya̭-ṅkaravāvahai |
te॒ja॒svinā॒vadhī̭tamastu॒ mā vi̭dviṣā॒vahai᳚ |
oṃ śānti॒-śśānti॒-śśāntiḥ̭ ||
svasti mantrāḥ
svasti prajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṃ
nyāyena mārgeṇa mahī-mmahīśāḥ |
gobrāhmaṇebhya-śśubhamastu nityaṃ
lokā-ssamastā-ssukhino bhavantu ||
kāle var​ṣatu parjanyaḥ pṛthivī sasyaśālinī |
deśoya-ṅkṣobharahito brāhmaṇāssantu nirbhayāḥ ||
viśeṣa mantrāḥ
pañcākṣarī mantraṃ - o-nnamaśśivāya
aṣṭākṣarī mantraṃ - o-nnamo nārāyaṇāya
dvādaśākṣarī mantraṃ - o-nnamo bhagavate vāsudevāya

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