Lord Vishnu

śrī gadādhara stotram (varāha purāṇe)

(Sri Gadadhara Stotram (Varaha Puranam) in English (IAST))

From Varaha Purana

Also known as shri gadadhara stotram (varaha puranam) · shree gadadhara stotram (varaha puranam) · gadadhara stotram (varaha puranam)

Ten verses from the seventh chapter of the Varaha Purana, spoken there by the sage Raibhya, addressing Vishnu by the name of his mace. He is the mace-bearer praised by the wise, the bearer of patience, the destroyer of the distress of the hungry, the crusher of the vast army of the demons; the ancient person, praised in the strongholds, spotless, the goal of men, Trivikrama who took the earth back. One verse compresses the three gods into a single figure — the same who from the seed creates the four-faced one, who in the form of Narayana protects the world, and who as the body of Rudra brings it to an end. The last says that Matsya and the other names are what he answers to in the worlds, and that guarding the gods is what makes him Vrishakapi.

|| śrī gadādhara stotram ||
(varāha purāṇe saptamo'dhyāye)
raibhya uvāca|
gadādharaṃ vibudhajanairabhiṣṭutaṃ
dhṛtakṣamaṃ kṣudhitajanārtināśanam |
śivaṃ viśālā'surasainyamardanaṃ
namāmyahaṃ hṛtasakalā'śubhaṃ smṛtau || 1 ||
purāṇapūrvaṃ puruṣaṃ puruṣṭutaṃ
purātanaṃ vimalamalaṃ nṛṇāṃ gatim |
trivikramaṃ hṛtadharaṇiṃ balorjitaṃ
gadādharaṃ rahasi namāmi keśavam || 2 ||
viśuddhabhāvaṃ vibhavairupāvṛtaṃ
śriyā vṛtaṃ vigatamalaṃ vicakṣaṇam |
kṣitīśvarairapagatakilbiṣaiḥ stutaṃ
gadādharaṃ praṇamati yaḥ sukhaṃ vaset || 3 ||
surā'surairarcitapādapaṅkajaṃ
keyūrahārāṅgadamaulidhāriṇam |
abdhau śayānaṃ ca rathāṅgapāṇinaṃ
gadādharaṃ praṇamati yaḥ sukhaṃ vaset || 4 ||
sitaṃ kṛte tretayuge'ruṇaṃ vibhuṃ
tathā tṛtīye nīlavarṇamacyutam |
kalau yuge'lipratimaṃ maheśvaraṃ
gadādharaṃ praṇamati yaḥ sukhaṃ vaset || 5 ||
bījodbhavo yaḥ sṛjate caturmukhaṃ
tathaiva nārāyaṇarūpato jagat |
prapālayedrudravapustathāntakṛ-
-dgadādharo jayatu ṣaḍardhamūrtimān || 6 ||
sattvaṃ rajaścaiva tamo guṇāstraya-
-stveteṣu viśvasya samudbhavaḥ kila |
sa caika eva trividho gadādharo
dadhātu dhairyaṃ mama dharmamokṣayoḥ || 7 ||
saṃsāratoyārṇavaduḥkhatantubhi-
-rviyoganakrakramaṇaiḥ subhīṣaṇaiḥ |
majjantamuccaiḥ sutarāṃ mahāplavo
gadādharo māmudadhau tu yo'tarat || 8 ||
svayaṃ trimūrtiḥ khamivātmanātmani
svaśaktitaścāṇḍamidaṃ sasarja ha |
tasmin jalotthāsanamāpa taijasaṃ
sasarja yastaṃ praṇato'smi bhūdharam || 9 ||
matsyādināmāni jagatsu praśnute
surādisaṃrakṣaṇato vṛṣākapiḥ |
mukhasvarūpeṇa sa santato vibhu-
-rgadādharo me vidadhātu sadgatim || 10 ||
|| iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe saptamo'dhyāye raibhya kṛta śrī gadādhara stotram ||

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