Lord Vishnu

śrī puṇḍarīkākṣa stotram

(Sri Pundarikaksha Stotram in English (IAST))

From Varaha Purana

Also known as shri pundarikaksha stotram · shree pundarikaksha stotram · pundarikaksha stotram

Eight verses from the sixth chapter of the Varaha Purana, and the speaker is the reason to read them: the hymn is Varaha's own, so that one descent of Vishnu stands praising Vishnu. What he says is short and formal — salutation to the lotus-eyed, to the slayer of Madhu, to the lord of all the worlds, to the bearer of the fierce discus; the universal form, the long-armed, the giver of boons, all splendour; the lotus-eyed pervader who is knowledge and ignorance both; the giver of refuge and refuge itself, Vishnu the conqueror, the everlasting, dark as a rain cloud, discus in hand. Nothing in the eight verses acknowledges that the one praising and the one praised are the same.

|| śrī puṇḍarīkākṣa stotram ||
(varāhapurāṇataḥ)
varāha uvāca|
namaste puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste madhusūdana |
namaste sarvalokeśa namaste tigmacakriṇe || 1 ||
viśvamūrtiṃ mahābāhuṃ varadaṃ sarvatejasam |
namāmi puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ vidyā'vidyātmakaṃ vibhum || 2 ||
ādidevaṃ mahādevaṃ vedavedāṅgapāragam |
gambhīraṃ sarvadevānāṃ namasye vārijekṣaṇam || 3 ||
sahasraśīrṣiṇaṃ devaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhujam |
jagatsaṃvyāpya tiṣṭhantaṃ namasye parameśvaram || 4 ||
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ sanātanam |
nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ namasye cakrapāṇinam || 5 ||
śuddhaṃ sarvagataṃ nityaṃ vyomarūpaṃ sanātanam |
bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṃ namasye sarvagaṃ harim || 6 ||
nānyatkiñcitprapaśyāmi vyatiriktaṃ tvayā'cyuta |
tvanmayaṃ ca prapaśyāmi sarvametaccarācaram || 7 ||
|| iti śrīvarāhapurāṇe ṣaṣṭho'dhyāye śrīpuṇḍarīkākṣa stotram sampūrṇam ||

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