Lord Venkateswara

श्री श्रीनिवास स्तुतिः (स्कान्दपुराणे)

(Sri Srinivasa Stuti (Skanda Puranam))

Also known as shri srinivasa stuti (skanda puranam) · shree srinivasa stuti (skanda puranam) · srinivasa stuti (skanda puranam)

Six verses to Venkateshvara from the Venkatachala Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, whose colophon credits them to a brahmin named Padmanabha. Every verse closes on the same half-line, to you, Shrinivasa, salutation, and each fills the space above it with a different way of naming where he lives or what he is. He is the god of gods and the bearer of the Sharnga bow; he dwells on Narayana's hill and on the hill of Shesha, which are two names for the same rise of ground; he is the lord of the three worlds and the witness whose form is everything, saluted by Shiva and Brahma; he is lotus-eyed and lies on the ocean of milk; he is the lord of yogins, to be known through the Veda, and the destroyer of his devotees' sins. Short, formulaic, and meant to be said standing before the image.

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Script: Devanagari (देवनागरी) — also the script of Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Konkani.

नमो देवाधिदेवाय वेङ्कटेशाय शार्ङ्गिणे ।
नारायणाद्रिवासाय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ १ ॥
नमः कल्मषनाशाय वासुदेवाय विष्णवे ।
शेषाचलनिवासाय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ २ ॥
नमस्त्रैलोक्यनाथाय विश्वरूपाय साक्षिणे ।
शिवब्रह्मादिवन्द्याय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ ३ ॥
नमः कमलनेत्राय क्षीराब्धिशयनाय ते ।
दुष्टराक्षससंहर्त्रे श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ ४ ॥
भक्तप्रियाय देवाय देवानां पतये नमः ।
प्रणतार्तिविनाशाय श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ ५ ॥
योगिनां पतये नित्यं वेदवेद्याय विष्णवे ।
भक्तानां पापसंहर्त्रे श्रीनिवासाय ते नमः ॥ ६ ॥
॥ इति श्रीस्कान्दपुराणे वेङ्कटाचलमाहात्म्ये पद्मनाभाख्यद्विज कृत श्रीनिवास स्तुतिः सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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