Lord Vishnu

śrī viṣṇordivyasthala stotram

(Sri Vishnu Divya Sthala Stotram in English (IAST))

From Vishnudharmottara Purana

Also known as shri vishnu divya sthala stotram · shree vishnu divya sthala stotram · vishnu divya sthala stotram

Not a praise but a gazetteer, from the hundred and twenty-fifth chapter of the Vishnudharmottara, where Arjuna asks Krishna two questions at once: in which holy places am I to hold you in mind, and by what name in each of them does my praise please you. The answer runs to thirty verses and is almost entirely proper nouns — a place, and the name the Lord bears there, one after another, with no attempt to describe any of them. Sarvayogeshvara where the Sindhu meets the sea; Devadevesha on the Sahya hill; Vaikuntha in the forest of Magadha. Read straight through, it maps a pilgrimage across the length of the country, and its subject is geography where the rest of this cluster's subject is doctrine.

|| śrī viṣṇordivyasthala stotram ||
arjuna uvāca|
kṣetreṣu yeṣu yeṣu tvaṃ cintanīyo mayācyuta |
cetasaḥ praṇidhānārthaṃ tanmamākhyātumarhasi || 1 ||
yatra yatra ca yannāma prītaye bhavataḥ stutau |
prasādasumukho nātha tanmamāśeṣato vada || 2 ||
bhagavānuvāca |
sarvagaḥ sarvabhūtoṃ'haṃ na hi kiñcinmayā vinā |
carācare jagatyasmin vidyate kurusattama || 3 ||
tathāpi yeṣu sthāneṣu cintanīyo'hamarjuna |
stotavyo nāmabhiryaiśca śrūyatāṃ tadvadāmi te || 4 ||
puṣkare puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ gayāyāṃ ca gadādharam |
lohadaṇḍe tathā viṣṇuṃ stuvaṃstarati duṣkṛtam || 5 ||
rāghavaṃ citrakūṭe tu prabhāse daityasūdanam |
bṛndāvane ca govindaṃ māṃ stuvan puṇyabhāgbhavet || 6 ||
jayaṃ jayantyāṃ tadvacca jayantaṃ hastināpure |
varāhaṃ kardamāle tu kāśmīre cakrapāṇinam || 7 ||
janārdanaṃ ca kubjāmre mathurāyāṃ ca keśavam |
kubjake śrīdharaṃ tadvadgaṅgādvāre surottamam || 8 ||
sālagrāme mahāyogiṃ hariṃ govardhanācale |
piṇḍārake caturbāhuṃ śaṅkhoddhāre ca śaṅkhinam || 9 ||
vāmanaṃ tu kurukṣetre yamunāyāṃ trivikramam |
viśveśvaraṃ tathā śoṇe kapilaṃ pūrvasāgare || 10 ||
śvetadvīpapatiṃ cāpi gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame |
bhūdharaṃ devikānadyāṃ prayāge caiva mādhavam || 11 ||
naranārāyaṇākhyaṃ ca tathā badarikāśrame |
samudre dakṣiṇe stavyaṃ padmanābheti phālguna || 12 ||
dvārakāyāṃ tathā kṛṣṇaṃ stuvaṃstarati durgatim |
rāmaṃ nāma mahendrādrau hṛṣīkeśaṃ tathārbude || 13 ||
aśvatīrthe hayagrīvaṃ viśvarūpaṃ himācale |
nṛsiṃhaṃ kṛtasauce ca vipāśāyāṃ dvijapriyam || 14 ||
naimiṣe yajñapuruṣaṃ jambūmārge tathācyutam |
anantaṃ saindhavāraṇye daṇḍake śārṅgadhāriṇam || 15 ||
utpalāvartake śauriṃ narmadāyāṃ śriyaḥ patim |
dāmodaraṃ raivatake nandāyāṃ jalaśāyinam || 16 ||
sarvayogeśvaraṃ caiva sindhusāgarasaṅgame |
sahyādrau devadeveśaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ māgadhe vane || 17 ||
sarvapāpaharaṃ vindhye coḍreṣu puruṣottamam |
hṛdaye cāpi kaunteya paramātmānamātmanaḥ || 18 ||
vaṭe vaṭe vaiśravaṇaṃ catvare catvare śivam |
parvate parvate rāmaṃ sarvatra madhusūdanam || 19 ||
naraṃ bhūmau tathā vyomni kaunteya garuḍadhvajam |
vāsudevaṃ ca sarvatra saṃsmarejjyotiṣāṃ patim || 20 ||
arcayan praṇaman stunvan saṃsmareśca dhanañjaya |
eteṣvetāni nāmāni naraḥ pāpāt pramucyate || 21 ||
sthāneṣveteṣu mannāmnāmeteṣāṃ prīṇanaṃ naraḥ |
dvijānāṃ prīṇanaṃ kṛtvā svargaloke'bhijāyate || 22 ||
nāmānyetāni kaunteya sthānānyetāni cātmavān |
japan vai pañcapañcāśat trisandhyaṃ matparāyaṇaḥ || 23 ||
trīṇi janmāni yatpāpamavasthātritaye kṛtam |
tatkṣālayatyasandigdhaṃ jāyate ca satāṃ kule || 24 ||
dvikālaṃ vā japanvaitaddivārātrau ca yatkṛtam |
tasmādvimucyate pāpāt saṃstuvanparamo naraḥ || 25 ||
japtānyetāni kaunteya sakṛcchraddhāsamanvitam |
mocayanti naraṃ pāpādyattatraiva dine kṛtam || 26 ||
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ jayaṃ kuru kulodvaha |
grahānukūlatāṃ caiva karotyāśu na saṃśayaḥ || 27 ||
upoṣito matparamaḥ sthāneṣveteṣu mānavaḥ |
kṛtāyatanavāsaśca prāpnotyabhimataṃ phalam || 28 ||
utkrāntirapyaśeṣeṣu sthāneṣveteṣu śasyate |
anyasthānācchataguṇameteṣvanaśanādikam || 29 ||
yastu matparamaḥ kālaṃ karotyeteṣu mānavaḥ |
devānāmapi pūjyo'sau mama loke mahīyate || 30 ||
sthāneṣvathaiteṣu ca ye vasanti
sampūjayante mama sarvakālam |
tadeha cānte tridivaṃ prayānti
nākaṃ ca lokaṃ samavāpnuvanti || 31 ||
|| iti śrīviṣṇudharmottare arjunaṃ prati kṛṣṇopadeśe sthānaviśeṣakīrtanamāhātmyavarṇano nāma pañcaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ sampūrṇam ||

Explore More