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The Pradosha prayer

प्रदोष स्तोत्र

28 lines · about 1 min to say · Skanda Purana, Brahmottara Khanda 7.59–66

Shiv ji

Shiv ji

The still centre; Monday's deity

1

जय देव जगन्नाथ जय शङ्कर शाश्वत ।

jaya deva jagannātha jaya śaṅkara śāśvata .

Victory to you, O Dev, lord of the world; victory to you, Shankar, the eternal;

जय सर्वसुराध्यक्ष जय सर्वसुरार्चित ॥

jaya sarvasurādhyakṣa jaya sarvasurārcita .

victory to you, head of all the Devas; victory to you, to whom every Deva offers puja.

2

जय सर्वगुणातीत जय सर्ववरप्रद ।

jaya sarvaguṇātīta jaya sarvavaraprada .

Victory to you, beyond every quality; victory to you, giver of every boon;

जय नित्य निराधार जय विश्वम्भराव्यय ॥

jaya nitya nirādhāra jaya viśvambharāvyaya .

victory to you, eternal, resting on nothing; victory to you, who hold up the world and never wane.

3

जय विश्वैकवेद्येश जय नागेन्द्रभूषण ।

jaya viśvaikavedyeśa jaya nāgendrabhūṣaṇa .

Victory to you, the one to be known in all the world; victory to you, who wear the king of serpents;

जय गौरीपते शम्भो जय चन्द्रार्धशेखर ॥

jaya gaurīpate śambho jaya candrārdhaśekhara .

victory to you, Shambhu, husband of Gauri; victory to you, with the half moon in your hair.

4

जय कोट्यर्कसङ्काश जयानन्तगुणाश्रय ।

jaya koṭyarkasaṅkāśa jayānantaguṇāśraya .

Victory to you, bright as ten million suns; victory to you, home of endless good;

जय रुद्र विरूपाक्ष जयाचिन्त्य निरञ्जन ॥

jaya rudra virūpākṣa jayācintya nirañjana .

victory to you, Rudra of the three eyes; victory to you, beyond thought, without stain.

5

जय नाथ कृपासिन्धो जय भक्तार्तिभञ्जन ।

jaya nātha kr̥pāsindho jaya bhaktārtibhañjana .

Victory to you, O Nath, ocean of mercy; victory to you, who break the pain of those who turn to you;

जय दुस्तरसंसारसागरोत्तारण प्रभो ॥

jaya dustarasaṁsārasāgarottāraṇa prabho .

victory to you, Prabhu, who carry us over the sea of this world that cannot be crossed.

6

प्रसीद मे महादेव संसारार्तस्य खिद्यतः ।

prasīda me mahādeva saṁsārārtasya khidyataḥ .

Be pleased with me, Mahadev: I am worn and weary with this world.

सर्वपापभयं हृत्वा रक्ष मां परमेश्वर ॥

sarvapāpabhayaṁ hr̥tvā rakṣa māṁ parameśvara .

Take away all the fear my wrongs have brought, and protect me, Parameshwar.

7

महादारिद्र्यमग्नस्य महापापहतस्य च ।

mahādāridryamagnasya mahāpāpahatasya ca .

I am sunk in deep poverty and struck by great wrongs,

महाशोकविनष्टस्य महारोगातुरस्य च ॥

mahāśokavinaṣṭasya mahārogāturasya ca .

undone by great grief and sick with great illness,

8

ऋणभारपरीतस्य दह्यमानस्य कर्मभिः ।

r̥ṇabhāraparītasya dahyamānasya karmabhiḥ .

weighed down by debt and burned by what I have done,

ग्रहैः प्रपीड्यमानस्य प्रसीद मम शङ्कर ॥

grahaiḥ prapīḍyamānasya prasīda mama śaṅkara .

pressed hard by the planets — be pleased with me, Shankar.

9

दरिद्रः प्रार्थयेदेवं पूजान्ते गिरिजापतिम् ।

daridraḥ prārthayedevaṁ pūjānte girijāpatim .

So, at the end of the puja, let the poor pray to the husband of Girija;

अर्थाढ्यो वापि राजा वा प्रार्थयेद्देवमीश्वरम् ॥

arthāḍhyo vāpi rājā vā prārthayeddevamīśvaram .

and let the rich man, or even a king, pray to the Dev, the Ishwar.

10

दीर्घमायुः सदारोग्यं कोशवृद्धिर्बलोन्नतिः ।

dīrghamāyuḥ sadārogyaṁ kośavr̥ddhirbalonnatiḥ .

"Long life, health always, a growing store, rising strength —

ममास्तु नित्यमानन्दः प्रसादात्तव शङ्कर ॥

mamāstu nityamānandaḥ prasādāttava śaṅkara .

and joy always, may these be mine by your grace, Shankar.

11

शत्रवः संक्षयं यान्तु प्रसीदन्तु मम ग्रहाः ।

śatravaḥ saṁkṣayaṁ yāntu prasīdantu mama grahāḥ .

May my enemies come to nothing, and may the grahas be kind to me;

नश्यन्तु दस्यवो राष्ट्रे जनाः सन्तु निरापदः ॥

naśyantu dasyavo rāṣṭre janāḥ santu nirāpadaḥ .

may the robbers in the land be gone, and may the people be free of harm.

12

दुर्भिक्षमारीसन्तापाः शमं यान्तु महीतले ।

durbhikṣamārīsantāpāḥ śamaṁ yāntu mahītale .

May famine, plague and suffering be stilled on the earth;

सर्वसस्यसमृद्धिश्च भूयात्सुखमया दिशः ॥

sarvasasyasamr̥ddhiśca bhūyātsukhamayā diśaḥ .

may every crop be plentiful, and every direction full of ease."

13

एवमाराधयेद्देवं प्रदोषे गिरिजापतिम् ।

evamārādhayeddevaṁ pradoṣe girijāpatim .

So let one worship the Dev, the husband of Girija, at pradosh;

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्दक्षिणाभिश्च तोषयेत् ॥

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścāddakṣiṇābhiśca toṣayet .

then feed brahmins, and please them with dakshina.

14

सर्वपापक्षयकरी सर्वदारिद्र्यनाशिनी ।

sarvapāpakṣayakarī sarvadāridryanāśinī .

It wipes away every sin and ends every kind of poverty —

शिवपूजा मयाख्याता सर्वाभीष्टवरप्रदा ॥

śivapūjā mayākhyātā sarvābhīṣṭavarapradā .

this is the puja of Shiv ji I have told you, which grants every wish.