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The Pradosha prayer Roman

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

jay dev jagannaath jay shankar shaashvat .

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

jay sarvasuraadhyaksh jay sarvasuraarchit .

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

2

jay sarvagunaateet jay sarvavaraprad .

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

jay nity niraadhaar jay vishvambharaavyay .

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

3

jay vishvaikavedyesh jay naagendrabhooshan .

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

jay gaureepate shambho jay chandraardhashekhar .

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

4

jay kotyarkasankaash jayaanantagunaashray .

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

jay rudr viroopaaksh jayaachinty niranjan .

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

5

jay naath kripaasindho jay bhaktaartibhanjan .

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

jay dustarasansaarasaagarottaaran prabho .

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

6

praseed me mahaadev sansaaraartasy khidyatah .

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

sarvapaapabhayan hritvaa raksh maan parameshvar .

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

7

mahaadaaridryamagnasy mahaapaapahatasy ch .

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

mahaashokavinashtasy mahaarogaaturasy ch .

undone by great grief and sick with great illness,

8

rinabhaarapareetasy dahyamaanasy karmabhih .

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

grahaih prapeedyamaanasy praseed mam shankar .

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

9

daridrah praarthayedevan poojaante girijaapatim .

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

arthaadhyo vaapi raajaa vaa praarthayeddevameeshvaram .

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

10

deerghamaayuh sadaarogyan koshavriddhirbalonnatih .

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

mamaastu nityamaanandah prasaadaattav shankar .

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

11

shatravah sankshayan yaantu praseedantu mam grahaah .

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

nashyantu dasyavo raashtre janaah santu niraapadah .

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

12

durbhikshamaareesantaapaah shaman yaantu maheetale .

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

sarvasasyasamriddhishch bhooyaatsukhamayaa dishah .

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

13

evamaaraadhayeddevan pradoshe girijaapatim .

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

braahmanaanbhojayetpashchaaddakshinaabhishch toshayet .

then feed brahmins, and please them with dakshina.

14

sarvapaapakshayakaree sarvadaaridryanaashinee .

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

shivapoojaa mayaakhyaataa sarvaabheeshtavarapradaa .

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