Ganga Stotram

devi! sureśvari! bhagavati! gaṃge tribhuvanatāriṇi taralataraṃge । śaṃkaramaulivihāriṇi vimale mama matirāstāṃ tava padakamale ॥ 1 ॥ bhāgīrathisukhadāyini mātastava jalamahimā nigame khyātaḥ । nāhaṃ jāne tava mahimānaṃ pāhi kṛpāmayi māmajñānam ॥ 2 ॥ haripadapādyataraṃgiṇi gaṃge himavidhumuktādhavalataraṃge । dūrīkuru mama duṣkṛtibhāraṃ kuru kṛpayā bhavasāgarapāram ॥ 3 ॥ tava jalamamalaṃ yena nipītaṃ paramapadaṃ khalu tena gṛhītam । mātargaṃge tvayi yo bhaktaḥ kila taṃ draṣṭuṃ na yamaḥ śaktaḥ ॥ 4 ॥ patitoddhāriṇi jāhnavi gaṃge khaṃḍita girivaramaṃḍita bhaṃge । bhīṣmajanani he munivarakanye patitanivāriṇi tribhuvana dhanye ॥ 5 ॥ kalpalatāmiva phaladāṃ loke praṇamati yastvāṃ na patati śoke । pārāvāravihāriṇi gaṃge vimukhayuvati kṛtataralāpāṃge ॥ 6 ॥ tava cenmātaḥ srotaḥ snātaḥ punarapi jaṭhare sopi na jātaḥ । narakanivāriṇi jāhnavi gaṃge kaluṣavināśini mahimottuṃge ॥ 7 ॥ punarasadaṃge puṇyataraṃge jaya jaya jāhnavi karuṇāpāṃge । iṃdramukuṭamaṇirājitacaraṇe sukhade śubhade bhṛtyaśaraṇye ॥ 8 ॥ rogaṃ śokaṃ tāpaṃ pāpaṃ hara me bhagavati kumatikalāpam । tribhuvanasāre vasudhāhāre tvamasi gatirmama khalu saṃsāre ॥ 9 ॥ alakānaṃde paramānaṃde kuru karuṇāmayi kātaravaṃdye । tava taṭanikaṭe yasya nivāsaḥ khalu vaikuṃṭhe tasya nivāsaḥ ॥ 10 ॥ varamiha nīre kamaṭho mīnaḥ kiṃ vā tīre śaraṭaḥ kṣīṇaḥ । athavāśvapaco malino dīnastava na hi dūre nṛpatikulīnaḥ ॥ 11 ॥ bho bhuvaneśvari puṇye dhanye devi dravamayi munivarakanye । gaṃgāstavamimamamalaṃ nityaṃ paṭhati naro yaḥ sa jayati satyam ॥ 12 ॥ yeṣāṃ hṛdaye gaṃgā bhaktisteṣāṃ bhavati sadā sukhamuktiḥ । madhurākaṃtā paṃjhaṭikābhiḥ paramānaṃdakalitalalitābhiḥ ॥ 13 ॥ gaṃgāstotramidaṃ bhavasāraṃ vāṃchitaphaladaṃ vimalaṃ sāram । śaṃkarasevaka śaṃkara racitaṃ paṭhati sukhīḥ tava iti ca samāptaḥ ॥ 14 ॥

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