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% Text title            : sa.nkaShTanAshanaM sa.nkaTAShTakastotram
% Author                : Traditional
% Language              : Sanskrit
% Subject               : philosophy/hinduism/religion
% Description/comments  : padmapurANa
% Transliterated by     : WebD
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shrIgaNeshAya namaH |
dhyAnam
dhyAye.ahaM parameshvarIM dashabhujAM netratrayod{}bhUShitAM
sadyaH sa~NkaTatAriNIM guNamayImArak{}tavarNAM shubhAm |
akSha\-srag\-jalapUrNakumbha\-kamalaM sha.nkhaM gadA bibhratIM
traishUlaM DamarUshcha khaDga\-vidhR^itAM chakrAbhayADhyAM parAm ||
AUM nArada uvAcha
jaigIShavya munishreShTha sarvaj~na sukhadAyaka |
AkhyAtAni supuNyAni shrutAni tvatprasAdataH || 1||
na tR^iptimadhigachchhAmi tava vAgamR^itena cha |
vadasvaikaM mahAbhAga sa~NkaTAkhyAnamuttamam || 2||
iti tasya vachaH shrutvA jaigIShavyo.abravIttataH |
sa~NkaShTanAshanaM stotraM shR^iNu devarShisattama || 3||
dvApare tu purA vR^itte bhraShTarAjyo yudhiShThiraH |
bhrAtR^ibhiH sahito rAjyanirvedaM paramaM gataH || 4||
tadAnIM tu tataH kAshIM purIM yAto mahAmuniH
mArkaNDeya iti khyAtaH saha shiShyairmahAyashAH || 5||
taM dR^iShTvA sa samutthAya praNipatya supUjitaH |
kimarthaM mlAnavadana etattvaM mAM nivedaya || 6||
yudhiShThira uvAcha
sa~NkaShTaM me mahatprAptametAdR^igvadanaM tataH |
etannivAraNopAyaM ki.nchid{}brUhi mune mama || 7||
mArkaNDeya uvAcha
AnandakAnane devI sa~NkaTA nAma vishrutA |
vIreshvarottare bhAge pUrvaM chandreshvarasya cha || 8||
shR^iNu nAmAShTakaM tasyAH sarvasiddhikaraM nR^iNAm |
sa~NkaTA prathamaM nAma dvitIyaM vijayA tathA || 9||
tR^itIyaM kAmadA prok{}taM chaturthaM duHkhahAriNI |
sharvANI pa~nchamaM nAma ShaShThaM kAtyAyanI tathA || 10||
saptamaM bhImanayanA sarvarogaharA.aShTamam |
nAmAShTakamidaM puNyaM trisandhyaM shraddhayAnvitaH || 11||
yaH paThetpAThayedvApi naro muchyeta sa~NkaTAt |
ityuk{}tvA tu dvijashreShThamR^iShirvArANasIM yayau || 12||
iti tasya vachaH shrutvA nArado harShanirbharaH |
tataH sampUjitAM devIM vIreshvarasamanvitAm || 13||
bhujaistu dashabhiryuk{}tAM lochanatrayabhUShitAm |
mAlAkamaNDaluyutAM padmasha~NkhagadAyutAm || 14||
trishUlaDamarudharAM khaDgacharmavibhUShitAm |
varadAbhayahastAM tAM praNamya vidhinandanaH || 15||
vAratrayaM gR^ihItvA tu tato viShNupuraM yayau |
etatstotrasya paThanaM putrapautravivardhanam || 16||
sa~NkaShTanAshanaM chaiva triShu lokeShu vishrutam |
gopanIyaM prayatnena mahAvandhyAprasUtikR^it || 17||
|| iti shrIpadmapurANe sa~NkaShTanAshanaM sa~NkaTAShTakaM sampUrNam ||
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