ganeshamayureshamayureshwaraashtavinayaka

Mayuresha Stotram

मयूरेश स्तोत्रम्

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 Morning after bath; on Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi, and especially when worshipping or visiting Mayureshwar (Morgaon)·📜 Ganesha Purana / Mudgala Purana tradition (Mayureshwar Morgaon Mahatmya)

Also known as: mayuresha stotram · mayureshwara stotram · moreshwar stotra · mayuresham namamyaham · brahma krita mayuresha stotra · morgaon ganesha stotra

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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

The Mayuresha Stotram is Brahma's hymn of praise to Ganesha in his form as Mayuresha (Mayureshwara) — the Lord who rides the peacock, the presiding deity of Morgaon, first of the eight Ashtavinayaka shrines. Its ten verses each close with 'mayuresham namamy aham' — 'I bow to Mayuresha' — adoring Him as the primeval Person, supreme consciousness-bliss, the slayer of demons, and the Lord of countless universes. Ganesha himself declares the hymn destroys all sins, frees prisoners within seven days, removes affliction, and grants both enjoyment and liberation.

Origin & Story

Ganesha Purana / Mudgala Purana tradition (Mayureshwar Morgaon Mahatmya) · Traditional; spoken by Lord Brahma (Brahma uvacha) · Puranic

Ganesha incarnated as Mayureshwara, riding a peacock, to destroy the demon Sindhu, and made Morgaon his abode — the kshetra that became the foremost of the eight Ashtavinayaka shrines. In this hymn the creator Brahma himself praises that Mayuresha, sweeping from His playful cosmic sports to His nature as the supreme consciousness-bliss and Lord of countless universes. Pleased, Mayuresha pronounces the fruits of the stotra, declaring it a destroyer of sin and a giver of freedom, health and liberation.

✦ As told in scripture

Mayuresha himself promises in the closing verses that this hymn frees even those locked in prison within seven days of devoted recitation and cures afflictions of mind and body — a phala echoed in the tradition of Morgaon, where countless pilgrims credit Moreshwar with release from bondage and relief from suffering.

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Verse 1

ब्रह्मोवाच । पुराणपुरुषं देवं नानाक्रीडाकरं मुदा । मायाविनं दुर्विभाव्यं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥१॥

brahmovācha । purāṇa-puruṣaṁ devaṁ nānā-krīḍā-karaṁ mudā । māyāvinaṁ durvibhāvyaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥1॥

Meaning:Brahma said:

Verse 2

परात्परं चिदानन्दं निर्विकारं हृदि स्थितम् । गुणातीतं गुणमयं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥२॥

parāt-paraṁ chid-ānandaṁ nirvikāraṁ hṛdi sthitam । guṇātītaṁ guṇa-mayaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥2॥

Meaning:The ancient Person, the radiant Lord, joyfully performing His manifold sports, the wielder of Maya, hard for any to comprehend — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 3

सृजन्तं पालयन्तं च संहरन्तं निजेच्छया । सर्वविघ्नहरं देवं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥३॥

sṛjantaṁ pālayantaṁ cha saṁharantaṁ nijechchhayā । sarva-vighna-haraṁ devaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥3॥

Meaning:Higher than the highest, consciousness and bliss, changeless, dwelling within the heart, beyond the gunas yet pervading them — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 4

नानादैत्यनिहन्तारं नानारूपाणि बिभ्रतम् । नानायुधधरं भक्त्या मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥४॥

nānā-daitya-nihantāraṁ nānā-rūpāṇi bibhratam । nānāyudha-dharaṁ bhaktyā mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥4॥

Meaning:Creating, preserving and dissolving the worlds by His own will, the Lord who removes every obstacle — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 5

इन्द्रादिदेववृन्दैश्च अभिष्टुतमहर्निशम् । सदसद्व्यक्तमव्यक्तं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥५॥

indrādi-deva-vṛndaiś cha abhiṣṭutam ahar-niśam । sad-asad-vyaktam avyaktaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥5॥

Meaning:The slayer of many demons, bearing manifold forms and manifold weapons — to Him with devotion I bow, to Mayuresha.

Verse 6

सर्वशक्तिमयं देवं सर्वरूपधरं विभुम् । सर्वविद्याप्रवक्तारं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥६॥

sarva-śakti-mayaṁ devaṁ sarva-rūpa-dharaṁ vibhum । sarva-vidyā-pravaktāraṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥6॥

Meaning:Adored day and night by Indra and the hosts of gods, manifest as the real and unreal and yet unmanifest — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 7

पार्वतीनन्दनं शम्भोरानन्दपरिवर्धनम् । भक्तानन्दकरं नित्यं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥७॥

pārvatī-nandanaṁ śambhor ānanda-parivardhanam । bhaktānanda-karaṁ nityaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥7॥

Meaning:The Lord who is all power, who bears all forms, the all-pervading One, the proclaimer of every branch of knowledge — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 8

मुनिध्येयं मुनिनुतं मुनिकामप्रपूरकम् । समष्टिव्यष्टिरूपं त्वां मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥८॥

muni-dhyeyaṁ muni-nutaṁ muni-kāma-prapūrakam । samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭi-rūpaṁ tvāṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥8॥

Meaning:The delight of Parvati, the increaser of Shambhu's bliss, the eternal giver of joy to His devotees — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 9

सर्वाज्ञाननिहन्तारं सर्वज्ञानकरं शुचिम् । सत्यज्ञानमयं सत्यं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥९॥

sarvājñāna-nihantāraṁ sarva-jñāna-karaṁ śuchim । satya-jñāna-mayaṁ satyaṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥9॥

Meaning:Meditated upon by the sages, praised by the sages, fulfiller of the sages' desires, You who are both the cosmic whole and the individual — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 10

अनेककोटिब्रह्माण्डनायकं जगदीश्वरम् । अनन्तविभवं विष्णुं मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम् ॥१०॥

aneka-koṭi-brahmāṇḍa-nāyakaṁ jagad-īśvaram । ananta-vibhavaṁ viṣṇuṁ mayūreśaṁ namāmy aham ॥10॥

Meaning:The destroyer of all ignorance, the giver of all knowledge, the pure One, who is truth and made of true knowledge — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 11

मयूरेश उवाच । इदं ब्रह्मकरं स्तोत्रं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । कारागृहगतानां च मोचनं दिनसप्तकात् ॥११॥

mayūreśa uvācha । idaṁ brahma-karaṁ stotraṁ sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam । kārā-gṛha-gatānāṁ cha mochanaṁ dina-saptakāt ॥11॥

Meaning:The Lord of countless millions of universes, the ruler of the cosmos, of infinite majesty, the all-pervading Vishnu — I bow to Mayuresha.

Verse 12

आधिव्याधिहरं चैव भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शुभम् ॥१२॥

ādhi-vyādhi-haraṁ chaiva bhukti-mukti-pradaṁ śubham ॥12॥

Meaning:Mayuresha said: This hymn that Brahma has made destroys all sins and, within seven days, frees even those who are imprisoned. It removes mental and bodily afflictions, and bestows both enjoyment and liberation — it is auspicious.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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मयूरेशं नमाम्यहम्🔊mayūreśaṁ namāmy ahamI bow to Mayuresha (Ganesha who rides the peacock) — the refrain ending each verse

पुराणपुरुषम्🔊purāṇa-puruṣamThe ancient (primeval) Person

नानाक्रीडाकरम्🔊nānā-krīḍā-karamThe performer of manifold divine sports (lilas)

मायाविनम्🔊māyāvinamThe wielder of Maya / the great magician

दुर्विभाव्यम्🔊durvibhāvyamHard to comprehend / beyond conception

परात्परम्🔊parāt-paramHigher than the highest, the supreme

चिदानन्दम्🔊chid-ānandamConsciousness and bliss (chit-ananda)

गुणातीतं गुणमयम्🔊guṇātītaṁ guṇa-mayamBeyond the gunas, yet made of (pervading) the gunas

सृजन्तं पालयन्तं संहरन्तम्🔊sṛjantaṁ pālayantaṁ saṁharantamCreating, preserving and dissolving (the universe)

निजेच्छया🔊nijechchhayāBy His own will

सर्वविघ्नहरम्🔊sarva-vighna-haramThe remover of all obstacles

नानादैत्यनिहन्तारम्🔊nānā-daitya-nihantāramThe slayer of many demons

नानायुधधरम्🔊nānāyudha-dharamBearer of manifold weapons

पार्वतीनन्दनम्🔊pārvatī-nandanamThe delight (son) of Parvati

शम्भोरानन्दपरिवर्धनम्🔊śambhor ānanda-parivardhanamThe increaser of Shambhu's (Shiva's) bliss

मुनिध्येयम्🔊muni-dhyeyamMeditated upon by the sages

समष्टिव्यष्टिरूपम्🔊samaṣṭi-vyaṣṭi-rūpamOf the form of both the collective (cosmic) and the individual

अनेककोटिब्रह्माण्डनायकम्🔊aneka-koṭi-brahmāṇḍa-nāyakamThe Lord of countless millions of universes

कारागृहगतानां मोचनम्🔊kārā-gṛha-gatānāṁ mochanamLiberation of those imprisoned, within seven days

भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदम्🔊bhukti-mukti-pradamGranting both worldly enjoyment and final liberation

Benefits of Chanting Mayuresha Stotram

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Invokes Ganesha as Mayuresha / Mayureshwara, the presiding deity of Morgaon — first and foremost of the eight Ashtavinayaka shrines

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Its phalashruti promises destruction of all sins and the freeing of even imprisoned persons within seven days

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Said to remove adhi and vyadhi — mental and bodily afflictions

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Bestows both bhukti (worldly enjoyment) and mukti (liberation)

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Removes obstacles of every kind, as Ganesha is praised here as 'sarva-vighna-hara'

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Cultivates devotion through Brahma's vision of Ganesha as the supreme, all-pervading Reality

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Excellent for recitation during pilgrimage to the Ashtavinayaka temples

How to Chant Mayuresha Stotram

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Best TimeMorning after bath; on Sankashti and Vinayaka Chaturthi, and especially when worshipping or visiting Mayureshwar (Morgaon)

Sit facing an image of Mayuresha Ganesha, light a lamp and offer durva grass, red flowers and modaka. Recite the ten verses with devotion, bowing inwardly at each refrain 'mayuresham namamy aham', then conclude with the two phalashruti verses spoken by Mayuresha himself. It is especially recited as part of Ashtavinayaka worship; those praying for release from confinement or relief from illness traditionally recite it daily for seven days.

Frequently Asked Questions

Mayuresha (also Mayureshwara) is Ganesha in the form that rides a peacock (mayura), the deity who slew the demon Sindhu. He is the presiding deity of Morgaon (Moreshwar) in Maharashtra, the first and most important of the eight Ashtavinayaka shrines.

It is a hymn of Lord Brahma (Brahma uvacha) praising Ganesha as Mayuresha, preserved in the Ganesha/Mudgala Puranic tradition associated with the Ashtavinayaka and the Morgaon kshetra.

Mayuresha himself declares in the closing verses that the hymn destroys all sins, frees those who are imprisoned within seven days, removes mental and physical afflictions (adhi-vyadhi), and grants both worldly enjoyment and liberation (bhukti-mukti).

Morgaon, the shrine of Mayureshwar, is regarded as the starting and finishing point of the Ashtavinayaka pilgrimage of eight self-manifested Ganesha temples in Maharashtra, which is why this stotra is dear to Ashtavinayaka devotees.