Subrahmanya Shodasanama Stotram — Complete Lyrics
सुब्रह्मण्य षोडशनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ज्ञानशक्तिधरः स्कन्दो देवसेनापतिस्तथा ।
सुब्रह्मण्यो गजारूढः शरकाननसम्भवः ॥ १॥
jñānaśaktidharaḥ skando devasenāpatistathā |
subrahmaṇyo gajārūḍhaḥ śarakānanasambhavaḥ || 1||
Jnana-shakti-dhara (bearer of the spear of wisdom), Skanda, and likewise Deva-senapati (commander of the gods' army); Subrahmanya, Gajarudha (mounted on the elephant), Sharakanana-sambhava (born in the reed-forest);
Verse 2
कार्तिकेयः कुमारश्च षण्मुखस्तारकान्तकः ।
सेनानीर्ब्रह्मशास्ता च वल्लीकल्याणसुन्दरः ॥ २॥
kārtikeyaḥ kumāraśca ṣaṇmukhastārakāntakaḥ |
senānīrbrahmaśāstā ca vallīkalyāṇasundaraḥ || 2||
Kartikeya, Kumara, Shanmukha (the six-faced), Tarakantaka (slayer of Taraka); Senani (the general), Brahma-shasta (instructor of Brahma), and Valli-kalyana-sundara (the handsome groom of Valli);
Verse 3
बालश्च क्रौञ्चभेत्ता च शिखिवाहन एव च ।
एतानि स्वामिनामानि षोडश प्रत्यहं नरः ॥ ३॥
bālaśca krauñcabhettā ca śikhivāhana eva ca |
etāni svāmināmāni ṣoḍaśa pratyahaṃ naraḥ || 3||
Bala (the child), Krauncha-bhetta (splitter of Krauncha), and Shikhi-vahana (rider of the peacock) — these are the sixteen names of the Lord.
Verse 4
यः पठेत्सर्वपापेभ्यः स मुच्यते महामुने ।
yaḥ paṭhetsarvapāpebhyaḥ sa mucyate mahāmune |
The man who recites these sixteen names every day is freed from all sins, O great sage.
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