shanishani-stotrasaturnsade-sati

𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥 𑌕𑍃𑌤 𑌶𑌨𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰

Dashrath Krit Shani Stotra in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 Saturday evenings; during Sade Sati or a difficult Saturn transit·🎵 Audio included·📜 Puranic tradition (recited in the Navagraha stotras)

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Origin & Story

Puranic tradition (recited in the Navagraha stotras) · King Dasharatha · Treta Yuga

It is told that Shani was about to move into Rohini nakshatra — the 'Rohini Shakata Bhedana' — an event believed to bring twelve years of drought and famine to the earth. King Dasharatha of Ayodhya, father of Lord Rama, rose in his celestial chariot to the region of the stars to confront Saturn and spare his people. Faced with Shani, the king instead bowed and praised him with this stotra, saluting his fearsome forms and finally begging his forgiveness 'for the welfare of all beings.' Moved by such selfless devotion, Shani was pleased and granted Dasharatha a boon.

✦ As told in scripture

Pleased by Dasharatha's fearless devotion, Shani offered him a boon — and the king asked not for himself but that Saturn spare all beings the ruin of the Rohini transit. Shani agreed, and promised that whoever recites this stotra with devotion during his difficult transits would be shielded from his harshest effects. For this reason it endures as one of the most trusted Sade Sati remedies.

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Verse 1

𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌾 𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇𑌰𑌿𑌦𑌮𑌥𑌾𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍॥ 𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥 𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 —

Raja Dasharathah stotram saureridamathakarot. Dasharatha uvacha —

Meaning:King Dasharatha composed this hymn to Shani (the son of the Sun). Dasharatha said:

Verse 2

𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌯 𑌶𑌿𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑌨𑌿𑌭𑌾𑌯 𑌚। 𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌯 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌵𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃॥௧॥

Namah Krishnaya Nilaya Shitikanthanibhaya cha; Namah Kalagnirupaya Kritantaya cha vai namah. ||1||

Meaning:Salutations to the dark, blue one, resembling the blue-throated Shiva; salutations to him of the form of the fire of dissolution, to the Ender (Death), salutations.

Verse 3

𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌯 𑌦𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌘𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌜𑌟𑌾𑌯 𑌚। 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌲𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯 𑌶𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍋𑌦𑌰𑌭𑌯𑌾𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍇॥௨॥

Namo Nirmansadehaya Dirghashmashrujataya cha; Namo Vishalanetraya Shushkodarabhayakrite. ||2||

Meaning:Salutations to the fleshless-bodied one with long beard and matted locks; salutations to the large-eyed, dry-bellied one of fearsome form.

Verse 4

𑌨𑌮𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑌲𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍂𑌲𑌰𑍋𑌮𑍍𑌣𑍇𑌽𑌥 𑌵𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃। 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌦𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌘𑌾𑌯 𑌶𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌯 𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌦𑌂𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌰 𑌨𑌮𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌤𑍇॥௩॥

Namah Pushkalagatraya Sthularomne'tha vai namah; Namo Dirghaya Shushkaya Kaladamshtra namo'stu te. ||3||

Meaning:Salutations to him of full limbs and thick body-hair; salutations to the tall, gaunt one — O long-fanged one, salutations to you.

Verse 5

𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌯 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯 𑌵𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃। 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌘𑍋𑌰𑌾𑌯 𑌰𑍗𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌯 𑌭𑍀𑌷𑌣𑌾𑌯 𑌕𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍇॥௪॥

Namaste Kotaraksaya Durnirikshyaya vai namah; Namo Ghoraya Raudraya Bhishanaya Kapaline. ||4||

Meaning:Salutations to the hollow-eyed one, hard to look upon; salutations to the terrible, fierce, dreadful, skull-bearing one.

Verse 6

𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌯 𑌬𑌲𑍀𑌮𑍁𑌖 𑌨𑌮𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌤𑍇। 𑌸𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌭𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌯 𑌚॥௫॥

Namaste Sarvabhakshaya Balimukha namo'stu te; Suryaputra namaste'stu Bhaskare'bhayadaya cha. ||5||

Meaning:Salutations to the all-devouring one, O wrinkle-faced one, salutations; O Son of the Sun, salutations to you, giver of fearlessness, child of Bhaskara.

Verse 7

𑌅𑌧𑍋𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍇 𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌸𑌂𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌕 𑌨𑌮𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌤𑍇। 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌗𑌤𑍇 𑌤𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌂𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌮𑍋𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌤𑍇॥௬॥

Adhodrishte namaste'stu Samvartaka namo'stu te; Namo Mandagate tubhyam Nistrimshaya namo'stu te. ||6||

Meaning:Salutations to the downward-gazing one, O Samvartaka (fire of dissolution), salutations; salutations to you, O slow-mover, O merciless one, salutations.

Verse 8

𑌤𑌪𑌸𑌾 𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌯 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌰𑌤𑌾𑌯 𑌚। 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌯 𑌅𑌤𑍃𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌯 𑌚 𑌵𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑌃॥௭॥

Tapasa dagdhadehaya nityam yogarataya cha; Namo nityam kshudhartaya atriptaya cha vai namah. ||7||

Meaning:Salutations to him whose body is burnt by austerity, ever devoted to yoga; salutations to the ever-hungry, never-sated one.

Verse 9

𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌚𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌨𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌕𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜𑌸𑍂𑌨𑌵𑍇। 𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍋 𑌦𑌦𑌾𑌸𑌿 𑌵𑍈 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌰𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍋 𑌹𑌰𑌸𑌿 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌾𑌤𑍍॥௮॥

Jnanachakshurnamaste'stu Kashyapatmajasunave; Tushto dadasi vai rajyam rushto harasi tatkshanat. ||8||

Meaning:Salutations to you, the eye of wisdom, O son of Kashyapa's son (Surya); pleased, you bestow a kingdom; angered, you seize it that very instant.

Verse 10

𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌮𑌨𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌧𑌰𑍋𑌰𑌗𑌾𑌃। 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑌮𑍂𑌲𑌤𑌃॥௯॥

Devasuramanushyashcha siddhavidyadhroragah; Tvaya vilokitah sarve nasham yanti samulatah. ||9||

Meaning:Gods, demons and men, siddhas, vidyadharas and nagas — all, when gazed upon by you, perish utterly, root and all.

Verse 11

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌾𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌰𑌦𑍋 𑌭𑌵 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍇। 𑌏𑌵𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑌾 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌹𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍋 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌬𑌲𑌃॥௧௦॥

Prasadam kuru me Saure varado bhava Bhaskare; Evam stutastada Saurirgraharajo mahabalah. ||10||

Meaning:Be gracious to me, O Shani; be a giver of boons, O child of the Sun. Thus praised, then Shani, the mighty king of the planets,

Verse 12

𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥 𑌉𑌵𑌾𑌚 — 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍋 𑌯𑌦𑌿 𑌮𑍇 𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇 𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌮𑍇𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍। 𑌅𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍃𑌤𑌿 𑌪𑌿𑌂𑌗𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷 𑌪𑍀𑌡𑌾 𑌦𑍇𑌯𑌾 𑌨 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍॥

Dasharatha uvacha — Prasanno yadi me Saure varam dehi mamepsitam; Adyaprabhriti Pingaksha pida deya na kasyachit.

Meaning:Dasharatha said: If you are pleased with me, O Shani, grant the boon I desire — from this day onward, O tawny-eyed one, give affliction to no one (who recites this).

Verse 13

𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀𑌂 𑌭𑍇𑌦𑌯𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌤𑍁 𑌨 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑌦𑌾𑌚𑌨। 𑌸𑌰𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌾𑌗𑌰𑌾 𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌕𑌮𑍇𑌦𑌿𑌨𑍀॥

Rohinim bhedayitva tu na gantavyam kadachana; Saritah sagara yavadyavachchandrarkamedini.

Meaning:And never split the Rohini (the ill-omened transit), as long as the rivers and oceans endure, as long as moon, sun and earth abide.

Verse 14

𑌯𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌸𑍗𑌰𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌿𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌹𑌮𑍍। 𑌏𑌵𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑌨𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌲𑌬𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌤𑍁 𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌮𑍍॥

Yachitam tu Mahasaure nanyamichchhamyaham; Evamastu Shaniproktam varam labdhva tu shashvatam.

Meaning:This is what I ask, O great Shani; I desire nothing else. “So be it,” said Shani — and thus the eternal boon was granted.

Verse 15

𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑍈𑌵𑌂 𑌤𑍁 𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌾 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌭𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌦𑌾। 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑌰𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍀𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍋 𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑌯 𑌸𑍁𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤॥

Prapyaivam tu varam raja kritakrityo'bhavattada; Punarevabravittushto varam varaya suvrata.

Meaning:Having obtained this boon, the king then felt fulfilled; and Shani, well pleased, spoke again: “Ask yet another boon, O virtuous one.”

Verse 16

𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍॥

Iti shri Dasharathakritam shri Shanaishcharastotram sampurnam.

Meaning:Thus ends the Shanaishchara (Shani) Stotra composed by King Dasharatha.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌶𑌨𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌰🔊ShanaishcharaSaturn — the slow-moving graha; god of karma and justice

𑌸𑍗𑌰𑌿🔊SauriSon of the Sun (Surya) — an epithet of Shani

𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌖🔊NilamayukhaOf dark-blue rays — Shani's blue-black radiance

𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌂𑌸𑌦𑍇𑌹🔊Nirmamsa-dehaOf gaunt, fleshless body

𑌕𑍋𑌟𑌰𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷🔊KotarakshaHollow-eyed, with deep-set eyes

𑌵𑌲𑍀𑌮𑍁𑌖🔊ValimukhaWrinkle-faced

𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌗𑌤𑌿🔊Manda-gatiThe slow-paced one — Saturn's slow motion

𑌦𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌿🔊DrishtiThe gaze / planetary aspect of Shani, which can raise up or cast down

𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌵🔊KshamasvaPlease forgive

Benefits of Chanting Dashrath Krit Shani Stotra

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Specifically composed by King Dasharatha to appease Saturn during Sade Sati

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Most powerful remedy for Shani Dosha, Sade Sati, and Saturn transit

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Pleased Saturn so much that he left Dasharatha's kingdom peacefully

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Recited on Saturdays for protection from Saturn's malefic effects

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Essential for anyone going through Sade Sati (7.5 year Saturn transit)

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One of the oldest and most trusted Shani remedies in Vedic astrology

How to Chant Dashrath Krit Shani Stotra

Repetitions11times

Best TimeSaturday evenings; during Sade Sati or a difficult Saturn transit

FaceWest (Saturn's direction)

Face west and light a lamp of mustard or sesame (til) oil. Offer black sesame, black urad dal and iron, and ideally wear dark blue or black. Recite the stotra 11 times on Saturdays (daily during Sade Sati), with humility and an honest heart, as King Dasharatha did. Conclude by praying for the welfare of all beings, as the final verse teaches.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Dashrath Krit Shani Stotra written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is the hymn King Dasharatha (father of Lord Rama) composed in praise of Shani (Saturn). When Shani was about to enter Rohini and bring a long famine, Dasharatha rose to confront him and instead praised him with these verses. Pleased, Shani granted a boon. It is recited today as one of the most trusted remedies for Sade Sati and Shani dosha.

Dasharatha salutes Shani honestly — gaunt, dark, hollow-eyed, slow-moving, the 'fire of dissolution' — because Saturn is the stern judge of karma whose gaze can raise a person to a kingdom or cast them down. The stotra acknowledges this power and then asks for his forgiveness and grace 'for the welfare of all beings.'

Traditionally 11 times on Saturday evenings, facing west, after lighting a mustard or sesame-oil lamp. During Sade Sati (the 7½-year Saturn cycle) or a hard Saturn transit, daily recitation is recommended.

The Dashrath Krit Shani Stotra is a short Sanskrit hymn by King Dasharatha from the Puranic tradition, while the Shani Chalisa is a 40-verse Hindi devotional hymn. Both are recited to please Shani; many devotees chant the Chalisa, this stotra and the Shani aarti together on Saturdays.