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Parashurama Ashtakam in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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The Parashurama Ashtakam is a cherished traditional hymn. Eight verses to Parashurama — the axe-wielding sixth avatar of Vishnu, the warrior-sage of fierce splendour, son of Jamadagni and master of all weapons.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Parashurama Ashtakam with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the Lord, who never forsakes those who lovingly call upon Him.

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The Mantra

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𑌶𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌧𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌲𑍁𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌧𑌿𑌮𑍍 𑌵𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌂𑌶𑌾𑌵𑌤𑌂𑌸𑌂 𑌧𑌨𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌭𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍋𑌪𑌵𑍀𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌕𑍁𑌠𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍀𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌸𑍗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍁𑌪𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑍈𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍 𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌤𑌃 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌚𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑍁𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌰𑌮𑍍 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌂 𑌯𑍋𑌗𑌯𑍋𑌗𑍀𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌮𑍍 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌰𑍋𑌗𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌸𑌂𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌭𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑌂 𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌸𑌂𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌋𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌧𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑍋 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌵𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌸𑍁𑌖𑌮𑍍 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌧𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌸𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌽𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌪𑌮𑍍 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌲𑌮𑍍 𑌪𑍂𑌜𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌭𑌾𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌭𑍁𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖 𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌯𑍇 𑌤𑍋𑌯𑌦𑌮𑍍 𑌬𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌜𑌾𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌾𑌯 𑌚𑍈𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌮𑍍 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌮𑍍 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌯 𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑍀𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍍 𑌮𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌂 𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌨𑌗𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌜𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌯𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌹𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾 𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌜𑍁𑌨𑌂 𑌹𑍈𑌹𑌯𑌮𑍍 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍈𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌂 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌧𑌨𑍈𑌃 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌶𑍂𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌧𑌰𑌾 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌂 𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 𑌘𑍋𑌰𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑌂 𑌵𑍀𑌰𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌯𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟 𑌭𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌶𑍋𑌣𑍇𑌨 𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍇𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌯𑍇𑌨 𑌶𑍋𑌣𑍀𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌶𑍋𑌣𑌨𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌨𑍀 𑌨𑌦𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌮𑍂𑌢𑌾 𑌹𑌤𑌾𑌃 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌰𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌃𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌾 𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌨𑌾 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌦𑍀𑌨𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍋 𑌪𑌾𑌹𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍 𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌕! 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌧𑍗 𑌦𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕! 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌿 𑌸𑌂𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌨𑍀 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍀 𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌨𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑍇𑌵𑌾 𑌪𑌰𑌾 𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍁𑌲𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌯𑍇 𑌜𑌯𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌘𑍋𑌷𑌕𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌜𑌕𑌾𑌃 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌤𑍇 𑌲𑌭𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌰𑌾𑌃 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌗𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌸𑍗𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑍈 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌂 𑌤𑌥𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌂 𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌤𑍇 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌸𑌂𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍁𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌂 𑌜𑌾𑌮𑌦𑌗𑍍𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௮॥ ॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌰𑌶𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌕𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥

śubhradehaṃ sadā krodharaktekṣaṇam bhaktapālaṃ kṛpāluṃ kṛpāvāridhim vipravaṃśāvataṃsaṃ dhanurdhāriṇam bhavyayajñopavītaṃ kalākāriṇam yasya haste kuṭhāraṃ mahātīkṣṇakam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 1|| saumyarupaṃ manojñaṃ surairvanditam janmataḥ brahmacārivrate susthiram pūrṇatejasvinaṃ yogayogīśvaram pāpasantāparogādisaṃhāriṇam divyabhavyātmakaṃ śatrusaṃhārakam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 2|| ṛddhisiddhipradātā vidhātā bhuvo jñānavijñānadātā pradātā sukham viśvadhātā sutrātā'khilaṃ viṣṭapam tattvajñātā sadā pātu mām nirbalam pūjyamānaṃ niśānāthabhāsaṃ vibhum reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 3|| duḥkha dāridryadāvāgnaye toyadam buddhijāḍyaṃ vināśāya caitanyadam vittamaiśvaryadānāya vitteśvaram sarvaśaktipradānāya lakṣmīpatim maṅgalaṃ jñānagamyaṃ jagatpālakam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 4|| yaśca hantā sahasrārjunaṃ haihayam traiguṇaṃ saptakṛtvā mahākrodhanaiḥ duṣṭaśūnyā dharā yena satyaṃ kṛtā divyadehaṃ dayādānadevaṃ bhaje ghorarūpaṃ mahātejasaṃ vīrakam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 5|| mārayitvā mahāduṣṭa bhūpālakān yena śoṇena kuṇḍekṛtaṃ tarpaṇam yena śoṇīkṛtā śoṇanāmnī nadī svasya deśasya mūḍhā hatāḥ drohiṇaḥ svasya rāṣṭrasya śuddhiḥkṛtā śobhanā reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 6|| dīnatrātā prabho pāhi mām pālaka! rakṣa saṃsārarakṣāvidhau dakṣaka! dehi saṃmohanī bhāvinī pāvanī svīya pādāravindasya sevā parā pūrṇamāruṇyarūpaṃ paraṃ mañjulam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 7|| ye jayodghoṣakāḥ pādasampūjakāḥ satvaraṃ vāñchitaṃ te labhante narāḥ dehagehādisaukhyaṃ paraṃ prāpya vai divyalokaṃ tathānte priyaṃ yānti te bhaktasaṃrakṣakaṃ viśvasampālakam reṇukānandanaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ bhaje || 8|| || iti śrīparaśurāmāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:Eight verses to Parashurama — the axe-wielding sixth avatar of Vishnu, the warrior-sage of fierce splendour, son of Jamadagni and master of all weapons.

Benefits of Chanting Parashurama Ashtakam

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Recitation of the Parashurama Ashtakam is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Thursdays and Ekadashi, and during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals.

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A short, melodious hymn that anyone can learn and recite daily with faith.

How to Chant Parashurama Ashtakam

Repetitions1times

Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Thursdays and Ekadashi

FaceEast or North

Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Parashurama Ashtakam slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals. Conclude with a prayer for grace and protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Parashurama Ashtakam 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.

Eight verses to Parashurama — the axe-wielding sixth avatar of Vishnu, the warrior-sage of fierce splendour, son of Jamadagni and master of all weapons.

It is a traditional hymn (Traditional). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Thursdays and Ekadashi and during Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Parashurama Ashtakam

How to Chant Parashurama Ashtakam

Frequently Asked Questions

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