ප්රදෝෂ ස්තෝත්රම්
प्रदोष स्तोत्रम् in Sinhala · සිංහල
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Origin & Story
Skanda Purana (Pradosha Stava / Pradosha Mahatmya) · Traditional (from the Skanda Purana) · Puranic (ancient)
The Pradosha Stotram is drawn from the Pradosha Mahatmya of the Skanda Purana, which extols the supreme merit of worshipping Lord Shiva during Pradosha — the twilight of Trayodashi. By tradition, it was at the churning of the ocean that Shiva drank the deadly halahala poison to save the worlds, and the grateful gods worshipped him at this twilight hour; ever since, Pradosha has been sacred to Shiva. The hymn paints the scene on Kailasa where, as the Lord dances with Gauri seated beside him, Brahma keeps time, Saraswati plays the veena, Vishnu the mridanga and Lakshmi sings — all the gods gathered in worship. It concludes that at this hour Shiva alone is to be adored, for then every deity is pleased.
✦ As told in scripture
The Skanda Purana relates the story of a poor Brahmin boy who, through the grace earned by Pradosha worship of Lord Shiva, was lifted from destitution to royal fortune — illustrating the hymn's promise that sincere worship at the Pradosha hour brings abounding prosperity in this very life, while pleasing all the gods who gather at Hara's side.
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සත්යං බ්රවීමි පරලෝකහිතං බ්රවීමි සාරං බ්රවීම්යුපනිෂද්ධෘදයං බ්රවීමි. සංසාරමුල්බණමසාරමවාප්ය ජන්තෝඃ සාරෝ(අ)යමීශ්වරපදාම්බුරුහස්ය සේවා..1..
Satyaṁ bravīmi para-loka-hitaṁ bravīmi Sāraṁ bravīmy-upaniṣad-dhṛdayaṁ bravīmi। Saṁsāram-ulbaṇam-asāram-avāpya jantoḥ Sāro'yam-īśvara-padāmburuhasya sevā॥1॥
Meaning:मैं सत्य कहता हूँ, परलोक का हित कहता हूँ, सार कहता हूँ, उपनिषदों का हृदय कहता हूँ: इस उग्र एवं असार संसार में (जन्म) पाकर, प्राणी के लिए एकमात्र सार ईश्वर के चरण-कमलों की सेवा है।
යේ නාර්චයන්ති ගිරිශං සමයේ ප්රදෝෂේ යේ නාර්චිතං ශිවමපි ප්රණමන්ති චාන්යේ. ඒතත්කථාං ශ්රුතිපුටෛර්න පිබන්ති මූඪා- ස්තේ ජන්මජන්මසු භවන්ති නරා දරිද්රාඃ..2..
Ye nārcayanti giriśaṁ samaye pradoṣe Ye nārcitaṁ śivam-api praṇamanti cānye। Etat-kathāṁ śruti-puṭair-na pibanti mūḍhā- Ste janma-janmasu bhavanti narā daridrāḥ॥2॥
Meaning:जो प्रदोष काल में गिरीश (शिव) का अर्चन नहीं करते, और जो अन्य लोग दूसरों द्वारा पूजित शिव को भी प्रणाम नहीं करते, तथा जो मूढ़ इस पवित्र कथा को कानों से नहीं पीते — वे मनुष्य जन्म-जन्म में दरिद्र होते हैं।
යේ වෛ ප්රදෝෂසමයේ පරමේශ්වරස්ය කුර්වන්ත්යනන්යමනසෝ(අ)ඞ්ඝ්රිසරෝජපූජාම්. නිත්යං ප්රවෘද්ධධනධාන්යකලත්රපුත්ර- සෞභාග්යසම්පදධිකාස්ත ඉහෛව ලෝකේ..3..
Ye vai pradoṣa-samaye parameśvarasya Kurvanty-ananya-manaso'ṅghri-saroja-pūjām। Nityaṁ pravṛddha-dhana-dhānya-kalatra-putra- Saubhāgya-sampad-adhikāsta ihaiva loke॥3॥
Meaning:किन्तु जो प्रदोष काल में अनन्य मन से परमेश्वर के चरण-कमलों की पूजा करते हैं — वे इसी लोक में धन, धान्य, स्त्री, पुत्र, सौभाग्य एवं सम्पत्ति में निरन्तर अधिक समृद्ध होते हैं।
කෛලාසශෛලභුවනේ ත්රිජගජ්ජනිත්රීං ගෞරීං නිවේශ්ය කනකාර්චිතරත්නපීඨේ. නෘත්යං විධාතුමභිවාඤ්ඡති ශූලපාණෞ දේවාඃ ප්රදෝෂසමයේ නු භජන්ති සර්වේ..4..
Kailāsa-śaila-bhuvane tri-jagaj-janitrīṁ Gaurīṁ niveśya kanakārcita-ratna-pīṭhe। Nṛtyaṁ vidhātum-abhivāñchati śūla-pāṇau Devāḥ pradoṣa-samaye nu bhajanti sarve॥4॥
Meaning:कैलास पर्वत के भवन में त्रिशूलपाणि (शिव) तीनों लोकों की जननी गौरी को स्वर्णजड़ित रत्नपीठ पर बैठाकर नृत्य करने की इच्छा करते हैं; और उस प्रदोष काल में समस्त देव उनका भजन करते हैं।
වාග්දේවී ධෘතවල්ලකී ශතමුඛෝ වේණුං දධත් පද්මජස්තාලෝන්නිද්රකරෝ රමා භගවතී ගේයප්රයෝගාන්විතා. විෂ්ණුඃ සාන්ද්රමෘදඞ්ගවාදනපටුර්දේවාඃ සමන්තාත්ස්ථිතාඃ සේවන්තේ තමනු ප්රදෝෂසමයේ දේවං මෘඩානීපතිම්..5..
Vāg-devī dhṛta-vallakī śata-mukho veṇuṁ dadhat Padmajas-tālonnidra-karo ramā bhagavatī geya-prayogānvitā। Viṣṇuḥ sāndra-mṛdaṅga-vādana-paṭur-devāḥ samantāt-sthitāḥ Sevante tam-anu pradoṣa-samaye devaṁ mṛḍānī-patim॥5॥
Meaning:वाग्देवी (सरस्वती) वीणा धारण करती हैं, शतमुख वेणु बजाते हैं, ब्रह्मा उत्सुक हाथों से ताल देते हैं, भगवती रमा (लक्ष्मी) गान में सम्मिलित होती हैं, विष्णु सान्द्र मृदंग बजाने में निपुण हैं, और देवगण चारों ओर खड़े होकर — उस प्रदोष काल में मृडानीपति देव की सेवा करते हैं।
ගන්ධර්වයක්ෂපතයෝරගසිද්ධසාධ්ය- විද්යාධරා(අ)මරවරාප්සරසාං ගණාංශ්ච. යේ(අ)න්යේ ත්රිලෝකනිලයාඃ සහභූතවර්ගාඃ ප්රාප්තේ ප්රදෝෂසමයේ හරපාර්ශ්වසංස්ථාඃ..6..
Gandharva-yakṣa-pati-yor-aga-siddha-sādhya- Vidyādharā'mara-varāpsarasāṁ gaṇāṁśca। Ye'nye tri-loka-nilayāḥ saha-bhūta-vargāḥ Prāpte pradoṣa-samaye hara-pārśva-saṁsthāḥ॥6॥
Meaning:गन्धर्व एवं यक्षों के अधिपति, नाग, सिद्ध, साध्य, विद्याधर, श्रेष्ठ अमर एवं अप्सराओं के गण, तथा तीनों लोकों के अन्य निवासी एवं भूतगण — प्रदोष काल आने पर सब हर के पार्श्व में स्थित होते हैं।
අතඃ ප්රදෝෂේ ශිව ඒක ඒව පූජ්යෝ(අ)ථ නාන්යේ හරිපද්මජාද්යාඃ. තස්මින්මහේශේ විධිනේජ්යමානේ සර්වේ ප්රසීදන්ති සුරාධිනාථාඃ..7..
Ataḥ pradoṣe śiva eka eva Pūjyo'tha nānye hari-padmajādyāḥ। Tasmin-maheśe vidhinejyamāne Sarve prasīdanti surādhi-nāthāḥ॥7॥
Meaning:इसलिए प्रदोष काल में केवल शिव ही पूज्य हैं, अन्य विष्णु, ब्रह्मा आदि नहीं; क्योंकि उस महेश के विधिपूर्वक पूजित होने पर समस्त देवाधिनाथ प्रसन्न हो जाते हैं।
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Benefits of Chanting प्रदोष स्तोत्रम्
Reveals the special glory and merit of worshipping Shiva during Pradosha Kaal (twilight of Trayodashi)
The third verse promises growing wealth, grain, family well-being and prosperity in this very life to Pradosha worshippers
Frees one from the poverty said to follow those who neglect Pradosha worship, birth after birth
Establishes that at Pradosha, worship of Shiva pleases all the gods at once, who gather at his side
Inspires single-pointed devotion to the lotus-feet of the Lord as the one true essence of human life
A beautiful contemplation of Shiva's cosmic dance on Kailasa amid the music of Brahma, Vishnu and the Devas
How to Chant प्रदोष स्तोत्रम्
This stotram is most powerfully recited during Pradosha Kaal, the auspicious twilight of the thirteenth lunar day, ideally before a Shiva Lingam or image of Nataraja with Nandi. After lighting a lamp, recite the verses with a single-pointed mind, contemplating the Lord's dance on Kailasa as all the gods worship at his side. It is traditionally chanted as part of Pradosha Vrata, often along with abhishekam of the Lingam. It may also be recited on Mondays and Maha Shivaratri. Worship offered with this hymn at Pradosha is said to please all the deities at once.
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