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සුබ්රහ්මණ්යාෂ්ටකම් (කරාවලම්බ ස්තෝත්ර)

सुब्रह्मण्याष्टकम् (करावलम्ब स्तोत्र) in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 At dawn on rising; especially on Skanda Shashti, Tuesdays and Krittika nakshatra days·📜 A traditional hymn to Lord Subrahmanya (Murugan)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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A traditional hymn to Lord Subrahmanya (Murugan) · Traditional

The Subrahmanya Ashtakam, or Karavalamba Stotram, is among the most beloved hymns to Lord Murugan (Kartikeya / Subrahmanya), the warrior-son of Shiva who rides the peacock and wields the Vel. In nine impassioned verses it adores the Lord — destroyer of the demons Taraka, Krauncha and Surapadma, commander of the gods, worshipped by Vishnu, Indra and the sages — and each verse ends with the same surrendering plea: 'Vallisha-natha mama dehi karavalambam', 'O Lord of Valli, give me the support of your hand'. Its closing verse promises that reciting it at dawn dissolves the sins of countless births. It is cherished above all during the six days of Skanda Shashti.

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Verse 1

හේ ස්වාමිනාථ කරුණාකර දීනබන්ධෝ ශ්රීපාර්වතීශමුඛපඞ්කජපද්මබන්ධෝ . ශ්රීශාදිදේවගණපූජිතපාදපද්ම වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 1..

he svāminātha karuṇākara dīnabandho śrīpārvatīśamukhapaṅkajapadmabandho | śrīśādidevagaṇapūjitapādapadma vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 1||

Meaning:हे स्वामिनाथ, करुणा के सागर, दीनों के बन्धु; हे शिव (पार्वतीपति) के मुख-कमल से प्रकट हुए बन्धु; हे जिनके चरण-कमल विष्णु आदि समस्त देवताओं द्वारा पूजित हैं — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 2

දේවාධිදේවසුත දේවගණාධිනාථ දේවේන්ද්රවන්ද්යමෘදුපඞ්කජමඤ්ජුපාද . දේවර්ෂිනාරදමුනීන්ද්රසුගීතකීර්තේ වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 2..

devādhidevasuta devagaṇādhinātha devendravandyamṛdupaṅkajamañjupāda | devarṣināradamunīndrasugītakīrte vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 2||

Meaning:हे देवों के देव (शिव) के पुत्र, हे देवगणों के अधिनाथ; हे जिनके कोमल चरण-कमल इन्द्र द्वारा वन्दित हैं; हे जिनकी कीर्ति देवर्षि नारद और मुनीन्द्रों द्वारा सुन्दर रूप से गायी जाती है — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 3

නිත්යාන්නදානනිරතාඛිලරෝගහාරින් භාග්යප්රදානපරිපූරිතභක්තකාම . ශ්රුත්යාගමප්රණවවාච්යනිජස්වරූප වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 3..

nityānnadānaniratākhilarogahārin bhāgyapradānaparipūritabhaktakāma | śrutyāgamapraṇavavācyanijasvarūpa vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 3||

Meaning:हे अन्नदान में सदा निरत, समस्त रोगों को हरने वाले; हे भाग्य प्रदान करके भक्तों की कामनाएँ पूर्ण करने वाले; हे जिनका निज स्वरूप श्रुति (वेद), आगम और प्रणव (ॐ) द्वारा वर्णित है — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 4

ක්රෞඤ්චාසුරේන්ද්රපරිඛණ්ඩන ශක්තිශූලචාපාදිශස්ත්රපරිමණ්ඩිතදිව්යපාණේ . ශ්රීකුණ්ඩලීශධරතුණ්ඩශිඛීන්ද්රවාහ වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 4..

krauñcāsurendraparikhaṇḍana śaktiśūlacāpādiśastraparimaṇḍitadivyapāṇe | śrīkuṇḍalīśadharatuṇḍaśikhīndravāha vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 4||

Meaning:हे क्रौञ्च नामक असुरराज का खण्डन करने वाले; हे जिनके दिव्य हाथ शक्ति (वेल), त्रिशूल, धनुष आदि शस्त्रों से सुशोभित हैं; हे जो सर्प को चोंच में धारण करने वाले पक्षिराज मयूर पर सवार होते हैं — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 5

දේවාධිදේවරථමණ්ඩලමධ්යවේ(අ)ද්ය දේවේන්ද්රපීඨනකරං දෘඪචාපහස්තම් . ශූරං නිහත්ය සුරකෝටිභිරීඩ්යමාන වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 5..

devādhidevarathamaṇḍalamadhyave’dya devendrapīṭhanakaraṃ dṛḍhacāpahastam | śūraṃ nihatya surakoṭibhirīḍyamāna vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 5||

Meaning:हे जो देवताओं के रथमण्डल के मध्य, दृढ़ धनुष हाथ में लिए, (सूरपद्म) असुर का वध करके करोड़ों देवताओं द्वारा स्तुत हैं — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 6

හාරාදිරත්නමණියුක්තකිරීටහාර කේයූරකුණ්ඩලලසත්කවචාභිරාමම් . හේ වීර තාරකජයාමරවෘන්දවන්ද්ය වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 6..

hārādiratnamaṇiyuktakirīṭahāra keyūrakuṇḍalalasatkavacābhirāmam | he vīra tārakajayāmaravṛndavandya vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 6||

Meaning:हे रत्नों और मणियों की पंक्तियों से जड़े मुकुट से सुशोभित, बाजूबन्द, कुण्डल और चमकते कवच से रमणीय; हे वीर, तारक असुर के विजेता, समस्त अमरगणों द्वारा वन्दित — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 7

පඤ්චාක්ෂරාදිමනුමන්ත්රිතගාඞ්ගතෝයෛඃ පඤ්චාමෘතෛඃ ප්රමුදිතේන්ද්රමුඛෛර්මුනීන්ද්රෛඃ . පට්ටාභිෂික්තහරියුක්ත පරාසනාථ වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 7..

pañcākṣarādimanumantritagāṅgatoyaiḥ pañcāmṛtaiḥ pramuditendramukhairmunīndraiḥ | paṭṭābhiṣiktahariyukta parāsanātha vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 7||

Meaning:हे जो पञ्चाक्षर आदि मन्त्रों से अभिमन्त्रित गंगाजल और पञ्चामृत से, इन्द्र तथा मुनीन्द्रों के हर्षपूर्वक, अभिषिक्त किए गए; हे परम अभिषिक्त नाथ — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 8

ශ්රීකාර්තිකේය කරුණාමෘතපූර්ණදෘෂ්ට්යා කාමාදිරෝගකලුෂීකෘතදුෂ්ටචිත්තම් . සික්ත්වා තු මාමව කලාධරකාන්තිකාන්ත්යා වල්ලීශනාථ මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම් .. 8..

śrīkārtikeya karuṇāmṛtapūrṇadṛṣṭyā kāmādirogakaluṣīkṛtaduṣṭacittam | siktvā tu māmava kalādharakāntikāntyā vallīśanātha mama dehi karāvalambam || 8||

Meaning:हे श्रीकार्तिकेय, करुणामृत से परिपूर्ण अपनी दृष्टि से और चन्द्रमा के समान शीतल कान्ति से, काम आदि रोगों से कलुषित मेरे दुष्ट चित्त को सींचकर मेरी रक्षा कीजिए — हे वल्लीनाथ, मुझे अपने हाथ का सहारा दीजिए।

Verse 9

සුබ්රහ්මණ්යාෂ්ටකං පුණ්යං යේ පඨන්ති ද්විජෝත්තමාඃ . තේ සර්වේ මුක්තිමායාන්ති සුබ්රහ්මණ්යප්රසාදතඃ . සුබ්රහ්මණ්යාෂ්ටකං ඉදං ප්රාතරුත්ථාය යඃ පඨේත් . කෝටිජන්මකෘතං පාපං තත්ක්ෂණාදේව නශ්යති ..

subrahmaṇyāṣṭakaṃ puṇyaṃ ye paṭhanti dvijottamāḥ | te sarve muktimāyānti subrahmaṇyaprasādataḥ | subrahmaṇyāṣṭakaṃ idaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet | koṭijanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati ||

Meaning:जो श्रेष्ठ द्विज इस पवित्र सुब्रह्मण्याष्टक का पाठ करते हैं, वे सब सुब्रह्मण्य की कृपा से मुक्ति को प्राप्त होते हैं। जो प्रातःकाल उठकर इसका पाठ करता है, उसके करोड़ों जन्मों के पाप उसी क्षण नष्ट हो जाते हैं।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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හේ ස්වාමිනාථ🔊He SvāmināthaO Swaminatha (Lord and Master) — a name of Murugan

කරුණාකර දීනබන්ධෝ🔊Karuṇākara dīnabandhoO ocean of compassion, O friend of the helpless

වල්ලීශනාථ🔊VallīśanāthaO Lord of Valli (Murugan's consort)

මම දේහි කරාවලම්බම්🔊Mama dehi karāvalambamgive me the support of your hand — the refrain of every verse

දේවාධිදේවසුත🔊Devādhideva-sutaO son of the God of gods (Shiva)

ක්රෞඤ්චාසුරේන්ද්රපරිඛණ්ඩන🔊Krauñchāsurendra-parikhaṇḍanaO destroyer of Krauncha, the lord of demons

ශක්තිශූලචාපාදිශස්ත්ර🔊Śakti-śūla-chāpādi-śastrathe Shakti-spear (Vel), trident, bow and other weapons in His hands

ශිඛීන්ද්රවාහ🔊Śikhīndra-vāhawho rides the peacock, the king of birds

තාරකජය🔊Tāraka-jayathe conqueror of the demon Taraka

ශ්රීකාර්තිකේය🔊Śrī-Kārtikeyathe blessed Kartikeya (Murugan), nursed by the six Krittika mothers

කරුණාමෘතපූර්ණදෘෂ්ට්යා🔊Karuṇāmṛta-pūrṇa-dṛṣṭyāwith a glance brimming with the nectar of compassion

ප්රාතරුත්ථාය🔊Prātar-utthāyarising at dawn — the time prescribed for its recitation

Benefits of Chanting सुब्रह्मण्याष्टकम् (करावलम्ब स्तोत्र)

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Murugan's signature hymn — a nine-verse Subrahmanya Ashtakam, also called the Karavalamba Stotram, beginning 'He Swaminatha Karunakara Dheenabandho'

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Each verse adores Lord Murugan (Kartikeya / Subrahmanya) and ends with the plea 'Vallisha-natha mama dehi karavalambam' — 'O Lord of Valli, give me the support of your hand'

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Its closing verse promises that reciting it at dawn destroys the sins of ten million births and leads to liberation by Murugan's grace

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Recited especially on Skanda Shashti, on Tuesdays and Krittika nakshatra days, and at Murugan temples such as Tiruchendur and Palani

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Invoked for the removal of disease, the cooling of the 'fevers' of lust and ego, courage, and the protecting grace of the Lord's hand

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A heartfelt prayer of surrender, calling on Murugan to take the devotee by the hand

How to Chant सुब्रह्मण्याष्टकम् (करावलम्ब स्तोत्र)

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Best TimeAt dawn on rising; especially on Skanda Shashti, Tuesdays and Krittika nakshatra days

Recite at dawn after a bath, before an image of Lord Murugan with his Vel (spear). Chant all eight verses with the refrain 'Vallisha-natha mama dehi karavalambam', then the closing phala-shruti. It is a prayer of surrender — recite it slowly, dwelling on the plea for the Lord to take you by the hand, and it is especially honoured during the six days of Skanda Shashti.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete सुब्रह्मण्याष्टकम् (करावलम्ब स्तोत्र) written in the Sinhala 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 a hymn of nine verses to Lord Murugan (Subrahmanya / Kartikeya), also known as the Karavalamba Stotram, famous by its opening 'He Swaminatha Karunakara Dheenabandho'. Each verse praises the Lord and ends with the plea 'Vallisha-natha mama dehi karavalambam' — 'O Lord of Valli, give me the support of your hand'.

'Kara-avalamba' means 'the support (avalamba) of the hand (kara)'. In each verse the devotee surrenders and begs Murugan to reach out and take him by the hand — to lift and protect him. This refrain gives the hymn its name, the Karavalamba Stotram.

Subrahmanya — also called Murugan, Kartikeya, Skanda, Kumara and Vallinatha — is the son of Shiva and Parvati and the younger brother of Ganesha. The commander of the army of the gods, he rides a peacock and wields the Vel (divine spear), and slew the demons Taraka, Krauncha and Surapadma. He is especially beloved in South India.

The hymn prescribes recitation at dawn (pratar-utthaya). It is especially recited on Skanda Shashti, on Tuesdays and on Krittika nakshatra days, and at the great Murugan temples such as Tiruchendur and Palani.