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सुब्रह्मण्य पञ्चरत्नम् in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥
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Origin & Story
A traditional Sanskrit hymn to Lord Subrahmanya (Murugan) · Traditional (popularly recited in the South Indian Subrahmanya tradition)
The Subramanya Pancharatnam belongs to the cherished family of 'pancharatna' hymns — garlands of five jewel-verses offered to a deity. In five compact, melodious verses it draws the whole iconography and majesty of Lord Murugan: the six-faced Skanda anointed with sandal, riding the divine peacock, blazing with light, twelve-armed and twelve-eyed, bearing the Vel and the trident, the son of Shiva born of the Ganga and the wish-granting refuge of his devotees. Each verse seals its praise with the same surrender — 'Brahmanyadevam Sharanam Prapadye'. It is especially associated with the Kumaradhara at Kukke Subrahmanya and is sung widely on Skanda Shashti.
✦ As told in scripture
Devotees of Kukke Subrahmanya hold that this hymn, sung on the bank of the Kumaradhara, carries the same fruit its final verse promises — that the worshipper who surrenders through these five gems is granted his heart's desires in this world and, at the last, merges in joy with Guha himself.
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𑌷𑌡𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌂 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌨𑌲𑍇𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑍋𑌰𑌸𑌂 𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌹𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑍂𑌨𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌨𑌾𑌥𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 ॥ ௧॥
ṣaḍānanaṃ candanalepitāṅgaṃ mahorasaṃ divyamayūravāhanam | rudrasya sūnuṃ suralokanāthaṃ brahmaṇyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 1||
Meaning:मैं ब्रह्मण्यदेव की शरण लेता हूँ — षण्मुख, जिनका शरीर चन्दन से लेपित है, विशाल वक्षस्थल वाले, दिव्य मयूर पर सवार, रुद्र (शिव) के पुत्र और देवलोक के स्वामी।
𑌜𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌬𑍃𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌟𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌕𑌮𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 ॥ ௨॥
jājvalyamānaṃ surabṛndavandyaṃ kumāradhārātaṭamandirastham | kandarparūpaṃ kamanīyagātraṃ brahmaṇyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 2||
Meaning:मैं ब्रह्मण्यदेव की शरण लेता हूँ — तेज से देदीप्यमान, देवगणों से वन्दित, कुमारधारा के तट पर स्थित मन्दिर में विराजमान, कामदेव के समान सुन्दर रूप वाले, मनोहर अंगों वाले।
𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌡𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌂 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌦𑌶𑌦𑌿𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑍀𑌤𑌨𑍁𑌂 𑌶𑍂𑌲𑌮𑌸𑌿𑌂 𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌵𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑌮𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 ॥ ௩॥
dviṣaḍbhujaṃ dvādaśadivyanetraṃ trayītanuṃ śūlamasiṃ dadhānam | śeṣāvatāraṃ kamanīyarūpaṃ brahmaṇyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 3||
Meaning:मैं ब्रह्मण्यदेव की शरण लेता हूँ — बारह भुजाओं और बारह दिव्य नेत्रों वाले, जिनका शरीर तीनों वेद हैं, त्रिशूल और तलवार धारण करने वाले, शेष के अवतार, मनोहर रूप वाले।
𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌘𑍋𑌰𑌾𑌹𑌵𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌂 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌧𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍 । 𑌸𑍁𑌧𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌂 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑍁𑌧𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌿𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 ॥ ௪॥
surārighorāhavaśobhamānaṃ surottamaṃ śaktidharaṃ kumāram | sudhārakaṃ śaktyāyudhaśobhihastaṃ brahmaṇyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 4||
Meaning:मैं ब्रह्मण्यदेव की शरण लेता हूँ — देवशत्रुओं के साथ घोर युद्ध में सुशोभित, देवों में श्रेष्ठ, शक्ति (वेल) धारण करने वाले कुमार, जिनके हाथ शक्त्यायुध से सुशोभित हैं।
𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌸𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑌮𑍀𑌶𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌦𑌂 𑌭𑍂𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌧𑍇𑌨𑍁𑌮𑍍 । 𑌗𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍋𑌦𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌂 𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌜𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌕𑍂𑌲𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍇 ॥ ௫॥
iṣṭārthasiddhipradam īśaputraṃ iṣṭānnadaṃ bhūsurakāmadhenum | gaṅgodbhavaṃ sarvajanānukūlaṃ brahmaṇyadevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 5||
Meaning:मैं ब्रह्मण्यदेव की शरण लेता हूँ — ईश (शिव) के पुत्र, इष्ट कामनाओं की सिद्धि देने वाले, इष्ट अन्न प्रदान करने वाले, भूसुरों (ब्राह्मणों) के लिए कामधेनु, गंगा से उत्पन्न, समस्त जनों के अनुकूल।
𑌯𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌲𑍋𑌕𑌮𑌿𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑌠𑌤𑍀𑌹 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍇 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑍇𑌶𑌿𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌸𑌃 𑌸𑌨𑍍 । 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌨𑍋𑌤𑌿 𑌭𑍋𑌗𑌮𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌿 𑌯𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌦𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌂 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌚 𑌗𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌾 𑌗𑍁𑌹𑌸𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵 ॥ ௬॥
yaḥ ślokam idaṃ paṭhatīha bhaktyā brahmaṇyadeve niveśitamānasaḥ san | prāpnoti bhogam akhilaṃ bhuvi yad-yad-iṣṭaṃ ante ca gacchati mudā guhasāmyam eva || 6||
Meaning:जो इस श्लोक का भक्तिपूर्वक पाठ करता है और अपना मन ब्रह्मण्यदेव में लगाता है, वह पृथ्वी पर जो-जो चाहता है वह समस्त भोग प्राप्त करता है, और अन्त में आनन्दपूर्वक गुह (मुरुगन) के साथ साम्य (एकत्व) को प्राप्त होता है।
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Benefits of Chanting सुब्रह्मण्य पञ्चरत्नम्
A concise yet complete hymn of surrender to Lord Murugan (Subramanya / Skanda) in just five jewel-like verses
Each verse ends with 'Brahmanyadevam Sharanam Prapadye' — a heartfelt act of taking total refuge in the Lord
Its phala-shruti promises fulfilment of every cherished desire on earth and, ultimately, oneness with Guha (Murugan)
Praises Murugan's complete iconography — six faces, twelve arms and eyes, the peacock mount, the Vel and the trident
Especially recited on Skanda Shashti, on Tuesdays and Krittika nakshatra days, and at Kumaradhara / Kukke Subrahmanya
Cultivates devotion, courage, wisdom and the grace to overcome inner and outer enemies
How to Chant सुब्रह्मण्य पञ्चरत्नम्
Sit before an image of Lord Murugan with his Vel and peacock. Recite all five verses with the refrain 'Brahmanyadevam Sharanam Prapadye', dwelling on the surrender each one expresses, and conclude with the sixth phala verse. Many chant it daily as a short, complete Subramanya prayer; it is especially honoured during the six days of Skanda Shashti and at the Kukke Subrahmanya temple on the Kumaradhara.
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