shanishani-stotrasaturnsade-sati

දශරථ කෘත ශනි ස්තෝත්ර

ದಶರಥ ಕೃತ ಶನಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ 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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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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

රාජා දශරථඃ ස්තෝත්රං සෞරේරිදමථාකරෝත්.. දශරථ උවාච —

Raja Dasharathah stotram saureridamathakarot. Dasharatha uvacha —

Meaning:ರಾಜ ದಶರಥನು ಶನಿಗೆ (ಸೂರ್ಯಪುತ್ರನಿಗೆ) ಈ ಸ್ತುತಿಯನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿದನು. ದಶರಥನು ಹೇಳಿದನು:

Verse 2

නමඃ කෘෂ්ණාය නීලාය ශිතිකණ්ඨනිභාය ච. නමඃ කාලාග්නිරූපාය කෘතාන්තාය ච වෛ නමඃ..1..

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

Meaning:ನೀಲಕಂಠ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಹೋಲುವ ಆ ಕಪ್ಪು, ನೀಲವರ್ಣನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಪ್ರಳಯಾಗ್ನಿ (ಕಾಲಾಗ್ನಿ) ಸ್ವರೂಪನಿಗೆ, ಕೃತಾಂತನಿಗೆ (ಯಮರೂಪನಿಗೆ) ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 3

නමෝ නිර්මාංසදේහාය දීර්ඝශ්මශ්රුජටාය ච. නමෝ විශාලනේත්රාය ශුෂ්කෝදරභයාකෘතේ..2..

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

Meaning:ಮಾಂಸರಹಿತ (ಕೃಶ) ಶರೀರವುಳ್ಳವನಿಗೆ, ಉದ್ದ ಗಡ್ಡ, ಜಟೆಗಳುಳ್ಳವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ವಿಶಾಲ ನೇತ್ರಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಒಣಗಿದ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಯ ಭಯಂಕರ ರೂಪನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 4

නමඃ පුෂ්කලගාත්රාය ස්ථූලරෝම්ණේ(අ)ථ වෛ නමඃ. නමෝ දීර්ඝාය ශුෂ්කාය කාලදංෂ්ට්ර නමෝ(අ)ස්තු තේ..3..

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

Meaning:ಪುಷ್ಟ ಅಂಗಗಳು, ದಟ್ಟ ರೋಮಗಳುಳ್ಳವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಆ ಉದ್ದ, ಕೃಶನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ — ಓ ಉದ್ದ ಕೋರೆಹಲ್ಲುಗಳುಳ್ಳವನೇ, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 5

නමස්තේ කෝටරාක්ෂාය දුර්නිරීක්ෂ්යාය වෛ නමඃ. නමෝ ඝෝරාය රෞද්රාය භීෂණාය කපාලිනේ..4..

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

Meaning:ಗುಹೆಯಂತಹ ಆಳವಾದ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ನೋಡುವುದೇ ಕಷ್ಟವಾದವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಘೋರ, ರೌದ್ರ, ಭೀಷಣ, ಕಪಾಲಧಾರಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 6

නමස්තේ සර්වභක්ෂාය බලීමුඛ නමෝ(අ)ස්තු තේ. සූර්යපුත්ර නමස්තේ(අ)ස්තු භාස්කරේ(අ)භයදාය ච..5..

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

Meaning:ಸರ್ವಭಕ್ಷಕನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ಓ ವಲೀಮುಖನೇ (ಸುಕ್ಕುಗಟ್ಟಿದ ಮುಖವುಳ್ಳವನೇ), ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಓ ಸೂರ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ಅಭಯದಾತನೇ, ಭಾಸ್ಕರನ ಮಗನೇ.

Verse 7

අධෝදෘෂ්ටේ නමස්තේ(අ)ස්තු සංවර්තක නමෝ(අ)ස්තු තේ. නමෝ මන්දගතේ තුභ්යං නිස්ත්රිංශාය නමෝ(අ)ස්තු තේ..6..

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

Meaning:ಕೆಳಗೆ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ನೆಡುವವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ಓ ಸಂವರ್ತಕನೇ (ಪ್ರಳಯಾಗ್ನಿ), ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಓ ಮಂದಗತಿಯೇ, ಓ ನಿರ್ದಯನೇ, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 8

තපසා දග්ධදේහාය නිත්යං යෝගරතාය ච. නමෝ නිත්යං ක්ෂුධාර්තාය අතෘප්තාය ච වෛ නමඃ..7..

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

Meaning:ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಸುಟ್ಟ ಶರೀರವುಳ್ಳವನಿಗೆ, ಸದಾ ಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀನನಾದವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ; ಸದಾ ಹಸಿದ, ತೃಪ್ತಿಯಾಗದವನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 9

ජ්ඤානචක්ෂුර්නමස්තේ(අ)ස්තු කශ්යපාත්මජසූනවේ. තුෂ්ටෝ දදාසි වෛ රාජ්යං රුෂ්ටෝ හරසි තත්ක්ෂණාත්..8..

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

Meaning:ಓ ಜ್ಞಾನನೇತ್ರನೇ, ನಿನಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ, ಓ ಕಶ್ಯಪಪುತ್ರನ (ಸೂರ್ಯನ) ಮಗನೇ; ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾದರೆ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕೊಡುತ್ತೀಯೆ, ಕೋಪಗೊಂಡರೆ ಆ ಕ್ಷಣವೇ ಕಸಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೀಯೆ.

Verse 10

දේවාසුරමනුෂ්යාශ්ච සිද්ධවිද්යාධරෝරගාඃ. ත්වයා විලෝකිතාඃ සර්වේ නාශං යාන්ති සමූලතඃ..9..

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

Meaning:ದೇವತೆಗಳು, ಅಸುರರು, ಮನುಷ್ಯರು, ಸಿದ್ಧರು, ವಿದ್ಯಾಧರರು, ನಾಗಗಳು — ನಿನ್ನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಬಿದ್ದೊಡನೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಸಮೂಲ ನಾಶವಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.

Verse 11

ප්රසාදං කුරු මේ සෞරේ වරදෝ භව භාස්කරේ. ඒවං ස්තුතස්තදා සෞරිර්ග්රහරාජෝ මහාබලඃ..10..

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

Meaning:ಓ ಶನಿಯೇ, ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗು; ಓ ಸೂರ್ಯಪುತ್ರನೇ, ವರದಾತನಾಗು. ಹೀಗೆ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು, ಗ್ರಹರಾಜನಾದ ಮಹಾಬಲಿ ಶನಿ (ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾದನು).

Verse 12

දශරථ උවාච — ප්රසන්නෝ යදි මේ සෞරේ වරං දේහි මමේප්සිතම්. අද්යප්රභෘති පිංගාක්ෂ පීඩා දේයා න කස්යචිත්..

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

Meaning:ದಶರಥನು ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಓ ಶನಿಯೇ, ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾದರೆ ನನ್ನ ಇಷ್ಟ ವರವನ್ನು ಕೊಡು — ಇಂದಿನಿಂದ, ಓ ಪಿಂಗಲನೇತ್ರನೇ, (ಇದನ್ನು ಪಠಿಸುವ) ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಪೀಡೆ ಕೊಡಬೇಡ.

Verse 13

රෝහිණීං භේදයිත්වා තු න ගන්තව්යං කදාචන. සරිතඃ සාගරා යාවද්යාවච්චන්ද්රාර්කමේදිනී..

Rohinim bhedayitva tu na gantavyam kadachana; Saritah sagara yavadyavachchandrarkamedini.

Meaning:ರೋಹಿಣಿಯನ್ನು ಭೇದಿಸುವುದನ್ನು (ಆ ಅಶುಭ ಸಂಕ್ರಮಣವನ್ನು) ಎಂದೂ ಮಾಡಬೇಡ, ನದಿಗಳು, ಸಾಗರಗಳು ಇರುವವರೆಗೆ, ಚಂದ್ರ, ಸೂರ್ಯ, ಭೂಮಿ ಇರುವವರೆಗೆ.

Verse 14

යාචිතං තු මහාසෞරේ නාන්යමිච්ඡාම්යහම්. ඒවමස්තු ශනිප්රෝක්තං වරං ලබ්ධ්වා තු ශාශ්වතම්..

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

Meaning:ಇದನ್ನೇ ನಾನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ, ಓ ಮಹಾಶನಿಯೇ; ಬೇರೇನೂ ಬಯಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. 'ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಗಲಿ' ಎಂದು ಶನಿ ಹೇಳಿದನು — ಹೀಗೆ ಆ ಶಾಶ್ವತ ವರ ದೊರೆಯಿತು.

Verse 15

ප්රාප්යෛවං තු වරං රාජා කෘතකෘත්යෝ(අ)භවත්තදා. පුනරේවාබ්රවීත්තුෂ්ටෝ වරං වරය සුව්රත..

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

Meaning:ಈ ವರವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ರಾಜ ಕೃತಕೃತ್ಯನಾದನು; ಶನಿ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಹೇಳಿದನು: 'ಓ ಸುವ್ರತನೇ, ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ವರ ಕೇಳು.'

Verse 16

ඉති ශ්රීදශරථකෘතං ශ්රීශනෛශ්චරස්තෝත්රං සම්පූර්ණම්..

Iti shri Dasharathakritam shri Shanaishcharastotram sampurnam.

Meaning:ಹೀಗೆ ರಾಜ ದಶರಥನಿಂದ ರಚಿತವಾದ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರ (ಶನಿ) ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಯಿತು.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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

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

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

නිර්මාංසදේහ🔊Nirmamsa-dehaOf gaunt, fleshless body

කෝටරාක්ෂ🔊KotarakshaHollow-eyed, with deep-set eyes

වලීමුඛ🔊ValimukhaWrinkle-faced

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

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

ක්ෂමස්ව🔊KshamasvaPlease forgive

Benefits of Chanting ದಶರಥ ಕೃತ ಶನಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ

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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 ದಶರಥ ಕೃತ ಶನಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ

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 ದಶರಥ ಕೃತ ಶನಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ 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 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.