ganeshaekadantaganapatimudgala-purana

ಏಕದಂತ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಏಕದಂತ ಶರಣಾಗತಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

एकदन्त स्तोत्रम् (एकदन्तशरणागति स्तोत्रम्)

🕉️ hindu·📿 21× repetitions·🕐 Brahma Muhurta or early morning after bath; especially on Sankashti Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ganesh Chaturthi·📜 Mudgala Purana (Second Khanda, Chapter 3)

Also known as: ekadanta stotram · ekadanta sharanagati stotram · ekadanta stuti · tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah · ganesha ekadanta stotra · mudgala purana ekadanta stotra

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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

The Ekadanta Stotram — properly the Ekadanta Sharanagati Stotram of the Mudgala Purana — is the great Vedantic hymn in which the gods and sages take refuge in Ganesha as the One-Tusked (Ekadanta) Supreme Brahman. Each verse closes with the surrender 'tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah' — 'we take refuge in that Ekadanta' — adoring Him as eternal Being, infinite consciousness, the Fourth (Turiya) state, and the one by whose command Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva perform creation, preservation and dissolution. Ekadanta himself promises that reciting twenty-one verses, twenty-one times, for twenty-one days fulfils every desire and makes the devotee one with Brahman.

Origin & Story

Mudgala Purana (Second Khanda, Chapter 3) · Traditional; spoken by the Devarshis (gods and sages), narrated by Gritsamada / Mudgala · Puranic

In the Mudgala Purana — the great Ganapatya scripture devoted to Ganesha's incarnations — the gods and sages, overwhelmed by the glory of Ekadanta, offer this hymn of total surrender. Unable to praise Him adequately, they simply take refuge in Him verse after verse as the supreme Brahman from whom and by whose command the entire cosmos proceeds. Pleased, Ekadanta appears, accepts their stuti, and grants the boon that whoever recites it as prescribed will gain every accomplishment and union with Brahman.

✦ As told in scripture

Pleased by this hymn of surrender, Ekadanta himself declared it to be 'sarva-siddhi-pradayakam' — the giver of every accomplishment — promising that one who recites its twenty-one verses twenty-one times for twenty-one days will find nothing in the three worlds beyond reach and will accomplish even the impossible.

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Verse 1

श्रीगणेशाय नमः । देवर्षय ऊचुः । सदात्मरूपं सकलादिभूतम् अमायिनं सोऽहमचिन्त्यबोधम् । अनादिमध्यान्तविहीनमेकं तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥१॥

śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ । devarṣaya ūchuḥ । sadātma-rūpaṁ sakalādi-bhūtam amāyinaṁ so'ham achintya-bodham । anādi-madhyānta-vihīnam ekaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥1॥

Meaning:ಶ್ರೀಗಣೇಶನಿಗೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಋಷಿಗಳು ಹೇಳಿದರು:

Verse 2

अनन्तचिद्रूपमयं गणेशम् अभेदभेदादिविहीनमाद्यम् । हृदि प्रकाशस्य धरं स्वधीस्थं तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥२॥

ananta-chid-rūpam ayaṁ gaṇeśam abheda-bhedādi-vihīnam ādyam । hṛdi prakāśasya dharaṁ svadhī-sthaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥2॥

Meaning:ಸದಾ ಸತ್ಸ್ವರೂಪ, ಸಮಸ್ತಕ್ಕೆ ಆದಿಕಾರಣ, ಮಾಯಾರಹಿತ, ಅಚಿಂತ್ಯ ಬೋಧಸ್ವರೂಪವಾದ 'ಸೋಽಹಮ್', ಆದಿ-ಮಧ್ಯ-ಅಂತರಹಿತ ಏಕೈಕ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 3

समाधिसंस्थं हृदि योगिनां यं प्रकाशरूपेण विभातमेतम् । सदा निरालम्बसमाधिगम्यं तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥३॥

samādhi-saṁsthaṁ hṛdi yogināṁ yaṁ prakāśa-rūpeṇa vibhātam etam । sadā nirālamba-samādhi-gamyaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥3॥

Meaning:ಅನಂತ ಚಿದ್ರೂಪಮಯ ಗಣೇಶ, ಭೇದ-ಅಭೇದಾದಿ ರಹಿತ ಆದಿಪುರುಷ, ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಧರಿಸುವವ, ನಮ್ಮ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಿತ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 4

स्वबिम्बभावेन विलासयुक्तां प्रत्यक्षमायां विविधस्वरूपाम् । स्ववीर्यकं तत्र ददाति यो वै तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥४॥

svabimba-bhāvena vilāsa-yuktāṁ pratyakṣa-māyāṁ vividha-svarūpām । sva-vīryakaṁ tatra dadāti yo vai tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥4॥

Meaning:ಯೋಗಿಗಳು ಹೃದಯ ಸಮಾಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶರೂಪವಾಗಿ ವಿಭಾಸಿತನಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುವವ, ಸದಾ ನಿರಾಲಂಬ ಸಮಾಧಿಯಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾಪ್ಯ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 5

त्वदीयवीर्येण समर्थभूत- स्वमायया संरचितं च विश्वम् । तुरीयकं ह्यात्मप्रतीतिसंज्ञं तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥५॥

tvadīya-vīryeṇa samartha-bhūta- sva-māyayā saṁrachitaṁ cha viśvam । turīyakaṁ hy ātma-pratīti-saṁjñaṁ tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥5॥

Meaning:ತನ್ನ ಬಿಂಬಭಾವದಿಂದ ವಿಲಾಸಯುಕ್ತವಾದ, ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷ ವಿವಿಧರೂಪವಾದ ಮಾಯೆಗೆ ತನ್ನ ವೀರ್ಯವನ್ನು (ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು) ನೀಡುವವ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 6

त्वदाज्ञया भान्ति ग्रहाश्च सर्वे प्रकाशरूपाणि विभान्ति खे वै । भ्रमन्ति नित्यं स्वविहारकार्या- स्तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥१४॥

tvad-ājñayā bhānti grahāś cha sarve prakāśa-rūpāṇi vibhānti khe vai । bhramanti nityaṁ sva-vihāra-kāryā- stam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥14॥

Meaning:ಯಾರ ವೀರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಸಮರ್ಥವಾದ ಸ್ವಮಾಯೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಈ ವಿಶ್ವ ರಚಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆಯೋ, ತುರೀಯ ಅಂದರೆ ಆತ್ಮಪ್ರತೀತಿ-ಸಂಜ್ಞಕ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 7

त्वदाज्ञया सृष्टिकरो विधाता त्वदाज्ञया पालक एव विष्णुः । त्वदाज्ञया संहरको हरोऽपि तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥१५॥

tvad-ājñayā sṛṣṭi-karo vidhātā tvad-ājñayā pālaka eva viṣṇuḥ । tvad-ājñayā saṁharako haro'pi tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥15॥

Meaning:ನಿನ್ನ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಗ್ರಹಗಳು ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುತ್ತವೆ, ಆಕಾಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಗಳು ವಿಭಾಸಿಸುತ್ತವೆ, ನಿತ್ಯ ತಮ್ಮ ವಿಹಾರಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುತ್ತುತ್ತವೆ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 8

यदाज्ञया देवगणा दिविस्था ददन्ति वै कर्मफलानि नित्यम् । यदाज्ञया शैलगणाः स्थिरा वै तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥१७॥

yad-ājñayā deva-gaṇā divisthā dadanti vai karma-phalāni nityam । yad-ājñayā śaila-gaṇāḥ sthirā vai tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥17॥

Meaning:ನಿನ್ನ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ವಿಧಾತ (ಬ್ರಹ್ಮ) ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ವಿಷ್ಣು ಪಾಲಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ನಿನ್ನ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಹರ (ಶಿವ) ಕೂಡ ಸಂಹರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 9

यदन्तरे संस्थितमेकदन्त- स्तदाज्ञया सर्वमिदं विभाति । अनन्तरूपं हृदि बोधकं य- स्तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥२०॥

yad-antare saṁsthitam ekadanta- stad-ājñayā sarvam idaṁ vibhāti । ananta-rūpaṁ hṛdi bodhakaṁ ya- stam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥20॥

Meaning:ಯಾರ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಸ್ಥ ದೇವಗಣಗಳು ನಿತ್ಯ ಕರ್ಮಫಲಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತವೆಯೋ, ಯಾರ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲುತ್ತವೆಯೋ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 10

सुयोगिनो योगबलेन साध्यं प्रकुर्वते कः स्तवनेन स्तौति । अतः प्रणामेन सुसिद्धिदोऽस्तु तमेकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः ॥२१॥

su-yogino yoga-balena sādhyaṁ prakurvate kaḥ stavanena stauti । ataḥ praṇāmena su-siddhido'stu tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥ ॥21॥

Meaning:ಯಾರ ಒಳಗೆ ಏಕದಂತ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೋ, ಯಾರ ಆಜ್ಞೆಯಿಂದ ಇದೆಲ್ಲವೂ ವಿಭಾಸಿಸುತ್ತದೆಯೋ, ಅನಂತರೂಪ, ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೋಧ ಮೂಡಿಸುವವ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 11

एकदन्त उवाच । स्तोत्रेणाऽहं प्रसन्नोऽस्मि सुराः सर्षिगणाः किल । वरदं भो वृणुत वो दास्यामि मनसीप्सितम् ॥२४॥

ekadanta uvācha । stotreṇā'haṁ prasanno'smi surāḥ sarṣi-gaṇāḥ kila । varadaṁ bho vṛṇuta vo dāsyāmi manasīpsitam ॥24॥

Meaning:ಸುಯೋಗಿಗಳು ಯೋಗಬಲದಿಂದ ಸಾಧ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ಧಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಅವರ ಸ್ತವನದಿಂದ ಯಾರು ಸ್ತುತಿಸಬಲ್ಲರು? ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಪ್ರಣಾಮದಿಂದಲೇ ಸುಸಿದ್ಧಿ ನೀಡುವವನಾಗಲಿ — ಆ ಏಕದಂತನನ್ನು ನಾವು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇವೆ.

Verse 12

भवत्कृतं मदीयं यत्स्तोत्रं प्रीतिप्रदं च तत् । भविष्यति न सन्देहः सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् ॥२५॥

bhavat-kṛtaṁ madīyaṁ yat stotraṁ prīti-pradaṁ cha tat । bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ sarva-siddhi-pradāyakam ॥25॥

Meaning:ಏಕದಂತ ಹೇಳಿದನು: ಓ ದೇವತೆಗಳೇ, ಋಷಿಗಣಗಳೇ! ಈ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಪ್ರಸನ್ನನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ವರ ಕೇಳಿರಿ, ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮನೋವಾಂಛಿತವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Verse 13

एकविंशतिवारं यः श्लोकानेवैकविंशतीन् । पठेच्च हृदि मां स्मृत्वा दिनानि त्वेकविंशतिः ॥२९॥

ekaviṁśati-vāraṁ yaḥ ślokān evaikaviṁśatīn । paṭhech cha hṛdi māṁ smṛtvā dināni tv ekaviṁśatiḥ ॥29॥

Meaning:ನಿಮ್ಮಿಂದ ರಚಿತವಾದ ನನ್ನ ಈ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರ ಪ್ರೀತಿಪ್ರದ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುವಂಥದ್ದಾಗುತ್ತದೆ — ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ.

Verse 14

न तस्य दुर्लभं किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु वै भवेत् । असाध्यं साधयेन्मर्त्यः सर्वत्र विजयी भवेत् ॥३०॥

na tasya durlabhaṁ kiñchit triṣu lokeṣu vai bhavet । asādhyaṁ sādhayen martyaḥ sarvatra vijayī bhavet ॥30॥

Meaning:ಈ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂದು ಶ್ಲೋಕಗಳನ್ನು ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂದು ಬಾರಿ, ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಸ್ಮರಿಸುತ್ತಾ, ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತೊಂದು ದಿನ ಪಠಿಸುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ —

Verse 15

नित्यं यः पठति स्तोत्रं ब्रह्मभूतः स वै नरः । तस्य दर्शनतः सर्वे देवाः पूता भवन्ति च ॥३१॥

nityaṁ yaḥ paṭhati stotraṁ brahma-bhūtaḥ sa vai naraḥ । tasya darśanataḥ sarve devāḥ pūtā bhavanti cha ॥31॥

Meaning:ಮೂರು ಲೋಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೂ ದುರ್ಲಭವಾಗಿ ಉಳಿಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಅವನು ಅಸಾಧ್ಯವನ್ನೂ ಸಾಧಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸರ್ವತ್ರ ವಿಜಯಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Verse 16

इति श्रीमुद्गलपुराणे एकदन्तशरणागतिस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥

iti śrī-mudgala-purāṇe ekadanta-śaraṇāgati-stotraṁ sampūrṇam ॥

Meaning:ಯಾರು ನಿತ್ಯ ಈ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರವನ್ನು ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಆ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮರೂಪನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಅವನ ದರ್ಶನದಿಂದ ಸಮಸ್ತ ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಪವಿತ್ರರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ.

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तम् एकदन्तं शरणं व्रजामः🔊tam ekadantaṁ śaraṇaṁ vrajāmaḥWe take refuge in that One-Tusked Lord (Ekadanta) — the refrain that closes every verse

सदात्मरूपम्🔊sadātma-rūpamOf the nature of eternal Being (Sat)

सकलादिभूतम्🔊sakalādi-bhūtamThe first source of all that is

अमायिनम्🔊amāyinamFree of illusion (beyond Maya)

अचिन्त्यबोधम्🔊achintya-bodhamOf inconceivable consciousness / unthinkable awareness

अनादिमध्यान्तविहीनम्🔊anādi-madhyānta-vihīnamWithout beginning, middle or end

अनन्तचिद्रूपमयम्🔊ananta-chid-rūpa-mayamMade of the infinite form of pure consciousness (chit)

अभेदभेदादिविहीनम्🔊abheda-bhedādi-vihīnamFree of difference, non-difference and all such distinctions

समाधिसंस्थम्🔊samādhi-saṁsthamEstablished in the samadhi (deep meditation) of yogis

निरालम्बसमाधिगम्यम्🔊nirālamba-samādhi-gamyamAttainable through support-less (object-less) samadhi

तुरीयकम्🔊turīyakamThe Fourth — the transcendent state beyond waking, dream and sleep

त्वदाज्ञया🔊tvad-ājñayāBy Your command / order

सृष्टिकरो विधाता🔊sṛṣṭi-karo vidhātāBrahma the creator (acts by Your command)

पालक एव विष्णुः🔊pālaka eva viṣṇuḥVishnu the protector (preserves by Your command)

संहरको हरः🔊saṁharako haraḥHara (Shiva) the dissolver (destroys by Your command)

वरदं भो वृणुत🔊varadaṁ bho vṛṇuta'Choose a boon!' — Ekadanta's reply, pleased by the hymn

एकविंशतिवारम्🔊ekaviṁśati-vāramTwenty-one times (the prescribed count of recitation)

असाध्यं साधयेत्🔊asādhyaṁ sādhayetAccomplishes even the unachievable

ब्रह्मभूतः स वै नरः🔊brahma-bhūtaḥ sa vai naraḥThat person verily becomes one with Brahman

Benefits of Chanting ಏಕದಂತ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಏಕದಂತ ಶರಣಾಗತಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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Adores Ganesha as Ekadanta, the supreme Brahman beyond beginning, middle and end — a hymn of deep Vedantic surrender (sharanagati)

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Its own phalashruti promises that reciting the verses 21 times a day for 21 days fulfils every desire and makes nothing in the three worlds difficult to attain

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Removes obstacles and accomplishes even the seemingly impossible (asadhyam sadhayet)

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Cultivates the contemplative vision of the Self as Turiya — the Fourth, transcendent state

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Steadies the mind in object-less meditation (niralamba samadhi) as practised by yogis

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Daily recitation is said to make the devotee 'brahma-bhuta' — established in Brahman

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Invokes Ganesha as the inner light of the heart, deepening devotion and self-knowledge

How to Chant ಏಕದಂತ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ (ಏಕದಂತ ಶರಣಾಗತಿ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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Best TimeBrahma Muhurta or early morning after bath; especially on Sankashti Chaturthi, Vinayaka Chaturthi and Ganesh Chaturthi

Sit before an image of Ekadanta Ganesha, light a lamp and offer durva grass and red flowers. As prescribed in the phalashruti, recite the verses twenty-one times a day for twenty-one days while remembering Ganesha in the heart, for the fulfilment of a sincere wish. Dwell on the meaning of the refrain 'tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah', surrendering completely at each verse. Conclude with the boon-granting verses and a prostration.

Frequently Asked Questions

It is the Ekadanta Sharanagati Stotram from the Mudgala Purana, in which the assembled gods and sages (devarshis) take refuge in Ganesha as 'Ekadanta', the One-Tusked Supreme Brahman. Each verse ends 'tam ekadantam sharanam vrajamah' — 'we take refuge in that Ekadanta'.

Ekadanta means 'the one with a single tusk'. Traditionally Ganesha broke off one tusk (or lost it in battle with Parashurama) and used it to write the Mahabharata at sage Vyasa's dictation. In this stotra the single tusk also symbolises the one, non-dual Reality.

The hymn's own phalashruti prescribes reciting its verses twenty-one times a day, for twenty-one days, while remembering Ganesha in the heart. It promises that the devotee then attains even the unattainable and is victorious everywhere.

It is intensely philosophical: rather than describing Ganesha's form, it contemplates Him as the formless Absolute — eternal Being, infinite consciousness, the Turiya (Fourth) state — by whose sole command Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva carry out creation, preservation and dissolution.