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සුබ්රහ්මණ්යාෂ්ටකම් (කරාවලම්බ ස්තෝත්ර)

ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಕಂ (ಕರಾವಲಂಬ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ) 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:ಓ ಸ್ವಾಮಿನಾಥಾ, ಕರುಣಾಸಾಗರಾ, ಅಸಹಾಯರ ಮಿತ್ರಾ; ಓ ಶಿವನ (ಪಾರ್ವತೀಪತಿ) ಮುಖಕಮಲದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ಬಂಧುವೇ; ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ಪಾದಕಮಲಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಷ್ಣು ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಸ್ತ ದೇವತೆಗಳು ಪೂಜಿಸುವವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

Verse 2

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

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

Meaning:ಓ ದೇವದೇವನ (ಶಿವನ) ಪುತ್ರಾ, ಓ ಸ್ವರ್ಗ ಗಣಗಳ ಪರಮ ನಾಥಾ; ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ಮೃದು ಪಾದಕಮಲಗಳನ್ನು ಇಂದ್ರ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸುವವನೇ; ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ಮಹಿಮೆಯನ್ನು ದಿವ್ಯಋಷಿ ನಾರದ ಮತ್ತು ಮುನಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರು ಮಧುರವಾಗಿ ಹಾಡುವವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

Verse 3

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

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

Meaning:ಓ ಅನ್ನದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ನಿರತನೇ, ಸಮಸ್ತ ರೋಗಗಳ ನಾಶಕನೇ; ಓ ಸೌಭಾಗ್ಯ ವರದಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರ ಬಯಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪೂರೈಸುವವನೇ; ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ವೇದಗಳು, ಆಗಮಗಳು, ಪ್ರಣವ (ಓಂ) ಘೋಷಿಸುವವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

Verse 4

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

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

Meaning:ಓ ರಾಕ್ಷಸಪತಿ ಕ್ರೌಂಚನ ಸಂಹಾರಕನೇ; ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ದಿವ್ಯ ಹಸ್ತಗಳು ಶಕ್ತಿ-ವೇಲ್, ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ, ಧನುಸ್ಸು ಮೊದಲಾದ ಅಸ್ತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಶೋಭಿಸುವವನೇ; ಓ ಸರ್ಪವನ್ನು ಕೊಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಡಿದ ಪಕ್ಷಿರಾಜ ಮಹಾಮಯೂರದ ಮೇಲೆ ಸವಾರಿ ಮಾಡುವವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

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:ಓ ದೇವತೆಗಳ ರಥಗಳ ಪಂಕ್ತಿಯ ನಡುವೆ, ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೃಢ ಧನುಸ್ಸು ಹಿಡಿದು, ಅಸುರನನ್ನು (ಸುರಪದ್ಮನನ್ನು) ವಧಿಸಿ ಕೋಟ್ಯಂತರ ದೇವತೆಗಳಿಂದ ಸ್ತುತಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ನಿಂತವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

Verse 6

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

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

Meaning:ಓ ರತ್ನಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮಣಿಗಳ ಪಂಕ್ತಿಗಳಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ ಕಿರೀಟದಲ್ಲಿ ದೇದೀಪ್ಯಮಾನನೇ, ಭುಜಕೀರ್ತಿ, ಕುಂಡಲ, ಹೊಳೆಯುವ ಕವಚದಿಂದ ಸುಂದರನೇ; ಓ ವೀರನೇ, ತಾರಕಾಸುರನ ವಿಜೇತನೇ, ಸಮಸ್ತ ಅಮರಗಣಗಳಿಂದ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವವನೇ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

Verse 7

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

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

Meaning:ಓ ನಿನ್ನ ಅಭಿಷೇಕವು ಪಂಚಾಕ್ಷರಿ ಮೊದಲಾದ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಮಂತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಪುನೀತವಾದ ಗಂಗಾಜಲದಿಂದ, ಪಂಚಾಮೃತದಿಂದ, ಇಂದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಮುನಿಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠರ ಹರ್ಷದ ನಡುವೆ ನಡೆದವನೇ; ಓ ಪರಮ ಅಭಿಷಿಕ್ತ ನಾಥಾ — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

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:ಓ ಧನ್ಯ ಕಾರ್ತಿಕೇಯಾ, ಕರುಣಾಮೃತದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ ನಿನ್ನ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ, ಚಂದ್ರನಂತ ಶೀತಲ ಮನೋಹರ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ, ಕಾಮಾದಿ ರೋಗಗಳಿಂದ ಮಲಿನವಾದ ನನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ತಂಪಾಗಿಸಿ ರಕ್ಷಿಸು — ಓ ವಲ್ಲೀನಾಥಾ, ನನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಹಸ್ತದ ಆಸರೆ ನೀಡು.

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:ಯಾವ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ದ್ವಿಜರು ಈ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಕವನ್ನು ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ, ಅವರೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯನ ಕೃಪೆಯಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಯಾರು ಇದನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾತಃಕಾಲ ಎದ್ದು ಪಠಿಸುತ್ತಾರೋ — ಅವರ ಕೋಟ್ಯಂತರ ಜನ್ಮಗಳ ಪಾಪಗಳು ಆ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲೇ ನಶಿಸುತ್ತವೆ.

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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 ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಕಂ (ಕರಾವಲಂಬ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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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 ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಕಂ (ಕರಾವಲಂಬ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ)

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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 ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ಅಷ್ಟಕಂ (ಕರಾವಲಂಬ ಸ್ತೋತ್ರಂ) 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.