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Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Morning or evening; especially Tuesdays and Krittika·📜 Traditional (Sringeri lineage)

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Origin & Story

Traditional (Sringeri lineage) · Bharati Tirtha · Medieval

The Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram is traditionally ascribed to Bharati Tirtha. A hymn to Shanmukha (Lord Murugan) in the Shatpadi ("six-footed") metre, adoring the six-faced Lord of Mayuragiri — the giver of grace, courage and the light of knowledge.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the Lord, who never forsakes those who lovingly call upon Him.

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The Mantra

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𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌲𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍇 - (𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌪𑌰𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌕𑍇) 𑌮𑌯𑍂𑌰𑌾𑌚𑌲𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍇 𑌸𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌵𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌮𑍁𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌦𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌤𑍇𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍍𑌚 । 𑌦𑌧𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍋𑌜𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌚 𑌶𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌗𑌿𑌰𑍀𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌧𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌮𑍍 । 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌜𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌪𑌾𑌥𑍋𑌜𑌭𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌨𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌹𑌿 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌚 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌤𑍋 𑌯𑍋 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌤𑌂 𑌬𑍋𑌧𑌨𑌾𑌯 । 𑌷𑌡𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌗𑍃𑌹𑍍𑌣𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌾 𑌤𑌾𑌰𑌕𑌂 𑌯𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌜𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌜𑌿𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌃𑌖𑌮𑍁𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌂𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌶𑍁 𑌮𑍋𑌦𑌾𑌤𑍍 । 𑌤𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌿𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌶𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌨𑍇 𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌮𑍇𑌨𑌂 𑌹𑌿 𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌂 𑌯𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌃 𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌮 𑌦𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌮𑍍 । 𑌤𑌤𑌃 𑌕𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍀𑌹 𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌹𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌚 𑌬𑌾𑌢𑌂 𑌤𑌮𑍋 𑌹𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌗𑌾𑌢𑌂 𑌗𑌵𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌾 𑌚𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌮𑍋𑌦𑍇𑌨 𑌲𑍀𑌢𑌮𑍍 । 𑌸𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌚 𑌗𑌾𑌢𑍋𑌪𑌗𑍂𑌢𑌂 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌵𑌯𑍇 𑌹𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍋𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌇𑌯𑌂 𑌷𑌟𑍍𑌪𑌦𑍀 𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍇 𑌵𑌿𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍇𑌵 । 𑌷𑌡𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌃 𑌕𑍃𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌶𑍁 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑍈 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌦𑌦𑌾𑌤𑌿 ॥ ௭॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑍇𑌰𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌜𑌗𑌦𑍍𑌗𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌸𑌚𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑌾𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍃𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹- 𑌭𑌾𑌰𑌤𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑌚𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌷𑌣𑍍𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌷𑌟𑍍𑌪𑌦𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌃 ।

śrīmayūrācalakṣetre - (kunnakkuḍyaparanāmake) mayūrācalāgre sadāraṃ vasantaṃ mudāraṃ dadānaṃ natebhyo varāṃśca | dadhānaṃ karāmbhojamadhye ca śaktiṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 1|| girīśāsyavārāśipūrṇendubimbaṃ kuraṅgāṅkadhikkārivaktrāravindam | surendrātmajācittapāthojabhānuṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 2|| natānāṃ hi rājñāṃ guṇānāṃ ca ṣaṇṇāṃ kṛpābhārato yo drutaṃ bodhanāya | ṣaḍāsyāmbujātānyagṛhṇātparaṃ taṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 3|| purā tārakaṃ yo vijityājimadhye surānduḥkhamuktāṃścakārāśu modāt | tamānandakandaṃ kṛpāvārirāśiṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 4|| śarāṇāṃ vane jātamenaṃ hi bālaṃ yataḥ kṛttikāḥ pāyayanti sma dugdham | tataḥ kārtikeyaṃ vadantīha yaṃ taṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 5|| harantaṃ ca bāḍhaṃ tamo hārdagāḍhaṃ gavānādyayā cātimodena līḍham | surendrasya putryā ca gāḍhopagūḍhaṃ sadā ṣaṇmukhaṃ bhāvaye hṛtsaroje || 6|| iyaṃ ṣaṭpadī yasya vaktrāravinde vihāraṃ karotyādarānnityameva | ṣaḍāsyaḥ kṛpātaḥ samastāśca vidyā vitīryāśu tasmai svabhaktiṃ dadāti || 7|| iti śṛṅgeri śrījagadguru śrīsaccidānandaśivābhinavanṛsiṃha- bhāratīsvāmibhiḥ viracitaḥ śrīṣaṇmukhaṣaṭpadīstavaḥ sampūrṇaḥ |

Meaning:A hymn to Shanmukha (Lord Murugan) in the Shatpadi ("six-footed") metre, adoring the six-faced Lord of Mayuragiri — the giver of grace, courage and the light of knowledge.

Benefits of Chanting Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram

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Recitation of the Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Tuesdays and Krittika, and during Skanda Shashti and Krittika.

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A short, melodious hymn that anyone can learn and recite daily with faith.

How to Chant Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram

Repetitions1times

Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Tuesdays and Krittika

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Bathe and sit facing east before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially during Skanda Shashti and Krittika. Conclude with a prayer for grace and protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram written in the Grantha 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.

A hymn to Shanmukha (Lord Murugan) in the Shatpadi ("six-footed") metre, adoring the six-faced Lord of Mayuragiri — the giver of grace, courage and the light of knowledge.

It is attributed to Bharati Tirtha (Traditional (Sringeri lineage)). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Tuesdays and Krittika and during Skanda Shashti and Krittika.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram

How to Chant Shanmukha Shatpadi Stotram

Frequently Asked Questions

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