shanishani-stotrasaturnsade-sati

දශරථ කෘත ශනි ස්තෝත්ර

ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਨੀ ਸਤੋਤਰ 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:ਰਾਜਾ ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਨੇ ਸ਼ਨੀ (ਸੂਰਜਪੁੱਤਰ) ਦੀ ਇਹ ਉਸਤਤ ਰਚੀ। ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ:

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:ਨੀਲਕੰਠ ਸ਼ਿਵ ਵਰਗੇ ਉਸ ਸਾਂਵਲੇ, ਨੀਲੇ ਰੰਗ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਪ੍ਰਲੈ-ਅਗਨੀ (ਕਾਲਾਗਨੀ) ਸਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ, ਕ੍ਰਿਤਾਂਤ (ਯਮ ਰੂਪ) ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

Verse 3

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

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

Meaning:ਮਾਸ-ਰਹਿਤ (ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ) ਸਰੀਰ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ, ਲੰਮੀ ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ ਤੇ ਜਟਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਨੇਤਰਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, ਸੁੱਕੇ ਪੇਟ ਵਾਲੇ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਰੂਪ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

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:ਪੁਸ਼ਟ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਤੇ ਸੰਘਣੇ ਰੋਮਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਉਸ ਲੰਮੇ, ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ — ਹੇ ਲੰਮੇ ਦੰਦਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

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:ਖੋੜ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਡੂੰਘੀਆਂ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ, ਜਿਸ ਵੱਲ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਵੀ ਔਖਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਘੋਰ, ਰੌਦਰ, ਭੀਸ਼ਣ, ਕਪਾਲਧਾਰੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

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:ਸਰਬ-ਭਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ, ਹੇ ਵਲੀਮੁਖ (ਝੁਰੜੀਆਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਮੁਖ ਵਾਲੇ), ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਹੇ ਸੂਰਜਪੁੱਤਰ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ, ਅਭੈ-ਦਾਤਾ, ਭਾਸਕਰ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ।

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:ਹੇਠਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ, ਹੇ ਸੰਵਰਤਕ (ਪ੍ਰਲੈ-ਅਗਨੀ), ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਹੇ ਮੰਦਗਤੀ, ਹੇ ਨਿਰਦਈ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

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:ਤਪ ਨਾਲ ਸੜੇ ਸਰੀਰ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੂੰ, ਸਦਾ ਯੋਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਲੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ; ਸਦਾ ਭੁੱਖੇ, ਅਤ੍ਰਿਪਤ ਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ।

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:ਹੇ ਗਿਆਨ-ਨੇਤਰ, ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਨਮਸਕਾਰ, ਹੇ ਕਸ਼ਯਪ-ਪੁੱਤਰ (ਸੂਰਜ) ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ; ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਣ ਤੇ ਰਾਜ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ਦੇ ਹੋ, ਰੁੱਠਣ ਤੇ ਉਸੇ ਪਲ ਖੋਹ ਲੈਂਦੇ ਹੋ।

Verse 10

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

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

Meaning:ਦੇਵ, ਅਸੁਰ, ਮਨੁੱਖ, ਸਿੱਧ, ਵਿਦਿਆਧਰ, ਨਾਗ — ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਦ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਪੈਂਦਿਆਂ ਹੀ ਸਾਰੇ ਜੜ੍ਹੋਂ ਨਾਸ਼ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ।

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:ਹੇ ਸ਼ਨੀ, ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਵੋ; ਹੇ ਸੂਰਜਪੁੱਤਰ, ਵਰਦਾਤਾ ਬਣੋ। ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਸਤਤ ਕੀਤੇ ਜਾਣ ਤੇ, ਗ੍ਰਹਿ-ਰਾਜ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਸ਼ਨੀ (ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਏ)।

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:ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ: ਹੇ ਸ਼ਨੀ, ਮੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋ ਤਾਂ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਨਚਾਹੀ ਵਰ ਦਿਓ — ਅੱਜ ਤੋਂ, ਹੇ ਪਿੰਗਲ-ਨੇਤਰ, (ਜੋ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰੇ) ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਪੀੜਾ ਨਾ ਦਿਓ।

Verse 13

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

Rohinim bhedayitva tu na gantavyam kadachana; Saritah sagara yavadyavachchandrarkamedini.

Meaning:ਅਤੇ ਰੋਹਿਣੀ ਦਾ ਭੇਦਨ (ਉਹ ਅਸ਼ੁਭ ਸੰਚਾਰ) ਕਦੇ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ, ਜਦ ਤੱਕ ਨਦੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਸਾਗਰ ਰਹਿਣ, ਜਦ ਤੱਕ ਚੰਦ, ਸੂਰਜ ਤੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਮੌਜੂਦ ਰਹਿਣ।

Verse 14

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

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

Meaning:ਇਹੀ ਮੈਂ ਮੰਗਦਾ ਹਾਂ, ਹੇ ਮਹਾਸ਼ਨੀ; ਹੋਰ ਕੁਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ। 'ਇੰਜ ਹੀ ਹੋਵੇ', ਸ਼ਨੀ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ — ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਹ ਸਦੀਵੀ ਵਰ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਹੋਇਆ।

Verse 15

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

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

Meaning:ਇਹ ਵਰ ਪਾ ਕੇ ਰਾਜਾ ਕ੍ਰਿਤਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਹੋ ਗਿਆ; ਸ਼ਨੀ ਬਹੁਤ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਫਿਰ ਬੋਲੇ: 'ਹੇ ਸੁਵ੍ਰਤ, ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਵਰ ਮੰਗ।'

Verse 16

ඉති ශ්රීදශරථකෘතං ශ්රීශනෛශ්චරස්තෝත්රං සම්පූර්ණම්..

Iti shri Dasharathakritam shri Shanaishcharastotram sampurnam.

Meaning:ਇਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਰਾਜਾ ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਰਚਿਤ ਸ਼ਨੈਸ਼ਚਰ (ਸ਼ਨੀ) ਸਤੋਤਰ ਸੰਪੂਰਨ ਹੋਇਆ।

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 ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਨੀ ਸਤੋਤਰ

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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 ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਨੀ ਸਤੋਤਰ

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 ਦਸ਼ਰਥ ਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼ਨੀ ਸਤੋਤਰ 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.