Sri Ganga Ashtakam – śrī gaṅgāṣṭakam


bhagavati bhavalīlāmaulimālē tavāmbhaḥ
kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṁ prāṇinō yē spr̥śanti |
amaranagaranārīcāmaragrāhiṇīnāṁ
vigatakalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅkē luṭhanti || 1 ||

brahmāṇḍaṁ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī
svarlōkādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī |
kṣōṇīpr̥ṣṭē luṭhantī duritacayacamūrnirbharaṁ bhartsayantī
pāthōdhiṁ pūrayantī suranagarasaritpāvanī naḥ punātu || 2 ||

majjanmātaṅgakumbhacyutamadamadirāmōdamattālijālaṁ
snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṁ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam |
sāyaṁ prātarmunīnāṁ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṁ
pāyānnō gāṅgamambhaḥ karikaramakarākrāntarahastaraṅgam || 3 ||

ādāvādipitāmahasya niyamavyāpārapātrē jalaṁ
paścātpannagaśāyinō bhagavataḥ pādōdakaṁ pāvanam |
bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇamaṇirjahnōrmaharṣēriyaṁ
kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī pātu mām || 4 ||

śailēndrādavatāriṇī nijajalē majjajjanōttāriṇī
pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśrēṇīsamutsāriṇī |
śēṣāṅgairanukāriṇī haraśirōvallīdalākāriṇī
kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayatē gaṅgā manōhāriṇī || 5 ||

kutō vīcī vīcistava yadi gatā lōcanapathaṁ
tvamāpītā pītāmbarapuravāsaṁ vitarasi |
tvadutsaṅgē gaṅgē patati yadi kāyastanubhr̥tāṁ
tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābhō:’pyatilaghuḥ || 6 ||

bhagavati tava tīrē nīramātrāśanō:’haṁ
vigataviṣayatr̥ṣṇaḥ kr̥ṣṇamārādhayāmi |
sakalakaluṣabhaṅgē svargasōpānasaṅgē
taralatarataraṅgē dēvi gaṅgē prasīda || 7 ||

mātarjāhnavi śambhusaṅgamilitē maulau nidhāyāñjaliṁ
tvattīrē vapuṣō:’vasānasamayē nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam |
sānandaṁ smaratō bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇōtsavē
bhūyādbhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī || 8 ||

gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṁ puṇyaṁ yaḥ paṭhētprayatō naraḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmuktō viṣṇulōkaṁ sa gacchati || 9 ||

iti śrīmatparamahaṁsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgōvindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kr̥tau gaṅgāṣṭakaṁ sampūrṇam |


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