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gaṅgāṣṭakam

Devi
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gaṅgāṣṭakam bhagavati bhavalīlāmaulimāle tavāmbhaḥ kaṇamaṇuparimāṇaṃ prāṇino ye spṛśanti amaranagaranārīcāmaramaragrāhiṇīnāṃ vigatakalikalaṅkātaṅkamaṅke luṭhanti brahmāṇḍaṃ khaṇḍayantī haraśirasi jaṭāvallimullāsayantī svarlokādāpatantī kanakagiriguhāgaṇḍaśailāt skhalantī kṣoṇī pṛṣṭhe luṭhantī duritacayacamūṃ nirbharaṃ bhartsayantī pāthodhiṃ pūrayantī suranagarasarit pāvanī naḥ punātu majjanamātaṅgakumbhacyutamadamadirāmodamattālijālaṃ snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalat kuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayaiśchinnatīrasthanīraṃ pāyānno gāṅgamambhaḥ karikalabhakarākrāntaraṃ hastaraṅgam ādāvādipitāmahasya niyamavyāpārapātre jalaṃ paścāt pannagaśāyino bhagavataḥ pādodakaṃ pāvanam bhūyaḥ śambhujaṭāvibhūṣaṇamaṇirjahnormaharṣeriyaṃ kanyā kalmaṣanāśinī bhagavatī bhāgīrathī pātu mām śailendrādavatāriṇī nijajala-majjajjanottāriṇī pārāvāravihāriṇī bhavabhayaśreṇī-samutsāriṇī śeṣāheranukāriṇī haraśirovallīdalākāriṇī kāśīprāntavihāriṇī vijayate gaṅgā manohāriṇī kuto vīcī vīcistava yadi gatā locanapathaṃ tvamāpītā pītāmbarapugnivāsaṃ vitarasi tvadutsaṅge gaṅge patati yadi kāyastanubhṛtāṃ tadā mātaḥ śāntakratavapadalābho'pyatilaghuḥ bhagavati tava tīre nīramātrāśano'haṃ vigataviṣayatṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇamārādhayāmi sakalakaluṣabhaṅge svargasopānagaṅge taralatarataraṅge devi gaṅge prasīda mātarjāhnavī śambhusaṅgavalite maulau nidhāyāñjaliṃ tvattīre vapuṣo'vasānasamaye nārāyaṇāṅghridvayam sānandaṃ smarato bhaviṣyati mama prāṇaprayāṇotsave bhūyād bhaktiravicyutā hariharādvaitātmikā śāśvatī gaṅgāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhet prayato naraḥ sarvapāpavinirbhukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati ||iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrī-govinda-bhagavatpūjya-pāda-śiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau śrī-gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam|| gaṅge trailokyasāre sakalasuravadhūdhautavistīrṇatoye pūrṇabrahmasvarūpe haricaraṇarajohāriṇi svargamārge prāyaścitaṃ yadi syāt tava jalakāṇikrā brahmahatyādipāpe kastvāṃ stotuṃ samarthaḥ trijagadaghahare devi gaṅge prasīda
Source: Traditional

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