Vishnu Sahasranāma · English

Śrī Viṣṇu Sahasranāma Stotram

The complete Sanskrit Vishnu Sahasranāma in accurate IAST Roman transliteration, made for easy reading and recitation.

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This is Sanskrit transliterated into the Roman alphabet using IAST, not an English meaning-translation. All script editions are generated from one Devanagari Sanskrit master so the wording stays identical across versions.

The master follows the Śaṅkara/Śṛṅgeri textual policy described in the source notes below.

Pūrvapīṭhikā

pūrvapīṭhikā

oṃ śrīparamātmane namaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam | devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet ||

oṃ atha sakalasaubhāgyadāyakaṃ śrīviṣṇusahasranāmastotram | hariḥ oṃ ||

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam |prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ||
yasya dviradavaktrādyāḥ pāriṣadyāḥ paraḥ śatam |vighnaṃ nighnanti satataṃ viṣvaksenaṃ tamāśraye ||
vyāsaṃ vasiṣṭhanaptāraṃ śakteḥ pautramakalmaṣam |parāśarātmajaṃ vande śukatātaṃ taponidhim ||
vyāsāya viṣṇurūpāya vyāsarūpāya viṣṇave |namo vai brahmanidhaye vāsiṣṭhāya namo namaḥ ||
avikārāya śuddhāya nityāya paramātmane |sadaikarūparūpāya viṣṇave sarvajiṣṇave ||
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa janmasaṃsārabandhanāt |vimucyate namastasmai viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ||

oṃ namo viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ||

śrīvaiśampāyana uvāca

śrutvā dharmānaśeṣeṇa pāvanāni ca sarvaśaḥ |yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śāntanavaṃ punarevābhyabhāṣata ||

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca

kimekaṃ daivataṃ loke kiṃ vāpyekaṃ parāyaṇam |stuvantaḥ kaṃ kamarcantaḥ prāpnuyurmānavāḥ śubham ||
ko dharmaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ bhavataḥ paramo mataḥ |kiṃ japanmucyate janturjanmasaṃsārabandhanāt ||

bhīṣma uvāca

jagatprabhuṃ devadevamanantaṃ puruṣottamam |stuvan nāmasahasreṇa puruṣaḥ satatotthitaḥ ||
tameva cārcayannityaṃ bhaktyā puruṣamavyayam |dhyāyan stuvan namasyaṃśca yajamānastameva ca ||
anādinidhanaṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram |lokādhyakṣaṃ stuvannityaṃ sarvaduḥkhātigo bhavet ||
brahmaṇyaṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ lokānāṃ kīrtivardhanam |lokanāthaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ sarvabhūtabhavodbhavam ||
eṣa me sarvadharmāṇāṃ dharmo’dhikatamo mataḥ |yadbhaktyā puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ stavairarcennaraḥ sadā ||
paramaṃ yo mahattejaḥ paramaṃ yo mahattapaḥ |paramaṃ yo mahadbrahma paramaṃ yaḥ parāyaṇam ||
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yo maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam |daivataṃ daivatānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ yo’vyayaḥ pitā ||
yataḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhavantyādiyugāgame |yasmiṃśca pralayaṃ yānti punareva yugakṣaye ||
tasya lokapradhānasya jagannāthasya bhūpate |viṣṇornāmasahasraṃ me śṛṇu pāpabhayāpaham ||
yāni nāmāni gauṇāni vikhyātāni mahātmanaḥ |ṛṣibhiḥ parigītāni tāni vakṣyāmi bhūtaye ||
ṛṣirnāmnāṃ sahasrasya vedavyāso mahāmuniḥ |chando’nuṣṭup tathā devo bhagavān devakīsutaḥ ||
amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bījaṃ śaktirdevakīnandanaḥ |trisāmā hṛdayaṃ tasya śāntyarthe viniyojyate ||
viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ prabhaviṣṇuṃ maheśvaram |anekarūpadaityāntaṃ namāmi puruṣottamam ||
Pūrva Nyāsa

pūrvanyāsaḥ

śrīvedavyāsa uvāca

oṃ asya śrīviṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotramahāmantrasya |

śrīvedavyāso bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |

anuṣṭup chandaḥ |

śrīmahāviṣṇuḥ paramātmā śrīmannārāyaṇo devatā |

amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuriti bījam |

devakīnandanaḥ sraṣṭeti śaktiḥ |

udbhavaḥ kṣobhaṇo deva iti paramo mantraḥ |

śaṅkhabhṛnnandakī cakrīti kīlakam |

śārṅgadhanvā gadādhara ityastram |

rathāṅgapāṇirakṣobhya iti netram |

trisāmā sāmagaḥ sāmeti kavacam |

ānandaṃ parabrahmeti yoniḥ |

ṛtuḥ sudarśanaḥ kāla iti digbandhaḥ |

śrīviśvarūpa iti dhyānam |

śrīmahāviṣṇuprītyarthe sahasranāmastotrapāṭhe viniyogaḥ ||

atha nyāsaḥ |

oṃ śirasi vedavyāsarṣaye namaḥ |

mukhe anuṣṭupchandase namaḥ |

hṛdi śrīkṛṣṇaparamātmadevatāyai namaḥ |

guhye amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuriti bījāya namaḥ |

pādayordevakīnandanaḥ sraṣṭeti śaktaye namaḥ |

sarvāṅge śaṅkhabhṛnnandakī cakrīti kīlakāya namaḥ |

karasampūṭe mama śrīkṛṣṇaprītyarthe jape viniyogaḥ ||

iti ṛṣyādinyāsaḥ ||

atha karanyāsaḥ |

oṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkāra ityaṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuriti tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |

brahmaṇyo brahmakṛdbrahmeti madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |

suvarṇabindurakṣobhya ityanāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |

nimiṣo’nimiṣaḥ sragvīti kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |

rathāṅgapāṇirakṣobhya iti karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |

iti karanyāsaḥ ||

atha ṣaḍaṅganyāsaḥ |

oṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkāra iti hṛdayāya namaḥ |

amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuriti śirase svāhā |

brahmaṇyo brahmakṛdbrahmeti śikhāyai vaṣaṭ |

suvarṇabindurakṣobhya iti kavacāya hum |

nimiṣo’nimiṣaḥ sragvīti netratrayāya vauṣaṭ |

rathāṅgapāṇirakṣobhya ityastrāya phaṭ |

iti ṣaḍaṅganyāsaḥ ||

śrīkṛṣṇaprītyarthe viṣṇordivyasahasranāmajapamahaṃ kariṣye iti saṅkalpaḥ |

Dhyānam

dhyānam

kṣīrodanvatpradeśe śucimaṇivilasatsaikatermauktikānāṃ |mālākḷptāsanasthaḥ sphaṭikamaṇinibhairmauktikairmaṇḍitāṅgaḥ |śubhrairabhrairadabhrairupariviracitairmuktapīyūṣavarṣaiḥ |ānandī naḥ punīyādarinalinagadāśaṅkhapāṇirmukundaḥ ||
bhūḥ pādau yasya nābhirviyadasuranilaścandrasūryau ca netre |karṇāvāśāḥ śiro dyaurmukhamapi dahano yasya vāsteyamabdhiḥ |antaḥsthaṃ yasya viśvaṃ suranarakhagagobhogigandharvadaityaiḥ |citraṃ raṃramyate taṃ tribhuvanavapuṣaṃ viṣṇumīśaṃ namāmi ||

oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya ||

oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya

śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ |viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam |lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogihṛddhyānagamyaṃ |vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ||
meghaśyāmaṃ pītakauśeyavāsaṃ |śrīvatsāṅkaṃ kaustubhodbhāsitāṅgam |puṇyopetaṃ puṇḍarīkāyatākṣaṃ |viṣṇuṃ vande sarvalokaikanātham ||
namaḥ samastabhūtānāmādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte |anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave ||
saśaṅkhacakraṃ sakirīṭakuṇḍalaṃ |sapītavastraṃ sarasīruhekṣaṇam |sahāravakṣaḥsthalaśobhikaustubhaṃ |namāmi viṣṇuṃ śirasā caturbhujam ||
chāyāyāṃ pārijātasya hemasiṃhāsanopari |āsīnamambudaśyāmamāyatākṣamalaṅkṛtam |candrānanaṃ caturbāhuṃ śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasaṃ |rukmiṇīsatyabhāmābhyāṃ sahitaṃ kṛṣṇamāśraye ||
Vishnu Sahasranāma

śrīviṣṇusahasranāmastotram

||viśvasmai namaḥ||

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viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkāro bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ |bhūtakṛdbhūtabhṛdbhāvo bhūtātmā bhūtabhāvanaḥ ||
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pūtātmā paramātmā ca muktānāṃ paramā gatiḥ |avyayaḥ puruṣaḥ sākṣī kṣetrajño’kṣara eva ca ||
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yogo yogavidāṃ netā pradhānapuruṣeśvaraḥ |nārasiṃhavapuḥ śrīmān keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ ||
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sarvaḥ śarvaḥ śivaḥ sthāṇurbhūtādirnidhiravyayaḥ |sambhavo bhāvano bhartā prabhavaḥ prabhurīśvaraḥ ||
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svayambhūḥ śambhurādityaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāsvanaḥ |anādinidhano dhātā vidhātā dhāturuttamaḥ ||
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aprameyo hṛṣīkeśaḥ padmanābho’maraprabhuḥ |viśvakarmā manustvaṣṭā sthaviṣṭhaḥ sthaviro dhruvaḥ ||
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agrāhyaḥ śāśvataḥ kṛṣṇo lohitākṣaḥ pratardanaḥ |prabhūtastrikakubdhāma pavitraṃ maṅgalaṃ param ||
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īśānaḥ prāṇadaḥ prāṇo jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatiḥ |hiraṇyagarbho bhūgarbho mādhavo madhusūdanaḥ ||
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īśvaro vikramī dhanvī medhāvī vikramaḥ kramaḥ |anuttamo durādharṣaḥ kṛtajñaḥ kṛtirātmavān ||
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sureśaḥ śaraṇaṃ śarma viśvaretāḥ prajābhavaḥ |ahaḥ saṃvatsaro vyālaḥ pratyayaḥ sarvadarśanaḥ ||
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ajaḥ sarveśvaraḥ siddhaḥ siddhiḥ sarvādiracyutaḥ |vṛṣākapirameyātmā sarvayogaviniḥsṛtaḥ ||
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vasurvasumanāḥ satyaḥ samātmā’sammitaḥ samaḥ |amoghaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo vṛṣakarmā vṛṣākṛtiḥ ||
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rudro bahuśirā babhrurviśvayoniḥ śuciśravāḥ |amṛtaḥ śāśvataḥ sthāṇurvarāroho mahātapāḥ ||
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sarvagaḥ sarvavidbhānurviṣvakseno janārdanaḥ |vedo vedavidavyaṅgo vedāṅgo vedavit kaviḥ ||
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lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaḥ kṛtākṛtaḥ |caturātmā caturvyūhaścaturdaṃṣṭraścaturbhujaḥ ||
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bhrājiṣṇurbhojanaṃ bhoktā sahiṣṇurjagadādijaḥ |anagho vijayo jetā viśvayoniḥ punarvasuḥ ||
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upendro vāmanaḥ prāṃśuramoghaḥ śucirūrjitaḥ |atīndraḥ saṅgrahaḥ sargo dhṛtātmā niyamo yamaḥ ||
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vedyo vaidyaḥ sadāyogī vīrahā mādhavo madhuḥ |atīndriyo mahāmāyo mahotsāho mahābalaḥ ||
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mahābuddhirmahāvīryo mahāśaktirmahādyutiḥ |anirdeśyavapuḥ śrīmānameyātmā mahādridhṛk ||
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maheṣvāso mahībhartā śrīnivāsaḥ satāṃ gatiḥ |aniruddhaḥ surānando govindo govidāṃ patiḥ ||
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marīcirdamano haṃsaḥ suparṇo bhujagottamaḥ |hiraṇyanābhaḥ sutapāḥ padmanābhaḥ prajāpatiḥ ||
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amṛtyuḥ sarvadṛk siṃhaḥ sandhātā sandhimān sthiraḥ |ajo durmarṣaṇaḥ śāstā viśrutātmā surārihā ||
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gururgurutamo dhāma satyaḥ satyaparākramaḥ |nimiṣo’nimiṣaḥ sragvī vācaspatirudāradhīḥ ||
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agraṇīrgrāmaṇīḥ śrīmān nyāyo netā samīraṇaḥ |sahasramūrdhā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt ||
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āvartano nivṛttātmā saṃvṛtaḥ sampramardanaḥ |ahaḥ saṃvartako vahniranilo dharaṇīdharaḥ ||
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suprasādaḥ prasannātmā viśvadhṛgviśvabhugvibhuḥ |satkartā satkṛtaḥ sādhurjahnurnārāyaṇo naraḥ ||
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asaṅkhyeyo’prameyātmā viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭakṛcchuciḥ |siddhārthaḥ siddhasaṅkalpaḥ siddhidaḥ siddhisādhanaḥ ||
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vṛṣāhī vṛṣabho viṣṇurvṛṣaparvā vṛṣodaraḥ |vardhano vardhamānaśca viviktaḥ śrutisāgaraḥ ||
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subhujo durdharo vāgmī mahendro vasudo vasuḥ |naikarūpo bṛhadrūpaḥ śipiviṣṭaḥ prakāśanaḥ ||
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ojastejodyutidharaḥ prakāśātmā pratāpanaḥ |ṛddhaḥ spaṣṭākṣaro mantraścandrāṃśurbhāskaradyutiḥ ||
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amṛtāṃśūdbhavo bhānuḥ śaśabinduḥ sureśvaraḥ |auṣadhaṃ jagataḥ setuḥ satyadharmaparākramaḥ ||
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bhūtabhavyabhavannāthaḥ pavanaḥ pāvano’nalaḥ |kāmahā kāmakṛtkāntaḥ kāmaḥ kāmapradaḥ prabhuḥ ||
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yugādikṛdyugāvarto naikamāyo mahāśanaḥ |adṛśyo vyaktarūpaśca sahasrajidanantajit ||
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iṣṭo’viśiṣṭaḥ śiṣṭeṣṭaḥ śikhaṇḍī nahuṣo vṛṣaḥ |krodhahā krodhakṛtkartā viśvabāhurmahīdharaḥ ||
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acyutaḥ prathitaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇado vāsavānujaḥ |apāṃnidhiradhiṣṭhānamapramattaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ ||
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skandaḥ skandadharo dhuryo varado vāyuvāhanaḥ |vāsudevo bṛhadbhānurādidevaḥ purandaraḥ ||
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aśokastāraṇastāraḥ śūraḥ śaurirjaneśvaraḥ |anukūlaḥ śatāvartaḥ padmī padmanibhekṣaṇaḥ ||
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padmanābho’ravindākṣaḥ padmagarbhaḥ śarīrabhṛt |maharddhirṛddho vṛddhātmā mahākṣo garuḍadhvajaḥ ||
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atulaḥ śarabho bhīmaḥ samayajño havirhariḥ |sarvalakṣaṇalakṣaṇyo lakṣmīvān samitiñjayaḥ ||
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vikṣaro rohito mārgo heturdāmodaraḥ sahaḥ |mahīdharo mahābhāgo vegavānamitāśanaḥ ||
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udbhavaḥ kṣobhaṇo devaḥ śrīgarbhaḥ parameśvaraḥ |karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ kartā vikartā gahano guhaḥ ||
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vyavasāyo vyavasthānaḥ saṃsthānaḥ sthānado dhruvaḥ |pararddhiḥ paramaspaṣṭastuṣṭaḥ puṣṭaḥ śubhekṣaṇaḥ ||
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rāmo virāmo virato mārgo neyo nayo’nayaḥ |vīraḥ śaktimatāṃ śreṣṭho dharmo dharmaviduttamaḥ ||
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vaikuṇṭhaḥ puruṣaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ pṛthuḥ |hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śatrughno vyāpto vāyuradhokṣajaḥ ||
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ṛtuḥ sudarśanaḥ kālaḥ parameṣṭhī parigrahaḥ |ugraḥ saṃvatsaro dakṣo viśrāmo viśvadakṣiṇaḥ ||
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vistāraḥ sthāvaraḥ sthāṇuḥ pramāṇaṃ bījamavyayam |artho’nartho mahākośo mahābhogo mahādhanaḥ ||
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anirviṇṇaḥ sthaviṣṭho’bhūrdharmayūpo mahāmakhaḥ |nakṣatranemirnakṣatrī kṣamaḥ kṣāmaḥ samīhanaḥ ||
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yajña ijyo mahejyaśca kratuḥ satraṃ satāṃ gatiḥ |sarvadarśī vimuktātmā sarvajño jñānamuttamam ||
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suvrataḥ sumukhaḥ sūkṣmaḥ sughoṣaḥ sukhadaḥ suhṛt |manoharo jitakrodho vīrabāhurvidāraṇaḥ ||
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svāpanaḥ svavaśo vyāpī naikātmā naikakarmakṛt |vatsaro vatsalo vatsī ratnagarbho dhaneśvaraḥ ||
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dharmagubdharmakṛddharmī sadasatkṣaramakṣaram |avijñātā sahasrāṃśurvidhātā kṛtalakṣaṇaḥ ||
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gabhastinemiḥ sattvasthaḥ siṃho bhūtamaheśvaraḥ |ādidevo mahādevo deveśo devabhṛdguruḥ ||
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uttaro gopatirgoptā jñānagamyaḥ purātanaḥ |śarīrabhūtabhṛdbhoktā kapīndro bhūridakṣiṇaḥ ||
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somapo’mṛtapaḥ somaḥ purujit purusattamaḥ |vinayo jayaḥ satyasandho dāśārhaḥ sāttvatāṃ patiḥ ||
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jīvo vinayitāsākṣī mukundo’mitavikramaḥ |ambhonidhiranantātmā mahodadhiśayo’ntakaḥ ||
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ajo mahārhaḥ svābhāvyo jitāmitraḥ pramodanaḥ |ānando nandano nandaḥ satyadharmā trivikramaḥ ||
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maharṣiḥ kapilācāryaḥ kṛtajño medinīpatiḥ |tripadastridaśādhyakṣo mahāśṛṅgaḥ kṛtāntakṛt ||
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mahāvarāho govindaḥ suṣeṇaḥ kanakāṅgadī |guhyo gabhīro gahano guptaścakragadādharaḥ ||
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vedhāḥ svāṅgo’jitaḥ kṛṣṇo dṛḍhaḥ saṅkarṣaṇo’cyutaḥ |varuṇo vāruṇo vṛkṣaḥ puṣkarākṣo mahāmanāḥ ||
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bhagavān bhagahā’’nandī vanamālī halāyudhaḥ |ādityo jyotirādityaḥ sahiṣṇurgatisattamaḥ ||
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sudhanvā khaṇḍaparaśurdāruṇo draviṇapradaḥ |divaḥspṛk sarvadṛgvyāso vācaspatirayonijaḥ ||
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trisāmā sāmagaḥ sāma nirvāṇaṃ bheṣajaṃ bhiṣak |saṃnyāsakṛcchamaḥ śānto niṣṭhā śāntiḥ parāyaṇam ||
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śubhāṅgaḥ śāntidaḥ sraṣṭā kumudaḥ kuvaleśayaḥ |gohito gopatirgoptā vṛṣabhākṣo vṛṣapriyaḥ ||
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anivartī nivṛttātmā saṅkṣeptā kṣemakṛcchivaḥ |śrīvatsavakṣāḥ śrīvāsaḥ śrīpatiḥ śrīmatāṃ varaḥ ||
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śrīdaḥ śrīśaḥ śrīnivāsaḥ śrīnidhiḥ śrīvibhāvanaḥ |śrīdharaḥ śrīkaraḥ śreyaḥ śrīmām̐llokatrayāśrayaḥ ||
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svakṣaḥ svaṅgaḥ śatānando nandirjyotirgaṇeśvaraḥ |vijitātmā’vidheyātmā satkīrtiśchinnasaṃśayaḥ ||
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udīrṇaḥ sarvataścakṣuranīśaḥ śāśvataḥ sthiraḥ |bhūśayo bhūṣaṇo bhūtirviśokaḥ śokanāśanaḥ ||
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arciṣmānarcitaḥ kumbho viśuddhātmā viśodhanaḥ |aniruddho’pratirathaḥ pradyumno’mitavikramaḥ ||
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kālaneminihā vīraḥ śauriḥ śūrajaneśvaraḥ |trilokātmā trilokeśaḥ keśavaḥ keśihā hariḥ ||
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kāmadevaḥ kāmapālaḥ kāmī kāntaḥ kṛtāgamaḥ |anirdeśyavapurviṣṇurvīro’nanto dhanañjayaḥ ||
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brahmaṇyo brahmakṛd brahmā brahma brahmavivardhanaḥ |brahmavid brāhmaṇo brahmī brahmajño brāhmaṇapriyaḥ ||
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mahākramo mahākarmā mahātejā mahoragaḥ |mahākraturmahāyajvā mahāyajño mahāhaviḥ ||
73
stavyaḥ stavapriyaḥ stotraṃ stutiḥ stotā raṇapriyaḥ |pūrṇaḥ pūrayitā puṇyaḥ puṇyakīrtiranāmayaḥ ||
74
manojavastīrthakaro vasuretā vasupradaḥ |vasuprado vāsudevo vasurvasumanā haviḥ ||
75
sadgatiḥ satkṛtiḥ sattā sadbhūtiḥ satparāyaṇaḥ |śūraseno yaduśreṣṭhaḥ sannivāsaḥ suyāmunaḥ ||
76
bhūtāvāso vāsudevaḥ sarvāsunilayo’nalaḥ |darpahā darpado dṛpto durdharo’thāparājitaḥ ||
77
viśvamūrtirmahāmūrtirdīptamūrtiramūrtimān |anekamūrtiravyaktaḥ śatamūrtiḥ śatānanaḥ ||
78
eko naikaḥ savaḥ kaḥ kiṃ yat tatpadamanuttamam |lokabandhurlokanātho mādhavo bhaktavatsalaḥ ||
79
suvarṇavarṇo hemāṅgo varāṅgaścandanāṅgadī |vīrahā viṣamaḥ śūnyo ghṛtāśīracalaścalaḥ ||
80
amānī mānado mānyo lokasvāmī trilokadhṛk |sumedhā medhajo dhanyaḥ satyamedhā dharādharaḥ ||
81
tejovṛṣo dyutidharaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ |pragraho nigraho vyagro naikaśṛṅgo gadāgrajaḥ ||
82
caturmūrtiścaturbāhuścaturvyūhaścaturgatiḥ |caturātmā caturbhāvaścaturvedavidekapāt ||
83
samāvarto’nivṛttātmā durjayo duratikramaḥ |durlabho durgamo durgo durāvāso durārihā ||
84
śubhāṅgo lokasāraṅgaḥ sutantustantuvardhanaḥ |indrakarmā mahākarmā kṛtakarmā kṛtāgamaḥ ||
85
udbhavaḥ sundaraḥ sundo ratnanābhaḥ sulocanaḥ |arko vājasanaḥ śṛṅgī jayantaḥ sarvavijjayī ||
86
suvarṇabindurakṣobhyaḥ sarvavāgīśvareśvaraḥ |mahāhrado mahāgarto mahābhūto mahānidhiḥ ||
87
kumudaḥ kundaraḥ kundaḥ parjanyaḥ pāvano’nilaḥ |amṛtāśo’mṛtavapuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ ||
88
sulabhaḥ suvrataḥ siddhaḥ śatrujicchatrutāpanaḥ |nyagrodho’dumbaro’śvatthaścāṇūrāndhraniṣūdanaḥ ||
89
sahasrārciḥ saptajihvaḥ saptaidhāḥ saptavāhanaḥ |amūrtiranagho’cintyo bhayakṛd bhayanāśanaḥ ||
90
aṇurbṛhat kṛśaḥ sthūlo guṇabhṛnnirguṇo mahān |adhṛtaḥ svadhṛtaḥ svāsyaḥ prāgvaṃśo vaṃśavardhanaḥ ||
91
bhārabhṛt kathito yogī yogīśaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ |āśramaḥ śramaṇaḥ kṣāmaḥ suparṇo vāyuvāhanaḥ ||
92
dhanurdharo dhanurvedo daṇḍo damayitā damaḥ |aparājitaḥ sarvasaho niyantā’niyamo’yamaḥ ||
93
sattvavān sāttvikaḥ satyaḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ |abhiprāyaḥ priyārho’rhaḥ priyakṛt prītivardhanaḥ ||
94
vihāyasagatirjyotiḥ surucirhutabhugvibhuḥ |ravirvirocanaḥ sūryaḥ savitā ravilocanaḥ ||
95
ananto hutabhugbhoktā sukhado naikajo’grajaḥ |anirviṇṇaḥ sadāmarṣī lokādhiṣṭhānamadbhutaḥ ||
96
sanāt sanātanatamaḥ kapilaḥ kapiravyayaḥ |svastidaḥ svastikṛt svasti svastibhuk svastidakṣiṇaḥ ||
97
araudraḥ kuṇḍalī cakrī vikramyūrjitaśāsanaḥ |śabdātigaḥ śabdasahaḥ śiśiraḥ śarvarīkaraḥ ||
98
akrūraḥ peśalo dakṣo dakṣiṇaḥ kṣamiṇāṃ varaḥ |vidvattamo vītabhayaḥ puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanaḥ ||
99
uttāraṇo duṣkṛtihā puṇyo duḥsvapnanāśanaḥ |vīrahā rakṣaṇaḥ santo jīvanaḥ paryavasthitaḥ ||
100
anantarūpo’nantaśrīrjitamanyurbhayāpahaḥ |caturaśro gabhīrātmā vidiśo vyādiśo diśaḥ ||
101
anādirbhūrbhuvo lakṣmīḥ suvīro rucirāṅgadaḥ |janano janajanmādirbhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ ||
102
ādhāranilayo’dhātā puṣpahāsaḥ prajāgaraḥ |ūrdhvagaḥ satpathācāraḥ prāṇadaḥ praṇavaḥ paṇaḥ ||
103
pramāṇaṃ prāṇanilayaḥ prāṇabhṛt prāṇajīvanaḥ |tattvaṃ tattvavidekātmā janmamṛtyujarātigaḥ ||
104
bhūrbhuvaḥsvastarustāraḥ savitā prapitāmahaḥ |yajño yajñapatiryajvā yajñāṅgo yajñavāhanaḥ ||
105
yajñabhṛd yajñakṛd yajñī yajñabhug yajñasādhanaḥ |yajñāntakṛd yajñaguhyamannamannāda eva ca ||
106
ātmayoniḥ svayañjāto vaikhānaḥ sāmagāyanaḥ |devakīnandanaḥ sraṣṭā kṣitīśaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ||
107
śaṅkhabhṛnnandakī cakrī śārṅgadhanvā gadādharaḥ |rathāṅgapāṇirakṣobhyaḥ sarvapraharaṇāyudhaḥ ||

sarvapraharaṇāyudha oṃ nama iti|

108
vanamālī gadī śārṅgī śaṅkhī cakrī ca nandakī |śrīmān nārāyaṇo viṣṇurvāsudevo’bhirakṣatu ||

śrīvāsudevo’bhirakṣatu oṃ nama iti|

Phalaśruti & concluding verses

phalaśrutiḥ evaṃ samāpanaślokāḥ

1
itīdaṃ kīrtanīyasya keśavasya mahātmanaḥ |nāmnāṃ sahasraṃ divyānāmaśeṣeṇa prakīrtitam ||
2
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ yaścāpi parikīrtayet |nāśubhaṃ prāpnuyāt kiñcit so’mutreha ca mānavaḥ ||
3
vedāntago brāhmaṇaḥ syāt kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet |vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhaḥ syācchūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt ||
4
dharmārthī prāpnuyāddharmamarthārthī cārthamāpnuyāt |kāmānavāpnuyāt kāmī prajārthī cā’’pnuyātprajām ||
5
bhaktimān yaḥ sadotthāya śucistadgatamānasaḥ |sahasraṃ vāsudevasya nāmnāmetat prakīrtayet ||
6
yaśaḥ prāpnoti vipulaṃ yāti prādhānyameva ca |acalāṃ śriyamāpnoti śreyaḥ prāpnotyanuttamam ||
7
na bhayaṃ kvacidāpnoti vīryaṃ tejaśca vindati |bhavatyarogo dyutimān balarūpaguṇānvitaḥ ||
8
rogārto mucyate rogād baddho mucyeta bandhanāt |bhayānmucyeta bhītastu mucyetā’’panna āpadaḥ ||
9
durgāṇyatitaratyāśu puruṣaḥ puruṣottamam |stuvannāmasahasreṇa nityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ ||
10
vāsudevāśrayo martyo vāsudevaparāyaṇaḥ |sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā yāti brahma sanātanam ||
11
na vāsudevabhaktānāmaśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit |janmamṛtyujarāvyādhibhayaṃ naivopajāyate ||
12
imaṃ stavamadhīyānaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ |yujyetā’’tmasukhakṣāntiśrīdhṛtismṛtikīrtibhiḥ ||
13
na krodho na ca mātsaryaṃ na lobho nāśubhā matiḥ |bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame ||
14
dyauḥ sacandrārkanakṣatrā khaṃ diśo bhūrmahodadhiḥ |vāsudevasya vīryeṇa vidhṛtāni mahātmanaḥ ||
15
sasurāsuragandharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam |jagadvaśe vartatedaṃ kṛṣṇasya sacarācaram ||
16
indriyāṇi mano buddhiḥ sattvaṃ tejo balaṃ dhṛtiḥ |vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ kṣetraṃ kṣetrajña eva ca ||
17
sarvāgamānāmācāraḥ prathamaṃ parikalpate |ācāraprabhavo dharmo dharmasya prabhuracyutaḥ ||
18
ṛṣayaḥ pitaro devā mahābhūtāni dhātavaḥ |jaṅgamājaṅgamaṃ cedaṃ jagannārāyaṇodbhavam ||
19
yogo jñānaṃ tathā sāṅkhyaṃ vidyāḥ śilpādi karma ca |vedāḥ śāstrāṇi vijñānametatsarvaṃ janārdanāt ||
20
eko viṣṇurmahadbhūtaṃ pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ |trīm̐llokān vyāpya bhūtātmā bhuṅkte viśvabhugavyayaḥ ||
21
imaṃ stavaṃ bhagavato viṣṇorvyāsena kīrtitam |paṭhedya icchet puruṣaḥ śreyaḥ prāptuṃ sukhāni ca ||
22
viśveśvaramajaṃ devaṃ jagataḥ prabhumavyayam |bhajanti ye puṣkarākṣaṃ na te yānti parābhavam ||

na te yānti parābhavam oṃ nama iti|

arjuna uvāca

23
padmapatraviśālākṣa padmanābha surottama |bhaktānāmanuraktānāṃ trātā bhava janārdana ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

24
yo māṃ nāmasahasreṇa stotumicchati pāṇḍava |so’hamekena ślokena stuta eva na saṃśayaḥ ||

stuta eva na saṃśaya oṃ nama iti|

vyāsa uvāca

25
vāsanādvāsudevasya vāsitaṃ bhuvanatrayam |sarvabhūtanivāso’si vāsudeva namo’stu te ||

śrīvāsudeva namo’stuta oṃ nama iti|

pārvatyuvāca

26
kenopāyena laghunā viṣṇornāmasahasrakam |paṭhyate paṇḍitairnityaṃ śrotumicchāmyahaṃ prabho ||

śrīīśvara uvāca

27
śrīrāma rāma rāmeti rame rāme manorame |sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāma nāma varānane ||

śrīrāmanāma varānana oṃ nama iti|

brahmovāca

28
namo’stvanantāya sahasramūrtaye sahasrapādākṣiśirorubāhave |sahasranāmne puruṣāya śāśvate sahasrakoṭiyugadhāriṇe namaḥ ||

sahasrakoṭiyugadhāriṇe nama oṃ nama iti|

sañjaya uvāca

29
yatra yogeśvaraḥ kṛṣṇo yatra pārtho dhanurdharaḥ |tatra śrīrvijayo bhūtirdhruvā nītirmatirmama ||

śrībhagavānuvāca

30
ananyāścintayanto māṃ ye janāḥ paryupāsate |teṣāṃ nityābhiyuktānāṃ yogakṣemaṃ vahāmyaham ||
31
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṃ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām |dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge ||
32
ārtā viṣaṇṇāḥ śithilāśca bhītāḥ |ghoreṣu ca vyādhiṣu vartamānāḥ |saṅkīrtya nārāyaṇaśabdamātraṃ |vimuktaduḥkhāḥ sukhino bhavanti ||
33
kāyena vācā manasendriyairvā buddhyā’’tmanā vā prakṛteḥ svabhāvāt |karomi yadyat sakalaṃ parasmai nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ||

||oṃ tatsaditi śrīmanmahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyām ānuśāsanikaparvaṇi śrībhīṣmayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde śrī-viṣṇordivyasahasranāmastotraṃ sampūrṇam||

Accuracy and variants

Why this text may differ slightly from another book.

Vishnu Sahasranāma has small pāṭhabhedas across printed traditions. This reader intentionally keeps one Śaṅkara-aligned master rather than mixing variants. If you recite from a family or maṭha edition with a different reading, follow your received tradition.

Primary editorial reference: the Śṛṅgeri Śāradā Pīṭham Sanskrit edition, which states that its text follows Śrī Śaṅkara Bhagavatpāda's commentary tradition.