Sankatnashana Ganesha Stotram

The stotra of Ganesha's twelve names, read to clear obstacles; from the Narada Purana.

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Quick facts

Type: Stotram
Deity: Ganesha
When it is sung: The stotra of Ganesha's twelve names, read to clear obstacles; from the Narada Purana.
Languages: Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app

Verse (Devanagari)

प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं गौरीपुत्रं विनायकम् भक्तावासं स्मरेन्नित्यमायुःकामार्थसिद्धये प्रथमं वक्रतुण्डं च एकदन्तं द्वितीयकम् तृतीयं कृष्णपिङ्गाक्षं गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम् लम्बोदरं पञ्चमं च षष्ठं विकटमेव च सप्तमं विघ्नराजं च धूम्रवर्णं तथाष्टमम् नवमं भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु विनायकम् एकादशं गणपतिं द्वादशं तु गजाननम् द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरं परम्

Transliteration

Pranamya shirasa devam gauriputram vinayakam bhaktavasam smaren nityam ayuh kamartha siddhaye Prathamam vakratundam cha ekadantam dvitiyakam tritiyam krishnapingaksham gajavaktram chaturthakam Lambodaram panchamam cha shashtham vikatam eva cha saptamam vighnarajam cha dhumravarnam tathashtamam Navamam bhalachandram cha dashamam tu vinayakam ekadasham ganapatim dvadasham tu gajananam Dvadashaitani namani trisandhyam yah pathen narah na cha vighnabhayam tasya sarva siddhikaram param

What it means

Bowing my head to the god, Gauri's son Vinayaka, who dwells in his devotees, I remember him daily for long life and the fulfilment of every aim. His twelve names: Vakratunda, Ekadanta, Krishnapingaksha, Gajavaktra, Lambodara, Vikata, Vighnaraja, Dhumravarna, Bhalachandra, Vinayaka, Ganapati, Gajanana. Whoever reads these at the three junctions of the day has no fear of obstacles, and all is accomplished.

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