Shantakaram
The Vishnu dhyana shloka, said on Thursdays.
MantraVishnu
Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Vishnu
- When it is sung
- The Vishnu dhyana shloka, said on Thursdays.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्
Transliteration
Shantakaram bhujagashayanam padmanabham suresham
vishvadharam gaganasadrisham meghavarnam shubhangam
lakshmikantam kamalanayanam yogihridhyanagamyam
vande vishnum bhavabhayaharam sarvalokaikanatham
What it means
I bow to Vishnu: peaceful in form, resting on the serpent, lotus in his navel, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, dark as a cloud, beautiful of limb, beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation, remover of the fear of rebirth, lord of all the worlds.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Shantakaram in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.