Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram दशरथकृत शनि स्तोत्र
King Dasharatha's hymn to Shani: eight verses that bow to the son of the Sun, who afflicts gods, men, beasts and lands alike when ill-placed and is pleased by gifts of sesame, iron and dark cloth on his day, followed by the ten names of Shani and the fruit of reciting them.
- Deity Shani Dev
- Type Stotra
- Language Sanskrit
- Tradition Common to many traditions
- Source Brihat Stotra Ratnakara — Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1912 — No. 173, printed pp. 358–359 (djvu 362–363)
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श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||శ్రీగణేశాయ నమః ॥
Meaning of this verse
Salutation to Shri Ganesha.
अस्य श्रीशनैश्चरस्तोत्रस्य । दशरथ ऋषिः । शनैश्चरो देवता । त्रिष्टुप्छंदः । शनैश्चरप्रीत्यर्थं जपे विनियोगः ।asya śrīśanaiścarastotrasya | daśaratha ṛṣiḥ | śanaiścaro devatā | triṣṭupchaṃdaḥ | śanaiścaraprītyarthaṃ jape viniyogaḥ |అస్య శ్రీశనైశ్చరస్తోత్రస్య । దశరథ ఋషిః । శనైశ్చరో దేవతా । త్రిష్టుప్ఛందః । శనైశ్చరప్రీత్యర్థం జపే వినియోగః ।
Meaning of this verse
For this hymn to Shanaishchara the seer is Dasharatha, the deity Shani, the metre Trishtubh; it is recited to please Shani.
Shloka 1
कोणोंऽतको रौद्रयमोऽथ बभ्रुः कृष्णः शनिः पिंगलमंदसौरिः ।koṇoṃ'tako raudrayamo'tha babhruḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaniḥ piṃgalamaṃdasauriḥ |కోణోంఽతకో రౌద్రయమోఽథ బభ్రుః కృష్ణః శనిః పింగలమందసౌరిః ।
नित्यं स्मृतो यो हरते च पीडां तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ १ ॥nityaṃ smṛto yo harate ca pīḍāṃ tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 1 ||నిత్యం స్మృతో యో హరతే చ పీడాం తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 1 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Kona, Antaka, Raudra, Yama, Babhru, Krishna, Shani, Pingala, Manda and Sauri: to him who, remembered daily, takes away affliction, to the glorious son of the Sun, salutation.
Shloka 2
सुरासुराः किंपुरुषोरगेंद्रा गंधर्वविद्याधरपन्नगाश्च ।surāsurāḥ kiṃpuruṣorageṃdrā gaṃdharvavidyādharapannagāśca |సురాసురాః కింపురుషోరగేంద్రా గంధర్వవిద్యాధరపన్నగాశ్చ ।
पीड्यंति सर्वे विषमस्थितेन तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ २ ॥pīḍyaṃti sarve viṣamasthitena tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 2 ||పీడ్యంతి సర్వే విషమస్థితేన తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 2 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Gods and demons, kimpurushas and serpent kings, gandharvas, vidyadharas and nagas are all afflicted when he stands in an adverse place: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 3
नरा नरेंद्राः पशवो मृगेंद्रा वन्याश्च ये कीटपतंगभृंगाः ।narā nareṃdrāḥ paśavo mṛgeṃdrā vanyāśca ye kīṭapataṃgabhṛṃgāḥ |నరా నరేంద్రాః పశవో మృగేంద్రా వన్యాశ్చ యే కీటపతంగభృంగాః ।
पीड्यंति सर्वे विषमस्थितेन तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ३ ॥pīḍyaṃti sarve viṣamasthitena tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 3 ||పీడ్యంతి సర్వే విషమస్థితేన తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 3 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Men and kings, animals and lions, forest creatures, insects, moths and bees are all afflicted when he stands in an adverse place: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 4
देशाश्च दुर्गाणि वनानि यत्र सेनानिवेशाः पुरपत्तनानि ।deśāśca durgāṇi vanāni yatra senāniveśāḥ purapattanāni |దేశాశ్చ దుర్గాణి వనాని యత్ర సేనానివేశాః పురపత్తనాని ।
पीड्यंति सर्वे विषमस्थितेन तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ४ ॥pīḍyaṃti sarve viṣamasthitena tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 4 ||పీడ్యంతి సర్వే విషమస్థితేన తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 4 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Countries, forts and forests, army camps, cities and towns are all afflicted when he stands in an adverse place: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 5
तिलैर्यवैर्माषगुडान्नदानैर्लोहेन नीलांबरदानतो वा ।tilairyavairmāṣaguḍānnadānairlohena nīlāṃbaradānato vā |తిలైర్యవైర్మాషగుడాన్నదానైర్లోహేన నీలాంబరదానతో వా ।
प्रीणाति मंत्रैर्निजवासरे च तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ५ ॥prīṇāti maṃtrairnijavāsare ca tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 5 ||ప్రీణాతి మంత్రైర్నిజవాసరే చ తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 5 ॥
Meaning of this verse
He is pleased by gifts of sesame, barley, black gram, jaggery and food, by iron or a gift of dark blue cloth, and by mantras on his own day: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 6
प्रयागकूले यमुनातटे च सरस्वतीपुण्यजले गुहायाम् ।prayāgakūle yamunātaṭe ca sarasvatīpuṇyajale guhāyām |ప్రయాగకూలే యమునాతటే చ సరస్వతీపుణ్యజలే గుహాయామ్ ।
यो योगिनां ध्यानगतोऽपि सूक्ष्मस्तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ६ ॥yo yogināṃ dhyānagato'pi sūkṣmastasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 6 ||యో యోగినాం ధ్యానగతోఽపి సూక్ష్మస్తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 6 ॥
Meaning of this verse
He who is present on the shore at Prayag, on the bank of the Yamuna, in the holy waters of the Sarasvati and in caves, and who is subtle even when held in the meditation of yogis: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 7
अन्यप्रदेशात्स्वगृहं प्रविष्टस्तदीयवारे स नरः सुखी स्यात् ।anyapradeśātsvagṛhaṃ praviṣṭastadīyavāre sa naraḥ sukhī syāt |అన్యప్రదేశాత్స్వగృహం ప్రవిష్టస్తదీయవారే స నరః సుఖీ స్యాత్ ।
गृहाद्गतो यो न पुनः प्रयाति तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ७ ॥gṛhādgato yo na punaḥ prayāti tasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 7 ||గృహాద్గతో యో న పునః ప్రయాతి తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 7 ॥
Meaning of this verse
A person who comes home from another place on his day is happy, while one who leaves home on it does not return: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 8
स्रष्टा स्वयंभूर्भुवनत्रयस्य त्राता हरीशो हरते पिनाकी ।sraṣṭā svayaṃbhūrbhuvanatrayasya trātā harīśo harate pinākī |స్రష్టా స్వయంభూర్భువనత్రయస్య త్రాతా హరీశో హరతే పినాకీ ।
एकत्रिधा ऋग्यजुःसाममूर्तिस्तस्मै नमः श्रीरविनंदनाय ॥ ८ ॥ekatridhā ṛgyajuḥsāmamūrtistasmai namaḥ śrīravinaṃdanāya || 8 ||ఏకత్రిధా ఋగ్యజుఃసామమూర్తిస్తస్మై నమః శ్రీరవినందనాయ ॥ 8 ॥
Meaning of this verse
As the self-born creator, Hari the protector and Shiva bearing the Pinaka bow who destroys, the one who is threefold, the form of the Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas: salutation to the glorious son of the Sun.
Shloka 9
शन्यष्टकं यः प्रयतः प्रभाते नित्यं सुपुत्रैः पशुबांधवैश्च ।śanyaṣṭakaṃ yaḥ prayataḥ prabhāte nityaṃ suputraiḥ paśubāṃdhavaiśca |శన్యష్టకం యః ప్రయతః ప్రభాతే నిత్యం సుపుత్రైః పశుబాంధవైశ్చ ।
पठेत्तु सौख्यं भुवि भोगयुक्तः प्राप्नोति निर्वाणपदं तदंते ॥ ९ ॥paṭhettu saukhyaṃ bhuvi bhogayuktaḥ prāpnoti nirvāṇapadaṃ tadaṃte || 9 ||పఠేత్తు సౌఖ్యం భువి భోగయుక్తః ప్రాప్నోతి నిర్వాణపదం తదంతే ॥ 9 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Whoever, purified, recites this eight-verse hymn to Shani every morning, with good children, cattle and kin, gains happiness and enjoyment on earth and in the end the state of liberation (the text's traditional statement of benefit).
Shloka 10
कोणस्थः पिंगलो बभ्रुः कृष्णो रौद्रोंऽतको यमः ।koṇasthaḥ piṃgalo babhruḥ kṛṣṇo raudroṃ'tako yamaḥ |కోణస్థః పింగలో బభ్రుః కృష్ణో రౌద్రోంఽతకో యమః ।
सौरिः शनैश्चरो मंदः पिप्पलादेन संस्तुतः ॥ १० ॥sauriḥ śanaiścaro maṃdaḥ pippalādena saṃstutaḥ || 10 ||సౌరిః శనైశ్చరో మందః పిప్పలాదేన సంస్తుతః ॥ 10 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Konastha, Pingala, Babhru, Krishna, Raudra, Antaka, Yama, Sauri, Shanaishchara and Manda: so he was praised by the sage Pippalada.
Shloka 11
एतानि दश नामानि प्रातरुत्थाय यः पठेत् ।etāni daśa nāmāni prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet |ఏతాని దశ నామాని ప్రాతరుత్థాయ యః పఠేత్ ।
शनैश्चरकृता पीडा न कदाचिद्भविष्यति ॥ ११ ॥śanaiścarakṛtā pīḍā na kadācidbhaviṣyati || 11 ||శనైశ్చరకృతా పీడా న కదాచిద్భవిష్యతి ॥ 11 ॥
Meaning of this verse
Whoever recites these ten names on rising in the morning will never suffer the affliction caused by Shani (the text's traditional statement of benefit).
12
इति श्रीशनैश्चरस्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् ॥iti śrīśanaiścarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam ||ఇతి శ్రీశనైశ్చరస్తోత్రం సంపూర్ణమ్ ॥
Meaning of this verse
Thus ends the hymn to Shri Shanaishchara.
Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: Brihat Stotra Ratnakara, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay, 1912, no. 173 शनिस्तोत्रम्, printed pp. 358–359 = djvu pages 362–363 on Sanskrit Wikisource (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3ABrihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A9%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A8&oldid=378038; https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%3ABrihat_Stotra_Ratnakara_1912.djvu/%E0%A5%A9%E0%A5%AC%E0%A5%A9&oldid=378039). This is an unproofread OCR layer, so every line was read against the witnesses. Verified on 11 November 2026 by half-verse with cmp.py --loose against (B) Sanskrit Wikisource main page शनिस्तोत्रम् (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D&oldid=33013): 7 identical, 13 differing, 2 only in edition, 2 only in witness; letter agreement 80.7%; (C) the 1916 Nirnaya Sagar printing, OCR on archive.org (eGTZ_brihat-strotra-ratnakar-1916-nirnay-sagar-press): 3 identical, 19 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 94.2%; (D) the 1904 Nirnaya Sagar printing, OCR on archive.org (ksu.r3636.brihatstotraratn0000unse): 0 identical, 22 differing, 0 only in edition, 1 only in witness; letter agreement 60.0%. Uncorrected OCR vs B: 3 identical, 17 differing, 0 only in edition, 2 only in witness; letter agreement 51.0%. OCR corrections (each supported by at least two witnesses or by the text itself): कोणोंडतको रौद्यमोऽथ → कोणोंऽतको रौद्रयमोऽथ (v1: OCR ड for avagraha and dropped र् (1904 OCR कोणोंऽतको रौद्रयमोऽथ; 1916 OCR रोद्रयमोऽथ; main page कोणाऽन्तको रौद्रयमोऽथ)); विषम स्थितेन → विषमस्थितेन (v2: OCR space inside the compound (all witnesses विषमस्थितेन)); पीड्यंत सर्वे → पीड्यंति सर्वे (v3: OCR dropped the i-matra (all witnesses पीड्यंति)); श्रीरविनंदनाथ → श्रीरविनंदनाय (v4: OCR थ for य (all witnesses, and the refrain itself)); तिलैर्यवैर्मापगुडान्न → तिलैर्यवैर्माषगुडान्न (v5: OCR प for ष (1904 OCR and main page माष; 1916 OCR shares the slip)); अन्यप्रदेशात्स्व गृहं → अन्यप्रदेशात्स्वगृहं (v7: OCR space inside the compound (all witnesses)); गृहागतो यो न → गृहाद्गतो यो न (v7: OCR dropped द् (main page गृहाद् गतो; 1904 and 1916 OCR गृहाद्वतो = गृहाद्गतो misread)); स्रष्ठा स्वयंभू → स्रष्टा स्वयंभू (v8: OCR ठ for ट (main page and 1916 OCR स्रष्टा)); शन्यटकं → शन्यष्टकं (v9: OCR dropped ष् (main page शन्यष्टकं; 1904 OCR शन्य्टकं)); शनैश्वरकृता → शनैश्चरकृता (v11: OCR व for च (main page and 1916 OCR शनेश्चर; the name is written शनैश्चर everywhere else in the text)); न क दाचिद्भविष्यति → न कदाचिद्भविष्यति (v11: line-break artefact inside a word (all witnesses)). ASCII colons used by the OCR for visarga were replaced by ः; hyphenated line breaks were rejoined. Edition readings kept: the Nirnaya Sagar anusvara spelling (पिंगलमंद, नंदनाय, छंदः); v.1 रौद्रयमोऽथ (the metre needs eleven syllables, so not रौद्रो यमोऽथ); v.2 किंपुरुषोरगेंद्रा (B किंपुरूषा गणेंद्रा); v.7 स नरः सुखी स्यात्; v.8 हरीशो हरते पिनाकी and एकत्रिधा (B हरिः संहरते, एकस्त्रिधा; the 1904/1916 OCR is unreadable here); v.9 भोगयुक्तः प्राप्नोति निर्वाणपदं तदंते (B भोगयुक्तं … परं सः); colophon इति श्रीशनैश्चरस्तोत्रं संपूर्णम् (B इति श्रीदशरथप्रोक्तं …). The viniyoga sentence is kept as prose and the opening श्रीगणेशाय नमः as a heading. Verses 10–11 (the ten names and their fruit) belong to the printed text and are kept. Verse-by-verse meanings: an in-house paraphrase by the Udyog Jyotish editorial team, not a translation.
The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.
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Questions
What is Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram?
King Dasharatha's hymn to Shani: eight verses that bow to the son of the Sun, who afflicts gods, men, beasts and lands alike when ill-placed and is pleased by gifts of sesame, iron and dark cloth on his day, followed by the ten names of Shani and the fruit of reciting them.
Who is Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram associated with?
Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram is associated with Shani Dev. Saturn, son of Surya and Chhaya, among the Navagrahas; Saturday is his day, and Shani Jayanti falls on Jyeshtha Amavasya in the North Indian calendar.
What does Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram mean?
A short paraphrase, not a translation. After the viniyoga (seer Dasharatha, deity Shanaishchara, metre trishtubh), Dasharatha salutes the son of the Sun — Kona, Antaka, Raudra, Yama, Babhru, Krishna, Shani, Pingala, Manda, Sauri — who removes affliction when remembered daily. Gods and demons, kinnaras and serpents, kings and commoners, beasts and insects, countries, forts, forests, armies and cities are all troubled when he stands ill-placed. He is pleased by gifts of sesame, barley, black gram, jaggery and food, iron and dark cloth, and by mantras on his own day; he dwells at Prayaga, on t…
What is the source of Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram?
Traditional devotional text (common printed and recited form) — Dasharatha Shani Stotra (Puranic; recited in the Navagraha tradition). Tradition: Common to many traditions.
Are there different versions of Dasharatha-krita Shani Stotram?
Printed booklets differ in small readings: v.1 कोणोऽन्तको रौद्रयमोऽथ (this edition) or रौद्रो यमोऽथ; v.2 किंपुरुषोरगेन्द्राः / किंपुरुषा गणेन्द्राः; v.8 हरीशो हरते पिनाकी / हरिः संहरते पिनाकी and एकत्रिधा / एकस्त्रिधा; v.9 निर्वाणपदं तदन्ते / परं सः. Many prints give only verses 1–9 (the ashtaka with its phala-shruti); this edition adds the ten-name verses 10–11. The colophon is sometimes इति श्रीदशरथप्रोक्तं शनैश्चरस्तोत्रम्.