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Ganga Ashtakam

గఙ్గాష్టకమ్

Ganga Ashtakam is a traditional Vividha devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

తెలుగు देवनागरी English (IAST)

atha śrīmadvāmīkiviracitaṃ gaṅgāṣṭakam || mātaḥ śailasutā-sapatni vasudhā-śṛṅgārahārāvali svargārohaṇa-vaijayanti bhavatīṃ bhāgīrathīṃ prārthaye | tvattīre vasataḥ tvadambu pibatastvadvīciṣu preṅkhataḥ tvannāma smaratastvadarpitadṛśaḥ syānme śarīravyayaḥ || 1|| tvattīre tarukoṭarāntaragato gaṅge vihaṅgo paraṃ tvannīre narakāntakāriṇi varaṃ matsyo'thavā kacchapaḥ | naivānyatra madāndhasindhuraghaṭāsaṅghaṭṭaghaṇṭāraṇa- tkārastatra samastavairivanitā-labdhastutirbhūpatiḥ || 2|| ukṣā pakṣī turaga uragaḥ ko'pi vā vāraṇo vā'- vārīṇaḥ syāṃ janana-maraṇa-kleśaduḥkhāsahiṣṇuḥ | na tvanyatra pravirala-raṇatkiṅkiṇī-kvāṇamitraṃ vārastrībhiścamaramarutā vījito bhūmipālaḥ || 3|| kākairniṣkuṣitaṃ śvabhiḥ kavalitaṃ gomāyubhirluṇṭitaṃ srotobhiścalitaṃ taṭāmbu-lulitaṃ vīcībhirāndolitam | divyastrī-kara-cārucāmara-marutsaṃvījyamānaḥ kadā drakṣye'haṃ parameśvari tripathage bhāgīrathī svaṃ vapuḥ || 4|| abhinava-bisavallī-pādapadmasya viṣṇoḥ madana-mathana-maulermālatī-puṣpamālā | jayati jayapatākā kāpyasau mokṣalakṣmyāḥ kṣapita-kalikalaṅkā jāhnavī naḥ punātu || 5|| etattāla-tamāla-sāla-saralavyālola-vallīlatā- cchatraṃ sūryakara-pratāparahitaṃ śaṅkhendu-kundojjvalam | gandharvāmara-siddha-kinnaravadhū-tuṅgastanāspālitaṃ snānāya prativāsaraṃ bhavatu me gāṅgaṃ jalaṃ nirmalam || 6|| gāṅgaṃ vāri manohāri murāri-caraṇacyutam | tripurāri-śiraścāri pāpahāri punātu mām || 7|| pāpāpahāri duritāri taraṅgadhāri śailapracāri girirāja-guhāvidāri | jhaṅkārakāri haripāda-rajopahāri gāṅgaṃ punātu satataṃ śubhakāri vāri || 8|| gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ paṭhati yaḥ prayataḥ prabhāte vālmīkinā viracitaṃ śubhadaṃ manuṣyaḥ | prakṣālya gātra-kalikalmaṣa-paṅka-māśu mokṣaṃ labhet patati naiva naro bhavābdhau || 9|| || iti vālmīkiviracitaṃ gaṅgāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||

Reading & reflection

This traditional text belongs to a broader collection of sacred readings. Read the opening and closing portions alongside the numbered verses.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of गङ्गाष्टकम् (वाल्मीकिकृतम्) on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 90917, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.