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About This Song
Among the many hymns to Lord Ganesha, the Sankatnashan Ganesha Stotram — the “obstacle-destroying” hymn — takes an unusually direct approach: rather than a long list of praises, it simply names Lord Ganesha twelve times, in twelve of his best-known forms, and promises that the recitation itself removes fear of obstacles. This rendition presents eleven recitations, meant to stay playing during puja, meditation, work, or quiet reflection.
Lyrics — संकटनाशन गणेश स्तोत्रम्
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवं गौरीपुत्रं विनायकम् ।
भक्तावासं स्मरेन्नित्यमायुःकामार्थसिद्धये ॥१॥
प्रथमं वक्रतुण्डं च एकदन्तं द्वितीयकम् ।
तृतीयं कृष्णपिङ्गाक्षं गजवक्त्रं चतुर्थकम् ॥२॥
लम्बोदरं पञ्चमं च षष्ठं विकटमेव च ।
सप्तमं विघ्नराजेन्द्रं धूम्रवर्णं तथाष्टमम् ॥३॥
नवमं भालचन्द्रं च दशमं तु विनायकम् ।
एकादशं गणपतिं द्वादशं तु गजाननम् ॥४॥
द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ।
न च विघ्नभयं तस्य सर्वसिद्धिकरं परम् ॥५॥
विद्यार्थी लभते विद्यां धनार्थी लभते धनम् ।
पुत्रार्थी लभते पुत्रान् मोक्षार्थी लभते गतिम् ॥६॥
जपेद्गणपतिस्तोत्रं षड्भिर्मासैः फलं लभेत् ।
संवत्सरेण सिद्धिं च लभते नात्र संशयः ॥७॥
अष्टभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च लिखित्वा यः समर्पयेत् ।
तस्य विद्या भवेत्सर्वा गणेशस्य प्रसादतः ॥८॥
Meaning of the Lyrics
Verse 1. Bowing the head to the god, son of Gauri, Vinayaka — one who constantly remembers the refuge of devotees attains long life, fulfilled desires, and prosperity.
Verses 2–4 — The Twelve Names. The stotra names Lord Ganesha twelve times over: Vakratunda (curved trunk), Ekadanta (single-tusked), Krishnapingaksha (dark, tawny-eyed), Gajavaktra (elephant-faced), Lambodara (large-bellied — holder of the universe within), Vikata (of unusual, awe-inspiring form), Vighnarajendra (sovereign lord over obstacles), Dhumravarna (smoke-hued), Bhalachandra (crescent moon upon the forehead), Vinayaka (the leader, the one who guides rightly), Ganapati (lord of the ganas, Lord Shiva’s attendant hosts), and Gajanana (elephant-faced, closing the circle back to the beginning) — each a name of Lord Ganesha.
Verse 5. Whoever recites these twelve names at the three junctures of the day — dawn, noon, and dusk — need not fear obstacles; the recitation is said to be the giver of every accomplishment.
Verses 6–8 — The Phala Shruti. The seeker of knowledge attains knowledge; the seeker of wealth attains wealth; the seeker of children attains children; the seeker of liberation attains the path to it. One who recites this stotra gains its fruit within six months, and complete accomplishment within a year, without doubt. And one who writes it down and offers it to eight learned Brahmins gains all knowledge by Lord Ganesha’s grace.
History & Devotion
The Sankatnashan Ganesha Stotram is traditionally attributed to the Narada Purana, framed as instruction given by the sage Narada. Its structure — twelve names, twelve forms, one promise — belongs to a very old devotional technique also seen in the great Sahasranamas: the conviction that a deity approached through many names at once is more fully present than one addressed through a single title. Here the technique is compressed to its most memorable scale, small enough to carry in memory and recite anywhere obstacles are felt.
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