Friday, January 12, 2024

नदी स्तोत्रम् Prayers addressed to rivers of India

नदी स्तोत्रम्

Nadhi stotram

Prayer  addressed  to rivers

 

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

 


(Pryer addressed   to 62  rivers)

 

नदी स्तोत्रं  प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

भागीरथी वारणासी यमुना सरस्वती १॥

 

Nadhi stotram pravakshyami, sarva papa  pranasanam

Bagiradhi Varanasi  Yamuna   cha Saraswathi

 

I am chanting  prayer  addressed  to rivers for getting all sins detrroyed

Ganges, Varuna , Asi , Yamuna  and  Saraswathi (4 rivers)

 

फल्गुनी शोणभद्रा नर्मदा गण्डकी तथा

मणिकर्णिका गोमती प्रयागी पुनः पुनी २॥

 

Phalguni .Sonabhadra cha  Narmadhaa , gandaki thadhaa

Manikarnika, gomathi  prayagi  cha puna puni

 

Phalguni (Guru para  in Karnataka) , Sona bhadra  (Son river in MP) , Narmadha and Gandaki(Gandak  of Nepal)

Manikarnika  (cremation Ghat in benares) , Gomathi (joins in Ganga)  and Prayag (joining point of three  rivers in Allahabad)  again and again (7 rivers)

 

गोदावरी सिन्धुनदी सरयूर्वर्णिनी तथा

कृष्णवेणी भीमरथी खागिनी भवनाशिनी ३॥

 

Godhavari, sindhu nadhi, sarayu  varnini thadhaa

Krishna  veni, Bhima Rathi, swagini  , Bhavanasini

 

River  Godhavari , river Indus, River Sarayu(near ayodhya)

River  Krishna, river Bhima (Maharashtra/Karnataka) , SWagini(Orissa)  and Bhava nasini(Tributory  to Sarayu(7 rivers)

 

तुङ्गभद्रा मलहरी वरदा कुमुद्वती

कावेरी कपिला कुन्ती हेमावती हरिद्वती ४॥

 

Thunga bhadra, makhari  , varadha   cha Kumudhvathi

Kaveri  , kapila , kunthi , hemavathi, Haridhvathi

 

Thunga bhadra (Karnataka) , Malhari (river in Maharashtra) and Kumudavathi  (Karnataka)

Cauvery , Kabini(kerala/Karnataka) , Kunthi (silent valley  , Kerala) , Hemavathi, chikamagalur, Karnataka), and Sharavathi river  (7 rivers)

 

नेत्रावती वेदवती सुद्योती कनकावती

ताम्रपर्णी भरद्वाजा श्वेता रामेश्वरी कुशा ५॥

 

Nethraavathi  , vedavathi , sudhyothi , kanakavathi

Thamraparni  , Bharadwaja, swetha, Rameswari  , kusaa

 

Nethravathi, (south canara  , Karnataka) Vedavathi (Karnataka) , sudhyothi(invisible   tributary of Cauvery) , Kanakavathi (gujarath)

Thamraparni(Tamil nadu) Koringa river(tributary to Godhavari) , Swetha (Tamil nadu) ,Rameswari(Allahabad) , Kusa (Thiruvellore  , Tamil Nadu)(9 rivers)

 

मन्दरी तपती काली कालिन्दी जाह्नवी तथा

कौमोदकी कुरुक्षेत्रा गोविन्दा द्वारकी भवेत् ६॥

 

Mandhari , thapathi , kaali, kalindhi , jahnavi  , thadhaa

Koumodhaki, kuru kshethra, govindaa , dhwaraki bhaeth

 

Mandhari( Maharashtra)  , Thapathi (Maharashtra, Gujarat)  , Kali( Uthara kannada)  , Kalindi(Yamuna river) , Jhnavi(Utharakhand)

Kaumodhaki (A mythical river) , Kurukshetra (A branch of Yamuna), Govinda (?)  dwaraka(River in Gujarath)(9 rivers)

 

ब्राह्मी माहेश्वरी मात्रा इन्द्राणी अत्रिणी तथा

नलिनी नन्दिनी सीता मालती मलापहा ७॥

 

Brahmi  , Maheswari, maathraa, indraani, athrini thadhaa

Nalini , nandini  , seethaa , malathi  cha malapaha

 

Brahmani(Orissa) Maheswari(tributary  of Narmada) , Maathra(river near  Mathura) , Indryani(lonavala), Athrini(?)

Nalimi(Branch of ganges) Nandini(near mangalore) , Sita(near Udupi) , Malathi in theeerthalli, Karnataka) , Malaprabha(tributary to Krishna, in Karnataka)(8 rivers)

 

सम्भूता वैष्णवी वेणी त्रिपथा भोगवती तथा

कमण्डलु धनुष्कोटी तपिनी गौतमी तथा ८॥

 

Sambhootha vaishnavi veni  tripadhaa bhogavathi  thadhaa

Kamandalu, dhanushkoti thapini gauthami thadha

 

Sambootha(? Originates)  Vaishnavi (veera vaishnavi in mandya) , Veni (mahabaleswar), Trpadha(name for ganges), Bhogawathi (Kolhapur , maharashtra) 

Kamandala (thiruannamalai)  Dhanushkoti(Rameswaram), Thapini(Madhya Pradesh) , Gauthami(River Godavari)(9 rivers)

 

नारदी नदी पूर्णा सर्वनद्यः प्रकीर्तिताः

प्रातःकाले पठेन्नित्यं स्नानकाले विशेषतः ९॥

 

Naradhi  cha nadhi  poornaa Sarva nadhya  prakeerthatha

Pratha kale  padan nithyam snana kale   viseshatha

 

Naradi  (pune  , Maharashtra  , also river purna (Maharashtra) , if you   sing about all  these rivers

In the morning    daily specially   at time of bath(2 rivers)

 

कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति

इहलोके सुखी भूत्वा विष्णुलोकं सगच्छति १०॥

 

Koti janma  kritham papam smaranena  vinasyathi

Ihaloke sukhee  bhoothvaa   Vishnu  lokam   sagachathi

 

Just by though sins done in  ten million births would be destroyed

After  living happily  in this world they also  will go to Vaikunta

 

इति नारदीयपुराणे नदीस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम्

Ithi   nadhiya purane, nadhi stotram sampoornam

Thus ends prayer  to rivers occurring in Naarada  purana

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