Prayers to Parasurama Avathara
Of Vishnu
Compiled by
P.R.Ramachander
(May be little
long but
you would not find all this
information about God Parasurama in
same place)
Parashurama (Sanskrit: परशुराम, IAST: Paraśurāma, lit. Rama
with an axe) is the sixth of Vishnu in Hinduism. Born as
a brahmin, Parshuram carried traits of a Kshatriya and is often
regarded as a Brahmin-Kshatriya. He carried a number of Kshatriya traits,
which included aggression, warfare and valor. Like other incarnations of
Vishnu, he was foretold to appear at a time when overwhelming evil prevailed on
earth. The Kshatriyas class, with weapons and power, had begun to abuse their
power, take what belonged to others by force and tyrannize people. Parashurama
corrects the cosmic equilibrium by destroying these evil Kshatriya warriors.Later he gave all
the land he conquered as Charity
and to find a place for him to live , he recovers west coast from the ocean.
He is also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya , Rama
Bhargava and Veerarama in some Hindu texts. He is
worshipped as mool-purusha by Niyogi Bhumihar Brahmin ,Chitpavan
Brahmin ,Tyagis ,Mohyals, Anavil and Nambudiri Brahmin communitie
He is a
CHiranjivi and is believed to be alive always. He was the Guru of Drona, Bheeshma and Karna in Mahabharatha
There are less than 10 temples
built for the Sixth avatara
of Vishnu called Parasurama
1.THiruvallam
Parasurama temple , Kerala
Thiruvallam Sree Parasurama Swami Temple is one of
the most ancient temples of South India. It is situated on the banks
of Karamana River near Thiruvallam, Thiruvananthapuram. It is
the only temple in Kerala dedicated to Lord Parasurama The
temple is 6 km from Kovalam Beach and 5 km from Trivandrum
International Airport and 3 km from Thiruvananthapuram..Devotees
believe that he is seen wandering on the kovalam beach
2.Parasurama Easwaran koil
Parasurama Eswaran Koil Main St, Vasantha nagar, Chinna
Chembarambakkam, Ayanavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600023
3.Mahendragiri (in
village named Parasuram) in Maharashtra
4.Parashuram
temple in Somnath called as Kshethra Parasuram in Somnath, Gujarath
5.Parsuram temple Khanda, Haryana
6.Parasurama Temple, Chiplun, Rathnagiri, Maharashtra
1.The story of
Parsurama Avathara
from Narayaneeyam is given in
Dasakam 36.
Dasakam 36 The incarnation of Parasurama
(Lord Vishnu took the incarnation of Lord Parasurama to get rid of the evil and bad kings of the world. He was born as the son of sage Jamadagni. To take revenge on the Kshatriyas who troubled his parents, he massacred them for twenty one genearations.)
In olden times you took the incarnation of Dathathreya ,
The son of sage Athri and his wife Anasooya,
And owing to constant harassment by your disciples,
You lost all enthusiasm and started wandering at will ,
Along with your wife and you were seen by your,
Great devotee Karthaveeryarjuna , the king of Hehaya,
and you gave him the boon of eight fold wealth ,
And also gave him the boon of dying at your own hands. 36.1
Oh Lord Vishnu , then to honour the boon given by you to Karthaveeryarjuna,
And to annihilate the entire clan of kings, who were causing harm to Brahmins,
And who had become a great burden to earth and were kept in check ,
Only by the valour of king Karthaveeryarjuna , you were born in the Bhrugu clan,
As the last son of sage Jamadagni and Renuka with the name Rama,
Causing very great delight to both your parents. 36.2
By the age of fourteen you had completely mastered all the Vedas,
And cut off the head of your mother due to the order of your father ,
Who got very angry with her due to her momentary attraction ,
To a great Gandharwa and also killed your brothers,
Who did not obey your father’s order and later,
When your father became peaceful, obtained a boon from him,
To bring back all of them back to life and were also blessed by your mother. 36.3
Then you went from your hermitage , where Kama Dhenu,
Had been brought by your father to please your mother,
As per the directions of the respectable elder sage Bhrugu,
To the Himalayas and worshipped Lord Shiva there,
And from him got his white axe , killed the asura indicated by him,
And got further very many blessed arrows and other arms,
And got sage Akrita verna as friend and returned home. 36.4
At that time the king Karthaveeryarjuna who had come to hunt in the forest,
Was welcomed by your father and saw the great wealth given by the cow ,
And was worshipped along with his army by your father as guests,
And on returning home as per the advice of a bad minister ,
He sent the minister to buy Kamadhenu from your father ,
And when he tried to take the cow by force and your father prevented it,
And your father was killed by the minister but his army was destroyed by the cow
But the evil minded minister who was having an army abducted the cow’s calf. 36.5
Hearing about what happened from your father,
Who was brought back to life by sage Shukra,
Along with your friend Akrita verna,
You meditated on Lord Shiva ,
And armed with bow , sword and white axe ,
Brought by Mahodhara a servant of Lord Shiva,
And getting in to a chariot also brought by him,
You went and requested the king to return the calf,
Several times and when he did not give,
You waged a terrible war against the great king, 36.6
Karthaveeryarjuna , the king of Hehaya conducted that great war,
Along with his ten thousand sons , seventeen divisions of army,
Several very valorous captains and crowds of his devoted friends,
And soon your white axe and arrows killed all his army,
And rest of his army ran away in fear and he attacked you along with his other sons.36.7
Karthaveeryarjuna who was earlier playing by constructing a dam,
In the Narmada river by his two thousand hands , just for fun,
And destroyed the pride of Ravana who was worshipping there,
Used several divine weapons and arrows against you,
But they were stopped by you , and you also stopped the holy wheel,
And this made Karthaveeyarjuna understand that you are Vishnu himself,
And then when he started meditating on you , you cut of all his sins,
And put an end to Karthaveeryarjuna. 36.8
And then, when the very angry sons of Karthaveerya killed your father,
Seeing mother Renuka beating her chest several times
You took a fierce oath and by meditation got chariot and arms,
And fought in all directions using the sword and arrow,
Against the Kshatriyas who were traitors of Brahmins,
And made the entire earth free of Kshatriyas. 36.9
Then you brought back your father to life again,
And completely destroyed people belonging to clan of kings,
And offered libations to your ancestors,
In Samantha panchaka which are tanks of blood,
And gave away all your land other wealth to Kasyapa and others,
Waged a great War against king Salya, and stopped it,
When sage Sanathkumara told that Lord Krishna would kill him. 36.10
Oh Lord of Guruvayur who was Parasurama himself,
When after you discontinued use of weapons ,
And was doing penance in the Mahendra mountain,
Seeing the land mass submerged in the sea from Gokarna,
After hearing the prayers of very many sages,
Using the bow summoned by meditation ,
You sent an arrow called fire arrow,
Fearing which the sea moved away with its water,
And you saved and brought up the land of Kerala,
And you who is such a God, please protect me. 36.11
Stotras
-Parasurama
I could find only
one stotra dedicated to Lord Parasurama
Parasurama Stotram
[Prayer to Lord Parasurama]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander
[Lord Parasurama was an avatar of Vishnu. He was armed an axe (parasu) in his hand. He was the son of Sage Jamadagni and Renuka. He beheaded his mother at the command of his father. Later as per his request Jamadagni gave back her life. To avenge Karthaveeryarjuna’s son’s who killed his parents, he killed 27 generations of Kshatriyas. With the Ramavatara his role came to an end. To wash of his sins in killing the Kshatriyas, he gave all the land he won in charity. So he had to leave the then existing land masses. To continue living, he threw his axe and raised the present day Kerala. He is supposed to live there even today and this land is called Parasuramakshethra. It seems that, it has been practice in Kerala in ancient days to sing this prayer to Parasurama, before starting any religious rites.]
Devam naumi remapathim, ranapatum, bhaswath kireedanchitham,
Kodandam sasaram karena dhadhatham vamena chanyena cha,
Aartha thrana patum kutarasamatham kanda chidham bhasuram,
Smasru prasphurithananam sura thanum Ramam sada saswatham. 1
I salute that Rama with an axe,
Who is being saluted by devas,
Who is the consort of Lakshmi,
Who is expert in fighting in war,
Who shines due to his crown,
Who holds Kodanda in his right hand,
And arrows in his left hand,
Which are capable of saving the oppressed,
Who is armed with the terrible white axe,
Who is effulgent with light,
And who has a well proportioned heavenly body,
Brahma kshatravapurdhara smitha mukho rajanyakaalanalo,
Bribrana parasum karena tharuna pradhyothnodath prabha,
Vidhyuth pingalatha jatavalaya vanaschadayan valkalam,
Jeeyadhujjwala yagna suthra mahitho ramaschiram bhargava. 2
Victory to that Bhargava Rama,
Who has a laughing face of Brahmin as well as Kshatriya,
Who is the great fire which destroyed the clan of kings,
Who held the terrible axe in his hand,
Who shined like the rising sun,
Who had very electrifying matted locks,
Who dressed himself using the bark of trees,
And who was famous as the one
Who knows the holy chants of Yagna.
[Prayer to Lord Parasurama]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander
[Lord Parasurama was an avatar of Vishnu. He was armed an axe (parasu) in his hand. He was the son of Sage Jamadagni and Renuka. He beheaded his mother at the command of his father. Later as per his request Jamadagni gave back her life. To avenge Karthaveeryarjuna’s son’s who killed his parents, he killed 27 generations of Kshatriyas. With the Ramavatara his role came to an end. To wash of his sins in killing the Kshatriyas, he gave all the land he won in charity. So he had to leave the then existing land masses. To continue living, he threw his axe and raised the present day Kerala. He is supposed to live there even today and this land is called Parasuramakshethra. It seems that, it has been practice in Kerala in ancient days to sing this prayer to Parasurama, before starting any religious rites.]
Devam naumi remapathim, ranapatum, bhaswath kireedanchitham,
Kodandam sasaram karena dhadhatham vamena chanyena cha,
Aartha thrana patum kutarasamatham kanda chidham bhasuram,
Smasru prasphurithananam sura thanum Ramam sada saswatham. 1
I salute that Rama with an axe,
Who is being saluted by devas,
Who is the consort of Lakshmi,
Who is expert in fighting in war,
Who shines due to his crown,
Who holds Kodanda in his right hand,
And arrows in his left hand,
Which are capable of saving the oppressed,
Who is armed with the terrible white axe,
Who is effulgent with light,
And who has a well proportioned heavenly body,
Brahma kshatravapurdhara smitha mukho rajanyakaalanalo,
Bribrana parasum karena tharuna pradhyothnodath prabha,
Vidhyuth pingalatha jatavalaya vanaschadayan valkalam,
Jeeyadhujjwala yagna suthra mahitho ramaschiram bhargava. 2
Victory to that Bhargava Rama,
Who has a laughing face of Brahmin as well as Kshatriya,
Who is the great fire which destroyed the clan of kings,
Who held the terrible axe in his hand,
Who shined like the rising sun,
Who had very electrifying matted locks,
Who dressed himself using the bark of trees,
And who was famous as the one
Who knows the holy chants of Yagna.
3.Prayers to Parasurama
avathara from several Dasavathara
stotras
Dasa avathara
stotram (Vedantha Desika)
Krodhagnim jamadagni peedanabhavam santharpayishyan
kramath,
Aakshthramiha santhi thaksha ya imam tri saptha kruthwa kshitheem,
Dathwa karmaani dakshinaam kkachana thamaskandhya sindhum vasan,
Aabrahmnaya mapakarothu Bhagawan brahmakeetam muni. 7
Let that God, who to douse the flame of anger due to slaying of his father Jamadagni,
Uprooted the world of the royal clans, by directly cutting them off, twenty one times
And who gave this earth as Dakshina during a fire sacrifice,
And made the land recovered from sea his own and started living there,
Remove all ills among all beings from a lowly worm to Lord Brahma.
Aakshthramiha santhi thaksha ya imam tri saptha kruthwa kshitheem,
Dathwa karmaani dakshinaam kkachana thamaskandhya sindhum vasan,
Aabrahmnaya mapakarothu Bhagawan brahmakeetam muni. 7
Let that God, who to douse the flame of anger due to slaying of his father Jamadagni,
Uprooted the world of the royal clans, by directly cutting them off, twenty one times
And who gave this earth as Dakshina during a fire sacrifice,
And made the land recovered from sea his own and started living there,
Remove all ills among all beings from a lowly worm to Lord Brahma.
Dasavatara stotra of Jayadeva
क्षत्रीय
रुधिर मये जगद
पगद पापम्
स् नपयसि पयसि शमित
भव तापम्
केशव धृत भृगुपति
रूप जय जगदीश
हरे (2) -6
Kshatriya rudhira maye
Jagadh Pagadha paapam,
Snapayasi
payasi samitha bhava thapam,
Kesava drutha
brugupathi roopa jaya Jagadhhesa hare
Victory to Keshava, the lord of Universe,
Who assumed the form of Parasurama,
Who bathed the earth with blood of Kshatriyas, Who washed away the sins of the world, and who calmed down the pains of existence.
Who assumed the form of Parasurama,
Who bathed the earth with blood of Kshatriyas, Who washed away the sins of the world, and who calmed down the pains of existence.
Dasavathara Bhujanga
stotra
Adha kshatriyaasruk prapana pramatha,
Pranathyath pitha cha prageetha prathapa,
Dharaakaari yeana agrajanmagrahro ,
Vihaaram kriyaan manase vas a rama. 6
Let your mind become the play Court of Parasurama,
Who saluted his father after he became exuberant
After drinking the blood of Kshatriyas and became famous,
And also made the entire earth to be populated by Brahmins.
Pranathyath pitha cha prageetha prathapa,
Dharaakaari yeana agrajanmagrahro ,
Vihaaram kriyaan manase vas a rama. 6
Let your mind become the play Court of Parasurama,
Who saluted his father after he became exuberant
After drinking the blood of Kshatriyas and became famous,
And also made the entire earth to be populated by Brahmins.
Dasavathara Storam
(devotee complains
to the Lord that he is neglecting
him)
Yaa thwara raja hanane,
Yaa thwara vakhya rakshane
Mayyarthe karunamurthe ,
Saa thwara kwa gatha hare. Verse 6
Yaa thwara vakhya rakshane
Mayyarthe karunamurthe ,
Saa thwara kwa gatha hare. Verse 6
Meaning: Why did you not show the same haste
Which you showed in killing of kings
And which you showed in keeping your word,
When it did concern with solving my sorrow, Hey Vishnu.
Which you showed in killing of kings
And which you showed in keeping your word,
When it did concern with solving my sorrow, Hey Vishnu.
(The kings and emperors of the earth became powerful and
started to torment the earth. At that time Lord Vishnu was born as
Parasurama(Parasuramavathara) .When the kings killed his parents he took the
vow of exterminating the earth of its kings and killed several generations of
all kings)
Dasavathara stotram Malayalam
Ookodu Bhoopathimare kola cheyda,
Bhargava Ramane kai thozhunnen. 6
I salute that Rama of the Brugu clan,
Who vigorously killed all kings.
Bhargava Ramane kai thozhunnen. 6
I salute that Rama of the Brugu clan,
Who vigorously killed all kings.
Dasavatharaa
Stotram-Poonthanam
Yenni kondu irupathi onnu pravasyam,
Yenna millatha Kshatriya vamsathe ,
DAndipicha Parasuramakruthi ,
Kannil kanumarakanam , Govinda
Oh Govinda I want to be able to see ,
The form of Parasurama who ,
Counting twenty one times ,
Punished innumerable clans of Kshatriyas.
Yenna millatha Kshatriya vamsathe ,
DAndipicha Parasuramakruthi ,
Kannil kanumarakanam , Govinda
Oh Govinda I want to be able to see ,
The form of Parasurama who ,
Counting twenty one times ,
Punished innumerable clans of Kshatriyas.
. Dasavathara
Stotra(?)
Kshithi pathi vamsa sambhava moorthe, Kshithi pathi
rakshaa kshatha murthe,
Bhrugu pathi rama varenya namo, Hari bhaktham, they paripalaya maam.
He took birth for the sake of the clans of kings,
He caused damage and also saved the kings of earth,
Salutations to Rama who was the chief of Bhrugu clan,
And I request him to look after me who am a devotee of Vishnu.
Bhrugu pathi rama varenya namo, Hari bhaktham, they paripalaya maam.
He took birth for the sake of the clans of kings,
He caused damage and also saved the kings of earth,
Salutations to Rama who was the chief of Bhrugu clan,
And I request him to look after me who am a devotee of Vishnu.
DAsavathara Stotram (K.Padmanabha Varriar)
6.Sankara priyam, mangala pradham . kshathriyanthakam ,
vikramamsajam,
Parasudharinam , sura ganarchitham ,
brugu kulodhwaham bhavayamyaham.
6. I cherish him who was born in the clan of
Brugu , who was dear to Lord Shiva ,
Who gave auspiciousness , who killed all
Kshatriyas , Who was valorous ,
Who was armed with an axe and who
was worshipped by Devas.
Thottuvadheeswara Dasavathara stotram (Malayalam)
.ooku peruthoru Kshatriya vamsathe,
Aakkamodu annu mudippathinnai,
Parsuvaam aayudhamendhi nadannoru,
Thottvaadheeswawara Kumbidunnen.
7.For completely exterminating
the Kshatriyas,
Who had become mad with power,
Holding an axe you wandered ,
Oh Lord of Thottuva , My salutations to you.
Prayer to protect
the son=Malayalam
Bharga sishya , thaponidhe, Kerala,
Swarga souseelya leela visaradhe,
Bhargava bhagawane , makannu sa-
Nmargamayathu katti
rakshikkenam.
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The disciple of Bhargava, the storehouse of Thapas,
Who playfully made the heaven of Kerala,
Oh God Bhargava, please show the right,
Path to my son, lead him and protect him.
