Narmadashtakam lyrics in Sanskrit & English, with meaning
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Shloka 1#
सबिन्दुसिन्धुसुस्खलत्तरङ्गभङ्गरञ्जितं
द्विषत्सु पापजातजातकारिवारिसंयुतम् ।
कृतान्तदूतकालभूतभीतिहारिवर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥sabindusindhususkhalattaraṅgabhaṅgarañjitaṃ
dviṣatsu pāpajātajātakārivārisaṃyutam |
kṛtāntadūtakālabhūtabhītihārivarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||बूँदों सहित सागर की ओर उछलती लहरों की भंगिमा से सुशोभित, शत्रु रूपी पापों के समूह पर प्रहार करने वाले जल से युक्त, यमदूत और काल के भय को हरने वाला कवच देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Lovely with the breaking waves that tumble in spray towards the ocean, your waters strike at sins wherever they arise as at enemies; O giver of armour, who removes the fear of Death's messengers and of time — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 2#
त्वदम्बुलीनदीनमीनदिव्यसम्प्रदायकं
कलौ मलौघभारहारि सर्वतीर्थनायकम् ।
सुमत्स्यकच्छनक्रचक्रचक्रवाकशर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥tvadambulīnadīnamīnadivyasampradāyakaṃ
kalau malaughabhārahāri sarvatīrthanāyakam |
sumatsyakacchanakracakracakravākaśarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||आपके जल में रहने वाली दीन मछलियों को भी दिव्य गति देने वाला, कलियुग में पापों के भारी बोझ को हरने वाला, सब तीर्थों का नायक (आपका जल है); मछली, कछुए, मगर और चक्रवाक पक्षियों को सुख देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Your waters grant a divine state even to the humble fish that live in them; in the Kali age they remove the heavy burden of sins, chief of all holy places. O giver of joy to fish, turtles, crocodiles and chakravaka birds — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 3#
महागभीरनीरपूरपापधूतभूतलं
ध्वनत्समस्तपातकारिदारितापदाचलम् ।
जगल्लये महाभये मृकण्डुसूनुहर्म्यदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥mahāgabhīranīrapūrapāpadhūtabhūtalaṃ
dhvanatsamastapātakāridāritāpadācalam |
jagallaye mahābhaye mṛkaṇḍusūnuharmyade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||आपके अत्यन्त गहरे जल के प्रवाह ने पृथ्वी के पाप धो दिए हैं, उसकी गर्जना पापों से बने विपत्ति के पर्वतों को तोड़ देती है; जगत् के प्रलय के महाभय में आपने मृकण्डु-पुत्र मार्कण्डेय को आश्रय दिया — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Your deep, abundant waters wash the earth clean of sin; their roar shatters the mountains of calamity that sins create. At the terrible dissolution of the world, you gave shelter to Markandeya, son of Mrikandu — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 4#
गतं तदैव मे भयं त्वदम्बु वीक्षितं यदा
मृकण्डुसूनुशौनकासुरारिसेवितं सदा ।
पुनर्भवाब्धिजन्मजं भवाब्धिदुःखवर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥gataṃ tadaiva me bhayaṃ tvadambu vīkṣitaṃ yadā
mṛkaṇḍusūnuśaunakāsurārisevitaṃ sadā |
punarbhavābdhijanmajaṃ bhavābdhiduḥkhavarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||जब मैंने आपका जल देखा, उसी क्षण मेरा भय चला गया — वह जल जिसकी मार्कण्डेय, शौनक और देवता सदा सेवा करते हैं; पुनर्जन्म और भवसागर के दुःखों से बचाने वाला कवच देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
My fear vanished the moment I saw your waters, ever served by Markandeya, Shaunaka and the gods; O giver of armour against the sorrows of the ocean of worldly life and of being born again in it — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 5#
अलक्ष्यलक्षकिन्नरामरासुरादिपूजितं
सुलक्षनीरतीरधीरपक्षिलक्षकूजितम् ।
वसिष्ठशिष्टपिप्पलादकर्दमादिशर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥alakṣyalakṣakinnarāmarāsurādipūjitaṃ
sulakṣanīratīradhīrapakṣilakṣakūjitam |
vasiṣṭhaśiṣṭapippalādakardamādiśarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||अनगिनत किन्नर, देवता और असुर जिसकी पूजा करते हैं, जिसके निर्मल जल के तट पर लाखों शान्त पक्षी कूजते हैं; वसिष्ठ, पिप्पलाद, कर्दम आदि श्रेष्ठ मुनियों को सुख देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Worshipped by countless kinnaras, gods and asuras; your banks echo with the calls of lakhs of calm birds along your clear waters; O giver of joy to Vasishtha, Pippalada, Kardama and other noble sages — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 6#
सनत्कुमारनाचिकेतकश्यपात्रिषट्पदै-
र्धृतं स्वकीयमानसेषु नारदादिषट्पदैः ।
रवीन्दुरन्तिदेवदेवराजकर्मशर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥sanatkumāranāciketakaśyapātriṣaṭpadai-
rdhṛtaṃ svakīyamānaseṣu nāradādiṣaṭpadaiḥ |
ravīndurantidevadevarājakarmaśarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||सनत्कुमार, नचिकेता, कश्यप, अत्रि, नारद आदि भ्रमर-रूपी मुनियों ने जिसे अपने मन में धारण किया है; सूर्य, चन्द्रमा, राजा रन्तिदेव और देवराज इन्द्र को उनके कर्मों में सुख देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Held in their minds, as bees hold a lotus, by Sanatkumara, Nachiketa, Kashyapa, Atri, Narada and other sages; O giver of joy to the sun, the moon, King Rantideva and Indra in their works — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 7#
अलक्ष्यलक्षलक्षपापलक्षसारसायुधं
ततस्तु जीवजन्तुतन्तुभुक्तिमुक्तिदायकम् ।
विरिञ्चिविष्णुशङ्करस्वकीयधामवर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥alakṣyalakṣalakṣapāpalakṣasārasāyudhaṃ
tatastu jīvajantutantubhuktimuktidāyakam |
viriñciviṣṇuśaṅkarasvakīyadhāmavarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||आपका जल अनगिनत लाखों पापों के विरुद्ध अस्त्र है, इसलिए वह सब जीव-जन्तुओं को भोग और मोक्ष देने वाला है; ब्रह्मा, विष्णु और शंकर के अपने धाम का रक्षण देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Your waters are a weapon against countless lakhs of sins, and so they grant both enjoyment and liberation to every living being. O giver of the protection of the abodes of Brahma, Vishnu and Shankara — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Shloka 8#
अहोऽमृतं स्वनं श्रुतं महेशकेशजातटे
किरातसूतवाडबेषु पण्डिते शठे नटे ।
दुरन्तपापतापहारिसर्वजन्तुशर्मदे
त्वदीयपादपङ्कजं नमामि देवि नर्मदे ॥aho'mṛtaṃ svanaṃ śrutaṃ maheśakeśajātaṭe
kirātasūtavāḍabeṣu paṇḍite śaṭhe naṭe |
durantapāpatāpahārisarvajantuśarmade
tvadīyapādapaṅkajaṃ namāmi devi narmade ||अहा! महेश्वर की जटाओं से उत्पन्न नदी के तट पर मैंने अमृत जैसी ध्वनि सुनी है। किरात हो, सूत हो, ब्राह्मण हो, विद्वान हो, दुष्ट हो या नट — सबके घोर पापों के ताप को हरने वाली, सब जीवों को सुख देने वाली — हे देवी नर्मदे, मैं आपके चरणकमलों को नमस्कार करता हूँ।
Ah, what nectar is the sound I have heard on your banks, O river born from the hair of Maheshvara! Whether hunter, charioteer or brahmin, learned, wicked or actor, you remove the burning of terrible sins and give joy to every creature — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
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Phalashruti#
इदं तु नर्मदाष्टकं त्रिकालमेव ये सदा
पठन्ति ते निरन्तरं न यान्ति दुर्गतिं कदा ।
सुलभ्यदेहदुर्लभं महेशधामगौरवं
पुनर्भवा नरा न वै विलोकयन्ति रौरवम् ॥idaṃ tu narmadāṣṭakaṃ trikālameva ye sadā
paṭhanti te nirantaraṃ na yānti durgatiṃ kadā |
sulabhyadehadurlabhaṃ maheśadhāmagauravaṃ
punarbhavā narā na vai vilokayanti rauravam ||जो लोग इस नर्मदाष्टक का सदा तीनों समय पाठ करते हैं, उनकी कभी दुर्गति नहीं होती। वे शरीर में रहते दुर्लभ शिवधाम की महिमा सहज पाते हैं; ऐसे मनुष्य फिर जन्म नहीं लेते और रौरव नरक को कभी नहीं देखते।
Those who always recite this Narmadashtakam at the three times of day never come to a bad end. They easily attain the glory of Shiva's abode, so hard to gain in a body; such people are not born again and never see the hell called Raurava.
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What Narmadashtakam means
The Narmada is one of India's seven sacred rivers. Tradition holds that she was born from Shiva's body, and that every smooth stone in her bed is a Shiva linga (banalinga) — "Narmada ke kankar utne Shankar". The ashtakam praises her waters, which purify all sins, shelter all creatures and protected the sage Markandeya at the dissolution of the world.
Its last line, "Narmade Har", is the greeting of pilgrims on the Narmada parikrama.
How to chant Narmadashtakam
- WhenNarmada Jayanti (Magha Shukla Saptami), during the Narmada parikrama, on the banks at Omkareshwar, Maheshwar or Amarkantak
- TimeAbout 4 minutes
- Greeting"Narmade Har!"
- Face the river. Or keep a small vessel of water as a symbol of the Narmada.
- Recite the eight verses. The quick metre gives the hymn a flowing rhythm, like the river.
- Offer a lamp. Close with "Narmade Har" three times.
The Narmada parikrama — walking the length of the river on both banks — takes months and is one of India's great pilgrimages.
Where Narmadashtakam comes from
The hymn is traditionally attributed to Adi Shankaracharya. According to his hagiographies, he met his guru Govindapada in a cave on the banks of the Narmada near Omkareshwar and is said to have stilled a flood of the river by holding it in his kamandalu.
About Narmadashtakam
Sabindu-sindhu-suskhalat — the hymn to the Narmada that Shankaracharya is said to have sung on its banks, where he met his guru. Every verse ends "tvadiya-pada-pankajam namami devi narmade" — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet. It was composed by Adi Shankaracharya, 8th century CE. The text is in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit text: Sanskrit Wikisource. Transliteration and meanings by The Hindu Book.
Frequently asked questions
Who wrote Narmadashtakam?
Narmadashtakam was composed by Adi Shankaracharya (8th century CE).
Where can I read Narmadashtakam lyrics in English?
This page has the full Narmadashtakam in Sanskrit (Devanagari) with the English transliteration under every verse, and the meaning of each verse in Hindi and English. Use the Chant and Meaning buttons above the verses to show only what you need.
नर्मदाष्टकम् का अर्थ क्या है?
इस पेज पर नर्मदाष्टकम् के हर पद के नीचे उसका सरल हिंदी अर्थ और अंग्रेज़ी अर्थ दिया गया है।
How many verses are there in Narmadashtakam?
Narmadashtakam has 9 verses as given on this page.
In which language is Narmadashtakam?
Narmadashtakam is in Sanskrit. This page gives the original text in Devanagari with Roman transliteration and meaning in Hindi and English.
How long does it take to recite Narmadashtakam?
A full recitation takes about 4 min.
To whom is Narmadashtakam dedicated?
Narmadashtakam is dedicated to Narmada. Sabindu-sindhu-suskhalat — the hymn to the Narmada that Shankaracharya is said to have sung on its banks, where he met his guru. Every verse ends "tvadiya-pada-pankajam namami devi narmade" — O goddess Narmada, I bow to your lotus feet.
What does "Narmade Har" mean?
A greeting and prayer — "O Narmada, (who is one with) Hara (Shiva)!" — used by pilgrims along the river.
Where does the Narmada rise?
At Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh; it flows west to the Gulf of Khambhat.
