Sri Gayatri Shapoddhara Stotram
shree gaayatree shaapoddhaara stotram'
shaapamuktaa hi gaayatree chaturvargaphalapradaa |
ashaapamuktaa gaayatree chaturvargaphalaantakaa ||
om asya shreebrahmashaapavimochanamantrasya nigrahaanugrahakartaa
prajaapatirri'shih' athavaa brahmaa ri'shih' | kaamadughaa gaayatree chhandah' |
bhuktimuktipradaa brahmashaapavimochanee gaayatreeshaktirdevataa |
brahmashaapavimochanaarthe jape viniyogah' ||
om gaayatreem' brahmetyupaaseeta yadroopam' brahmavido viduh' |
taam' pashyanti dheeraah' sumanaso vaachamagratah' |
om vedaantanaathaaya vidmahe hiranyagarbhaaya dheemahee tanno brahma prachodayaat |
om devi gaayatree tvam' brahma shaapaat vimuktaa bhava ||
om asya shreevasisht'hashaapavimochanamantrasya
nigrahaanugrahakartaa vasisht'hari'shih' |
vishvodbhavaa gaayatree chhandah' |
vasisht'haanugrahitaa gaayatreeshakti devataah' |
vasisht'ha shaapa vimochanaartham' jape viniyogah' ||
tattvaani chaangeshvagnichito dhiyaam'sah' dhyaayati vishnoraayudhaani bibhrat |
janaanataa saa paramaa cha shashvat | gaayatreemaasaachchhuranuttama cha dhaama
om gaayatreevasisht'hashaapaadvimuktaa bhava |
om so'hamarkamayam' jyotiraatmajyotiraham' shivah' |
aatmajyotiraham' shukrah' sarvajyotiraso'smyaham' ||
(iti yuktva yoni mudraam' pradarshya gaayatree trayam' paditva )
( yoni mudraa dikhaakara 3-teena baara gaayatree mantra kaa jaapa kare |)
om devee gaayatree tvam' vasisht'ha shaapaat vimuktaa bhava ||
om asya shreevishvaamitrashaapavimochanamantrasya
nootanasri'sht'ikartaa vishvaamitrari'shih' |
vaagdohaa gaayatree chhandah' |
vishvaamitraanugri'hitaa gaayatree shaktih' savitaa devataa |
vishvaamitrashaapavimochanaarthe jape viniyogah' ||
tattvaani chaangeshvagnichito dhiyaam'sastrigarbhaam' yadudbhavaam'
devaashchochire vishvasri'sht'im' | taam' kalyaaneemisht'akareem'
prapadye yanmukhaannih'sri'to vedagarbhah' ||
om gaayatri tvam' vishvaamitrashaapaadvimuktaa bhava ||
om gaayatreem' bhajaamyagnimukheem' vishvagarbhaam' yadudbhavaah' |
devaashchakrire vishvasri'sht'im' taam' kalyaaneemisht'akareem' prapadye ||
om devee gaayatree tvam' vishvaamitra shaapaat vimuktaa bhava ||
om asya shreeshukrashaapavimochanamantrasya shreeshukra ri'shih' |
anusht'upchhandah' | devi gaayatree devataah' |
shukra shaapa vimochanaartham' jape viniyogah' ||
so'hamarkamayam' jyotirarkajyotiraham' shivah' |
aatmajyotiraham' shukrah' sarvajyotiraso'smyaham' ||
om devee gaayatree tvam' shukra shaapaat vimuktaa bhava ||
praarthanaa |
om aho devi mahaadevi sandhye vidye sarasvatee |
ajare amare chaiva brahmayonirnamo'stute ||
om devee gaayatree tvam' brahmashaapaat vimuktaa bhava |
vasisht'hashaapaat vimuktaa bhava |
vishvaamitrashaapaat vimuktaa bhava |
shukrashaapaat vimuktaa bhava ||
Meaning
1. The stotra begins by asserting: Gayatri liberates from curses and grants the fourfold fruits of life; without her the opposite (failure) occurs.
2. Invocation: the “Brahma-śāpa-vimochana” mantra is presented — Brahmā (or Prajāpati) as rishi; Gayatri-Shakti as the liberator from Brahma-curse. This mantra is prescribed for use to free from that specific curse.
3. “Om Gayatrīm brahmetyupāsīta…” — If Gayatri is meditated as Brahman, the wise attain her; an appeal invoking Vedānta formulas (dhīmahi / tanno brahm) to prompt liberation.
4. Next section names Vasiṣṭha’s curse-abolishing mantra: Vasiṣṭha as rishi, Gayatri as the invoked chandas and power; the use is indicated for Vasiṣṭha-curse removal.
5. Verses describe the deity’s dominion (fire-aspect, arms, weaponry) and promise that chanting liberates from Vasiṣṭha’s malediction.
6. “Om so’ham arka-mayaṃ…” — instructs showing yoni-mudra and reciting three Gayatri mantras; doing so liberates from Vasiṣṭha’s curse.
7. The text then gives Viśvāmitra’s curse-removal mantra: Viśvāmitra as rishi, Savitā/Gayatri as deity; use of this mantra liberates from Viśvāmitra’s binding.
8. Additional stanzas describe the cosmic role of this Gayatri (world-creating, auspicious, grantor of welfare) and prescribe recitation for universal beneficence.
9. Shukra’s curse-removal Gayatri is similarly given with Anuṣṭup meter; recitation frees from Shukra-related afflictions.
10. Throughout the stotra short ritual instructions and dhyāna-phrases (visualizations, mantra-phrases) are scattered; each rishi-specific mantra closes with the refrain: “Oṃ devī Gayatrī tvam … śāpāt vimuktā bhava.”
11. The closing prayer petitions the Devi as Sarasvatī and the immortal source; repeats the request to be freed from the four named curses (Brahmā, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra, Śukra).
Summary:
Sri Gayatri Shapoddhara Stotram is a focused set of invocations and mantras that present Gayatri as the remover of specific, named curses associated with ancient sages — Brahmā, Vasiṣṭha, Viśvāmitra and Śukra. Each section gives the rishi, meter, deity-aspect and prescribes the mantra’s use and associated practice (mudrā, visualization, repetition). The stotra ends with a concise prayer asking Gayatri to liberate the reciter from those ancestral or ritual curses. Practitioners are implicitly advised to perform the mantras with proper discipline, purity and, where applicable, under guru guidance.
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