Pitru Paksha Comprehensive Honoring - Pitru Stotram and Prarthana
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 9 sections
Pitru Paksha Comprehensive Honoring Your Pitrus other
Pitru Pranam Mantra
Original
देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च महायोगिभ्य एव च। नमः स्वाहायै स्वधायै नित्यमेव नमो नमः॥
Transliteration
Devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyogibhya eva ca। Namaḥ svāhāyai svadhāyai nityameva namo namaḥ॥
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to all the divine deities, to the revered ancestors (Pitrus), and to the great Yogis. Salutations ever and always to Svaha (offering to Gods) and Svadha (offering to Ancestors).
Pitru Gayatri Mantra
Original
ॐ पितृगणाय विद्महे जगतधारिणे धीमहि। तन्नो पितृः प्रचोदयात्॥
Transliteration
Om pitṛgaṇāya vidmahe jagatdhāriṇe dhīmahi। Tanno pitṛḥ pracodayāt॥
Meaning / Translation
Om, let us meditate on the assembly of revered ancestors who sustain our lineage and existence. May those ancestral spirits enlighten and inspire our intellect and path.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 1
Original
अर्चितानाममूर्तानां पितॄणां दीप्ततेजसाम्। नमस्यामि सदा तेषां ध्यानिनां दिव्यचक्षुषाम्॥
Transliteration
Arcitānāmamūrtānāṁ pitṝṇāṁ dīptatejasām। Namasyāmi sadā teṣāṁ dhyānināṁ divyacakṣuṣām॥
Meaning / Translation
I always bow to the formless, worshipped ancestors who radiate brilliant spiritual light, who are absorbed in deep meditation and possess divine cosmic vision.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 2
Original
इन्द्रादीनां च नेतारो दक्षमारीचयोस्तथा। सप्तर्षीणां तथान्येषां तान् नमस्यामि कामदान्॥
Transliteration
Indrādīnāṁ ca netāro dakṣamārīcayostathā। Saptarṣīṇāṁ tathānyeṣāṁ tān namasyāmi kāmadān॥
Meaning / Translation
I pay homage to those supreme ancestral guides of Indra and the deities, of Sage Daksha, Sage Marichi, the sacred Saptarshis (seven sages), and others—those revered beings who fulfill all righteous wishes.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 3
Original
मन्वादीनां च नेतारः सूर्याचन्दमसोस्तथा। तान् नमस्याम्यहं सर्वान् पितॄनप्सूदधावपि॥
Transliteration
Manvādīnāṁ ca netāraḥ sūryācandramasostathā। Tān namasyāmyahaṁ sarvān pitṝnapsūdadhavapi॥
Meaning / Translation
I bow down to all the Pitrus who are the guides of Manu, of the Sun and the Moon, and those who reside across the waters, oceans, and sacred realms.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 4
Original
नक्षत्राणां ग्रहाणां च वाय्वग्न्योर्नभसस्तथा। द्यावापृथिव्योश्च तथा नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः॥
Transliteration
Nakṣatrāṇāṁ grahāṇāṁ ca vāyvagnyornabhasastathā। Dyāvāpṛthivyośca tathā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ॥
Meaning / Translation
With folded hands in reverence, I offer obeisance to the Pitrus who sustain the constellations, planets, wind, fire, ether, as well as heaven and earth.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 5
Original
प्रजापतेः कश्यपाय सोमाय वरुणाय च। योगेश्वरेभ्यश्च सदा नमस्यामि कृताञ्जलिः॥
Transliteration
Prajāpateḥ kaśyapāya somāya varuṇāya ca। Yogeśvarebhyaśca sadā namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ॥
Meaning / Translation
With joined hands, I perpetually bow to Prajapati, Sage Kashyapa, Soma, Varuna, and all the supreme masters of Yoga who bless and protect the ancestral planes.
Pitru Stotram - Verse 6
Original
नमो गणेभ्यः सप्तभ्यस्तथा लोकेषु सप्तसु। स्वयम्भुवे नमस्यामि ब्रह्मणे योगचक्षुषे॥
Transliteration
Namo gaṇebhyaḥ saptabhyastathā lokeṣu saptasu। Svayambhuve namasyāmi brahmaṇe yogacakṣuṣe॥
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the seven divine classes of Pitrus prevailing across the seven worlds. I bow to the Self-born Brahma, who observes all through the eyes of supreme wisdom.
Pitru Ashirvad and Kshama Prarthana
Original
गोत्रं नो वर्धतां दातारो नोऽभिवर्धन्ताम्। वेदाः सन्ततिरेव च श्रद्धा च नो मा व्यगमद् बहु देयं च नोऽस्तु॥
Transliteration
Gotraṁ no vardhatāṁ dātāro no'bhivardhantām। Vedāḥ santatireva ca śraddhā ca no mā vyagamad bahu deyaṁ ca no'stu॥
Meaning / Translation
May our family lineage (Gotra) flourish; may the givers among us prosper; may knowledge of the Vedas and noble descendants expand; may our faith never waver; and may we always have abundant wealth and spirit to give in charity.