Stotram

Sacred Hymns of the Datta Tradition

Stotram (स्तोत्रम्) is the tradition of praise-poetry addressed to the divine — structured eulogies that describe the deity’s attributes, invoke their presence, and purify the reciter’s mind. At Sri Datta Mukti Kshetram, the following stotrams are recited daily for the benefit of visiting pilgrims and the souls of their ancestors.

Dattatreya Ashtottara Shatanama (108 Names)

The 108 names of Lord Dattatreya encapsulate his complete nature: as Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva in one form (Trigunateeta), as the supreme Avadhoota who wanders free of all conditioning, and as the compassionate Guru who grants liberation. Reciting these names daily is held to dissolve pitru-dosha (ancestral affliction) over time.

Datta Stava — Selected Verses

"Dattam me raksha sarvatra, sarva-dosha-vinashanam | Pitr-moksha-pradam devam, Dattatreya-namostute ||"

O Datta, protect me everywhere; destroyer of all faults. O God who grants liberation to ancestors — Salutations to Dattatreya.

"Jaya Datta Dayasindho, Pitrinam Tarakaprabho | Godavari-tate ramya, Muktim dehi namostute ||"

Victory to Datta, ocean of compassion, saviour-lord of ancestors | Dwelling beautifully on the Godavari bank — grant liberation, salutations.

Pitr Stotram

"Pitarah santvyatam nityam, deva-rshi-pitamahah | Jnata-ajnata-kritam papam, kshamasva pitr-devatah ||"

May the fathers — gods, sages, and great-grandfathers — be always appeased. O Pitr-devas, forgive sins done knowingly or unknowingly.

When to Recite

These stotrams are most efficacious at dawn (Brahma-muhurta, 4:30–6:00 AM), at midday (facing south, the direction of the pitrs), and at dusk. Pilgrims performing tarpana at the ghat are encouraged to recite the Pitr Stotram before and after the rites.

Stotras of the Datta Tradition

Devanagari is reproduced exactly from the Nitya Parayana Mantras text. Telugu and IAST are mechanical transliterations of it.

श्रीदत्त स्तवः

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ| śrī sarasvatyai namaḥ|

śrīpādavallabha narasiṃha sarasvatī śrīguru dattātreyāya namaḥ||

dattātreyaṃ mahātmānaṃ varadaṃ bhakta vatsalam|

prapannārti haraṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||1

dīnabandhuṃ kṛpāsindhuṃ sarvakāraṇa kāraṇam|

sarvarakṣā karaṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||2

śaraṇāgata dīnārta paritrāṇa parāyaṇam|

nārāyaṇaṃ vibhuṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||3

sarvānarthaharaṃ devaṃ sarvamaṃgaḻa maṃgaḻam||

sarvakleśa haraṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||4

brahmaṇyaṃ dharmatatvajñaṃ bhaktakīrti vivardhanam|

bhaktābhīṣṭa pradaṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||5

śoṣaṇaṃ pāpa paṃkasya dīpanaṃ jñānatejasaḥ|

tāpapraśamanaṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||6

sarvaroga praśamanaṃ sarvapīḍā nivāraṇam|

vipaduddharaṇaṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||7

janmasaṃsāra baṃdhaghnaṃ svarūpānanda dāyakam|

niśreyasa padaṃ vande smartṛgāmī sanovatu||8

jayalābhayaśaḥ kāma dātu rdattasya yasstavam|

bhogamokṣapradasyemaṃ prapaṭhet sa kṛtī bhavet||9

śrī gaṇeśāyanamaḥ śrīsarasvatyainamaḥ

śrīpādavallabha narasiṃha sarasvatī śrīguru dattātreyāya namaḥ

श्री दत्तक्षेत्र षोडशी

saccidānanda sadguru dattaṃ bhaja bhaja bhakta|

ṣoḍaśāvatāra rūpa dattaṃ bhajare bhakta|

mahiṣapuravāsa śrīkālāgni śamanadattam|

prodduṭūru grāmavāsa yogirājavallabham|

beṃgaḻūru nagarasthita dattayogirājam|

anaṃtapure sthitaṃ jñānasāgaraṃ bhaja dattam|1

vijayavāḍa vilasitaṃ śyāmakamalalocanam|

macilīpaṭṭaṇa saṃsthitaṃ atrivaradarājam|

jayalakṣmīpure saṃskārahīna śivarūpam|

madrāsunagara saṃvāsaṃ ādi gurunāmakam|2

hṛṣīkeśa tīrtharājaṃ śrī digaṃbara dattam|

ākivīḍusthaṃ viśvāṃbarāvadhūta dattam|

nūjivīḍu paṭṭaṇe devadeva avatāram|

bhāgyanagara sthitaṃ dattāvadhūtaṃ bhaja|3

gaṃḍiguṃṭa janapade dattadigaṃbara devam|

koccinnagare sthitaṃ siddharāja nāmakam|

māyāmuktāvadhūta maccarapāke|

līlāviśvaṃbharaṃ sūrannagare bhaja|4

saccidānanda janmasthale dattakāśīśvaram|

pūrvasamudratīre dattarāmeśvaram|

saccidānanda sadguru dattaṃ bhaja bhaja bhakta|

ṣoḍaśāvatāra rūpa dattaṃ bhajare bhakta|5

नवनाथ दत्त स्तोत्रम्

śrīdattaṃ saccidānandaṃ navanātha svarūpiṇam|

smarāmyāmuṣmikaṃ bhāgya-maihikaṃ bhṛśa māpnuyām

"gaṃ " bījaṃ datta nāthaṃ taṃ ḍhillīsthaṃ yamunā taṭe|1

pinākinī taṭe nellūr pure "ṇaṃ " bīja saṃyutam|2

"paṃ " dattanāthaṃ taṃ bhīmavare puravare sthitam|3

śailoddeśe tu kaḍapa puryāṃ "gaṃ " dattanāmakam|4

koller sarastaṭe kaika- lūrau "saṃ "datta mānuve|5

nāgāvaḻī taṭe śrīkā – kuḻe "ciṃ " datta sadgurum|6

"dāṃ "dattaṃ daṇḍakāraṇye kāmāreḍḍi pure sthitam|7

suramya mandire helāpuryāṃ "naṃ " datta deśikam|8

guṃṭūru nagarāvāsaṃ seve "daṃ " datta deśikam|9

śrīmātṛ śiva viṣṇūnāṃ divyakṣetra nivāsinam|

pīṭhāpurasthitaṃ vande dattaṃ śrīpādavallabham||10

bhīmāmarajayo ssaṃge - kṣetre śrīgāṇagāpure|

narasiṃha sarasvatyāḥ pādukā kṣetrarājitam||11

vande gaṇapati sacci - dānanda manu bhāsakam|

śrīdattaṃ saccidānandaṃ navanātha svarūpiṇam|

smarāmyāmuṣmikaṃ bhāgyaṃ - aihikaṃ bhṛśamāpnuyām||12

श्रीदत्त वेंकटेश्वराष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्

śrīdatta veṅkaṭeśāya dattapīṭhāgravāsine|

saptarṣi tīrthavāsāya tīrtha tīrthātmane svayam||1

mṛgīvana vihārāya mṛtyuṃjaya sakhāya ca|

yoginī nṛtta tuṣṭāya yogeśāya yugātmane|| 2

goghaṇṭārava raktāya go gopa gaṇa pāline|

govindāya ca gomārga goptre gopāla sūnave||3

kṣīrābdhivāsine kṣīra vārdhi manthana hetave|

dhṛta mandaraśailāya kūrmāya suraśarmaṇe||4

nānāratna svarūpāya nānauṣadhi rasātmane|

dhanvantari svarūpāya pīyūṣa ghaṭadhāriṇe||5

kṣīrasāgara jāmātre lakṣmī saṃśrita vakṣase|

surasajjana santrātre jṛṃbhamāṇa kṛpābdhaye||6

padmā hṛdayavāsāya padmanetrāya padmine|

bhṛgujñānakṛte bhṛtya gupe marṣaṇaśīline||7

vāyu garva nirodhāya śeṣaśailādhivāsine|

vakuḻāvarasandātre gajarāṭ sevitāya ca||8

padmāvatī manojñāyā kāśarāṭpuṇyarāśaye|

nityaiśvarya vilāsāya kali santāra mūrtaye||9

gurave gurusevyāya gurumaṇḍalamauḻaye|

cāmuṇḍādri padasthāya śrīdatta sahacāriṇe||10

śrīmātrabhinnarūpāya śrīnṛsiṃhāgrajanmane|

satyānandeśa mitrāya satyāyānandarūpiṇe||11

mūlikā vanasaktāya dhanvantariyutāya ca|

bhaktāmaya vināśāya bhavarogāpahāriṇe||12

jarārugbhaya saṃhartre vividhauṣadhidāyine|

padmāśrita svagehāya padmā saṃgātimodine||13

kṛpollasita hāsāya varadāyāśutoṣiṇe|

varāya varahastaśrī- varṣitāśādhika śriye||14

śrīśāya śrīpradāyātha śrīpālāya śritaśriye|

kulīnāya kuṭuṃbānu - kūlyadāya kulātmane||15

gajāsya samavetāya gajāntaiśvaryadāyine|

gaṇeśa prīta manase bhaktavighnāpahāriṇe||16

vidyāpradāya vedyāya vettre vedāya vedhase|

navagraha sametāya nānāpīḍā nivāriṇe||17

kālāya kālakṛ nnetre kālakālāya kāline|

śrīvarāhānuyātāya śilādattānurāgiṇe||18

uduṃbara mahāśākhā vījitāya jitātmane|

puro garuḍa sevyāya hanumatsevitāya ca||19

suvarṇa kalaśodbhāsi vimānāya ca mānine|

kuḍya vyaktābja cakrāya cakra saptaka pāline||20

pratiṣṭhā samaya vyakta khaga cakrāya cakriṇe|

padmapīṭhaga pādāya kaṭinyasta karāya ca||21

vara hastāya śaṃkhāri dhṛte śrī bhū śritorase|

kastūrī tilakāya śrī -kirīṭāya guṇābdhaye||22

guṇasaṅga vihīnāya saccidānandarūpiṇe|

namastestu namastestu namastestu namo namaḥ||23

iti śrīdattaveṃkaṭeśvara svāmine namaḥ|

aṣṭottara śatanāma stotraṃ samarpayāmi|

veṃkaṭeśa paro devo dattātreya paro guruḥ|

dvayo rabhinnayo śśaktyā jagatāmastu maṃgaḻam||24

padmāvatī parigataṃ gaṇanātha yuktaṃ

dhanvantari prabhuyutaṃ grahapuñja sevyam|

śrīdattapīṭhanilayaṃ praṇamāmi sacci-

dānanda rūparuciraṃ hṛdi veṅkaṭeśam||25

सद्गुरु दत्तात्रेय स्तोत्रम्

bālārka prabha mindranīla jaṭilaṃ bhasmāṃga rāgojjvalaṃ

śāntaṃ nāda vilīna cittapavanaṃ śārdūla carmāṃbaram|

brahmajñai ssanakādibhiḥ parivṛtaṃ siddhai ssamārādhitaṃ

dattātreya mupāsmahe hṛdi mudā dhyeyaṃ sadā yogibhiḥ|| 112

dattātreya svabhāva prakaṭana paṭima projjvalad jñānabhāsaḥ

sarvātmatvānmadīyaṃ jaḍadhiyamapi yonāvilāṃ carkarīti|

utsotpannābhavācaṃ samudayatu guru rmāmakīno mahejyaḥ

tadbrahmaṇyaṃ bhajehaṃ gaṇapati yaminaṃ saccidānaṃda dattam||113

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