Courtesy:sri.K.Muralidharan Iyengar
Dear All,
Greetings and Namaste. As Papahara Dashami falls on Tuesday (14-Jun-2016), I am delighted to share a very rare Ganga Sahasranama Stotram by King Bhagiratha taken from Brihad Dharma Puranam, Madhya Khanda, and Chapter 50. People may be aware of the usual Sahasranama from Skanda Purana but this is a rare one.
Though you could refer to the Phalashruti, the mere reciting of this Sahasranama is said to bestow the benefit of performing 1,000 Ashwamedha Yagas, 100 Rajasuya Yagas, 100 Vajapeya Yagas and 100 Gaya Shraddha. One who chants this on Papahara Dashami after due worship of Lord Sadashiva gets the boon of Ganga Devi permanently residing at his abode for the full year.
Performing holy bathing in River Ganga on this day is prescribed for those who are really really lucky. Those who can't do so can worship Ganga at residence to the best of his ability. The following mantras may be chanted:
OM namaH shivAyai nArAyaNyai dashaharAyai ga~NgAyai namaH |
OM namo bhagavatI aiM shrIM hrIM vAk-kAma-mAyA-mayI hili-hili mili-mili ga~Nge mAm pAvaya-pAvaya svAhA ||
May We pray to Mata Ganga on Papahara Dashami and rid ourselves of our accrued karma!
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