Stotras to Sūrya, Gaṇeśa and Other Devas

The stotra the Brahmarshis sang to Bhagavān Agni after he led the devas to victory over the daityas, from the Harivaṃśa Purāṇa, Bhavishya Parva, chapter 61.

The daily protective hymn Balarāma taught Pradyumna in Dvārakā, which calls on Brahmā, the Vedas, the devas, rivers and tīrthas to guard the one who recites it.

The stotras of Brahmā, Bhagavān Śiva and Bhagavān Vishṇu to Bhagavān Sūrya at the start of the kalpa, and Brahmā's second stotra, in the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva.

The stotra the devas sang to Bhagavān Gaṇeśa when he rose with the elephant head, and the vara by which he stayed at Dharmāraṇya, in the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa.

A stotra to the Sudarśana cakra sung by Gālava Maharshi at the Dharma Pushkariṇī after the cakra killed the rākshasa Durgamu; the tīrtha became Cakratīrtha.

The stotra the Devas sang to Vighnarāja Gaṇeśa on the Gautamī when obstacles stopped their yajña; it gave the place the name Avighna Tīrtha.

King Ghosha's seven-verse stotra to Bhagavān Sūrya at Ayodhyā, sung after he was healed; Sūrya gave the vara of the image Ghoshārka at Ghoshārkakuṇḍa.

A kavaca built on twelve names of Hanumān, taught by Bhagavān Śiva to Devī Pārvatī in the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa; Bhagavān Rāma first gave it to Vibhīshaṇa.

The stotra to Bhagavān Manmatha (Kāmadeva) that Durvāsa taught the apsarā Mohinī, and its phalaśruti, from the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

Nārada Maharshi's full account to Sāmba of Bhagavān Sūrya's cosmic form, his ratha, his thousand kiraṇas and his many names, in the Bhavishya Purāṇa.

Ruci's hymn to the thirty-one gaṇas of Pitṛ-devatās, taught after Brahmā told him to worship the pitṛs, from the Garuḍa Purāṇa.

The stotra Rādhā sang to Gaṇeśa at Siddhāśrama on Vaiśākha Pūrṇimā, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, and the teaching Gaṇeśa gave her in return.

The Stava-rāja that Sāmba sang to Bhagavān Sūrya during twelve years of tapas, and the short form of twenty-one names Sūrya gave him, in the Bhavishya Purāṇa.

A protective litany of namaskāras to the devas, ṛshis and kings of old, taught by Vyāsa to Bhīshma and by Bhīshma to Yudhishṭhira, in the Anuśāsana Parva.

The hymn Sāvitrī offered to Yamadharmarāja as she followed him to win back the jīva of her husband Satyavān, from the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

The eight-verse stotra Sītā offered to Gārhapatya Agni, as Bhagavān Śiva-Rudra, when Rāvaṇa came to carry her away; from the Kūrma Purāṇa.

The hymn Bali sang to the Sudarśana Cakra when it came to Sutala, from Chapter 67 of the Vāmana Mahā Purāṇa.

A string of names and salutations to Bhagavān Sūrya, taught by Brahmā to Yājñavalkya in the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 71.

The seventy names of Bhagavān Sūrya, recited in Sūrya-loka during Śivaśarman's journey, from Chapter 9 of the Kāśī Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.

The stotras to Bhagavān Sūrya sung by the devas and ṛshis in the Mārtāṇḍa Māhātmya of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, Chapters 99–107.

The litany of the lineage of devas, ṛshis, rivers, tīrthas and kings that Bhīshma taught Yudhishṭhira from his bed of arrows, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 165.