Sahasranāma Stava of Sūrya
Sūrya Sahasranāma Stava, “the praise of the thousand names of Sūrya”
The Sahasranāma Stava of Sūrya is the praise of Bhagavān Sūrya by his thousand names that Sāmba recited during his tapas. In the Brahma Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa, Sumantu tells King Śatānīka how Bhagavān Sūrya, seeing Sāmba’s devotion, gave him a shorter stotra in its place.
The setting
Sāmba, his body wasted by disease and by the hardship of tapas, praised Sahasrāṃśu Divākara, the thousand-rayed, with his thousand names. Seeing Sāmba so worn, Bhagavān Sūrya appeared to him in a dream and said: “Sāmba, Mahābāhu, son of Jāmbavatī, listen. Enough now of the Sahasranāma Stava. Recite the auspicious stotra I am about to tell. I shall let you hear my names, secret, auspicious and pure.”
The Stavarāja given in its place
Bhagavān Sūrya then taught the Stavarāja, the king of stavas, of twenty-one names: Vaikartana, Vivasvat, Mārtāṇḍa, Bhāskara, Ravi, Lokaprakāśaka, Śrīmat, Lokacakshus, Graheśvara, Lokasākshin, Trilokeśa, Kartṛ, Hartṛ, Tamisraha, Tapana, Tāpana, Śuci, Saptāśvavāhana, Gabhastihasta, Brahmā and Sarvadevanamaskṛta. He said it is very dear to him, gives health, wealth and fame, and frees from every pāpa of mind, speech and body whoever recites it at the sandhyās. Having said this, Bhagavān Sūrya withdrew.
The phala
Sāmba praised Bhagavān Sūrya with this Stavarāja, was freed from his disease, and gained joy and good fortune.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 128
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 128