Sūrya Nāma Stotra

The Sūrya Nāma Stotra is a string of sacred names and salutations to Bhagavān Sūrya. The Bhavishya Purāṇa gives it as taught by Brahmā to Yājñavalkya. Brahmā says: “These are the names through whose praise (nāma-stavana) Bhagavān Sūrya becomes pleased.”

The stotra is made of verses of namaskāra (salutation) that call Bhagavān Sūrya by his many forms, qualities and cosmic identities. It is found in the Bhavishya Mahā Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 71.

The stotra

namaḥ sūryāya nityāya ravye’rkāya bhānave |
bhāskarāya mataṅgāya mārtāṇḍāya vivasvate ||

Salutations to Sūrya, the eternal (Nitya), Ravi, Arka, Bhānu, Bhāskara, Mataṅga, Mārtāṇḍa, Vivasvān.

ādityāyādi devāya namaste raśmimāline |
divākarāya dīptāya agnaye mihirāya ca ||

prabhākarāya mitrāya namaste’diti saṃbhava |
namo gopataye nityaṃ diśāṃca pataye namaḥ ||

namo dhātre vidhātre ca aryamṇo varuṇāya ca |
pūshṇo bhagāya mitrāya parjanyāyāṃśave namaḥ ||

namo hitakṛte nityaṃ dharmāya tapanāya ca |
haraye haritāśvāya viśvasya pataye namaḥ ||

vishṇave brahmaṇo nityaṃ tryaṃbakāya tathātmane |
namaste saptaloke śa namaste sapta saptaye ||

ekasmaihi namastubhyam ekacakra rathāya ca |
jyotishāṃ pataye nityaṃ sarvprāṇabhṛte namaḥ ||

hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ śivāyārti harāya ca |
namaḥ padma prabodhāya namo vedādimūrtaye |

kādhijāya namastubhyaṃ namastārā sutāya ca |
bhīmajāya namostubhyaṃ pāvakāya ca vai namaḥ ||

dhishaṇāya namo nityaṃ namaḥ kṛshṇāya nityada |
namo’stu aditīputrāya namo lakshyāya nityaśaḥ ||

The names

The stotra calls Bhagavān Sūrya by these kinds of names.

Personal names: Sūrya, Ravi, Arka, Bhānu, Bhāskara, Mārtāṇḍa, Vivasvān, Mataṅga, Prabhākara, Divākara, Dīpta, Mihira, Mitra, Agni, Pāvaka

Names of his cosmic identity: Ādideva, Raśmimālī, Gopati (master of rays, or of cattle), Dhātā, Vidhātā, Aryaman, Varuṇa, Pūshan, Bhaga, Parjanya, Aṃśu, Tapana, Hari, Haritāśva (having tawny horses), Viśvapati, Vishṇu, Brahman, Tryambaka, Saptalokeśa, Sapta-sapti (seven sevens, the rider of forty-nine horses), Ekacakra-ratha, Jyotishpati, Sarvaprāṇabhṛt, Śiva, Ārtiharā, Padmaprabodha (the one who awakens the lotus), Vedādimūrti, Tārasuta, Bhīmaja, Dhishaṇa, Kṛshṇa, Aditi-putra, Lakshya

Name of his lineage: Aditi-sambhava (born of Aditi)

The phalaśruti

Brahmā said: “One who recites these names with purity at dawn and dusk will, like me, attain all that the heart desires.”

Those who worship Bhagavān Sūrya with this Nāma Stotra receive, by his grace, dharma, artha and kāma, and also health, a kingdom and victory. One who is in bondage will be freed. All pāpa (sin) is destroyed through this japa (recitation).

Sources

• Bhavishya Mahā Purāṇa, Brahma Parva, Chapter 71