Stotras to Vishṇu

Indradyumna's hymn to Bhagavān Vishṇu, offered when Nārāyaṇa appeared before him, in the first chapter of the Kūrma Mahā Purāṇa.

Bhagavān Śiva's hymn to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Kshīrasāgara, when the devas defeated by the daityas sought help; it led to the Guptahari mūrti at Ayodhyā.

Kaśyapa's hymn to Bhagavān Vishṇu as Parātmā, offered for the exiled devas, which brought the Vāmana avatāra as his son.

A hymn to Bhagavān Vishṇu composed by Bhagavān Śiva and taught to Nārada in the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa, named the nectar of the kula.

Bhagavān Śiva's stotra to Nārada on Bhagavān Vishṇu, taught so that a jīva bound in saṃsāra may be freed, found in the Narasiṃha Purāṇa.

The stotra of Mārkaṇḍeya Maharshi to Bhagavān Vishṇu after the great pralaya, found in chapter 5 of the Nārada Mahā Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha.

The stotra of Mṛkaṇḍu Maharshi to Śrī Mahāvishṇu at Śālagrāma tīrtha, after which Bhagavān Vishṇu promised to be born as his son. Nārada Mahā Purāṇa, chapter 4.

An eight-verse stotra of Mārkaṇḍeya to Bhagavān Vishṇu for protection from untimely death and for long life, in the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa.

The stotra Nārada Maharshi sang for the moksha of Bali Cakravartī when Bhagavān Vāmana's third step sent him to Pātāla, in the Harivaṃśa, Bhavishya Parva.

Nārada's praise of Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa at Badarikāśrama, sung before he left to teach the Ekāntika Dharma, in the Vāsudeva Māhātmya of the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa.

The hymns of Brahmā, Śiva, Indra and the other groups to Bhagavān Narasiṃha after Hiraṇyakaśipu died, and how only Prahlāda could calm him (Bhāgavata, 7.8 and 7.9).

The Nārāyaṇa Kavaca, the protective hymn that Viśvarūpa taught to Indra in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa (6.8), with its nyāsa, its avatāras and its weapons.

Śiva's hymn of salutations to Bhagavān Nṛsiṃha in his eight forms, from the Āchāra Khaṇḍa of the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa.

The hymn of the ten Pracetas to Bhagavān Vishṇu when he appeared to them in the ocean after ten thousand years of tapas, in the Vishṇu Mahā Purāṇa.

The stotra the five-year-old Prahlāda sang to Bhagavān Narasiṃha after Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, 7th Skanda, Chapter 9.

The stotra Prahlāda sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu when He appeared in His Nṛsiṃha form on the ocean floor, in the Vishṇu Mahā Purāṇa, Prathamāṃśa, Chapter 20.

The hymn to Śrī Hari that Bhagavān Śiva taught the ten Pracetasas at a lake, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, 4th Skanda, Chapter 24.

The stotra Bhagavān Śiva sings without rest to Saṃkarshaṇa in Ilāvṛta-varsha, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, 5th Skanda, Chapter 17.

The praise of Bhagavān Ananta, also called Saṃkarshaṇa, who holds the universe on one hood, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, 5th Skanda, Chapter 25.

The hymn King Citraketu of Śūrasena sang to Bhagavān Saṃkarshaṇa after seven days of japa, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, sixth skandha, chapter 16.

The stava of one hundred names that Bhagavān Śiva sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Rāma's ascent to Vaikuṇṭha, in the Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa, Pūrṇa Khaṇḍa, chapter 6.

A stotra of nine verses sung by Śukrācārya in the Gaṅgā to Bhagavān Vishṇu as Vāmana, Nārāyaṇa and Narasiṃha, found in the Narasiṃha Purāṇa, chapter 55.

The hymn sung by Queen Suśānta of Bhallāṭanagara to Bhagavān Kalki as he lay as if unconscious, in the Kalki Purāṇa, third aṃśa, chapter 10.

A long hymn sung by Uttaṅka Maharshi to Bhagavān Vishṇu, praising him as Paramātmā and Nirguṇa Brahman, found in the Nārada Mahā Purāṇa, Pūrvārdha, chapters 36 to 40.

The stotra the devas sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Vaikuṇṭha, listing his avatāras and asking him to enter the war against Jalandhara.

Twelve monthly dvādaśī observances for twelve names of Bhagavān Vishṇu, a song first sung by Brahmā and told by Bhīshma to Yudhishṭhira.

The protective hymn Bhagavān Vishṇu told to Parameśvara Śiva in the Garuḍa Purāṇa, a cage of forms and weapons around the reciter in every direction.

The thousand names of Bhagavān Vishṇu that Bhīshma taught to Yudhishṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva of the Mahābhārata, chapter 149.

The thousand names of Bhagavān Vishṇu that he taught to Parameśvara Śiva in the Āchāra Khaṇḍa of the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa, chapter 15.

A stotra to Bhagavān Vishṇu that destroys pāpa, taught by Sarasvatī through a brāhmaṇa's tongue to a rākshasa, in the Vāmana Mahā Purāṇa, chapter 59.

The stotra to Bhagavān Vishṇu that the brāhmaṇa Vishṇu Śarmā sang at Ayodhyā after three years of tapas, in the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa.

A sixteen-śloka stotra that meditates on Bhagavān Hari from the lotus feet to the crown, taught by Bhagavān Śiva to Padmāvatī in the Kalki Purāṇa.

Śaunaka Maharshi's stotra to Bhagavān Mahāvishṇu, sung on the bank of the Gaṅgā before Nārada and the Sanakas, in the Nārada Mahā Purāṇa.

Yama's stotra to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Dharmāraṇya, sung before the great assembly, after which Vishṇu settled 18,000 brāhmaṇas there.

A long stotra to Bhagavān Vishṇu as Acyuta, the Unfallen One, composed by Brahmā and taught to Nārada in the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa.

Aditi's stotra to Bhagavān Janārdana in the Nārada Mahā Purāṇa, after which Vishṇu agrees to be born as her son Vāmana, with Kaśyapa's stotra at Vāmana's birth.

Aditi's stotra to Bhagavān Vishṇu in the Kūrma Mahā Purāṇa, after which he agrees to be born as her son Vāmana to restore the rule of the devas.

Stotras to six avatāras and forms of Bhagavān Vishṇu, sung in six varshas of Jambūdvīpa, recorded in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, fifth skandha, chapter 18.

Thirty stutis of Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa sung by devas and ṛshis born of Vishṇu at creation, told by Śrī Kṛshṇa to Garuḍa in the Garuḍa Mahā Purāṇa.

The stotra Brahmā sang to Bhagavān Narasiṃha after Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain, found in the Bhavishya Parva of the Harivaṃśa, chapter 47.

Two stotras to Bhagavān Vishṇu in the third skandha of the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa: Brahmā's at the dawn of creation and Kardama's after his tapas at Bindu-sara.

Brahmā's prayer to Bhagavān Śrī Hari at Vaikuṇṭha, after his tapas, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, second skandha, chapter 9.

The hymn Brahmā and the devas sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu when the churning of the ocean ended, in the Vishṇu Mahā Purāṇa, first aṃśa, chapter 9.

Brahmā's fourteen-verse stuti to Bhagavān Vishṇu on the Milk Ocean before the Kṛshṇa avatāra, in the Narasiṃha Purāṇa, chapter 53.

Nine ślokas in which Brahmā praises Bhagavān Vishṇu before the Rāma avatāra, ending with the name Rāvaṇāntakṛt, found in Narasiṃha Purāṇa chapter 47.

A short prayer in which Brahmā asks Bhagavān Vishṇu to give back the Vedas stolen by Madhu and Kaiṭabha, found in Narasiṃha Purāṇa chapter 37.

A stotra of the Agni Purāṇa that praises the twenty-four forms of Bhagavān Vishṇu one by one, and whose verses spell the twelve-syllable mantra of Vāsudeva.

A stotra of the ten avatāras of Bhagavān Vishṇu sung to Kalki by kings who were freed from the form of women, in the Kalki Purāṇa.

The prayer of the devas to Bhagavān Śrī Hari after Vṛtrāsura swallowed their weapons, in Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, sixth skandha, chapter 9.

The fourteen-śloka hymn the five-year-old Dhruva sang to Bhagavān Hari at Madhuvana, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, Skanda 4, Chapter 9.

The stotra the child Dhruva sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Madhuvana, ending in four verses asking only for bhakti, in the Narasimha Purāṇa, Chapter 31.

The stotra Durvāsa Maharshi sang to Bhagavān Vishṇu at Vaikuṇṭha while the Sudarśana Cakra pursued him, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Chapter 25.

The stotra of Gālava Maharshi to Bhagavān Vishṇu at the Dharma Pushkariṇī in the Setu-kshetra, in the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa, Setu Māhātmya, Chapter 3.

The twelve-verse prayer of Daksha Prajāpati to Bhagavān Hari at Aghamarshaṇa tīrtha, in the Bhāgavata Mahā Purāṇa, Skanda 6, Chapter 4.

A hymn to Hari and Hara as one ātmā, spoken by Mārkaṇḍeya Muni to Brahmā after the fight between Kṛshṇa and Śiva at Śoṇitapura.