कथनीयं न चान्यस्य कस्यचित्केनचित्क्वचित्
This should not be spoken of to anyone else, by anyone, anywhere.
महाश्रेयस्करं पुण्यं मनोरथकरं परम्
It is supremely auspicious, meritorious, and fulfills all desires.
नाम्नां सहस्रगंगायाः स्तवराजेषुशो भनम्
This is the king of hymns, the thousand names of Gaṅgā.
जपनीयं प्रयन्नेन मौनिना वाचकं विना
It should be recited in secret, in silence, without a speaker.
स्कंद उवाच ॐनमो गंगादेव्यै अत्युदाराऽभयाऽशोकाऽलकनंदाऽमृताऽमला
Skanda said: Om, obeisance to Goddess Gaṅgā, who is most generous, fearless, free from sorrow, Alakanandā, immortal, and pure.
अनाथवत्सलाऽमोघाऽपांयोनिरमृतप्रदा
She is affectionate to the helpless, unfailing, born of water, bestower of immortality.
अनाथनाथाऽभीष्टार्थसिद्धिदाऽनंगवर्धिनी
Protector of the helpless, granter of desired objects and success, increaser of love.
अचिंत्यशक्तिरनघाऽद्भुतरूपाऽघहारिणी 4.1.29.
Of inconceivable power, sinless, of wondrous form, destroyer of sin.
अक्षुण्णशक्तिरसुदाऽनंततीर्थाऽमृतोदका
Of unbroken strength, giver of nectar, with endless sacred fords, whose waters are immortal.
अशेषदेवतामूर्तिरघोराऽमृतरूपिणी
Embodiment of all deities, gentle, of the form of nectar.
अशेषविघ्नसंहर्त्री त्वशेषगुणगुंफिता
Destroyer of all obstacles, adorned with all virtues.
अभिरामाऽनवद्यांग्यनंतसाराऽकलंकिनी
Charming, flawless in body, of infinite essence, without stain.
आश्चर्यमूर्तिरायुष्या ह्याढ्याऽऽद्याऽऽप्राऽऽर्यसेविता
Of wondrous form, giver of long life, wealthy, primeval, honored by the noble.
आलस्यघ्न्यापदां हंत्री ह्यानंदामृतवर्षिणी
Destroyer of laziness and misfortune, showering the nectar of bliss.
इतिहासश्रुतीड्यार्था त्विहामुत्रशुभप्रदा इज्याशीलसमिज्येष्ठा त्विंद्रादिपरिवंदिता
Praised in history and scripture, bestower of good here and hereafter, foremost in worship and conduct, honored by Indra and others.
इलालंकारमालेद्धा त्विंदिरारम्यमंदिरा
Adorned with the beauty of the earth, the delightful abode of Lakṣmī.
ईतिभीतिहरेड्या च त्वीडनीय चरित्रभृत्
Remover of fear and distress, worthy of praise, upholder of noble conduct.
उदितांबरमार्गोस्रोरगलोकविहारिणी 4.1.29.
She moves in the skyward path, delighting in the worlds of the celestial cows.
उदन्वत्पूर्तिहेतुश्चोदारोत्साहप्रवर्धिनी
She is the cause of fulfillment for the ocean, and her urging increases zeal and enthusiasm.
उत्पत्ति स्थिति संहारकारिण्युपरिचारिणी
She is the agent of creation, preservation, and dissolution, and she moves among all things.
ऊर्ध्वरेतःप्रियोर्ध्वाध्वा ह्यूर्मिलोर्ध्वगतिप्रदा
She is dear to the one of upward-flowing seed, the path above, and she grants the upward movement of the wave.
ऋतंभरर्द्धिदात्री च ऋक्स्वरूपा ऋजुप्रिया
She is the giver of prosperity filled with truth, of the form of the Ṛk, and lover of rectitude.
एधिताऽखिलधर्मार्थात्वेकैकामृतदायिनी
She increases all righteousness and wealth, and to each she gives the nectar individually.
ऐश्वर्यदैश्वर्यरूपा ह्यैतिह्यं ह्यैंदवी द्युतिः
She is the giver of sovereignty, of the form of sovereignty, indeed tradition, and the radiance of the Moon.
ओष्ठामृतौन्नत्यदात्री त्वौषधं भवरोगिणाम्
She bestows the rising nectar of the lips, and is the medicine for the disease of worldly existence.
अंबराध्ववहांऽवष्ठां वरमालांबुजेक्षणा
She travels the path of the sky, abides in the firmament, is adorned with a garland of lotuses, and has lotus eyes.
अंशुमालाह्यंशुमती त्वंगीकृतषडानना
She is adorned with a garland of rays, radiant, and has accepted the six-faced one.
कल्याणकारिणी काम्या कमलोत्पलगंधिनी 4.1.29.
She is the doer of auspicious deeds, desirable, and fragrant with the scent of lotuses and blue lilies.
कांचनाक्षी कामधेनुः कीर्तिकृत्क्लेशनाशिनी
She has golden eyes, is the wish-fulfilling cow, brings fame, and destroys suffering.
कमलाक्षी क्लमहरा कृशानुतपनद्युतिः
She has lotus eyes, removes fatigue, and her radiance is like the heat of asceticism.