सोमद्वाविंशति स्तोत्रम्:

The following is great stotra venerating Soma in the form of a deity or diving being. It explores Soma's form, different functions, family, worship method, benefits of his worship etc.

ध्यानम् :

ध्यायेच्छशाङ्काभमजं पुराणं, श्वेताम्बरं चन्द्रकलावतंसम्। हस्तद्वयस्थं सुधया कपालं, सौम्यं समिद्धार्कसमानतेजः॥१॥

श्रीवृन्ददेवीसहितं विराजन्, कान्तिं दधानं हिमगर्भनेत्रम्।

सर्वार्थदं चन्द्रमसं वरेण्यम्, वन्दे सदा सोममपीवसन्तम्

॥२॥

मूलस्तोत्रम् :

ओं सोमाय शुद्धामृतरूपधारिणे, कलात्मकायासितशुभ्रवर्णिने।

सर्वेश्वरायादिभवाय शाश्वते, सर्वात्मने शर्वसुताय ते नमः

॥३॥

पयस्विनीशीतलमृत्युदं वरं, श्रीपुष्टिदं तारकमार्गदीपकम्।

सौम्यं सुधासेचनमद्भुतप्रभुं, वन्दे सदाऽऽनन्दकरं निशाकरम्॥४॥

देवर्षिभिर्वन्दितपादपद्मं, पवित्रमाद्यं मुनिसिद्धसेव्यम्। कला-विनिर्माण-विभूतियुक्तं, सोमेश्वरं चन्द्रमसं नमामि

॥५॥

गायत्र्याऽभिष्टुतं नित्यपुण्यं, ब्रह्मर्षिभिः संस्तुतसत्यवाचम्।

सर्वान्तरात्मानमनेकमूर्तिं, सुधाकरं सोममुपास्महेऽहम्

॥६॥

सोमस्य उत्पत्तिः

कष्टात्कलानां समवेतमीड्यं, आत्रेयवंशात् समुदेति सोमः।

सर्वं पयः स्वस्य सुधां करोति, सप्तर्षिवंश्योऽमृतशीतलांशुः॥७॥

देवान् सिषेवे स निशान्धकारे, सप्तार्चिषो वासरमाश्रयन्ति।

सर्वे जपन्ति श्रुतिसारवाक्यं, सोमो यतोऽन्येऽपि तपः समीयुः॥८॥

सोमस्य स्वरूपम्:

कालस्य मूलं च महेशधार्यं, शुभ्रांशुकं दिव्यकलामयञ्च।

सर्वार्चितं तेजोमयं भवान्तं, सिद्धाः स्मरन्ति स्वयमेव सोमम्॥९॥

पुष्टिप्रदो बन्धुहितायकारी, सर्वेन्द्रियाणां सुखदायकश्च। रोगौघनाशः सततं कृपावान्, सर्वैर्नमस्कृत्य वरं प्रयच्छेत्

॥१०॥

सोमस्य परिवारः

पत्नी च रोहिण्यथ वै सुषोभा, सर्वे च नक्षत्रगणाः सुतास्ते।

कन्यारसौ सोमज एष विज्ञः, तारापतिर्भूतिपदं स नोऽस्तु

॥११॥

सोमस्य लीलाः

सोमः पुरा तारकयुद्धमध्ये, दत्तः सुतेन्द्रेण रणेऽगणीयः। सर्वान्परास्तं निजतेजसा वै, शत्रूंश्च निर्विंशशतेर्निहन्ति

॥१२॥

सोमस्य पूजाविधिः

सोमस्य पूजां सुमनःसुगन्धैः, सुधाक्षतं दधि च मङ्गलानि।

अर्च्यं विभात्यर्कनिशाकराभं, यः पूजयेद् दुःखभयं विनश्येत्॥१३॥

सोमस्य आशिषः

सर्वेन्द्रियाणां मनसे प्रियं यः, सोमं भजेत् संनिधिरुक्तिमन्त्रम्।

शान्तिः प्रभोः शीघ्रमुपैति नित्यं, पीयूषरूपं तमहं नमामि

॥१४॥

सौम्यं वरं लोकहिताय नित्यं, रोगान् शनैः सम्प्रशमायतीह।

चन्द्रार्कतेजः प्रकटं सदा यः, सोमं भजेत् तस्य सुखं प्रदत्तम्॥१५॥

उपसंहारः

सोमं निशापूर्णमसौ विलोक्य, तारां सदा मण्डलमादधाति। यः स्तोत्रमेतत्सततं पठेच्छन्, सर्वं समृद्धिं लभते प्रवीरः

॥१६॥

यो भक्तियुक्तो निशि वा दिने वा, सोमं स्मरेत्सर्वसुखं स विन्देत्।

सर्वाणि दुःखानि शनैः प्रणश्यन्ति, सौम्यं सुधासारमयं सदा स्यात्॥१७॥

फलश्रुतिः

स्तोत्रमेतत्पवित्रं यः पठेच्छन्, सर्वव्याधिः शीघ्रमुपैति नाशम्।

सौम्यं प्रभावं च विभूतिदं यः, सोमस्य भक्तिं लभते नरोऽत्र॥१८॥

अयं हि सोमस्तव ऊर्जितात्मा, पठन् प्रजाः सर्वसमृद्धिमन्तः।

नारी नरश्चैव लभेत कान्तिं, सर्वैः समाराध्य वरेण सोमम्

॥१९॥

सोमस्य स्तोत्रं सततं पठन्तो, रोगान् प्रणश्यन्ति धनं च विन्देत्।

सर्वेऽपि सौम्याः सुरलोकवासं, प्राप्नुयुरेवं सुकृतं करिष्यन्

॥२०॥

संकल्पः

सर्वं ममास्तु च निशाकरस्य, कृपां लभेयं सकलं सदा वै।

सर्वेऽपि सौम्याः कलया समेते, सोमं स्मरन्तः श्रियमीश्वरीं च॥२१॥

सोमस्य माहात्म्यमिदं निशायाम्, पठेद्यदीयः सकलेन भक्त्या।

सर्वेऽपि पुण्याः फलदाः समन्तात्, सोमं भजध्वं सततं हिताय॥२२॥

भरद्वाजकुले जातः, जगन्नाथो महामतिः।

सोमं स्तुत्वा सुधामूर्तिं, शशाङ्कतेजसः प्रभुम्॥२३॥

स्तोत्रं वितन्वन् दिव्यं यो, वेदवाक्यानुसारिणम्।

सोमं प्रसादयामास, भक्तानामाशिषं ददौ॥२४॥

इति श्रीसोमद्वाविंशति-स्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम्।

somadvāviṃśati stotram:

dhyānam :

dhyāyecchaśāṅkābhamajaṃ purāṇaṃ, śvetāmbaraṃ candrakalāvataṃsam| hastadvayasthaṃ sudhayā kapālaṃ, saumyaṃ samiddhārkasamānatejaḥ||1||

śrīvṛndadevīsahitaṃ virājan, kāntiṃ dadhānaṃ himagarbhanetram|

sarvārthadaṃ candramasaṃ vareṇyam, vande sadā somamapīvasantam||2||

mūlastotram :

oṃ somāya śuddhāmṛtarūpadhāriṇe, kalātmakāyāsitaśubhravarṇine|

sarveśvarāyādibhavāya śāśvate, sarvātmane śarvasutāya te namaḥ||3||

payasvinīśītalamṛtyudaṃ varaṃ, śrīpuṣṭidaṃ tārakamārgadīpakam|

saumyaṃ sudhāsecanamadbhutaprabhuṃ, vande sadā’’nandakaraṃ niśākaram||4||

devarṣibhirvanditapādapadmaṃ, pavitramādyaṃ munisiddhasevyam| kalā-vinirmāṇa-vibhūtiyuktaṃ, someśvaraṃ candramasaṃ namāmi||5||

gāyatryā’bhiṣṭutaṃ nityapuṇyaṃ, brahmarṣibhiḥ saṃstutasatyavācam|

sarvāntarātmānamanekamūrtiṃ, sudhākaraṃ somamupāsmahe’ham||6||

somasya utpattiḥ

kaṣṭātkalānāṃ samavetamīḍyaṃ, kaśyapādaṃśāt samudeti somaḥ|

sarvaṃ payaḥ svasya sudhāṃ karoti, saptarṣivaṃśyo’mṛtaśītalāṃśuḥ||7||

devān siṣeve sa niśāndhakāre, saptārciṣo vāsaramāśrayanti|

sarve japanti śrutisāravākyaṃ, somo yato’nye’pi tapaḥ samīyuḥ||8||

somasya svarūpam:

kālasya mūlaṃ ca maheśadhāryaṃ, śubhrāṃśukaṃ divyakalāmayañca|

sarvārcitaṃ tejomayaṃ bhavāntaṃ, siddhāḥ smaranti svayameva somam||9||

puṣṭiprado bandhuhitāyakārī, sarvendriyāṇāṃ sukhadāyakaśca| rogaughanāśaḥ satataṃ kṛpāvān, sarvairnamaskṛtya varaṃ prayacchet||10||

somasya parivāraḥ

patnī ca rohiṇyatha vai suṣobhā, sarve ca nakṣatragaṇāḥ sutāste|

kanyārasau somaja eṣa vijñaḥ, tārāpatirbhūtipadaṃ sa no’stu||11||

somasya līlāḥ

somaḥ purā tārakayuddhamadhye, dattaḥ sutendreṇa raṇe’gaṇīyaḥ| sarvānparāstaṃ nijatejasā vai, śatrūṃśca nirviṃśaśaternihanti

||12||

somasya pūjāvidhiḥ

somasya pūjāṃ sumanaḥsugandhaiḥ, sudhākṣataṃ dadhi ca maṅgalāni|

arcyaṃ vibhātyarkaniśākarābhaṃ, yaḥ pūjayed duḥkhabhayaṃ vinaśyet||13||

somasya āśiṣaḥ

sarvendriyāṇāṃ manase priyaṃ yaḥ, somaṃ bhajet saṃnidhiruktimantram|

śāntiḥ prabhoḥ śīghramupaiti nityaṃ, pīyūṣarūpaṃ tamahaṃ namāmi||14||

saumyaṃ varaṃ lokahitāya nityaṃ, rogān śanaiḥ sampraśamāyatīha|

candrārkatejaḥ prakaṭaṃ sadā yaḥ, somaṃ bhajet tasya sukhaṃ pradattam||15||

upasaṃhāraḥ

somaṃ niśāpūrṇamasau vilokya, tārāṃ sadā maṇḍalamādadhāti| yaḥ stotrametatsatataṃ paṭhecchan, sarvaṃ samṛddhiṃ labhate pravīraḥ||16||

yo bhaktiyukto niśi vā dine vā, somaṃ smaretsarvasukhaṃ sa vindet|

sarvāṇi duḥkhāni śanaiḥ praṇaśyanti, saumyaṃ sudhāsāramayaṃ sadā syāt||17||

phalaśrutiḥ

stotrametatpavitraṃ yaḥ paṭhecchan, sarvavyādhiḥ śīghramupaiti nāśam|

saumyaṃ prabhāvaṃ ca vibhūtidaṃ yaḥ, somasya bhaktiṃ labhate naro’tra||18||

ayaṃ hi somastava ūrjitātmā, paṭhan prajāḥ sarvasamṛddhimantaḥ|

nārī naraścaiva labheta kāntiṃ, sarvaiḥ samārādhya vareṇa somam||19||

somasya stotraṃ satataṃ paṭhanto, rogān praṇaśyanti dhanaṃ ca vindet|

sarve’pi saumyāḥ suralokavāsaṃ, prāpnuyurevaṃ sukṛtaṃ kariṣyan||20||

saṃkalpaḥ

sarvaṃ mamāstu ca niśākarasya, kṛpāṃ labheyaṃ sakalaṃ sadā vai|

sarve’pi saumyāḥ kalayā samete, somaṃ smarantaḥ śriyamīśvarīṃ ca||21||

somasya māhātmyamidaṃ niśāyām, paṭhedyadīyaḥ sakalena bhaktyā|

sarve’pi puṇyāḥ phaladāḥ samantāt, somaṃ bhajadhvaṃ satataṃ hitāya||22||

bharadvājakule jātaḥ, jagannātho mahāmatiḥ|

somaṃ stutvā sudhāmūrtiṃ, śaśāṅkatejasaḥ prabhum||23||

stotraṃ vitanvan divyaṃ yo, vedavākyānusāriṇam|

somaṃ prasādayāmāsa, bhaktānāmāśiṣaṃ dadau||24||

iti śrīsomadvāviṃśati-stotraṃ sampūrṇam|

The Hymn of Soma – A Divine Ode

A poetic rendition of the Śrī-Somadvāviṁśati-Stotram:

Meditation on Soma:

Upon the moon-like god so bright,

Who glows with soft and soothing light,

With nectar’s pot in hands so fair,

I bow to him with love and prayer.

With Śrī Vrindā by his side,

In icy glow his eyes reside,

He grants all boons to those who seek,

O Soma! Bless the strong and weak.

Praise of Soma:

O Soma, pure as heaven’s streams,

Bearer of ambrosial dreams,

Thy hues of white and shadow blend,

To thee, our heartfelt prayers ascend.

Thou art the light that calms the mind,

A beacon bright for all mankind,

The source of peace, the giver grand,

With bliss and grace in every hand.

The sages kneel at thy dear feet,

With prayers divine, their voices sweet,

Thy art the time, the phases bright,

The ruler of the starry night.

By holy chants thy name is sung,

By ancient seers with noble tongue,

Thy form is vast, thy will is free,

O Moon, who rules eternity!

The Birth of Soma:

From sage Atri's noble line,

Arose the moon, both pure, divine,

His touch turns water into gold,

With nectar’s glow, so soft yet bold.

The gods revere him through the night,

As fire and stars reflect his light,

In Vedic hymns his name is told,

His grace has made the wise grow old.

The Form of Soma:

He is the time, he is the tide,

In phases fair, he takes his ride,

A silver wheel across the sky,

That never rests, that never dies.

He grants the glow of youth and peace,

And makes the world with life increase,

O Soma, sovereign, kind and bright,

Thy mercy is the soul’s delight.

The Family of Soma:

With Rohiṇī, his queen so fair,

He rules the stars with gentle care,

The Nakshatras, his children be,

That light the night in harmony.

A lord of fate, a king of stars,

With wisdom vast, as wide as Mars,

He grants success to those who call,

And lifts the weak who fear to fall.

The Deeds of Soma:

When gods in war sought strength to fight,

They turned to Soma’s silver light,

For in his glow, the heroes stood,

With hearts so brave and arms of wood.

By Soma’s grace the storms were tamed,

The heavens danced, the demons maimed,

His cooling touch, the heat subdues,

O Moon, to thee, our hearts we choose.

The Worship of Soma:

With fragrant flowers, sweet and white,

And bowls of milk in silver light,

His altar glows beneath the sky,

Where prayers rise up and blessings fly.

Who bows to him with heart so pure,

Shall find that peace will long endure,

For Soma’s name, when softly said,

Shall bring relief to those in dread.

The Blessings of Soma:

He heals the soul, he mends the mind,

His light is peace to all mankind,

Who worships Soma finds release,

From pain and woe—receiving peace.

His cooling balm can ease the fire,

That burns with rage and hot desire,

He lifts the heart with blessings bright,

And makes the soul a child of light.

The Closing Benediction:

Upon the moon, so full and round,

A mystic glow, so vast, profound,

Who reads this hymn with faith and grace,

Shall find in life a blessed place.

In day or night, let Soma shine,

Upon the hearts of those divine,

May sorrow cease, may joy increase,

O Soma, grant us endless peace.

The Fruits of Recitation:

This hymn is pure, this hymn is bright,

It heals the soul, it brings the light,

It ends disease, it grants us grace,

And leads us to the stars' embrace.

Who sings of Soma’s silver beams,

Shall find their life fulfilled in dreams,

The moon shall bless, the stars shall guide,

And fortune’s glow shall never hide.

The Final Prayer:

May Soma’s kindness fill our days,

With gentle love and healing rays,

His mercy vast, his blessings true,

Shall guide us all in paths anew.

May Soma’s hymn be ever sung,

By every heart, by every tongue,

For those who chant with faith so high,

Shall never weep, shall never sigh.

Epilogue:

Thus ends this song, in joy and light,

A prayer to Soma, pure and white,

May all who hear it blessed be,

With wisdom, peace, and harmony.

Author's note:

From Sanskrit hymns of ancient light,

Where Soma’s name shines pure and bright,

A song was born, in words so free,

To echo through eternity.

With love I penned this humble ode,

Upon the path the seers strode,

May Soma’s grace in silver beams,

Guide souls to peace beyond their dreams.

By Bharadvāja Jagannātha.

🙏 Namostu Somarajaye 🙏

🙏 Namo Narasimha 🙏