Stotra

सूर्य अष्टोत्तरशतनाम

Surya Ashtottara Shatanama

The ancient sequence of Surya's 108 names taught to Yudhishthira in the Mahabharata's Vana Parva.

समर्पितसूर्य देव
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sooryo'ryamaa bhagastvashtaa pooshaarkh savitaa ravih.gabhastimaanajh kaalo mrityurdhaataa prabhaakarh (1)

prithivyaapashcha tejashcha khn vaayushcha paraayanam.somo brihaspatih shukro budho'nggaaraka eva cha (2)

indro vivasvaandeeptaanshuh shuchih shaurih shanaishcharh.brahmaa vishnushcha rudrashcha skando vaishravano yamh (3)

vaidyuto jaatharashchaagniraindhanastejasaan patih.dharmadhvajo vedakartaa vedaanggo vedavaahanh (4)

kritn tretaa dvaaparashcha kalih sarvaamaraashrayh.kalaa kaashthaa muhoortaashcha pakshaa maasaa ritustathaa (5)

snvatsarakaro'shvatthh kaalachakro vibhaavasuh.purushh shaashvato yogee vyaktaavyakth sanaatanh (6)

lokaadhyakshh prajaadhyaksho vishvakarmaa tamonudh.varunh saagaron'shushcha jeemooto jeevano'rihaa (7)

bhootaashrayo bhootapatih sarvabhootanishevith.manih suvarno bhootaadih kaamadh sarvatomukhh (8)

jayo vishaalo varadh sheeghragh praanadhaaranh.dhanvantarirdhoomaketuraadidevo'diteh suth (9)

dvaadashaatmaaravindaakshh pitaa maataa pitaamahh.svargadvaarn prajaadvaarn mokshadvaarn trivishtapam (10)

dehakartaa prashaantaatmaa vishvaatmaa vishvatomukhh.charaacharaatmaa sookshmaatmaa maitrena vapushaanvith (11)

Text source

Mahabharata critical-edition transcription — Vana Parva 3.3.21–31

Ancient/public-domain Mahabharata passage

Cross-checked with Sanskrit Wikisource, Vana Parva chapter 3. Recensions vary in a few names; this entry follows the cited critical-edition sequence.

भावार्थ

सूर्य अष्टोत्तरशतनाम का अर्थ

This is the Mahabharata's compact 108-name sequence, not a later namavali derived from Aditya Hridayam. The meanings explain each group without pretending that every name has only one possible translation.