Recitation · pārāyaṇa
Chants
The Sanskrit texts, in Devanagari, to keep close and recite, the thousand-name hymns, the hymn to the Sun, and the song of the Lord.
- ॥ श्रीहनुमानचालीसा ॥ 43 verses
Śrī Hanumān Cālīsā
The forty-verse hymn to Lord Hanuman
Sacred to Hanumān · Goswami Tulsidas
- ॥ श्रीविष्णुसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् ॥ 210 verses
Śrī Viṣṇu Sahasranāma Stotram
The thousand names of Viṣṇu
Sacred to Viṣṇu · Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva
- ॥ श्रीललितासहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् ॥ 191 verses
Śrī Lalitā Sahasranāma Stotram
The thousand names of the Goddess Lalitā
Sacred to Lalitā · Devī · Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa
- ॥ श्रीशिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम् ॥ 187 verses
Śrī Śiva Sahasranāma Stotram
The thousand names of Śiva
Sacred to Śiva · Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva
- ॥ श्रीसूक्तम् ॥ 1 verses
Śrī Sūktam
The Vedic hymn to Goddess Lakshmi
Sacred to Lakṣmī · Rig Veda (Khilani)
- ॥ श्रीमहालक्ष्म्यष्टकम् ॥ 27 verses
Śrī Mahālakṣmī Aṣṭakam
The eight verses to Lakṣmī, spoken by Indra
Sacred to Lakṣmī · Indra-kṛta (Padma Purāṇa tradition)
- ॥ लिङ्गाष्टकम् ॥ 9 verses
Liṅgāṣṭakam
The eight verses praising the Shiva Linga
Sacred to Śiva · Adi Shankaracharya
- ॥ आदित्यहृदयम् ॥ 72 verses
Āditya Hṛdayam
The hymn to the Sun, taught by Agastya to Rāma
Sacred to Sūrya · Āditya · Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa
- ॥ श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम् ॥ 40 verses
Śrī Rāmarakṣāstotram
The protective shield of Lord Rama
Sacred to Rāma · Sage Budha Kaushika
- ॥ श्रीगणेशपञ्चरत्नम् ॥ 6 verses
Śrī Gaṇeśa Pañcaratnam
The five jewels praising Lord Ganesha
Sacred to Gaṇeśa · Adi Shankaracharya
- ॥ भजगोविन्दम् (मोहमद्गरः) ॥ 13 verses
Bhaja Govindam
The hymn that destroys delusion
Sacred to Viṣṇu / Kṛṣṇa · Adi Shankaracharya
- ॥ श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता ॥ 18 chapters · 700 verses
Śrīmad Bhagavad Gītā
The song of the Lord — 700 verses, sandhi-split for chanting
Sacred to Kṛṣṇa · Sandhi-vigraha edition · gita/gita + sanskritdocuments.org
Recitation text only, in Sanskrit. Sourced verbatim from public editions and offered for daily practice, always cross-check against your own paramparā’s edition.