Discover the time-tested Shanikrita Narasimha Stotra to instantly nullify Shani's malefic effects during Sade Sati or Dhaiya and overcome irrational fear.
The Ultimate Shani Sade Sati Remedy: How the Shanikrita Narasimha Stotra Nullifies Saturn’s Malefic Effects
Saturn (Shani Dev) is revered in Vedic astrology as the strict dispenser of karma (Karma Phaldata). When Shani transits sensitive positions—such as the 12th, 1st, or 2nd house from your moon sign during Sade Sati, or the 4th and 8th houses during Dhaiya (Kantaka or Ashtama Shani)—individuals often face intense financial stress, psychological dread, health setbacks, and career friction.
While numerous remedies exist, few match the absolute speed and efficacy of the Shanikrita Narasimha Stotra (Sri Shani-Krita Narasimha Stuta). This divine hymn merges the fierce protective grace of Lord Narasimha—the fourth avatar of Lord Vishnu—with the strict karmic authority of Shani Dev, offering complete protection against Saturn’s afflictions.
The Sacred Legend: Why Lord Shani Bound Himself by a Vow
The extraordinary power of this stotra lies in the mythological bargain struck between Shani Dev and Lord Narasimha.
According to sacred tradition, Shani Dev performed severe penance and composed a devotional hymn (stuti) dedicated to Lord Narasimha. His ultimate goal was to seek divine blessings and dedicate Saturday (Shanivara) as a day sacred to Lord Narasimha's worship.
Pleased with Shani Dev's unwavering devotion, Lord Narasimha granted his desire and bestowed a rare boon: Anyone who recites or listens to this stuti with devotion will have their heart's desires fulfilled.
In return, Lord Narasimha extracted a solemn vow from Shani Dev:
"Whosoever chants or listens to this hymn composed by you shall never suffer from the fear of Shani Dev—even during difficult transits in the 12th, 1st, or 8th houses."
Because Shani Dev is bound by this divine promise, chanting this stotra creates an unshakeable protective shield around the practitioner (sadhak).
How This Remedy Works Astrologically
| Astrological Challenge | Impact of Shanikrita Narasimha Stotra |
| Sade Sati (12th, 1st, 2nd Houses) | Nullifies mental turbulence, chronic delays, and financial drain. |
| Ashtama Shani (8th House Transit) | Prevents sudden crises, accidents, and severe health setbacks. |
| Irrational Fear & Anxiety | Lord Narasimha's fierce energy (Ugra Rupa) eliminates deep-seated phobias and unknown dread. |
| Karmic Obstacles | Converts Saturn's punishment into spiritual discipline and wisdom. |
Step-by-Step Chanting Protocol
To experience the full potency of this ritual, follow these foundational steps in your daily sadhana:
Recommended Daily Count & Recitation Frequency
The key to unlocking results with this stotra lies in consistent repetition:
General Relief & Peace of Mind: 4 recitations daily are sufficient to experience immediate calm, a noticeable reduction in anxiety and attraction of opportunities.
Important Wishes & Severe Shani Peeda: Perform 10 to 21 recitations daily when dealing with severe Sade Sati phases, job instability, or legal hurdles.
By invoking the fierce protection of Lord Narasimha through the words written by Shani Dev himself, you fulfill Saturn's karmic requirements while remaining entirely immune to its painful afflictions.
When you recite this stuti, you will see magic happening every day, which can only be experienced not expressed.
But only those who listen or recite this stuti will get protection from Shani. Meaning that to stay under continued protection, you will have to keep on reciting it every day.
Also sadhaks, Shani is called as akhanda-danda-maani. Meaning he is someone who believes in punishment, without break or pause or relaxation. Which is why when some people stop doing remedies in Sade Sati, their problems come back.
Narasimha Stuti(by Lord Shani)
सुलभो भक्तियुक्तानां दुर्दर्शो दुष्टचेतसाम् ।
अनन्यगतिकानां च प्रभुर्भक्तैक वत्सलः ॥ १॥
Transliteration:
sulabho bhakti-yuktānāṁ durdarśo duṣṭa-cetasām |
ananya-gatikānāṁ ca prabhur bhaktaika-vatsalaḥ || 1 ||
Translation:
He is easily accessible to those endowed with devotion, yet difficult to perceive for the evil-minded. For those who have no other refuge, the Supreme Lord is uniquely affectionate toward His devotees.
Verse 2
Sanskrit: शनैश्चरस्तत्र नृसिंहदेवस्तुतिं चकारामल चित्तवृत्तिः ।
प्रणम्य साष्टाङ्गमशेषलोक किरीट नीराजित पादपद्मम् ॥ २॥
Transliteration:
śanaiścaras tatra nṛsiṁha-deva-stutiṁ cakārāmala-citta-vṛttiḥ |
praṇamya sāṣṭāṅgam aśeṣa-loka-kirīṭa-nīrājita-pāda-padmam || 2 ||
Translation:
There, Shani Dev (Saturn), with a pure and steady mind, offered prostrations with all eight limbs (sāṣṭāṅga praṇāma) to Lord Narasimha—whose lotus feet are illuminated by the crowns of all beings across the universes—and began chanting His praise.
Verse 3
Sanskrit: श्रीशनिरुवाच -
यत्पादपङ्कजरजः परमादरेण संसेवितं सकलकल्मष राशिनाशम् ।
कल्याणकारकमशेशनिजानुगानां स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ३॥
Transliteration:
śrī-śanir uvāca -
yat-pāda-paṅkaja-rajaḥ paramādareṇa saṁsevitaṁ sakala-kalmaṣa-rāśi-nāśam |
kalyāṇa-kārakam aśeṣa-nijānugānāṁ sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 3 ||
Translation:
Shani Dev said:
The dust of whose lotus feet, when served with supreme reverence, destroys mountains of sins and bestows auspiciousness upon all His devotees—O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 4
Sanskrit: सर्वत्र चञ्चलतया स्थितया हि लक्ष्म्या ब्रह्मादिवन्द्यपदया स्थिरयान्य सेवि ।
पादारविन्दयुगलं परमादरेण स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ४॥
Transliteration:
sarvatra cañcalatayā sthitayā hi lakṣmyā brahmādi-vandya-padayā sthirayānya-sevi |
pādāravinda-yugalaṁ paramādareṇa sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 4 ||
Translation:
Goddess Lakshmi, who is otherwise known to be restless everywhere, serves Your pair of lotus feet with fixed and steady devotion—feet that are worshiped even by Lord Brahma and all the gods. O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 5
Sanskrit: यद्रूपमागमशिरः प्रतिपाद्यमाद्यं आध्यात्मिकादि परितापहरं विचिन्त्यम् ।
योगीश्वरैरपगताखिल दोष सङ्घैः स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ५॥
Transliteration:
yad-rūpam āgama-śiraḥ-pratipādyam ādyaṁ ādhyātmikādi-paritāpa-haraṁ vicintyam |
yogīśvarair apagātakhila-doṣa-saṅghaiḥ sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 5 ||
Translation:
Whose primordial form is declared as the highest truth by the crown of the Vedas (the Upanishads), and by meditating upon whom all three types of miseries (spiritual, physical, and cosmic) are destroyed—a form meditated upon by the lords of yogis who are free from all flaws. O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 6
Sanskrit: प्रह्लाद भक्तवचसा हरिराविरास स्तम्भे हिरण्यकशिपुं य उदारभावः ।
उर्वो निधाय उदरं नखरैर्ददार स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ६॥
Transliteration:
prahlāda-bhakta-vacasā harir āvirāsa stambhe hiraṇyakaśipuṁ ya udāra-bhāvaḥ |
urvo nidhāya udaraṁ nakharair dadāra sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 6 ||
Translation:
To fulfill the words of His devotee Prahlada, the magnanimous Lord Hari manifested from a pillar, placed Hiranyakashipu across His thighs, and ripped open his abdomen with His sharp claws. O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 7
Sanskrit: यो नैजभक्तमनलां बुधि भूधरोग्र-शृङ्गप्रपात विषदन्ति सरीसृपेभ्यः ।
सर्वात्मकः परमकारुणिको ररक्ष स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ७॥
Transliteration:
yo naija-bhaktam analāmbudhi-bhūdharogra-śṛṅga-prapāta-viṣa-danti-sarīsṛpebhyaḥ |
sarvātmakaḥ parama-kāruṇiko rarakṣa sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 7 ||
Translation:
Who, being the indwelling soul of all beings and supremely compassionate, protected His devotee Prahlada from fire, drowning in the ocean, falling from steep mountain peaks, deadly poison, wild elephants, and venomous serpents. O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 8
Sanskrit: यन्निर्विकार पररूप विचिन्तनेन योगीश्वरा विषयवीत समस्तरागाः ।
विश्रान्तिमापुर विनाशवतीं पराख्यां स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ८॥
Transliteration:
yan-nirvikāra-para-rūpa-vicintanena yogīśvarā viṣaya-vīta-samasta-rāgāḥ |
viśrāntim āpur avināśavatīṁ parākhyāṁ sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 8 ||
Translation:
By contemplating upon whose unchangeable, supreme form, great yogis freed from all worldly desires attain eternal, imperishable peace and liberation (Moksha). O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 9
Sanskrit: यद्रूपमुग्र परिमर्दन भावशालि सञ्चिन्तनेन सकलाघ विनाशकारी ।
भूतज्वरग्रहसमुद्भवभीतिनाशं स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ ९॥
Transliteration:
yad-rūpam ugra-parimardana-bhāva-śāli sañcintanena sakalāgha-vināśa-kārī |
bhūta-jvara-graha-samudbhava-bhīti-nāśaṁ sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 9 ||
Translation:
Whose formidable form crushes all opposition and destroys all sins merely upon remembrance, eradicating all fear caused by evil spirits, severe fevers, and malefic planetary afflictions (graha-dosha). O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 10
Sanskrit: यस्योत्तमं यश उमापति पद्मजन्म शक्रादि दैवत सभासु समस्तगीतम् ।
शक्त्यैव सर्वशमल प्रशमैक दक्षं स त्वं नृसिंह मयि देहि कृपावलोकम् ॥ १०॥
Transliteration:
yasyottamaṁ yaśa umāpati-padmajanma-śakrādi-daivata-sabhāsu samasta-gītam |
śaktyaiva sarva-śamala-praśamaika-dakṣaṁ sa tvaṁ nṛsiṁha mayi dehi kṛpāvalokam || 10 ||
Translation:
Whose glorious fame is sung across the assemblies of the gods led by Shiva (Umāpati), Brahma (Padmajanma), and Indra (Śakra), and whose divine potency alone is uniquely capable of wiping away every impurity. O Lord Narasimha, please cast Your glance of mercy upon me!
Verse 11
Sanskrit: इत्थं श्रुत्वा स्तुतिं देवः शनिना कल्पितां हरिः ।
उवाच ब्रह्मवृन्दस्थं शनिं तं भक्तवत्सलः ॥ ११॥
Transliteration:
itthaṁ śrutvā stutiṁ devaḥ śaninā kalpitāṁ hariḥ |
uvāca brahma-vṛndasthaṁ śaniṁ taṁ bhakta-vatsalaḥ || 11 ||
Translation:
Having thus heard this devotional hymn composed by Shani Dev, Lord Hari (Narasimha), who loves His devotees, spoke to Shani Dev as he stood in the assembly of Brahma and the celestial gods.
Verse 12
Sanskrit: श्रीनृसिंह उवाच -
प्रसन्नोऽहं शने तुभ्यं वरं वरय शोभनम् ।
यं वाञ्छसि तमेव त्वं सर्वलोकहितावहम् ॥ १२॥
Transliteration:
śrī-nṛsiṁha uvāca -
prasanno'haṁ śane tubhyaṁ varaṁ varaya śobhanam |
yaṁ vāñchasi tam eva tvaṁ sarva-loka-hitāvaham || 12 ||
Translation:
Lord Narasimha said:
"O Shani, I am deeply pleased with you! Choose an auspicious boon—whatever your heart desires that brings welfare and protection to all the worlds."
Verse 13
Sanskrit: श्रीशनिरुवाच -
नृसिंह त्वं मयि कृपां कुरु देव दयानिधे ।
मद्वासरस्तव प्रीतिकरः स्याद्देवतापते ॥ १३॥
Transliteration:
śrī-śanir uvāca -
nṛsiṁha tvaṁ mayi kṛpāṁ kuru deva dayānidhe |
madvāsaras tava prītikaraḥ syād devatāpate || 13 ||
Translation:
Shani Dev said:
"O Lord Narasimha, ocean of mercy, please bestow Your grace upon me! O Sovereign of all deities, may my day—Saturday (Shanivara)—become a day especially pleasing to You for Your worship."
Verse 14
Sanskrit: मत्कृतं त्वत्परं स्तोत्रं शृण्वन्ति च पठन्ति च ।
सर्वान्कामान्पूरयेथाः तेषां त्वं लोकभावन ॥ १४॥
Transliteration:
mat-kṛtaṁ tvat-paraṁ stotraṁ śṛṇvanti ca paṭhanti ca |
sarvān kāmān pūrayethāḥ teṣāṁ tvaṁ loka-bhāvana || 14 ||
Translation:
"O Sustainer of all creation, for anyone who recites or listens to this hymn composed by me in praise of You, please fulfill all their noble wishes and desires."
Verse 15
Sanskrit: श्रीनृसिंह उवाच -
तथैवास्तु शनेऽहं वै रक्षोभुवनसंस्थितः ।
भक्त कामान्पूरयिष्ये त्वं ममैकं वचः शृणु ॥ १५॥
Transliteration:
śrī-nṛsiṁha uvāca -
tathaivāstu śane'haṁ vai rakṣo-bhuvana-saṁsthitaḥ |
bhakta-kāmān pūrayiṣye tvaṁ mamaikaṁ vacaḥ śṛṇu || 15 ||
Translation:
Lord Narasimha said:
"So shall it be, O Shani! Standing as the protector of the universe, I shall fulfill all the desires of my devotees. Now, hear My solemn word:"
Verse 16
Sanskrit: त्वत्कृतं मत्परं स्तोत्रं यः पठेच्छृणुयाच्च यः ।
द्वादशाष्टम जन्मस्थात् त्वद्भयं मास्तु तस्य वै ॥ १६॥
Transliteration:
tvat-kṛtaṁ mat-paraṁ stotraṁ yaḥ paṭhec chṛṇuyāc ca yaḥ |
dvādaśāṣṭama-janmasthāt tvad-bhayaṁ māstu tasya vai || 16 ||
Translation:
"Whoever chants or listens to this hymn composed by you in praise of Me shall never fear any suffering or malefic effect from you—even when you transit through their 12th house, 8th house (Ashtama Shani), or birth sign (Janma Rashi / Sade Sati)."
Verse 17
Sanskrit: शनिर्नरहरिं देवं तथेति प्रत्युवाच ह ।
ततः परमसन्तुष्टाः जयेति मुनयोवदन् ॥ १७॥
Transliteration:
śanir narahariṁ devaṁ tatheti pratyuvāca ha |
tataḥ parama-santuṣṭāḥ jayeti munayo'vadan || 17 ||
Translation:
Shani Dev humbly responded 'So be it' to Lord Narahari (Narasimha). Seeing this divine covenant fulfilled, all the celestial sages were filled with supreme joy and proclaimed, 'Victory to the Lord!' (Jaya! Jaya!).
Verse 18
Sanskrit: श्रीकृष्ण उवाच -
इदं शनैश्चरस्याथ नृसिंहदेव संवादमेतत् स्तवनं च मानवः ।
शृणोति यः श्रावयते च भक्त्या सर्वाण्यभीष्टानि च विन्दते ध्रुवम् ॥ १८॥
Transliteration:
śrī-kṛṣṇa uvāca -
idaṁ śanaiścarasyātha nṛsiṁha-deva-saṁvādam etat stavanaṁ ca mānavaḥ |
śṛṇoti yaḥ śrāvayate ca bhaktyā sarvāṇy abhīṣṭāni ca vindate dhruvam || 18 ||
Translation:
Lord Krishna said:
"Any human being who listens to or recites with devotion this sacred hymn and dialogue between Shani Dev and Lord Narasimha will undeniably attain the fulfillment of all their heartfelt desires."
