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\engtitle{.. Shri Subrahmanya  Ashatkam or Guhasvami Stotram ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrIsubrahmaNyaShaTkaM athavA guhasvAmistotram ..}##\endtitles ##
tava shrImanmUrtiM kalayitumanIsho.ahamadhunA
(shrImanmUrte darshanavihIno.aham)
      bhavatpAdAmbhojaM bhavabhayaharaM yAmi sharaNam |
ataH satyAdrIsha pramathagaNanAthAtmaja vibho
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara (vitanu) mayi kAruNyamanisham || 1||
agastyapraShThAnAmamalahR^idayAbjaikanilayaM
      sakR^idvA na dhyAtaM padakamalayugmaM tava mayA |
tathApi shrIsandhisthalanilaya devesha varada
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara mayi kAruNyamanisham || 2||
raNe hatvA shaktyA sakaladitijAMstArakamukhAn
      haribrahmendrANAmapi suramunInAM bhuvi nR^iNAm |
mudaM kurvANaH shrIshivashikharinAtha tvamakhilAM
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara mayi kAruNyamanisham || 3||
bhavAyAnandAbdheH shrutinikaramUlArthamakhilaM
      vimathya vyAhartuM kamalajamashaktaM svayamapi |
bruvANastvaM svAmin kShitidharapate deshika guro
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara mayi kAruNyamanisham || 4||
sharadrAkAjaivAtR^ikavimalaShaDvaktravilasad\-
      dviShaDbAho shaktyA vidalitamahAkrau~nchashikharin |
hR^idabjastha shrIhR^illakagiripate sarvaviduShAM
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara mayi kAruNyamanisham || 5||
mahAntaM kekIndraM varada nijamAruhya diviShad\-
      gaNAnAM sarveShAmabhayada munInAM cha bhajatAm |
valArAteH kanyAramaNa bahupuNyAchalapate
      guhasvAmin dIne vitara mayi kAruNyamanisham || 6||

iti shrIsubrahmaNyaShaTkaM athavA guhasvAmistotraM sampUrNam |

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The verses are (rearranged sequence) part of skandalaharI.

Notes: This hymn is interesting as it mentions in each of its verses a shrine noted for its association with bhagwAn subrahmaNyA.  It is well known in Tamil literature that six are the famous hill stations (aarupaDai vIDU) of this Divine Commander of the Gods. There is evidently an echo of this tradition in this stotra:
First verse: (referred to as ##satyAdrIsha##); Corresponds to verse 25 of skandalaharI
Second verse: (referred to as ##shrIsandhisthalanilaya##a), ``tiruchendil'' or ``tiruchendUr'' the second Padai-Veedu is on the seashore in Tirunelveli District; ##jayantipura kShetra## (referred to as shrIjanti in skandalaharI); Corresponds to verse 27 of skandalaharI.  Also see Tiruchendur Suprabhatham.
Third verse: (referred to as ##shrIshivashikharinAtha##); ``tirup-parankundram'' the first Padai-Veedu (the Hill of the Great God) is on the outskirts of Madurai;

Fourth verse: (referred to as ##kShitidharapate##); “swAmimalai” the fourth Padai-Veedu is in a suburb near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District; ##svAmigiri kShetra##; Corresponds to Verse 26 of skandalaharI.  Also see SwAmimalai Sahasranamam.

Fifth verse: (referred to as ##shrIhR^illakagiri##); Corresponds to Verse 29 of skandalaharI;

Sixth verse: (referred to as ##bahupuNyAchala##); Corresponds to Verse 30 of skandalaharI

The three shrines given below have yet to be identified with the first, fifth and sixth verse references
1.      "tiruAvinankudi" the third Padai-Veedu is at the foothills Palani in Dindigul District; ##satyagri kShetra##;
2.      “tiruttaNi” the fifth Padai-Veedu is a suburb of Chennai; ##shAntAdi kShetra##;
3.      “pazhamudhircholai” the sixth Padai-Veedu, Solaimalai is on the eastern outskirts of Madurai; ##phalavR^ikShodyAna kShetra;

The association of shrI subrahmaNyA with hills and the number six point to the tradition of the deity as being the patron god of Kurinji (mountainous region) and with the six above given shrines in Tamil literature.     



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