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In the month of Karteeka Maasa – We have to chant the following Shloka while lighting near the paramathma roopa, whether it is house or in a temple. The speciality of the poem is that it narrates the full Dashavatara in different lines some in a single word, some in two words, etc
matsyaakRutidhara jayadEvEsha vEdavibhOdaka kUrmasvarUpa|
mandaragiridhara sUkararUpa bhUmividhaaraka jaya dEvEsha|| 1 ||
– Matsyavatara, Koormavatara, Varaahavataara
kaanchanalOchana naraharirUpa duShTahiraNyaka bhanjana jaya bhO|
jaya jaya vaamana balividhvaMsin duShTakulaantaka bhaargavarUpa| 2|
– Nrusimhavatara, Vamanaavataara, Parashuramavataara
jayavishravasa: sutavidhvaMsin jaya kaMsaarE yadukulatilaka |
jayavRundaavanachara dEvEsha dEvakinandana nandakumaara || 3 ||
– Ramaavataara, Krishnaavatara
jayagOvardhanadhara vatsaarE dhEnukabhanjana jaya kamsaarE | rukmiNinaayaka jaya gOvinda satyaavallabha paanDava bandhO || 4 || – Krishnaavatara
Kagavaravaahana jayapIThaarE jaya murabhanjana paarthasaKEtvam | bhoumavinaashaka durjanahaarin sajjanapaalaka jayadEvEsha || 5 || – Krishnaavatara
shubhaguNagaNapUrita vishvEsha jaya puruShOttama nityavibOdha |
bhUmibharaaMtaka kaaraNarUpa jaya Karabhanjana dEvavarENya || 6 || –Krishnaavatara
sakalasuraasuranigrahakaarin pUtanimaaraNa jayadEvEsha || 7 ||
– Krishnaavatara
yadbhrUvibhrama maatraattadidaM aakamalaasana shambhuvipaadyam | sRuShThisthitilayamRuchchatisarvam sthiracharavallabhasattvam jayabhO|8|
– Krishnaavatara
jaya yamalaarjunabhaMjanamUrtE jaya gOpIkuchakuMkumaaMkitaaMga |paaMchaalI paripaalana jaya bhO jaya gOpIjanaraMjana jaya bhO || 9 ||
– Krishnaavatara
jaya raasOtsavarata lakShmIsha satata suKaarNava jaya kanjaakSha |jaya jananIkara paashasubaddha haraNaannavanItasya surEsha || 10 ||
– Krishnaavatara baalakRIDanapara jaya bhO tvam munivaravanditapaada padmEsha |
kaaliyaphaNiphaNa mardana jaya bhO dvijapatnyarpita matsivibhOnnam||11||
– Krishnaavatara
kShIraambudhikRutanilayana dEva varada mahaabala jaya jayakaanta |
durjana mOhaka buddhasvarUpa sajjana bOdhaka kalkisvarUpa || 12 ||
– Buddaavatara, Kalkyaavatara
jaya yugakRut durjana vidhvamsin
jaya jaya jaya bhO jaya vishvaatman | 13 |
iti mantram paThannEva kuryaannIraajanam budha: |
GaTikaadvayashiShTaayaam snaanam kuryaadyathaavidhi | 14 |
anyathaa narakam yaati yaavadindraashchaturdasha |
iti shrI kaartIka daamOdara stOtram sampUrNam || 15 ||
iti shrI pancharaatraagamE hamsabrahma samvaadE
shrI kaartIka daamOdara stOtram sampUrNam| 16 |