A collection of Shlokas that every child and parent can learn and chant everyday.

The prayer to say before starting any work....

The prayer to knowledge - the prerequisite for attaining anything in life.

A prayer to rāma - the epitome of perfection we can aspire to be like.

A prayer to kṛṣṇa - the one who attracts everyone.

A prayer to Hanuman - the symbol of strength and courage.

A prayer to Ganga - the symbol of purity

A prayer to Narayana - the sustainer of the universe

A prayer to Parvati - the symbol of auspiciousness

A prayer to Dakshinamurthy - the Guru of all knowledge

A prayer to Durga - the destroyer of evil within us all

A prayer to Lakshmi - a symbol of the creation called maya

A prayer to Hayagriva - a symbol of knowledge

A prayer to Karthikeya - a symbol of confidence

A prayer to Tulasi Devi - the devi of the plant that has thousands of medicinal properties.

rāmaṃ skandaṃ hanūmantaṃ vainateyaṃ vṛkodaram । śayane yaḥ smarennityaṃ dussvapnastasya naśyati ॥

vivāde viṣāde pramāde pravāse jale cānale parvate śatrumadhye। araṇye śaraṇye sadā māṃ prapāhi gatistvaṃ gatistvaṃ tvamekā bhavāni॥

gurave sarvalokānāṃ bhiṣaje bhavarogiṇām । nidhaye sarvavidyānāṃ dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ ॥

śivaṃ śivakaraṃ śāntaṃ śivātmānaṃ śivottamam। śivamārga-praṇetāram praṇato'smi sadāśivam॥

sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike । śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo'stu te ॥

yogīśvaro mahāsenaḥ kārtikeyo'gninaṃdanaḥ । skaṃdaḥ kumāraḥ senānīḥ svāmī śaṃkarasaṃbhavaḥ ॥

śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam । lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃ vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ॥

padmāsanasthite devi parabrahmasvarūpiṇi । parameśi jaganmātarmahālakṣmi namo'stute ॥

kṛṣṇāya vāsudevāya devakīnandanāya ca। nandagopakumārāya govindāya namo namaḥ ॥

buddhirbalaṃ yaśodhairyaṃ nirbhayatvamarogatā ajāḍyaṃ vākpaṭutvaṃ ca hanumat-smaraṇād-bhavet ॥

namaḥ sūryāya candrāya maṅgalāya budhāya ca । guru-śukra-śanibhyaśca rāhave ketave namaḥ ॥

namastulasi kalyāṇi namo viṣṇupriye śubhe । namo mokṣaprade devi namassampatpradāyike ॥

ratnākarādhautapadāṃ himālaya kirīṭinīm । brahmarājarṣiratnāḍha़yāṃ vande bhāratamātaram ॥

kaśyapo'trirbharadvājaḥ viśvāmitro'tha gautamaḥ । jamadagnirvasiṣṭhaśca saptaite ṛṣayaḥ smṛtāḥ ॥

kāyena vācā manasendriyairvā buddhyātmanā vā prakṛteḥ svabhāvāt । karomi yadyatsakalaṃ parasmai nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ॥