Suklam Baradharam — Lyrics

Note: The phrase you mentioned, "suklam baradharam," is a phonetic approximation of "Suklambaradharam." There is no separate "suklam baradharam" lyric; it is the same mantra.

शङ्कराचार्यं सुखलं बधरां...

Chant it slowly, visualizing the serene, moon-like form of Vishnu or your own Guru, seated in peace, wearing the infinite, pure white sky of consciousness. This is the essence of the Suklambaradharam — a doorway to silence and clarity. suklam baradharam lyrics

śuklāmbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ||

Śaṅkarācāryaṃ (or Śaṅkaram) Śuklāmbara-dharaṃ (repeating the first phrase) ... The common complete verse dedicated to Shankara is: Note: The phrase you mentioned, "suklam baradharam," is

(Then, the specific verse for Adi Shankaracharya follows, though often the above two lines alone are considered the complete Suklambaradharam invocation in many texts. The most famous pairing, however, is the following three-line sloka.)

शुक्लाम्बरधरं विष्णुं शशिवर्णं चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनं ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥ This is the essence of the Suklambaradharam —

आदिदेवं जगद्गुरुं वन्दे श्रीगुरुशङ्करम् ॥