Devibhagavatapurana 9.42: dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | mahālakṣmyāḥ dhyānastotravarṇanam

9.42.1

nārada uvāca |
harerutkīrtanaṃ bhadraṃ śrutaṃ tajjñānamuttamam |
īpsitaṃ lakṣmyupākhyānaṃ dhyānaṃ stotraṃ vada prabho ||

9.42.2

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
snātvā tīrthe purā śakro dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsasī |
ghaṭaṃ saṃsthāpya kṣīrode ṣaḍdevān paryapūjayat ||

9.42.3

gaṇeśaṃ ca dineśaṃ ca vahniṃ viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ śivām |
etān bhaktyā samabhyarcya puṣpagandhādibhistadā ||

9.42.4

āvāhya ca mahālakṣmīṃ paramaiśvaryarūpiṇīm |
pūjāñcakāra deveśo brahmaṇā ca purodhasā ||

9.42.5

puraḥsthiteṣu muniṣu brāhmaṇeṣu gurau harau |
devādiṣu sudeśe ca jñānānandaṃ śive mune ||

9.42.6

pārijātasya puṣpaṃ ca gṛhītvā candanokṣitam |
dhyātvā devīṃ mahālakṣmīṃ pūjayāmāsa nārada ||

9.42.7

dhyānaṃ ca sāmavedoktaṃ yaddattaṃ brahmaṇe purā |
hariṇā tena dhyānena tannibodha vadāmi te ||

9.42.8

sahasradalapadmasthakarṇikāvāsinīṃ parām |
śaratpārvaṇakoṭīnduprabhāmuṣṭikarāṃ parām ||

9.42.9

svatejasā prajvalantīṃ sukhadṛśyāṃ manoharām |
prataptakāñcananibhaśobhāṃ mūrtimatīṃ satīm ||

9.42.10

ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣāḍhyāṃ śobhitāṃ pītavāsasā |
īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ śaśvatsusthirayauvanām ||

9.42.11

sarvasampatpradātrīṃ ca mahālakṣmīṃ bhaje śubhām |
dhyānenānena tāṃ dhyātvā nānāguṇasamanvitām ||

9.42.12

sampūjya brahmavākyena copacārāṇi ṣoḍaśa |
dadau bhaktyā vidhānena pratyekaṃ mantrapūrvakam ||

9.42.13

praśastāni prakṛṣṭāni varāṇi vividhāni ca |
amūlyaratnasāraṃ ca nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā ||

9.42.14

āsanaṃ ca vicitraṃ ca mahālakṣmi pragṛhyatām |
śuddhaṃ gaṅgodakamidaṃ sarvavanditamīpsitam ||

9.42.15

pāpedhmavahnirūpaṃ ca gṛhyatāṃ kamalālaye |
puṣpacandanadūrvādisaṃyutaṃ jāhnavījalam ||

9.42.16

śaṅkhagarbhasthitaṃ svarghyaṃ gṛhyatāṃ padmavāsini |
sugandhipuṣpatailaṃ ca sugandhāmalakīphalam ||

9.42.17

dehasaundaryabījaṃ ca gṛhyatāṃ śrīhareḥ priye |
kārpāsajaṃ ca kṛmijaṃ vasanaṃ devi gṛhyatām ||

9.42.18

ratnasvarṇavikāraṃ ca dehabhūṣāvivardhanam |
śobhāyai śrīkaraṃ ratnaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ devi gṛhyatām ||

9.42.19

sarvasaundaryabījaṃ ca sadyaḥ śobhākaraṃ param |
vṛkṣaniryāsarūpaṃ ca gandhadravyādisaṃyutam ||

9.42.20

śrīkṛṣṇakānte dhūpaṃ ca pavitraṃ pratigṛhyatām |
sugandhiyuktaṃ sukhadaṃ candanaṃ devi gṛhyatām ||

9.42.21

jagaccakṣuḥsvarūpaṃ ca pavitraṃ timirāpaham |
pradīpaṃ sukharūpaṃ ca gṛhyatāṃ ca sureśvari ||

9.42.22

nānopahārarūpaṃ ca nānārasasamanvitam |
atisvādukaraṃ caiva naivedyaṃ pratigṛhyatām ||

9.42.23

annaṃ brahmasvarūpaṃ ca prāṇarakṣaṇakāraṇam |
tuṣṭidaṃ puṣṭidaṃ caiva devyannaṃ pratigṛhyatām ||

9.42.24

śālyannajaṃ supakvaṃ ca śarkarāgavyasaṃyutam |
svāduyuktaṃ mahālakṣmi paramānnaṃ pragṛhyatām ||

9.42.25

śarkarāgavyapakvaṃ ca susvādu sumanoharam |
svastikaṃ nāma naivedyaṃ gṛhāṇa parameśvari ||

9.42.26

nānāvidhāni ramyāṇi pakvānnāni phalāni ca |
surabhistanasantyaktaṃ susvādu sumanoharam ||

9.42.27

martyāmṛtaṃ sugavyaṃ ca gṛhyatāmacyutapriye |
susvādu rasasaṃyuktamikṣuvṛkṣasamudbhavam ||

9.42.28

agnipakvamatisvādu guḍaṃ ca pratigṛhyatām |
yavagodhūmasasyānāṃ cūrṇareṇusamudbhavam ||

9.42.29

supakvaṃ guḍagavyāktaṃ miṣṭānnaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
sasyacūrṇodbhavaṃ pakvaṃ svastikādisamanvitam ||

9.42.30

mayā niveditaṃ bhaktyā naivedyaṃ pratigṛhyatām |
śītavāyupradaṃ caiva dāhe ca sukhadaṃ param ||

9.42.31

kamale gṛhyatāṃ cedaṃ vyajanaṃ śvetacāmaram |
tāmbūlaṃ ca varaṃ ramyaṃ karpūrādisuvāsitam ||

9.42.32

jihvājāḍyacchedakaraṃ tāmbūlaṃ pratigṛhyatām |
suvāsitaṃ suśītaṃ ca pipāsānāśakāraṇam ||

9.42.33

jagajjīvanarūpaṃ ca jīvanaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
dehasaundaryabījaṃ ca sadā śobhāvivardhanam ||

9.42.34

kārpāsajaṃ ca kṛmijaṃ vasanaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
raktasvarṇavikāraṃ ca dehabhūṣādivardhanam ||

9.42.35

śobhādhāraṃ śrīkaraṃ ca bhūṣaṇaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
nānāṛtuṣu nirmāṇaṃ bahuśobhāśrayaṃ param ||

9.42.36

surabhūpapriyaṃ śuddhaṃ mālyaṃ devi pragṛhyatām |
śuddhidaṃ śuddharūpaṃ ca sarvamaṅgalamaṅgalam ||

9.42.37

gandhavastūdbhavaṃ ramyaṃ gandhaṃ devi pragṛhyatām |
puṇyatīrthodakaṃ caiva viśuddhaṃ śuddhidaṃ sadā ||

9.42.38

gṛhyatāṃ kṛṣṇakānte tvaṃ ramyamācamanīyakam |
ratnasārādinirmāṇaṃ puṣpacandanacarcitam ||

9.42.39

ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣāḍhyaṃ sutalpaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
yadyad dravyamapūrvaṃ ca pṛthivyāmapi durlabham ||

9.42.40

devabhūṣārhabhogyaṃ ca tad dravyaṃ devi gṛhyatām |
dravyāṇyetāni dattvā ca mūlena devapuṅgavaḥ ||

9.42.41

mūlaṃ jajāpa bhaktyā ca daśalakṣaṃ vidhānataḥ |
japena daśalakṣeṇa mantrasiddhirbabhūva ha ||

9.42.42

mantraśca brahmaṇā dattaḥ kalpavṛkṣaśca sarvataḥ |
lakṣmīrmāyā kāmavāṇī ṅe'ntā kamalavāsinī ||

9.42.43

vaidiko mantrarājo'yaṃ prasiddhaḥ svāhayānvitaḥ |
kubero'nena mantreṇa paramaiśvaryamāptavān ||

9.42.44

rājarājeśvaro dakṣaḥ sāvarṇirmanureva ca |
maṅgalo'nena mantreṇa saptadvīpe'vanīpatiḥ ||

9.42.45

priyavratottānapādau kedāro nṛpa eva ca |
ete siddhāśca rājendrā mantreṇānena nārada ||

9.42.46

siddhe mantre mahālakṣmīḥ śakrāya darśanaṃ dadau |
ratnendrasāranirmāṇavimānasthā varapradā ||

9.42.47

saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ chādayantī tviṣā ca sā |
śvetacampakavarṇābhā ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā ||

9.42.48

īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyā bhaktānugrahakātarā |
bibhratī ratnamālāṃ ca koṭicandrasamaprabhām ||

9.42.49

dṛṣṭvā jagatprasūṃ śāntāṃ tuṣṭāvaitāṃ purandaraḥ |
pulakāñcitasarvāṅgaḥ sāśrunetraḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ ||

9.42.50

brahmaṇā ca pradattena stotrarājena saṃyutaḥ |
sarvābhīṣṭapradenaiva vaidikenaiva tatra ca ||

9.42.51

purandara uvāca |
namaḥ kamalavāsinyai nārāyaṇyai namo namaḥ |
kṛṣṇapriyāyai satataṃ mahālakṣyai namo namaḥ ||

Indra said:-- “O Thou, the Dweller in the lotus! O Nârâyanî! O Dear to Krisna! O Padmâsane! O Mahâ Laksmî!
Obeisance to Thee! O Padmadaleksane! O Padmanibhânane! O Padmâsane! O Padme! O Vaisnavî! Obeisance to Thee! Thou art the wealth of all; Thou art worshipped by all; Thou bestowest to all the bliss and devotion to S’rî Hari. I bow down to Thee. O Devî! Thou always dwellest on the breast of Krisna and exercisest Thy powers over Him. Thou art the beauty of the Moon; Thou takest Thy seat on the beautiful Jewel Lotus. Obeisance to Thee! O Devî! Thou art the Presiding Deity of the riches; Thou art the Great Devî; Thou increasest always Thy gifts and Thou art the bestower of increments. So I bow down to Thee. O Devî! Thou art the Mahâ Laksmî of Vaikuntha, the Laksmî of the Ksiroda Ocean; Thou art Indra’s Heavenly Laksmî; Thou art the Râja Laksmî of the Kings; Thou art the Griha Laksmî of the householders; Thou art the household Deity of them; Thou art the Surabhî, born of the Ocean; Thou art the Daksinâ, the wife of the Sacrifices; Thou art Aditi, the Mother of the Devas; Thou art the Kamalâ, always dwelling in the Lotus; Thou art the Svâhâ, in the offerings with clarified butter in the sacrificial ceremonies; Thou art the Svadhâ Mantra in the Kâvyas (an offering of food to deceased ancestors). So obeisance to Thee! O Mother Thou art of the nature of Visnu; Thou art the Earth that supports all; Thou art of pure S’uddha Sattva and Thou art devoted to Nârâyana. Thou art void of anger, jealousy. Rather Thou grantest boons to all. Thou art the auspicious Sâradâ; Thou grantest the Highest Reality and the devotional service to Hari. Without Thee all the worlds are quite stale, to no purpose like ashes, always dead while existing. Thou art the Chief Mother, the Chief Friend of all; Thou art the source of Dharma, Artha, Kâma and Moksa! As a mother nourishes her infants with the milk of her breasts, so Thou nourishest all as their mother! A child that sucks the milk might be saved by the Daiva (Fate), when deprived of its mother; but men can never be saved, if they be bereft of Thee! O Mother! Thou art always gracious. Please be gracious unto me. O Eternal One! My possessions are now in the hands of the enemies. Be kind enough to restore my kingdoms to me from my enemies’ hands. O Beloved of Hari! Since Thou hast forsaken me, I am wandering abroad, friendless, like a beggar, deprived of all prosperities. O Devî! Give me Jñânam, Dharma, my desired fortune, power, influence and my possessions.” O Nârada! Indra and all the other Devas bowed down frequently to Mahâ Laksmî with their eyes filled with tears. Brahmâ, S’ankara, Ananta Deva, Dharma and Kes’ava all asked pardon again and again from Mahâ Laksmî. Laksmî then granted boons to the Devas and before the assembly gladly gave the garland of flowers on the neck of Ke’sava. The Devas, satisfied, went back to their own places. The Devî, Laksmî, too, becoming very glad went to S’rî Hari sleeping in the Ksiroda Ocean. Brahmâ and Mahes’vara, both became very glad and, blessing the Devas, went respectively to their own abodes. Whoever recites this holy Stotra three times a day, becomes the King Emperor and gets prosperity and wealth like the God Kuvera. Siddhi (success) comes to him who recites this stotra five lakhs of times. If anybody reads regularly and always this Siddha Stotra for one month, he becomes very happy and he turns out a Râjarâjendra.
Here ends the Forty-second Chapter of the Ninth Book on the Dhyânam and Stotra of Mahâ Laksmî in the Mahâ Purânam S’rî Mad Devî Bhâgavatam of 18,000 verses by Maharsi Veda Vyâsa.

9.42.52

padmapatrekṣaṇāyai ca padmāsyāyai namo namaḥ |
padmāsanāyai padminyai vaiṣṇavyai ca namo namaḥ ||

9.42.53

sarvasampatsvarūpiṇyai sarvārādhyai namo namaḥ |
haribhaktipradātryai ca harṣadātryai namo namaḥ ||

9.42.54

kṛṣṇavakṣaḥsthitāyai ca kṛṣṇeśāyai namo namaḥ |
candraśobhāsvarūpāyai ratnapadme ca śobhane ||

9.42.55

sampattyadhiṣṭhātṛdevyai mahādevyai namo namaḥ |
namo vṛddhisvarūpāyai vṛddhidāyai namo namaḥ ||

9.42.56

vaikuṇṭhe yā mahālakṣmīryā lakṣmīḥ kṣīrasāgare |
svargalakṣmīrindragehe rājalakṣmīrnṛpālaye ||

9.42.57

gṛhalakṣmīśca gṛhiṇāṃ gehe ca gṛhadevatā |
surabhiḥ sāgare jātā dakṣiṇā yajñakāminī ||

9.42.58

aditirdevamātā tvaṃ kamalā kamalālayā |
svāhā tvaṃ ca havirdāne kavyadāne svadhā smṛtā ||

9.42.59

tvaṃ hi viṣṇusvarūpā ca sarvādhārā vasundharā |
śuddhasattvasvarūpā tvaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇā ||

9.42.60

krodhahiṃsāvarjitā ca varadā śāradā śubhā |
paramārthapradā tvaṃ ca haridāsyapradā parā ||

9.42.61

yayā vinā jagatsarvaṃ bhasmībhūtamasārakam |
jīvanmṛtaṃ ca viśvaṃ ca śaśvatsarvaṃ yayā vinā ||

9.42.62

sarveṣāṃ ca parā mātā sarvabāndhavarūpiṇī |
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ tvaṃ ca kāraṇarūpiṇī ||

9.42.63

yathā mātā stanāndhānāṃ śiśūnāṃ śaiśave sadā |
tathā tvaṃ sarvadā mātā sarveṣāṃ sarvarūpataḥ ||

9.42.64

mātṛhīnaḥ stanāndhastu sa ca jīvati daivataḥ |
tvayā hīno janaḥ ko'pi na jīvatyeva niścitam ||

9.42.65

suprasannasvarūpā tvaṃ māṃ prasannā bhavāmbike |
vairigrastaṃ ca viṣayaṃ dehi mahyaṃ sanātani ||

9.42.66

ahaṃ yāvattvayā hīno bandhuhīnaśca bhikṣukaḥ |
sarvasampadvihīnaśca tāvadeva haripriye ||

9.42.67

jñānaṃ dehi ca dharmaṃ ca sarvasaubhāgyamīpsitam |
prabhāvañca pratāpaṃ ca sarvādhikārameva ca ||

9.42.68

jayaṃ parākramaṃ yuddhe paramaiśvaryameva ca |
ityuktvā ca mahendraśca sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha ||

9.42.69

praṇanāma sāśrunetro mūrdhnā caiva punaḥ punaḥ |
brahmā ca śaṅkaraścaiva śeṣo dharmaśca keśavaḥ ||

9.42.70

sarve cakruḥ parīhāraṃ surārthe ca punaḥ punaḥ |
devebhyaśca varaṃ dattvā puṣpamālāṃ manoharām ||

9.42.71

keśavāya dadau lakṣmīḥ santuṣṭā surasaṃsadi |
yayurdevāśca santuṣṭāḥ svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ ca nārada ||

9.42.72

devī yayau hareḥ sthānaṃ hṛṣṭā kṣīrodaśāyinaḥ |
yayatuścaiva svagṛhaṃ brahmeśānau ca nārada ||

9.42.73

dattvā śubhāśiṣaṃ tau ca devebhyaḥ prītipūrvakam |
idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ ||

9.42.74

kuberatulyaḥ sa bhavedrājarājeśvaro mahān |
pañcalakṣajapenaiva stotrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām ||

9.42.75

siddhastotraṃ yadi paṭhenmāsamekaṃ tu santatam |
mahāsukhī ca rājendro bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||

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iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe mahālakṣmyāḥ dhyānastotravarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvārimpto'dhyāyaḥ ||