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harīśvarastutyāṃ vihartrīṃ vindhyabhūdhare haraprāṇeśvarīṃ vande hantrīṃ vibudhavidviṣām ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.2) abhyarthanena sarasīruhasaṃbhavasya tyaktvoditā bhagavadakṣipidhānalīlām viśveśvarī vipadapāgamane purastānmātā mamāstu madhukaiṭabhayornihantrīm ### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.3) ‘‘prabodhaṃ ca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyuto laghu bodhaṃ ca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau||’’ ‘‘yā hyeṣā gahvarī māyā nidreti jagati sthitā sā karmānveṣiṇī ghorā kālarātrī mahīpate asyāstanustamodvārā niśādivasanāśinī jīvitārthaharī ghorā sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ bhuvi naitayā kaścidāviṣṭo jṛmbhamāṇe muhurmuhuḥ śaktaḥ prasahinuṃ vegaṃ majjanniva mahārṇave annajā bhuvi martyānāṃ śramajā vā kathaṃcana naiśā bhavati lokasya nidrā sarvasya laukikī sukhānte kṣīyate hyeṣā prāyaśo bhuvi dehinām mṛtyukālābhibhūtānāṃ prāṇān sthāpayate bhṛśam deveṣvapi dadhārenāṃ nānyo nārāyaṇāhṛte sakhī sarvarahasyeṣā māyā viṣṇoḥ śarīrajā1 saiṣā nārāyaṇamukhe dṛṣṭā2 kamalalocanā lokānalpena kālena grasate bhṛśamohinī3 iti dvitīyaḥ ślokaḥ (2) prāṅnirjaraiṣu nihatairnijaśaktileśairekībhavadbhiruditākhilalokagupyai saṃpannaśastranikarā ca tadāyudhasthairmātā mamāstu mahiṣāntakarī purastāt ### [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.4) prāleyaśailatanayā tanukāntisaṃpatkośoditā kuvalayacchavicārudehā nārāyaṇī namadabhīpsitakalpavallī suprītimāvahatu sumbhahanisumbhahantrī ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.5) viśveśvarīti mahiṣāntakarīti yasyā nārāyaṇītyapi ca nāmabhiraṅkitāni sūktāni paṅkajabhuvā ca surarṣibhiśca dṛṣṭāni pāvakamukhaiśca śivāṃ bhajetām ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6) utpattidaityahananastvanātmakāni saṃrakṣakāṇyakhilabhūtahitāya yasyāḥ sūktānyaśeṣanigamāntavidaḥ paṭhanti tāṃ viśvamātaramajasramabhiṣṭavīmi ### [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.7) yaṃ vaipracittapunarutthitasumbhamukhyairdurbhikṣaghorasamayena ca kāritāsu āviṣkṛtāstrijagadārttiṣu rūpabhedāstairambikā samabhirakṣatu māṃ vipadbhyaḥ ### [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.8) sūktaṃ yadīyamaravindabhavādidṛṣṭamāvartya devyanupadaṃ surathaḥ samādhiḥ dvāvapyavāpaturabhīṣṭamananyalabhyaṃ tāmādidevataruṇīṃ praṇamāmi mūrdhnā ### [9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.1) tadevaṃ saptabhiḥ ślokaiḥ kṛte devīmāhātmyasaṃgrahe satāmasaṃśayārthaṃ pāñcarātralakṣmītantravacanāni pradarśyante | tatremāni śakraṃ prati śrīmahālakṣmīvacanāni— “mahālakṣmīrahaṃ śakra punaḥ svāyaṃbhuvāntare hitāya sarvalokānāṃ jātā mahiṣamardinī madīyāḥ śaktileśā ye tattaddevaśarīragāḥ saṃbhūya te mamābhūvan rūpaṃ paramaśobhanam āyudhāni ca devānāṃ yāni yāni sureśvara tacchaktayastadākārā āyudhāni mamābhavan abhiṣṭutā suraiḥ sāhaṃ mahiṣaṃ jaghnuṣī kṣaṇāt 1mahiṣāntarīsūktaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ tadā devyā yayādikaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sendrairdevaiḥ saharṣibhiḥ2 utpattiṃ yuddhavikrāntiṃ stotraṃ ceti sureśvara kathayanti suvistīrṇaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ evaṃ prabhāvāṃ devīṃ tāṃ stuvan dhyāyan namannapi labhate ca phalaṃ śāśvadādhipatyamanaśvaram yoganidrā hareruktā yā sā devī duratyayā 3mahākālītanuṃ viddhi tāṃ māṃ devīṃ sanātanīm 4madhukaiṭabhanāśe hi mohitau ca tayā tadā jaghnāte varalābhena devadevena viṣṇunā 5viśveśvaryādikaṃ sūktaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tad brahmaṇa| tadā6 stutaye yoganidrāyā mama devyāḥ puraṃdara eṣā sā vaiṣṇavī māyā mahākālī duratyayā stutyā vaśīkṛtā kuryād vaśe stotuścarācaram asyā devyāḥ samutpattiścaritaṃ stotramityapi hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ dhāryante brahmavādibhiḥ 1tāmase tvantare śakra 2mahāvidyā hi yā parā gaurīdehāt samudbhūtā kauśikīti tadā hyaham vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ 3tathā sumbhanisumbhayoḥ rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ devānāmupakāriṇī madīyāḥ śaktayo yāstā devaśreṣṭhaśarīragāḥ tāstāstadrūpadhāriṇyaḥ 4sāhāyyaṃ vidadhurhi me tābhirnihatya daityendrān hantavyā ye tathā tayā ### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.2) saṃhṛtyātmani tāḥ sarvāḥ madīyā vipruṣo'khilāḥ ahaṃ nijaghnī paścāt tayoḥ sumbhanisumbhayoḥ "devi prapannārtihare prasīde "-tyādikaṃ tathā 5nārāyaṇīstutirnāma sūktaṃ paramaśobhanam stutayo me tadā dṛṣṭā devairabhipurogamaiḥ eṣā saṃpūjitā bhaktyā sarvajñatvaṃ prayacchati kauśikī sarvadeveśa6 bahukāmapradā hyaham utpattiryuddhavikrāntiḥ stutiśceti purātanaiḥ paṭhyate tritayaṃ viprairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ7 vaivasvate'ntare cobhau8 punaḥ sumbhanisumbhakau utpatsyete varonmattau devopadravakāriṇau nandagopakule jātā yaśodāgarbhasaṃbhavā tāvahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi 9sunandā vindhyavāsinī punaścāpyatiraudreṇa rūpeṇa pṛthivītale avatīrya haniṣyāmi vaipracittān mahāsurān 1bhakṣayantyāśca tānugrān vaipracittāṃśca dānavān raktā dantā bhaviṣyanti dāḍimīkusumopamāḥ tato māṃ devatāḥ svarge martyaloke ca mānavāḥ stuvanto vyāhariṣyanti satataṃ raktadantikām tasminnevāntare śakra catvāriṃśattame yuge sarvataḥ śatavārṣikyāmanāvṛṣṭyāmanambhasi munibhiḥ saṃsmṛtā bhūmau saṃbhaviṣyāmyayaunijā tataḥ śatena netrāṇāṃ nirīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ munīn kīrtayiṣyanti śataśaḥ śatākṣīmiti mānavāḥ tadāhamakhilaṃ lokamātmadehasamudbhavaiḥ bhariṣyāmi śubhaiḥ śākairāviṣṭaiḥ prāṇadhārakaḥ2 śākaṃbharīti māṃ devāstadā stoṣyanti vāsava tatraiva ca haniṣyāmi durgamākhyaṃ mahāsuram durgādevīti vikhyātiṃ tato yāsyāmyahaṃ bhuvi śākaṃbharīṃ stuvan dhyāyan śakra saṃpūjayanramanū akṣayyamaśnute śīghramannapānodbhavāṃ ratim caturyuge ca pañcāśattame munibhirarthitā sundaraṃ cātibhīmaṃ ca rūpaṃ kṛtvā himācale ### [9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.3) rakṣāṃsi bhakṣayiṣyāmi munīnāṃ trāṇakāraṇāt tato māṃ munayaḥ sarve stoṣyantyānamramūrtayaḥ bhīme devi prasīdeti bhīmāmabhayadāyinīm yuge ṣaṣṭitame kaścidaru3ṇo nāma dānavaḥ 3manujānāṃ munīnāṃ ca mahābādhāṃ kariṣyati tatrāhaṃ 4bhrāmaraṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvāsaṃkhyeyaṣaṭpadā trailokyasya hitārthāya vadhiṣyāmi mahāsuram bhrāmarīti ca māṃ loke tadā stoṣyanti savadā itthaṃ yadā yadā bādhā 1dānavotthā bhaviṣyati tadā tadāvatīryāhaṃ haniṣyāmi mahāsurān amī te leśataḥ śakra darśitāḥ paramādbhutāḥ avatārā nirāsaṅgā madīyāḥ kevalāhvayāḥ eteṣāṃ paramā proktā kūṭasthā sā mahīyasī mahālakṣmīrmahābhāgā prakṛtiḥ parameśvarī amuṣyā stutaye dṛṣṭaṃ brahmādyaiḥ sakalaiḥ suraiḥ 2namo devyādikaṃ sūktaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam imāṃ devīṃ stuvannityaṃ stotreṇānena māmiha śāntītya sakalanaiśvaryaṃ mahadaśnute amuṣyāḥ sāvatārayā mahālakṣyā mamānagha janmāni caritaiḥ sārdhaṃ stotrairvaibhavavādibhiḥ3 kathitāni purā śakra vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā 4svārociṣe'ntare rājñe surathāya mahātmane samādhaye ca vaiśyāya praṇatāyāvasīdate bhaktiśraddhāvatā nityaṃ vasiṣṭhena kṛteti me hṛdi sthitā sadā seyaṃ janmakarmāvalistutiḥ etāṃ dvijamukhācchrutvā hyadhīyāno naraḥ sadā vidhūya nikhilāṃ māyāṃ samyag jñānaṃ samaśnute sarvāṃ saṃpadamāpnoti dhunoti sakalāpadaḥ mama prabhāvāt saubhāgyaṃ kīrtiṃ caiva samaśnute |” tasyāṃ mahālakṣmīpadaprayogāt, namo devyādi hi brahmādibhiḥ kṛtaṃ stotraṃ tasyā stotramiti tādṛśasya tapaścaradbhyāṃ surathasamādhibhyāṃ tadeva sūktaṃ japtamiti yujyate ### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.4) atra sakaladevīmāhātmyapratipādyā mahālakṣmīḥ śivaśaktirambikaiva ; “ sadāśivāṅkamārūḍhā śaktiricchāhvayā śivā mahālakṣmīriti khyātā devī sarvaguṇānvitā ||” iti śivapurāṇe tasyāmapi mahālakṣmīpadaprayogāt | “śriyaṃ lakṣmīmaupalāmambikāṃ gām” ityāyuṣyasūkte tasyāṃ lakṣmīpadadarśanena tasmin “sanmahat—” ityādisūtreṇa pūjāvācimahatpadasamāsasaṃbhavācca | na tu bhagavacchaktiriha mahālakṣmīḥ ; durgāyāḥ śivaśaktyaṃśatvasya prasiddhataratvāt | ata eva harivaṃśe śambaravadhārthaṃ pradyumnāya dattavatā nāradena durgayā śambarāya datto mudgaraḥ pārvatyā datta iti vyavahṛtaḥ ; “ asya devaripostāta mudgaro nityapūjitaḥ 1pārvatyā paritoṣeṇa dattaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ajayyaścaiva saṃgrāme devadānavamānavaiḥ tadastrapratighātārthaṃ devīṃ tvaṃ smartumarhasi2 stutyā caiva namasyā ca mahādevī raṇotsukaiḥ 3tatraiva kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ saṃgrāme ripuṇā saha | ” iti | ayaṃ ca mudgaro durgayā śambarāya datta iti tadanantaraṃ pradyumnakṛta eva stotre vyaktam | yathā— “namaste sumbhahanani nisumbhahṛdadāriṇi4 kālarātri namasye'haṃ kumārīṃ cāpi nityavat kāntāravāsinīṃ devīṃ namasye'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ śrīvindhyavāsinīṃ devīṃ raṇadurgāṃ raṇapriyām5 atha varāhapurāṇoktamahimānaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti— māhiṣmatītanubhavaṃ ca ruruṃ ca hantumāviṣkṛtairnijarasādavatārabhedaiḥ aṣṭādaśāhatanavāhatakoṭisaṃkhyairambā sadā samabhirakṣatu māṃ vipadbhyaḥ ### [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.10) etaccaritramakhilaṃ likhitaṃ hi yasyāḥ saṃpūjitaṃ sadana eva niveśitaṃ vā durgaṃ ca tārayati dustaramapyaśeṣaṃ śreyaḥ prayacchati ca sarvvamumāṃ bhajetām ### [11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.11) yatpūjanastutinamaskṛtibhirbhavanti prītāḥ pitāmaharameśaharāstrayo'pi teṣāmapi svakaguṇairdadatī vapūṃṣi tāmīśvarasya taruṇīṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ### [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.12) yā brahmaśaktiḥ sattvasthā 1sānantā vai prakīrtitā etāsāṃ sarvabhedeṣu pṛthagekaikaśo ghare sarvāsāṃ bhagavān rudraḥ 2sarvagatvāt patirbhavet yāvantyastā mahāśaktyastāvadrūpāṇi śaṃkaraḥ kṛtavāṃstāṃśca bhajate patirūpeṇa sarvadā yaścārādhayate 3tāstu tasya rudreṣu toṣate siddhayantyastāstadā devyo mantriṇo nātra saṃśayaḥ |" iti devyā stutyā hareḥ prītiḥ | harivaṃśe hariṇā proktasyāsyā stavasyāvasāne devīṃ prati" ye ca tvāṃ matprabhāvajñāḥ praṇamiṣyanti mānavāḥ na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcit putrato dhanato'pi vā kāntāreṣvavasannānāṃ magnānāṃ ca mahārṇave dasyubhirvā niruddhānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā nṛṇām tvāṃ tu stoṣyanti ye bhaktyā stavenānena suvrate tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati ||" iti harerevaṃ vacanenāvagamyate | harivaṃśe aniruddhakṛtadevīstotrāvasāne tu devyā nāmakīrtanamātreṇa brahmādikasya sarvasya jagataḥ prītiruktā ; " brahmā viṣṇuśca śakraśca candrasūryāgnimārutāḥ aśvinau vasavaścaiva viśve sādhyāstathaiva ca marutā saha parjanyo dhātā bhūmirdiśo daśa gāvo nakṣatravaṃśāśca grahā nadyo hṛdāstathā saritaḥ sāgarāścaiva nāgāvidyādharoragāḥ tathā yakṣāḥ suparṇāśca gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ prītiṃ devyā nāmānukīrtanāt |" iti viṣṇupurāṇe'pi devīstutyā bhagavataḥ prītiruktā ; ityekādaśaḥ ślokaḥ (11) kāntāramadhyadṛḍhalagnatayā'vasannā magnāśca vāridhijale ripubhiśca ruddhāḥ yasyāḥ prapadya caraṇau vipadastaranti sā me sadā'stu hṛdi sarvajagatsavitrī ### [13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.13) iti dvādaśaślokaḥ (12) bandhe vadhe mahati mṛtyubhaye prasakte vittakṣaye ca vividhe ca mahopatāpe yatpādapūjanamiha pratikāramāhuḥ sā me samastajananī śaraṇaṃ bhavānī ### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.14) iti trayodaśaḥ ślokaḥ (13) bāṇāsuraprahitapannagabandhamokṣastadbāhudarpadalanāduṣayā ca yogaḥ prādyumninā drutamalabhyata yatprasādāt sā me śivā sakalamapyaśubhaṃ kṣiṇotu ### [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.15) iti tena kṛtamupāśvāsanaṃ copanyasyat | "tato devīṃ sa kaumārīṃ rakṣārthaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ" ityuktam | yacca aniruddhena kṛtam ; "mahendraviṣṇubhaginīṃ namāmyātmahitāya vai manasā bhāvaśuddhena śuciḥ stoṣye kṛtāñjaliḥ ||" ityādi, "tvatprasādādavighnena kṣipraṃ mucyeta bandhanāt avekṣasva viśālākṣi pādau te śaraṇaṃ vraje ||" ityantam | draupadīvastrāpaharaṇakāle saubhavadhavyāsaṅgenaiva kenacit mahatā devakāryasaṅgena kṛṣṇasya idānīmihāgamane vighno mā bhūt | śīghramāgatya bhagavān asmān bāṇakṛtāt tadgṛhe virodhāt svātmānaṃ mocayitum ityetadarthaṃ ca; devī tu, 'kṛṣṇenaiva aniruddhasya nāgapāśamokṣaḥ kāryaḥ' iti devakṛtāṃ maryādām anvīkṣya tasya vedanāparihārāya dṛḍhaṃ nāgapāśabandhaṃ śithilīkṛtya, śīghraṃ kṛṣṇāgamananivedanena tamāśvāsitavatīti tadanantaramuktam "nāgapāśena baddhasya hṛtasyoddhatacetasaḥ sphoṭayitvā karāgreṇa pañjaraṃ vajrasaṃnibham 1ruddhaṃ bāṇapure vīramaniruddhamabhāṣata 2sāntvayantī ca sā devī prasādābhimukhī tadā ||" iti | śrīdevyuvāca— "cakrāyudho mokṣayitāniruddha tvāṃ bandhanādāśu sahasva kālam chittvāśu bāṇasya ca bāhucakraṃ purīṃ nijāṃ neṣyati daityasūdana ||" iti yattu tadanantaram—"namo'stu te devi varaprade śive" ityādi ; "prīyatāṃ me jagannātha śailaputri vasuṃdhare trāyasva māṃ mahādevi nārāyaṇi namo'stu te namāmi śirasā devīṃ bandhanastho vimocitaḥ rudrapriye mahābhāge bhaktānāmārtināśini namo'stu te jagannāthe priye dānte mahāvrate iti caturdaśaḥ ślokaḥ (14) evaṃ prāptāṃ vipadaṃ nivārayituṃ bhagavadbhāvapreraṇāya rukmiṇyā kṛtaṃ devyārādhanaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti— pāpaḥ pulastyatanayaḥ punarutthito māmadyāpi hartumayamāgata ityudītam yatsevanena mayamindirayāvadhūtaṃ tāmādidevatasaraṇīṃ śaraṇaṃ gato'smi ### [16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.16) kṛṣṇaparigrahalābhārthaṃ gopakanyābhiḥ kṛtaṃ durgarūpeṇa devyārādhanaṃ bhāgavatoktaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti— yad dhyānajaṃ sukhamavāpyamanantapuṇyaiḥ sākṣāt tamacyutaparigrahamāśravāpuḥ gopāṅganāḥ kila yadarcanapuṇyamātrāḥ sā me sadā bhagavatī bhavatu prasannā ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.17) atha sāmagānāṃ sāmavidhibrāhmaṇoktaprakāreṇa devyā muktipradatvaṃ darśayatirātriṃ prapadya iti mantravidaḥ prapannānudbodhya mṛtyavadhimanyaphalaiḥ pralobhya badhvā ca tadvimukhatāṃ pratanaṃ nayantīmākāśamādijananīṃ jagatāṃ bhajetām ### [18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.18) deśakāleṣu duṣṭeṣu devīcandrakalāstutiḥ sevyayoranusaṃdheyā sarvāpadvinivṛttaye ### [3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.3-2) rātrisūktam atha yaḥ kāmayeta punarna pratyājāyeyam, iti (1) rātriṃ prapadye punarbhūḥ mayobhūḥ kanyāṃ śikhaṇḍinīṃ pāśahastāṃ yuvatīṃ kumāriṇīmādityaścakṣuṣe vātaḥ prāṇāya somo gandhāya āpaḥ snehāya mano'nujñāya pṛthivyai śarīram iti (2) sā hainamuvāca asmin saṃvatsare mariṣyasi asminnayane'sminnṛtāvasmin māse'sminnardhamāse'smin dvādaśarātre'smin ṣaḍrātre'smiṃstrirātre'smin dvirātre'sminnahorātre'sminnahanyasyāṃ rātryāmasyāṃ velāyāmasmin muhūrte mariṣyasyehi svargaṃ lokaṃ devalokaṃ vā brahmalokaṃ vā kṣatralokaṃ vā virocamānastiṣṭhan virocamānāmehi yoniṃ praviśeti ### [4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.4-2) nāhaṃ yoniṃ pravekṣyāmi bhūtottamāyā brahmaṇo duhituḥ saṃrāgavastrāyā jāyate mriyate saṃdhīyate ceti ### [5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.5-2) yata eko yoniṃ praviṣṭaḥ jāyate jātaḥ san saṃmriyate prāṇaiḥ viyujyate mṛtaḥ saṃdhīyate dehāntareṇa saṃbadhyate ata iti ### [6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2) rātristu mā punātu rātriḥ khametat puṣpāntaṃ yat purāṇamākāśaṃ tatra me sthānaṃ kurvan apunarbhavāya apunarjanmane etāvadeva rātrau rātre vrataṃ rātrervrataṃ ceti ### [6-2.p1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.1) " brahmaṇā saha sarve te saṃprāpte pratisaṃcare parasyānte kṛtātmānaḥ praviśanti paraṃ padam || " kālītyāha rahasyambāṃ 4, vāyu. kiṃ devena na sā dṛṣṭā 5, vāyu. kimarthaṃ bhīru mā bhaistvaṃ 18, hari. 2-119-201 kīrtayiṣyanti śataśaḥ 10, lakṣmī. 9-35 kṛtavāṃstāṃśca bhajate 16, narā. 96, 71 kṛtsnaṃ jagadidaṃ prītaṃ 16, hari. 2-120-30 kauśikī sarvadeveśa 9, lakṣmī. 9-26 krīḍoktīrapi kālīti 5, vāyu. kleśānītya sakalān 11, lakṣmī. 9-49 gāvo nakṣatravaṃśāśca 16, hari. 2-120-29 gaurīdehād samudbhūtā 9, lakṣmī. 9-20 cakrāyudho mokṣayitā 9, hari. 2-120-40 caturyuge ca pañcāśat 10, lakṣmī. 9, 39 chittvā tu bāṇasya ca 19, hari. 2, 120-40 jambhāte varalābhena 8, lakṣmī. 9-16 janmāni caritaiḥ sārdhaṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-49 jahurguṇamayaṃ dehaṃ 21, bhāga. 10-29-11 jāyante bahavaḥ putrāḥ 14-varā. va 96-64 jīvi़tārdhaharī ghorā 2, hari. 1-50-28 jñāpayiṣyati tattvena 18, hari. 2-119-200 tataḥ prabhṛti śakrādīn 4, vāyu. tataḥ śatena netrāṇāṃ 10, lakṣmī 9-34 tataḥ samastāstā devyaḥ 3, devī. 10 4 tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve 6, devī. 4-1 tacchaktayastadākārā 8, lakṣmī. 9-11 tato devīṃ sa kaumārīṃ 19, hari. 2-119-202 tato māṃ munayaḥ sarve 10, lakṣmī 9-40 tato māṃ devatāḥ sarve 10, lakṣmī 9-32 tatkośaṃ sahasotsṛjya 5, vāyu. tatkośādātmanotsṛṣṭāt 5, vāyu. tatrāhaṃ bhāmaraṃ rūpam 10, lakṣmī. 9-42 tatraiva kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ 12, hari. 2-106-54 tatraiva ca haniṣyāmi 10, lakṣmī. 9-37 tatsaṃhataṃ mayaikaiva 3, devī. 10-58 tathā yakṣāḥ suparṇasya 16, hari. 2-120-40 tathā satyanyathābhūtā 5, vāyu. ### [6-2.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.2) tadastrapratighātārthaṃ 12, hari. 2-106-57 tadā tadāvatīryāhaṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-44 tadāhamakhilaṃ lokam 10, lakṣmī. 9-35 tadvācyarthasya kanyāṃ 22 tadbrahmaiva hi tacchaktiḥ 3, devī. 8-1-14 taddrūṇakośajāṃ śaktim 4, vāyu. tameva paramātmānaṃ 21, bhāga. 10-29.11 tayā tu nau vadhaḥ saṃkhye 4, vāyu. tayorlābhāya deveśaṃ 4, vāyu. tasminnevāntare śakra 10, lakṣmī. 9-33 tasyā devyastathā jagmuḥ 3, devī. 10-4 tasyā vīryaṃ balaṃ vindhye 5, vāyu. tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi 16, hari. 2-2-15 tāṃ vai pradyaso bālāṃ 21, bhāga. 10-53-40 tādṛśī kanyakā loke 5, vāyu. tābhirnihatya daityendrān 9 lakṣmī. 9-23 tābhyāṃ tapobalād 4, vāyu. tāmambikāmakhila. 6, devī. 4-3 tāmase tvantare śakra 9, lakṣmī. 9-27 tāvahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi 9, lakṣmī 9-21 tāstāstadrūpadhāriṇyaḥ 9, lakṣmī. 9-22 tena labdhaṃ bhavet sarvaṃ 14, narā 96-64 teṣāṃ hi prārthitaṃ sarvaṃ 17, viṣṇu. 3-1-84 trāyasva māṃ mahādevi 12, hari. 1-120-43 trayasva sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ 20, hari. 2-120-47 trāhi māṃ tvaṃ viśālākṣi 20, hari. 2-220-46 triśūlinīṃ namasyāmi 13, hari. 2-107-11 trailokyasya hitārthāya 10, lakṣmī. 9-43 tvatprasādādavighnena 19, hari. 2-128-26 tvayā devi mahatkāryam 15, varā28-43 tvayeritaṃ mahādeva 15, varā. 28-42 tvāṃ tu stoṣyanti ye bhaktyā 16, hari. 2-2-55 dasyubhirvā niruddhānāṃ 16, 17, hari. 2-2-64 dānavā nāśameṣyanti 18, hari. 2-119-202 divyakuṇḍalapūrṇābhyāṃ 22, hari. 2-2-43 duḥkhapreṣṭhaviraha.21, bhāga. 90-29-10 durgā devīti vikhyāti 10, lakṣmī. 9-37 durbhāgāyā hi me dhātā 20, bhāga. 10-53-24 devānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ caiva 5, vāyu. ### [6-2.p1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.3) devi prapannārtihare 6,9, lakṣmī.9-24,(devī.11-3) devī sā vimukhī gaurī 20, bhāga. 10-53-24 devīsūktaṃ paraṃ japan 7, devī. 13-9 deveṣvapi dadhāraināṃ 2, hari. 1-50-31 devyā yayā tatamidam 6, devī. 4-3 devyā yayādikaṃ divyaṃ 8, lakṣmī. 9, 12 devyā hate tatra mahāsurendre 6, devī. 11-1 daityau sumbhanisumbha| khyau 4, vāyu. dhyānaprāptācyutāśleṣa, 21, bhāga. 10-29-10 dhvajena śikhibarhāṇām 22, hari. 2-2-45 na ca punarāvartate 27, chānda' u' 8, 15, 1 na tasyāmibhayaṃ ghoraṃ 14, varā. 96-63 na teṣāṃ jāyate kiṃcit 18, varā. 95-53 na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcit 16, hari. 2-2-53 nadītīreṣu boreṣu 17, hari. 1-3-25 nandagopakule jātā 9 lakṣmī. 9 23 nandagopasutaṃ devi 22, bhāga. 10-22-4 namaste sumbhahanani 12, hari. 2-107-7 namasye tvāmbike'bhīkṣṇaṃ 21, bhāga. 10.53-45 namāmi śirasā devīṃ 12, hari. 1-120-44 namo devyādikaṃ sūktaṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-47 namo devyai mahādevyai 7, devī. 5-9 namo'stute devi varaprade 19, hari. 2-120-42 navakoṭyastu cāmuṇḍā 15, varā. 96-67 navamyāṃ ca sadā pūjyā 15, varā. 28-40 navamyāṃ yastu piṣṭāśī 15, varā. 28-40 naṣṭo'yaṃ dānavaḥ krūraḥ 18, hari. 2-119-200 nāgavallyarkavindākṣaḥ 20, bhāga. 10-53-22 nāgapāśena baddhasya 19, hari. 2-120-39 nārāyaṇi namo'stu te 6, devī. 11-20 nārāyaṇīstutirnāma 9, lakṣmī. 9-25 nārī vā tasya saṃpattau 15, varā. 28-41 nāhaṃ yoniṃ pravekṣyāmi | 23, 26, sakti. 4 nigalastho'pi baddhasya 18, varā. 95-60 niśāmaya tadutpattiṃ 1, devī 1-1 nisumbhasumbhayorhantrī 4, vāyu. nisvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraḥ 4, vāyu. naitayā kaścidāviddhaḥ 2 hari. 1 5-29 ### [6-2.p1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.4) naiśā bhavati lokāsya 2, hari 1-5-30 nṝṇāṃ bandhaṃ vadhaṃ putra. 18, hari. 1-3-31 paṭhyate tritayaṃ vipraiḥ 9, lakṣmī. 9-27 padbhyāṃ viniryayau draṣṭum 21, bhāga. 10-53-8 paśyatāṃ duṣṭa madhyeva 3, devī. 10 5 paśya suśroṇi saṃprāptaṃ 18, 2-119-201 parasyante kṛtatmānaḥ 27, kūrma. 12-173 pārvatyā paritoṣeṇa 12, hari. 2-106 56 punaścāpyatiraudreṇa 10, lakṣmī. 9-30 pratyakṣaphaladānaṃ ca 5, vāyu. pratyāpattimapaśyantī 20, bhāga. 10-53-21 prabodhaṃ ca jagatsvāmī 2 devī. 1-86 pravāse rājabandhe ca 17 hari. 1-3-16 prāṇātyayeṣu sarveṣu 17, hari. 1-3-26 prātaścaivāparāhne ca 17, viṣṇu. 5-1-84 prīyatāṃ me jagannātha 19, hari. 2-120-43 balāvalepād duṣṭe tvaṃ.3, devī. 10-13 bodhaṃ ca kriyatāmasya 2 devī 1-87 brahmaṇā ca kṛtā yāśca 6, devī. 12-25 brahmaṇā saha sarve te 27, kūrma. 12-173 brahmā viṣṇuśca śakraśca 16, hari. 2-120-27 brahmeśaguhaviṣṇūnāṃ 3, devī. 8-13 bhaktipriye jagannāthe 20 hari. 2-120-46 bhaktiśraddhāvatā nityaṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-51 bhakṣayantyāśca tānugrān 10, lakṣmī. 9-31 bhadrakālīṃ samānarcuḥ 22, bhāga. 10-22-5 bhadreti bhadrakālīti 17, viṣṇu. 5-1-83 bhariṣyāmi śubhaiḥ śākaiḥ 10, lakṣmī. 9-36 bhartṛbhogaikaśeṣā hi 5, vāyu. bhavānīṃ vandayāṃcakruḥ 21, bhāga. 10-53-44 bhaviṣyan mahiṣākhyasya 15, varā. 28-43 bhāvaśca kriyatāmadya 20, devī. 1-87 bhīme devi prasīdeti 10, lakṣmī. 9-41 bhīṣmakanyā varārohā 20, bhāga. 10-53-2 bhūyasīva tava prītiḥ 5, vāyu. bhūyāt patirme bhagavān 21, bhāga. 10-53āmarīti ca māṃ loke 11, lakṣmī. 43 matpāṇigrahaṇe nūnaṃ 20, bhāga. 10-53-23 ### [6-2.p1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.5) madīyāḥ śaktayo yāstāḥ 9, lakṣmī. 9-22 madīyāḥ śaktileśā ye 8, lakṣmī. 9-9 madhukaiṭabhanāśo hi 8, lakṣmī. 9-16 manasā bhāvaśuddhena 19, hari. 2-120-6 manujānāṃ munīnāṃ ca 10, lakṣmī. 9-42 mama prabhāvāt saubhāgyaṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-54 mayānumoditaḥ so'sau 22, bhāga. 10-22-2 marutā saha parjanyaḥ 16, hari. 2-120-28 mahākālītanuṃ viddhi 8, lakṣmī. 9-15 mahālakṣmīrahaṃ śakra 8, lakṣmī. 9-8 mahālakṣmīriti khyātā 12, śiva mahālakṣmīrmahābhāgā 11, lakṣmī. 9-46 mahiṣāntakarīsūktaṃ 8, lakṣmī. 9-12 mahendraviṣṇubhaginīṃ 19, hari. 2-120-76 mā vṛthaivābhijāyeta 4, vāyu. munibhiḥ saṃsmṛtā bhūmau 10, lakṣmī. 9-34 mṛtyukālābhibhūtānāṃ 2, hari 2-50-31 ya idaṃ śṛṇuyāt sarvaṃ 14, varā.96-61 yata eko yoniṃ praviṣṭaḥ 26, rātri. 5 yaduddiśya vratamamaṃ 22, bhāga. 10-22-30 yaścārādhayate tāstu 16, varā. 96-72 yaścaitat pūjayed bhaktyā 14, varā.96-63 yaścainaṃ vṛṇuyād bhaktyā 14, varā. 96-62 yastu sāyaṃ tathā prātaḥ 15, varā. 28-43 yasya devasya yadrūpaṃ 3, devī. 8-14 yasya śaṅkhasvanaṃ śrutvā 18, hari. 2-119-202 yasyedaṃ tiṣṭhate gehe 14, varā. 96-65 yasyaitalikhitaṃ gehe 14, varā. 96-63 yāta bālā vrajaṃ siddhāḥ 22, bhāga. 10-22-30 yā brahmaśaktiḥ sattvasthāḥ 16, varā. 96-69 yā raudrī tāmasīśaktiḥ 15, varā. 96-67 yāvantyastā mahāśaktyaḥ 16, varā. 96-71 yā sā tu rājasīśaktiḥ 15, varā. 96-68 yā hyeṣā gahvarī māyā 2, hari. 1-50-27 yuge ṣaṣṭhitame kaścid 10, lakṣmī. 9-41 yuṣmābhiḥ stutayo yāśca 6, devī. 12-24 ye ca tvāṃ matprabhāvājñāḥ 16, hari. 2-2-52 ye tvāmāryeti durgeti 17, viṣṇu. 5-1-83 ### [6-2.p1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.6) yoganidrā hareruktā 8, lakṣmī. 9-15 rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ 9, lakṣmī. 9-21 rakṣāṃsi bhakṣayiṣyāmi 10, lakṣmī. 1-40 raktā dantā bhaviṣyanti 10, lakṣmī. 1-31 ratnānyaśvā gajā bhṛtyāḥ 34, varā. 96-65 rātriṃ prapadye punarbhūrḥ 25,rātri. 2 rātristu mā punātu 26, rātri. 6 rudrapriye mahābhāge 19, hari. 1-120-44 ruddhaṃ bāṇapure vīram 19, hari. 1-120-40 labhate ca phalaṃ śaśvat 8, lakṣmī. 9-14 lokānalpena kālena 2, hari. 1-50-32 vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ 9, lakṣmī. 9-21 varadā sarvalokānāṃ 15, varā. 28-40 varado bhava deveśa 15, varā. 28-43 vācā nābhiratā bhartuḥ 4, vāyu. vidhūya nikhilāṃ māyāṃ 11, lakṣmī. 9-53 vinindyāpi rahasyambāṃ 4, vāyu. viśveśvarīṃ jagaddhātrīṃ 6, devī. 1-70 viśveśvaryādikaṃ sūktaṃ 8, lakṣmī. 9-17 vaivasvate'ntare cobhau 9, lakṣmī. 9-28 vyādhiṃ mṛtyubhayaṃ caiva 18, hari. 1-3-31 śaktaḥ prasahinuṃ vegaṃ 2, hari. 1-50-29 śaṅkhacakratriśūlādi. 5, vāyu. śarīrebhyo viniṣkramya 3, devī. 8-13 śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapadyante 18, varā. 95. 95-59 śaśiraśmiprakāśena 22, hari. 2-2-42 śākaṃbharīṃ stuvan dhyāyan 10, lakṣmī. 9-38 śākaṃbharīti māṃ devāḥ 10, lakṣmī. 9-36 śriyaṃ lakṣmīmaupalāṃ 12, āyu. 4 śrīvindhyavāsinīṃ devīṃ 12, hari. 2-107-9 saṃkalpo viditaḥ sādhvyaḥ 22, bhāga. 10-22-28 saṃgrāmeṣu ca sarveṣu 17, hari. 1-3-25 saṃbhūya te mamābhūvan 8, lakṣmī. 9-10 saṃhṛtyātmani tāḥ sarvāḥ 9, lakṣmī. 9-23 sakhī sārvarahasyeṣā 2, hari. 1-50-31 sa gatvā nāradastatra 18, hari. 2-119.200 sadāśivāṅkamārūḍhā 12, śiva. sanmahat-12, pāṇi-2-1-61 samādhaye ca vaiśyāya 11, lakṣmī. 9-51 ### [6-2.p1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.6-2.p1.7) sa rājyamatulaṃ labdhvā 14, varāha. 96-62 saritaḥ sāgarāścaiva 16, hari. 2-127-29 sarpavyāghrabhaye ghore 18, varā. 95-60 sarvataḥ śatavārṣikyāṃ 10, lakṣmī. 9-33 ## See also: more in [Durgā, Caṇḍī and Kālī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga) - [Durgastotra or saptashati 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