Goddess Akhilandeshwari

akhilāṇḍeśvarī stotram

(Akhilandesvari Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as Akhilandeshwari Stotram · akhilandeshwari stotra · jambukeshwaram devi stotram

A hymn to Akhilandeshwari, the goddess of the Jambukeshwaram temple at Thiruvanaikaval, whose name means ruler of the entire cosmic egg. Each verse is built on a single seed-syllable — Omkara, Hrimkara, Shrimkara in turn — addressing her as dweller in that syllable's ocean, its sound, its seat, and closing with the same refrain: a servant, I bow to the pair of your lotus feet, O Akhilandeshwari. The Sri Vidya register is explicit, invoking her as Rajarajeshwari marked with the Shrichakra and seated on the bindu-pitha, and as the beloved of Jambunatha and half of Shrikantha's body. Recited on Fridays.

oṃkārārṇavamadhyage tripathage oṃkārabījātmike
oṃkāreṇa sukhaprade śubhakare oṃkārabindupriye |
oṃkāre jagadambike śaśikale oṃkārapīṭhasthite
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 1 ||
hrīṃkārārṇavavarṇamadhyanilaye hrīṃkāravarṇātmike |
hrīṃkārābdhisucārucāndrakadhare hrīṃkāranādapriye |
hrīṃkāre tripureśvarī sucarite hrīṃkārapīṭhasthite
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 2 ||
śrīcakrāṅkitabhūṣaṇojjvalamukhe śrīrājarājeśvari
śrīkaṇṭhārdhaśarīrabhāganilaye śrījambunāthapriye |
śrīkāntasya sahodare sumanase śrībindupīṭhapriye
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 3 ||
kastūrītilakojjvale kalihare klīṅkārabījātmike
kalyāṇī jagadīśvarī bhagavatī kādambavāsapriye |
kāmākṣī sakaleśvarī śubhakare klīṅkārapīṭhasthite
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 4 ||
nāde nāradatumburādivinute nārāyaṇī maṅgale
nānālaṅkṛtahāranūpuradhare nāsāmaṇībhāsure |
nānābhaktasupūjyapādakamale nāgārimadhyasthale
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 5 ||
śyāmāṅgī śaradindukoṭivadane siddhāntamārgapriye
śānte śāradavigrahe śubhakare śāstrādiṣaḍdarśane |
śarvāṇī paramātmike paraśive pratyakṣasiddhiprade
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 6 ||
māṅgalye madhurapriye madhumatī māṅgalyasūtrojjvale
māhātmyaśravaṇe sute sutamayī māheśvarī cinmayi |
māndhātṛpramukhādipūjitapade mantrārthasiddhiprade
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 7 ||
tattve tattvamayī parātparamayi jyotirmayī cinmayi
nāde nādamayī sadāśivamayī tattvārthasārātmike |
śabdabrahmamayī carācaramayī vedāntarūpātmike
dāso'haṃ tava pādapadmayugalaṃ vande'khilāṇḍeśvari || 8 ||
kadambavṛkṣamūle tvaṃ vāsini śubhadhāriṇi |
dharādharasute devi maṅgalaṃ kuru śaṅkari || 9 ||
dhyātvā tvāṃ devi daśakaṃ ye paṭhanti bhṛgordine |
teṣāṃ ca dhanamāyuṣyamārogyaṃ putrasampadaḥ || 10 ||
iti śrī akhilāṇḍeśvarī stotram |

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