Goddess Lakshmi

aṣṭalakṣmī sampatpradastavaḥ

(Astalaksmi Sampatpradastavah in English (IAST))

Also known as ashtalakshmi sampatprada stavah · ashtalakshmi sampatprada stotram · sampatprada ashtalakshmi stava

A hymn to the eight Lakshmis that keeps unusual company: it opens with a verse to Parvati's son as the fierce sun to the darkness of obstacles, the forest fire to the thicket of them, the sharabha to their lion — and then turns not to Vishnu but to the lord of the hall of consciousness, Nataraja of Chidambaram, whose body is embraced by Aparna. The eight Lakshmis are praised within that frame, which places the whole stava in the Chidambaram tradition rather than the Vaishnava one where Ashtalakshmi hymns usually sit. The closing verse keeps it consistent to the end: whoever rises at dawn and reads this hymn that gives wealth obtains unmoving prosperity — by the grace of Nataraja.

|| atha sampatpradastavaḥ ||
pratyūhaddhvāntacaṇḍāṃśuḥ pratyūhāraṇyapāvakaḥ |
pratyūhasiṃhaśarabhaḥ pātu naḥ pārvatīsutaḥ ||
citsabhānāyakaṃ vande cintādhikaphalapradam |
aparṇāsvarṇakumbhābhakucāśliṣṭakalevaram || 1 ||
virāḍḍhṛdayapadmasthatrikoṇeśivayāsaha |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 2 ||
śrutistambhāntare cakrayugme girijayāsaha |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 3 ||
śivakāmīkucāmbhojasavyabhāgavirājitaḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 4 ||
karasthaḍamarudhvānapariṣkṛtaravāgamaḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 5 ||
nāradabrahmagovindavīṇātālamṛdaṅgakaiḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 6 ||
jaiminivyāghrapāccheṣastutismeramukhāmbujaḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 7 ||
tilvavipraistrayīmārgapūjitāṅghrisaroruhaḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 8 ||
mantranūpurapadpadmajhaṇajjhaṇitadiṅmukhaḥ |
sayonaḥ kurute lāsyamaṣṭalakṣmīḥ prayacchatu || 9 ||
|| phalaśruti ||
sampatpradamidaṃ stotraṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet |
acalāṃ śriyamāpnoti naṭarājaprasādataḥ || 10 ||
|| iti aṣṭalakṣmīsampatpradastavaḥ sampūrṇam ||

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