Goddess Tripura Sundari

kalyāṇavṛṣṭi stavaḥ

(Kalyana Vrishti Stava in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

This profound hymn is attributed to Adi Shankaracharya and is dedicated to Goddess Tripura Sundari, the supreme embodiment of beauty and grace. The stotra poetically describes the divine form of the Mother Goddess, invoking her blessings to shower devotees with auspiciousness and spiritual prosperity. Through its rhythmic and evocative verses, it seeks the direct vision of the Goddess, whose presence is compared to the cooling light of a thousand rising suns. Chanting this stotra is believed to purify the mind, bestow divine grace, and facilitate the path toward enlightenment and self-realization.

kalyāṇavṛṣṭibhirivāmṛtapūritābhi-
-rlakṣmīsvayaṃvaraṇamaṅgaladīpikābhiḥ |
sevābhiramba tava pādasarojamūle
nākāri kiṃ manasi bhāgyavatāṃ janānām || 1 ||
etāvadeva janani spṛhaṇīyamāste
tvadvandaneṣu salilasthagite ca netre |
sānnidhyamudyadaruṇāyutasodarasya
tvadvigrahasya parayā sudhayāplutasya || 2 ||
īśatvanāmakaluṣāḥ kati vā na santi
brahmādayaḥ pratibhavaṃ pralayābhibhūtāḥ |
ekaḥ sa eva janani sthirasiddhirāste
yaḥ pādayostava sakṛtpraṇatiṃ karoti || 3 ||
labdhvā sakṛttripurasundari tāvakīnaṃ
kāruṇyakandalitakāntibharaṃ kaṭākṣam |
kandarpakoṭisubhagāstvayi bhaktibhājaḥ
sammohayanti taruṇīrbhuvanatraye'pi || 4 ||
hrīṃ‍kārameva tava nāma gṛṇanti vedā
mātastrikoṇanilaye tripure trinetre |
tvatsaṃsmṛtau yamabhaṭābhibhavaṃ vihāya
dīvyanti nandanavane saha lokapālaiḥ || 5 ||
hantuḥ purāmadhigalaṃ paripīyamānaḥ
krūraḥ kathaṃ na bhavitā garalasya vegaḥ |
nāśvāsanāya yadi mātaridaṃ tavārthaṃ
dehasya śaśvadamṛtāplutaśītalasya || 6 ||
sarvajñatāṃ sadasi vākpaṭutāṃ prasūte
devi tvadaṅghrisarasīruhayoḥ praṇāmaḥ |
kiṃ ca sphuranmakuṭamujjvalamātapatraṃ
dve cāmare ca mahatīṃ vasudhāṃ dadāti || 7 ||
kalpadrumairabhimatapratipādaneṣu
kāruṇyavāridhibhiramba bhavātkaṭākṣaiḥ |
ālokaya tripurasundari māmanāthaṃ
tvayyeva bhaktibharitaṃ tvayi baddhatṛṣṇam || 8 ||
hantetareṣvapi manāṃsi nidhāya cānye
bhaktiṃ vahanti kila pāmaradaivateṣu |
tvāmeva devi manasā samanusmarāmi
tvāmeva naumi śaraṇaṃ janani tvameva || 9 ||
lakṣyeṣu satsvapi kaṭākṣanirīkṣaṇānā-
-mālokaya tripurasundari māṃ kadācit |
nūnaṃ mayā tu sadṛśaḥ karuṇaikapātraṃ
jāto janiṣyati jano na ca jāyate vā || 10 ||
hrīṃ hrīmiti pratidinaṃ japatāṃ tavākhyāṃ
kiṃ nāma durlabhamiha tripurādhivāse |
mālākirīṭamadavāraṇamānanīyā
tānsevate vasumatī svayameva lakṣmīḥ || 11 ||
sampatkarāṇi sakalendriyanandanāni
sāmrājyadānaniratāni saroruhākṣi |
tvadvandanāni duritāharaṇodyatāni
māmeva mātaraniśaṃ kalayantu nānyam || 12 ||
kalpopasaṃhṛtiṣu kalpitatāṇḍavasya
devasya khaṇḍaparaśoḥ parabhairavasya |
pāśāṅkuśaikṣavaśarāsanapuṣpabāṇā
sā sākṣiṇī vijayate tava mūrtirekā || 13 ||
lagnaṃ sadā bhavatu mātaridaṃ tavārdhaṃ
tejaḥ paraṃ bahulakuṅkumapaṅkaśoṇam |
bhāsvatkirīṭamamṛtāṃśukalāvataṃsaṃ
madhye trikoṇanilayaṃ paramāmṛtārdram || 14 ||
hrīṃ‍kārameva tava nāma tadeva rūpaṃ
tvannāma durlabhamiha tripure gṛṇanti |
tvattejasā pariṇataṃ viyadādibhūtaṃ
saukhyaṃ tanoti sarasīruhasambhavādeḥ || 15 ||
hrīṃ‍kāratrayasampuṭena mahatā mantreṇa sandīpitaṃ
stotraṃ yaḥ prativāsaraṃ tava puro mātarjapenmantravit |
tasya kṣoṇibhujo bhavanti vaśagā lakṣmīścirasthāyinī
vāṇī nirmalasūktibhārabhāritā jāgarti dīrghaṃ vayaḥ || 16 ||
iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau kalyāṇavṛṣṭi stavaḥ |

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