Goddess Tripura Sundari

laghu stavaḥ

(Laghu Stavah in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

The Laghu Stavah is a profound devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, dedicated to Goddess Tripura Sundari, the supreme manifestation of the Divine Mother. Through its intricate verses, the text explores the esoteric nature of the Goddess as both Jyotirmayi and Vangmayi, representing light and speech. It emphasizes the Kundalini Shakti as the creative force of the universe. Reciting this stotra is believed to purify the mind, grant spiritual clarity, and help the devotee transcend the cycle of rebirth by realizing the ultimate unity of the individual self with the cosmic consciousness of the Divine Mother.

aindrasyeva śarāsanasya dadhatī madhyelalāṭaṃ prabhāṃ
śauklīṃ kāntimanuṣṇagoriva śirasyātanvatī sarvataḥ |
eṣāsau tripurā hṛdi dyutirivoṣṇāṃśoḥ sadāhaḥ sthitāt
chindyānnaḥ sahasā padaistribhiraghaṃ jyotirmayī vāṅmayī || 1 ||
yā mātrā trapusīlatātanulasattantūtthitispardhinī
vāgbīje prathame sthitā tava sadā tāṃ manmahe te vayam |
śaktiḥ kuṇḍalinīti viśvajananavyāpārabaddhodyamāḥ
jñātvetthaṃ na punaḥ spṛśanti jananīgarbhe'rbhakatvaṃ narāḥ || 2 ||
dṛṣṭvā sambhramakāri vastu sahasā ai ai iti vyāhṛtaṃ
yenākūtavaśādapīha varade binduṃ vināpyakṣaram |
tasyāpi dhruvameva devi tarasā jāte tavānugrahe
vācaḥsūktisudhārasadravamuco niryānti vaktrāmbujāt || 3 ||
yannitye tava kāmarājamaparaṃ mantrākṣaraṃ niṣkalaṃ
tatsārasvatamityavaiti viralaḥ kaścidbudhaścedbhuvi |
ākhyānaṃ pratiparva satyatapaso yatkīrtayanto dvijāḥ
prārambhe praṇavāspadapraṇayitāṃ nītvoccaranti sphuṭam || 4 ||
yatsadyo vacasāṃ pravṛttikaraṇe dṛṣṭaprabhāvaṃ budhaiḥ
tārtīyaṃ tadahaṃ namāmi manasā tvadbījaminduprabham |
astyaurvo'pi sarasvatīmanugato jāḍyāmbuvicchittaye
gośabdo giri vartate saniyataṃ yogaṃ vinā siddhidaḥ || 5 ||
ekaikaṃ tava devi bījamanaghaṃ savyañjanāvyañjanaṃ
kūṭasthaṃ yadi vā pṛthak kramagataṃ yadvā sthitaṃ vyutkramāt |
yaṃ yaṃ kāmamapekṣya yena vidhinā kenāpi vā cintitaṃ
japtaṃ vā saphalīkaroti satataṃ taṃ taṃ samastaṃ nṛṇām || 6 ||
vāme pustakadhāriṇīmabhayadāṃ sākṣasrajaṃ dakṣiṇe
bhaktebhyo varadānapeśalakarāṃ karpūrakundojjvalām |
ujjṛmbhāmbujapatrakāntinayanasnigdhaprabhālokinīṃ
ye tvāmamba na śīlayanti manasā teṣāṃ kavitvaṃ kutaḥ || 7 ||
ye tvāṃ pāṇḍurapuṇḍarīkapaṭalaspaṣṭābhirāmaprabhāṃ
siñcantīmamṛtadravairiva śiro dhyāyanti mūrdhni sthitām |
aśrāntā vikaṭasphuṭākṣarapadā niryāti vaktrāmbujāt
teṣāṃ bhārati bhāratī surasaritkallolalolormivat || 8 ||
ye sindūraparāgapiñjapihitāṃ tvattejasādyāmimāṃ
urvīṃ cāpi vilīnayāvakarasaprastāramagnāmiva |
paśyanti kṣaṇamapyananyamanasasteṣāmanaṅgajvara-
-klāntasrastakuraṅgaśābakadṛśo vaśyā bhavanti sphuṭam || 9 ||
cañcatkāñcanakuṇḍalāṅgadadharāmābaddhakāñcīsrajaṃ
ye tvāṃ cetasi tadgate kṣaṇamapi dhyāyanti kṛtvā sthirām |
teṣāṃ veśmasu vibhramādaharahaḥ sphārībhavantyaściraṃ
mādyatkuñjarakarṇatālataralāḥ sthairyaṃ bhajante śriyaḥ || 10 ||
ārbhaṭyā śaśikhaṇḍamaṇḍitajaṭājūṭāṃ nṛmuṇḍasrajaṃ
bandhūkaprasavāruṇāmbaradharāṃ pretāsanādhyāsinīm |
tvāṃ dhyāyanti caturbhujāṃ trinayanāmāpīnatuṅgastanīṃ
madhye nimnavalitrayāṅkitatanuṃ tvadrūpasaṃvittaye || 11 ||
jāto'pyalpaparicchade kṣitibhujāṃ sāmānyamātre kule
niḥśeṣāvanicakravartipadavīṃ labdhvā pratāponnataḥ |
yadvidyādhara bṛndavanditapadaḥ śrīvatsarājo'bhavat
devi tvaccaraṇāmbuja praṇatijaḥ so'yaṃ prasādodayaḥ || 12 ||
caṇḍi tvaccaraṇāmbujārcanakṛte bilvādilolluṇṭhana-
-truṭyatkaṇṭakakoṭibhiḥ paricayaṃ yeṣāṃ na jagmuḥ karāḥ |
te daṇḍāṅkuśacakracāpakuliśaśrīvatsamatsyāṅkitaiḥ
jāyante pṛthivībhujaḥ kathamivāmbhojaprabhaiḥ pāṇibhiḥ || 13 ||
viprāḥ kṣoṇibhujo viśastaditare kṣīrājyamadhvāsavaiḥ |
tvāṃ devi tripure parāparamayīṃ santarpya pūjāvidhau |
yāṃ yāṃ prārthayate manaḥ sthiradhiyāṃ teṣāṃ ta eva dhruvaṃ
tāṃ tāṃ siddhimavāpnuvanti tarasā vighnairavighnīkṛtāḥ || 14 ||
śabdānāṃ jananī tvamatra bhuvane vāgvādinītyucyase
tvattaḥ keśavavāsava prabhṛtayo'pyāvirbhavanti sphuṭam |
līyante khalu yatra kalpavirame brahmādayaste'pyamī
sā tvaṃ kācidacintyarūpamahimā śaktiḥ parā gīyase || 15 ||
devānāṃ tritayaṃ trayī hutabhujāṃ śaktitrayaṃ triḥ svarāḥ
trailokyaṃ tripadī tripuṣkaramatho tribrahma varṇāstrayaḥ |
yatkiñcijjagati tridhā niyamitaṃ vastu trivargādikaṃ
tatsarvaṃ tripureti nāma bhagavatyanveti te tattvataḥ || 16 ||
lakṣmīṃ rājakule jayāṃ raṇabhuvi kṣemaṅkarīmadhvani
kravyādadvipasarpabhāji śabarīṃ kāntāradurge girau |
bhūtapretapiśācajambukabhaye smṛtvā mahābhairavīṃ
vyāmohe tripurāṃ taranti vipadastārāṃ ca toyaplave || 17 ||
māyā kuṇḍalinī kriyā madhumatī kālī kalāmālinī
mātaṅgī vijayā jayā bhagavatī devī śivā śāmbhavī |
śaktiḥ śaṅkaravallabhā trinayanā vāgvādinī bhairavī
hrīṅkārī tripurā parāparamayī mātā kumārītyasi || 18 ||
āīpallavitaiḥ parasparayutairdvitrikramādyakṣarai
kādyaiḥ kṣāntagataiḥ svarādibhiratha kṣāntaiśca taiḥ sasvaraiḥ |
nāmāni tripure bhavanti khalu yānyatyantaguhyāni te
tebhyo bhairavapatni viṃśatisahasrebhyaḥ parebhyo namaḥ || 19 ||
boddhavyā nipuṇaṃ budhaiḥ stutiriyaṃ kṛtvā manastadgataṃ
bhāratyāstripuretyananyamanasā yatrādyavṛtte sphuṭam |
ekadvitripadakrameṇa kathitastatpādasaṅkhyākṣaraiḥ
mantroddhāra vidhirviśeṣasahitaḥ satsampradāyānvitaḥ || 20 ||
sāvadyaṃ niravadyamastu yadi vā kiṃ vānayā cintayā
nūnaṃ stotramidaṃ paṭhiṣyati jano yasyāsti bhaktistvayi |
sañcintyāpi laghutvamātmani dṛḍhaṃ sañjāyamānaṃ haṭhāt
tvadbhaktyā mukharīkṛtena racitaṃ yasmānmayāpi dhṛvam || 21 ||
iti śrīkālidāsa viracita pañcastavyāṃ prathamaḥ laghustavaḥ |

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