Goddess Lakshmi

śrī lakṣmī aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram 3

(Sri Laksmi Astottarasatanama Stotram 3 in English (IAST))

From Naradiya Upapurana

Also known as sri lakshmi ashtottara shatanama stotram 3 · lakshmi 108 names naradiya · naradiya lakshmi ashtottara

A third hundred and eight names of Lakshmi, from the Naradiya Upapurana, and unlike the other two it does not begin with lotuses or with gold. It begins with brahman: knower of brahman, giver of the happiness of brahman, devoted to brahman, whose form is brahman — and then turns to steadiness of a very sober kind, good understanding, good fortune, restraint, self-control, the ascetic's discipline. The second verse widens her to the whole of experience: whose form is the life-breath of everything, giver of happiness to every sense, made of awareness, of right conduct, always contented, always bowed to. It is a Lakshmi conceived as the ground of things rather than as their reward, and the difference from the other two lists is worth reading them side by side for.

|| śrī lakṣmyaṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram ||
brahmajñā brahmasukhadā brahmaṇyā brahmarūpiṇī |
sumatiḥ subhagā sundā prayatirniyatiryatiḥ || 1 ||
sarvaprāṇasvarūpā ca sarvendriyasukhapradā |
saṃvinmayī sadācārā sadātuṣṭā sadānatā || 2 ||
kaumudī kumudānandā kuḥ kutsitatamoharī |
hṛdayārtiharī hāraśobhinī hānivāriṇī || 3 ||
sambhājyā saṃvibhajyā''jñā jyāyasī janihāriṇī |
mahākrodhā mahātarṣā maharṣijanasevitā || 4 ||
kaiṭabhāripriyā kīrtiḥ kīrtitā kaitavojjhitā |
kaumudī śītalamanāḥ kausalyāsutabhāminī || 5 ||
kāsāranābhiḥ kā tā yā''pyeṣeyattāvivarjitā | [sā]
antikasthā'tidūrasthā hṛdayasthā'mbujasthitā || 6 ||
municittasthitā maunigamyā māndhātṛpūjitā |
matisthirīkartṛkāryanityanirvahaṇotsukā || 7 ||
mahīsthitā ca madhyasthā dyusthitā'dhaḥsthitordhvagā |
bhūtirvibhūtiḥ surabhiḥ surasiddhārtihāriṇī || 8 ||
atibhogā'tidānā'tirūpā'tikaruṇā'tibhāḥ |
vijvarā viyadābhogā vitandrā virahāsahā || 9 ||
śūrpakārātijananī śūnyadoṣā śucipriyā |
niḥspṛhā saspṛhā nīlāsapatnī nidhidāyinī || 10 ||
kumbhastanī kundaradā kuṅkumālepitā kujā |
śāstrajñā śāstrajananī śāstrajñeyā śarīragā || 11 ||
satyabhāḥ satyasaṅkalpā satyakāmā sarojinī |
candrapriyā candragatā candrā candrasahodarī || 12 ||
audaryaupayikī prītā gītā cautā giristhitā |
ananvitā'pyamūlārtidhvāntapuñjaraviprabhā || 13 ||
maṅgalā maṅgalaparā mṛgyā maṅgaladevatā |
komalā ca mahālakṣmīḥ nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 14 ||

|| phalaśruti ||

sarvapāpakṣayakaraṃ sarvaśatruvināśanam |
dāridryadhvaṃsanakaraṃ parābhavanivartakam || 15 ||
śatasaṃvatsaraṃ viṃśatyuttaraṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet |
maṅgalāni tanotyeṣā śrīvidyāmaṅgalā śubhā || 16 ||
|| iti nāradīyopapurāṇāntargataṃ śrī lakṣmyaṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram ||

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