Goddess Lalita

śrī lalitā sahasranāma phalaśruti

(Sri Lalita Sahasranama Phalasruti in English (IAST))

From Brahmanda Purana

Also known as sri lalitha sahasranama stotram uttarapeetika · shri lalita sahasranama phalasruti · shree lalita sahasranama phalasruti

The third chapter of the Brahmanda Purana's Lalita section, which follows the thousand names and states what follows from reciting them. Hayagriva opens by telling Agastya that what he has been given is the secret of secrets, and eighty-eight verses then set out the conditions: when the names are to be recited, by whom, in what state, and what is promised and withheld. It ends outside the instruction altogether, with Suta describing what happened to the speaker — that having said this, Hayagriva meditated on Lalitambika, and his heart drowned in gladness, the hair rose on his body at once.

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hayagrīva uvāca|
ityetannāmasāhasraṃ kathitaṃ te ghaṭodbhava |
rahasyānāṃ rahasyaṃ ca lalitāprītidāyakam || 1 ||
anena sadṛśaṃ stotraṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati |
sarvarogapraśamanaṃ sarvasampatpravardhanam || 2 ||
sarvāpamṛtyuśamanaṃ kālamṛtyunivāraṇam |
sarvājvarārtiśamanaṃ dīrghāyuṣyapradāyakam || 3 ||
putrapradamaputrāṇāṃ puruṣārthapradāyakam |
idaṃ viśeṣācchrīdevyāḥ stotraṃ prītividhāyakam || 4 ||
japennityaṃ prayatnena lalitoprāstitatparaḥ |
prātaḥ snātvā vidhānena sandhyākarma samāpya ca || 5 ||
pūjāgṛhaṃ tato gatvā cakrarājaṃ samarcayet |
vidyāṃ japetsahasraṃ vā triśataṃ śatameva vā || 6 ||
rahasyanāmasāhasramidaṃ paścātpaṭhennaraḥ |
janmamadhye sakṛccāpi ya etatpaṭhate sudhīḥ || 7 ||
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇu tvaṃ kumbhasambhava |
gaṅgādisarvatīrtheṣu yaḥ snāyātkoṭijanmasu || 8 ||
koṭiliṅgapratiṣṭhāṃ ca yaḥ kuryādavimuktake |
kurukṣetre tu yo dadyātkoṭivāraṃ ravigrahe || 9 ||
koṭiṃ suvarṇabhārāṇāṃ śrotriyeṣu dvijanmasu |
yaḥ koṭiṃ hayamedhānāmāharedgāṅgarodhasi || 10 ||
ācaretkūpakoṭīryo nirjale marubhūtale |
durbhikṣe yaḥ pratidinaṃ koṭibrāhmaṇabhojanam || 11 ||
śraddhayā parayā kuryātsahasraparivatsarān |
tatpuṇyaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ bhavetpuṇyamanuttamam || 12 ||
rahasyanāmasāhasre nāmno'pyekasya kīrtanāt |
rahasyanāmasāhasre nāmaikamapi yaḥ paṭhet || 13 ||
tasya pāpāni naśyanti mahāntyapi na saṃśayaḥ |
nityakarmānanuṣṭhānānniṣiddhakaraṇādapi || 14 ||
yatpāpaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ tatsarvaṃ naśyati dhruvam |
bahunātra kimuktena śṛṇu tvaṃ kumbhasambhava || 15 ||
atraikanāmno yā śaktiḥ pātakānāṃ nivartane |
tannivartyamaghaṃ kartuṃ nālaṃ lokāścaturdaśa || 16 ||
yastyaktvā nāmasāhasraṃ pāpahānimabhīpsati |
sa hi śītanivṛttyarthaṃ himaśailaṃ niṣevate || 17 ||
bhakto yaḥ kīrtayennityamidaṃ nāmasahasrakam |
tasmai śrīlalitādevī prītā'bhīṣṭaṃ prayacchati || 18 ||
akīrtayannidaṃ stotraṃ kathaṃ bhakto bhaviṣyati |
nityaṃ saṅkīrtanāśaktaḥ kīrtayetpuṇyavāsare || 19 ||
saṅkrāntau viṣuve caiva svajanmatritaye'yane |
navamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sitāyāṃ śukravāsare || 20 ||
kīrtayennāmasāhasraṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
paurṇamāsyāṃ candrabimbe dhyātvā śrīlalitāmbikām || 21 ||
pañcopacāraiḥ sampūjya paṭhennāmasāhasrakam |
sarverogāḥ praṇaśyanti dīrghāyuṣyaṃ ca vindati || 22 ||
ayamāyuṣkaro nāma prayogaḥ kalpacoditaḥ |
jvarārtaṃ śirasi spṛṣṭvā paṭhennāmasahasrakam || 23 ||
tatkṣaṇātpraśamaṃ yāti śirastodo jvaro'pi ca |
sarvavyādhinivṛttyarthaṃ spaṣṭvā bhasma japedidam || 24 ||
tadbhasmadhāraṇādeva naśyanti vyādhayaḥ kṣaṇāt |
jalaṃ sammantrya kumbhasthaṃ nāmasāhasrato mune || 25 ||
abhiṣiñcedgrahagrastāngrahā naśyanti tatkṣaṇāt |
sudhāsāgaramadhyasthāṃ dhyātvā śrīlalitāmbikām || 26 ||
yaḥ paṭhennāmasāhasraṃ viṣaṃ tasya vinaśyati |
vandhyānāṃ putralābhāya nāmasāhasramantritam || 27 ||
navanītaṃ pradadyāttu putralābho bhaveddhruvam |
devyāḥ pāśena sambaddhāmākṛṣṭāmaṅkuśena ca || 28 ||
dhyātvā'bhīṣṭāṃ striyaṃ rātrau japennāmasahasrakam |
āyāti svasamīpaṃ sā yadyapyantaḥpuraṃ gatā || 29 ||
rājākarṣaṇakāmaścedrājāvasathadiṅmukhaḥ |
trirātraṃ yaḥ paṭhedetacchrīdevīdhyānatatparaḥ || 30 ||
sa rājā pāravaśyena turaṅgaṃ vā mataṅgajam |
āruhyāyāti nikaṭaṃ dāsavatpraṇipatya ca || 31 ||
tasmai rājyaṃ ca kośaṃ ca dadātyeva vaśaṃ gataḥ |
rahasyanāmasāhasraṃ yaḥ kīrtayati nityaśaḥ || 32 ||
tanmukhālokamātreṇa muhyellokatrayaṃ mune |
yastvidaṃ nāmasāhasraṃ sakṛtpaṭhati bhaktimān || 33 ||
tasya ye śatravasteṣāṃ nihantā śarabheśvaraḥ |
yo vā'bhicāraṃ kurute nāmasāhasrapāṭhake || 34 ||
nivartya tatkriyāṃ hanyāttaṃ vai pratyaṅgirā svayam |
ye krūradṛṣṭyā vīkṣante nāmasāhasrapāṭhakam || 35 ||
tānandhānkurute kṣipraṃ svayaṃ mārtāṇḍabhairavaḥ |
dhanaṃ yo harate corairnāmasāhasrajāpinaḥ || 36 ||
yatra kutra sthitaṃ vāpi kṣetrapālo nihanti tam |
vidyāsu kurute vādaṃ yo vidvānnāmajāpinā || 37 ||
tasya vāk stambhanaṃ sadyaḥ karoti nakuleśvarī |
yo rājā kurute vairaṃ nāmasāhasrajāpinā || 38 ||
caturaṅgabalaṃ tasya daṇḍinī saṃhāretsvayam |
yaḥ paṭhennāmasāhasraṃ ṣaṇmāsaṃ bhaktisamyutaḥ || 39 ||
lakṣmīścāñcalyarahitā sadā tiṣṭhati tadgṛhe |
māsamekaṃ pratidinaṃ trivāraṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || 40 ||
bhāratī tasya jihvāgre raṅge nṛtyati nityaśaḥ |
yastvekavāraṃ paṭhati pakṣamātramatandritaḥ || 41 ||
muhyanti kāmavaśagā mṛgākṣyastasya vīkṣaṇāt |
yaḥ paṭhennāmasāhasraṃ janmamadhye sakṛnnaraḥ || 42 ||
taddṛṣṭigocarāḥ sarve mucyante sarvakilbiṣaiḥ |
yo vetti nāmasāhasraṃ tasmai deyaṃ dvijanmane || 43 ||
annaṃ vastraṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ nānyebhyastu kadācana |
śrīmantrarājaṃ yo vetti śrīcakraṃ yaḥ samarcati || 44 ||
yaḥ kīrtayati nāmāni taṃ satpātraṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
tasmai deyaṃ prayatnena śrīdevīprītimicchatā || 45 ||
na kīrtayati nāmāni mantrarājaṃ na vetti yaḥ |
paśutulyaḥ sa vijñeyastasmai dattaṃ nirarthakam || 46 ||
parīkṣya vidyāviduṣastebhyo dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ |
śrīmantrarājasadṛśo yathā mantro na vidyate || 47 ||
devatā lalitātulyā yathā nāsti ghaṭodbhava |
rahasyanāmasāhasratulyā nāsti tathā stutiḥ || 48 ||
likhitvā pustake yastu nāmasāhasramuttamam |
samarcayetsadā bhaktyā tasya tuṣyati sundarī || 49 ||
bahunātra kimuktena śṛṇu tvaṃ kumbhasambhava |
nānena sadṛśaṃ stotraṃ sarvatantreṣu dṛśyate || 50 ||
tasmādupāsako nityaṃ kīrtayedidamādarāt |
ebhirnāmasahasraistu śrīcakraṃ yo'rcayetsakṛt || 51 ||
padmairvā tulasīpuṣpaiḥ kalhārairvā kadambakaiḥ |
campakairjātikusumairmallikākaravīrakaiḥ || 52 ||
utpalairbilvapatrairvā kundakesarapāṭalaiḥ |
anyaiḥ sugandhikusumaiḥ ketakīmādhavīmukhaiḥ || 53 ||
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknoti maheśvaraḥ |
sā vetti lalitādevī svacakrārcanajaṃ phalam || 54 ||
anye kathaṃ vijānīyurbrahmādyāḥ svalpamedhasaḥ |
pratimāsaṃ paurṇamāsyāmebhirnāmasahasrakaiḥ || 55 ||
rātrau yaścakrarājasthāmarcayetparadevatām |
sa eva lalitārūpastadrūpā lalitā svayam || 56 ||
na tayorvidyate bhedo bhedakṛtpāpakṛdbhavet |
mahānavamyāṃ yo bhaktaḥ śrīdevīṃ cakramadhyagām || 57 ||
arcayennāmasāhasraistasya muktiḥ kare sthitā |
yastu nāmasahasreṇa śukravāre samarcayet || 58 ||
cakrarāje mahādevīṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu |
sarvānkāmānavāpyeha sarvasaubhāgyasamyutaḥ || 59 ||
putrapautrādisamyukto bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān |
ante śrīlalitādevyāḥ sāyujyamatidurlabham || 60 ||
prārthanīyaṃ śivādyaiśca prāpnotyeva na saṃśayaḥ |
yaḥ sahasraṃ brāhmaṇānāmebhirnāmasahasrakaiḥ || 61 ||
samarcya bhojayedbhaktyā pāyasāpūpaṣaḍrasaiḥ |
tasmai prīṇāti lalitā svasāmrājyaṃ prayacchati || 62 ||
na tasya durlabhaṃ vastu triṣu lokeṣu vidyate |
niṣkāmaḥ kīrtayedyastu nāmasāhasramuttamam || 63 ||
brahmajñānamavāpnoti yena mucyeta bandhanāt |
dhanārthī dhanamāpnoti yaśo'rthī cāpnuyādyaśaḥ || 64 ||
vidyārthī cāpnuyādvidyāṃ nāmasāhasrakīrtanāt |
nānena sadṛśaṃ stotraṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ mune || 65 ||
kīrtanīyamidaṃ tasmādbhogamokṣārthibhirnaraiḥ |
caturāśramaniṣṭhaiśca kīrtanīyamidaṃ sadā || 66 ||
svadharmasamanuṣṭhānavaikalyaparipūrtaye |
kalau pāpaikabahule dharmānuṣṭhānavarjite || 67 ||
nāmasaṅkīrtanaṃ muktvā nṛṇāṃ nānyatparāyaṇam |
laukikādvacanānmukhyaṃ viṣṇunāmānukīrtanam || 68 ||
viṣṇunāmāsahasrācca śivanāmaikamuttamam |
śivanāmasahasrācca devyā nāmaikamuttamam || 69 ||
devīnāmasahasrāṇi koṭiśaḥ santi kumbhaja |
teṣu mukhyaṃ daśavidhaṃ nāmasāhasramucyate || 70 ||
gaṅgā bhavānī gāyatrī kālī lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī |
rājarājeśvarī bālā śyāmalā lalitā daśa || 71 ||
rahasyanāmasāhasramidaṃ śastaṃ daśasvapi |
tasmātsaṅkīrtayennityaṃ kalidoṣanivṛttaye || 72 ||
mukhyaṃ śrīmātṛnāmeti na jānanti vimohitāḥ |
viṣṇunāmaparāḥ kecicchivanāmaparāḥ pare || 73 ||
na kaścidapi lokeṣu lalitānāmatatparaḥ |
yenānyadevatānāma kīrtitaṃ janmakoṭiṣu || 74 ||
tasyaiva bhavati śraddhā śrīdevīnāmakīrtane |
carame janmani yathā śrīvidyopāsako bhavet || 75 ||
nāmasāhasrapāṭhaśca tathā caramajanmani |
yathaiva viralā loke śrīvidyārājavedinaḥ || 76 ||
tathaiva viralo guhyanāmasāhasrapāṭhakaḥ |
mantrarājajapaścaiva cakrarājārcanaṃ tathā || 77 ||
rahasyanāmapāṭhaśca nālpasya tapasaḥ phalam |
apaṭhannāmasāhasraṃ prīṇayedyo maheśvarīm || 78 ||
sa cakṣuṣā vinā rūpaṃ paśyedeva vimūḍhadhīḥ |
rahasyanāmasāhasraṃ tyaktvā yaḥ siddhikāmukaḥ || 79 ||
sa bhojanaṃ vinā nūnaṃ kṣunnivṛttimabhīpsati |
yo bhakto lalitādevyāḥ sa nityaṃ kīrtayedidam || 80 ||
nānyathā prīyate devī kalpakoṭiśatairapi |
tasmādrahasyanāmāni śrīmātuḥ prayataḥ paṭhet || 81 ||
iti te kathitaṃ stotraṃ rahasyaṃ kumbhasambhava |
nāvidyāvedine brūyānnābhaktāya kadācana || 82 ||
yathaiva gopyā śrīvidyā tathā gopyamidaṃ mune |
paśutulyeṣu na brūyājjaneṣu stotramuttamam || 83 ||
yo dadāti vimūḍhātmā śrīvidyārahitāya ca |
tasmai kupyanti yoginyaḥ so'narthaḥ sumahān smṛtaḥ || 84 ||
rahasyanāmasāhasraṃ tasmātsaṅgopayedidam |
svātantreṇa mayā noktaṃ tavāpi kalaśodbhava || 85 ||
lalitāpreraṇenaiva mayoktaṃ stotramuttamam |
tena tuṣṭā mahādevī tavābhīṣṭaṃ pradāsyati || 86 ||
śrīsūta uvāca|
ityuktvā śrīhayagrīvo dhyātyā śrīlalitāmbikām |
ānandamagnahṛdayaḥ sadyaḥ pulakito'bhavat || 87 ||
iti śrībrahmāṇḍapurāṇe uttarakhaṇḍe śrīhayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde śrīlalitāsahasranāmastotra phalanirūpaṇaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ |

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