Sri Vidya

śrīśrīvidyāstotram (śiṣyā puṣpā kṛta)

(Sri Sri Vidya Stotram by Pushpa in English (IAST))

Pushpa

Also known as shri sri vidya stotram by pushpa · shree sri vidya stotram by pushpa · sri vidya stotram by pushpa

A hymn to Śrīvidyā signed by a disciple named Puṣpā, opening with a verse in the shape of a Gāyatrī — we know Śrīvidyā, we meditate on the seed of the primal sound, may that power impel us. The verses that follow are strongly alliterative, each holding to a single sound through its whole length, and the sequence works through the goddess's names by that means: worshipped by the seed hrīṁ, dweller on the great Meru, the sixteen-syllabled knowledge; then a verse entirely in ṣ, naming her as worshipped by the Ṣoḍaśī, as the Ṣoḍaśī mantra embodied, and as a garland of sixteen hymns; then one in n for nāda, bindu and the nine enclosures; then one in v where every word begins from the vīṇā — fond of its music, sweet-voiced in it, dissolving into its song. It closes by being offered to the teacher rather than to the goddess.

oṃ śrīvidyāyai ca vidmahe | nādabījāya dhīmahi |
tannaḥ śaktiḥ pracodayāt ||
hrīṃbījapūjite devi mahāmerunivāsini |
śrīṣoḍaśākṣarīvidye suvāsini namostu te || 1||
ṣoḍaśīpūjite devi ṣoḍaśīmantrarūpiṇi |
ṣoḍaśīguptasadrūpe ṣoḍaśastotramālike || 2||
nādabindukalārūpe navāvaraṇapūjite |
nānārāgastute devi nārāyaṇi namostu te || 3||
vīṇāgānapriye mātarvīṇāmṛdulasusvare |
vīṇāsa~llayasaṅgīte vīṇālaye namostu te || 4||
gānāñjalisasannūte gānamañjulavāgvare |
gānasphūrtikare mātargānalole namostu te || 5||
kavitāpreraṇe gauri kavihṛtkamalālaye |
kavitotpalasaurabhye kāvyavāse namostu te || 6||
nādopāsitasānande nādākṛtinamaskṛte |
nādopāsikahṛnnāde nādamūle namostu te || 7||
nāmarūpādisarvasve nāmarūpavivarjite |
nāmarūpātisaundarye nāmarūpe namostu te || 8||
rāmanāmapriye devi nāmagānātitoṣite |
nāmasaṅgītamādhurye nādarūpe namostu te || 9||
tyāgarājagurusvāmisatsaṅgītapramodite |
śiṣyāpuṣpākṛtastotrarāgabhāve namostu te || 10||
mūkavāksaṃstute devi mūkakokilasusvane |
mūkavākstutisuśloke mūkāmbike namostu te || 11||
ihatṛṣṇāpahe mātaḥ sujñānakṣīrapāyane |
parānandaprade mātarvarānande namostu te || 12||
śaktirūpe śive mātaḥ śivarūpe śivapriye |
śivaśaktyaikyacidrūpe śivaśakte namostu te || 13||
prāṇaśaktikaviprāṇe ātmaśaktisvarūpiṇi |
nādaśaktimanaḥśakte śaktimūle namostu te || 14||
ādiśaktimadamba tvaṃ akhilāṇḍaikarūpiṇi |
prasīda me namo mātaḥ stotrametattavārpaṇam || 15||
maṅgalaṃ te sumāṅgalye maṅgalaṃ kamalālaye |
maṅgalaṃ sarvasatsāre śrīvidye śubhamaṅgalam || 16||
iti sadguruśrītyāgarājasvāminaḥ śiṣyayā bhaktayā puṣpayā kṛtaṃ
śrīśrīvidyāstotraṃ gurau samarpitam |
oṃ śubhamastu |

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