Goddess Tripura Sundari

carcā stavaḥ

(Charcha Stavah in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Charcha Stavah is the second of the five hymns comprising the Panchastavi, a profound work attributed to Adi Shankaracharya dedicated to Goddess Tripura Sundari. This stotra serves as a beautiful eulogy where the devotee acknowledges the limitations of human speech in capturing the infinite glory of the Divine Mother. By meditating on the verses of this hymn, seekers aim to transcend intellectual boundaries and attain the grace of the Goddess. The recitation is believed to sharpen the intellect, awaken poetic inspiration, and facilitate a deep, meditative union with the supreme feminine energy of the universe.

pañcastavi – 2 carcāstavaḥ >>
saundaryavibhramabhuvo bhuvanādhipatya-
-saṅkalpakalpataravastripure jayanti |
ete kavitvakumadaprakarāvabodha-
-pūrṇendavastvayi jagajjanani praṇāmāḥ || 1 ||
devi stutivyatikare kṛtabuddhayaste
vācaspati prabhṛtayo'pi jaḍī bhavanti |
tasmānnisargajaḍimā katamo'hamatra
stotraṃ tava tripuratāpanapatni kartum || 2 ||
mātastathāpi bhavatīṃ bhavatīvratāpa-
-vicchittaye stutimahārṇava karṇadhāraḥ |
stotuṃ bhavāni sa bhavaccaraṇāravinda-
-bhaktigrahaḥ kimapi māṃ mukharī karoti || 3 ||
sūte jaganti bhavatī bhavatī bibharti
jāgarti tatkṣayakṛte bhavatī bhavāni |
mohaṃ bhinatti bhavatī bhavatī ruṇaddhi
līlāyitaṃ jayati citramidaṃ bhavatyāḥ || 4 ||
yasminmanāgapi navāmbujapatragaurīṃ
gaurīṃ prasādamadhurāṃ dṛśamādadhāsi |
tasminnirantaramanaṅgaśarāvakīrṇa-
-sīmantinīnayanasantatayaḥ patanti || 5 ||
pṛthvībhujo'pyudayanaprabhavasya tasya
vidyādhara praṇati cumbita pādapīṭhaḥ |
taccakravartipadavīpraṇayaḥ sa eṣaḥ
tvatpādapaṅkajarajaḥ kaṇajaḥ prasādaḥ || 6 ||
tvatpādapaṅkajaraja praṇipātapūrvaiḥ
puṇyairanalpamatibhiḥ kṛtibhiḥ kavīndraiḥ |
kṣīrakṣapākaradukūlahimāvadātā
kairapyavāpi bhuvanatritaye'pi kīrtiḥ || 7 ||
kalpadrumaprasavakalpitacitrapūjāṃ
uddīpita priyatamāmadaraktagītim |
nityaṃ bhavāni bhavatīmupavīṇayanti
vidyādharāḥ kanakaśailaguhāgṛheṣu || 8 ||
lakṣmīvaśīkaraṇakarmaṇi kāminīnāṃ
ākarṣaṇavyatikareṣu ca siddhamantraḥ |
nīrandhramohatimiracchidurapradīpo
devi tvadaṅghrijanito jayati prasādaḥ || 9 ||
devi tvadaṅghrinakharatnabhuvo mayūkhāḥ
pratyagramauktikaruco mudamudvahanti |
sevānativyatikare surasundarīṇāṃ
sīmantasīmni kusumastabakāyitaṃ yaiḥ || 10 ||
mūrdhni sphurattuhinadīdhitidīptidīptaṃ
madhye lalāṭamamarāyudharaśmicitram |
hṛccakracumbi hutabhukkaṇikānukāri
jyotiryadetadidamamba tava svarūpam || 11 ||
rūpaṃ tava sphuritacandramarīcigauraṃ
ālokate śirasi vāgadhidaivataṃ yaḥ |
niḥsīmasūktiracanāmṛtanirjharasya
tasya prasādamadhurāḥ prasaranti vācaḥ || 12 ||
sindūrapāṃsupaṭalacchuritāmiva dyāṃ
tvattejasā jaturasasnapitāmivorvīm |
yaḥ paśyati kṣaṇamapi tripure vihāya
vrīḍāṃ mṛḍāni sudṛśastamanudravanti || 13 ||
mātarmuhūrtamapi yaḥ smarati svarūpaṃ
lākṣārasaprasaratantunibhaṃ bhavatyāḥ |
dhyāyantyananyamanasastamanaṅgataptāḥ
pradyumnasīmni subhagatvaguṇaṃ taruṇyaḥ || 14 ||
yo'yaṃ cakāsti gaganārṇavaratnaminduḥ
yo'yaṃ surāsuraguruḥ puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ |
yadvāmamardhamidamandhakasūdanasya
devi tvameva taditi pratipādayanti || 15 ||
icchānurūpamanurūpaguṇaprakarṣa
saṅkarṣiṇi tvamabhimṛśya yadā bibharṣi |
jāyeta sa tribhuvanaika gurustadānīṃ
devaḥ śivo'pi bhuvanatrayasūtradhāraḥ || 16 ||
dhyātāsi haimavati yena himāṃśuraśmi-
-mālāmaladyutirakalmaṣamānasena |
tasyāvilambamanavadyamanantakalpaṃ
alpairdinaiḥ sṛjasi sundari vāgvilāsam || 17 ||
ādhāramārutanirodhavaśena yeṣāṃ
sindūrarañjitasarojaguṇānukāri |
dīptaṃ hṛdi sphurati devi vapustvadīyaṃ
dhyāyanti tāniha samīhitasiddhisārthāḥ || 18 ||
ye cintayantyaruṇamaṇḍalamadhyavarti
rūpaṃ tavāmba navayāvakapaṅkapiṅgam |
teṣāṃ sadaiva kusumāyudhabāṇabhinna-
-vakṣaḥsthalā mṛgadṛśo vaśagā bhavanti || 19 ||
tvāmaindavīmiva kalāmanuphāladeśaṃ
udbhāsitāmbaratalāmavalokayantaḥ |
sadyo bhavāni sudhiyaḥ kavayo bhavanti
tvaṃ bhāvanāhitadhiyāṃ kulakāmadhenuḥ || 20 ||
śarvāṇi sarvajanavanditapādapadme
padmacchadadyutiviḍambitanetralakṣmi |
niṣpāpamūrtijanamānasarājahaṃsi
haṃsi tvamāpadamanekavidhāṃ janasya || 21 ||
uttaptahemarucire tripure punīhi
cetaścirantanamaghaughavanaṃ lunīhi |
kārāgṛhe nigalabandhanayantritasya
tvatsaṃsmṛtau jhaṭiti me nigalāstruṭanti || 22 ||
tvāṃ vyāpinīti sumanā iti kuṇḍalīti
tvāṃ kāminīti kamaleti kalāvatīti |
tvāṃ mālinīti lalitetyaparājiteti
devi stuvanti vijayeti jayetyumeti || 23 ||
uddāmakāmaparamārthasarojakhaṇḍa-
caṇḍadyutidyutimapāsitaṣaḍvikārām |
mohadvipendrakadanodyatabodhasiṃha-
-līlāguhāṃ bhagavatīṃ tripurāṃ namāmi || 24 ||
gaṇeśavaṭukastutā ratisahāyakāmānvitā
smarārivaraviṣṭarā kusumabāṇabāṇairyutā |
anaṅgakusumādibhiḥ parivṛtā ca siddhaistribhiḥ
kadambavanamadhyagā tripurasundarī pātu naḥ || 25 ||
rudrāṇi vidrumamayīṃ pratimāmiva tvāṃ
ye cintayantyaruṇakāntimananyarūpām |
tānetya pakṣmaladṛśaḥ prasabhaṃ bhajante
kaṇṭhāvasaktamṛdubāhulatāstaruṇyaḥ || 26 ||
tvadrūpaikanirūpaṇapraṇayitābandho dṛśostvadguṇa-
-grāmākarṇanarāgitā śravaṇayostvatsaṃsmṛtiścetasi |
tvatpādārcanacāturī karayuge tvatkīrtitaṃ vāci me
kutrāpi tvadupāsanavyasanitā me devi mā śāmyatu || 27 ||
tvadrūpamullasitadāḍimapuṣparaktaṃ
udbhāvayenmadanadaivatamakṣaraṃ yaḥ |
taṃ rūpahīnamapi manmathanirviśeṣaṃ
ālokayantyurunitambataṭāstaruṇyaḥ || 28 ||
brahmendrarudraharicandrasahasraraśmi-
-skandadvipānanahutāśanavanditāyai |
vāgīśvari tribhuvaneśvari viśvamātaḥ
antarbahiśca kṛtasaṃsthitaye namaste || 29 ||
kastotrametadanuvāsaramīśvarāyāḥ
śreyaskaraṃ paṭhati vā yadi vā śṛṇoti |
tasyepsitaṃ phalati rājabhirīḍyate'sau
jāyeta sa priyatamo madirekṣaṇānām || 30 ||
iti śrīkālidāsa viracita pañcastavyāṃ dvitīyaḥ carcāstavaḥ |

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