Goddess Devi

navaratna mālikā stotram

(Navaratna Malika Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankara

The Navaratna Malika Stotram is a soul-stirring devotional hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, dedicated to the Divine Mother, Goddess Devi. Through nine exquisitely crafted verses, the poet describes the majestic and radiant form of the Goddess, invoking her as the supreme power of the universe. Chanting this stotram is believed to bestow clarity of mind, spiritual awakening, and inner peace. It serves as a meditative tool for devotees to visualize the infinite beauty of the Devi, ultimately helping them overcome worldly attachments and attain grace, protection, and the fulfillment of righteous desires.

hāranūpurakirīṭakuṇḍalavibhūṣitāvayavaśobhinīṃ
kāraṇeśavaramaulikoṭiparikalpyamānapadapīṭhikām |
kālakālaphaṇipāśabāṇadhanuraṅkuśāmaruṇamekhalāṃ
phālabhūtilakalocanāṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 1 ||
gandhasāraghanasāracārunavanāgavallirasavāsinīṃ
sāndhyarāgamadhurādharābharaṇasundarānanaśucismitām |
mandharāyatavilocanāmamalabālacandrakṛtaśekharīṃ
indirāramaṇasodarīṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 2 ||
smeracārumukhamaṇḍalāṃ vimalagaṇḍalambimaṇimaṇḍalāṃ
hāradāmapariśobhamānakucabhārabhīrutanumadhyamām |
vīragarvaharanūpurāṃ vividhakāraṇeśavarapīṭhikāṃ
māravairisahacāriṇīṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 3 ||
bhūribhāradharakuṇḍalīndramaṇibaddhabhūvalayapīṭhikāṃ
vārirāśimaṇimekhalāvalayavahnimaṇḍalaśarīriṇīm |
vārisāravahakuṇḍalāṃ gaganaśekharīṃ ca paramātmikāṃ
cārucandravilocanāṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 4 ||
kuṇḍalatrividhakoṇamaṇḍalavihāraṣaḍdalasamullasa-
tpuṇḍarīkamukhabhedinīṃ ca pracaṇḍabhānubhāsamujjvalām |
maṇḍalenduparivāhitāmṛtataraṅgiṇīmaruṇarūpiṇīṃ
maṇḍalāntamaṇidīpikāṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 5 ||
vāraṇānanamayūravāhamukhadāhavāraṇapayodharāṃ
cāraṇādisurasundarīcikuraśekarīkṛtapadāmbujām |
kāraṇādhipatipañcakaprakṛtikāraṇaprathamamātṛkāṃ
vāraṇāntamukhapāraṇāṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 6 ||
padmakāntipadapāṇipallavapayodharānanasaroruhāṃ
padmarāgamaṇimekhalāvalayanīviśobhitanitambinīm |
padmasambhavasadāśivāntamayapañcaratnapadapīṭhikāṃ
padminīṃ praṇavarūpiṇīṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 7 ||
āgamapraṇavapīṭhikāmamalavarṇamaṅgalaśarīriṇīṃ
āgamāvayavaśobhinīmakhilavedasārakṛtaśekharīm |
mūlamantramukhamaṇḍalāṃ muditanādabindunavayauvanāṃ
mātṛkāṃ tripurasundarīṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 8 ||
kālikātimirakuntalāntaghanabhṛṅgamaṅgalavirājinīṃ
cūlikāśikharamālikāvalayamallikāsurabhisaurabhām |
vālikāmadhuragaṇḍamaṇḍalamanoharānanasaroruhāṃ
kālikāmakhilanāyikāṃ manasi bhāvayāmi paradevatām || 9 ||
nityameva niyamena jalpatāṃ – bhuktimuktiphaladāmabhīṣṭadām |
śaṅkareṇa racitāṃ sadā japennāmaratnanavaratnamālikām || 10 ||

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