Goddess Kamakshi

śrī kāmākṣī stotram

(Shri Kamakshi Stotram in English (IAST))

Adi Shankaracharya

Composed by Adi Shankaracharya, the Shri Kamakshi Stotram is a profound devotional hymn dedicated to Goddess Kamakshi, the presiding deity of the famous Kanchi Kamakshi Temple. The verses beautifully describe her divine form, radiating elegance and cosmic power, while honoring her as the consort of Lord Shiva. Chanting this stotra is believed to awaken spiritual consciousness, bestow clarity of mind, and invoke the grace of the Divine Mother. Devotees recite these powerful verses to seek liberation from worldly afflictions, gain auspiciousness, and experience the immense compassion and protective energy of the Goddess.

kalpānokahapuṣpajālavilasannīlālakāṃ mātṛkāṃ
kāntāṃ kañjadalekṣaṇāṃ kalimalapradhvaṃsinīṃ kālikām |
kāñcīnūpurahāradāmasubhagāṃ kāñcīpurīnāyikāṃ
kāmākṣīṃ karikumbhasannibhakucāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 1 ||
kāśābhāṃ śukabhāsurāṃ pravilasatkośātakī sannibhāṃ
candrārkānalalocanāṃ surucirālaṅkārabhūṣojjvalām |
brahmaśrīpativāsavādimunibhiḥ saṃsevitāṅghridvayāṃ
kāmākṣīṃ gajarājamandagamanāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 2 ||
aiṃ klīṃ sauriti yāṃ vadanti munayastattvārtharūpāṃ parāṃ
vācāmādimakāraṇaṃ hṛdi sadā dhyāyanti yāṃ yoginaḥ |
bālāṃ phālavilocanāṃ navajapāvarṇāṃ suṣumnāśritāṃ
kāmākṣīṃ kalitāvataṃsasubhagāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 3 ||
yatpādāmbujareṇuleśamaniśaṃ labdhvā vidhatte vidhi-
-rviśvaṃ tatparipāti viṣṇurakhilaṃ yasyāḥ prasādācciram |
rudraḥ saṃharati kṣaṇāttadakhilaṃ yanmāyayā mohitaḥ
kāmākṣīmaticitracārucaritāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 4 ||
sūkṣmātsūkṣmatarāṃ sulakṣitatanuṃ kṣāntākṣarairlakṣitāṃ
vīkṣāśikṣitarākṣasāṃ tribhuvanakṣemaṅkarīmakṣayām |
sākṣāllakṣaṇalakṣitākṣaramayīṃ dākṣāyaṇīṃ sākṣiṇīṃ
kāmākṣīṃ śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ sulalitāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 5 ||
oṅkārāṅgaṇadīpikāmupaniṣatprāsādapārāvatīṃ
āmnāyāmbudhicandrikāmaghatamaḥpradhvaṃsahaṃsaprabhām |
kāñcīpaṭṭaṇapañjarāntaraśukīṃ kāruṇyakallolinīṃ
kāmākṣīṃ śivakāmarājamahiṣīṃ vande maheśapriyām || 6 ||
hrīṅkārātmakavarṇamātrapaṭhanādaindrīṃ śriyaṃ tanvatīṃ
cinmātrāṃ bhuvaneśvarīmanudinaṃ bhikṣāpradānakṣamām |
viśvāghaughanivāriṇīṃ vimalinīṃ viśvambharāṃ mātṛkāṃ
kāmākṣīṃ paripūrṇacandravadanāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 7 ||
vāgdevīti ca yāṃ vadanti munayaḥ kṣīrābdhikanyeti ca
kṣoṇībhṛttanayeti ca śrutigiro yāṃ āmananti sphuṭam |
ekānekaphalapradāṃ bahuvidhā''kārāstanūstanvatīṃ
kāmākṣīṃ sakalārtibhañjanaparāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 8 ||
māyāmādimakāraṇaṃ trijagatāmārādhitāṅghridvayāṃ
ānandāmṛtavārirāśinilayāṃ vidyāṃ vipaściddhiyām |
māyāmānuṣarūpiṇīṃ maṇilasanmadhyāṃ mahāmātṛkāṃ
kāmākṣīṃ karirājamandagamanāṃ vande maheśapriyām || 9 ||
kāntā kāmadughā karīndragamanā kāmārivāmāṅkagā
kalyāṇī kalitāvatārasubhagā kastūrikācarcitā
kampātīrarasālamūlanilayā kāruṇyakallolinī
kalyāṇāni karotu me bhagavatī kāñcīpurīdevatā || 10 ||
iti śrī kāmākṣī stotram |

Explore More