Navadurga stotram
Navadurgaa stotram'
Shailaputree –
Vande vaanchhitalaabhaaya chandraardhakri'tashekharaam |
Vri'shaarood'haam' shooladharaam' shailaputreem' yashasvineem || 1 ||
Brahmachaarinee –
Dadhaanaa karapadmaabhyaamakshamaalaa kamand'aloo |
Devee praseedatu mayi brahmachaarinyanuttamaa || 2 ||
Chandraghant'aa –
Pind'ajapravaraarood'haa chand'akopaastrakairyutaa |
Prasaadam' tanute mahyam' chandraghant'eti vishrutaa || 3 ||
Kooshmaand'aa –
Suraasampoornakalasham' rudhiraaplutameva cha |
Dadhaanaa hastapadmaabhyaam' kooshmaand'aa shubhadaastu me || 4 ||
Skandamaataa –
Sim'haasanagataa nityam' padmaashritakaradvayaa |
Shubhadaastu sadaa devee skandamaataa yashasvinee || 5 ||
Kaatyaayanee –
Chandrahaasojjvalakaraa shaardoolavaravaahanaa |
Kaatyaayanee shubham' dadyaaddevee daanavaghaatinee || 6 ||
Kaalaraatree –
Ekavenee japaakarnapoora nagnaa kharaasthitaa |
Lambosht'hee karnikaakarnee tailaabhyaktashareerinee ||
Vaamapaadollasallohalataakant'akabhooshanaa |
Vardhanmoordhadhvajaa kri'shnaa kaalaraatrirbhayankaree || 7 ||
Mahaagauree –
Shvete vri'she samaarood'haa shvetaambaradharaa shuchih' |
Mahaagauree shubham' dadyaanmahaadevapramodadaa || 8 ||
Siddhidaatree –
Siddhagandharvayakshaadyairasurairamarairapi |
Sevyamaanaa sadaa bhooyaat siddhidaa siddhidaayinee || 9 ||
Iti navadurgaa stotram |
Meaning
The Navadurga Stotram praises the nine sacred forms of Goddess Durga, each representing a divine energy essential for life and spiritual evolution.
Shailaputri symbolizes strength, stability and the power of devotion. Riding a bull and adorned with the crescent moon, she grants steadiness and courage.
Brahmacharini embodies austerity, discipline, penance and inner resolve. Holding a rosary and water-pot, she blesses seekers with self-control and spiritual growth.
Chandraghanta represents valor and protection. Her fierce form dispels negativity, fear and harmful influences.
Kushmanda is the cosmic creatrix whose radiance brings vitality, joy and auspiciousness.
Skandamata, the mother of Skanda, embodies divine motherhood, compassion and nourishment, granting peace and prosperity.
Katyayani, the warrior form, destroys evil and blesses devotees with victory, righteousness and inner strength.
Kalaratri is the remover of darkness, ignorance and fear. Although fierce, she protects the sincere and grants fearlessness.
Mahagauri symbolizes purity, serenity and benevolence, washing away all impurities and ushering in peace.
Siddhidatri grants all perfections—knowledge, spiritual success, prosperity. Even divine beings worship her for Siddhis.
Chanting this stotram invokes the complete spectrum of divine energies—protection, purity, power, prosperity and spiritual upliftment.
Benefits:
• Blessings of all nine forms of Durga
• Protection from negativity and obstacles
• Physical and mental strength
• Peace, prosperity and harmony
• Spiritual clarity and purification
• Success in endeavors and removal of fear
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