Sri Adya Stotram
Shree aadyaa stotram'
Brahmovaacha |
Shri'nu vatsa pravakshyaami aadyaastotram' mahaaphalam |
Yah' pat'het satatam' bhaktyaa sa eva vishnuvallabhah' || 1 ||
Mri'tyurvyaadhibhayam' tasya naasti kinchit kalau yuge |
Aputraa labhate putram' tripaksham' shravanam' yadi || 2 ||
Dvau maasau bandhanaanmukti vipravaktraat shrutam' yadi |
Mri'tavatsaa jeevavatsaa shanmaasam' shravanam' yadi || 3 ||
Naukaayaam' sankat'e yuddhe pat'hanaajjayamaapnuyaat |
Likhitvaa sthaapayedgehe naagnichaurabhayam' kvachit || 4 ||
Raajasthaane jayee nityam' prasannaah' sarvadevataa |
Om hreem' |
Brahmaanee brahmaloke cha vaikunt'he sarvamangal'aa || 5 ||
Indraanee amaraavatyaamambikaa varunaalaye |
Yamaalaye kaalaroopaa kuberabhavane shubhaa || 6 ||
Mahaanandaagnikone cha vaayavyaam' mri'gavaahinee |
Nairri'tyaam' raktadantaa cha aishaanyaam' shooladhaarinee || 7 ||
Paataal'e vaishnaveeroopaa sim'hale devamohinee |
Surasaa cha manidvipe lankaayaam' bhadrakaal'ikaa || 8 ||
Raameshvaree setubandhe vimalaa purushottame |
Virajaa aud'radeshe cha kaamaakshyaa neelaparvate || 9 ||
Kaal'ikaa vangadeshe cha ayodhyaayaam' maheshvaree |
Vaaraanasyaamannapoornaa gayaakshetre gayeshvaree || 10 ||
Kurukshetre bhadrakaal'ee vraje kaatyaayanee paraa |
Dvaarakaayaam' mahaamaayaa mathuraayaam' maheshvaree || 11 ||
Kshudhaa tvam' sarvabhootaanaam' velaa tvam' saagarasya cha |
Navamee shuklapakshasya kri'shnasyaikaadashee paraa || 12 ||
Dakshasaa duhitaa devee dakshayajnyavinaashinee |
Raamasya jaanakee tvam' hi raavanadhvam'sakaarinee || 13 ||
Chand'amund'avadhe devee raktabeejavinaashinee |
Nishumbhashumbhamathinee madhukait'abhaghaatinee || 14 ||
Vishnubhaktipradaa durgaa sukhadaa mokshadaa sadaa |
Aadyaastavamimam' punyam' yah' pat'het satatam' narah' || 15 ||
Sarvajvarabhayam' na syaat sarvavyaadhivinaashanam |
Kot'iteerthaphalam' tasya labhate naatra sam'shayah' || 16 ||
Jayaa me chaagratah' paatu vijayaa paatu pri'sht'hatah' |
Naaraayanee sheershadeshe sarvaange sim'havaahinee || 17 ||
Shivadootee ugrachand'aa pratyange parameshvaree |
Vishaalaakshee mahaamaayaa kaumaaree shankhinee shivaa || 18 ||
Chakrinee jayadaatree cha ranamattaa ranapriyaa |
Durgaa jayantee kaal'ee cha bhadrakaal'ee mahodaree || 19 ||
Naarasim'hee cha vaaraahee siddhidaatree sukhapradaa |
Bhayankaree mahaaraudree mahaabhayavinaashinee || 20 ||
Iti shreebrahmayaamale brahmanaaradasam'vaade shree aadyaa stotram ||
Meaning
Sri Adya Stotram is a powerful hymn dedicated to Adyashakti—the primordial universal Mother who manifests in countless forms across all realms. Brahma narrates this stotram to Narada, describing its immense spiritual and worldly benefits. The stotram affirms that the devotee who recites it with devotion becomes dearly beloved to Lord Vishnu and receives the Mother’s complete protection.
It promises freedom from fear, disease, untimely death, bondage, and disasters. It grants children to the childless, liberation from imprisonment, revival of fortune, and victory in war or danger. Inscribing it and placing it at home removes threats like theft, fire, or calamity. The stotram then lists the Goddess’s numerous manifestations across the earth—Brahmani in Brahmaloka, Vaikuntha Mangala, Ambika in Varuna’s realm, Kalika in Bengal, Annapurna in Kashi, Gayeshwari in Gaya, Bhadra Kali in Kurukshetra, Mahamaya in Dwaraka, Maheshwari in Mathura, and many more.
Each name becomes a protective force, symbolizing that Adyashakti is present everywhere—in every region, every pilgrimage site, and every sacred space. She is Dakshayani, Janaki, the destroyer of Ravana, slayer of Chanda-Munda, Shumbha-Nishumbha, and Madhu-Kaitabha. She grants bhakti, peace, liberation, and prosperity.
The phalashruti assures that one who recites this hymn destroys all diseases and fears, obtains the merit of countless pilgrimages, and gains total protection from the Goddess in her forms like Jaya, Vijaya, Narayani, Mahamaya, Durga, Kali, Narasimhi, Varahi, and others. She becomes an unbreakable spiritual armour around the devotee.
Benefits:
• Protection from illness, death, danger, enemies
• Removal of bondage, suffering, and misfortune
• Victory in legal, worldly, and spiritual challenges
• Wealth, health, prosperity, peace
• Blessings of all forms of the Divine Mother
• Merit equal to many sacred pilgrimages
• Spiritual upliftment and liberation
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