Agastya Kruta Sri Lakshmi Stotram
Agastya Kruta Sri Lakshmi Stotram
Agastya Kruta Sri Lakshmi Stotram
agastya kṛta śrī lakṣmī stotraṃ
jaya padmapalāśākṣi jaya tvaṃ śrīpatipriye |
jaya mātarmahālakṣmi saṃsārārṇavatāriṇi || 1 ||
mahālakṣmi namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ sureśvari |
haripriye namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ dayānidhe || 2 ||
padmālaye namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ ca sarvade |
sarvabhūtahitārthāya vasuvṛṣṭiṃ sadā kuru || 3 ||
jaganmātarnamastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ dayānidhe |
dayāvati namastubhyaṃ viśveśvari namo'stu te || 4 ||
namaḥ kṣīrārṇavasute namastrailokyadhāriṇi |
vasuvṛṣṭe namastubhyaṃ rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam || 5 ||
rakṣa tvaṃ devadeveśi devadevasya vallabhe |
dāridryāttrāhi māṃ lakṣmi kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari || 6 ||
namastrailokyajanani namastrailokyapāvani |
brahmādayo namanti tvāṃ jagadānandadāyini || 7 ||
viṣṇupriye namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ jagaddhite |
ārtihantri namastubhyaṃ samṛddhiṃ kuru me sadā || 8 ||
abjavāse namastubhyaṃ capalāyai namo namaḥ |
cañcalāyai namastubhyaṃ lalitāyai namo namaḥ || 9 ||
namaḥ pradyumnajanani mātastubhyaṃ namo namaḥ |
paripālaya māṃ mātaḥ māṃ tubhyaṃ śaraṇāgatam || 10 ||
śaraṇye tvāṃ prapanno'smi kamale kamalālaye |
trāhi trāhi mahālakṣmi paritrāṇaparāyaṇe || 11 ||
pāṇḍityaṃ śobhate naiva na śobhante guṇā nare |
śīlatvaṃ naiva śobheta mahālakṣmi tvayā vinā || 12 ||
tāvadvirājate rūpaṃ tāvacchīlaṃ virājate |
tāvadguṇā narāṇāṃ ca yāvallakṣmīḥ prasīdati || 13 ||
lakṣmi tvayā'laṅkṛtamānavā ye
pāpairvimuktā nṛpalokamānyāḥ |
guṇairvihīnā guṇino bhavanti
duśśīlinaḥ śīlavatāṃ variṣṭhāḥ || 14 ||
lakṣmīrbhūṣayate rūpaṃ lakṣmīrbhūṣayate kulam |
lakṣmīrbhūṣayate vidyāṃ sarvā lakṣmīrviśiṣyate || 15 ||
lakṣmī tvadguṇakīrtanena kamalā bhūryātyalaṃ jihmatām
rudrādyā ravicandradevapatayo vaktuṃ ca naiva kṣamāḥ |
asmābhistava rūpalakṣaṇaguṇānvaktuṃ kathaṃ śakyate
mātarmāṃ paripāhi viśvajananī kṛtvā mameṣṭaṃ dhruvam || 16 ||
dīnārtibhītaṃ bhavatāpapīḍitaṃ
dhanairvihīnaṃ tava pārśvamāgatam |
kṛpānidhitvānmama lakṣmi satvaraṃ
dhanapradānāddhananāyakaṃ kuru || 17 ||
māṃ vilokya jananī haripriye
nirdhanaṃ tava samīpamāgatam |
dehi me jhaṭiti lakṣmi karāgraṃ
vastrakāñcanavarānnamadbhutam || 18 ||
tvameva jananī lakṣmīḥ pitā lakṣmīstvameva ca |
bhrātā tvaṃ ca sakhā lakṣmīrvidyā lakṣmīstvameva ca || 19 ||
trāhi trāhi mahālakṣmi trāhi trāhi sureśvari |
trāhi trāhi jaganmātaḥ dāridryāttrāhi vegataḥ || 20 ||
namastubhyaṃ jagaddhātri namastubhyaṃ namo namaḥ |
dharmādhāre namastubhyaṃ namaḥ sampattidāyinī || 21 ||
dāridryārṇavamagno'haṃ nimagno'haṃ rasātale |
majjantaṃ māṃ kare dhṛtvā tūddhara tvaṃ rame drutam || 22 ||
kiṃ lakṣmi bahunoktena jalpitena punaḥ punaḥ |
anyanme śaraṇaṃ nāsti satyaṃ satyaṃ haripriye || 23 ||
etacchrutvā'gastyavākyaṃ hṛṣyamāṇā haripriyā |
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tuṣṭā'haṃ tava sarvadā || 24 ||
śrīlakṣmīruvāca |
yattvayoktamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhiṣyati mānavaḥ |
śṛṇoti ca mahābhāgastasyāhaṃ vaśavartinī || 25 ||
nityaṃ paṭhati yo bhaktyā tvalakṣmīstasya naśyati |
ṛṇaṃ ca naśyate tīvraṃ viyogaṃ naiva paśyati || 26 ||
yaḥ paṭhetprātarutthāya śraddhābhaktisamanvitaḥ |
gṛhe tasya sadā tiṣṭennityaṃ śrīḥ patinā saha || 27 ||
sukhasaubhāgyasampanno manasvī buddhimānbhavet |
putravān guṇavān śreṣṭho bhogabhoktā ca mānavaḥ || 28 ||
idaṃ stotraṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ lakṣmyāgastyaprakīrtitam |
viṣṇuprasādajananaṃ caturvargaphalapradam || 29 ||
rājadvāre jayaścaiva śatroścaiva parājayaḥ |
bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ vyāghrāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ tathā || 30 ||
na śastrānalatoyaughādbhayaṃ tasya prajāyate |
durvṛttānāṃ ca pāpānāṃ bahuhānikaraṃ param || 31 ||
mandurākariśālāsu gavāṃ goṣṭhe samāhitaḥ |
paṭhettaddoṣaśāntyarthaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || 32 ||
sarvasaukhyakaraṃ nṝṇāmāyurārogyadaṃ tathā |
agastyamuninā proktaṃ prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 33 ||
ityagastyaviracitaṃ śrī lakṣmī stotram |
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About This Stotram
Overview
Agastya Kruta Sri Lakshmi Stotram is a 33-verse Sanskrit hymn attributed to the sage Agastya, dedicated to Goddess Lakshmi, the deity of wealth, fortune, and auspiciousness. The text praises Lakshmi's attributes and forms and petitions her for prosperity and well-being. It belongs to the Vaishnava devotional tradition.
What are the benefits of chanting Agastya Kruta Sri Lakshmi Stotram?
- Recitation is said to invoke Lakshmi's blessings for wealth and material abundance.
- Devotees chant it to remove financial difficulties and obstacles.
- The hymn is believed to bring good fortune and auspiciousness.
- It is recited for inner peace and contentment.
- Regular chanting is said to cultivate spiritual merit alongside material benefits.
When is the best time to recite this?
This stotram is recited on Fridays, which are associated with Lakshmi, and during festivals such as Diwali and Navaratri. Devotees also recite it during morning puja and any occasion when seeking Lakshmi's blessings.
Historical and traditional background
The hymn is attributed to Agastya, a sage prominent in both Vedic and Puranic texts. Its exact date of composition is not known; such attributions often reflect a text's connection to a particular sage's tradition rather than direct authorship. The stotram circulates within collections of Lakshmi devotional literature and is used in Vaishnava puja across South and North India.
Available scripts
This text is available in 14 scripts: Devanagari, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, IAST, Gurmukhi, Oriya, Assamese, Sinhala, ITRANS, HK. Use the script selector to read it in your preferred script.
Related Texts
- Sri Suktam — the Vedic hymn to Lakshmi from the Rigveda, the oldest known text in this tradition.
- Kanaka Dhara Stotram — a Lakshmi hymn attributed to Adi Shankaracharya, also in the devotional stotram tradition.