Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 11
Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 11
Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 11
devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
nārāyaṇīstutirnāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
oṃ bālārkavidyutiṃ indukirīṭāṃ tuṅgakucāṃ nayanatrayayuktām |
smeramukhīṃ varadāṅkuśapāśabhītikarāṃ prabhaje bhuvaneśīm ||
ṛṣiruvāca||1||
devyā hate tatra mahāsurendre
sendrāḥ surā vahnipurogamāstām|
kātyāyanīṃ tuṣṭuvuriṣṭalābhā-
dvikāsivaktrābja vikāsitāśāḥ || 2 ||
devi prapannārtihare prasīda
prasīda mātarjagato'bhilasya|
prasīdaviśveśvari pāhiviśvaṃ
tvamīśvarī devi carācarasya ||3||
ādhāra bhūtā jagatastvamekā
mahīsvarūpeṇa yataḥ sthitāsi
apāṃ svarūpa sthitayā tvayaita
dāpyāyate kṛtsnamalaṅghya vīrye ||4||
tvaṃ vaiṣṇavīśaktiranantavīryā
viśvasya bījaṃ paramāsi māyā|
sammohitaṃ devisamasta metat-
ttvaṃ vai prasannā bhuvi muktihetuḥ ||5||
vidyāḥ samastāstava devi bhedāḥ|
striyaḥ samastāḥ sakalā jagatsu|
tvayaikayā pūritamambayaitat
kāte stutiḥ stavyaparāparoktiḥ ||6||
sarva bhūtā yadā devī bhukti muktipradāyinī|
tvaṃ stutā stutaye kā vā bhavantu paramoktayaḥ ||7||
sarvasya buddhirūpeṇa janasya hṛdi saṃsthite|
svargāpavargade devi nārāyaṇi namo'stute ||8||
kalākāṣṭhādirūpeṇa pariṇāma pradāyini|
viśvasyoparatau śakte nārāyaṇi namostute ||9||
sarva maṅgala māṅgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike|
śaraṇye trayambake gaurī nārāyaṇi namo'stute ||10||
sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ śaktibhūte sanātani|
guṇāśraye guṇamaye nārāyaṇi namo'stute ||11||
śaraṇāgata dīnārta paritrāṇaparāyaṇe|
sarvasyārtihare devi nārāyaṇi namo'stute ||12||
haṃsayukta vimānasthe brahmāṇī rūpadhāriṇī|
kauśāmbhaḥ kṣarike devi nārāyaṇi namo'stute||13||
triśūlacandrāhidhare mahāvṛṣabhavāhini|
māheśvarī svarūpeṇa nārāyaṇi namo'stute||14||
mayūra kukkuṭavṛte mahāśaktidhare'naghe|
kaumārīrūpasaṃsthāne nārāyaṇi namostute||15||
śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgagṛhītaparamāyudhe|
prasīda vaiṣṇavīrūpenārāyaṇi namo'stute||16||
gṛhītogramahācakre daṃṣtroddhṛtavasundhare|
varāharūpiṇi śive nārāyaṇi namostute||17||
nṛsiṃharūpeṇogreṇa hantuṃ daityān kṛtodyame|
trailokyatrāṇasahite nārāyaṇi namo'stute||18||
kirīṭini mahāvajre sahasranayanojjvale|
vṛtraprāṇahāre caindri nārāyaṇi namo'stute||19||
śivadūtīsvarūpeṇa hatadaitya mahābale|
ghorarūpe mahārāve nārāyaṇi namo'stute||20||
daṃṣtrākarāla vadane śiromālāvibhūṣaṇe|
cāmuṇḍe muṇḍamathane nārāyaṇi namo'stute||21||
lakṣmī lajje mahāvidhye śraddhe puṣṭi svadhe dhruve|
mahārātri mahāmāye nārāyaṇi namo'stute||22||
medhe sarasvati vare bhūti bābhravi tāmasi|
niyate tvaṃ prasīdeśe nārāyaṇi namo'stute||23||
sarvasvarūpe sarveśe sarvaśaktisamanvite|
bhayebhyastrāhi no devi durge devi namo'stute||24||
etatte vadanaṃ saumyaṃ locanatrayabhūṣitam|
pātu naḥ sarvabhūtebhyaḥ kātyāyini namo'stute||25||
jvālākarālamatyugramaśeṣāsurasūdanam|
triśūlaṃ pātu no bhītirbhadrakāli namo'stute||26||
hinasti daityatejāṃsi svanenāpūrya yā jagat|
sā ghaṇṭā pātu no devi pāpebhyo naḥ sutāniva||27||
asurāsṛgvasāpaṅkacarcitaste karojvalaḥ|
śubhāya khaḍgo bhavatu caṇḍike tvāṃ natā vayam||28||
rogānaśeṣānapahaṃsi tuṣṭā
ruṣṭā tu kāmā sakalānabhīṣṭān
tvāmāśritānāṃ na vipannarāṇāṃ|
tvāmāśritā śrayatāṃ prayānti||29||
etatkṛtaṃ yatkadanaṃ tvayādya
darmadviṣāṃ devi mahāsurāṇām|
rūpairanekairbhahudhātmamūrtiṃ
kṛtvāmbhike tatprakaroti kānyā||30||
vidyāsu śāstreṣu viveka dīpe
ṣvādyeṣu vākyeṣu ca kā tvadanyā
mamatvagarte'ti mahāndhakāre
vibhrāmayatyetadatīva viśvam||31||
rakṣāṃsi yatro graviṣāśca nāgā
yatrārayo dasyubalāni yatra|
dāvānalo yatra tathābdhimadhye
tatra sthitā tvaṃ paripāsi viśvam||32||
viśveśvari tvaṃ paripāsi viśvaṃ
viśvātmikā dhārayasīti viśvam|
viśveśavandhyā bhavatī bhavanti
viśvāśrayā yetvayi bhaktinamrāḥ||33||
devi prasīda paripālaya no'ri
bhīternityaṃ yathāsuravadādadhunaiva sadyaḥ|
pāpāni sarva jagatāṃ praśamaṃ nayāśu
utpātapākajanitāṃśca mahopasargān||34||
praṇatānāṃ prasīda tvaṃ devi viśvārti hāriṇi|
trailokyavāsināmīḍye lokānāṃ varadā bhava||35||
devyuvāca||36||
varadāhaṃ suragaṇā paraṃ yanmanaseccatha|
taṃ vṛṇudhvaṃ prayacchāmi jagatāmupakārakam||37||
devā ūcuḥ||38||
sarvabādhā praśamanaṃ trailokyasyākhileśvari|
evameva tvayākārya masmadvairi vināśanam||39||
devyuvāca||40||
vaivasvate'ntare prāpte aṣṭāviṃśatime yuge|
śumbho niśumbhaścaivānyāvutpatsyete mahāsurau||41||
nandagopagṛhe jātā yaśodāgarbha sambhavā|
tatastaunāśayiṣyāmi vindhyācalanivāsinī||42||
punarapyatiraudreṇa rūpeṇa pṛthivītale|
avatīrya haviṣyāmi vaipracittāṃstu dānavān||43||
bhakṣya yantyāśca tānugrān vaipracittān mahāsurān|
raktadantā bhaviṣyanti dāḍimīkusumopamāḥ||44||
tato māṃ devatāḥ svarge martyaloke ca mānavāḥ|
stuvanto vyāhariṣyanti satataṃ raktadantikām||45||
bhūyaśca śatavārṣikyāṃ anāvṛṣṭyāmanambhasi|
munibhiḥ saṃstutā bhūmau sambhaviṣyāmyayonijā||46||
tataḥ śatena netrāṇāṃ nirīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ munīn
kīrtiyiṣyanti manujāḥ śatākṣīmiti māṃ tataḥ||47||
tato' hamakhilaṃ lokamātmadehasamudbhavaiḥ|
bhariṣyāmi surāḥ śākairāvṛṣṭeḥ prāṇa dhārakaiḥ||48||
śākambharīti vikhyātiṃ tadā yāsyāmyahaṃ bhuvi|
tatraiva ca vadhiṣyāmi durgamākhyaṃ mahāsuram||49||
durgādevīti vikhyātaṃ tanme nāma bhaviṣyati|
punaścāhaṃ yadābhīmaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā himācale||50||
rakṣāṃsi kṣayayiṣyāmi munīnāṃ trāṇa kāraṇāt|
tadā māṃ munayaḥ sarve stoṣyantyāna mramūrtayaḥ||51||
bhīmādevīti vikhyātaṃ tanme nāma bhaviṣyati|
yadāruṇākhyastrailòkye mahābādhāṃ kariṣyati||52||
tadāhaṃ bhrāmaraṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvāsajkhyeyaṣaṭpadam|
trailokyasya hitārthāya vadhiṣyāmi mahāsuram||53||
bhrāmarītica māṃ lokā stadāstoṣyanti sarvataḥ|
itthaṃ yadā yadā bādhā dānavotthā bhaviṣyati||54||
tadā tadāvatīryāhaṃ kariṣyāmyarisaṅkṣayam ||55||
|| svasti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye nārāyaṇīstutirnāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ samāptam ||
āhuti
oṃ klīṃ jayantī sāṅgāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai lakṣmībījādhiṣtāyai garuḍavāhanyai nārayaṇī devyai-mahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā ||
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About This Stotram
Overview
Durga Saptasati Chapter 11 (Narayani Stuti) is one of the most celebrated chapters of the Devi Mahatmyam, containing 55 verses of hymns sung by the gods to the goddess after her final victory over the demon armies of Shumbha and Nishumbha. It includes the Narayani Stuti, a comprehensive praise of the goddess in her many forms, and closes with her promise to appear again whenever the cosmos is threatened.
What are the benefits of chanting Durga Saptasati Chapter 11?
- The Narayani Stuti within this chapter is one of the most recited sections of the Devi Mahatmyam and is held to carry great spiritual merit.
- Recitation is associated with the goddess's promise of protection and repeated intervention on behalf of devotees.
- Chanting invokes the goddess's multiple forms as enumerated by the gods in their post-victory hymn.
- The chapter is used both within the full Chandipatha cycle and as a standalone text.
- Regular recitation is associated with courage, removal of fear, and the goddess's blessings.
When is the best time to recite this?
Navaratri is the primary occasion. This chapter is recited as part of the full Saptasati sequence. The Narayani Stuti is also commonly recited independently during morning or evening worship and at any time of need.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chapter 11 forms part of the Uttama Charitra (third and final episode) of the Devi Mahatmyam, which belongs to the Markandeya Purana (approximately 4th-6th centuries CE). It follows the narrative of Durga's battle against Shumbha and Nishumbha in chapters 8-10, and the Narayani Stuti in this chapter is structurally parallel to the earlier Shakra Stuti in chapter 4. The authorship is attributed to the sage Markandeya in the Puranic tradition, with the text representing the theological culmination of Shakta Puranic literature.
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Related Texts
- Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12 — the next and final chapter, known as the Phalashruti, which details the benefits of reciting the full text.
- Devi Mahatmyam Argala Stotram — the preparatory hymn that opens the Chandipatha sequence, invoking the same goddess praised in this chapter.
- Devi Mahatmyam Devi Suktam — the Vedic antecedent to the theology expressed in the Narayani Stuti.