Sri Devi Atharva Sheersham

śrī devyatharvaśīrṣam

Śloka 1

oṃ sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ kāsi tva-mmahādevīti || 1 ||

sā-'bravīdaha-mbrahmasvarūpiṇī |

mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmaka-ñjagat |

śūnya-ñcāśūnya-ñca || 2 ||

ahamānandānānandau |

ahaṃ-vi~jñānāvijñāne |

aha-mbrahmābrahmaṇi veditavye |

aha-mpañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni |

ahamakhila-ñjagat || 3 ||

vedo-'hamavedo-'ham |

vidyā-'hamavidyā-'ham |

ajā-'hamanajā-'ham |

adhaścordhva-ñca tiryakcāham || 4 ||

ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmi |

ahamādityairuta viśvadevaiḥ |

aha-mmitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmi |

ahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau || 5 ||

ahaṃ soma-ntvaṣṭāra-mpūṣaṇa-mbhaga-ndadhāmi |

ahaṃ-vi~ṣṇumurukrama-mbrahmāṇamuta prajāpati-ndadhāmi || 6 ||

a॒ha-nda̭dhāmi॒ dravi̭ṇaṃ ha॒viṣma̭te suprā॒vye॒3 yaja̭mānāya sunva॒te |

a॒haṃ rāṣṭrī̭ sa॒ṅgama̭nī॒ vasṷ̄nā-ñciki॒tuṣī̭ pratha॒mā ya॒jñiyā̭nām |

a॒haṃ sṷve pi॒tara̭masya mū॒rdhanmama॒ yoni̭ra॒psvanta-ssa̭mu॒dre |

ya evaṃ-ve~da | sa devīṃ sampadamāpnoti || 7 ||

te devā abruvan

namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satata-nnamaḥ |

namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatā-ssma tām || 8 ||

tāma॒gniva̭rṇā॒-ntapa̭sā jvala॒ntīṃ-vai~̭roca॒nī-ṅka̭rmapha॒leṣu॒ juṣṭā᳚m |

du॒rgā-nde॒vīṃ śara̭ṇa-mprapa̭dyāmahe-'surānnāśayitryai te namaḥ || 9 ||

(ṛ.ve.8.100.11)

de॒vīṃ-vāca̭majanayanta de॒vāstāṃ-vi॒śvarṷ̄pāḥ pa॒śavo̭ vadanti |

sā no̭ ma॒ndreṣa॒mūrja॒-nduhā̭nā dhe॒nurvāga॒smānupa॒ suṣṭu॒taitṷ || 10 ||

kālarātrī-mbrahmastutāṃ-vai~ṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram |

sarasvatīmaditi-ndakṣaduhitara-nnamāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām || 11 ||

mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi |

tanno devī pracodayāt || 12 ||

aditir​hyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava |

tā-ndevā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ || 13 ||

kāmo yoniḥ kamalā vajrapāṇi-

rguhā hasā mātariśvābhramindraḥ |

punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca

purūcyaiṣā viśvamātādividyom || 14 ||

eṣā-''tmaśaktiḥ |

eṣā viśvamohinī |

pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā |

eṣā śrīmahāvidyā |

ya evaṃ-ve~da sa śoka-ntarati || 15 ||

namaste astu bhagavati mātarasmānpāhi sarvataḥ || 16 ||

saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ |

saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ |

saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ |

saiṣā viśvedevā-ssomapā asomapāśca |

saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā yakṣā siddhāḥ |

saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi |

saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī |

saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ |

saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyotīṃṣi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī |

tāmaha-mpraṇaumi nityam |

pāpāpahāriṇī-ndevī-mbhuktimuktipradāyinīm |

anantāṃ-vi~jayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām || 17 ||

viyadīkārasaṃ​yuktaṃ-vītihotrasamanvitam |

ardhendulasita-ndevyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhakam || 18 ||

evamekākṣara-mbrahma yataya-śśuddhacetasaḥ |

dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ || 19 ||

vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmā-thṣaṣṭhaṃ-va~ktrasamanvitam |

sūryo-'vāmaśrotrabindusaṃ​yu~ktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ |

nārāyaṇena sammiśro vāyuścādharayuktataḥ |

vicce navārṇako-'rṇa-ssyānmahadānandadāyakaḥ || 20 ||

hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthā-mprātassūryasamaprabhām |

pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ-va~radābhayahastakām |

trinetrāṃ raktavasanā-mbhaktakāmadughā-mbhaje || 21 ||

namāmi tvā-mmahādevī-mmahābhayavināśinīm |

mahādurgapraśamanī-mmahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm || 22 ||

yasyā-ssvarūpa-mbrahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate ajñeyā |

yasyā anto na labhyate tasmāducyate anantā |

yasyā lakṣya-nnopalakṣyate tasmāducyate alakṣyā |

yasyā janana-nnopalabhyate tasmāducyate ajā |

ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyate ekā |

ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā |

ata evocyate ajñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi || 23 ||

mantrāṇā-mmātṛkā devī śabdānā-ñjñānarūpiṇī |

jñānānā-ñcinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī |

yasyāḥ paratara-nnāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā || 24 ||

tā-ndurgā-ndurgamā-ndevī-ndurācāravighātinīm |

namāmi bhavabhīto-'haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm || 25 ||

idamatharvaśīr​ṣaṃ-yo~-'dhīte sa pañcātharvaśīr​ṣajapaphalamāpnoti |

idamatharvaśīr​ṣamajñātvā yo-'rcāṃ sthāpayati |

śatalakṣa-mprajaptvā-'pi so-'rcāsiddhi-nna vindati |

śatamaṣṭottara-ñcāsya puraścaryāvidhi-ssmṛtaḥ |

daśavāra-mpaṭhedyastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate |

mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ | 26 ||

sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |

prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |

sāya-mprātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati |

niśīthe turīyasandhyāyā-ñjaptvā vāksiddhirbhavati |

nūtanāyā-mpratimāyā-ñjaptvā devatāsānnidhya-mbhavati |

prāṇapratiṣṭhāyā-ñjaptvā prāṇānā-mpratiṣṭhā bhavati |

bhaumāśvinyā-mmahādevīsannidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |

sa mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |

ya evaṃ-ve~da |

ityupaniṣat || 27 ||

iti devyatharvaśīr​ṣam |