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Argala Stotra
Argala Stotra
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Devotional text
argalāstotramm argalāstotramm ||śrī||ī|| śrīcaṇḍikādhyānamyānam oṃbandhūkakusumābhāsāṃdhūkakusumābhāsāṃpañcamuṇḍādhivāsinīmnīm| sphuraccandrakalāratnamukuṭāṃnamukuṭāṃmuṇḍamālinīm nīm|| trinetrāṃāṃraktavasanāṃtavasanāṃpīnonnataghaṭastanīmta nīm| pustakaṃta kaṃcākṣamālāṃcavaraṃcābhayakaṃkramātmāt|| dadhatīṃsaṃsmarennityamuttarāmnāyamānitāmtām| athavā yācaṇḍīmadhukaiṭabhādidaityadalanīya dalanīyāmāhiṣonmūlinīnī yādhūmrekṣaṇacaṇḍamuṇḍamathanīekṣaṇacaṇḍamuṇḍamathanīyāraktabījāśanītabījāśanī| śaktiḥśumbhaniśumbhadaityadalanīyadalanīyāsiddhidātrīparā sādevīnavakoṭimūrtisahitā tāmāṃpātuviśveśvarīvarī|| athaargalāstotramm oṃasyayaśrīargalāstotramantrasyayaviṣṇurṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭupṭupchandaḥdaḥ, śrīmahālakṣmīrdevatāvatā, śrījagadambāprītayeītayesaptaśatipāṭhāṅgatvenavena japeviniyogaḥyogaḥ| oṃnamaścaṇḍikāyaikāyai mārkaṇḍeyaṇḍeyauvāca| oṃjayatvaṃvaṃdevi cāmuṇḍejayabhūtāpahāriṇi | jayasarvagategatedevi kālarātri namo'stuta ute||1|| jayantīta īmaṅgalāgalākālībhadrakālīkālīkapālinī nī| durgāśivāvākṣamādhātrīsvāhāvāhāsvadhāvadhānamo'stuta ute||2|| madhukaiṭabhavidhvaṃsi vidhātṛvaradedhātṛvaradenamaḥ| argalāstotramm rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||3|| mahiṣāsuranirnāśi bhaktānāṃtānāṃsukhadenamaḥ| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||4|| dhūmranetravadhevadhedevi dharmakāmārthadāyini | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||5|| raktabījavadhetabījavadhedevi caṇḍamuṇḍavināśini | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||6|| niśumbhaśumbhanirnāśitrilokyaśubhadeyaśubhadenamaḥ| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||7|| vanditāṅghriyugeyugedevi sarvasaubhāgyadāyini | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||8|| acintyarūpacaritetesarvaśatruvināśini| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||9|| natebhyaḥya ḥsarvadādābhaktyācāparṇeduritāpahetāpahe| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||10|| stuvadbhyobhaktipūrvaṃṃtvāṃvāṃcaṇḍikekevyādhināśini| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||11|| caṇḍikekesatataṃyuddhedhejayantipāpanāśini | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||12|| dehi saubhāgyamārogyaṃdehi devi paraṃsukham| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||13|| vidhehidevi kalyāṇaṃyāṇaṃvidhehivipulāṃpulāṃśriyamyam| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||14|| vidhehidviṣatāṃṣatāṃnāśaṃvidhehibalamuccakaiḥcakaiḥ| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||15|| surāsuraśiroratnanighṛṣṭacaraṇe'mbike ke| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||16|| argalāstotramm vidyāvantaṃtaṃyaśasvantaṃtaṃlakṣmīvantañcacamāṃkuru| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||17|| devi pracaṇḍadordaṇḍadaityadarpaniṣūdini| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||18|| pracaṇḍadaityadarpaghnenecaṇḍikekepraṇatāyaṇatāyame| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||19|| caturbhujejecaturvaktrasaṃstutetuteparameśvari | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||20|| kṛṣṇenaṇa enasaṃstuteta utedevi śaśvadbhaktyāsadāmbike ke| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||21|| himācalasutānāthasaṃstutetuteparameśvari | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||22|| indrāṇīpatisadbhāvapūjiteteparameśvari | rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||23|| devi bhaktajanoddāmadattānandodaye'mbikeke| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||24|| bhāryāṃṃmanoramāṃdehi manovṛttānusāriṇīm ṇīm| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||25|| tāriṇi durgasaṃsārasāgarasyācalodbhavebhave| rūpaṃdehi jayaṃdehi yaśodehi dviṣoṣojahi ||26|| idaṃstotraṃpaṭhitvāvātumahāstotraṃpaṭhennaraḥnaraḥ| saptaśatīṃtaśatīṃsamārādhyaya varamāpnoti durlabhambham||27|| ||iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇeṇḍeyapurāṇeargalāstotraṃsamāptamtam|| argalāstotramm
About this stotram
A Stotram is a Sanskrit hymn of praise composed by great sages and poet-saints such as Adi Shankaracharya. Stotrams describe the deity’s form, qualities and deeds in richly poetic language, and chanting them is said to purify the intellect and awaken devotion. Many stotrams carry a phala-shruti — a closing verse describing the benefits of recitation.
How to chant
Stotrams reward slow, attentive chanting. Read the meaning once before you begin so the verses resonate as you recite. Early morning (Brahma Muhurat) is ideal, but any quiet time works. If Sanskrit feels difficult, chant along with the transliteration and let the rhythm settle naturally over a few days of practice.
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