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śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam (pratipadāyāṃpadāyāṃ- bhūpure- prakāśānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīnityāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃjaganmūrtayeyenamaḥ| oṃdevyaiainamaḥ| oṃbhagavatyai ainamaḥ| oṃmahāmāyāyainamaḥ| oṃprasannāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃvaradāyainamaḥ| oṃmuktidāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃparamāyainamaḥ| oṃhetubhūtāyainamaḥ| oṃsanātanyai ainamaḥ| oṃsaṃsārabandhahetave hetavenamaḥ| oṃsarveśyaiyainamaḥ| oṃīśvaryainamaḥ| oṃyoganidrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃharinetrakṛtālayāyaikṛtālayāyainamaḥ| oṃviśveśvaryainamaḥ| oṃjagaddhātryaiainamaḥ| oṃsthitikāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃsaṃhārakāriṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃśrīnidrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃbhagavatyai ainamaḥ| oṃatulāyainamaḥ| oṃtejasāṃnidhayedhayenamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃsvāhāyaiāhāyainamaḥ| oṃsvadhāyaidhāyainamaḥ| oṃvaṣaṭkārāyaiārāyainamaḥ| oṃsvarātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃsudhāyainamaḥ| oṃakṣarāyairāyainamaḥ| oṃtridhāmātrātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃardhamātrātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃsvararūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃanuccāryāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃsandhyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsāvitryaiainamaḥ| oṃjananyaiainamaḥ| oṃparāyainamaḥ| oṃsṛṣṭirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃjagadyonayeonayenamaḥ|40 (dvitīyāyāṃtīyāyāṃ- ṣoḍaśadaḻe- vimarśānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīsthitirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃsaṃhṛtirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃjaganmayāyaiyāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāvidyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāmāyāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāmedhāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāmohāyainamaḥ| oṃbhavatyaiainamaḥ| oṃmahādevyai ainamaḥ| oṃmahāsuryainamaḥ| oṃprakṛtyaiainamaḥ| oṃsatvādiguṇatrayavibhāvinyaiainamaḥ| oṃkālarātryai ainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃmahārātryai ainamaḥ| oṃmoharātryai ainamaḥ| oṃdāruṇāyaiṇāyainamaḥ| oṃsureśvaryainamaḥ| oṃhriyeyenamaḥ| oṃbuddhyaiainamaḥ| oṃśrīvidyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsulakṣaṇāyaiṇāyainamaḥ| oṃlajjāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃpuṣṭyaiainamaḥ| oṃtuṣṭyaiainamaḥ| oṃśāntyaiainamaḥ| oṃkṣāntyaiainamaḥ| oṃkhaḍiganyaiainamaḥ| oṃśūlinyaiainamaḥ| oṃghorāyainamaḥ| oṃgadinyaiainamaḥ| oṃcakriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃśaṅikhanyaiainamaḥ| oṃcāpinyaiainamaḥ| oṃbāṇāyainamaḥ| oṃbhuśuṇḍyai ainamaḥ| oṃparighāyudhāyaighāyudhāyainamaḥ| oṃsaumyayaiyainamaḥ| oṃsundaryainamaḥ|80 (tṛtīyāyāṃ- aṣṭadaḻedaḻe- ānandānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīparāyaiīparāyainamaḥ| oṃparameśvaryainamaḥ| oṃparamāyainamaḥ| oṃsadātmikāyai kāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃasadātmikāyai kāyainamaḥ| oṃsadasadātmikāyai kāyainamaḥ| oṃakhilātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃnāryainamaḥ| oṃśivāyaivāyainamaḥ| oṃsiṃhavāhinyaiainamaḥ| oṃambikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃśrībhadrakālikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃcaṇḍikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃjaganmātrenamaḥ| oṃmahiṣāsuraghātinyaiainamaḥ| oṃātmaśaktayeyenamaḥ| oṃsarvānandamayyaiainamaḥ| oṃśraddhāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃguṇātmikāyai kāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvāśrayāyaiyāyainamaḥ| oṃavyākṛtāyaiākṛtāyainamaḥ| oṃādyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃśabdātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃvārtāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃārtihantryaiainamaḥ| oṃmedhāyainamaḥ| oṃdurgāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃbhavasamudranavenavenamaḥ| oṃkaiṭābhāri hṛdayaikadayaikakṛtālayāyainamaḥ| oṃgauryainamaḥ| oṃsadācittāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃgīrvāṇavaradāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃdevyaiainamaḥ| oṃmahādevyai ainamaḥ| oṃśivāyaivāyainamaḥ| oṃbhadrāyaiāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃraudrayaiyainamaḥ| oṃdhātryaiainamaḥ| oṃjyotsnāyaiāyainamaḥ|120 (caturthyāṃ- caturdaśāreśāre- jñānānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīindurūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃsukhāyainamaḥ| oṃkalyāṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃṛddhyaiainamaḥ| oṃsiddhyaiainamaḥ| oṃkurmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃnairṛtyaiainamaḥ| oṃbhūbhṛtāṃlakṣmyaiainamaḥ| oṃśarvāṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃdurgāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃdurgapārāyaipārāyainamaḥ| oṃsārāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvakāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃkṣāntyaiainamaḥ| oṃkṛtsnāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃdhūmrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃatisaumyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃatiraudrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃjagatpratiṣṭhāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃkṛṣṇāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃśrīviṣṇumāyāyaiumāyāyainamaḥ| oṃcetanāyainamaḥ| oṃbuddhirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃnidrārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃkṣudhārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃchāyārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃśaktirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃtṛṣṇārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃkṣāntirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃjātirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃlajjārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃśāntirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃśraddhārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃkāntirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃlakṣmīrūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃvṛttirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃdhṛtirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃsmṛtirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃdayārūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃtuṣṭirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ|160 (pañcamyāṃāṃ- bahirdaśāreśāre- satyānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīpuṣṭirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃmātṛrūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃbhrāntirūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃśubhahetavenamaḥ| oṃpārvatyaiainamaḥ| oṃkauśikyaiainamaḥ| oṃkālikāyai kāyainamaḥ| oṃugracaṇḍāyaiḍāyainamaḥ| oṃkṛṣṇāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃhimācalakṛtālayāyaimācalakṛtālayāyainamaḥ| oṃdhūmralocanahantryaiainamaḥ| oṃasinyaiainamaḥ| oṃpāśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃvicitrakhaṭvāṅgadharāyaidharāyainamaḥ| oṃnaramālāvibhūṣaṇāyaibhūṣaṇāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃdvīpicarmaparīdhānāyaiparīdhānāyainamaḥ| oṃśuṣkamāṃsāyaimāṃsāyainamaḥ| oṃatibhairavāyaibhairavāyainamaḥ| oṃativistāravadanāyaiāravadanāyainamaḥ| oṃjihvālalanabhīṣaṇāyaiālalanabhīṣaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃśrīnimagnāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃāraktanayanāyainayanāyainamaḥ| oṃnādāpūritadiṅmukhāyai ukhāyainamaḥ| oṃbhīmākṣyaiainamaḥ| oṃbhīmarūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃcaṇḍavināśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃmuṇḍavināśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃcāmuṇḍāyaiḍāyainamaḥ| oṃlokavikhyātāyai ātāyainamaḥ| oṃbrahmāṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃbrahmavādinyaiainamaḥ| oṃmāheśvaryainamaḥ| oṃvṛṣārūḍhāyaiḍhāyainamaḥ| oṃtriśūladhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃvaradhāriṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃmahābalāyainamaḥ| oṃahibalāyaibalāyainamaḥ| oṃcandrarekhāvibhūṣitāyaitāyainamaḥ| oṃkaumāryai namaḥ| oṃśaktihastāyaiāyainamaḥ|200 (ṣaṣṭhyāṃāṃ- antardaśāreśāre- pūrṇānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīmayūravāhanāyaiīmayūravāhanāyainamaḥ| oṃguharūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃvaiṣṇavyaiainamaḥ| oṃgaruḍoparisthitāyaitāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃśakhahastāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃcakrahastāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃgadāhastāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃśāṅgahastāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃkhaḍgahastāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃvārāyainamaḥ| oṃśrīnārasiṃyaiṃyainamaḥ| oṃghorarāvāyainamaḥ| oṃsaṭākṣepakṣiptanakṣatrasaṃhṛtyaiainamaḥ| oṃvajrahastāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃaindrayaiyainamaḥ| oṃgajarājoparisthitāyai tāyainamaḥ| oṃsahasranayanāyainayanāyainamaḥ| oṃśakrahastāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃbhīṣaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃśrīśaktayeyenamaḥ| oṃatyugrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃśivāśataninādinyaiainamaḥ| oṃaparājitāyai tāyainamaḥ| oṃśivadūtyaiainamaḥ| oṃkātyāyanyaiainamaḥ| oṃraktabījanāśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃcandraghaṇṭikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃaṣṭādaśabhujāyaiādaśabhujāyainamaḥ| oṃugrāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃniśumbhāsuraghātinyaiainamaḥ| oṃśumbhahantryaiainamaḥ| oṃprapannārtiharāyaiharāyainamaḥ| oṃviśveśvaryainamaḥ| oṃādhārabhūtāyainamaḥ| oṃmahīrūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃapāṃrūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃāpyāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃalaṅghyavīryāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃanantabījāyaibījāyainamaḥ|240 (saptamyāṃāṃ- aṣṭāreāre- svabhāvānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrībījasvarūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃsammohinyaiainamaḥ| oṃvidyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsvargapradāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃmuktipradāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃaśeṣajanahṛtsaṃsthāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃnārāyaṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃśivāyaivāyainamaḥ| oṃkalākāṣṭhādirūpāyai pāyainamaḥ| oṃpariṇāmapradāyinyaiainamaḥ| oṃsarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃśivāyaivāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvārthasādhikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃśaraṇyāyaiyāyainamaḥ| oṃtryambakāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃgauryainamaḥ| oṃsṛṣṭyatmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃsthityātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃlayātmikāyai kāyainamaḥ| oṃśaktyaiainamaḥ| oṃśrīsanātanyaiainamaḥ| oṃguṇāśrayāyaiyāyainamaḥ| oṃguṇamayāyainamaḥ| oṃnārāyaṇasvarūpiṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃśaraṇāgata-paritrāṇāṇa-parāyaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃdīna-paritrāṇāṇa-parāyaṇāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃārta-paritrāṇāṇa-parāyaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvasyātiharyainamaḥ| oṃdevyaiainamaḥ| oṃviṣṇurūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃparātparāyai rāyainamaḥ| oṃhaṃsayuktavimānasthāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃbrahmāṇīrūpadhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃkauśāmbhodhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃkṣurikādhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃśūladhāriṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃcandradhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃahidhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃvaradhāriṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃmahāvṛṣabhasaṃrūḍhāyaiḍhāyainamaḥ|280 (aṣṭamyāṃāṃ- trikoṇekoṇe- pratibhānandanāthavāsarenāthavāsare) oṃśrīmaheśvaryainamaḥ| oṃtrailokyatrāṇasahitāyaitāyainamaḥ| oṃkirīṭavaradhāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃśivadūtīsvarūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃhatadaityāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃvṛtraprāṇaharaṇāyaiāṇaharaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāsatvāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃghorarūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāravāyainamaḥ| oṃdaṃṣṭrākarāḻavadanāyaiākarāḻavadanāyainamaḥ| oṃśiromālābhūṣaṇāyairomālābhūṣaṇāyainamaḥ| oṃcāmuṇḍāyaiḍāyainamaḥ| oṃmuṇḍamathanyaiainamaḥ| oṃlakṣmyaiainamaḥ| oṃlajjāyaiāyainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃmahāvidyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃśraddhāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃpuṣṭyaiainamaḥ| oṃsadādhruvāyaiuvāyainamaḥ| oṃmahārātryai ainamaḥ| oṃśrīmahāvidyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāmedhāyainamaḥ| oṃsarasvatyaiainamaḥ| oṃvarāyainamaḥ| oṃbhītidāyai dāyainamaḥ| oṃtāmasyai ainamaḥ| oṃniyateśāyaiyateśāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvataḥtaḥpāṇyantāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvataḥtaḥpādāntāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃsarvato'kṣyantāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvataḥtaḥśiro'ntāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvatomukhāntāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvatoghrāṇāntāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvasvarūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃsarveśāyaiśāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvarūpāyaipāyainamaḥ| oṃsarvaśaktisamanvitāyaitāyainamaḥ| oṃsamastarogahantryaiainamaḥ| oṃsamastābhīṣṭadāyinyaiainamaḥ|320 (navamyāṃāṃ- bindau- subhāgānandanāthavāsare nāthavāsare) oṃśrīviśvātmikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃpāpahāriṇyai yainamaḥ| oṃutpātapākajanitopasargacayanāśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃviśvātihāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃtrailokyavaradāyinyaiainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃnandagopagṛhejātāyaigopagṛhejātāyainamaḥ| oṃyaśodāgarbhasambhavāyai vāyainamaḥ| oṃvindhyādrivāsinyaiainamaḥ| oṃraudrarūpiṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃśrīraktadantikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃdāḍimīkusumaprakhyāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃayonijāyaijāyainamaḥ| oṃśatalocanāyainamaḥ| oṃbhīmāyainamaḥ| oṃśākambharyainamaḥ| oṃdurgāyaiyainamaḥ| oṃdānavendravināśinyaiainamaḥ| oṃmahākālyāyai āyainamaḥ| oṃmahākālyai ainamaḥ| oṃśrīmahāmāryainamaḥ| oṃajāyainamaḥ| oṃlakṣmīpradāyaidāyainamaḥ| oṃvṛddhipradāyaidāyainamaḥ| oṃnityāyaiāyainamaḥ| oṃputrapautravardhinyaiainamaḥ| oṃśailaputryai ainamaḥ| oṃbrahmacāriṇyaiyainamaḥ| oṃcandraghaṇṭāyaiṭāyainamaḥ| oṃviśālākṣyaiainamaḥ| oṃśrīkūṣmāṇḍāyaiḍāyainamaḥ| oṃvedamātṛkāyainamaḥ| oṃskandamātrenamaḥ| oṃgaṇeśyaiyainamaḥ| oṃvirūpākṣyaiainamaḥ| oṃambikāyaikāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāgauryai namaḥ| oṃmahāvīryāyai yainamaḥ| śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam oṃmahābalāyainamaḥ| oṃmahāparākramāyaimāyainamaḥ|360 (daśamyāṃāṃ- bindau- samaṣṭipūjanaṃ) saṅkalpeviśeṣaḥśeṣaḥ sahasra-phaṇāmaṇi -maṇḍalaḍala-maṇḍitasyaśeṣa-paryaṅakaṅaka-śayānasya bhagavataḥśrīmannārāyaṇāsyasṛṣṭyādauādaunābhi kamalādāvirbhūtasya brahmaṇaḥṇaḥsaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃviṣṇukarṇamalodbhūtayoḥūtayoḥmadhukaiṭabhayoḥ nigrahārthaṃbrahmaṇāṇāsaṃprārthitāyāḥtāyāḥviṣṇoḥoḥnetraāsyanāsikā kābāhu hṛdayebhyaḥurasaśca āvibhūtāyāḥbhūtāyāḥdaśavaktrāyāḥāyāḥdaśabhujāyāḥ daśapādāyāḥnīlamaṇidyuteḥ uteḥrūpasaubhāgyakāntīnāṃ īnāṃparamapratiṣṭhāyāḥāyāḥ śrīmahākālyāḥāḥ- sasainyasahitatamahiṣāsuraṣāsuranigrahārthaṃsarvadeva śarīrebhyo ojyotirūpeṇapeṇaāvirbhūtāyāḥtāyāḥaṣṭādaśabhujāyāḥādaśabhujāyāḥpravāḻavarṇāyāḥyāḥ kamalāsanasthāyāḥ āyāḥtriguṇātmikāyāḥkāyāḥmahiṣamardinyāḥāḥśrīmahālakṣmyāḥāḥ- sasainyasahitataśumbhaniśumbhadhūmralocanalocanacaṇḍa muṇḍaḍaraktabījādi nigrahārthaṃgaurīdehātasamudbhūtāyāḥūtāyāḥbrāhmayādiśaktisahitāyāḥtāyāḥ sphaṭikavarṇāyāḥyāḥaṣṭabhujāyāḥbhujāyāḥsarvajñatvapradāyāḥdāyāḥśrīmahāsarasvatyāḥāḥ lokasaṃrakṣaṇārthaṃnandāraktadantikākāśākambharī rībhīmādurgā bhrāmarīāmarīrūpeṇapeṇakṛtāvatārāyāḥetāsāṃsamaṣṭirūpeṇapeṇavirajantyāḥāḥ śrīcaṇḍikāparameśvaryāḥ’ebhisstavaiścamāṃnityaṃstoṣyateteyaḥ mānavaḥtasyāhaṃāhaṃsakalāṃbādhāṃśamyiṣyāmyasaṃśayaṃsaṃśayaṃ’ iti śrīdevyokta prākāreṇākāreṇastotṝṇāṃotṝṇāṃsakalabādhānivṛttipradāyāḥdāyāḥ’yatratatpaṭhyatete samyakknityamāyatanemāyatanemama|sadānatatvimokṣyāmisānnidhyaṃtatra mesthitaṃtaṃ’ca’ sarvaṃmamaitanmāhātmyaṃmamasannidhikāraṇaṃkāraṇaṃ’ iti ca śrīdevyoktaprākāreṇākāreṇaupāsakānāṃgehenityaṃsānnihitāyāḥtāyāḥ’śrutaṃutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃyaṃprayacchati’ iti śrīdevyoktaprākāreṇākāreṇa sakṛtśravaṇādevaṇādevasakalapāpaharapūrvaka sakalaārogyayapradāyāḥdāyāḥ ’sarvābādhāsubādhāsughorāsuvedanābhyardito'pi vā|smaranranmamaitaccaritaṃtaṃ naromucyatetesaṅkaṭātṭāt’ iti śrīdevyādattavarapradānedānesmaraṇādevaraṇādeva sakalaśatrubādhāubādhānivṛttipradāyāḥdāyāḥśrutvāmamaitanmāhātmyaṃtathā cotpattayaḥyaḥśubhā’; iti śrīdevyoktarītyāsarvasampatpradavicitra śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanamnam pavitracaritravaibhavāyāḥ’upasargānaśeṣāṃstuumahāmārīsamudbhavānvān |tathātrividhamutpātaṃātaṃmāhātmyaṃśamayenmama ma; iti śrīdevyokta prākāreṇākāreṇamahāmāryādi rogaṇāṃsmaraṇādevaraṇādevaśāntipradāyāḥdāyāḥparadevatāyāḥ śrījaganmātuḥātuḥprasādasiyarthaṃśrījaganmātuḥātuḥprasādātsādātāsetuhimācalamācala nivasatāṃvasatāṃāstika mahājanānāṃābālavṛddhānāṃānāṃdvipadāṃpadāṃcatuṣpadāṃdāṃ cakṣemavāptyarthaṃputrapaśuvidyāaiśvaryadhanadhānya gṛhaārāmakṣetrādiabhivṛddhyarthāṃśrīparadevatāyāḥīparadevatāyāḥparama prītikarakaraśāpoddhārārautkīlanīlanamantrajapa-kavacaargalalakīlaka- navākṣaramantrajaparātrīsūktapaṭhanapūrvaka mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇantargatata sāvarṇimanvāntareretrayodaśādhyāyātmaka saptaśatamantrarūpacaṇḍikākhya paṭhanaṃtadantaraṃraṃdevīsūkta navākṣaramantrajapajaparahasyatraya utkīlanīlana mantrajapaṃkariṣye|| iti śrīcaṇḍīḍīṣaṣṭhyuttaratriśatyarcanaṃnaṃsampūrṇamm|
About this stotram — Durga
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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