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caṇḍikāhṛdayastotramm
caṇḍikāhṛdayastotramm
asyaśrīcaṇḍikākāhṛdayadayastotramahāmantrasya|
mārkkaṇḍeyaḍeyaṛṣiḥḥ, anuṣṭupcchandaḥ, śrīcaṇḍikākādevatā|
hrāṃāṃbījaṃ, hrīṃśaktiḥ, hrūṃkīlakaṃ,
asyaśrīcaṇḍikākāprasādasādasiddhyarthejapeviniyogaḥyogaḥ|
hrāṃāṃityādiṣaḍaṃganyāsaḥāsaḥ|
dhyānaṃānaṃ|
sarvamaṃgaḻamaṃgaḻamāṃgalye
eśivevesarvārtthasādhike
ke|
śaraṇyeyetryambakekegaurīnārāyaṇīnamo'stute
ute||
brahmovācovāca|
athātassaṃ
ṃpravakṣyāmivistareṇareṇayathātathaṃ|
caṇḍikākāhṛdayaṃdayaṃguhyaṃśa‍ṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥmānasaḥ||
oṃaiṃhrīṃkḻīṃ, hrāṃāṃ, hrīṃ, hrūṃjayajayacāmuṇḍeḍe,
caṇḍikeke, tridaśadaśa, maṇimakuṭakoṭīramakuṭakoṭīrasaṃghaṭṭitatacaraṇāravinde
e,
gāyatrīī, sāvitrī, sarasvati, mahāhikṛtābharaṇekṛtābharaṇe, bhairavarūpapa
dhāriṇīṇī, prakaṭita
daṃṣṭrogravadanevadane,ghore, ghorānanejvala
la
jvalajjvālālāsahasraparivṛtevṛte, mahāṭṭahāsahāsabadharīkṛtadigantarere,
sarvāyudhayudhaparipūrṇṇe, kapālahaste
e, gajājinottarīyerīye,
bhūtavetāḻavṛndaparivṛte
vṛte, prakanpita
dharādhare,
madhukaiṭamahiṣāsuraṣāsura, dhūmralocanalocanacaṇḍamuṇḍaraktabījabīja
śuṃbhaniśuṃbhādi
daityaniṣkaṇḍhakeḍhake, kāḻarātri
mahāmāye, śiveve, nitye, indrāgniyamanirṛtivaruṇavāyuṇavāyu
someśānapradhānadhānaśaktibhūte, brahmāviṣṇuuśivastuteute,
tribhuvanādhārādhārebhuvanādhārādhāre, vāme, jyeṣṭhe, raudryaṃbikeke,
brāhmī, māheśvari, kaumāri, vaiṣṇavīvīśaṃkhinī
nīvārāhīndrāṇī
āṇī
cāmuṇḍāḍāśivadūtimahākāḻi
mahālakṣmī, mahāsarasvatītisthite
te,
caṇḍikāhṛdayastotramm
nādamadhyasthitete, mahograviṣoragaphaṇāmaṇighaṭitata
makuṭakaṭakādiratna
mahājvālāmaya
ālāmayapādabāhudaṇḍottamāṃgemāṃge,
mahāmahiṣopari
gandharvavidyādharārādhitete,
navaratnanidhikośekośetattvasvarūpepevākpāṇipādapāyūpasthātmikeke,
śabdasparśarūparasagandhādisvarūpepe,
tvakcakṣuḥuḥśrotrajihvāghrāṇamahābuddhisthitete,
oṃaiṃkārahrīṃkārakḻīṃkārahaste
eāṃkroṃāgneyanayanapātrepraveśayaveśaya,
drāṃāṃśoṣayaśoṣaya, drīṃsukumārayasukumāraya,
śrīṃsarvaṃpraveśayaveśayapraveśayaveśaya, trailokyavaravaravarṇṇini
samastacittaṃvaśīkaru
vaśīkaru
mamaśatrūnūn,
śīghraṃmārayamāraya, jāgrattsvapnasuṣuptyavasthāsuāsuasmānān
rājacorāgnijala
jalavātaviṣabhūtaṣabhūta-śatrumṛtyuu-jvarādisphoṭakādi
nānārogebhyoḥ
oḥnānābhicārebhyo
onānāpavādebhyaḥ
ḥparakarma
mantra
tantrayantrauṣadhauṣadhaśalyaśūnyakṣudrebhyaḥsamyaṅmāṃāṃ
rakṣarakṣa, oṃaiṃhrāṃāṃhrīṃhrūṃhraiṃhraḥ,
sphrāṃāṃsphrīṃsphraiṃsphrauṃsphraḥ- mamasarvakāryāṇi
sādhayasādhayahuṃphaṭsvāhāhā-
rājadvāreāreśmaśānemaśānevāvivādevādeśatruusaṅkaṭeṭe|
bhūtāgni
coramaddhyasthemayi
kāryāṇi
sādhaya||svāhāhā|
caṇḍikākāhṛdayaṃdayaṃguhyaṃtrisandhyaṃyaḥpaṭhennaraḥraḥ|
sarvakāmapradaṃdaṃpuṃsāṃbhuktimuktiṃṃpriyaccati||
caṇḍikāhṛdayastotramm

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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