Stotra

महाकाली स्तुति — देवी माहात्म्य

Mahakali Stuti — Devi Mahatmya

Brahma's fifteen-verse praise of the cosmic Goddess as creation, preservation, dissolution, knowledge and Mahamaya.

समर्पितमाँ काली
Sacred textHinglish pronunciation

vishveshvareen jagaddhaatreen sthitisnhaarakaarineem.nidraan bhagavateen vishnoratulaan tejash prabhuh (53)

tvn svaahaa tvn svadhaa tvn hi vashatkaarh svaraatmikaa.sudhaa tvamakshare nitye tridhaa maatraatmikaa sthitaa (54)

ardhamaatraa sthitaa nityaa yaanuchchaaryaa visheshath.tvameva sandhyaa saavitree tvn devi jananee paraa (55)

tvayaiva dhaaryate sarvn tvayaitatsrijyate jagat.tvayaitatpaalyate devi tvamatsyante cha sarvadaa (56)

visrishtau srishtiroopaa tvn sthitiroopaa cha paalane.tathaa snhritiroopaante jagato'sya jaganmaye (57)

mahaavidyaa mahaamaayaa mahaamedhaa mahaasmritih.mahaamohaa cha bhavatee mahaadevee maheshvaree (58)

prakritistvanycha sarvasya gunatrayavibhaavinee.kaalaraatrirmahaaraatrirmoharaatrishcha daarunaa (59)

tvn shreestvameeshvaree tvn hreestvn buddhirbodhalakshanaa.lajjaa pushtistathaa tushtistvn shaantih kshaantireva cha (60)

khadginee shoolinee ghoraa gadinee chakrinee tathaa.shangkhinee chaapinee baanabhushundee parighaayudhaa (61)

saumyaa saumyataraasheshasaumyebhyastvatisundaree.paraaparaanaan paramaa tvameva parameshvaree (62)

yachcha kinychitkvachidvastu sadasadvaakhilaatmike.tasya sarvasya yaa shaktih saa tvn kin stooyate tadaa (63)

yayaa tvayaa jagatsrashtaa jagatpaatyatti yo jagat.so'pi nidraavashn neeth kastvaan stotumiheshvarh (64)

vishnuh shareeragrahanamahameeshaana eva cha.kaaritaaste yato'tastvaan kh stotun shaktimaan bhavet (65)

saa tvamitthn prabhaavaih svairudaarairdevi snstutaa.mohayaitau duraadharshaavasurau madhukaitabhau (66)

prabodhanycha jagatsvaamee neeyataamachyuto laghu.bodhashcha kriyataamasya hantumetau mahaasurau (67)

Text source

Sanskrit Wikisource — Markandeya Purana, chapter 81

Ancient public-domain scripture; cited Wikisource transcription is CC BY-SA

Verses 53–67 are included as the complete Brahma-stuti in this chapter.