महिषासुर मर्दिनी स्तोत्र
Mahishasura Mardini Stotram
Ayi Giri Nandini — twenty-one cascading verses to the Goddess who slew Mahishasura, among the most musical hymns in Sanskrit devotion.
समर्पितमाँ दुर्गाayigirinandini nanditamedini vishvavinodini nandanutegirivaravindhya-shirodhinivaasini vishnuvilaasini jishnunute.bhagavati he shitikanthakutumbini bhoorikutumbini bhoorikritejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (1)
suravaravarshini durdharadharshini durmukhamarshinee harsharatetribhuvanaposhini shnkaratoshini kilbishamoshini ghosharate.danujaniroshini ditisutaroshini durmadashoshini sindhusutejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (2)
ayi jagadamba madamba kadambavanapriyavaasini haasarateshikharishiromani tunggahimaalayashringganijaalayamadhyagate.madhumadhure madhukaitabhaganyjini kaitabhabhanyjini raasaratejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (3)
ayi shatakhandavikhanditarundavitunditashundagajaadhipateripugajagandavidaaranachandaparaakramashundamrigaadhipate.nijabhujadandanipaatitakhandavipaatitamundabhataadhipatejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (4)
ayi ranadurmadashatruvadhodyatadurdharanirjarashaktibhritechaturavichaaradhureenamahaashivadootakritapramathaadhipate.duritadureehaduraashayadurmatidaanavadootakritaantamatejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (5)
ayi sharanaagatavairivadhoovaraveeravaraabhayadaanakaretribhuvanamastakashoolavirodhishirodhikritaamalashoolakare.dumidumitaamaradundubhinaadamaho mukhareekritatigmakarejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (6)
ayi nijahungkritimaatraniraakritadhoomravilochanadhoomrashatesamaravishoshitashonitabeejasamudbhavashonitabeejalate.shivashivashumbhanishumbhamahaahavatarpitabhootapishaacharatejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (7)
dhanuranusngaranakshanasngaparisphuradangganatatkatakekanakapishanggaprishatkanishanggarasadbhatashringgahataabatuke.kritachaturngabalakshitiranggaghatadbahuranggaratadbatukejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (8)
suralalanaa-tatatheyi-tatheyi-kritaabhinayodara-nrityaratekritakukuthh kukutho gadadaadika-taala-kutoohala-gaanarate.dhudhukuta dhukkuta dhindhimitadhvanidheeramridangganinaadaratejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (9)
jaya-jaya-japya-jayejayashabda-parastuti-tatparavishvanutejhana-jhana-jhinyjhimi jhingkrita noopurasinjitamohita bhootapate.natitanataardha natee nata naayaka naatitanaatya sugaanaratejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (10)
ayi sumanh sumanh sumanh sumanh sumanoharakaantiyuteshritarajanee-rajaneerajanee-rajaneerajaneekara-vaktravrite.sunayanavibhramara-bhramarabhramara-bhramarabhramaraadhipatejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (11)
sahitamahaahava-mallamatallika-mallitarallaka-mallaratevirachitavallika-pallikamallika-bhillikabhillika-vargavrite.sitkritpullasamullasitaaruna-tallaja-pallava-sallalitejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (12)
aviralaganda-galanmadamedura-mattamattngaja-raajapatetribhuvanabhooshanabhoota-kalaanidhi-roopapayonidhi-raajasute.ayi sudateejana-laalasamaanasa-mohanamanmatharaajasutejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (13)
kamaladalaamala-komalakaanti-kalaa-kalitaamala-bhaalalatesakalavilaasa-kalaanilayakrama-kelichalatkala-hnsakule.alikulasangkula-kuvalayamandala-maulimiladbakulaalikulejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (14)
karamuraleerava-veejitakoojita-lajjitakokila-manyjumatemilitapulinda-manoharagunjita-rnjitashaila-nikunyjagate.nijagunabhoota-mahaashabareegana-sadgunasambhrita-kelitalejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (15)
katitatapeeta-dukoolavichitra-mayookhatiraskrita-chandraruchepranatasuraasura-maulimanisphuradnshula-sannakha-chandraruche.jitakanakaachala-maulipadorjita-nirbharakunjara-kumbhakuchejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (16)
vijitasahasra-karaika-sahasra-karaika-sahasra-karaikanutekritasurataaraka-sanggarataaraka-sanggarataaraka-sunoosute.surathasamaadhi-samaanasamaadhi-samaadhi-samaadhi-sujaataratejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (17)
padakamaln karunaanilaye varivasyati yonudinam sa shiveayi kamale kamalaanilaye kamalaanilayh sa kathn na bhavet.tava padameva parampadamityanusheelayato mama kin na shivejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (18)
kanakalasatkalasindhu-jalairanu-sinychinute gunaranggabhuvambhajati sa kin na shacheekuchakumbhatateeparirambha-sukhaanubhavam.tavacharann sharanangkaravaani nataamaravaaninivaasishivamjaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (19)
tava vimalendukuln vadanendumaln sakaln nanukoolayatekimu puruhootapureendu-mukhee-sumukheebhirasau vimukheekriyate.mama tu matn shivanaamadhane bhavatee kripayaa kimuta kriyatejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (20)
ayi mayi deena dayaalutayaa kripayaiva tvayaa bhavitavyamumeayi jagato jananee kripayaasi yathaasi tathaanumitaasirate.yaduchitamatra bhavatyuraree-kurutaadurutaapamapaakurutejaya jaya he mahishaasuramardini ramya kapardini shailasute (21)
stutimimaan stimith susamaadhinaa niyamato yamatonudinn pathet.paramayaa ramayaa sa nishevyate parijano'rijano'pi cha tn bhajet.. harih Om tatsat mahishaasuramardineestotrn harih Om tatsat.
Sanskrit Wikisource — महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्रम् (revision 418534)
Underlying stotra is public domain; cited Wikisource transcription is CC BY-SA
Complete twenty-one-verse recension with its closing phalashruti. Verse numbering was normalised from Latin to Devanagari numerals, a zero-width non-joiner inside the number of verse 11 and a stray danda in the same verse were removed, an obvious typo (त्रिभिवन for त्रिभुवन, verse 13) was corrected, and refrain spacing in verse 9 was made consistent. A promotional line carrying a personal name and phone number, added to the wiki page by an editor, is not part of the hymn and is excluded. No verse was added, removed or reordered.
महिषासुर मर्दिनी स्तोत्र का अर्थ
The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram is built on a single cascading metre in which every line chimes internally, so that the sound of the hymn carries as much of its meaning as the words do. Its twenty-one verses move from the Goddess's victory over Mahishasura through the battles of the Durga Saptashati, then through long passages of pure description — dance, music, jewellery, mountains, bees and flowering trees — before turning in the last four verses into direct, personal appeal. The closing verse belongs to the traditional phalashruti form, which states the fruit of recitation in the confident idiom of devotional poetry rather than as a literal promise. Attribution to Adi Shankaracharya is traditional; some scholars assign the hymn to the later poet Ramakrishna Kavi.