Mahishasura Mardini Stotram
Last updated: 14 June 2026
Author: Shree Adi Shankaracharya
English Transliteration
Om Mahishasura Mardini Stotram
ayi girinandini nanditamedini viśvavinodini nandinute
girivaravindhyaśiro'dhinivāsini viṣṇuvilāsini jiṣṇunute |
bhagavati he śitikaṇṭhakuṭumbini bhūrikuṭumbini bhūrikṛte
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 1 ||
suravaravarṣiṇi durdharadharṣiṇi durmukhamarṣiṇi harṣarate
tribhuvanapoṣiṇi śaṅkaratoṣiṇi kilbiṣamoṣiṇi ghoṣarate
danujaniroṣiṇi ditisutaroṣiṇi durmadaśoṣiṇi sindhusute
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 2 ||
ayi jagadamba madamba kadamba vanapriyavāsini hāsarate
śikhari śiromaṇi tuṅgahimalaya śṛṅganijālaya madhyagate |
madhumadhure madhukaiṭabhagañjini kaiṭabhabhañjini rāsarate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 3 ||
ayi śatakhaṇḍa vikhaṇḍitaruṇḍa vituṇḍitaśuṇḍa gajādhipate
ripugajagaṇḍa vidāraṇacaṇḍa parākramaśuṇḍa mṛgādhipate |
nijabhujadaṇḍa nipātitakhaṇḍa vipātitamuṇḍa bhaṭādhipate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 4 ||
ayi raṇadurmada śatruvadhodita durdharanirjara śaktibhṛte
caturavicāra dhurīṇamahāśiva dūtakṛta pramathādhipate |
duritadurīha durāśayadurmati dānavaduta kṛtāntamate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 5 ||
ayi śaraṇāgata vairivadhuvara vīravarābhaya dāyakare
tribhuvanamastaka śūlavirodhi śiro'dhikṛtāmala śūlakare |
dumidumitāmara dhundubhinādamahomukharīkṛta diṅmakare
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 6 ||
ayi nijahuṅkṛti mātranirākṛta dhūmravilocana dhūmraśate
samaraviśoṣita śoṇitabīja samudbhavaśoṇita bījalate |
śivaśivaśumbha niśumbhamahāhava tarpitabhūta piśācarate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 7 ||
dhanuranuṣaṅga raṇakṣaṇasaṅga parisphuradaṅga naṭatkaṭake
kanakapiśaṅga pṛṣatkaniṣaṅga rasadbhaṭaśṛṅga hatābaṭuke |
kṛtacaturaṅga balakṣitiraṅga ghaṭadbahuraṅga raṭadbaṭuke
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 8 ||
suralalanā tatatheyi tatheyi kṛtābhinayodara nṛtyarate
kṛta kukuthaḥ kukutho gaḍadādikatāla kutūhala gānarate |
dhudhukuṭa dhukkuṭa dhiṃdhimita dhvani dhīra mṛdaṃga ninādarate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 9 ||
jaya jaya japya jayejayaśabda parastuti tatparaviśvanute
jhaṇajhaṇajhiñjhimi jhiṅkṛta nūpuraśiñjitamohita bhūtapate |
naṭita naṭārdha naṭī naṭa nāyaka nāṭitanāṭya sugānarate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 10 ||
ayi sumanaḥsumanaḥsumanaḥ sumanaḥsumanoharakāntiyute
śritarajanī rajanīrajanī rajanīrajanī karavaktravṛte |
sunayanavibhramara bhramarabhramara bhramarabhramarādhipate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 11 ||
sahitamahāhava mallamatallika mallitarallaka mallarate
viracitavallika pallikamallika jhillikabhillika vargavṛte |
śitakṛtaphulla samullasitāruṇa tallajapallava sallalite
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 12 ||
aviralagaṇḍa galanmadamedura mattamataṅga jarājapate
tribhuvanabhuṣaṇa bhūtakalānidhi rūpapayonidhi rājasute |
ayi sudatījana lālasamānasa mohana manmatharājasute
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 13 ||
kamaladalāmala komalakānti kalākalitāmala bhālalate
sakalavilāsa kalānilayakrama kelicalatkala haṃsakule |
alikulasaṅkula kuvalayamaṇḍala maulimiladbakulālikule
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 14 ||
karamuralīrava vījitakūjita lajjitakokila mañjumate
militapulinda manoharaguñjita rañjitaśaila nikuñjagate |
nijagaṇabhūta mahāśabarīgaṇa sadguṇasambhṛta kelitale
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 15 ||
kaṭitaṭapīta dukūlavicitra mayukhatiraskṛta candraruce
praṇatasurāsura maulimaṇisphura daṃśulasannakha candraruce |
jitakanakācala maulimadorjita nirbharakuñjara kumbhakuce
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 16 ||
vijitasahasrakaraika sahasrakaraika sahasrakaraikanute
kṛtasuratāraka saṅgaratāraka saṅgaratāraka sūnusute |
surathasamādhi samānasamādhi samādhisamādhi sujātarate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 17 ||
padakamalaṃ karuṇānilaye varivasyati yo'nudinaṃ suśive
ayi kamale kamalānilaye kamalānilayaḥ sa kathaṃ na bhavet |
tava padameva parampadamityanuśīlayato mama kiṃ na śive
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 18 ||
kanakalasatkalasindhujalairanuṣiñcati teguṇaraṅgabhuvam
bhajati sa kiṃ na śacīkucakumbhataṭīparirambhasukhānubhavam |
tava caraṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ karavāṇi natāmaravāṇi nivāsi śivam
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 19 ||
tava vimalendukulaṃ vadanendumalaṃ sakalaṃ nanu kūlayate
kimu puruhūtapurīndu mukhī sumukhībhirasau vimukhīkriyate |
mama tu mataṃ śivanāmadhane bhavatī kṛpayā kimuta kriyate
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 20 ||
ayi mayi dīna dayālutayā kṛpayaiva tvayā bhavitavyamume
ayi jagato jananī kṛpayāsi yathāsi tathānumitāsirate |
yaducitamatra bhavatyurarīkurutādurutāpamapākurute
jaya jaya he mahiṣāsuramardini ramyakapardini śailasute || 21 ||Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram?
The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram is a sacred Hindu devotional hymn (stotram) dedicated to Durga. VedKosh provides its complete text in Hindi and English with transliteration for regional readers.
What are the benefits of reciting the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram?
Reciting the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram with devotion is traditionally believed to invoke the grace of Durga, calm and focus the mind, and create an auspicious, sattvic atmosphere. It is practised as an act of bhakti (devotion) rather than for any guaranteed material outcome.
When should the Mahishasura Mardini Stotram be recited?
The Mahishasura Mardini Stotram can be recited during daily morning or evening worship of Durga, and especially on the deity's sacred days and festivals. A clean, quiet space and a steady, devotional mind are the main requirements.
Updated for 2026
