
Soundarya Lahari
Author: Shree Adi Shankaracharya
English Transliteration
Om Soundarya Lahari
śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śakta: prabhavituṃ
na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśala: spanditumapi |
atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi
praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati
tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ
viriñciḥ saṃcinvanviracayati lokānavikalam |
vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ
hara: saṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim
avidyānāmantastimiramihiradvīpanagarī
jaḍānāṃ caitanyastabakamakarandasrutijharī |
daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau
nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripuvarāhasya bhavati
tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyāmabhayavarado daivatagaṇa-
stvamekā naivāsi prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā |
bhayāttrātuṃ dātuṃ phalamapi ca vāñchāsamadhikaṃ
śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāveva nipuṇau
haristvāmārādhya praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīṃ
purā nārī bhūtvā puraripumapi kṣobhamanayat |
smaro'pi tvāṃ natvā ratinayanalehyena vapuṣā
munīnāmapyantaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatāma
dhanuḥ pauṃṣpaṃ maurvī madhukaramayī pañca viśikhā
vasantaḥ sāmanto malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ |
tathāpyekaḥ sarvaṃ himagirisute kāmapi kṛpā-
mapāṅgātte labdhvā jagadidamanaṅgo vijayate
kaṇatkāñcīdāmā karikalabhakumbhastananatā
parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇataśaraccandravadanā |
dhanurbāṇānpāśaṃ sṛṇimapi dadhānā karatalaiḥ
purastādāstāṃ na: puramathiturāhopuruṣikā
sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte
maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe |
śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ
bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm
mahīṃ mūlādhāre kamapi maṇipūre hutavahaṃ
sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi marutamākāśamupari |
mano'pi bhrūmadhye sakalamapi bhittvā kulapathaṃ
sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharase
sudhādhārāsāraiścaraṇayugalāntarvigalitaiḥ
prapañcaṃ siñcantī punarapi rasāmnāyamahasaḥ |
avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaganibhamadhyuṣṭavalayaṃ
svamātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi
caturbhi: śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhirapi
prabhinnābhiḥ śambhornavabhirapi mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ |
catuścatvāriṃśadvasudalakalāśratrivalaya-
trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava śaraṇakoṇā: pariṇatāḥ
tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhinagirikanye tulayituṃ
kavīndrā: kalpante kathamapi viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ |
yadālokautsukyādamaralalanā yānti manasā
tapobhirduṣprāpāmapi giriśasāyujyapadavīma
naraṃ varṣīyāṃsaṃ nayanavirasaṃ narmasu jaḍaṃ
tavāpāṅgāloke patitamanudhāvanti śataśaḥ |
galadveṇībandhāḥ kucakalaśavisrastasicayā
haṭhāttruṭyatkāñcyo vigalitadukūlā yuvatayaḥ
kṣitau ṣaṭpañcāśadvisamadhikapañcāśadudake
hutāśe dvāṣaṣṭiścaturadhikapañcāśadanile |
divi dviḥṣaṭtriṃśanmanasi ca catuḥṣaṣṭiriti ye
mayūkhāsteṣāmapyupari tava pādāmbujayugama
śarajjyotsnāśuddhāṃ śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamakuṭāṃ
varatrāsatrāṇasphaṭikaghaṭikāpustakakarām |
sakṛnna tvā natvā kathamiva satāṃ saṃnidadhate
madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇā: phaṇitayaḥ
kavīndrāṇāṃ cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ
bhajante ye santa: katicidaruṇāmeva bhavatīm |
viriñcipreyasyāstaruṇataraśaṛṅgāralaharī-
gabhīrābhirvāgbhirvidadhati satāṃ rañjanamamī
savitrībhirvācāṃ śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhi-
rvaśinyādyābhistvāṃ saha janani saṃcintayati yaḥ |
sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahtāṃ bhaṅgirucibhi-
rvacobhirvāgdevīvadanakamalāmodamadhuraiḥ
tanucchāyābhiste taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhi-
rdivaṃ sarvāmurvīmaruṇimani magnāṃ smarati yaḥ |
bhavantyasya trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ
sahorvaśyā vaśyāḥ kati kati na gīrvāṇagaṇikā:
mukhaṃ binduṃ kṛtvā kucayugamadhastasya tadadho
harārdhaṃ dhyāyedyo haramahiṣi te manmathakalām |
sa sadyaḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ nayati vanitā ityatilaghu
trilokīmapyāśu bhramayati ravīndustanayugām
kirantīmaṅgebhyaḥ kiraṇanikurumbāmṛtarasaṃ
hṛdi tvāmādhatte himakaraśilāmūrtimiva yaḥ |
sa sarpāṇāṃ darpaṃ śamayati śakuntādhipa iva
jvarapluṣṭāndṛṣṭyā sukhayati sudhādhārasirayā
taṭillekhātanvīṃ tapanaśaśivaiśvānaramayīṃ
niṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṇṇāmapyupari kamalānāṃ tava kalāma |
mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ mṛditamalamāyena manasā
mahāntaḥ paśyanto dadhati paramāhlādalaharīm
bhavāni tvaṃ dāse mayi vitara dṛṣṭiṃ sakaruṇā-
miti stotuṃ vāñchankathayati bhavāni tvamiti yaḥ |
tadaiva tvaṃ tasmai diśasi nijasāyujyapadavīṃ
mukundabrahmendrasphuṭamakuṭanīrājitapadāma
tvayā hṛtvā vāmaṃ vapuraparitṛptena manasā
śarīrārdhaṃ śaṃbhoraparamapi śaṅke hṛtamabhūt |
yadetattvadrūpaṃ sakalamaruṇābhaṃ trinayanaṃ
kucābhyāmānamraṃ kuṭilaśaśicūḍālamakuṭam
jagatsūte dhātā hariravati rudraḥ kṣapayate
tiraskurvannetatsvamapi vapurīśastirayati |
sadāpūrvaḥ sarvaṃ tadidamanugṛhṇāti ca śiva-
stavājñāmālambya kṣaṇacalitayorbhrūlatikayoḥ
trayāṇāṃ devānāṃ triguṇajanitānāṃ tava śive
bhavetpūjā pūjā tava caraṇayoryā viracitā |
tathāhi tvatpādodvahanamaṇipīṭhasya nikaṭe
sthitā hyete śaśvanmukulitakarottaṃsamakuṭāḥ
viriści: pañcatvaṃ vrajati harirāpnoti viratiṃ
vināśaṃ kīnāśo bhajati dhanado yāti nidhanam |
vitandrī māhendrī vitatirapi saṃmīlitadṛśā
mahāsaṃhāre'sminviharati sati tvatpatirasau
japo jalpa: śilpaṃ sakalamapi mudrāviracanā
gati: prādakṣiṇyakramaṇamaśanādyāhutividhiḥ |
praṇāma: saṃveśa: sukhamakhilamātmārpaṇadṛśā
saparyāparyāyastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam
sudhāmapyāsvādya pratibhayajarāmṛtyuhariṇīṃ
vipadyante viśve vidhiśatamakhādyā diviṣadaḥ |
karālaṃ yatkṣvelaṃ kabalitavataḥ kālakalanā
na śaṃbhostanmūlaṃ tava janani tāṭaṅkamahimā
kirīṭaṃ vairiñcaṃ parihara puraḥ kaiṭabhabhidaḥ
kaṭhore koṭīre skhalasi jahi jambhārimakuṭam |
praṇamreṣveteṣu prasabhamupayātasya bhavanaṃ
bhavasyābhyutthāne tava parijanoktirvijayate
svadehodbhūtābhirghṛṇibhiraṇimādyābhirabhito
niṣevye nitye tvāmahamiti sadā bhāvayati yaḥ |
kimāścaryaṃ tasya trinayanasamṛddhiṃ tṛṇayato
mahāsaṃvartāgnirviracayati nīrājanavidhima
catuḥṣaṣṭayā tantraiḥ sakalamatisandhāya bhuvanaṃ
sthitastattatsiddhiprasavaparatantraiḥ paśupatiḥ |
punastvannirbandhādakhilapuruṣārthaikaghaṭanā-
svatantraṃ te tantraṃ kṣititalamavātītaradidam
śivaḥ śaktiḥ kāmaḥ kṣitiratha raviḥ śītakiraṇa:
smaro haṃsaḥ śakrastadanu ca parāmāraharayaḥ |
amī hṛllekhābhistisṛbhiravasāneṣu ghaṭitā
bhajante varṇāste tava janani nāmāvayavatām
smaraṃ yoniṃ lakṣmīṃ tritayamidamādau tava mano-
rnidhāyaike nitye niravadhimahābhogarasikāḥ |
bhajanti tvāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanibaddhākṣavalayā:
śivāgnau juhvantaḥ surabhighṛtadhārāhutiśataiḥ
śarīraṃ tvaṃ śaṃbhoḥ śaśimihiravakṣoruhayugaṃ
tavātmānaṃ manye bhagavati navātmānamanagham |
ata: śeṣa: śeṣītyayamubhayasādhāraṇatayā
sthita: saṃbandho vāṃ samarasaparānandaparayoḥ
manastvaṃ vyoma tvaṃ marudasi marutsārathirasi
tvamāpastvaṃ bhūmistvayi pariṇatāyāṃ na hi parama |
tvameva svātmānaṃ pariṇamayituṃ viśvavapuṣā
cidānandākāraṃ śivayuvati bhāvena bibhṛṣe
tavājñācakrasthaṃ tapanaśaśikoṭidyutidharaṃ
paraṃ śaṃbhuṃ vande parimilitapārśvaṃ paracitā |
yamārādhyanbhaktyā raviśaśiśucīnāmaviṣaye
nirāloke'loke nivasati hi bhālokabhuvane
viśuddhau te śuddhasphaṭikaviśadaṃ vyomajanakaṃ
śivaṃ seve devīmapi śivasamānavyavasitāma |
yayoḥ kāntyā yāntyāḥ śaśikiraṇasārūpyasaraṇe-
rvidhūtāntardhvāntā vilasati cakorīva jagatī
samunmīlatsaṃvitkamalamakarandaikarasikaṃ
bhaje haṃsadvandvaṃ kimapi mahatāṃ mānasacaram |
yadālāpādaṣṭādaśaguṇitavidyāpariṇati-
ryadādatte doṣādguṇamakhilamadbhyaḥ paya iva
tava svādhiṣṭhāne hutavahamadhiṣṭhāya nirataṃ
tamīḍe saṃvartaṃ janani mahatīṃ tāṃ ca samayām |
yadāloke lokāndahati mahati krodhakalite
dayārdrā yā dṛṣṭiḥ śiśiramupacāraṃ racayati
taṭittvantaṃ śaktyā timiraparipanthisphuraṇayā
sphurannānāratnābharaṇapariṇaddhendradhanuṣam |
tava śyāmaṃ meghaṃ kamapi maṇipūraikaśaraṇaṃ
niṣeve varṣantaṃ haramihirataptaṃ tribhuvanama
tavādhāre mūle saha samayayā lāsyaparayā
navātmānaṃ manye navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam |
ubhābhyāmetābhyāmudayavidhimuddiśya dayayā
sanāthābhyāṃ jajñe janakajananīmajjagadidam
gatairmāṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ
kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ |
sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ
dhanu: śaunāsīraṃ kimiti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām
dhunotu dhvāntaṃ nastulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ
ghanasnigdhaślakṣṇaṃ cikuranikurumbaṃ tava śive |
yadīyaṃ saurabhyaṃ sahajamupalabdhaṃ sumanaso
vasantyasminmanye valamathanavāṭīviṭapinām
tanotu kṣemaṃ nastava vadanasaundaryalaharī-
parīvāhaḥ srota:saraṇiriva sīmantasaraṇiḥ |
vahantī sindūraṃ prabalakabarībhāratimira-
dviṣāṃ bṛndairbandīkṛtamiva navīnārkakiraṇama
arālaiḥ svābhāvyādalikalabhasaśrībhiralakaiḥ
parītaṃ te vaktraṃ parihasati paṅkeruharucim |
darasmere yasmindaśanarucikiñjalkarucire
sugandhau mādyanti smaradahanacakṣurmadhulihaḥ
lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalamābhāti taba ya-
ddvitīyaṃ tanmanye makuṭaghaṭitaṃ candraśakalam |
viparyāsanyāsādubhayamapi saṃbhūya ca mitha:
sudhālepasyūti: pariṇamati rākāhimakaraḥ
bhruvau bhugne kiṃcidbhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini
tvadīye netrābhyāṃ madhukararucibhyāṃ dhṛtaguṇam |
dhanurmanye savyetarakaragṛhītaṃ ratipateḥ
prakoṣṭhe muṣṭau ca sthagayati nigūḍhāntaramume
ahaḥ sūte savyaṃ tava nayanamarkātmakatayā
triyāmāṃ vāmaṃ te sṛjati rajanīnāyakatayā |
tṛtīyā te dṛṣṭirdaradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ
samādhatte sandhyāṃ divasaniśayorantaracarīm
viśālā kalyāṇī sphuṭarucirayodhyā kuvalayaiḥ
kṛpādhārādhārā kimapi madhurābhogavatikā |
avantī dṛṣṭiste bahunagaravistāravijayā
dhruvaṃ tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā vijayate
kavīnāṃ saṃdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaṃ
kaṭākṣavyākṣepabhramarakalabhau karṇayugalam |
amuñcantau dṛṣṭvā tava navarasāsvādataralā-
vasūyāsaṃsargādalikanayanaṃ kiṃcidaruṇam
śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā
saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī |
harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajananī
sakhīṣu smerā te mayi janani dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā
gate karṇābhyarṇaṃ garuta iva pakṣmāṇi dadhatī
purāṃ bhettuścittapraśamarasavidrāvaṇaphale |
ime netre gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike
tavākarṇākṛṣṭasmaraśaravilāsaṃ kalayataḥ
vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ vyatikaritalīlāñjanatayā
vibhāti tvannetratritayamidamīśānadayite |
punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ devāndruhiṇaharirudrānuparatā-
nrarajaḥ sattvaṃ bibhrattama iti guṇānāṃ trayamiva
pavitrīkartuṃ naḥ paśupatiparādhīnahradaye
dayāmitrairnetrairaruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ |
nadaḥ śoṇo gaṅgā tapanatanayeti dhruvamamuṃ
trayāṇāṃ tīrthānāmupanayasi saṃbhedamanagham
nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ pralayamudayaṃ yāti jagatī
tavetyāhuḥ santo dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye |
tvadunmeṣājjātaṃ jagadidamaśeṣaṃ pralayata:
paritrātuṃ śaṅke parihṛtanimeṣāstava dṛśaḥ
tavāparṇe karṇejapanayanapaiśunyacakitā
nilīyante toye niyatamanimeṣā: śapharikāḥ |
iyaṃ ca śrīrbaddhacchadapuṭakavāṭaṃ kuvalayaṃ
jahāti pratyūṣe niśi ca vighaṭayya praviśati
dṛśā drādhīyasyā daradalitanīlotpalarucā
davīyāṃsaṃ dīnaṃ snapaya kṛpayā māmapi śive |
anenāyaṃ dhanyo bhavati na ca te hāniriyatā
vane vā harmye vā samakaranipāto himakaraḥ
arālaṃ te pālīyugalamagarājanyatanaye
na keṣāmādhatte kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukama |
tiraścīno yatra śravaṇapathamullaṅghaya vilasa-
nnapāṅgavyāsaṅgo diśati śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām
sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ
catuścakraṃ manye tava sukhamidaṃ manmatharatham |
yamāruhya druhyatyavanirathamarkenducaraṇaṃ
mahāvīro māraḥ pramathapataye sajjitavate
sarasvatyā: sūktīramṛtalaharīkauśalaharī:
pibantyāḥ śarvāṇi śravaṇaculukābhyāmaviralam |
camatkāraślāghācalitaśirasaḥ kuṇḍalagaṇo
jhaṇatkāraistāraiḥ prativacanamācaṣṭa iva te
asauṃ nāsāvaṃśastuhinagirivaṃśadhvajapaṭi
tvadīyo nedīyaḥ phalatu phalamasmākamucitama |
vahatyantarmuktā: śiśirakaraniśvāsagalitaṃ
samṛddhyā yattāsāṃ bahirapi ca muktāmaṇidharaḥ
prakṛtyā raktāyāstava sudati dantacchadaruce:
pravakṣye sādṛśyaṃ janayatu phalaṃ vidrumalatā |
na bimbaṃ tadvimbapratiphalanarāgādaruṇitaṃ
tulāmadhyāroḍhuṃ kathamiva vilajjeta kalayā
smitajyotsnājālaṃ tava vadanacandrasya pibatāṃ
cakorāṇāmāsīdatirasatayā cañcujaḍimā |
ataste śītāṃśoramṛtalaharīmāmlarucaya:
pibanti svacchandaṃ niśiniśi bhṛśaṃ kāñjikadhiyā
aviśrāntaṃ patyurguṇagaṇakathāmreḍanajapā
japāpuṣpacchāyā tava janani jihvā jayati sā |
yadagrāsīnāyāḥ sphaṭikadṛṣadacchacchavimayī
sarasvatyā mūrtiḥ pariṇamati māṇikyavapuṣā
raṇe jitvā daityānapahṛtaśirastraiḥ kavacibhi-
rnivṛttaiścaṇḍāṃśatripuraharanirmālyavimukhaiḥ |
viśākhendropendraiḥ śaśiviśadakarpūraśakalā
vilīyante mātastava vadanatāmbūlakabalāḥ
vipañcyā gāyantī vividhamapadānaṃ paśupate-
stvayārabdhe vaktuṃ calitaśirasā sādhuvacane |
tadīyairmādhuryairapalapitatantrīkalaravāṃ
nijāṃ vīṇāṃ vāṇī niculayati colena nibhṛtam
karāgreṇa spṛṣṭaṃ tuhinagiriṇā vatsalatayā
girīśenodastaṃ muhuradharapānākulatayā |
karagrāhyaṃ śaṃbhormukhamukuravṛntaṃ girisute
kathaṃkāraṃ brūmastava cubukamaupamyarahitam
bhujāśleṣānnityaṃ puradamayituḥ kaṇṭakavatī
tava grīvā dhatte mukhakamalanālaśriyamiyam |
svataḥ śvetā kālāgurubahulajambālamalinā
mṛṇālīlālityaṃ vahati yadadho hāralatikā
gale rekhāstisro gatigamakagītaikanipuṇe
vivāhavyānaddhapraguṇaguṇasaṃkhyāpratibhuvaḥ |
virājante nānāvidhamadhurarāgākarabhuvāṃ
trayāṇāṃ grāmāṇāṃ sthitiniyamasīmāna iva te
mṛṇālīmṛdvīnāṃ tava bhujalatānāṃ catasṛṇāṃ
caturbhiḥ saundaryaṃ sarasijabhavaḥ stauti vadanaiḥ |
nakhebhya: saṃtrasyanprathamamathanādandhakaripo-
ścaturṇāṃ śīrṣāṇāṃ samamabhayahastārpaṇadhiyā
nakhānāmudyotairnavanalinarāgaṃ vihasatāṃ
karāṇāṃ te kāntiṃ kathaya kathayāmaḥ kathamume |
kayācidvā sāmyaṃ bhajatu kalayā hanta kamalaṃ
yadi krīḍallakṣmīcaraṇatalalākṣārasacaṇam
samaṃ devi skandadvipavadanapītaṃ stanayugaṃ
tavedaṃ naḥ khedaṃ haratu satataṃ prasnutamukham |
yadālokyāśaṅkākulitahṛdayo hāsajanaka:
svakumbhau heramba: paribhṛśati hastena jhaḍiti
amū te vakṣojāvamṛtarasamāṇikyakutupau
na saṃdehaspando nagapatipatāke manasi naḥ |
pibantau tau yasmādaviditavadhūsaṅgarasikau
kumārāvadyāpi dviradavadanakrauñcadalanau
vahatyamba stamberamadanujakumbhaprakṛtibhiḥ
samārabdhāṃ muktāmaṇibhiramalāṃ hāralatikāma |
kucābhogo bimbādhararucibhiranta: śabalitāṃ
pratāpavyāmiśrāṃ puradamayituḥ kīrtimiva te
tava stanyaṃ manye dharaṇidharakanye hṛdayataḥ
payaḥpārāvāra: parivahati sārasvatamiva |
dayāvatyā dattaṃ draviḍaśiśurāsvādya tava ya-
tkavīnāṃ prauḍhānāmajani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā
harakrodhajvālāvalibhiravalīḍhena vapuṣā
gabhīre te nābhīsarasi kṛtasaṅgo manasijaḥ |
samuttasthau tasmādacalatanaye dhūmalatikā
janastāṃ jānīte tava janani romāvaliriti
yadetatkālindītanutarataraṅgākṛti śive
kṛśe madhye kiṃcijjanani tava yadbhāti sudhiyām |
vimardādanyonyaṃ kucakalaśayorantaragataṃ
tanūbhūtaṃ vyoma praviśadiva nābhiṃ kuhariṇīm
sthiro gaṅgāvartaḥ stanamukularomāvalilatā-
kalāvālaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kusumaśaratejohutabhujaḥ |
raterlīlāgāraṃ kimapi tava nābhirgirisute
biladvāraṃ siddhegiriśanayanānāṃ vijayate
nisargakṣīṇasya stanataṭabhareṇa klamajuṣo
namanmūrternārītilaka śanakaistruṭyata iva |
ciraṃ te madhyasya truṭitataṭinītīrataruṇā
samāvasthāsthemno bhavatu kuśalaṃ śailatanaye
kucau sadyaḥ svidyattaṭaghaṭitakūrpāsabhidurau
kaṣantau dormūle kanakakalaśābhau kalayatā |
tava trātuṃ bhaṅgādalamiti valagraṃ tanubhuvā
tridhā naddhaṃ devi trivali lavalīvallibhiriva
gurutvaṃ vistāraṃ kṣitidharapatiḥ pārvati nijā-
nnitambādācchidya tvayi haraṇarūpeṇa nidadhe |
ataste vistīrṇo gururayamaśeṣāṃ vasumatīṃ
nitambaprāgbhāra: sthagayati ladhutvaṃ nayati ca
karīndrāṇāṃ śuṇḍānkanakakadalīkāṇḍapaṭalī-
mubhābhyāmūrubhyāmubhayamapi nirjitya bhavati |
suvṛttābhyāṃ patyuḥ praṇatikaṭhinābhyāṃ girisute
vidhijñe jānubhyāṃ vibudhakarikumbhadvayamasi
parājetuṃ rudraṃ dviguṇaśaragabhau girisute
niṣaṅgau jaṅghe te viṣamaviśikho bāḍhamakṛta |
yadagne dṛśyante daśaśaraphalā: pādayugalī-
nakhāgracchadmānaḥ suramakuṭaśāṇaikaniśitāḥ
śrutīnāṃ mūrdhāno dadhati tava yau śekharatayā
mamāpyetau mātaḥ śirasi dayayā dhehi caraṇau |
yayoḥ pādyaṃ pāthaḥ paśupatijaṭājūṭataṭinī
yayorlākṣālakṣmīraruṇaharicūḍāmaṇiruciḥ
namovākaṃ brūmo nayanaramaṇīyāya padayo-
stavāsmai dvandvāya sphuṭarucirasālaktakavate |
asūyatyatyantaṃ yadabhihananāya spṛhayate
paśūnāmīśānaḥ pramadavanakaṅkelitarave
mṛṣā kṛtvā gotraskhalanamatha vailakṣyanamitaṃ
lalāṭe bhartāraṃ caraṇakamale tāḍayati te |
cirādantaḥśalyaṃ dahanakṛtamunmūlitavatā
tulākoṭikkāṇaiḥ kilikilitamīśānaripuṇā
himānīhantavyaṃ himagirinivāsaikacaturau
niśāyāṃ nidrāṇaṃ niśi caramabhāge ca viśadau |
varaṃ lakṣmīpātraṃ śriyamatisṛjantau samayināṃ
sarojaṃ tvatpādau janani jayataścitramiha kim
padaṃ te kīrtīnāṃ prapadamapadaṃ devi vipadāṃ
kathaṃ nītaṃ sadbhiḥ kaṭhinakamaṭhīkarparatulām |
kathaṃ vā bāhubhyāmupayamanakāle purabhidā
yadādāya nyastaṃ dṛṣadi dayamānena manasā
nakhairnākastrīṇāṃ karakamalasaṃkocaśaśibhi-
starūṇāṃ divyānāṃ hasata iva te caṇḍi caraṇau |
phalāni svaḥsthebhyaḥ kisalayakarāgreṇa dadatāṃ
daridrebhyo bhadrāṃ śriyamaniśamahnāya dadatau
dadāne dīnebhyaḥ śriyamaniśamāśānusadṛśī-
mamandaṃ saundaryaprakaramakarandaṃ vikirati |
tavāsminmandārastabakasubhage yātu caraṇe
nimajjanmajjīvaḥ karaṇacaraṇa: ṣaṭcaraṇatām
padanyāsakrīḍāparicayamivārabdhumanasaḥ
skhalantaste khelaṃ bhavanakalahaṃsā na jahati |
atasteṣāṃ śikṣāṃ subhagamaṇimañjīraraṇita-
cchalādācakṣāṇaṃ caraṇakamalaṃ cārucarite
gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ
śivaḥ svacchacchāyāghaṭitakapaṭapracchadapaṭaḥ |
tvadīyānāṃ bhāsāṃ pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā
śarīrī śṛṅgāro rasa iva dṛśāṃ dogdhi kutukam
arālā keśeṣu prakṛtisaralā mandahasite
śirīṣābhā citte dṛṣadupalaśobhā kucataṭe |
bhṛśaṃ tanvī madhye pṛthururasijārohaviṣaye
jagattrātuṃ śaṃbhorjayati karuṇā kācidaruṇā
kalaṅkaḥ kastūrī rajanikarabimbaṃ jalamayaṃ
kalābhiḥ karpūrairmarakatakaraṇḍaṃ nibiḍitam |
atastvadbhogena pratidinamidaṃ riktakuharaṃ
vidhirbhūyo bhūyo nibiḍayati nūnaṃ tava kṛte
purārāteranta:puramasi tatastvaccaraṇayoḥ
saparyāmaryādā taralakaraṇānāmasulabhā |
tathā hyete nītāḥ śatamakhamukhāḥ siddhimatulāṃ
tava dvāropāntasthitibhiraṇimādyābhiramarāḥ
kalatraṃ vaidhātraṃ katikati bhajante na kavayaḥ
śriyo devyāḥ ko vā na bhavati pati: kairapi dhanaiḥ |
mahādevaṃ hitvā tava sati satīnāmacarame
kucābhyāmāsaṅgḥ kuravakatarorapyasulabhaḥ
girāmāhurdevīṃ druhiṇagṛhiṇīmāgamavido
hareḥ patnīṃ padmāṃ harasahacarīmadritanayām |
turīyā kāpi tvaṃ duradhigamaniḥsīmamahimā
mahāmāyā viśvaṃ bhramayasi parabrahmamahiṣi
kadā kāle mātaḥ kathaya kalitālaktakarasaṃ
pibeyaṃ vidyārthī tava caraṇanirṇejanajalam |
prakṛtyā mūkānāmapi ca kavitākāraṇatayā
kadā dhatte vāṇīmukhakamalatāmbūlarasatām
sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno viharate
rate: pātivratyaṃ śithilayati ramyeṇa vapuṣā |
ciraṃ jīvanneva kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ
parānandābhikhyaṃ rasayati rasaṃ tvadbhajanavān
pradīpajvālābhirdivasakaranīrājanavidhiḥ
sudhāsūteścandropalajalalavairarghyaracanā |
svakīyairambhobhiḥ salilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ
tvadīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃ stutiriyamFrequently Asked Questions
What is the Soundarya Lahari?
The Soundarya Lahari is a sacred Hindu devotional hymn (stotram) dedicated to Parvati / Shakti. VedKosh provides its complete text in Hindi and English with transliteration for regional readers.
What are the benefits of reciting the Soundarya Lahari?
Reciting the Soundarya Lahari with devotion is traditionally believed to invoke the grace of Parvati / Shakti, 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 Soundarya Lahari be recited?
The Soundarya Lahari can be recited during daily morning or evening worship of Parvati / Shakti, 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