Devi Mahatmyam (Sri Sukta)
|| देवीमाहात्म्यम् ||
ॐ या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु विद्यारूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शान्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥१॥
oṃ yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śaktirūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu vidyārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śāntirūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ ||1||
Om. The Goddess who abides in all beings as power, the Goddess who abides in all beings as knowledge, the Goddess who abides in all beings as peace - salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her again and again.
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु मातृरूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु बुद्धिरूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु निद्रारूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥२॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu mātṛrūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu buddhirūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu nidrārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ ||2||
The Goddess who abides in all beings as the mother, the Goddess who abides in all beings as intelligence, the Goddess who abides in all beings as sleep - salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her again and again.
या देवी सर्वभूतेषु क्षुधारूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु छायारूपेण संस्थिता । या देवी सर्वभूतेषु शक्तिरूपेण संस्थिता । नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमस्तस्यै नमो नमः ॥३॥
yā devī sarvabhūteṣu kṣudhārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu chāyārūpeṇa saṃsthitā | yā devī sarvabhūteṣu śaktirūpeṇa saṃsthitā | namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaḥ ||3||
The Goddess who abides in all beings as hunger, the Goddess who abides in all beings as shadow, the Goddess who abides in all beings as power - salutations to Her, salutations to Her, salutations to Her again and again.
॥ इति देवीमाहात्म्यम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
These invocatory verses are from the Devi Mahatmyam (also known as the Durga Saptashati), a text of 700 verses from the Markandeya Purana that is central to the worship of the Divine Mother in the Hindu tradition.