Devi Mahatmyam (Selected Verses)
About this stotra
Devi Mahatmyam (देवीमाहात्म्यम्) - the Glory of the Goddess - is the most sacred text of the Shakt tradition, narrating the triumph of the Divine Mother over the forces of darkness. These opening verses invoke her as the supreme power behind all existence.
|| 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 देवीमाहात्म्यस्य चयनितश्लोकाः ॥
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.