Shodashi Stotram
About this stotra
Shodashi Stotram (षोडशीस्तोत्रम्) - a hymn to Goddess Shodashi (Tripura Sundari), the sixteen-year-old goddess who represents the perfect, fully realized form of the divine mother. She embodies beauty, grace, and the highest wisdom.
|| षोडशीस्तोत्रम् ||
Verse 1
षोडशीं त्रिपुरां देवीं सोद्यापीठां मनोहराम् । नमामि नित्यं देवेशीं सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनीम् ॥ १ ॥
ṣoḍaśīṃ tripurāṃ devīṃ sodyāpīṭhāṃ manoharām | namāmi nityaṃ deveśīṃ sarvasaubhāgyadāyinīm || 1 ||
I bow daily to Shodashi Tripurasundari, seated on the altar, enchanting, the queen of goddesses, the bestower of all good fortune.
Verse 2
सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानां शक्तिभूते सनातनि । अनन्तशक्तिसंयुक्ते षोडश्यै ते नमो नमः ॥ २ ॥
sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāṃ śaktibhūte sanātani | anantaśaktisaṃyukte ṣoḍaśyai te namo namaḥ || 2 ||
O eternal one, who is the power of creation, preservation, and dissolution, endowed with infinite power, salutations again and again to you, O Shodashi.
॥ इति षोडशीस्तोत्रम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥