Stōtram
1
इन्द्र उवाच
नमस्तेऽस्तु महामाये श्रीपीठे सुरपूजिते
शङ्खचक्रगदाहस्ते महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
2
नमस्ते गरुडारूढे कोलासुरभयङ्करि
सर्वपापहरे देवि महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
3
सर्वज्ञे सर्ववरदे सर्वदुष्टभयङ्करि
सर्वदुःखहरे देवि महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
4
सिद्धिबुद्धिप्रदे देवि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनि
मन्त्रमूर्ते सदा देवि महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
5
आद्यन्तरहिते देवि आद्यशक्ति महेश्वरि
योगजे योगसम्भूते महालक्ष्मि नमोऽस्तु ते
Stōtram
11
त्रिकालं यः पठेन्नित्यं महाशत्रुविनाशनम्
महालक्ष्मीर्भवेन्नित्यं प्रसन्ना वरदा शुभा
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इति श्री महालक्ष्म्यष्टकम्
In its original Sanskrit
This is the Mahalakshmi Ashtakam in its original Sanskrit, eight short verses to the Goddess of fortune drawn from the Padma Purana, where Indra himself first sings them in praise of Lakshmi, each verse ending by bowing at her feet. For generations they have been chanted on Fridays, at the Varalakshmi Vratam, and through Diwali, at the great Mahalakshmi temple of Kolhapur and in homes across India. Short and complete, the Ashtakam is often the first stotra a child learns by heart. The tradition holds that reciting it with devotion brings prosperity, wellbeing and the Mother's grace. Read here in Devanagari, the script carries the sounds as they have always been chanted.