कीलकस्तोत्रम् Kilaka Stotram
kīlakastotram
The "pin" hymn recited before the Durgā Saptaśatī: Śiva sealed the Devī Māhātmya, and this hymn explains how it is unsealed by offering everything to the Goddess.
कीलकस्तोत्रम्
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ॐ अस्य श्रीकीलकमन्त्रस्य शिवऋषिः, अनुष्टुप् छन्दः,श्रीमहासरस्वती देवता, श्रीजगदम्बाप्रीत्यर्थंसप्तशतीपाठाङ्गत्वेन जपे विनियोगः ।ॐ नमश्चण्डिकायै ।
oṃ asya śrīkīlakamantrasya śivaṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ,śrīmahāsarasvatī devatā, śrījagadambāprītyarthaṃsaptaśatīpāṭhāṅgatvena jape viniyogaḥ |oṃ namaścaṇḍikāyai |
Dedication: of this Kīlaka mantra the seer is Śiva, the metre anuṣṭubh and the deity Mahāsarasvatī; it is recited as part of the reading of the Saptaśatī, to please the Mother of the world. Om, salutation to Caṇḍikā.
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।ॐ विशुद्धज्ञानदेहाय त्रिवेदीदिव्यचक्षुषे ।श्रेयःप्राप्तिनिमित्ताय नमः सोमार्धधारिणे ॥१॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |oṃ viśuddhajñānadehāya trivedīdivyacakṣuṣe |śreyaḥprāptinimittāya namaḥ somārdhadhāriṇe ||1||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Salutation to him whose body is pure knowledge, whose divine eyes are the three Vedas, the cause of attaining the highest good, who wears the half-moon (Śiva).
सर्वमेतद्विजानीयान्मन्त्राणामपि कीलकम् ।सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सततं जप्यतत्परः ॥२॥
sarvametadvijānīyānmantrāṇāmapi kīlakam |so'pi kṣemamavāpnoti satataṃ japyatatparaḥ ||2||
One should know all of this, the “pin” (kīlaka) of the mantras. Whoever is always devoted to its recitation attains well-being.
सिद्ध्यन्त्युच्चाटनादीनि कर्माणि सकलान्यपि ।एतेन स्तुवतां देवीं स्तोत्रवृन्देन भक्तितः ॥३॥
siddhyantyuccāṭanādīni karmāṇi sakalānyapi |etena stuvatāṃ devīṃ stotravṛndena bhaktitaḥ ||3||
For those who praise the Goddess with devotion through this collection of hymns, every rite, such as driving away harm, succeeds.
न मन्त्रो नौषधं तस्य न किञ्चिदपि विद्यते ।विना जप्येन सिद्ध्येत्तु सर्वमुच्चाटनादिकम् ॥४॥
na mantro nauṣadhaṃ tasya na kiñcidapi vidyate |vinā japyena siddhyettu sarvamuccāṭanādikam ||4||
For such a one there is need of no other mantra, no medicine, nothing else at all: even without other recitation, every rite of protection succeeds.
समग्राण्यपि सेत्स्यन्ति लोकशङ्कामिमां हरः ।कृत्वा निमन्त्रयामास सर्वमेवमिदं शुभम् ॥५॥
samagrāṇyapi setsyanti lokaśaṅkāmimāṃ haraḥ |kṛtvā nimantrayāmāsa sarvamevamidaṃ śubham ||5||
“All of them will succeed”: seeing that people would doubt this, Hara (Śiva) bound this whole auspicious text with a seal.
स्तोत्रं वै चण्डिकायास्तु तच्च गुह्यं चकार सः ।समाप्नोति स पुण्येन तां यथावन्निमन्त्रणाम् ॥६॥
stotraṃ vai caṇḍikāyāstu tacca guhyaṃ cakāra saḥ |samāpnoti sa puṇyena tāṃ yathāvannimantraṇām ||6||
He made this hymn of Caṇḍikā secret; one gains its proper unsealing through merit.
सोऽपि क्षेममवाप्नोति सर्वमेव न संशयः ।कृष्णायां वा चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां वा समाहितः ॥७॥
so'pi kṣemamavāpnoti sarvameva na saṃśayaḥ |kṛṣṇāyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā samāhitaḥ ||7||
He too attains complete well-being, without doubt, who with a collected mind on the fourteenth or eighth day of the dark fortnight,
ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति नान्यथैषा प्रसीदति ।इत्थं रूपेण कीलेन महादेवेन कीलितम् ॥८॥
dadāti pratigṛhṇāti nānyathaiṣā prasīdati |itthaṃ rūpeṇa kīlena mahādevena kīlitam ||8||
offers (everything to the Goddess) and receives (it back as her grace); otherwise she is not pleased. In this way the text was sealed by Mahādeva with a pin.
यो निष्कीलां विधायैनां चण्डीं जपति नित्यशः ।स सिद्धः स गणः सोऽथ गन्धर्वो जायते ध्रुवम् ॥९॥
yo niṣkīlāṃ vidhāyaināṃ caṇḍīṃ japati nityaśaḥ |sa siddhaḥ sa gaṇaḥ so'tha gandharvo jāyate dhruvam ||9||
Whoever unseals the Caṇḍī in this way and recites it daily surely becomes a siddha, one of the gaṇas, or a gandharva.
न चैवापाटवं तस्य भयं क्वापि न जायते ।नापमृत्युवशं याति मृते च मोक्षमाप्नुयात् ॥१०॥
na caivāpāṭavaṃ tasya bhayaṃ kvāpi na jāyate |nāpamṛtyuvaśaṃ yāti mṛte ca mokṣamāpnuyāt ||10||
He suffers no weakness and no fear anywhere; he does not fall to untimely death, and after death attains liberation.
ज्ञात्वा प्रारभ्य कुर्वीत ह्यकुर्वाणो विनश्यति ।ततो ज्ञात्वैव सम्पूर्णमिदं प्रारभ्यते बुधैः ॥११॥
jñātvā prārabhya kurvīta hyakurvāṇo vinaśyati |tato jñātvaiva sampūrṇamidaṃ prārabhyate budhaiḥ ||11||
One should begin the recitation only after knowing this; one who does not, comes to ruin. So the wise begin only after knowing it completely.
सौभाग्यादि च यत्किञ्चिद् दृश्यते ललनाजने ।तत्सर्वं तत्प्रसादेन तेन जप्यमिदं शुभम् ॥१२॥
saubhāgyādi ca yatkiñcid dṛśyate lalanājane |tatsarvaṃ tatprasādena tena japyamidaṃ śubham ||12||
Whatever good fortune is seen among women comes from her grace; therefore this auspicious hymn should be recited.
शनैस्तु जप्यमानेऽस्मिन् स्तोत्रे सम्पत्तिरुच्चकैः ।भवत्येव समग्रापि ततः प्रारभ्यमेव तत् ॥१३॥
śanaistu japyamāne'smin stotre sampattiruccakaiḥ |bhavatyeva samagrāpi tataḥ prārabhyameva tat ||13||
When this hymn is recited slowly, abundant prosperity surely comes in full; so it should certainly be begun.
ऐश्वर्यं तत्प्रसादेन सौभाग्यारोग्यमेव च ।शत्रुहानिः परो मोक्षः स्तूयते सा न किं जनैः ॥१४॥
aiśvaryaṃ tatprasādena saubhāgyārogyameva ca |śatruhāniḥ paro mokṣaḥ stūyate sā na kiṃ janaiḥ ||14||
Sovereignty, good fortune, health, the defeat of enemies and the highest liberation all come by her grace: why would people not praise her?
चण्डिकां हृदयेनापि यः स्मरेत् सततं नरः ।हृद्यं काममवाप्नोति हृदि देवी सदा वसेत् ॥१५॥
caṇḍikāṃ hṛdayenāpi yaḥ smaret satataṃ naraḥ |hṛdyaṃ kāmamavāpnoti hṛdi devī sadā vaset ||15||
Whoever remembers Caṇḍikā constantly, even only in the heart, gains his heart’s desire, and the Goddess dwells in his heart for ever.
अग्रतोऽमुं महादेवकृतं कीलकवारणम् ।निष्कीलञ्च तथा कृत्वा पठितव्यं समाहितैः ॥१६॥
agrato'muṃ mahādevakṛtaṃ kīlakavāraṇam |niṣkīlañca tathā kṛtvā paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ ||16||
First one should recite this unsealing made by Mahādeva, and having unsealed the text in this way, read it with a collected mind.
॥ इति कीलकस्तोत्रम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa tradition (recited before the Devī Māhātmya).
