महालसाष्टकम् Shri Mahalasashtakam
mahālasāṣṭakam
Shri Mahalasashtakam (महालसाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Devī. 10 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.
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महालसाष्टकम्
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देवपालनकृते जयाय या दुष्टदानव निबर्हणाय या ।हूयते बहुनिधावतारया तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ १॥
devapālanakṛte jayāya yā duṣṭadānava nibarhaṇāya yā |hūyate bahunidhāvatārayā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 1||
विष्णुकर्णमलजन्मनोः पुरा निर्जयाय मधुकैटभारव्ययोः ।संस्तुता कमलसम्भवेन या तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ २॥
viṣṇukarṇamalajanmanoḥ purā nirjayāya madhukaiṭabhāravyayoḥ |saṃstutā kamalasambhavena yā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 2||
सर्वदैवतशरीरतेजसासम्भूव रुचिरात्मलीलया ।मर्दनाय महिषासुरस्य या तामिमां हृदि महालसा भजे ॥ ३॥
sarvadaivataśarīratejasāsambhūva rucirātmalīlayā |mardanāya mahiṣāsurasya yā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasā bhaje || 3||
धूम्रलोचन इति त्रिजगत्यां यः प्रसिध्दिमगमत् दधौताम् ।भस्मसात्सपदि हुङ्कृतेन या तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ ४॥
dhūmralocana iti trijagatyāṃ yaḥ prasidhdimagamat dadhautām |bhasmasātsapadi huṅkṛtena yā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 4||
शुम्भसेवकवरौ मदोध्दतौचण्डमुण्ड इति तौ महाबलौ ।यावधीदमर दुर्जयौरूषा तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ ५॥
śumbhasevakavarau madodhdataucaṇḍamuṇḍa iti tau mahābalau |yāvadhīdamara durjayaurūṣā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 5||
रक्तबिन्दु पतनान्महितले तस्यताट्टगपरोभि जायत ।रक्तबिन्दुमपि तं जघान या तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ ६॥
raktabindu patanānmahitale tasyatāṭṭagaparobhi jāyata |raktabindumapi taṃ jaghāna yā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 6||
दुर्जयो जगति शुम्भनिशुम्भौ वीक्ष्य निर्जरगणैरभिषटुना ।या भवत गिरिसुता शरीरजा तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ ७॥
durjayo jagati śumbhaniśumbhau vīkṣya nirjaragaṇairabhiṣaṭunā |yā bhavata girisutā śarīrajā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 7||
लीलयैव सकलं विरच्यते पाल्यते तदपनीयते जगत् ।ब्रह्मविष्णुहररूपया यया तामिमां हृदि महालसां भजे ॥ ८॥
līlayaiva sakalaṃ viracyate pālyate tadapanīyate jagat |brahmaviṣṇuhararūpayā yayā tāmimāṃ hṛdi mahālasāṃ bhaje || 8||
एतदष्टकमनन्ततुष्टिदं यःपठेदहरहः समाहितः ।तस्य भुक्तिमपि मुक्तिमीप्सितां सम्प्रयच्छति महालसां भजे ॥ ९॥
etadaṣṭakamanantatuṣṭidaṃ yaḥpaṭhedaharahaḥ samāhitaḥ |tasya bhuktimapi muktimīpsitāṃ samprayacchati mahālasāṃ bhaje || 9||
॥ इति श्री मार्कण्डेयपुराणे महालसाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥ंअन्थन् फ़मे।
|| iti śrī mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe mahālasāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam ||ṃanthan फ़me|
॥ इति महालसाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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