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सङ्कटाष्टकम् Shri Shankata Ashtakam

saṅkaṭāṣṭakam

Shri Shankata Ashtakam (सङ्कटाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Devī, by Shiva Datta Mishra. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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सङ्कटाष्टकम्

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Verse 1

नमो कासिनी वासिनी गङ्गतीरेसदा अर्चितं चन्दनं रक्तपुष्पम् ।सदा वन्दितं पूजितं सर्वदेवंनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ १॥

namo kāsinī vāsinī gaṅgatīresadā arcitaṃ candanaṃ raktapuṣpam |sadā vanditaṃ pūjitaṃ sarvadevaṃnamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 1||

Verse 2

नमो मोहिनी मोहितं भूतसैन्यंसदा चन्द्रबदनी हंसैर्विहारम् ।सदा मृगनयनी त्रिगुणरूपवर्णीनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ २॥

namo mohinī mohitaṃ bhūtasainyaṃsadā candrabadanī haṃsairvihāram |sadā mṛganayanī triguṇarūpavarṇīnamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 2||

Verse 3

नमो खड्गहस्ते गले रुण्डमालानमो गर्जितं भूमिकम्पायमाना ।सदा मर्दितो भूतमहिषासुरश्चनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ ३॥

namo khaḍgahaste gale ruṇḍamālānamo garjitaṃ bhūmikampāyamānā |sadā mardito bhūtamahiṣāsuraścanamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 3||

Verse 4

नमो मुक्तिदेवी नमो वेदमातासदा योगिनी योगिनी योगगम्या ।सदा कामिनी मोहितं कामराज्यंनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ ४॥

namo muktidevī namo vedamātāsadā yoginī yoginī yogagamyā |sadā kāminī mohitaṃ kāmarājyaṃnamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 4||

Verse 5

नमो पुष्पशय्या गले रुण्डमालासदा कोकिला काञ्चनं रूपवर्णी ।सदा रणविषे शत्रुसंहारकरणीनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ ५॥

namo puṣpaśayyā gale ruṇḍamālāsadā kokilā kāñcanaṃ rūpavarṇī |sadā raṇaviṣe śatrusaṃhārakaraṇīnamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 5||

Verse 6

इदं पञ्चरत्नं पठेत् प्रातकालेहरेत् पाप तन के बढ़े धर्मज्ञानम् ।नमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ ६॥

idaṃ pañcaratnaṃ paṭhet prātakāleharet pāpa tana ke baṛhe dharmajñānam |namo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 6||

Verse 7

तुही सङ्कटे योगिनी योगधारंतुही कामिनी मोहितं कामराज्यम् ।तुही विश्वमाता करे खड्गधारंनमो सङ्कटा कष्टहरणी भवानी ॥ ७॥

tuhī saṅkaṭe yoginī yogadhāraṃtuhī kāminī mohitaṃ kāmarājyam |tuhī viśvamātā kare khaḍgadhāraṃnamo saṅkaṭā kaṣṭaharaṇī bhavānī || 7||

Verse 8

सङ्कटाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं प्रातःकाले पठेन्नरःतस्य पीडा विनिर्याति सर्वकामफलं लभेत् ॥ ८॥

saṅkaṭāṣṭakamidaṃ puṇyaṃ prātaḥkāle paṭhennaraḥtasya pīḍā viniryāti sarvakāmaphalaṃ labhet || 8||

Verse 9

इति सङ्कटाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ।

iti saṅkaṭāṣṭakaṃ sampūrṇam |

॥ इति सङ्कटाष्टकम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥

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Shiva Datta Mishra.

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About Shri Shankata Ashtakam

Shri Shankata Ashtakam is a stotra addressed to Devī, in Sanskrit (in Devanagari: सङ्कटाष्टकम् (saṅkaṭāṣṭakam)). Shiva Datta Mishra. Source: Ashtaka.

Shri Shankata Ashtakam (सङ्कटाष्टकम्): an eight-verse hymn (aṣṭaka) to Devī, by Shiva Datta Mishra. 9 verses in Sanskrit with Devanagari and IAST.

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