Annapurna Stotram — Benefits & How to Chant
श्री अन्नपूर्णा स्तोत्रम्
Complete guide to chanting correctly for maximum benefit
Benefits of Chanting Annapurna Stotram
Composed by Adi Shankaracharya, this hymn to Mata Annapurna of Kashi is recited for nourishment, abundance, and freedom from want
that no devotee may ever lack food.
It praises the Goddess as the giver of food, knowledge and liberation, and famously begs not for food alone but for jnana and vairagya (wisdom and dispassion).
Believed to bless the home and kitchen with plenty, to remove the fear of poverty and hunger, and to grant contentment and well-being.
Especially recited on Annapurna Jayanti (Margashirsha Purnima), during Navratri, before meals, and in the worship of Annapurna at Kashi.
Chanted with the Durga Chalisa and Lakshmi hymns to invoke the Mother's grace of abundance.
How to Chant Annapurna Stotram
Instructions
After bathing, sit before an image of Mata Annapurna (the Goddess offering food to Shiva), light a lamp and offer cooked food (anna) or grains and red flowers. Recite the stotram with devotion, and offer the food as prasad. Many recite it in the kitchen or before meals, remembering that food itself is the Mother's gift.
Spiritual Significance
It is told at Kashi that Annapurna feeds every pilgrim who comes to her, so that none in her city goes hungry; her devotees hold that to recite this stotram with faith is to be assured that the home and the soul will never lack for nourishment.
Origin & History
Source: Composed by Adi Shankaracharya
Author: Adi Shankaracharya
The Annapurna Stotram is Adi Shankaracharya's hymn to the Goddess of nourishment enshrined at Kashi, where she is worshipped beside Vishwanath as the Mother who feeds even Lord Shiva. In ornate verses, each closing 'Bhiksham dehi… Mata Annapurneshwari', he begs of her not riches but food, knowledge and dispassion — and in the final verses surrenders utterly: 'My mother is Parvati, my father Maheshwara, the devotees of Shiva my kin, and the three worlds my home.'