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Argala Stotram

अर्गला स्तोत्रम्

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 During Navratri, on Ashtami/Navami, and on Fridays and Tuesdays — recited before beginning the Durga Saptashati·📜 Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatmyam (Durga Saptashati)

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Origin & Story

Markandeya Purana, Devi Mahatmyam (Durga Saptashati) · Sage Markandeya (traditional) · c. 5th–6th century CE

The Argala Stotram is one of the three angas (limbs) — with the Devi Kavach and the Keelakam — that are recited before the thirteen chapters of the Durga Saptashati. The word argala means a bolt or latch; together with the keelaka (pin), these hymns are said to 'unlock' the full power of the Saptashati's recitation.

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Complete Text with Meaning

Verse 1

ॐ अस्य श्रीअर्गलास्तोत्रमन्त्रस्य विष्णुरृषिः, अनुष्टुप् छन्दः, श्रीमहालक्ष्मीर्देवता, श्रीजगदम्बाप्रीतये सप्तशतिपाठाङ्गत्वेन जपे विनियोगः ।

oṃ asya śrīargalāstotramantrasya viṣṇurṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, śrīmahālakṣmīrdevatā, śrījagadambāprītaye saptaśatipāṭhāṅgatvena jape viniyogaḥ

Meaning:The Argala Stotram ("the bolt/latch hymn") is one of the three angas recited before the Durga Saptashati, addressed by the sage Markandeya to the Goddess as Mahalakshmi. Saluting her as Chamunda, Jayanti, Mangala, Kali, Bhadrakali, Durga and Shiva, and as the slayer of Madhu-Kaitabha, Mahishasura, Dhumralochana, Raktabija, Chanda-Munda and Shumbha-Nishumbha, the devotee repeats in verse after verse the famous refrain — "Rupam dehi, jayam dehi, yasho dehi, dvisho jahi": 'Grant me beauty (of form), grant me victory, grant me fame, and destroy my foes.' It asks for well-being, health, supreme joy, prosperity, learning and the destruction of enemies, and closes by declaring that one who recites this and then the great hymn (the Saptashati) gains the rarest of boons.

Verse 2

ॐ नमश्चण्डिकायै ।

oṃ namaścaṇḍikāyai

Verse 3

मार्कण्डेय उवाच । ॐ जय त्वं देवि चामुण्डे जय भूतापहारिणि । जय सर्वगते देवि कालरात्रि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १॥ जयन्ती मङ्गला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी । दुर्गा शिवा क्षमा धात्री स्वाहा स्वधा नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २॥ मधुकैटभविध्वंसि विधातृवरदे नमः । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ३॥ महिषासुरनिर्नाशि भक्तानां सुखदे नमः । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ४॥ धूम्रनेत्रवधे देवि धर्मकामार्थदायिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ५॥ रक्तबीजवधे देवि चण्डमुण्डविनाशिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ६॥ निशुम्भशुम्भनिर्नाशि त्रैलोक्यशुभदे नमः । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ७॥ वन्दिताङ्घ्रियुगे देवि सर्वसौभाग्यदायिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ८॥ अचिन्त्यरूपचरिते सर्वशत्रुविनाशिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ९॥ नतेभ्यः सर्वदा भक्त्या चापर्णे दुरितापहे । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १०॥ स्तुवद्भ्यो भक्तिपूर्वं त्वां चण्डिके व्याधिनाशिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ ११॥ चण्डिके सततं युद्धे जयन्ति पापनाशिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १२॥ देहि सौभाग्यमारोग्यं देहि देवि परं सुखम् । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १३॥ विधेहि देवि कल्याणं विधेहि विपुलां श्रियम् । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १४॥ विधेहि द्विषतां नाशं विधेहि बलमुच्चकैः । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १५॥ सुरासुरशिरोरत्ननिघृष्टचरणेऽम्बिके । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १६॥ विद्यावन्तं यशस्वन्तं लक्ष्मीवन्तञ्च मां कुरु । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १७॥ देवि प्रचण्डदोर्दण्डदैत्यदर्पनिषूदिनि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १८॥ प्रचण्डदैत्यदर्पघ्ने चण्डिके प्रणताय मे । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ १९॥ चतुर्भुजे चतुर्वक्त्रसंस्तुते परमेश्वरि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २०॥ कृष्णेन संस्तुते देवि शश्वद्भक्त्या सदाम्बिके । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २१॥ हिमाचलसुतानाथसंस्तुते परमेश्वरि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २२॥ इन्द्राणीपतिसद्भावपूजिते परमेश्वरि । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २३॥ देवि भक्तजनोद्दामदत्तानन्दोदयेऽम्बिके । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २४॥ भार्यां मनोरमां देहि मनोवृत्तानुसारिणीम् । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २५॥ तारिणि दुर्गसंसारसागरस्याचलोद्भवे । रूपं देहि जयं देहि यशो देहि द्विषो जहि ॥ २६॥ इदं स्तोत्रं पठित्वा तु महास्तोत्रं पठेन्नरः । सप्तशतीं समाराध्य वरमाप्नोति दुर्लभम् ॥ २७॥

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca oṃ jaya tvaṃ devi cāmuṇḍe jaya bhūtāpahāriṇi jaya sarvagate devi kālarātri namo'stu te 1 jayantī maṅgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī durgā śivā kṣamā dhātrī svāhā svadhā namo'stu te 2 madhukaiṭabhavidhvaṃsi vidhātṛvarade namaḥ rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 3 mahiṣāsuranirnāśi bhaktānāṃ sukhade namaḥ rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 4 dhūmranetravadhe devi dharmakāmārthadāyini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 5 raktabījavadhe devi caṇḍamuṇḍavināśini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 6 niśumbhaśumbhanirnāśi trailokyaśubhade namaḥ rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 7 vanditāṅghriyuge devi sarvasaubhāgyadāyini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 8 acintyarūpacarite sarvaśatruvināśini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 9 natebhyaḥ sarvadā bhaktyā cāparṇe duritāpahe rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 10 stuvadbhyo bhaktipūrvaṃ tvāṃ caṇḍike vyādhināśini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 11 caṇḍike satataṃ yuddhe jayanti pāpanāśini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 12 dehi saubhāgyamārogyaṃ dehi devi paraṃ sukham rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 13 vidhehi devi kalyāṇaṃ vidhehi vipulāṃ śriyam rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 14 vidhehi dviṣatāṃ nāśaṃ vidhehi balamuccakaiḥ rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 15 surāsuraśiroratnanighṛṣṭacaraṇe'mbike rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 16 vidyāvantaṃ yaśasvantaṃ lakṣmīvantañca māṃ kuru rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 17 devi pracaṇḍadordaṇḍadaityadarpaniṣūdini rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 18 pracaṇḍadaityadarpaghne caṇḍike praṇatāya me rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 19 caturbhuje caturvaktrasaṃstute parameśvari rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 20 kṛṣṇena saṃstute devi śaśvadbhaktyā sadāmbike rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 21 himācalasutānāthasaṃstute parameśvari rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 22 indrāṇīpatisadbhāvapūjite parameśvari rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 23 devi bhaktajanoddāmadattānandodaye'mbike rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 24 bhāryāṃ manoramāṃ dehi manovṛttānusāriṇīm rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 25 tāriṇi durgasaṃsārasāgarasyācalodbhave rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi 26 idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhitvā tu mahāstotraṃ paṭhennaraḥ saptaśatīṃ samārādhya varamāpnoti durlabham 27

Verse 4

॥ इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे अर्गलास्तोत्रं समाप्तम् ॥

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe argalāstotraṃ samāptam

Word-by-Word Meaning

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रूपं देहि🔊rūpaṃ dehiGrant me beauty / a (fair) form

जयं देहि🔊jayaṃ dehiGrant me victory

यशो देहि🔊yaśo dehiGrant me fame / glory

द्विषो जहि🔊dviṣo jahiDestroy (my) enemies

अर्गला🔊argalāBolt, latch; the 'key-bolt' that unlocks the Saptashati's power

विधातृवरदे🔊vidhātṛvaradeBestower of boons (even) on the Creator (Brahma)

Benefits of Chanting Argala Stotram

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One of the three angas (Kavach, Argala, Keelaka) recited before the Durga Saptashati to make the parayan complete and fruitful

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Its refrain prays for beauty, victory, fame and the destruction of enemies — invoked for success and triumph over difficulties

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Recited for prosperity (Shri), health (arogya), learning (vidya) and all-round good fortune (saubhagya)

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Especially powerful during Navratri and on Ashtami, Navami and Fridays

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Said to remove diseases, sins and obstacles and to grant the Goddess's grace

How to Chant Argala Stotram

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Best TimeDuring Navratri, on Ashtami/Navami, and on Fridays and Tuesdays — recited before beginning the Durga Saptashati

Sit facing east or north before an image of Durga. In the traditional order, recite the Devi Kavach, then the Argala Stotram, then the Keelakam, and only then the thirteen chapters of the Saptashati. The Argala may also be recited on its own, with devotion, for victory and well-being.

Frequently Asked Questions

In verse after verse it repeats 'Rupam dehi, jayam dehi, yasho dehi, dvisho jahi' — 'Grant me beauty of form, grant me victory, grant me fame, and destroy my enemies.' It also asks for well-being, health, prosperity, learning and the removal of foes and diseases.

It is one of the three preliminary angas of the Durga Saptashati (Devi Mahatmyam) from the Markandeya Purana, spoken by the sage Markandeya. Its presiding deity is Mahalakshmi.

The traditional sequence before a Saptashati parayan is: Devi Kavach, then Argala Stotram, then Keelakam, and then the thirteen chapters of the Saptashati.