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Soundarya Lahari

सौन्दर्यलहरी in English · English

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Early morning or evening; especially Fridays, Navaratri and Pournami (full moon)·📜 Ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya (the Ananda Lahari traditionally received at Kailasa)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀEnglish

✦ Meaning

Soundarya Lahari ("Waves of Beauty") is a ~100-verse hymn to Devi as Tripura Sundari, ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya — the Ananda Lahari (1–41) on Shakti and Sri Chakra worship, and the Saundarya Lahari (42–100) describing the Goddess’s beauty head to foot. Each verse is also held to be a mantra with its own yantra and fruit. It is recited especially on Fridays, in Navaratri and in Sri Vidya / Devi worship.

Origin & Story

Ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya (the Ananda Lahari traditionally received at Kailasa) · Adi Shankaracharya · Classical (Shankaracharya, c. 8th century, by tradition)

By tradition the Soundarya Lahari was composed by Adi Shankaracharya, who is said to have found the first part, the Ananda Lahari, written upon the wall of Kailasa by Lord Shiva himself, and to have composed the second part in praise of the Goddess’s beauty. The two "waves" — of Bliss and of Beauty — together form a work that is at once devotion, philosophy and tantra, and a cornerstone of the Sri Vidya tradition of Devi worship.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that each verse of the Soundarya Lahari is a living mantra, paired with its own yantra and fruit — so that to recite it with a pure heart is not merely to praise the Mother but to be touched by the very waves of Her grace and beauty.

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The Mantra

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śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi | atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati || 1|| tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam | vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ harassaṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim || 2|| avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī | daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati || 3|| tvadanyaḥ pāṇibhyāmabhayavarado daivatagaṇaḥ tvamekā naivāsi prakaṭitavarābhītyabhinayā | bhayāt trātuṃ dātuṃ phalamapi ca vāñchāsamadhikaṃ śaraṇye lokānāṃ tava hi caraṇāveva nipuṇau || 4|| haristvāmārādhya praṇatajanasaubhāgyajananīṃ purā nārī bhūtvā puraripumapi kṣobhamanayat | smaro'pi tvāṃ natvā ratinayanalehyena vapuṣā munīnāmapyantaḥ prabhavati hi mohāya mahatām || 5|| dhanuḥ pauṣpaṃ maurvī madhukaramayī pañca viśikhāḥ vasantaḥ sāmanto malayamarudāyodhanarathaḥ | tathāpyekaḥ sarvaṃ himagirisute kāmapi kṛpām apāṅgātte labdhvā jagadida-manaṅgo vijayate || 6|| kvaṇatkāñcīdāmā karikalabhakumbhastananatā parikṣīṇā madhye pariṇataśaraccandravadanā | dhanurbāṇān pāśaṃ sṛṇimapi dadhānā karatalaiḥ purastādāstāṃ naḥ puramathiturāhopuruṣikā || 7|| sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe | śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm || 8|| mahīṃ mūlādhāre kamapi maṇipūre hutavahaṃ sthitaṃ svādhiṣṭhāne hṛdi marutamākāśamupari | mano'pi bhrūmadhye sakalamapi bhitvā kulapathaṃ sahasrāre padme saha rahasi patyā viharase || 9|| sudhādhārāsāraiścaraṇayugalāntarvigalitaiḥ prapañcaṃ siñcantī punarapi rasāmnāyamahasaḥ | avāpya svāṃ bhūmiṃ bhujaganibhamadhyuṣṭavalayaṃ svamātmānaṃ kṛtvā svapiṣi kulakuṇḍe kuhariṇi || 10|| caturbhiḥ śrīkaṇṭhaiḥ śivayuvatibhiḥ pañcabhirapi prabhinnābhiḥ śambhornavabhirapi mūlaprakṛtibhiḥ | catuścatvāriṃśadvasudalakalāśratrivalaya- (trayaścatvāri) trirekhābhiḥ sārdhaṃ tava śaraṇakoṇāḥ pariṇatāḥ || 11|| (caraṇakoṇāḥ, bhavanakiṇāḥ) tvadīyaṃ saundaryaṃ tuhinagirikanye tulayituṃ kavīndrāḥ kalpante kathamapi viriñciprabhṛtayaḥ | tapobhirduṣprāpāmapi giriśasāyujyapadavīm || 12|| naraṃ varṣīyāṃsaṃ nayanavirasaṃ narmasu jaḍaṃ tavāpāṅgāloke patitamanudhāvanti śataśaḥ | galadveṇībandhāḥ kucakalaśavisrastasicayā haṭhāt truṭyatkāñcyo vigalitadukūlā yuvatayaḥ || 13|| kṣitau ṣaṭpañcāśad dvisamadhikapañcāśadudake hutāśe dvāṣaṣṭiścaturadhikapañcāśadanile | divi dviṣṣaṭtriṃśanmanasi ca catuṣṣaṣṭiriti ye mayūkhāsteṣāmapyupari tava pādāmbujayugam || 14|| śarajjyotsnāśuddhāṃ śaśiyutajaṭājūṭamakuṭāṃ varatrāsatrāṇasphaṭikaghaṭikāpustakakarām | sakṛnna tvā natvā kathamiva satāṃ saṃnnidadhate madhukṣīradrākṣāmadhurimadhurīṇāḥ bhaṇitayaḥ || 15|| kavīndrāṇāṃ cetaḥkamalavanabālātaparuciṃ bhajante ye santaḥ katicidaruṇāmeva bhavatīm | viriñcipreyasyāstaruṇataraśṛṅgāralaharī- gabhīrābhirvāgbhirvidadhati satāṃ rañjanamamī || 16|| savitrībhirvācāṃ śaśimaṇiśilābhaṅgarucibhiḥ vaśinyādyābhistvāṃ saha janani saṃcintayati yaḥ | sa kartā kāvyānāṃ bhavati mahatāṃ bhaṅgirucibhiḥ vacobhirvāgdevīvadanakamalāmodamadhuraiḥ || 17|| tanucchāyābhiste taruṇataraṇiśrīsaraṇibhiḥ divaṃ sarvāmurvīmaruṇimani magnāṃ smarati yaḥ | bhavantyasya trasyadvanahariṇaśālīnanayanāḥ sahorvaśyā vaśyāḥ kati kati na gīrvāṇagaṇikāḥ || 18|| mukhaṃ binduṃ kṛtvā kucayugamadhastasya tadadho harārdhaṃ dhyāyedyo haramahiṣi te manmathakalām | sa sadyaḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ nayati vanitā ityatilaghu trilokīmapyāśu bhramayati ravīndustanayugām || 19|| kirantīmaṅgebhyaḥ kiraṇanikurambāmṛtarasaṃ hṛdi tvāmādhatte himakaraśilāmūrtimiva yaḥ | sa sarpāṇāṃ darpaṃ śamayati śakuntādhipa iva jvarapluṣṭān dṛṣṭyā sukhayati sudhādhārasirayā || 20|| taṭillekhātanvīṃ tapanaśaśivaiśvānaramayīṃ niṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṇṇāmapyupari kamalānāṃ tava kalām | mahāpadmāṭavyāṃ mṛditamalamāyena manasā mahāntaḥ paśyanto dadhati paramāhlādalaharīm || 21|| bhavāni tvaṃ dāse mayi vitara dṛṣṭiṃ sakaruṇā- miti stotuṃ vāñchan kathayati bhavāni tvamiti yaḥ | tadaiva tvaṃ tasmai diśasi nijasāyujyapadavīṃ mukundabrahmendrasphuṭamakuṭanīrājitapadām || 22|| tvayā hṛtvā vāmaṃ vapuraparitṛptena manasā śarīrārdhaṃ śambhoraparamapi śaṅke hṛtamabhūt | yadetattvadrūpaṃ sakalamaruṇābhaṃ trinayanaṃ kucābhyāmānamraṃ kuṭilaśaśicūḍālamakuṭam || 23|| jagatsūte dhātā hariravati rudraḥ kṣapayate tiraskurvannetatsvamapi vapurīśastirayati | sadāpūrvaḥ sarvaṃ tadidamanugṛhṇāti ca śiva- stavājñāmālambya kṣaṇacalitayorbhrūlatikayoḥ || 24|| trayāṇāṃ devānāṃ triguṇajanitānāṃ tava śive bhavet pūjā pūjā tava caraṇayoryā viracitā | tathā hi tvatpādodvahanamaṇipīṭhasya nikaṭe sthitā hyete śaśvanmukulitakarottaṃsamakuṭāḥ || 25|| viriñciḥ pañcatvaṃ vrajati harirāpnoti viratiṃ vināśaṃ kīnāśo bhajati dhanado yāti nidhanam | vitandrī māhendrī vitatirapi saṃmīlitadṛśā mahāsaṃhāre'smin viharati sati tvatpatirasau || 26|| japo jalpaḥ śilpaṃ sakalamapi mudrāviracanā gatiḥ prādakṣiṇyakramaṇamaśanādyāhutividhiḥ | praṇāmassaṃveśassukhamakhilamātmārpaṇadṛśā saparyāparyāyastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam || 27|| sudhāmapyāsvādya pratibhayajarāmṛtyuhariṇīṃ vipadyante viśve vidhiśatamakhādyā diviṣadaḥ | karālaṃ yatkṣvelaṃ kabalitavataḥ kālakalanā na śambhostanmūlaṃ tava janani tāṭaṅkamahimā || 28|| kirīṭaṃ vairiñcaṃ parihara puraḥ kaiṭabhabhidaḥ kaṭhore koṭīre skhalasi jahi jambhārimukuṭam | praṇamreṣveteṣu prasabhamupayātasya bhavanaṃ bhavasyābhyutthāne tava parijanoktirvijayate || 29|| svadehodbhūtābhirghṛṇibhiraṇimādyābhirabhito niṣevye nitye tvāmahamiti sadā bhāvayati yaḥ | kimāścaryaṃ tasya trinayanasamṛddhiṃ tṛṇayato mahāsaṃvartāgnirviracayati nīrājanavidhim || 30|| catuṣṣaṣṭyā tantraiḥ sakalamatisaṃdhāya bhuvanaṃ sthitastattatsiddhiprasavaparatantraiḥ paśupatiḥ | punastvannirbandhādakhilapuruṣārthaikaghaṭanā- svatantraṃ te tantraṃ kṣititalamavātītaradidam || 31|| śivaḥ śaktiḥ kāmaḥ kṣitiratha raviḥ śītakiraṇaḥ smaro haṃsaḥ śakrastadanu ca parāmāraharayaḥ | amī hṛllekhābhistisṛbhiravasāneṣu ghaṭitā bhajante varṇāste tava janani nāmāvayavatām || 32|| smaraṃ yoniṃ lakṣmīṃ tritayamidamādau tava mano- rnidhāyaike nitye niravadhimahābhogarasikāḥ | bhajanti tvāṃ cintāmaṇigunanibaddhākṣavalayāḥ śivāgnau juhvantaḥ surabhighṛtadhārāhutiśataiḥ || 33|| śarīraṃ tvaṃ śambhoḥ śaśimihiravakṣoruhayugaṃ tavātmānaṃ manye bhagavati navātmānamanagham | ataśśeṣaśśeṣītyayamubhayasādhāraṇatayā sthitaḥ saṃbandho vāṃ samarasaparānandaparayoḥ || 34|| manastvaṃ vyoma tvaṃ marudasi marutsārathirasi tvamāpastvaṃ bhūmistvayi pariṇatāyāṃ na hi param | tvameva svātmānaṃ pariṇamayituṃ viśvavapuṣā cidānandākāraṃ śivayuvati bhāvena bibhṛṣe || 35|| tavājñācakrasthaṃ tapanaśaśikoṭidyutidharaṃ paraṃ śambhuṃ vande parimilitapārśvaṃ paracitā | yamārādhyan bhaktyā raviśaśiśucīnāmaviṣaye nirāloke'loke nivasati hi bhālokabhuvane || 36|| viśuddhau te śuddhasphaṭikaviśadaṃ vyomajanakaṃ śivaṃ seve devīmapi śivasamānavyavasitām | yayoḥ kāntyā yāntyāḥ śaśikiraṇasārūpyasaraṇe- vidhūtāntardhvāntā vilasati cakorīva jagatī || 37|| bhaje haṃsadvandvaṃ kimapi mahatāṃ mānasacaram | yadālāpādaṣṭādaśaguṇitavidyāpariṇati- ryadādatte doṣād guṇamakhilamadbhyaḥ paya iva || 38|| tava svādhiṣṭhāne hutavahamadhiṣṭhāya nirataṃ tamīḍe saṃvartaṃ janani mahatīṃ tāṃ ca samayām | yadāloke lokān dahati mahati krodhakalite dayārdrā yā dṛṣṭiḥ śiśiramupacāraṃ racayati || 39|| taṭittvantaṃ śaktyā timiraparipanthisphuraṇayā sphurannānāratnābharaṇapariṇaddhendradhanuṣam | tava śyāmaṃ meghaṃ kamapi maṇipūraikaśaraṇaṃ niṣeve varṣantaṃ haramihirataptaṃ tribhuvanam || 40|| tavādhāre mūle saha samayayā lāsyaparayā navātmānaṃ manye navarasamahātāṇḍavanaṭam | ubhābhyāmetābhyāmudayavidhimuddiśya dayayā sanāthābhyāṃ jajñe janakajananīmajjagadidam || 41|| saundaryalaharī gatairmāṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ | sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ dhanuḥ śaunāsīraṃ kimiti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām || 42|| dhunotu dhvāntaṃ nastulitadalitendīvaravanaṃ ghanasnigdhaślakṣṇaṃ cikuranikurumbaṃ tava śive | yadīyaṃ saurabhyaṃ sahajamupalabdhuṃ sumanaso vasantyasmin manye valamathanavāṭīviṭapinām || 43|| tanotu kṣemaṃ nastava vadanasaundaryalaharī- parīvāhasrotaḥsaraṇiriva sīmantasaraṇiḥ | vahantī sindūraṃ prabalakabarībhāratimira- dviṣāṃ vṛndairbandīkṛtamiva navīnārkakiraṇam || 44|| arālaiḥ svābhāvyādalikalabhasaśrībhiralakaiḥ parītaṃ te vaktraṃ parihasati paṅkeruharucim | darasmere yasmin daśanarucikiñjalkarucire sugandhau mādyanti smaradahanacakṣurmadhulihaḥ || 45|| lalāṭaṃ lāvaṇyadyutivimalamābhāti tava ya- ddvitīyaṃ tanmanye {makuṭa}ghaṭitaṃ candraśakalam | viparyāsanyāsādubhayamapi saṃbhūya ca mithaḥ sudhālepasyūtiḥ pariṇamati rākāhimakaraḥ || 46|| bhruvau bhugne kiṃcidbhuvanabhayabhaṅgavyasanini tvadīye netrābhyāṃ madhukararucibhyāṃ dhṛtaguṇam | dhanurmanye savyetarakaragṛhītaṃ ratipateḥ prakoṣṭhe muṣṭau ca sthagayati nigūḍhāntaramume || 47|| ahaḥ sūte savyaṃ tava nayanamarkātmakatayā triyāmāṃ vāmaṃ te sṛjati rajanīnāyakatayā | tṛtīyā te dṛṣṭirdaradalitahemāmbujaruciḥ samādhatte saṃdhyāṃ divasaniśayorantaracarīm || 48|| viśālā kalyāṇī sphuṭarucirayodhyā kuvalayaiḥ kṛpādhārādhārā kimapi madhurābhogavatikā | avantī dṛṣṭiste bahunagaravistāravijayā dhruvaṃ tattannāmavyavaharaṇayogyā vijayate || 49|| kavīnāṃ saṃdarbhastabakamakarandaikarasikaṃ kaṭākṣavyākṣepabhramarakalabhau karṇayugalam | amuñcantau dṛṣṭvā tava navarasāsvādataralā- vasūyāsaṃsargādalikanayanaṃ kiṃcidaruṇam || 50|| śive śṛṅgārārdrā taditarajane kutsanaparā saroṣā gaṅgāyāṃ giriśacarite vismayavatī | (giriśanayane) harāhibhyo bhītā sarasiruhasaubhāgyajananī (jayinī) sakhīṣu smerā te mayi jananī dṛṣṭiḥ sakaruṇā || 51|| gate karṇābhyarṇaṃ garuta iva pakṣmāṇi dadhatī purāṃ bhettuścittapraśamarasavidrāvaṇaphale | ime netre gotrādharapatikulottaṃsakalike tavākarṇākṛṣṭasmaraśaravilāsaṃ kalayataḥ || 52|| vibhaktatraivarṇyaṃ vyatikaritalīlāñjanatayā vibhāti tvannetratritayamidamīśānadayite | punaḥ sraṣṭuṃ devān druhiṇaharirudrānuparatān rajaḥ sattvaṃ bibhrattama iti guṇānāṃ trayamiva || 53|| pavitrīkartuṃ naḥ paśupatiparādhīnahṛdaye dayāmitrairnetrairaruṇadhavalaśyāmarucibhiḥ | nadaḥ śoṇo gaṅgā tapanatanayeti dhruvamamuṃ trayāṇāṃ tīrthānāmupanayasi saṃbhedamanagham || 54|| nimeṣonmeṣābhyāṃ pralayamudayaṃ yāti jagatī tavetyāhuḥ santo dharaṇidhararājanyatanaye | tvadunmeṣājjātaṃ jagadidamaśeṣaṃ pralayataḥ paritrātuṃ śaṅke parihṛtanimeṣāstava dṛśaḥ || 55|| tavāparṇe karṇejapanayanapaiśunyacakitā nilīyante toye niyatamanimeṣāḥ śapharikāḥ | iyaṃ ca śrīrbaddhacchadapuṭakavāṭaṃ kuvalayam jahāti pratyūṣe niśi ca vighaṭayya praviśati || 56|| dṛśā drāghīyasyā daradalitanīlotpalarucā davīyāṃsaṃ dīnaṃ snapaya kṛpayā māmapi śive | anenāyaṃ dhanyo bhavati na ca te hāniriyatā vane vā harmye vā samakaranipāto himakaraḥ || 57|| na keṣāmādhatte kusumaśarakodaṇḍakutukam | tiraścīno yatra śravaṇapathamullaṅghya vilasa- nnapāṅgavyāsaṅgo diśati śarasaṃdhānadhiṣaṇām || 58|| sphuradgaṇḍābhogapratiphalitatāṭaṅkayugalaṃ catuścakraṃ manye tava mukhamidaṃ manmatharatham | yamāruhya druhyatyavanirathamarkenducaraṇaṃ mahāvīro māraḥ pramathapataye sajjitavate || 59|| sarasvatyāḥ sūktīramṛtalaharīkauśalaharīḥ pibantyāḥ śarvāṇi śravaṇaculukābhyāmaviralam | camatkāraślāghācalitaśirasaḥ kuṇḍalagaṇo jhaṇatkāraistāraiḥ prativacanamācaṣṭa iva te || 60|| asau nāsāvaṃśastuhinagirivaṃśadhvajapaṭi tvadīyo nedīyaḥ phalatu phalamasmākamucitam | vahannantarmuktāḥ śiśirataraniśvāsagalitaṃ samṛddhyā yattāsāṃ bahirapi ca muktāmaṇidharaḥ || 61|| prakṛtyā raktāyāstava sudati dantacchadaruceḥ pravakṣye sādṛśyaṃ janayatu phalaṃ vidrumalatā | na bimbaṃ tadbimbapratiphalanarāgādaruṇitaṃ tulāmadhyāroḍhuṃ kathamiva vilajjeta kalayā || 62|| smitajyotsnājālaṃ tava vadanacandrasya pibatāṃ cakorāṇāmāsīdatirasatayā cañcujaḍimā | ataste śītāṃśoramṛtalaharīmamlarucayaḥ pibanti svacchandaṃ niśi niśi bhṛśaṃ kāñjikadhiyā || 63|| aviśrāntaṃ patyurguṇagaṇakathāmreḍanajapā japāpuṣpacchāyā tava janani jihvā jayati sā | yadagrāsīnāyāḥ sphaṭikadṛṣadacchacchavimayī sarasvatyā mūrtiḥ pariṇamati māṇikyavapuṣā || 64|| raṇe jitvā daityānapahṛtaśirastraiḥ kavacibhir- nivṛttaiścaṇḍāṃśatripuraharanirmālyavimukhaiḥ | viśākhendropendraiḥ śaśiviśadakarpūraśakalā vipañcyā gāyantī vividhamapadānaṃ paśupateḥ tvayārabdhe vaktuṃ calitaśirasā sādhuvacane | tadīyairmādhuryairapalapitatantrīkalaravāṃ nijāṃ vīṇāṃ vāṇī niculayati colena nibhṛtam || 66|| karāgreṇa spṛṣṭaṃ tuhinagiriṇā vatsalatayā girīśenodastaṃ muhuradharapānākulatayā | karagrāhyaṃ śambhormukhamukuravṛntaṃ girisute kathaṅkāraṃ brūmastava cibukamaupamyarahitam || 67|| bhujāśleṣānnityaṃ puradamayituḥ kaṇṭakavatī tava grīvā dhatte mukhakamalanālaśriyamiyam | svataḥ śvetā kālāgurubahulajambālamalinā mṛṇālīlālityam vahati yadadho hāralatikā || 68|| gale rekhāstisro gatigamakagītaikanipuṇe vivāhavyānaddhapraguṇaguṇasaṃkhyāpratibhuvaḥ | virājante nānāvidhamadhurarāgākarabhuvāṃ trayāṇāṃ grāmāṇāṃ sthitiniyamasīmāna iva te || 69|| mṛṇālīmṛdvīnāṃ tava bhujalatānāṃ catasṛṇāṃ caturbhiḥ saundaryaṃ sarasijabhavaḥ stauti vadanaiḥ | nakhebhyaḥ santrasyan prathamamathanādandhakaripo- ścaturṇāṃ śīrṣāṇāṃ samamabhayahastārpaṇadhiyā || 70|| nakhānāmuddyotairnavanalinarāgaṃ vihasatāṃ karāṇāṃ te kāntiṃ kathaya kathayāmaḥ kathamume | kayācidvā sāmyaṃ bhajatu kalayā hanta kamalaṃ yadi krīḍallakṣmīcaraṇatalalākṣāruṇadalam || 71|| tavedaṃ naḥ khedaṃ haratu satataṃ prasnutamukham | yadālokyāśaṅkākulitahṛdayo hāsajanakaḥ svakumbhau herambaḥ parimṛśati hastena jhaḍiti || 72|| amū te vakṣojāvamṛtarasamāṇikyakutupau na saṃdehaspando nagapatipatāke manasi naḥ | pibantau tau yasmādaviditavadhūsaṅgarasikau kumārāvadyāpi dviradavadanakrauñcadalanau || 73|| vahatyamba stamberamadanujakumbhaprakṛtibhiḥ samārabdhāṃ muktāmaṇibhiramalāṃ hāralatikām | kucābhogo bimbādhararucibhirantaḥ śabalitāṃ pratāpavyāmiśrāṃ puradamayituḥ kīrtimiva te || 74|| tava stanyaṃ manye dharaṇidharakanye hṛdayataḥ payaḥpārāvāraḥ parivahati sārasvatamiva | dayāvatyā dattaṃ draviḍaśiśurāsvādya tava yat kavīnāṃ prauḍhānāmajani kamanīyaḥ kavayitā || 75|| harakrodhajvālāvalibhiravalīḍhena vapuṣā gabhīre te nābhīsarasi kṛtasaṅgo manasijaḥ | samuttasthau tasmādacalatanaye dhūmalatikā janastāṃ jānīte tava janani romāvaliriti || 76|| yadetat kālindītanutarataraṅgākṛti śive kṛśe madhye kiṃcijjanani tava yadbhāti sudhiyām | vimardādanyo'nyaṃ kucakalaśayorantaragataṃ tanūbhūtaṃ vyoma praviśadiva nābhiṃ kuhariṇīm || 77|| sthiro gaṅgāvartaḥ stanamukularomāvalilatā- kalāvālaṃ kuṇḍaṃ kusumaśaratejohutabhujaḥ | raterlīlāgāraṃ kimapi tava nābhirgirisute biladvāraṃ siddhergiriśanayanānāṃ vijayate || 78|| nisargakṣīṇasya stanataṭabhareṇa klamajuṣo namanmūrternārītilaka śanakaistruṭyata iva | ciraṃ te madhyasya truṭitataṭinītīrataruṇā samāvasthāsthemno bhavatu kuśalaṃ śailatanaye || 79|| kucau sadyaḥsvidyattaṭaghaṭitakūrpāsabhidurau kaṣantau dormūle kanakakalaśābhau kalayatā | tava trātuṃ bhaṅgādalamiti valagnaṃ tanubhuvā tridhā naddhaṃ devi trivali lavalīvallibhiriva || 80|| gurutvaṃ vistāraṃ kṣitidharapatiḥ pārvati nijā- nnitambādācchidya tvayi haraṇarūpeṇa nidadhe | ataste vistīrṇo gururayamaśeṣāṃ vasumatīṃ nitambaprāgbhāraḥ sthagayati laghutvaṃ nayati ca || 81|| karīndrāṇāṃ śuṇḍān kanakakadalīkāṇḍapaṭalī- mubhābhyāmūrubhyāmubhayamapi nirjitya bhavatī | suvṛttābhyāṃ patyuḥ praṇatikaṭhinābhyāṃ girisute vijigye jānubhyāṃ vibudhakarikumbhadvayamasi || 82|| parājetuṃ rudraṃ dviguṇaśaragarbhau girisute niṣaṅgau jaṅghe te viṣamaviśikho bāḍhamakṛta | yadagre dṛśyante daśaśaraphalāḥ pādayugalī- nakhāgracchadmānaḥ suramakuṭaśāṇaikaniśitāḥ || 83|| śrutīnāṃ mūrdhāno dadhati tava yau śekharatayā mamāpyetau mātaḥ śirasi dayayā dhehi caraṇau | yayoḥ pādyaṃ pāthaḥ paśupatijaṭājūṭataṭinī yayorlākṣālakṣmīraruṇaharicūḍāmaṇiruciḥ || 84|| stavāsmai dvandvāya sphuṭarucirasālaktakavate | asūyatyatyantaṃ yadabhihananāya spṛhayate paśūnāmīśānaḥ pramadavanakaṅkelitarave || 85|| mṛṣā kṛtvā gotraskhalanamatha vailakṣyanamitaṃ lalāṭe bhartāraṃ caraṇakamale tāḍayati te | cirādantaḥśalyaṃ dahanakṛtamunmūlitavatā tulākoṭikvāṇaiḥ kilikilitamīśānaripuṇā || 86|| himānīhantavyaṃ himagirinivāsaikacaturau niśāyāṃ nidrāṇaṃ niśi caramabhāge ca viśadau | varaṃ lakṣmīpātraṃ śriyamatisṛjantau samayināṃ sarojaṃ tvatpādau janani jayataścitramiha kim || 87|| padaṃ te kīrtīnāṃ prapadamapadaṃ devi vipadāṃ kathaṃ nītaṃ sadbhiḥ kaṭhinakamaṭhīkarparatulām | kathaṃ vā bāhubhyāmupayamanakāle purabhidā yadādāya nyastaṃ dṛṣadi dayamānena manasā || 88|| nakhairnākastrīṇāṃ karakamalasaṃkocaśaśibhi- starūṇāṃ divyānāṃ hasata iva te caṇḍi caraṇau | phalāni svaḥsthebhyaḥ kisalayakarāgreṇa dadatāṃ daridrebhyo bhadrāṃ śriyamaniśamahnāya dadatau || 89|| dadāne dīnebhyaḥ śriyamaniśamāśānusadṛśī- tavāsmin mandārastabakasubhage yātu caraṇe nimajjanmajjīvaḥ karaṇacaraṇaḥ ṣaṭcaraṇatām || 90|| padanyāsakrīḍāparicayamivārabdhumanasaḥ skhalantaste khelaṃ bhavanakalahaṃsā na jahati | atasteṣāṃ śikṣāṃ subhagamaṇimañjīraraṇita- cchalādācakṣāṇaṃ caraṇakamalaṃ cārucarite || 91|| gatāste mañcatvaṃ druhiṇaharirudreśvarabhṛtaḥ śivaḥ svacchacchāyāghaṭitakapaṭapracchadapaṭaḥ | tvadīyānāṃ bhāsāṃ pratiphalanarāgāruṇatayā śarīrī śṛṅgāro rasa iva dṛśāṃ dogdhi kutukam || 92|| arālā keśeṣu prakṛtisaralā mandahasite śirīṣābhā citte dṛṣadupalaśobhā kucataṭe | bhṛśaṃ tanvī madhye pṛthururasijārohaviṣaye jagattrātuṃ śambhorjayati karuṇā kācidaruṇā || 93|| kalaṅkaḥ kastūrī rajanikarabimbaṃ jalamayaṃ kalābhiḥ karpūrairmarakatakaraṇḍaṃ nibiḍitam | atastvadbhogena pratidinamidaṃ riktakuharaṃ vidhirbhūyo bhūyo nibiḍayati nūnaṃ tava kṛte || 94|| purārāterantaḥpuramasi tatastvaccaraṇayoḥ saparyāmaryādā taralakaraṇānāmasulabhā | tathā hyete nītāḥ śatamakhamukhāḥ siddhimatulāṃ tava dvāropāntasthitibhiraṇimādyābhiramarāḥ || 95|| kalatraṃ vaidhātraṃ katikati bhajante na kavayaḥ śriyo devyāḥ ko vā na bhavati patiḥ kairapi dhanaiḥ | mahādevaṃ hitvā tava sati satīnāmacarame kucābhyāmāsaṅgaḥ kuravakatarorapyasulabhaḥ || 96|| girāmāhurdevīṃ druhiṇagṛhiṇīmāgamavido hareḥ patnīṃ padmāṃ harasahacarīmadritanayām | turīyā kāpi tvaṃ duradhigamaniḥsīmamahimā mahāmāyā viśvaṃ bhramayasi parabrahmamahiṣi || 97|| kadā kāle mātaḥ kathaya kalitālaktakarasaṃ pibeyaṃ vidyārthī tava caraṇanirṇejanajalam | prakṛtyā mūkānāmapi ca kavitākāraṇatayā kadā dhatte vāṇīmukhakamalatāmbūlarasatām || 98|| sarasvatyā lakṣmyā vidhiharisapatno viharate rateḥ pātivratyaṃ śithilayati ramyeṇa vapuṣā | ciraṃ jīvanneva kṣapitapaśupāśavyatikaraḥ parānandābhikhyam rasayati rasaṃ tvadbhajanavān || 99|| pradīpajvālābhirdivasakaranīrājanavidhiḥ sudhāsūteścandropalajalalavairarghyaracanā | svakīyairambhobhiḥ salilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ tvadīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃ stutiriyam || 100|| || iti śrīmatparamahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya śrīgovindabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya śrīmacchaṅkarabhagavataḥ kṛtau saundaryalaharī sampūrṇā || || oṃ tatsat || (anubandhaḥ samānītaḥ padbhyāṃ maṇimukuratāmambaramaṇi- rbhayādāsyādantaḥstimitakiraṇaśreṇimasṛṇaḥ | ( dadhāti tvadvaktraṃpratiphalanamaśrāntavikacaṃ nirātaṅkaṃ candrānnijahṛdayapaṅkeruhamiva || 101|| samudbhūtasthūlastanabharamuraścāru hasitaṃ kaṭākṣe kandarpaḥ katicana kadambadyuti vapuḥ | harasya tvadbhrāntiṃ manasi janayanti sma vimalāḥ bhavatyā ye bhaktāḥ pariṇatiramīṣāmiyamume || 102|| nidhe nityasmere niravadhiguṇe nītinipuṇe nirāghātajñāne niyamaparacittaikanilaye | niyatyā nirmukte nikhilanigamāntastutipade nirātaṅke nitye nigamaya mamāpi stutimimām || 103||

Meaning:The Soundarya Lahari — the "Waves of Beauty" — is a hymn of about a hundred verses to the Divine Mother (Devi, as Tripura Sundari), ascribed to the great teacher Adi Shankaracharya. The first part, the Ananda Lahari ("Wave of Bliss", verses 1–41), extols the dynamic aspect of Brahman as Shakti, the worship of the Sri Chakra and the modes of inner meditation; the second part, the Saundarya Lahari proper (verses 42–100, with three further verses in some recensions), is a magnificent description of the beauty of the Goddess from head to foot. Its very first verse declares the supreme truth that Shiva can act only when joined with Shakti — that the Power is the life of the Lord — and verse after verse offers the whole of one’s life and worship at Her feet. Composed in the flowing Shikharini metre, it is at once a devotional poem, a tantric manual and one of the most beloved hymns of the Sri Vidya tradition.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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śivaḥ śaktyā yukto yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ na cedevaṃ devo na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi | atastvāmārādhyāṃ hariharaviriñcādibhirapi praṇantuṃ stotuṃ vā kathamakṛtapuṇyaḥ prabhavati || 1||🔊Only when united with Shakti does Shiva have the power to create; without Her even the Lord cannot stir. How then shall one without merit dare to adore or praise You, whom even Hari, Hara and Brahma worship?

tanīyāṃsaṃ pāṃsuṃ tava caraṇapaṅkeruhabhavaṃ viriñcissañcinvan viracayati lokānavikalam | vahatyenaṃ śauriḥ kathamapi sahasreṇa śirasāṃ harassaṃkṣudyainaṃ bhajati bhasitoddhūlanavidhim || 2||🔊With a single speck of the dust of Your feet Brahma fashions the endless worlds; Vishnu bears it with difficulty upon his thousand heads; and Shiva grinds it to the sacred ash he smears upon his body.

avidyānāmanta-stimira-mihiradvīpanagarī jaḍānāṃ caitanya-stabaka-makaranda-srutijharī | daridrāṇāṃ cintāmaṇiguṇanikā janmajaladhau nimagnānāṃ daṃṣṭrā muraripu-varāhasya bhavati || 3||🔊You are the rising sun that scatters the darkness of ignorance in the dull, the stream of honeyed wisdom for the slow of mind, the very string of wish-gems for the poor, and the tusk of Varaha lifting up those sunk in the ocean of birth.

sudhāsindhormadhye suraviṭapivāṭīparivṛte maṇidvīpe nīpopavanavati cintāmaṇigṛhe | śivākāre mañce paramaśivaparyaṅkanilayāṃ bhajanti tvāṃ dhanyāḥ katicana cidānandalaharīm || 8||🔊Blessed are the few who worship You — seated in the city of wish-gems, upon the couch that is Sadashiva, in the nipa grove on the jewel-island girt by celestial wish-trees — as the very Wave of Bliss (Chidananda-lahari).

bhavāni tvaṃ dāse mayi vitara dṛṣṭiṃ sakaruṇā- miti stotuṃ vāñchan kathayati bhavāni tvamiti yaḥ | tadaiva tvaṃ tasmai diśasi nijasāyujyapadavīṃ mukundabrahmendrasphuṭamakuṭanīrājitapadām || 22||🔊O Bhavani, only resolve to cast upon me, Your servant, a single glance of compassion — and at once the grace and wealth of even Hari, Brahma and Indra are won; for to be looked upon by You is itself liberation.

japo jalpaḥ śilpaṃ sakalamapi mudrāviracanā gatiḥ prādakṣiṇyakramaṇamaśanādyāhutividhiḥ | praṇāmassaṃveśassukhamakhilamātmārpaṇadṛśā saparyāparyāyastava bhavatu yanme vilasitam || 27||🔊Let my every act become Your worship: my idle speech the murmur of Your mantra, the movements of my hands Your ritual gestures, my walking Your circumambulation, my eating Your oblation, my lying down my prostration before You.

saundaryalaharī gatairmāṇikyatvaṃ gaganamaṇibhiḥ sāndraghaṭitaṃ kirīṭaṃ te haimaṃ himagirisute kīrtayati yaḥ | sa nīḍeyacchāyācchuraṇaśabalaṃ candraśakalaṃ dhanuḥ śaunāsīraṃ kimiti na nibadhnāti dhiṣaṇām || 42||🔊I bow to Your crown, O Mother — set among Your dark, flower-fragrant tresses like a crescent moon in a bank of cloud. (Here the Saundaryalahari proper begins, hymning the Goddess from head to foot.)

pradīpajvālābhirdivasakaranīrājanavidhiḥ sudhāsūteścandropalajalalavairarghyaracanā | svakīyairambhobhiḥ salilanidhisauhityakaraṇaṃ tvadīyābhirvāgbhistava janani vācāṃ stutiriyam || 100||🔊With what flowers of words can I, a mere child, hymn You who are the Mother of speech itself — as one offers a lamp to the sun, moonlight to the moon, or a drop of the sea’s own water back to the sea? Yet by Your grace this praise is made.

Benefits of Chanting सौन्दर्यलहरी

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The supreme hymn to the beauty and power of the Divine Mother — its recitation is held to bring Her grace in full: prosperity, eloquence, beauty, health and spiritual awakening.

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Each of the verses is traditionally a mantra in itself, with an associated yantra and a specific fruit (phala) when recited with devotion.

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Verses 1–41 (Ananda Lahari) support Sri Chakra worship and inner (kundalini) meditation; verses 42–100 cultivate love and surrender through contemplation of Her form.

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Recited for the removal of obstacles and disease, for progeny and a happy married life, and for the awakening of wisdom and devotion.

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Most powerful on Fridays, during Navaratri and on Pournami, before an image or the Sri Chakra of the Goddess.

How to Chant सौन्दर्यलहरी

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Best TimeEarly morning or evening; especially Fridays, Navaratri and Pournami (full moon)

FaceEast or North

Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image or Sri Chakra of the Divine Mother. Light a lamp and offer kumkum and red flowers, which are dear to Her. Recite the verses slowly and with devotion — the whole hymn takes about 30–40 minutes; a single verse may also be taken up with its yantra for a specific purpose under a guru’s guidance. Begin with a prayer to Shankaracharya and the Mother, and close by offering the recitation at Her feet.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete सौन्दर्यलहरी written in the English script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It is a hymn of about a hundred verses to the Divine Mother (Devi as Tripura Sundari), ascribed to Adi Shankaracharya. "Soundarya Lahari" means "Waves of Beauty". It is in two parts — the Ananda Lahari (verses 1–41) on the power and worship of Shakti, and the Saundarya Lahari (42–100) describing the Goddess’s beauty from head to foot.

The core hymn has 100 verses; some recensions add three more (101–103), which are included here, for 103 in all. It is composed in the graceful Shikharini metre.

It is held to confer the Mother’s complete grace — prosperity, eloquence, health, beauty, progeny and spiritual awakening. Each verse is also a mantra with its own yantra and fruit, recited under guidance for specific aims.

Especially on Fridays (the Goddess’s day), during the nine nights of Navaratri, and on Pournami (full moon), before an image or the Sri Chakra. It may be chanted daily after bathing.