In this article, you will read about:
Significance of Das Mahavidya Stotra
Who Should Chant Das Mahavidya Stotram?
Das Mahavidya Stotra Lyrics in English
Benefits of Reciting Das Mahavidya Stotram
Worship Them All Using Tantra Sadhana App
Significance of Das Mahavidya Stotra
Who Are the Das Mahavidyas?
The Das Mahavidyas are the 10 primordial Wisdom Goddesses of Tantra. All are unique manifestations of the same Divine Mother (Adi Parashakti) in Hindu Tantra and Shaktism.
Each Mahavidya embodies a unique cosmic archetype and a path to ultimate Self-realisation, spanning the full spectrum of reality, from fierce Destruction to Creation to transcendent Stillness.
The 10 Goddesses are:
Ma Kali (Time and Cosmic Dissolution)
Ma Tara (Compassionate Guidance and Liberation)
Ma Tripura Sundari (Supreme Beauty and the Ultimate Reality)
Ma Bhuvaneshwari (Space and Physical Manifest Universes)
Ma Bhairavi (Transformative Fury and Spiritual Discipline)
Ma Chinnamasta (Self-sacrifice and Severance of Ego)
Ma Dhumavati (the Void, Decay, and Renunciation)
Ma Bagalamukhi (Paralysis of Negativity and Unrefined Speech)
Ma Matangi (Unconventional Arts and Esoteric Knowledge)
Ma Kamalatmika (Worldly and Spiritual Abundance and Prosperity)
What Is the Das Mahavidya Stotra?
The Das Mahavidya Stotra is a sacred devotional Sanskrit hymn that systematically invokes, praises, and meditates upon the names, forms, and attributes of all the 10 Mahavidyas.
Found across various Shakta Agamas and Tantras—most notably the Mundamala Tantra—the Stotra functions as a sequential series of Dhyan Shloks (contemplative verses) of the Das Mahavidyas.
Composed predominantly in the classical 32-syllable Anushtubh meter (eight syllables per quarter verse), it synthesises the entire Shakta cosmological framework into a single, unified hymn that can be recited every day with ease.
The uniqueness of the Das Mahavidya Stotra is that it systematically attunes the mind to both the Saumya (gentle)and Ugra (fearsome) aspects of Existence, from decay (Ma Kali) to abundance (Ma Kamalatmika).
Who Should Chant Das Mahavidya Stotram?
Rather than demanding the ritual prerequisites of Tantric initiation (Diksha) and the guidance of a Guru required for advanced Tantric Sadhana, the Das Mahavidya Stotram provides Devi Upasaks an accessible gateway to connect with the Divine energies of the Das Mahavidyas.
Like most Stotrams, it is a fundamentally devotional hymn that operates through pure reverence and surrender. Consequently, it is suitable for and beneficial to all sincere devotees of the Mother Goddess, including:
Both men and women
Householders (Grihasthas)
Spiritual seekers across the world
Beginners exploring the path of Tantra
Practitioners seeking a Tantric Guru to progress in Das Mahavidya worship
Das Mahavidya Stotra Lyrics in English
Download a PDF of the Stotra to revisit it later:
Namastē caṇḍikē caṇḍi caṇḍa-muṇḍa-vināśini |
Namastē kālikē kāla-mahā-bhaya-vināśinī ||1||
Śivē rakṣa jagad'dhātrī prasīda hari-vallabhē |
Praṇamāmi jagadhātrīṁ jagat-pālana-kāriṇīm ||2||
Jagat-kṣōbha-karīṁ vidyāṁ jagat-sr̥ṣṭi-vidhāyinīm |
Karālāṁ vikaṭā ghōrāṁ muṇḍa-mālā-vibhūṣitam ||3||
Haracitāṁ harārādhyāṁ namāmi hara-vallabham |
Gaurīṁ guru-priyāṁ gaura-varṇāṅkāra-bhūṣitam ||4||
Hari-priyāṁ mahā-māyāṁ namāmi brahma-pūjitām |
Sid'dhāṁ sid'dhēśvarīṁ sid'dha-vidyā-dhara-gaṇairyutām ||5||
Mantra-sid'dhi-pradāṁ yōni-sid'dhidāṁ liṅga-śōbhitām |
Praṇamāmi mahā-māyāṁ durgā durgati-nāśinīm ||6||
Ugramugramīmugra-tārāmugra – gaṇairyutām |
Nīlāṁ nīla-ghana-śyāmāṁ namāmi nīla-sundarīm ||7||
Śyāmāṅgīṁ śyāma-ghaṭikāṁ śyāma-varṇa-vibhūṣitam |
Praṇāmāmi jagadhātrīṁ gaurīṁ sarvārtha-sādhinīm ||8||
Viśvēśvarīṁ mahā-ghōrāṁ vikaṭāṁ ghōra-nādinīm |
Ādyāmādya-gurōrādyāmādyānātha-prapūjitām ||9||
Śrīdurgāṁ dhanadāmanna-pūrṇāṁ padmānsurēvarīm |
Praṇamāmi jagad'dhātrīṁ candra-śēkhara-vallabhām ||10||
Tripurā-sundarīṁ bālambalā-gaṇa-bhūṣitam |
Śivadūtīṁ śivārādhyāṁ śiva-madhyayē sanātanīm ||11||
Sundarīṁ tāriṇīṁ sarva-śivā-gaṇa-vibhūṣitam |
Nārāyaṇa viṣṇu-pūjya brahma-viṣṇu-hara-priyām ||12||
Sarva-sid'dhi-pradāṁ nityāmanitya-gaṇa-varjitām |
Saguṇāṁ nirguṇāṁ dhyēyamarcitāṁ sarva-sid'dhidām ||13||
Vidyāṁ sid'dhi-pradāṁ vidyāṁ mahā-vidyā-mēśvarīm |
Mahēśa-bhaktāṁ māhēśīṁ, mahā-kāla-prapūjitām ||14||
Praṇamāmi jagadhātrīṁ śumbhāsura-vimardinīm |
Rakta-priyāṁ rakta-varṇāṁ rakta-vīja-vimardinīm ||15||
Bhairavī bhuvanā-dēvīṁ lōla-jihvāsurīm |
Caturbhujāṁ daśa-bhujāmaṣṭā-daśa-bhujāṁ śubhām ||16||
Tripurēśīṁ viśvanātha-priyāṁ viśvēśvarīṁ śivām |
Aṭṭāsāmaṭṭahāsa-priyāṁ dhūmra-vināśinīm ||17||
Kamalāṁ chinna-mastāṁ ca mātaṅgīṁ sura-sundarīm |
Ṣōḍaśīṁ vijayāṁ bhīmāṁ dhumrāṁ ca bagalāmukhīm ||18||
Sarva-sid'dhi-pradāṁ sarva-vidyā-mantra-viśōdhinīm |
Praṇamāmi jagatārāṁ sāraṁ mantra-sid'dhayē ||19||
Śrīmuṇḍa-mālā-tantrē ēkādaśa-paṭalē mahā-vidyā-stōtram |
Benefits of Reciting Das Mahavidya Stotram
Here is the Phalashruti (fruit of recitation) describing the benefits of the Das Mahavidya Stotram:
|| Phala-śruti ||
Ityēvaṁ varārōhē stōtraṁ sid'dhi-karaṁ priyam |
Paṭhitvā mōkṣamāpnōti satyaṁ vai giri-nandini ||1||
Kuja-vārē caturdaśyāmāyāṁ jīva-vāsarē |
Kr̥tajñē niśi-gatē stōtraṁ pāṭhitvā mōkṣamāpanuyāt ||2||
Tripakṣē mantra-sid'dhiḥ syāt stōtra-pāṭhadhi śaṅkarī |
Caturdaśyāṁ niśā-bhāgē śani-bhauma-dinē tathā ||3||
Niśā-mukhē paṭhēt stōtraṁ mantra-sid'dhimavāpnuyāt |
Phaktaṁ stōtra-pāṭhādhi mantra-sid'dhiranuttamā |
Jāgarti satataṁ caṇḍī-stōtra-pāṭhad-bhujaṅginī ||4||
Translation
|| Fruit of Recitation ||
Thus, O noble lady [Varārohā], this beloved hymn brings spiritual attainment [Siddhi] |
By reciting it, one attains liberation—truly, O Daughter of the Mountain [Giri-nandinī]! ||1||
On Tuesday [Kuja-vāra], on the fourteenth lunar day [Caturdaśī], on the new moon day [Amāvāsyā], or on Thursday [Jīva-vāsara],
With a grateful heart, by reciting this hymn at night, one shall attain liberation. ||2||
Within three fortnights [six weeks], mastery of the mantra [Mantra-Siddhi] is achieved through the recitation of this hymn, O Śaṅkarī [wife of Śiva] |
On the fourteenth lunar day, during the night, as well as on Saturday [Śani] and Tuesday [Bhauma]. ||3||
If one recites the hymn at the beginning of the night [dusk], one attains mastery of the mantra |
Merely through the recitation of this hymn, the supreme Mantra-Siddhi is obtained |
By reciting the hymn of Caṇḍī, the dormant serpent power [Bhujanṅginī/Kuṇḍalinī] continuously awakens. ||4||
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