A stotra is read whole, not chapter by chapter — so each one is set out here as a single document: the received Sanskrit with a transliteration, our own English and Hindi beside it, and the meaning of each notable word underneath. Every text names its author, its lineage, its metre and the edition its reading follows; a variant in that edition is printed and flagged, never quietly resolved.
Śaiva stotra · Puṣpadanta
शिवमहिम्नःस्तोत्रम्
Puṣpadanta's hymn to Śiva begins by admitting that no praise can reach his greatness, and then praises him anyway. It moves from the limits of words to his deeds, his eight names and the syllable Om, and ends with what reciting it brings.
Śaiva stotra · aṣṭaka
लिङ्गाष्टकम्
Eight short verses that bow to the liṅga of Sadāśiva, each ending with the same refrain: "I bow to that liṅga of Sadāśiva."
Aṣṭaka · the closing line names Śaṅkarayogīndra
पार्वतीवल्लभ नीलकण्ठाष्टकम्
Nine short verses of bows to Śiva as lord of beings, god of gods, death of Death and burner of Kāma, living in the burial ground with snakes and ash, and always kind to the poor. Every verse ends "I worship the blue-throated one, beloved of Pārvatī".
Śaiva stotra · attributed to Śaṅkara
वेदसारशिवस्तवः
Eleven verses that move from Śiva with matted hair, ash and a blue throat to Śiva who has no form at all, from whom the world comes, by whom it lasts, and into whom it goes.
Śaiva stotra · Padma Purāṇa
चन्द्रशेखराष्टकम्
The young sage Mārkaṇḍeya, his life due to end at sixteen, clings to the liṅga and sings eight verses to Śiva, each ending: "I take refuge in the moon-crested one. What can Yama do to me?"
Śaiva stotra · attributed to Śaṅkara
उमामहेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses that bow to Śiva and Pārvatī together as one auspicious pair, each opening "namaḥ śivābhyām" and closing "namo namaḥ śaṅkarapārvatībhyām".
Rāmcaritmānas · Uttarakāṇḍa · 16th century
रुद्राष्टकम्
Eight Sanskrit verses that Tulsīdās set inside his Hindi Rāmāyaṇa: a brāhmaṇa sings them to Śiva to win pardon for a proud pupil.
Śaiva stotra · aṣṭaka
शिवाष्टकम्
Eight verses that pile up Śiva's names and marks — the skull garland, the Gaṅgā in his hair, the banyan, the cremation ground — each ending "I praise Śiva, Śaṅkara, Śambhu, Īśāna."
Śaiva stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
सुवर्णमालास्तुतिः
Fifty verses in praise of Śiva, one for each letter of the alphabet from अ to क्ष. Every verse ends on the same line: your two feet are my shelter.
Śaiva stotra · ascribed to Vasiṣṭha
दारिद्र्यदहनशिव स्तोत्रम्
Eight verses that bow to Śiva again and again as the one who burns away the sorrow of poverty. A ninth verse says what reciting the hymn brings.
Śaiva stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
शिवमानसपूजा
Five verses in which the worshipper offers Śiva a seat of jewels, a bath, clothes, food, music and dance, all in the mind. The last two verses give back everything in life as worship and ask pardon for every fault.
Śaiva stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
द्वादशज्योतिर्लिङ्ग स्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses that go from Somanātha to Ghṛṣṇeśvara, naming each of the twelve jyotirliṅgas, the place where he lives and why people come to him. A closing verse says what reciting them brings.
Śaiva stotra · ascribed to Rāvaṇa
शिवताण्डवस्तोत्रम्
Fifteen verses that picture Śiva dancing: the river falling through his matted hair, fire on his forehead, the snakes, the moon and the drum. Two closing verses say what reciting it brings.
Śiva stotra · aṣṭaka
श्रीपशुपत्यष्टकम्
Eight short verses that call people to worship Śiva, the husband of Girijā, because nothing else (family, wealth, strength) can protect anyone once time comes for them.
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · aṣṭaka
श्रीकालभैरवाष्टकम्
Eight verses praising Kālabhairava, the fierce form of Śiva who guards Kāśī, each ending "I worship Kālabhairava, lord of the city of Kāśī".
Ascribed to Vyāsa · aṣṭaka
श्रीविश्वनाथाष्टकम्
Eight verses that describe Śiva as Viśvanātha, the lord of Vārāṇasī, and end each time with the call "worship Viśvanātha, lord of the city of Vārāṇasī".
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · pañcaka
श्री शिवपञ्चाक्षर स्तोत्रम्
Five verses, each built around one syllable of the mantra "namaḥ śivāya" and each ending with a bow to Śiva in the form of that syllable.
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · aṣṭaka
अर्धनारीश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Eight verses to Ardhanārīśvara, the form in which Śiva and the goddess share one body; every line sets her half beside his, and every verse bows to both.
Told by Yājñavalkya · kavaca
श्रीशिवरक्षास्तोत्रम्
A protective hymn in which Śiva is asked, by a different name each time, to guard each part of the body from head to feet.
Śiva stotra · aṣṭaka
बिल्वाष्टकम्
Eight short verses sung while offering bilva leaves to Śiva, each ending "one bilva leaf, offered to Śiva".
Rudrayāmala · Umā–Maheśvara saṃvāda
श्रीशिवषडक्षरस्तोत्रम्
Six short verses, one for each syllable of the mantra "oṃ namaḥ śivāya", each ending with a double bow to that syllable.
Hālāsya Māhātmya · Patañjali
सदाशिवाष्टकम्
Eight verses spoken by Patañjali, each retelling a deed of Śiva and ending "always I bow to you, Śiva, Sadāśiva, Śambhu".
Śaiva stotra · Brahma Purāṇa
श्रीरामकृता शम्भुस्तुतिः
Twelve verses in which Rāma bows to Śiva again and again, naming him as the ancient Person, the lord of the Goddess, the cause of the world and the giver of what is wished for. It is sung after he has set up a liṅga and worshipped it with every offering.
Śaiva stotra · aṣṭaka
श्रीवैद्यनाथाष्टकम्
Eight verses that praise Śiva as Vaidyanātha, the lord of healers, each closing on the same line of bowing. A ninth verse promises that saying three of his names every day keeps great illness away.
Śaiva stotra · nāma-stotra
शिवाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Thirteen verses that give Śiva the names by which he is known, from the moon-crested one and the blue-throated one to the lord of the mountain and the giver of release. Each name says one thing about him.
Śaiva stotra · aṣṭaka
श्रीचिदम्बराष्टकम्
Eight short verses in praise of the liṅga of Chidambaram, each naming one more thing it is or does and ending with the same prayer: may that gentle liṅga protect us.
Advaita stotra · Dakṣiṇāmūrti
श्री दक्षिणामूर्ति स्तोत्रम्
Ten verses that praise Śiva as the supreme teacher, who teaches by silence. They say that the world is like a city in a mirror, seen inside the Self, and that the Self alone is real. Five opening verses picture the young teacher and his old pupils.
Advaita stotra · pañcaka
काशीपञ्चकम्
Five verses that say what Kāśī really is. The stillness of the mind is its holy ghat, the flow of knowing is its Gaṅgā, and the one who knows the Self is Kāśī. The last verse asks what other holy place is needed if all of them live in the body.
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · bhujaṅgaprayāta
श्रीशिवभुजङ्गम्
Forty verses to Śiva: a first bow to Gaṇeśa, praise of Śiva's form, a plain request for his mercy, a look at the hour of death, and a closing declaration that no other god is known.
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · nakṣatramālā
श्री शिवपञ्चाक्षर नक्षत्रमाला स्तोत्रम्
Twenty-seven verses, one for each star of the lunar sky, praising Śiva in a run of short, bright epithets. Every line ends with the same words: "I bow to you, Śiva."
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · aṣṭaka
श्रीशिवनामावल्यष्टकम्
Eight verses made almost entirely of names of Śiva, each ending "from the thick forest of worldly sorrow, lord of the world, protect me", followed by a ninth verse of homage.
Ascribed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya · prayer of forgiveness
श्री शिवापराधक्षमापन स्तोत्रम्
A plain confession to Śiva, going through a whole life (womb, childhood, youth, old age) and the worship left undone, each of the first eleven verses ending "forgive my fault".
Hindi · Śiva bhakti · traditional; the closing lines name Ayodhyādās
शिव चालीसा
Forty-one couplets in simple Hindi that praise Śiva as the husband of Girijā, tell how he saved the gods and kept his word to his devotees, and ask for his help. The last lines say how to recite it.
Mahābhārata · Anuśāsana Parva 17
श्री शिव सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Krishna tells Yudhishthira how the sage Upamanyu once praised Shiva before him: a preface on why this hymn matters, then one thousand and eight names in 123 verses, then the fruit of reciting it and the line of teachers who handed it down.
Śiva Purāṇa · Koṭirudra Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री शिव सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम् (शिवपुराणे)
Sūta tells the sages the hymn with which Viṣṇu once pleased Śiva: first the thousand names, then how Viṣṇu offered lotuses and one of his own eyes, how Śiva gave him the discus, and what reciting the hymn brings.
Kashmir Śaivism · Trika · c. 993 CE
भैरवस्तवः
Ten verses in which Abhinavagupta stops arguing and simply speaks: the Tantrāloka takes thirty-seven chapters to establish that consciousness is not other than Bhairava, and this hymn takes forty lines.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री वटुकभैरव सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम् (रुद्रयामले)
A hymn of homage to Vaṭuka Bhairava in which almost every verse is a string of salutations, each to one of his names, followed by what reciting it brings and how it was handed down.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
सदाशिवकवचम्
The Goddess asks for the kavaca of the Prāsāda mantra, and the Lord gives it: Sadāśiva in the forms of his mantras and faces guards each part of the body, followed by its fruit and how it is to be worn and kept secret.
Śaiva stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
सदाशिवस्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses of salutation to Śaṅkara: the lord whose forms are earth, water, fire, wind, ether, the sacrificer, moon and sun, who is beyond reasoning, beyond the senses and without beginning, middle or end, and who gave half of himself to his beloved.
Bhairava to the Goddess · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
महामृत्युंजयकवचम्
Bhairava tells the Goddess the kavaca of Mahāmṛtyuñjaya: the forms of Śiva guard the head, face, limbs and the ten directions, the hours of the day and night, and the verses end with what the kavaca gives and how it is to be kept.
Skanda Purāṇa, Kāśī Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीविश्वेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
The sage Viśvānara, longing for a son, prays to Śiva in Kāśī in eight verses; Śiva appears as a child, promises to be born as his son, and tells what the prayer brings to those who recite it.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीवटुकभैरवब्रह्मकवचम्
The Goddess begs Śiva for the armour of Vaṭuka Bhairava, and Śiva gives it: the mantra of twenty-two syllables is set on the head, throat, navel and limbs, and the forms of Bhairava stand guard around the body.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
आपदुद्धारक श्री वटुकभैरवाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the essence of the many names of Bhairava, the lifter from calamity, and Śiva gives a hundred and eight, with three meditations on the child form, and tells what reciting them brings.
Kālasaṅkarṣaṇa Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
वटुकभैरवाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
A meditation on Vaṭuka Bhairava as a dark, fierce child ringed by spirits and yoginīs, then a hundred and eight of his names, and the gains that reciting them brings.
Umāyāmala · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
कार्तिकेयाक्षयकवचम्
A mother whose sons were all killed asks how her line can survive, and Nārada gives her the armour of Kārtikeya, which places the god and his names around the head, heart, waist, feet and body of a child.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
वंशलाभाख्यकवचम्
Nārada asks for the armour called Vaṃśalābha, the gain of lineage, and Śiva gives it: Pārvatī in her many names guards each part of the body, and a meditation on her closes the hymn.
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa · Uttara-khaṇḍa
श्री ललिता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
The Goddess as Lalitā, "she who plays": a thousand names in 183 verses that move from her form, head to foot, through her victory over Bhaṇḍa, up the body's centres of power, and on to the stillness beyond every name.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition; also credited to Rāmakṛṣṇa Kavi
महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्रम्
Twenty-one ringing verses to the Goddess as the slayer of the buffalo-demon Mahiṣa, each ending in the same refrain: victory to you, daughter of the mountain.
Rudrayāmala · Gaurī Tantra
सिद्धकुञ्जिकास्तोत्रम्
Śiva tells Pārvatī of a short hymn that unlocks the Durgā Saptaśatī: recited alone it gives the fruit of the whole Caṇḍī reading, and with its mantra it wakes the power of every other mantra.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
भवान्यष्टकम्
Eight verses in which the speaker lists everything he does not have and does not know, and ends each one the same way: you alone are my refuge, Bhavānī.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
देव्यपराधक्षमापण स्तोत्रम्
A child admits to the Mother that he knows no mantra, no ritual, no proper praise, and has neglected her; he asks forgiveness on one ground only, that a bad son may be born but there is never a bad mother.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
श्रीकालिकाष्टकम्
Three verses picture Kālī in the cremation ground, and eight more praise her, each ending the same way: your true form the gods do not know.
Devī stotra · Kāśī · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
श्रीअन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्
Ten verses to Annapūrṇā, the Goddess of food who rules Kāśī, each ending with the same plea for alms, and two short verses asking for knowledge and calling Pārvatī and Śiva mother and father.
Devī stotra · aṅga of the Durgā Saptaśatī
देवी कवचम्
Brahmā tells Mārkaṇḍeya a secret that guards a person in every way. It names the nine Durgās, the mothers on their mounts, and then asks the Goddess to protect the ten directions and every part of the body, and ends with what the armour gives.
Devī stotra · aṅga of the Durgā Saptaśatī
अर्गलास्तोत्रम्
Twenty-five verses in which Mārkaṇḍeya hails the Goddess by her names and by what she has done, and asks again and again for form, victory, fame and the fall of enemies. The last verses ask for a good wife and promise the fruit of the whole Saptaśatī.
Devī stotra · aṅga of the Durgā Saptaśatī
कीलकस्तोत्रम्
Fourteen verses that bow to Śiva, the moon-crowned one whose body is pure knowledge, and explain that the Seven Hundred is the pin that unlocks every mantra. They tell how Śiva sealed it, how the seal is opened, and what the one who recites it gains.
Hindi · Devī bhakti · traditional; the closing dohā names Devīdās
दुर्गा चालीसा
Forty couplets in simple Hindi that bow to Durgā again and again, tell of her forms and of the demons she destroyed, and ask for her help. The last lines promise every happiness to whoever sings it.
Devī sūkta · Durgā Saptaśatī, chapter 5
तन्त्रोक्तं देवीसूक्तम्
The gods, tormented by two demons, call on the Goddess: salutation to her as the power that stands in every being as intelligence, sleep, hunger, shadow, strength, forgiveness, shame, peace, faith, beauty, memory, compassion, contentment and more.
Rātri sūkta · Durgā Saptaśatī, chapter 1
तन्त्रोक्तं रात्रिसूक्तम्
Fifteen verses in which Brahmā, seated on the lotus in Viṣṇu's navel, praises the Goddess as Sleep itself and asks her to wake Viṣṇu so that the two demons Madhu and Kaiṭabha can be stopped.
Devī prayer · said at the close of a pūjā or a Saptaśatī reading
क्षमाप्रार्थना
Eight verses in which the worshipper admits he does not know the proper way to call the Goddess, worship her or send her off, and asks her to forgive every fault and take the offering as complete.
Devī nāmāvali · thirty-two names
दुर्गाद्वात्रिंशन्नाममाला
Thirty-two names of the Goddess, every one beginning with durga, followed by a verse that promises freedom from every fear to whoever recites them.
Devī nāma stotra · Viśvasāra Tantra
दुर्गाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hundred and eight names of Durgā, from Satī and Bhavānī to Kātyāyanī and Brahmavādinī, introduced by Īśvara and followed by what the daily recitation is said to bring.
Hindi · Kālī bhakti · traditional; author not named
काली चालीसा
Fifty-four couplets in simple Hindi that call on Kālī by her many names, describe her dark form, her arms and weapons and her dance in battle, name her holy seats, and ask for her mercy. Dohās at the start and the end bow to her.
Devī stotra · Vyāsa, by tradition
भगवतीस्तोत्रम्
Five verses of victory-cries to the Goddess, each line beginning "jaya", and a closing verse on the reward of reciting them.
Devī stotra · Vindhyavāsinī
विन्ध्येश्वरीस्तोत्रम्
Eight verses in praise of the Goddess of the Vindhya hills, who crushed Śumbha and Niśumbha and lives in every house; every verse closes with the same words, "I worship Vindhyavāsinī".
Devī stotra · 108 names · from the Rudrayāmala, by tradition
बगलामुखीअष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sixteen verses that call the Goddess Bagalāmukhī by 108 names, many of them the names of other Mahāvidyās and goddesses, followed by three verses on what the recitation brings.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
भवानीभुजङ्गप्रयात स्तोत्रम्
Seventeen verses that picture the Goddess Bhavānī in order: shining in the centres of the body, then her feet, hips, breasts, arms, face and hair, then a prayer of surrender and the reward of reciting it.
Devī stotra · Siddheśvarī Tantra
दुर्गापदुद्धारस्तोत्रम्
Nine verses that each end with the same cry, "bow to you, saviour of the world: protect me, Durgā", followed by four verses on what reciting the hymn brings.
Devī stotra · the nine forms of Navarātri
नवदुर्गास्तोत्रम्
Nine verses, one for each form of the Goddess worshipped through the nine nights of Navarātri, from Śailaputrī on the first to Siddhidātrī on the ninth.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
ललितापञ्चकम्
Five verses for the morning, each beginning with "at dawn": the Goddess Lalitā's face, arms, feet, nature and names, then a sixth on what the recitation brings.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
सौन्दर्यलहरी
One hundred verses praising the Goddess as the power without which even Shiva cannot move: her house of jewels, her hidden path inside the body, and then her beauty, limb by limb, from the hair to the feet.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
आनन्दलहरी
Twenty verses that begin by saying even the gods cannot praise the Goddess enough, then praise her anyway: her beauty, her home, her husband, and the mercy she gives to those who take shelter in her.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
त्रिपुरसुन्दर्यष्टकम्
Eight verses that picture Tripurasundarī in her home in the kadamba forest: dark as a rain-cloud, holding a vīṇā and a cup of wine, her hair done by the wives of the gods.
Devī stotra · Kāmākhyā, Kāmarūpa (Assam)
कामाख्यास्तोत्रम्
Nineteen verses to Kāmākhyā of Kāmarūpa, most of them a string of her names closing on the same line: Kāmeśvarī, I bow to you.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
गौरीदशकम्
Ten verses that each end on the same line, "I praise Gaurī, the Mother, the lotus-eyed", describing her as the one who makes, keeps and withdraws the worlds, and a last verse on what the recitation brings.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
देवीनवरत्नमालिका स्तोत्रम्
Nine long verses, each a picture of the Supreme Goddess from head to foot and then from inside the body to the whole world, each closing: in my mind I contemplate the Supreme Goddess. A tenth verse gives the fruit.
Devī nāma stotra · Kālī
ककारादि काल्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
The hundred and eight names of Kālī, all beginning with the letter ka, spoken by Bhairava to the Goddess, with the benefits of reciting them.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
मीनाक्षीपञ्चरत्नम्
Five verses to Mīnākṣī, each ending: I always bow to Mīnākṣī, the ocean of compassion. They picture her in brightness and ornament, then as Śrī Vidyā, then as the Mother of many forms.
Devī stotra · Jagaddhātrī
जगद्धात्रीस्तोत्रम्
Eleven short verses that call the Goddess by a string of titles, support of the world, power itself, mercy, the one who carries us across danger, each ending: Jagaddhātrī, I bow to you.
Devī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
कल्याणवृष्टिस्तवः
Sixteen verses praising the Goddess Tripurasundarī, asking for nothing but her kind glance and the tears of devotion at her feet, and closing with what the daily reciter gains.
Devī stotra · Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa
स्वधास्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses in which Brahmā praises Svadhā, the goddess of the word said when offering to the ancestors, tells how she came by her name, and promises the fruit of a hundred śrāddhas to those who hear this hymn.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री गायत्री सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva how he came by his radiance and mastery, and he answers by telling her the thousand names of Gāyatrī, built letter by letter on the syllables of her mantra, with the fruit of reciting them at the end.
Devīrahasya Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री दुर्गा सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Bhairava tells the Goddess the secret of Durgā: a hymn of her thousand names, which hold her mantra inside them, followed by what reciting them gives and how they are to be guarded.
Kālī Tantra · Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री काली सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Śiva tells how Kālī, asked by Sundarī for a way to gain power, gave her this hymn of a thousand names, and then recites the names, each beginning with a ka-letter, with the long account of what reciting them gives.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री तारातकारादि सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Vasiṣṭha asks Brahmā for the thousand names of Tārā, and Brahmā gives them: names that all begin with the syllable ta, with the dhyāna before them and the fruit of reciting them after.
Vāmakeśvara Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री षोडशी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Kartikeya asks Shiva for the highest secret, the one thing that gives every success. Shiva answers with the Goddess herself, Tripurasundari, and tells her names in 135 verses, followed by what reciting them gives.
Mahātantrārṇava · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री भुवनेश्वरीभकारादि सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Īśvara tells Pārvatī the names of Bhuvaneśvarī, the queen of the worlds, every one beginning with bha, run through in 183 verses, and then what reciting and wearing them brings.
Viśvasāra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री त्रिपुरभैरवी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Mahākāla Bhairava tells the Goddess the thousand names of Tripurabhairavī, run through in 116 verses, and then what reciting, wearing and worshipping with them brings.
Viśvasāratantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री छिन्नमस्ता सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the thousand names of Chinnamastā, the fierce Pracaṇḍacaṇḍikā, and he tells them to her in verses that run through the letters of the alphabet, with the fruit of reciting them at the end.
Bhairavītantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री धूमावती सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Bhairavī asks Bhairava for the hymn of the thousand names of Dhūmāvatī, and he gives it: names of the smoke-formed goddess, many of them built on her seed-syllable dhūṃ, followed by what reciting them gives and whom it may be given to.
Devī · Hindi chālīsā
विन्ध्येश्वरी चालीसा
An opening dohā and thirty-eight caupāīs to Vindhyavāsinī, the Goddess of Vindhyācala. It praises her many names and forms, then says what reciting it brings: freedom from debt, illness and prison, and a son for those who have none.
Utkaṭaśambara · Nāgendraprayāṇa Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री वगलामुखी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the thousand names of Vagalāmukhī; he tells her how Viṣṇu once received them, gives the meditation and the root mantra, then the names, and closes with what reciting them brings.
Nandyāvarta Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री मातंगी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Īśvara tells the Goddess the thousand names of Mātaṅgī, whom the hymn also calls Sumukhī, with the seer, the metre and a meditation first, and the fruit of reciting the names, and a closing verse of praise, at the end.
Rudrayāmala, Uttara Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री कुमारी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hymn of the names of Kumārī, the young goddess, opened by Ānandabhairava and followed by what reciting it gives and the places and ways it may be recited.
Vasiṣṭha Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीगायत्रीकवचम्
Yājñavalkya asks how a person is freed from sin and becomes one with Brahman, and Brahmā answers with a prayer, a meditation on Gāyatrī, and an armour that places the goddess and the syllables of her mantra around the whole body.
Vasiṣṭha Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री गायत्रीपञ्जर स्तोत्रम्
Nārada asks Brahmā for the one hidden teaching that gives both enjoyment and liberation, and Brahmā gives the Gāyatrī pañjara: a meditation on the goddess, her forms in every direction, and the words of her mantra set on each part of the body as a protective cage.
Viśvāmitra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीगायत्रीस्तवराजः
Twenty-seven verses to Gāyatrī, ascribed to Viśvāmitra, that bow to her through the words of her mantra, the syllables, the seven worlds and the ways of reciting, ending with what the hymn gives.
Hṛdayāmala Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीउग्रताराकवचम्
Śiva tells Pārvatī the secret armour of Ugratārā: a long call to the goddess to guard every limb, every place and every direction, then what it brings and how it is written and worn.
Nīla Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीताराष्टकम्
Eight long verses call on Tārā, as Blue Sarasvatī, for refuge: they describe her form on the corpse, praise her feet, and ask that fear be taken away; two verses close on what reciting them brings.
Svarṇamālā Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीताराशतनामस्तोत्रम्
Śiva gives Pārvatī the names of Tāriṇī, the saviour: fifteen verses of names, then six on what reciting them brings.
Bhairavī Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीमदुग्रतारा हृदय स्तोत्रम्
Śiva tells Pārvatī how Indra made this hymn in the war of gods and demons, then gives a meditation on Tārā, her names, a few rites with mantra, and what reciting the hymn brings.
Devīrahasya Tantra, paṭala 48 · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
दुर्गाष्टाक्षरकवचम्
Bhairava tells the Goddess the kavaca of the eight-syllable Durgā: seed-syllables and names that guard each part of the body, the quarters, the hours and every danger, followed by how it is written, worn and kept secret.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
ब्रह्मांडमोहनाख्यं दुर्गाकवचम्
Nārada asks for the kavaca of the Goddess, and Nārāyaṇa gives it: a six-syllable mantra and seed-syllables that guard the body and the eight directions, with the fruit of wearing it.
Kubjikā Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीदुर्गाकवचम्
Īśvara tells the Goddess a short kavaca: forms of Durgā named one by one to guard the head, face, arms, heart and legs, with a warning that the mantra gives no fruit without it.
Devīrahasya Tantra, paṭala 50 · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री दुर्गाष्टाक्षर स्तोत्रम्
Bhairava tells the Goddess a hymn of the eight-syllable Durgā: a meditation on her form, then one seed-syllable of her mantra in each verse with what repeating it gives, and a closing verse on reciting the hymn at midnight.
Harivaṃśa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
दुर्गास्तवः (आर्यास्तवः)
A hymn to the Goddess Āryā that names her as the power in many things (sleep, night, victory, the earth, the sea, the Vedas), where she lives, and what she gives to those who recite it for a year.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
दुर्गास्तोत्रम्
Six verses tell how Durgā was praised in earlier ages, then Kṛṣṇa praises her as the mother of all and the root of nature, and the hymn closes with what hearing it brings.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
परशुरामकृतं दुर्गास्तोत्रम्
Paraśurāma praises Durgā as the one who came forth from Kṛṣṇa and who lives in every goddess and every power of nature, asks her forgiveness, and receives her blessing; the hymn closes with what hearing it brings.
Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
चण्डिकास्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses to the fierce Caṇḍikā, full of seed-syllables, each asking that she burn away misfortune; the last verse names the fruit of reciting it.
Ascribed to Mārkaṇḍeya · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
लघुदुर्गासप्तशती स्तोत्रम्
Ten verses to Durgā, each opening with seed-syllables and closing in salutation; a short tantric hymn that is not the Devī Māhātmya.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्यामादक्षिणकालिकाकवचम्
Bhairava tells Bhairavī the secret armour of Dakṣiṇā Kālī, named Jaganmaṅgala: each part of the body is given into the keeping of a Kālī mantra, followed by what the armour gives and whom it may be given to.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
दक्षिणकालिकाकर्पूर स्तोत्रम्
Twenty-two verses to Dakṣiṇā Kālī that begin with her seed-syllables given in riddles, go on to praise and meditation on her, and end with what reciting the hymn gives.
Kālī stava · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
कालीस्तवः
Seventeen verses in which the devotee goes through childhood, youth, middle age and old age, admits that he has not worshipped Kālī, and each time asks her to forgive him; the last verses praise her as everything and name the fruit of the hymn.
Kālī hṛdaya stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
कालीहृदयम्
Mahākāla tells the Goddess the secret “Heart” hymn of Dakṣiṇā Kālī: why he made it, how she is to be meditated on, her yantra and a garland of her names, the uses of her mantra, and the fruit of reciting it.
Kulānanda Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीषोडशीकवचम्
The Goddess asks Īśvara for the kavaca of Rājarājeśvarī, and he gives it: the goddesses and seed-syllables who guard each direction and each part of the body, followed by what the kavaca gives and what happens to one who worships without it.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री त्रिशक्ति सर्वार्थसाधन कवचम्
The Goddess asks Īśvara for the kavaca of Lakṣmī as the Triśakti, and he gives her the one called Sarvārthasādhana: the seed-syllables, goddesses and guardians of the directions who guard each part of the body, and what wearing it gives.
Siddhayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीविद्याकवचम्
The Goddess asks Mahādeva for the kavaca of the great Goddess, and he gives it: her three seed-syllables, her names and the Mothers set on the body and on each direction, then what reciting it gives.
Brahmayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री षोडश्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Bhṛgu asks Brahmā for a hymn that brings devotion. Brahmā draws a hundred and eight names of Ṣoḍaśī out of her thousand and tells them, then says what reciting them gives.
Tripurasundarī Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीषोडशीहृदयस्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva how people of the Kali age, who keep no rites, can find their good. He gives her the Heart of Ṣoḍaśī: a meditation, verses of worship and victory to the Goddess, and the promise that hearing it brings happiness.
Rudrayāmala Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री भुवनेश्वरी त्रैलोक्यमङ्गल कवचम्
Devī asks Īśvara for the armour called Trailokya-maṅgala, and he gives it: eighteen verses that call on Bhuvaneśvarī, her seed-syllables and her vidyās to guard each part of the body and each direction, then the fruit of reciting and wearing it.
Rudrayāmala Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीभुवनेश्वरीस्तोत्रम्
Twenty-six verses of praise to Bhuvaneśvarī, the mother of the worlds: her power behind Śiva himself, how she is worshipped and seen in meditation, her form from feet to hair, and the reward of reciting the hymn.
Rudrayāmala Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री भुवनेश्वर्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the hundred and eight names of Bhuvaneśvarī, and he gives them: names of the great goddess as Mahāmāyā, Mātaṅgī, Vārāhī and many more, followed by what reciting them gives.
Dhūmāvatī-tattva, Bhairavī–Bhairava dialogue · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीधूमावतीकवचम्
Pārvatī asks for the armour of Dhūmāvatī and Bhairava gives it: nine verses that call on the goddess, by her seed-syllable and her epithets, to guard the head, eyes, ears, belly, face, heart and feet, with a rule that it be kept secret.
Ūrdhvāmnāya · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीधूमावतीस्तोत्रम्
Eight long verses that show Dhūmāvatī as a girl at dawn, a woman at noon and an old woman at dusk, and then in her fierce forms of the cremation ground, followed by what reciting the hymn brings.
Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री धूमावत्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hymn of the hundred and eight names of Dhūmāvatī, the smoke-formed goddess: her smoke, her old and fierce forms, her bell and winnowing-fan, and her care for those who are devoted to her, followed by what reciting them gives.
Dhūmāvatī-tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री धूमावतीहृदय स्तोत्रम्
A meditation on Dhūmāvatī followed by thirty-one verses, each starting with a new letter of the alphabet and ending "I worship Dhūmāvatī", and then what reciting the hymn gives.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
त्रिपुरभैरवीकवचम्
Pārvatī asks for the armour of Bhairavī, and Śiva answers with a kavaca that places the goddess and the letters of her vidyā around the body, then tells how to wear it and what it gives.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
भैरवीकवचम् (त्रैलोक्यविजयम्)
Devī asks for the Trailokyavijaya armour of Bhairavī, and Īśvara gives it: the seed-syllables of Bālā and Bhairavī are set on the head, face, limbs and the ten directions, followed by the fruit of reciting and wearing it.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
भैरवीस्तोत्रम्
A hymn of praise to Bhairavī, the goddess of speech: it sings her form with the book, rosary and nectar-vessel, tells how the wise meditate on her above the crown of the head, and promises mastery of speech to those who recite its verses.
As given in the Mantra Mahārṇava (Tripurabhairavī Tantra)
भैरव्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Devī asks for the hundred and eight names of Bhairavī, and Śiva tells them: sixteen verses of names, then the way to recite them, the fruit, and the rule of secrecy.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीछिन्नमस्ताकवचम् (त्रैलोक्यविजयम्)
The Goddess asks for the armour called Trailokyavijaya, and Bhairava tells it: seed-syllables and forms of Chinnamastā that guard each part of the body and each direction, followed by how it is kept, worn and what it gives.
Said to be by Brahmā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री प्रचण्डचण्डिका स्तोत्रम्
A hymn of eleven verses that pictures Chinnamastā at the navel-lotus with her attendants, praises her as the origin of the three gods, and ends with the fruits of reciting it and a closing salutation.
Ascribed to Śaṅkarācārya in its closing line · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री प्रचण्डचण्डिका स्तवराजः
Seventeen verses that praise the goddess Pracaṇḍacaṇḍikā (Chinnamastā) as the one worshipped by the wise in her mantra, describe how she is pictured, worshipped and offered to in fire, and say what reciting the hymn three times a day gives.
Traditional · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री छिन्नमस्ताष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks what a person should recite who cannot manage the thousand names of Chinnamastā, and Sadāśiva gives the hundred and eight names, with the fruits of reciting them.
Nandyāvarta · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री छिन्नमस्ताहृदय स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks to hear the heart of Chinnamastā, and Mahādeva gives it: a meditation on the goddess, a run of verses in her praise, twelve of her names, and the fruit of reciting it against enemies.
Viśvasāroddhāra Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीवगलामुखीकवचम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the kavaca of Vagalāmukhī, and he tells her the mantra in riddle form, a meditation verse, and the verses that set the mantra's seed-syllables and the Goddess's powers as guards around every part of the body and every direction, followed by what the recitation brings and how it is worn.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीवगलामुखीस्तोत्रम्
Fifteen verses to Vagalāmukhī: the remembrance of her form, a meditation verse, praise of her mantra, yantra and name, a prayer naming the Mahāvidyās, and the benefits of reciting the hymn and wearing its yantra.
Viṣṇuyāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री वगलाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Nārada asks for the hundred and eight names of Vagalā and the Lord gives them: seventeen verses that call the Goddess by names of other goddesses and forms, by her colours and her works, with two closing verses on the fruit of reciting.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीमातंगीसुमुखीकवचम्
Pārvatī asks for the kavaca of Mātaṅgī; Shiva tells it after an oath of secrecy. It gives a meditation verse, places the Goddess's names and syllables as guards on the head, face, limbs and joints, and then tells how the kavaca is kept, written, worn and offered to.
Nandyāvarta, Uttara Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
त्वरितफलदायिनी मातंगिनी कवचम्
The Goddess asks for the kavaca of Mātaṅgī; Īśvara tells it. Names of Mātaṅgī's attendant powers guard the head, face, body, limbs and the eight quarters, and the last verses tell what the kavaca brings and who may keep it.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीमातंगीस्तोत्रम्
Ten verses to Mātaṅgī: how Brahmā, the sages and others reached their fortune by worshipping her feet, a picture of her form with lute, parrot and skull-cup, and the reward of those who praise her.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री मातंगी शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Bhairavī asks for the hundred names of Mātaṅgī; Bhairava gives them as thirteen verses of names, followed by seven verses on what reciting them brings.
Dakṣiṇāmūrti Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीमातंगिहृदयस्तोत्रम्
Bhairavī asks Bhairava for the one hymn that brings every good to beings; he gives the Heart of Mātaṅgī: a meditation verse, eleven verses of praise to the Goddess, and the wishes it fulfils for those who recite or hear it.
Rudrayāmala, Uttara Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
कुमारीकवचम्
A kavaca of the girl-goddess Kumārī: she is asked to guard each part of the body, the lonely and dangerous places, and the traveller, followed by the fruit of reciting and wearing it.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
कुमारीस्तोत्रम्
Eighteen long verses praise Kumārī in her many forms, each bowing to a different goddess seen in the centres of the body; six short verses give the fruit of reciting the hymn.
Rudrayāmala, Uttara Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
कुमारीतर्पणस्तोत्रम्
A hymn in which libations are offered, one verse after another, to the forms of Kumārī in the centres of the body, followed by the fruit of reciting it.
Viśvasāra Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
महिषमर्द्दिनीकवचम्
A kavaca of Mahiṣamardinī: the letters of her mantra and the names of her forms guard the head, face, heart and limbs, and every place of danger, followed by who may hear it and how it is written, worn and recited.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
अन्नपूर्णाकवचम्
Śiva tells Pārvatī the armour called Trailokyarakṣaṇa, "protector of the three worlds": the parts of Annapūrṇā's mantra guard the body, the guardians of the quarters guard the directions, and its fruits and the way to wear it are told.
Bhairava Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
अन्नपूर्णास्तोत्रम्
Nine verses of salutation to Annapūrṇā, each ending "O Annapūrṇā, salutation to you", followed by the fruit of reciting the hymn at worship and at dawn, and a word to keep it secret.
as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
इन्द्राक्षीस्तोत्रम्
Two verses of meditation on Indrākṣī, then Indra praises the goddess by her names, and the last verses tell what comes of repeating them.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री धनदा रतिप्रिया यक्षिणी कवचम्
The Goddess asks for the armour of Dhanadā, the giver of wealth, and Bhairava gives it: a meditation on the young yakṣiṇī, and a prayer that names her forms and the mothers to guard each part of the body and each direction.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री धनदा रतिप्रिया यक्षिणी स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for a quick way for poor householders to gain wealth, and Śiva gives this hymn: a meditation on the young yakṣiṇī Dhanadā, then a long prayer of address to her for rightful wealth to use in worship.
Tantric hymn · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
त्रिपुटास्तोत्रम्
A hymn to Tripuṭā, the goddess of three seed-syllables: it builds her bījas letter by letter, tells how to meditate on her in an eight-petalled lotus, and praises her as the support and the whole of all things.
As given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
महिषमर्दिनीस्तोत्रम्
Bhairava asks Caṇḍī to dwell in his mind and tear away his troubles, praises her feet, pictures her fierce form on the battlefield with her weapons, and tells what comes to those who meditate on her and recite the hymn.
Tantric hymn · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
किङ्किणीस्तोत्रम्
Ten verses to the Goddess: what sorrow does not fade when she is remembered, a plea for success in this world and the next, and a closing prayer to forgive whatever was lacking or wrong in the worship.
Bhairavī–Bhairava Saṃvāda, Tārākalpa · in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
त्रैलोक्यमोहनं नाम ताराकवचम्
The Goddess asks Bhairava for the armour of Tārā called Trailokyamohana, and he tells it: the seed-syllables and mantras of Tārā are set on each part of the body, followed by what the recitation brings and how it is kept, written and worn.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
षष्ठीस्तोत्रम्
King Priyavrata praises the goddess Ṣaṣṭhī, the sixth part of Prakṛti, with a refrain of salutations and a list of requests, and wins a famous son. The closing verses give the fruit of hearing the hymn.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
विषहरीमनसास्तोत्रम्
A hymn of the twelve names of the serpent goddess Manasā, with the fruit of reciting them: freedom from the fear of serpents and from the harm of poison.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
स्वाहास्तोत्रम्
Fire praises Svāhā, the goddess of the offering, in sixteen names, and the closing verse says that whoever recites them with devotion gains every success.
Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
दक्षिणास्तोत्रम्
Dakṣiṇā, the goddess of the sacrificial fee, is praised as the one without whom no rite bears fruit; the hymn ends with a list of sacrifices at whose start it is to be recited.
Mahākāla Saṃhitā · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
महाकालीस्तोत्रम्
Mahākālarudra praises the Goddess as the one reality: before Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra, beyond name and form, the power behind every power. Each of the first verses ends with the same line, and the hymn closes with her terrible and gracious forms.
Bṛhadbhūtasandhāna Ḍāmara Tantra · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
योगिनीनायिकाकवचम्
Unmattabhairava tells Kalyāṇī the kavaca of the yakṣiṇī-nāyikās: the names of the goddesses who guard each part of the body and each lonely place, and the fruit of reciting and wearing it.
Bṛhadbhūtasandhāna Ḍāmara Tantra · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
योगिनीनायिकास्तोत्रम्
A hymn that greets the Yoginī-Nāyikā by her many names, asks her to come to the house and stay, shows her form for meditation, and ends with the offering to be made.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीमातङ्गीस्तवः
A praise of Mātaṅgī, the wife of Śambhu and goddess of speech: her feet, her anklets and lute, her form and her face, with the fortune that comes to those who praise her.
Ṛgveda · Khila 2.6
श्रीसूक्तम्
The Vedic hymn that asks the fire to bring Śrī, the goddess of fortune, into the house, and to drive away her elder sister Alakṣmī, who is hunger, thirst and want.
Smārta / Advaita · a hymn to Lakṣmī
कनकधारास्तोत्रम्
A hymn to Lakṣmī, attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya. It asks that her glance, which rests on Viṣṇu, fall on someone who has nothing, like a stream of wealth.
Lakṣmī · spoken by Indra, by tradition
महालक्ष्म्यष्टकम्
Eight short verses in which Indra bows to Mahālakṣmī, each ending with the same refrain, followed by three verses on the fruit of reciting them.
Lakṣmī · spoken by the sage Agastya, by tradition
अगस्त्यकृतं श्रीलक्ष्मीस्तोत्रम्
The sage Agastya calls on Lakṣmī to lift him out of poverty; pleased, she answers by promising her presence to anyone who recites his words.
Lakṣmī · Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa, Kṛṣṇajanma Khaṇḍa
सर्वदेवकृतं श्रीलक्ष्मीस्तोत्रम्
All the gods, the sages and the Manus ask Lakṣmī to forgive them and name her in every place she lives, from Kailāsa to every ordinary home.
Hindi · Lakṣmī bhakti · traditional; the closing lines name Rāmadās
लक्ष्मी चालीसा
Forty couplets in simple Hindi to Lakṣmī, daughter of the ocean and beloved of Viṣṇu. They tell how she came from the churning of the sea and served Viṣṇu in each birth, ask for her kindness, and say what comes to those who recite it.
Padma Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री लक्ष्मी सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sanatkumāra tells how Brahmā, worried about the poverty of living beings, came to Viṣṇu and asked for the secret that ends it; Viṣṇu answers with the thousand names of Lakṣmī and says what reciting them gives.
Brahma Purāṇa, the dialogue of Śiva and Viṣṇu · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री सिद्धलक्ष्मी स्तोत्रम्
After two meditation verses, Śiva praises Siddhalakṣmī through the seed-syllables of her mantra and the letters of oṃ, gives her twelve names, and says what reciting the hymn brings.
Viśvasāra Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीलक्ष्मीकवचम्
A kavaca that places the forms of Lakṣmī, with the seed-syllables aiṃ and hrīṃ, over the parts of the body and every direction, and then gives the rules for writing it, wearing it and handing it on.
Viśvasāra Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीलक्ष्मीस्तोत्रम्
A short prayer to Lakṣmī that asks her to stay steady with the reciter, then names her twelve names and says what reciting them brings.
Told by Śiva to the Goddess · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री कमलाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Śiva tells the Goddess the hundred and eight names of Kamalā, the tenth of the great knowledges, and says that whoever recites them at the three junctures of the day obtains every wish.
Atharvaṇa Rahasya · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री लक्ष्मीहृदय स्तोत्रम्
A long prayer to Lakṣmī, the heart of Viṣṇu: praise, a call to her to come and stay, a plea for her compassion and for a share of her power, and at the end the fruit of reciting it.
Devī stotra · from the Bṛhannīla Tantra
नीलसरस्वतीस्तोत्रम्
A short hymn to Nīla Sarasvatī, the blue and fierce form of Sarasvatī also known as Tārā. Each verse ends: protect me, I have come to you for refuge.
Sarasvatī stotra · twelve names
सरस्वतीद्वादशनाम स्तोत्रम्
A five-verse hymn that bows to Sarasvatī, lists her twelve names, and asks that she live on the tip of the reciter's tongue.
Sarasvatī stotra · eight verses on her feet
सरस्वतीस्तोत्रम् (रविरुद्रपितामह)
Eight verses, each praising a different quality of Sarasvatī's feet and each ending: Sarasvatī, I bow to your pair of feet.
Sarasvatī stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
शारदा भुजङ्गप्रयाताष्टकम्
Eight verses that picture Śāradā, the Goddess of learning, from her face and eyes to her mounts and earrings, each ending: I always worship Mother Śāradā, my own mother.
Sarasvatī stotra · 108 names
सरस्वत्यष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hymn of fifteen verses that lists the 108 names of Sarasvatī: her lotus, her book, her swan, and the forms of the Goddess she shares with Durgā and others.
Hindi · Sarasvatī bhakti · traditional; the closing dohās name Rāmasāgara
सरस्वती चालीसा
Thirty-nine couplets in simple Hindi that praise Sarasvatī as the giver of wisdom and strength, remember how she helped the poets and the gods, and ask for her help. Dohās at the start and the end bow to her and ask for shelter.
Skanda Purāṇa · Sanatkumāra Saṃhitā (traditional attribution)
सरस्वती सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sanatkumara tells Narada how Sarasvati, pleased by Brahma's long austerity, gave him her thousand names, then gives the hymn: 144 verses of her names, followed by the fruit of reciting it.
Brahma Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीसरस्वतीस्तोत्रम् (ब्रह्मकृतम्)
Brahmā's own hymn to Sarasvatī: a meditation on the white goddess, eight long verses that open with seed-syllables and ask for a clear mind and a free tongue, and the fruit of reciting it.
Atharvaveda Upaniṣad · Gaṇapati
गणपत्यथर्वशीर्षम्
A short Upaniṣad that praises Gaṇapati as the one Reality behind the world, gives his seed-mantra and gāyatrī, describes his form, and ends with the rewards of reciting it.
Gaṇeśa stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
गणेशपञ्चरत्नम्
Five verses praising Gaṇeśa as sweet-holding, moon-crested, elephant-faced and one-tusked, and a sixth that promises health, good children and a long life to whoever recites it at dawn.
Gaṇeśa stotra · Nārada Purāṇa (as attributed)
सङ्कटनाशनं गणेशस्तोत्रम्
Eight verses in which Nārada names Gaṇeśa in twelve ways, one after another, and says what whoever recites the names three times a day will gain.
Gaṇeśa stotra · spoken by Brahmā
मयूरेशस्तोत्रम्
Ten verses of salute to Gaṇeśa as Mayūreśa, the ancient being who makes the world and ends obstacles, each closing with the same line, and two verses in which Mayūreśa himself names what the hymn does.
Gaṇeśa stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara by tradition
गणेशभुजङ्गम्
Eight verses that paint Gaṇeśa dancing, jewelled and moon-crowned, then name him as the one syllable Om, and a ninth that promises every wish to whoever recites it at dawn.
Gaṇeśa stotra · Śṛṅgeri
गणाधिपपञ्चरत्नम्
Five verses praising Gaṇeśa, with a refrain-like closing in each, and a sixth that promises a long life, good children and fame to those who say them.
Hindi · traditional
गणेश चालीसा
A Hindi chālīsā that praises Gaṇeśa, tells how he was born and how he got an elephant's head, and recalls how he won the race round the earth by walking round his parents.
Gaṇeśa Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री वक्रतुंडगणेश सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Vyāsa asks Brahmā how Gaṇeśa taught his own thousand names to Śiva, and Brahmā tells how Śiva, hindered in his fight with the three cities, worshipped Gaṇeśa and received the names, which are given here with the fruit of reciting them.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री उच्छिष्टगणेश सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
The Goddess asks Bhairava for the thousand names of Ucchiṣṭa Gaṇeśa; he tells how Śiva once praised Gaṇeśa with them and the obstacles fled, then gives the names, and closes with what reciting them brings.
Kṛṣṇayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
ऋणहर्तृगणेशस्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva how a person may be freed from debt, and he gives her a short hymn to Gaṇeśa: a meditation, then eight verses recalling who worshipped Gaṇeśa before their great undertakings, each closing with the prayer that he destroy the reciter's debt.
Bhṛgu · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
वक्रतुण्डगणेशकवचम् (गणेशरक्षाकरं स्तोत्रम्)
An armour in which Gaṇeśa, under many of his names, is set to guard each part of the body from head to foot and every direction, followed by how to recite it, its mantra, and what it brings.
As given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
वक्रतुण्डगणेशस्तवराजः
A hymn of twenty-one verses praising the elephant-faced Gaṇeśa through stories of his play with Śiva, Pārvatī and Kumāra, his nature as the Self and as Brahman, and the worship by which obstacles fall away.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
वक्रतुण्डशतनामस्तोत्रम्
Seventeen verses listing the hundred and eight names of Vakratuṇḍa Gaṇeśa, with a last verse on reciting them at dawn.
Named for Śaṅkarācārya in the print · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
वक्रतुण्डस्तोत्रम्
Eight long verses in which each picture of Gaṇeśa is preceded by a repeated seed-syllable, followed by the diagram on which he is worshipped and the fruit of worshipping him.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
उच्छिष्टगणेशकवचम्
The Goddess asks for the armour by which what is wished for is quickly gained, and Īśvara gives it: who may receive it, the guards placed on every part of the body, the many forms of Gaṇeśa that stand watch, and its fruit.
Rudrayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
उच्छिष्टगणेशस्तवराजः
The Goddess says this hymn is to be recited at the end of worship; twenty verses then describe Gaṇeśa, his form, his play with Śiva and Pārvatī, and the fruit of praising him.
Viśvasāra Tantra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
हरिद्रागणेशकवचम्
Īśvara tells the Goddess that the mantra of Gaṇeśa bears no fruit without this armour; nine verses then set the names of Gaṇeśa over the body, and the rest give its fruit.
Mahābhārata · Anuśāsana Parva 149
श्री विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
On the bed of arrows, asked by Yudhishthira what one thing a person should praise to find every good, Bhishma answers with this: a hymn of Vishnu's thousand names, arranged as 108 verses reciting who he is under every name there is.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीकृष्णाष्टकम्
Eight quick-stepping verses that bow to Kṛṣṇa again and again as the darling of Vraja, the flute-player and the dark one in the yellow cloth. A ninth verse asks only to keep singing his story.
Gītagovinda · Sarga 1 · Aṣṭapadī 2 · Jayadeva
श्रितकमलाकुचमण्डल
The second song of the Gītagovinda: a string of short calls to Hari, each ending in the cry jaya jaya deva hare, victory to you, lord Hari. It is sung as a blessing before the love-story of the poem begins.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
अच्युताष्टकम्
A string of the names of Viṣṇu, moving freely between Kṛṣṇa and Rāma, set in a lilting metre that falls into four beats a line. The last verse says that the one who recites it with love wins Hari over quickly.
Puṣṭimārga · Vallabhācārya · c. 1500 CE
मधुराष्टकम्
Eight verses that name one thing after another about Kṛṣṇa, his lips, his walk, his flute, the dust he raises, and call each of them sweet. Every verse ends: everything about the lord of sweetness is sweet.
Gītagovinda · Sarga 1 · Aṣṭapadī 1 · Jayadeva
दशावतारस्तोत्रम्
The opening song of the Gītagovinda: one verse for each of Viṣṇu's ten descents, from the Fish to Kalki, each ending: O Keśava, who took this form, victory to you, lord of the world, Hari.
Bhāgavata Purāṇa · Skandha 10, adhyāya 31
गोपीगीतम्
In the night of the rāsa dance Kṛṣṇa disappears, and the gopīs, sitting together on the bank of the Yamunā, sing to him. Nineteen verses of longing, asking him to come back.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · Bilvamaṅgala
श्री गोविन्ददामोदर स्तोत्रम्
Seventy-one verses, each ending on the call "Govinda, Dāmodara, Mādhava". They picture Kṛṣṇa in Vraja, the cries of those who were in trouble, and the tongue being told to drink the names as nectar.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · from the Ūrdhvāmnāya Tantra
श्री राधाकृपाकटाक्ष स्तोत्रम्
Eleven verses picture Rādhā from her smile and her feet to her walk and her anklets, and each ends by asking when she will make the speaker the receiver of her kind sidelong glance. A bow to her under many titles, a verse on what hearing it brings and six closing verses on the fruit of reciting follow.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीजगन्नाथाष्टकम्
Eight verses that picture Jagannātha at Puri, on the shore of the ocean with Balabhadra and Subhadrā, and end each time with one wish: may the Lord of the World come before my eyes.
Bhāgavata Purāṇa · Skandha 8, adhyāya 3
श्री गजेन्द्रमोक्ष स्तोत्रम्
An elephant king, caught in a lake by a crocodile and with no strength left, turns his whole mind to the Lord who is beyond all names. Twenty-eight verses of praise and surrender, and the Lord comes.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · Padma Purāṇa, Kārttika month
श्रीदामोदराष्टकम्
Eight verses sung to the child Kṛṣṇa as Dāmodara, the one tied round the belly with a rope. The poet asks for no freedom and no gift, only that this childhood form stay in his mind.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · author traditionally given as Vallabhācārya or Jīva Gosvāmin
श्रीयुगलाष्टकम्
Eight short couplets in which Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa are each made of the other: love, wealth, breath, home and heart. Every couplet ends with the same prayer, that the pair are the singer's refuge.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · Tirumala
श्रीवेङ्कटेशस्तोत्रम्
Eleven verses to Veṅkaṭeśa, the lord of the seven hills at Tirumala. They praise his form, ask for protection from the weight of our faults, turn to Kṛṣṇa and then to Rāma, and end by asking forgiveness.
Vaiṣṇava kavaca · Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa
श्रीनृसिंहकवचम्
A shield-hymn in which Prahlāda calls Nṛsiṃha to guard each part of the body and each direction in turn. The verses that follow list what reciting it gives, and a roaring closing verse bows to the divine lion.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्री लक्ष्मीनृसिंह करावलम्ब स्तोत्रम्
A cry for help in seventeen verses. Worldly life is a forest fire, a net, a well, a crocodile, an elephant, and every verse ends with the same plea: Lakṣmī-Nṛsiṃha, give me the support of your hand.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्री विष्णुभुजङ्गप्रयात स्तोत्रम्
Fourteen verses that begin with the formless Brahman beyond all names, then picture Viṣṇu from his crown to his feet with Śrī and Earth beside him. They end with an old person's plain prayer for help at the last hour.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीगोविन्दाष्टकम्
Eight verses that hold two pictures of Govinda side by side: the playful boy of Gokula, who ate mud, stole butter and lifted a hill, and the one who is truth, knowledge and the end of all that is. Each verse ends with the call to bow to him, the highest bliss.
Prayer to the Supreme Lord · author unknown
परमेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Eight short verses in which the singer admits he has no virtue, no strength and no merit, and asks only to be carried across. Every verse ends with the same line: janatāraṇa tāraya tāpitakam, save this tormented one, saver of the people.
Nāma stotra · from the Ūrdhvāmnāya, first paṭala
श्री राधाष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hundred and eight names of Rādhā in sixteen short verses. They picture her as the cowherd girl of Vṛṣabhānu's town, quick-eyed, musical, playful and in love with Kṛṣṇa. The closing verses say what singing them is for.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीरङ्गनाथाष्टकम्
Eight verses that bring the mind back, again and again, to Viṣṇu asleep on the great serpent at Śrīraṅgam. Every verse ends with the same wish: may my mind delight in Śrī Raṅga.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · Kṛṣṇa as the darling of Vraja
श्रीव्रजराजसुताष्टकम्
Eight verses that look at Kṛṣṇa from head to foot: the peacock feather, the curved brows, the moon-like face, the yellow cloth, the anklets, the marked feet. Each ends with the same call: worship Kṛṣṇa, the son of the king of Vraja.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीपाण्डुरङ्गाष्टकम्
Eight verses that picture the Lord standing on a brick on the bank of the Bhīmarathī, hands on his hips, dark as a rain cloud. Each ends with the same line: I worship Pāṇḍuraṅga, the sign of the Supreme Brahman.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · from the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa
इन्द्रकृतं श्रीकृष्णस्तोत्रम्
Indra's hymn to Kṛṣṇa: the Lord who takes a different colour in each age, and the one seen in Vṛndāvana playing with Rādhā, with the cowherd girls and with the boys. The last verses tell how the hymn was handed down and what reciting it gives.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · Puṣṭimārga
श्रीनन्दकुमाराष्टकम्
Eight verses that string together short names for Kṛṣṇa as the son of Nanda: the cowherd, the moon of Vṛndāvana, the butter-thief, the flute-player, the one who danced on Kāliya. Each ends with the same call to worship him.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीविष्णुषट्पदी
A seven-verse prayer that asks Viṣṇu for a humble, quiet mind and for compassion, and then says why he should help: a wave belongs to the sea, the sea does not belong to the wave. The name ṣaṭpadī means six-footed, as a bee is.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · one verse on the Bhāgavata
एकश्लोकी भागवतम्
One verse that runs through the life of Kṛṣṇa as the Bhāgavata tells it, from his birth to Devakī to the protection of the sons of Kuntī, and calls it the nectar of his play.
Nārada Pañcarātra · Jñānāmṛtasāra
श्री राधा सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Parvati asks Shiva for the secret thousand names of Radha, and why the goddess who makes and ends the universe became a cowherd girl. Shiva answers with a short preface, then the names in 174 verses, then the fruit of reciting them.
Sammohana Tantra · Śiva and Pārvatī on Kailāsa
श्री गोपाल सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva what hymn he recites every day. He answers that it is a great secret: the thousand names of Gopāla, Kṛṣṇa the cowherd of Vṛndāvana, passed down from Kṛṣṇa to Rādhā, Nārada and Śiva. The hymn is followed by a long list of what its recitation brings.
Puṣṭimārga · Bhāgavata names
श्री पुरुषोत्तम सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
A hymn of Kṛṣṇa's names taken from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and set out in the order of its story, from the first book to the last, so that reciting it carries the whole of the Bhāgavata.
Nārada Pañcarātra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री विष्णु सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम् (नारदपञ्चरात्रोक्तम्)
Pārvatī asks how she may become Śiva's equal, and Mahādeva answers with the thousand names of Viṣṇu that he himself recites, told to him by Govinda, with the dhyāna before them and the fruit of reciting them after.
Trailokyamaṅgala kavaca · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
विष्णुकवचम्
Nārada asks for the kavaca called Trailokyamaṅgala and Sanatkumāra tells it: the mantras of Kṛṣṇa and Viṣṇu, named by their syllables, guard each part of the body and the quarters, followed by the rule for taking it up and what it gives.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
विष्णुस्तोत्रम्
Thirteen verses that praise Viṣṇu one form at a time: the fish who saved the Vedas, the tortoise of the churning, the boar, the man-lion, the dwarf who strode the worlds, the two Rāmas, the Buddha and the Horse, and at the end Viṣṇu himself with conch, disc, mace and lotus.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · nāma-stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
विष्णोरष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
Seventeen verses that give Viṣṇu a hundred and eight names, from Viṣṇu, Jiṣṇu and Dāmodara to Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and Madhusūdana, and then say what it brings to recite them at dawn.
Brahma Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
नृसिंहकवचम्
Nārada asks Brahmā for the kavaca of Nṛsiṃha, and Brahmā tells it: the seed-syllable kṣrauṃ and the mantra of thirty-two syllables guard each part of the body in turn, with the rule for taking it up, the amulet, and what it does against ghosts and fear.
Vaiṣṇava stotra · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीकृष्णस्तोत्रम्
A hymn that first asks Kṛṣṇa to be gracious, then cries victory to him by many names, and then bows to him, ending with the promise of the four aims of life.
Gautamīya Tantra · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
गोपालस्तोत्रम्
Nārada describes Kṛṣṇa as Gopāla, the cowherd boy, one picture after another, and closes with what the one who meditates on him and recites the hymn receives.
Rāmcaritmānas · Book 5
सुन्दरकाण्ड
The fifth book of the Rāmcaritmānas: Hanumān leaps the sea, finds Sītā in the Aśoka grove, burns Laṅkā and returns with her token; Vibhīṣaṇa takes refuge with Rāma, and the ocean shows the army a way across. Recited whole as a prayer.
Rāma stotra · Budha Kauśika
श्रीरामरक्षास्तोत्रम्
A protective hymn that asks Rāma to guard the head, eyes, tongue, heart and every other limb, then gathers his names, brothers and companions into a wall around the reciter. Closes with the verses of surrender that are sung on their own.
Rāma stotra · ascribed to Vyāsa
श्रीरामाष्टकम्
Eight short verses that worship Rāma as the unborn, formless, spotless one who is also the matted-haired prince, a boat across the ocean of rebirth. A ninth verse promises knowledge, fortune and liberation to whoever recites or hears it.
Rāma stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्री रामभुजङ्गप्रयात स्तोत्रम्
A long hymn that opens with Rāma as pure being, awareness and bliss, sees him seated with Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa, and then bows to him again and again. Its last verses ask him to be gracious and promise that whoever recites it becomes Rāma himself.
Hanumān stotra · traditional
श्री आञ्जनेयद्वादशनाम स्तोत्रम्
Twelve names of Hanumān, each a small story: son of Añjanā, son of the Wind, dear to Rāma, the one who crossed the sea, who gave Lakṣmaṇa his breath. The last verse says when to recite them and what they give.
Hanumān stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
श्रीहनुमत्पञ्चरत्नम्
Five rhyming verses, each a gem, that picture Hanumān as free of desire, wet-eyed with joy, red-faced like the dawn and full of mercy, the one who took away Sītā's pain. A sixth verse promises the joys of this life and devotion to Rāma.
Rāma stotra · named for Lakṣmaṇācārya
नामरामायणम्
The Rāmāyaṇa told in names. Every line is one name of Rāma and one moment of the story, from his birth in the sun's family to his return to Vaikuṇṭha, and each ends with the word "Rāma".
Rāma stotra · Skanda Purāṇa, Setu Māhātmya
श्रीजानकीस्तुतिः
Eight verses that bow to Jānakī: the daughter of the Earth, the one who wipes out sin and poverty, who is Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī and the mother of the world, and the beloved of Rāma.
Awadhi · Tulsīdās · 16th century
हनुमान चालीसा
Forty caupāīs in Awadhi praising Hanumān, opened by two dohās and closed by one. One of the most widely recited Hindu prayers.
Awadhi · traditionally ascribed to Tulsīdās
बजरंग बाण
A fierce Awadhi prayer that calls Hanumān to come at once and strike down what harms his devotee. Recited in times of fear and danger.
Awadhi · Tulsīdās · mattagayanda
संकटमोचन हनुमानाष्टक
Eight Awadhi verses that recall the times Hanumān rescued gods and heroes from trouble, each ending with the same refrain: who does not know your name is Saṅkaṭmocan?
Awadhi and Sanskrit · from the Rāmcaritmānas and the prayer tradition
हनुमान स्तवन
A short set of salutations to Hanumān, one Awadhi soraṭhā and two Sanskrit ślokas, usually said before the Chālīsā.
Sanskritic Hindi · Vinaya Patrikā, pada 45 · 16th century
श्रीरामचन्द्र कृपालु भजु मन
A five-couplet stuti that tells the mind to worship Rāma, lotus-eyed and dark as a fresh cloud, and asks him to live in the lotus of the heart.
Rāmcaritmānas · Uttarakāṇḍa · spoken by Śiva · 16th century
जय राम रमा रमनं समनं
Ten short verses in which Śiva, at Rāma's coronation, asks the Lord to protect those lost in worldly life and says what makes his true servants happy; a closing dohā asks for steady devotion and the company of the good.
Rāmcaritmānas · Bālakāṇḍa · spoken by Sītā · 16th century
जय जय गिरिबरराज किसोरी
Sītā goes to Gaurī's temple in Janaka's garden and bows to Bhavānī, queen of the mountains and mother of the world. The Goddess blesses her, and the verses close with the chand people sing for that blessing.
Rāmcaritmānas · Bālakāṇḍa · spoken by Kausalyā · 16th century
भए प्रगट कृपाला दीनदयाला
Four chand verses sung on Rāma Navamī: the Lord is born in Kausalyā's palace in four-armed form, the mother praises him with folded hands, and then asks him to become a baby so she can love him as a son.
Rāmcaritmānas · Araṇyakāṇḍa · spoken by Atri · 16th century
नमामि भक्त वत्सलं
Twelve Sanskrit verses in which the sage Atri, receiving Rāma, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa in his hermitage, praises Rāma as the lover of his devotees and asks for devotion to his feet.
Rāmcaritmānas · Uttarakāṇḍa · spoken by the Vedas · 16th century
जय सगुन निर्गुन रूप
Six chand verses in which the Vedas, in the guise of court bards, praise Rāma as both with form and without it, remind him of the cost of pride in knowledge, and ask for love for his feet.
Rāmcaritmānas · Bālakāṇḍa · spoken by Brahmā and the gods · 16th century
जय जय सुरनायक जन सुखदायक
Four chand verses in which Brahmā, the gods and the sages pray to Viṣṇu for help, because Earth is crushed by the demons. The answer from the sky is the promise that he will be born as a man in Daśaratha's house.
Rāmcaritmānas · Araṇyakāṇḍa · spoken by Jaṭāyu · 16th century
जय राम रूप अनूप निर्गुन सगुन
Four chand verses in which the vulture Jaṭāyu, wounded in defending Sītā, praises Rāma as both with form and beyond form, asks him to live in his heart, and then leaves his body in Rāma's hands.
Rāmcaritmānas · Bālakāṇḍa · Ahalyā's stuti · 16th century
परसत पद पावन सोक नसावन
Four chand verses on the moment Ahalyā, a stone since the sage's curse, is freed by the touch of Rāma's feet, stands before him with folded hands, praises him, and asks only to love his lotus feet.
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री हनुमत् सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
The sages ask Vālmīki what Rāma did on reaching the iron mountain; Vālmīki tells how Rāma met Hanumān and praised him with a thousand names, then gives the names and closes with what reciting them brings.
Sudarśana Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीपञ्चमुखहनुमत्कवचम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva for the kavaca of Hanumān. After a word on who may hear it, the five faces of Hanumān are described, the mantras that guard each direction are given, and the fruit of reciting it is told.
Agastya Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीएकादशमुखहनुमत्कवचम्
Lopāmudrā asks her husband Agastya for the kavaca of Hanumān in his eleven-faced form, and he tells her what Brahmā once taught Sanandana: seed-syllables and names guarding the body and the quarters, and what comes of reciting it.
Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीहनुमत्कवचम्
A meditation on Hanumān, then a prayer that each quarter and each part of the body, from the head to the toes, be guarded by one of his names, and the fruit of reciting it.
Hanumat Kalpa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री हनुमन्मंत्रराजात्मक स्तवराजः
Hanumān speaks twelve verses of bowing to his lord, each naming one deed or trait, and ends with the fruit of reciting them daily.
Mantra Mahārṇava, Pūrva Khaṇḍa
श्री लांगूलास्त्र शत्रुंजय हनुमत् स्तोत्रम्
A call to Hanumān to come and strike down the reciter's enemies with his swinging tail, with a meditation, a mantra and twenty-three verses that each name him by a deed and end on the same plea.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीएकमुखहनुमत्कवचम्
Pārvatī asks Śiva what can protect people in battle, danger and fear. Śiva tells her of the armour of Hanumān that Rāma once gave to Vibhīṣaṇa, with Hanumān's twelve names, a meditation, and verses that place Hanumān as guardian over every direction and every part of the body.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीशत्रुघ्नकवचम्
Agastya tells Sutīkṣṇa the armour of Śatrughna, who stands at Rāma's left side with a bow and quiver and fans him with a palm-leaf fan. A meditation on Śatrughna is followed by verses that name him as guardian of every direction and every limb, and by the fruits of reciting it.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीभरतकवचम्
Agastya tells Sutīkṣṇa the armour of Bharata, Kaikeyī's son, who stands at Rāma's right side and fans him with a chowrie. A meditation on Bharata is followed by verses that call on him by his names to guard the directions and the whole body, and by the fruits of reciting it.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीलक्ष्मणकवचम्
Agastya tells Sutīkṣṇa the armour of Lakṣmaṇa, the son of Sumitrā, who stands behind Rāma holding a parasol over his head. A meditation on Lakṣmaṇa is followed by verses that call on him by his names to guard the directions and every part of the body, and by the fruits of reciting it.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीसीताकवचम्
Agastya tells Sutīkṣṇa the armour of Sītā. A verse of homage names her born of the earth, raised by the king of Mithilā, and dear to Rāma; a meditation on her form follows, and then verses that call on her by her names to guard the directions and every part of the body, with the fruits of reciting it.
Ānanda Rāmāyaṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीरामकवचम्
Agastya tells Sutīkṣṇa the armour of Rāma. A verse of remembrance and a long meditation on Rāma in battle are followed by verses that call on him by his names to guard the head, face, limbs and senses, and by the fruits of reciting it, which is said to free even a great sinner.
Padma Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
रामाष्टशतकं नाम स्तोत्रम्
Vyāsa tells Bhīṣma how Śiva taught Pārvatī that the name Rāma stands for all the thousand names of Viṣṇu, and then gives the hundred and eight names of Rāma with the fruit of reciting them.
Padma Purāṇa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीरामकवचम्
An armour that places Rāma and his names around the reciter, limb by limb from the head to the feet, with verses on the protection it gives and on wearing it written on birch bark.
Utkalakhaṇḍa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
बलरामस्तोत्रम्
A three-verse hymn of salutation to Balarāma, bearer of the plough and the club, elder brother of Kṛṣṇa, with the fruit of reciting it.
Garuḍa Tantra, Hanumat-kalpa · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीहनूमत्स्तोत्रम्
Seven verses that recall Hanumān's deeds, each ending with the same line of victory, then a verse of homage and the fruit of reciting the hymn.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Yuddha Kāṇḍa, sarga 107
आदित्यहृदयम्
Before the last battle with Rāvaṇa, the sage Agastya teaches the tired Rāma a hymn to the Sun. Rāma recites it, his grief leaves him, and he goes out to fight.
Planetary stotra · ascribed to Vyāsa
नवग्रहस्तोत्रम्
Nine verses, one for each of the nine grahas, each bowing to a planet by its colour, its birth and its nature. Three closing verses say what reciting it brings.
Sūrya stotra · traditional
सूर्याष्टकम्
A hymn that greets the Sun by his chariot, his colour and his work, and bows to him again and again. Three closing verses say what reciting it on Sundays brings.
Kavaca · Sūrya stotra
सूर्यकवचम्
A short armour hymn in which the Sun, under a different name each time, is asked to guard the head, forehead, eyes, ears, nose, face, tongue, throat, shoulders, chest, feet and the whole body.
Kavaca · Candra stotra
चन्द्रकवचम्
A short armour hymn that begins with a picture of the four-armed Moon and then names him part by part over the body, asking him to guard the head, eyes, mouth, throat, heart and feet.
Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, Saptama Kalpa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री सूर्य सहस्रनाम स्तोत्रम्
King Śatānīka asks Sumantu for the thousand names of Sūrya by which the god once appeared to him; Sumantu tells what the hymn gives, recites the names, and closes with the fruit of reciting them.
Hindi · Śani bhakti · traditional; the last caupāī names Rām Sundar
शनि चालीसा
Forty caupāīs in Hindi praising Śani, the son of the Sun, opened by two dohās and closed by one. It tells how his gaze has touched kings and gods, and how his seven vehicles shape the results he brings.
Brahmayāmala · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
त्रैलोक्यमंगलं सूर्यकवचम्
The Sun tells his son Sāmba of an armour called "the blessing of the three worlds": the Sun's mantras are set over the head, brow, eyes, ears, crown-lock and heart, and the closing verses say what the armour gives and how it is worn.
Sāmba Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीसूर्यस्तवराजः
Sāmba, worn thin by illness, praises the Sun with a thousand names; the Sun appears to him in a dream, tells him that twenty-one names are enough, and gives them with the way to use them and the fruit they bring.
Mahābhārata, Vana Parva · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्री सूर्याष्टोत्तर शतनाम स्तोत्रम्
The sage Dhaumya gives Yudhiṣṭhira the hundred and eight names of the Sun, which were first spoken by the self-born Brahmā, followed by a verse in praise of the Sun and the fruits of reciting the names.
Candra stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
चन्द्रमस्स्तोत्रम्
A short hymn to the Moon: the first verse pictures him white-robed and crowned, and the rest bow to him as the lord of the stars, the beloved of Rohiṇī and the jewel on Śiva's head.
Vasiṣṭha Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीमंगलस्तोत्रम्
A hymn to Maṅgala, the red planet Mars and son of the Earth: a meditation on his form, a list of his names, and verses of praise that ask him to clear debt and give prosperity.
Budha stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
बुधस्तोत्रम्
A hymn to Budha, the planet Mercury and son of the Moon: it pictures him in yellow, gives his names, and promises growth of understanding to whoever recites them in the morning.
Bṛhaspati stotra · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
बृहस्पतिस्तोत्रम्
Three short hymns to Bṛhaspati, the planet Jupiter and teacher of the gods: a prayer with his twenty-five names, a hymn that pictures him and asks for wealth and safety, and a run of bows to his titles.
Skanda Purāṇa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
शुक्रस्तोत्रम्
A hymn of bows to Śukra, the son of Bhṛgu and planet Venus, who won the knowledge that brings the dead back to life; it ends with what each kind of wish gains from reciting it, best on a Friday.
Tīrtha stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
गङ्गास्तोत्रम्
Fourteen short verses in which Gaṅgā is greeted by her many names, thanked for her water and asked to take away sin and carry the speaker over the sea of birth and death.
Tīrtha stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
नर्मदाष्टकम्
Eight verses that bow, again and again, to the feet of Narmadā. She is praised as the armour against fear, the home of sages and creatures alike, and the one who gives both enjoyment and freedom.
Tīrtha stotra · Skanda Purāṇa
गङ्गादशहरास्तोत्रम्
A hymn of repeated bows to Gaṅgā by her many names: healer of every illness, giver of enjoyment and freedom, mother of the world. It ends by saying what reading or hearing it gives.
Tīrtha stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
त्रिवेणीस्तोत्रम्
Ten verses that call the meeting of the three rivers at Prayāga a braid, and give that braid one name after another. Each ends the same way: at blessed Prayāga, Triveṇī is victorious.
Tulasī stotra · traditional
तुलसीस्तोत्रम्
Fifteen verses that bow to Tulasī as the mother of the world and the dear one of Viṣṇu, say that seeing her or remembering her cleans away sin, and end with her sixteen names.
Tīrtha stotra · Padma Purāṇa
प्रयागाष्टकम्
Eight verses in praise of Prayāga, where Gaṅgā meets the Yamunā under the great banyan. Each ends with the same cry: victory to that king of fords.
Tīrtha stotra · ascribed to Śaṅkara
यमुनाष्टकम्
Eight verses that look at the Yamunā through the play of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā on her banks and in her water, and close each time with a prayer that she wash the dirt from our minds.
Garga Saṃhitā · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
यमुनासहस्रनामस्तोत्रम्
King Māndhātā asks the sage Saubhari for the thousand names of the Yamunā, and Saubhari gives them: names of the river goddess, of the rivers and holy cities of India, and of the powers of the world, with a dhyāna before them and the fruit of reciting them after.
Garga Saṃhitā, Mādhurya Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीयमुनाकवचम्
King Māndhātā asks the sage Saubhari for the armour of Yamunā; Saubhari tells how to sit and meditate, then names the forms of the river-goddess who guard each part of the body, and the fruit of reciting it.
Garga Saṃhitā, Mādhurya Khaṇḍa · as given in the Mantra Mahārṇava
श्रीयमुनास्तवराजः
Saubhari tells King Māndhātā a hymn of praise to Yamunā, the dark river born of Kṛṣṇa, who gives even a sinner the land of Vṛndāvana and whose name wipes out a mountain of sin.
Viṣṇuyāmala · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
गङ्गाकवचम्
A short armour that asks Gaṅgā, in her forms of water, to guard the reciter in bathing, offering and worship, in heaven, on earth and below, and promises release from sickness and bondage.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
निर्वाणषट्कम्
Six short verses that say what I am not: not the mind, not the senses, not the body, not even the one who seeks liberation. Each ends the same way: my nature is awareness and joy; I am Śiva.
Advaita Vedānta · Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
भज गोविन्दम्
A short hymn of blunt advice: wealth, family, youth and clever learning do not last, and in the end only turning to Govinda and the company of good people helps. It is also known as the Moha-mudgara, the hammer for delusion.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
गुर्वष्टकम्
Eight verses that list everything a person could wish for: looks, family, learning, fame, power, wealth. After each list comes the same question: if the mind is not fixed on the guru's feet, what then?
Guru-vandanā · traditional
श्रीगुरुस्तोत्रम्
Fourteen short verses, nearly all ending "to that revered guru, I bow". They praise the guru as the one who opens the eyes of the blind with knowledge and shows the reality that fills everything.
Advaita Vedānta · ascribed to Toṭakācārya
तोटकाष्टकम्
Eight verses a disciple sings to his teacher Śaṅkara, each ending "O teacher Śaṅkara, be my refuge". He asks for knowledge, for an end to delusion, and for the grace that comes to the teacher naturally.
Śṛṅgeri tradition · popularly attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
गुरुपादुकास्तोत्रम्
Nine verses that each praise the guru's sandals for what they give: devotion, calm, knowledge, freedom from sorrow and fear. Every verse ends with the same line of homage.
Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa · Madālasā episode, chapter 25
मदालसोपदेशः
Eight verses from the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa in which Queen Madālasā quiets her newborn son by telling him what he really is: pure, nameless, and no more his body than a coat is its wearer.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
प्रातःस्मरणस्तोत्रम्
Three verses for the first moments of the day: at dawn I remember, I worship, I bow to the one reality. The fourth verse says that whoever reads them in the morning reaches the highest state.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
ब्रह्मज्ञानावलीमाला
Twenty-one short verses in which the speaker says what the Self is: unattached, pure awareness, joy, beyond all forms. The last verses sum up the whole of Vedānta in a few lines.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
दशश्लोकी
Ten verses, nine ending on one line: what is left over, the auspicious one, the only one, that I am. Each verse sets aside something the Self is not: the elements, caste, gods, schools, directions, colours, teacher and student, the three states.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
अद्वैतपञ्चरत्नम्
Five verses, each closing "I am the auspicious one": the Self is not the body or mind; the living being is a mistake like a snake seen in a rope; the world shows itself in the Self as a dream or a reflection does.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
मातृपञ्चकम्
Five verses said to have been spoken by Śaṅkara to his mother as she died. They list what she bore for him, and what he, a monk, could not do for her, and end with a bow to her feet.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
कौपीनपञ्चकम्
Five verses on the wandering monk who wears only a loincloth: he lives on alms, sleeps under a tree, eats from his hands, sees the Self in the Self, and so is called truly fortunate.
Advaita Vedānta · Hastāmalaka, disciple of Śaṅkarācārya
हस्तामलकस्तोत्रम्
The teacher asks a child who he is; the child answers that he is not a man, not a god, not any class or stage of life, but the awareness behind mind and eye, one like the sun seen in many pots of water.
Advaita Vedānta · attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya
साधनपञ्चकम्
Five verses of short instructions for one who wants freedom: study, duty, good company, a teacher, questioning, begging, quiet, and then living out what is left. A sixth verse gives the fruit of reading them.
Brahmayāmala · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीगुरुकवचम्
Nārada asks for the guru's kavaca and Brahmā tells it: the guru, his smile, his feet and the lineages of gurus are set to guard each part of the body and each direction, followed by its fruit and the rule of secrecy.
Brahmayāmala · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीमत्स्त्रीगुरुकवचम्
A four-verse meditation on the woman guru, then her kavaca: seed-syllables and letters set over each part of the body and each direction, with its fruit and the rule of secrecy.
Bṛhat Pāramahaṃsya Saṃhitā · as given in the Bṛhat Tantrasāra
श्रीगुरुस्तोत्रम्
Twelve verses that list what people hold highest — gifts, yoga, rites, the ten great vidyās, the avatāras, the holy places, devotion — and each time end: nothing is higher than the guru.
No stotra by that name.