Shakradi Stuti
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A 27-verse hymn from the Durga Saptashati's fourth chapter — Indra and the other deities' praise to the Goddess after Mahishasura stripped them of their opulence — recited for relief from severe financial hardship and to invoke Mahalakshmi's grace.
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Shakradi Stuti: the Saptashati hymn for wealth trouble
The second hymn the speaker names is the Shakradi Stuti, shlokas 1 to 27 of the fourth chapter of the Durga Saptashati, the praise of Bhagavati by Indra and the other gods. He says reciting these 27 shlokas makes Bhagavati remove even the biggest Lakshmi-related problem, because it belongs to the Madhyama charitra and was made by the wealthy gods for regaining their wealth after Mahishasura had seized it all — so through these shlokas Mahalakshmi shows special grace. He adds that each shloka also has an independent prayoga with the presence of all the Mahavidyas, but calls that a most secret subject he is revealing only gradually; for now, those without time should recite the 27 shlokas.
Which of the four Saptashati hymns to adopt, by the devotee's ishta
The speaker says one of the four stutis should be taken into one's life, and matches them to the devotee: a devotee of Mahakali should do the Ratri Suktam; a devotee of Bhagavati Mahasaraswati the Jai Durga Stuti of the eleventh chapter; an exclusive upasaka of Mahalakshmi the Shakradi Stuti, the 27 shlokas of the fourth chapter; and one who is a devotee of any form of Bhagavati, wants the grace of all her forms and sees his Mother, his Durga, his Kali in every shakti — the fiercest kind of upasaka — should never leave the Tantrokta Devisuktam. He says these four have the power to change life, each has its own independent prayoga, and doing them now means that when, by the Devi's grace, a learned Guru who makes such things happen appears in life, they will be of great use.
Which suktas please Bhagavati however angry she may be?
However angry Bhagavati may be, he says, there are two or three suktas by which she is certainly pleased: the first is the Tantrokta Ratri Suktam, the second the Devi Suktam, and the third the Shakradi Stuti. Learn to recite these in Sanskrit; it is easy, not very hard. And let a member of the household do the paath and coax the Maa. If singing a pachra is known, then on the Ashtami or the Navami, or in the evening at the time of sandhya, sing at least one pachra and coax the Maa, and ask forgiveness, saying Maa, an offence has been committed by us.
What is the fourth adhyaya of the Saptashati (Shakradi Stuti) used for?
The fourth adhyaya is for the attainment of Lakshmi. The Shakradi Stuti has independent paath, stuti and havan; a pushtikarak havan is especially done with the stuti made by Indra and the devagana. It runs from the first shloka up to the 23rd shloka, the one above "Shulena pahi no devi" — this stuti in the fourth adhyaya is for the pleasure of Bhagavati and the attainment of Lakshmi, and however great the money-related trouble may be, its independent paath can be done for it.
How should the Shakradi Stuti be continued for an early marriage?
At least once each morning and evening, with one mala alongside of the Argala Stotra verse asking for a pleasing wife — the final one — done morning and evening as well, so that the marriage happens soon.
Should the Durga Saptashati be recited in Sanskrit when one's pronunciation is faulty?
The speaker says he always tells people: if you have devotion to Bhagavati but cannot pronounce Sanskrit, have not practised, and have not learned the Saptashati, recite it in Hindi with bhava foremost, and Jagdamba will be pleased. This man recited 108 paths in Sanskrit with, by his own admission, many errors, consoled by a guru's story that unclear pronunciation causes no special harm; the speaker grants that up to a point, but with the uccharan wrong every time over 108 paths it is the single biggest blunder, and meaning turned into anartha became one cause of the ruin. Rather than the full Saptashati, he says, recite only the stutis — Ratri Suktam, Devi Suktam, the fourth-chapter stuti, Shakradi Stuti — and Ma will be pleased.
The four raksha mantras of Saptashati chapter 4 are never offered with sakalya
The speaker says that in chapter 4, ahutis run up to the 23rd shloka; from the 24th — "सुलेन पाहि नो देवी पाहि खड़गंचा अंबिके", as the transcript has it — the Saptashati's raksha mantras begin (also used in the Saptashati nyasa), and these four, 24 to 27, are never offered with sakalya (the til-rice-barley mix). One may just recite them and move on, offer a banana on a paan leaf, have the chief acharya alone offer ghrit, or recite each and say only "महालक्ष्मय स्वाहा" — even mentally — but even those four ahutis are never sakalya.
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