Mahalakshmi Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram

The Mahalakshmi Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram is a highly significant hymn dedicated to praising Goddess Lakshmi through her 108 sacred names. According to the Puranas, this stotram was originally narrated by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati.

Also, read: Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanamavali in English

By chanting this stotram, it is believed that:

👉 One can attain financial abundance, prosperity, family well-being, and mental peace.

👉 It is particularly powerful for removing poverty (Daridra Dosha) and ensuring that wealth remains stable in one’s life.

Mahalakshmi, who resides in the chest of Lord Vishnu, is worshipped here through various names such as Sridevi, Padma, Kamala, and Indira. Each name carries a profound meaning and divine energy.

Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram

Dēvyuvāca |
Dēvadēva Mahādēva Trikālajña Mahēśvara |
Karuṇākara Dēvēśa Bhaktānugrahakāraka |
Aṣṭōttaraśataṁ Lakṣmyāḥ Śrōtumicchāmi Tattvataḥ || 1 ||

Īśvara Uvāca |
Dēvi Sādhu Mahābhāgē Mahābhāgyapradāyakam |
Sarvaiśvaryakaraṁ Puṇyaṁ Sarvapāpapraṇāśanam || 2 ||

Sarvadāridryaśamanaṁ Śravaṇādbhuktimuktidam |
Rājavaśyakaraṁ Divyaṁ Guhyādguhyataraṁ Param || 3 ||

Durlabhaṁ Sarvadēvānāṁ Catuṣṣaṣṭikalāspadam |
Padmādīnāṁ Varāntānāṁ Vidhīnāṁ Nityadāyakam || 4 ||

Samastadēvasaṁsēvyamaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam |
Kimatra Bahunōktēna Dēvīpratyakṣadāyakam || 5 ||

Tava Prītyādya Vakṣyāmi Samāhitamanāḥ Śrr̥ṇu |
Aṣṭōttaraśatasyāsya Mahālakṣmīstu Dēvatā || 6 ||

Klīṁ Bījapadamityuktaṁ Śaktistu Bhuvanēśvarī |
Aṅganyāsaḥ Karanyāsa Sa Ityādi Prakīrtitaḥ || 7 ||

Dhyānam –
Vandē Padmakarāṁ Prasannavadanāṁ Saubhāgyadāṁ Bhāgyadāṁ
Hastābhyāmabhayapradāṁ Maṇigaṇairnānāvidhairbhūṣitām |
Bhaktābhīṣṭaphalapradāṁ Hariharabrahmādibhiḥ Sēvitāṁ
Pārśvē Paṅkajaśaṅkhapadmanidhibhiryuktāṁ Sadā Śaktibhiḥ ||

Sarasijanayanē Sarōjahastē Dhavalatarāṁśukagandhamālyaśōbhē |
Bhagavati Harivallabhē Manōjñē Tribhuvanabhūtikari Prasīda Mahyam ||

Ōṁ Prakr̥tiṁ Vikr̥tiṁ Vidyāṁ Sarvabhūtahitapradām |
Śraddhāṁ Vibhūtiṁ Surabhiṁ Namāmi Paramātmikām || 1 ||

Vācaṁ Padmālayāṁ Padmāṁ Śuciṁ Svāhāṁ Svadhāṁ Sudhām |
Dhanyāṁ Hiraṇmayīṁ Lakṣmīṁ Nityapuṣṭāṁ Vibhāvarīm || 2 ||

Aditiṁ Ca Ditiṁ Dīptāṁ Vasudhāṁ Vasudhāriṇīm |
Namāmi Kamalāṁ Kāntāṁ Kṣamāṁ Kṣīrōdasambhavām || 3 ||
[kāmākṣīṁ Krōdhasambhavām]

Anugrahaparāṁ Buddhimanaghāṁ Harivallabhām |
Aśōkāmamr̥tāṁ Dīptāṁ Lōkaśōkavināśinīm || 4 ||

Namāmi Dharmanilayāṁ Karuṇāṁ Lōkamātaram |
Padmapriyāṁ Padmahastāṁ Padmākṣīṁ Padmasundarīm || 5 ||

Padmōdbhavāṁ Padmamukhīṁ Padmanābhapriyāṁ Ramām |
Padmamālādharāṁ Dēvīṁ Padminīṁ Padmagandhinīm || 6 ||

Puṇyagandhāṁ Suprasannāṁ Prasādābhimukhīṁ Prabhām |
Namāmi Candravadanāṁ Candrāṁ Candrasahōdarīm || 7 ||

Caturbhujāṁ Candrarūpāmindirāminduśītalām |
Āhlādajananīṁ Puṣṭiṁ Śivāṁ Śivakarīṁ Satīm || 8 ||

Vimalāṁ Viśvajananīṁ Tuṣṭiṁ Dāridryanāśinīm |
Prītipuṣkariṇīṁ Śāntāṁ Śuklamālyāmbarāṁ Śriyam || 9 ||

Bhāskarīṁ Bilvanilayāṁ Varārōhāṁ Yaśasvinīm |
Vasundharāmudārāṅgāṁ Hariṇīṁ Hēmamālinīm || 10 ||

Dhanadhānyakarīṁ Siddhiṁ Sraiṇasaumyāṁ Śubhapradām |
Nr̥pavēśmagatānandāṁ Varalakṣmīṁ Vasupradām || 11 ||

Śubhāṁ Hiraṇyaprākārāṁ Samudratanayāṁ Jayām |
Namāmi Maṅgalāṁ Dēvīṁ Viṣṇuvakṣaḥsthalasthitām || 12 ||

Viṣṇupatnīṁ Prasannākṣīṁ Nārāyaṇasamāśritām |
Dāridryadhvaṁsinīṁ Dēvīṁ Sarvōpadravavāriṇīm || 13 ||

Navadurgāṁ Mahākālīṁ Brahmaviṣṇuśivātmikām |
Trikālajñānasampannāṁ Namāmi Bhuvanēśvarīm || 14 ||

Lakṣmīṁ Kṣīrasamudrarājatanayāṁ Śrīraṅgadhāmēśvarīṁ
Dāsībhūtasamastadēvavanitāṁ Lōkaikadīpāṅkurām |
Śrīmanmandakaṭākṣalabdhavibhavabrahmēndragaṅgādharāṁ
Tvāṁ Trailōkyakuṭumbinīṁ Sarasijāṁ Vandē Mukundapriyām || 15 ||

Mātarnamāmi Kamalē Kamalāyatākṣi
Śrīviṣṇuhr̥tkamalavāsini Viśvamātaḥ |
Kṣīrōdajē Kamalakōmalagarbhagauri
Lakṣmīḥ Prasīda Satataṁ Namatāṁ Śaraṇyē || 16 ||

Trikālaṁ Yō Japēdvidvān Ṣaṇmāsaṁ Vijitēndriyaḥ |
Dāridryadhvaṁsanaṁ Kr̥tvā Sarvamāpnōtyayatnataḥ || 1 ||

Dēvīnāmasahasrēṣu Puṇyamaṣṭōttaraṁ Śatam |
Yēna Śriyamavāpnōti Kōṭijanmadaridrataḥ || 2 ||

Bhr̥guvārē Śataṁ Dhīmān Paṭhēdvatsaramātrakam |
Aṣṭaiśvaryamavāpnōti Kubēra Iva Bhūtalē || 3 ||

Dāridryamōcanaṁ Nāma Stōtramambāparaṁ Śatam |
Yēna Śriyamavāpnōti Kōṭijanmadaridrataḥ || 4 ||

Bhuktvā Tu Vipulānbhōgānasyāḥ Sāyujyamāpnuyāt |
Prātaḥkālē Paṭhēnnityaṁ Sarvaduḥkhōpaśāntayē |
Paṭhaṁstu Cintayēddēvīṁ Sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām || 5 ||

Iti Śrīlakṣmyaṣṭōttaraśatanāma Stōtram |

How to Chant?

One should take a bath in the morning, sit in a clean place, meditate on the divine form of Goddess Mahalakshmi, and chant the stotram with complete focus and devotion.

Benefits of Chanting Mahalakshmi Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram

Chanting this stotram daily with devotion brings the following key benefits:

• 1. Removal of Poverty and Increase in Wealth: This hymn is praised as “Daridra Nashini” (the destroyer of poverty). It helps alleviate financial crises and debt problems.
• 2. Growth in Prosperity and Family Welfare: Peace, unity, and happiness will prevail at home, leading to overall family auspiciousness.
• 3. Progress in Business and Career: Those seeking jobs will find good opportunities, and obstacles in business will be removed, leading to growth.
• 4. Mental Peace and Spiritual Elevation: Fear, anxiety, and stress are reduced, creating a sense of inner tranquility.
• 5. Permanent Grace of Goddess Lakshmi: The divine grace (Lakshmi Kataksham) will remain steady in the family, ensuring a prosperous life.
• 6. Special Benefits on Fridays: Shastras (scriptures) state that chanting this on Fridays or during the month of Margazhi yields manifold benefits.

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