ब्रह्मोवाच
शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्यामि आद्यास्तोत्रं महाफलम् ।
यः पठेत् सततं भक्त्या स एव विष्णुवल्लभः ॥ १ ॥
brahmōvācha
śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi ādyāstōtraṃ mahāphalam ।
yaḥ paṭhēt satataṃ bhaktyā sa ēva viṣṇuvallabhaḥ ॥ 1 ॥
Brahmā said — Verse 1: Listen, dear child — I shall proclaim the Ādyā Stotram, which yields great fruit. Whoever recites it constantly with devotion becomes beloved of Viṣṇu himself.
मृत्युर्व्याधिभयं तस्य नास्ति किञ्चित् कलौ युगे ।
अपुत्रा लभते पुत्रं त्रिपक्षं श्रवणं यदि ॥ २ ॥
mṛtyurvyādhibhayaṃ tasya nāsti kiñchit kalau yugē ।
aputrā labhatē putraṃ tripakṣaṃ śravaṇaṃ yadi ॥ 2 ॥
Verse 2: For that person in the Kali age, there shall be no fear of death or disease whatsoever. The childless one obtains a son if one listens for three fortnights (forty-five days).
द्वौ मासौ बन्धनान्मुक्ति विप्रवक्त्रात् श्रुतं यदि ।
मृतवत्सा जीववत्सा षण्मासं श्रवणं यदि ॥ ३ ॥
dvau māsau bandhanānmukti vipravaktrāt śrutaṃ yadi ।
mṛtavatsā jīvavatsā ṣaṇmāsaṃ śravaṇaṃ yadi ॥ 3 ॥
Verse 3: If heard from the mouth of a brāhmaṇa for two months, release from bondage follows. She whose children have died becomes one whose children survive — if she listens for six months.
नौकायां सङ्कटे युद्धे पठनाज्जयमाप्नुयात् ।
लिखित्वा स्थापयेद्गेहे नाग्निचौरभयं क्वचित् ॥ ४ ॥
naukāyāṃ saṅkaṭē yuddhē paṭhanājjayamāpnuyāt ।
likhitvā sthāpayēdgēhē nāgnichaurabhayaṃ kvachit ॥ 4 ॥
Verse 4: Reciting it on a boat in peril, or in battle — one attains victory. Having written it and installed it in one's home, there shall be no fear of fire or thieves at all.
राजस्थाने जयी नित्यं प्रसन्नाः सर्वदेवता ।
ॐ ह्रीम् ।
ब्रह्माणी ब्रह्मलोके च वैकुण्ठे सर्वमङ्गला ॥ ५ ॥
rājasthānē jayī nityaṃ prasannāḥ sarvadēvatā ।
ōṃ hrīm ।
brahmāṇī brahmalōkē cha vaikuṇṭhē sarvamaṅgaḻā ॥ 5 ॥
Verse 5: Before kings one is ever victorious; all the gods become pleased. Oṃ Hrīm — She is Brahmāṇī in Brahmalōka, Sarvamaṅgaḷā in Vaikuṇṭha.
इन्द्राणी अमरावत्यामम्बिका वरुणालये ।
यमालये कालरूपा कुबेरभवने शुभा ॥ ६ ॥
indrāṇī amarāvatyāmambikā varuṇālayē ।
yamālayē kālarūpā kubērabhavanē śubhā ॥ 6 ॥
Verse 6: She is Indrāṇī in Amarāvatī (Indra's heaven), Ambikā in Varuṇa's realm, the form of Time (Kālarūpā) in Yama's abode, the auspicious Śubhā in Kubēra's mansion.
महानन्दाग्निकोणे च वायव्यां मृगवाहिनी ।
नैरृत्यां रक्तदन्ता च ऐशान्यां शूलधारिणी ॥ ७ ॥
mahānandāgnikōṇē cha vāyavyāṃ mṛgavāhinī ।
nairṛtyāṃ raktadantā cha aiśānyāṃ śūladhāriṇī ॥ 7 ॥
Verse 7: She is Mahānandā in the southeast (fire-corner), the deer-vehicled Mṛgavāhinī in the northwest, Raktadantā (red-toothed) in the southwest, and the trident-bearing Śūladhāriṇī in the northeast.
पाताले वैष्णवीरूपा सिंहले देवमोहिनी ।
सुरसा च मणिद्विपे लङ्कायां भद्रकालिका ॥ ८ ॥
pātāḻē vaiṣṇavīrūpā siṃhalē dēvamōhinī ।
surasā cha maṇidvipē laṅkāyāṃ bhadrakāḻikā ॥ 8 ॥
Verse 8: In the netherworld (Pātāḷa) she is Vaiṣṇavī; in Siṃhala (Sri Lanka) she is Dēvamōhinī; in the Gem-Island (Maṇidvīpa) she is Surasā; in Laṅkā she is Bhadrakāḷikā.
रामेश्वरी सेतुबन्धे विमला पुरुषोत्तमे ।
विरजा औड्रदेशे च कामाक्ष्या नीलपर्वते ॥ ९ ॥
rāmēśvarī sētubandhē vimalā puruṣōttamē ।
virajā auḍradēśē cha kāmākṣyā nīlaparvatē ॥ 9 ॥
Verse 9: She is Rāmēśvarī at Rāmēśvaram (the sacred causeway), Vimalā at Puruṣōttama (Jagannātha Purī), Virajā in the land of Oḍra (Odisha), and Kāmākṣī at the Blue Mountain (Nīlācala, Assam).
कालिका वङ्गदेशे च अयोध्यायां महेश्वरी ।
वाराणस्यामन्नपूर्णा गयाक्षेत्रे गयेश्वरी ॥ १० ॥
kāḻikā vaṅgadēśē cha ayōdhyāyāṃ mahēśvarī ।
vārāṇasyāmannapūrṇā gayākṣētrē gayēśvarī ॥ 10 ॥
Verse 10: She is Kāḷikā in Bengal; Mahēśvarī in Ayōdhyā; Annapūrṇā in Vārāṇasī; and Gayēśvarī at the Gayā pilgrimage site.
कुरुक्षेत्रे भद्रकाली व्रजे कात्यायनी परा ।
द्वारकायां महामाया मथुरायां महेश्वरी ॥ ११ ॥
kurukṣētrē bhadrakāḻī vrajē kātyāyanī parā ।
dvārakāyāṃ mahāmāyā mathurāyāṃ mahēśvarī ॥ 11 ॥
Verse 11: She is Bhadrakāḷī at Kurukṣētra; the supreme Kātyāyanī at Vraja; Mahāmāyā at Dvārakā; Mahēśvarī at Mathurā.
क्षुधा त्वं सर्वभूतानां वेला त्वं सागरस्य च ।
नवमी शुक्लपक्षस्य कृष्णस्यैकादशी परा ॥ १२ ॥
kṣudhā tvaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ vēlā tvaṃ sāgarasya cha ।
navamī śuklapakṣasya kṛṣṇasyaikādaśī parā ॥ 12 ॥
Verse 12: You are the hunger of all beings; you are the shore and limit of the ocean. You are the Ninth (Navamī) of the bright fortnight and the supreme Eleventh (Ekādaśī) of the dark fortnight.
दक्षसा दुहिता देवी दक्षयज्ञविनाशिनी ।
रामस्य जानकी त्वं हि रावणध्वंसकारिणी ॥ १३ ॥
dakṣasā duhitā dēvī dakṣayajñavināśinī ।
rāmasya jānakī tvaṃ hi rāvaṇadhvaṃsakāriṇī ॥ 13 ॥
Verse 13: You are the daughter of Dakṣa, the destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice; you are Rāma's Jānakī (Sītā), the very cause that brought about Rāvaṇa's destruction.
चण्डमुण्डवधे देवी रक्तबीजविनाशिनी ।
निशुम्भशुम्भमथिनी मधुकैटभघातिनी ॥ १४ ॥
chaṇḍamuṇḍavadhē dēvī raktabījavināśinī ।
niśumbhaśumbhamathinī madhukaiṭabhaghātinī ॥ 14 ॥
Verse 14: O Goddess — you slew Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa, you destroyed Raktabīja, you crushed Niśumbha and Śumbha, and you slew Madhu and Kaiṭabha.
विष्णुभक्तिप्रदा दुर्गा सुखदा मोक्षदा सदा ।
आद्यास्तवमिमं पुण्यं यः पठेत् सततं नरः ॥ १५ ॥
viṣṇubhaktipradā durgā sukhadā mōkṣadā sadā ।
ādyāstavamimaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhēt satataṃ naraḥ ॥ 15 ॥
Verse 15 — Phalaśruti: Durgā — who bestows devotion to Viṣṇu, happiness, and liberation, always. The person who constantly recites this holy Ādyā Stotram —
सर्वज्वरभयं न स्यात् सर्वव्याधिविनाशनम् ।
कोटितीर्थफलं तस्य लभते नात्र संशयः ॥ १६ ॥
sarvajvarabhayaṃ na syāt sarvavyādhivināśanam ।
kōṭitīrthaphalaṃ tasya labhatē nātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 16 ॥
Verse 16: — shall have no fear of any fever, and all diseases shall be destroyed for that person. They gain the merit of ten million pilgrimages — there is no doubt in this.
जया मे चाग्रतः पातु विजया पातु पृष्ठतः ।
नारायणी शीर्षदेशे सर्वाङ्गे सिंहवाहिनी ॥ १७ ॥
jayā mē chāgrataḥ pātu vijayā pātu pṛṣṭhataḥ ।
nārāyaṇī śīrṣadēśē sarvāṅgē siṃhavāhinī ॥ 17 ॥
Armor verse 1: May Jayā (Victory) protect me in front; may Vijayā (the Victorious) protect me from behind; may Nārāyaṇī protect my head; may the lion-vehicled one (Siṃhavāhinī) protect all my limbs.
शिवदूती उग्रचण्डा प्रत्यङ्गे परमेश्वरी ।
विशालाक्षी महामाया कौमारी शङ्खिनी शिवा ॥ १८ ॥
śivadūtī ugrachaṇḍā pratyaṅgē paramēśvarī ।
viśālākṣī mahāmāyā kaumārī śaṅkhinī śivā ॥ 18 ॥
Armor verse 2: Śivadūtī (Śiva's messenger), Ugrachaṇḍā (the fierce), Paramēśvarī at each limb; Viśālākṣī (wide-eyed), Mahāmāyā, Kaumārī, Śaṅkhinī, and the auspicious Śivā.
चक्रिणी जयदात्री च रणमत्ता रणप्रिया ।
दुर्गा जयन्ती काली च भद्रकाली महोदरी ॥ १९ ॥
chakriṇī jayadātrī cha raṇamattā raṇapriyā ।
durgā jayantī kāḻī cha bhadrakāḻī mahōdarī ॥ 19 ॥
Armor verse 3: Chakriṇī (discus-bearer), Jayadātrī (giver of victory), the battle-frenzied (Raṇamattā), the battle-loving (Raṇapriyā); Durgā, Jayantī, Kāḷī, Bhadrakāḷī, Mahōdarī (the large-bellied).
नारसिंही च वाराही सिद्धिदात्री सुखप्रदा ।
भयङ्करी महारौद्री महाभयविनाशिनी ॥ २० ॥
nārasiṃhī cha vārāhī siddhidātrī sukhapradā ।
bhayaṅkarī mahāraudrī mahābhayavināśinī ॥ 20 ॥
Armor verse 4: Nārasiṃhī (Narasiṃha's power), Vārāhī (the boar-goddess), Siddhidātrī (granter of perfection), Sukhapradā (bestower of happiness), Bhayaṅkarī (the terrifying), Mahāraudrī (the greatly fierce), Mahābhayavināśinī (destroyer of all great terror).
इति श्रीब्रह्मयामले ब्रह्मनारदसंवादे श्री आद्या स्तोत्रम् ॥
iti śrībrahmayāmalē brahmanāradasaṃvādē śrī ādyā stōtram ॥
Thus ends the Śrī Ādyā Stotram, from the Śrī Brahmayāmala, in the sacred dialogue between Brahmā and Nārada.