॥ Durga Apaduddharaka Ashtakam English Lyrics ॥
॥ śrī durga apaduddharastakam ॥
namastē śaranyē śivē sanukampē
namastē jagadvyapikē viśvarūpē ।
namastē jagadvandyapadaravindē
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 1 ॥
namastē jagaccintyamanasvarūpē
namastē mahayōgivijñanarūpē ।
namastē namastē sadanandarūpē
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 2 ॥
anathasya dīnasya tr̥snaturasya
bhayartasya bhītasya baddhasya jantōḥ ।
tvamēka gatirdēvi nistarakartrī
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 3 ॥
aranyē ranē darunē śatrumadhyē-
:’nalē sagarē prantarē rajagēhē ।
tvamēka gatirdēvi nistaranauka
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 4 ॥
aparē mahadustarē:’tyantaghōrē
vipatsagarē majjataṁ dēhabhajam ।
tvamēka gatirdēvi nistarahētu-
rnamastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 5 ॥
namaścandikē candadurdandalīla-
samutkhandita khandita:’śēsaśatrōḥ ।
tvamēka gatirdēvi nistarabījaṁ
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 6 ॥
tvamēka sadaradhita satyavadi-
nyanēkakhila krōdhana krōdhanistha ।
ida piṅgala tvaṁ susumna ca nadī
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 7 ॥
namō dēvi durgē śivē bhīmanadē
sadasarvasiddhipradatr̥svarūpē ।
vibhūtiḥ śacī kalaratriḥ satī tvaṁ
namastē jagattarini trahi durgē ॥ 8 ॥
śaranamasi suranaṁ siddhavidyadharanaṁ
munimanujapaśūnaṁ dasyubhistrasitanaṁ
nr̥patigr̥hagatanaṁ vyadhibhiḥ pīditanam ।
tvamasi śaranamēka dēvi durgē prasīda ॥ 9 ॥
idaṁ stōtram maya prōktamapaduddharahētukam ।
trisandhyamēkasandhyaṁ va pathanadghōrasaṅkatat ॥ 10 ॥
mucyatē natra sandēhō bhuvi svargē rasatalē ।
sarvaṁ va ślōkamēkaṁ va yaḥ pathēdbhaktimansada ॥ 11 ॥
sa sarvaṁ duskr̥taṁ tyaktva prapnōti paramaṁ padam ।
pathanadasya dēvēśi kiṁ na siddhyati bhūtalē ।
stavarajamidaṁ dēvi saṅksēpatkathitaṁ maya ॥ 12
iti śrī siddhēśvarītantrē paramaśivōkta śrī durga apaduddhara stōtram ।
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Durga Apaduddharaka Ashtakam in English – Sanskrit ।Kannada – Telugu – Tamil