Dhyanam
▾Meditation Verses — Dhyana Shlokah
DHYANAM 1
padmanabhapriyam devim padmaksim padmavasinim |
padmavaktram padmahastam vande padmamaharni-sam || 1 ||
DHYANAM 2
purnendu-vadanam divyaratna-bharana-bhushitam |
varadabhayadhyam dhyayec chandra-sahodarim || 2 ||
DHYANAM 3
iccha-rupam bhagavatas saccidananda-rupiniim |
sarvajnam sarva-jananim vishnu-vakshah-sthalayam || 3 ||
Poorvangam
▾Gargya Uvacha
VERSE 1
namnam sastha-sahasram cha bruhi gargya mahamate |
maha-lakshmya maha-devya bhukti-muktartha-siddhaye || 1 ||
Gargya Uvacha — to Sanatkumara
VERSE 2
sanat-kumaram-asinam dvadasa-ditya-sannibham |
aprcchanyoginobhaktya yoginam-artha-siddhaye || 2 ||
VERSE 3
sarva-laukika-karmabhyo vimuktanam hitaya vai |
bhukti-muktipradam japyamanubruhi dayanidhe || 3 ||
Sanatkumara Uvacha
VERSE 8–9
sadhu prishtam mahabhagah sarvaloka-hitaishinah |
mahatam esha dharmascha nanyeshamiti me matih || 8 ||
brahma-vishnu-mahadeva-mahendra-dima-hatmabhih |
samproktam kathayamyadya lakshmi-nama-sahasrakam || 9 ||
VERSE 10
yasyoccarana-matrena daridryat mucyate narah |
kim punas taj-japaj-japi sarveshtarthanavapnuyat || 10 ||
Viniyoga — asya sri-lakshmi-divya-sahasranama-stotra-mahamantrasya | ananda-kardama-ciklita-indirasuta-dayo maharshayah | anushtup chandah | vishnu-maya shaktih | mahalakshmih para-devata | sri-maha-lakshmi-prasada-dvara sarveshtartha-siddhyarthe jape viniyogah |
Stotram — 1000 Names
▾ॐ श्री महालक्ष्म्यै नमः — Om Sri Mahalakshmyai Namah
sarva-mangala-mangalye shive sarvartha-sadhike |
sharanye tryambake devi narayani namostu te || 154 || (chant 3 times)
punah punarnamaste'stu sashtangam ayutam punah |
Phala Srutih — Benefits
▾Sanatkumara Uvacha
evam stuta maha-lakshmih brahma-rudradi-bhis-suraih |
namad-bhir-artadinaisca nissvatvair-bhoga-varjitaih || 1 ||
jyeshtha-jushtaisca nihsrikaih samsarat-svapa-rayanai |
vishnu-patni dadau tesham darsanam drishti-tarpanam || 2 ||
Mahalakshmi Uvacha
namnam sastha-sahasram me pramadad-vapi yah sakrit |
kirtayet tat-kule satyam vasamy-acandra-tarakam || 4 ||
kim punar niyamaj-japtor-mad-eka-sharanasya ca |
matruvat-sanukampaham poshaki syam aharni-sam || 5 ||
man-nama stavatamloke durlabham nasti cintitam |
mat-prasadena sarve-api svasveshtam avapsyatha || 6 ||
dadami sarvam ishtartham lakshmiti smaratam dhruvam |
Sanatkumara Uvacha
ityuktva-antardadhe lakshmih vaishnavi bhagavat-kala || 11 ||
tad-etat pravadamyadya lakshmi-nama-sahasrakam |
yoginah pathata kshipram cintitarthanavapsyatha || 13 ||
Occasion of Recitation: Ashtami, Chaturdasi, Navami, Fridays, Purnima, Amavasya, and all Parvakala (holy days). One who chants this daily with devotion attains all desired ends and Lakshmi's grace for generations.
|| Iti Sri Skanda Purane Sanatkumara Samhitayam Lakshmi Sahasranama Stotram Sampurnam ||
ॐ श्री महालक्ष्म्यै नमः
ॐ श्री महालक्ष्म्यै नमः