Navratri Navadurga Stuti: Nine Nights Invocation of Goddess Durga
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 9 sections
Divine Navratri Comprehensive Nine Nights Goddess Durga festival
Night 1 - Shailputri (Daughter of the Mountains)
Original
वन्दे वाञ्छितलाभाय चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम्। वृषारुढां शूलधरां शैलपुत्रीं यशस्विनीम्॥
Transliteration
Vande vāñchitalābhāya candrārdhakṛtaśekharām। Vṛṣāruḍhāṃ śūladharāṃ śailaputrīṃ yaśasvinīm॥
Meaning / Translation
I bow to Shailputri, who grants desired boons, adorned with the half-moon crown, riding a bull, holding a trident, the glorious daughter of the Himalayas.
Night 2 - Brahmacharini (The Ascetic Goddess)
Original
दधाना करपद्माभ्यामक्षमालाकमण्डलू। देवी प्रसीदतु मयि ब्रह्मचारिण्यनुत्तमा॥
Transliteration
Dadhanā karapadmābhyām akṣamālākaṃḍalū। Devī prasīdatu mayi brahmacāriṇyanuttamā॥
Meaning / Translation
May the supreme Brahmacharini, who holds a rosary and water pot in her lotus hands, be pleased with me. She embodies penance and devotion.
Night 3 - Chandraghanta (Bell-Moon Adorned)
Original
पिण्डजप्रवरारूढा चण्डकोपास्त्रकैर्युता। प्रसादं तनुते मह्यं चन्द्रघण्टेति विश्रुता॥
Transliteration
Piṇḍajapravarārūḍhā caṇḍakopāstrakairyutā। Prasādaṃ tanute mahyaṃ candraghaṇṭeti viśrutā॥
Meaning / Translation
Mounted on a tiger, armed with fierce weapons, the renowned Chandraghanta bestows grace upon me. Her forehead bears the half-moon shaped like a bell.
Night 4 - Kushmanda (Creator of the Universe)
Original
सुरासम्पूर्णकलशं रुधिराप्लुतमेव च। दधाना हस्तपद्माभ्यां कूष्माण्डा शुभदास्तु मे॥
Transliteration
Surāsampūrṇakalaśaṃ rudhirāplutameva ca। Dadhanā hastapadmābhyāṃ kūṣmāṇḍā śubhadāstu me॥
Meaning / Translation
Holding a pot brimming with divine nectar and blood in her lotus hands, may Kushmanda, the cosmic egg creator who brought light to the void, grant me auspiciousness.
Night 5 - Skandamata (Mother of Skanda/Kartikeya)
Original
सिंहासनगता नित्यं पद्माश्रितकरद्वया। शुभदास्तु सदा देवी स्कन्दमाता यशस्विनी॥
Transliteration
Siṃhāsanagatā nityaṃ padmāśritakaradvayā। Śubhadāstu sadā devī skandamātā yaśasvinī॥
Meaning / Translation
Seated eternally on a lotus throne, with two lotus hands, may the glorious Skandamata, mother of the war god Skanda, ever bestow blessings.
Night 6 - Katyayani (Daughter of Sage Katyayan)
Original
कात्यायनि महामाये महायोगिन्यधीश्वरि। नन्दगोपसुतं देवि पतिं मे कुरु ते नमः॥
Transliteration
Kātyāyani mahāmāye mahāyoginyadhiśvari। Nandagopasutaṃ devi patiṃ me kuru te namaḥ॥
Meaning / Translation
O Katyayani, great illusion, supreme yogini! Make the son of Nanda Gopa (Krishna) my husband. Salutations to you.
Night 7 - Kalaratri (Dark Night of Time)
Original
एकवेणी जपाकर्णपूरा नग्ना खरास्थिता। लम्बोष्ठी कर्णिकाकर्णी तैलाभ्यक्तशरीरिणी॥
Transliteration
Ekaveṇī japākarṇapūrā nagna kharāsthitā। Lamboṣṭhī karṇikākarṇī tailābhyaktaśarīriṇī॥
Meaning / Translation
Single-braided, ears adorned with hibiscus, naked, riding a donkey, long-lipped, wearing ear ornaments, body smeared with oil — Kalaratri, the fierce destroyer of darkness and ignorance.
Night 8 - Mahagauri (The Great Radiant One)
Original
श्वेते वृषसमारूढा श्वेताम्बरधरा शुचिः। महागौरी शुभं दद्यान्महादेवप्रमोदिनी॥
Transliteration
Śvete vṛṣasamārūḍhā śvetāmbaradharā śuciḥ। Mahāgaurī śubhaṃ dadyānmahādevapramodinī॥
Meaning / Translation
Mounted on a white bull, clad in white, pure Mahagauri, who delights Mahadeva (Shiva), grant auspiciousness. She is the radiant, purified form after penance.
Night 9 - Siddhidatri (Bestower of Perfections)
Original
सिद्धगन्धर्वयक्षाद्यैरसुरैरमरैरपि। सेव्यमाना सदा भूयात्सिद्धिदा सिद्धिदायिनी॥
Transliteration
Siddhagandharvayakṣādyair asurairamarair api। Sevamānā sadā bhūyātsiddhidā siddhidāyinī॥
Meaning / Translation
Worshipped by siddhas, gandharvas, yakshas, asuras, and gods alike, may Siddhidatri, the giver of all spiritual perfections, ever be present to bestow siddhis.