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Devi Atharvashirsha

శ్రీదేవ్యథర్వశీర్షమ్

Devi Atharvashirsha is a traditional Devi devotional reading. This page presents the full text of the linked Wikisource edition, with Telugu and IAST transliterations.

oṃ sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ kāsi tvaṃ mahādevīti ||1|| sābravīt - ahaṃ brahmasvarūpiṇī | mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmakaṃ jagat | śūnyaṃ cāśūnyaṃ ca ||2|| ahamānandānānandau | ahaṃ vijñānāvijñāne | ahaṃ brahmābrahmaṇī veditavye | ahaṃ pañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni | ahamakhilaṃ jagat ||3|| vedo'hamavedo'ham | vidyāhamavidyāham | ajāhamanajāham | adhaścordhvaṃ ca tiryak cāham ||4|| ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmi | ahamādityairuta viśvedevaiḥ | ahaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmi | ahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau ||5|| ahaṃ somaṃ tvaṣṭāraṃ pūṣaṇaṃ bhagaṃ dadhāmi | ahaṃ viṣṇumurukramaṃ brahmāṇamuta prajāpatiṃ dadhāmi ||6|| ahaṃ dadhāmi draviṇaṃ haviṣmate suprāvye yajamānāya sunvate | ahaṃ rāṣṭrī saṅmanī vasūnāṃ cikituṣī prathamā yajñiyānām | ahaṃ suve pitaramasya mūrdhanmama yonirapsvantaḥ samudre | ya evaṃ veda sa daivīṃ sampadamāpnoti ||7|| te devā abruvan – namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satataṃ namaḥ | namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatāḥ sma tām ||8|| tāmagnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭām | durgāṃ devīṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadyāmahe'surānnāśayitryai te namaḥ ||9|| devīṃ vācamajanayanta devāstāṃ viśvarūpāḥ paśavo vadanti | sā no mandreṣamūrjaṃ duhānā dhenurvāgasmānupa suṣṭutaitu ||10|| kālarātrīṃ brahmastutāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram | sarasvatīmaditiṃ dakṣaduhitaraṃ namāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām ||11|| mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi | tanno devī pracodayāt ||12|| aditirhyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava | tāṃ devā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ ||13|| kāmo yoniḥ kamalā vajrapāṇirguhā hasā mātariśvābhramindraḥ | punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca purūcyaiṣā viśvamātādividyom ||14|| eṣā''tmaśaktiḥ | eṣā viśvamohinī | pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā | eṣā śrīmahāvidyā | ya evaṃ veda sa śokaṃ tarati ||15|| namaste astu bhagavati mātarasmān pāhi sarvataḥ ||16|| saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ | saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ | saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ | saiṣā viśvedevāḥ somapā asomapāśca | saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā yakṣāḥ siddhāḥ | saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi | saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī | saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ | saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyotīṃsi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī | tāmahaṃ praṇaumi nityam || pāpāpahāriṇīṃ devīṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinīm | anantāṃ vijayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām ||17|| viyadīkārasaṃyuktaṃ vītihotrasamanvitam | ardhendulasitaṃ devyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhanam ||18|| evamekākṣaraṃ brahma yatayaḥ śuddhacetasaḥ | dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ ||19|| vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmāt ṣaṣṭhaṃ vaktrasamanvitam | sūryo'vāmaśrotrabindusaṃyuktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ | nārāyaṇena saṃmiśro vāyuścādharayuk tataḥ | vicce navārṇako'rṇaḥ syānmahadānandadāyakaḥ ||20|| hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthāṃ prātaḥ sūryasamaprabhām | pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ varadābhayahastakām | trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ bhaktakāmadughāṃ bhaje ||21|| namāmi tvāṃ mahādevīṃ mahābhayavināśinīm | mahādurgapraśamanīṃ mahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm ||22|| yasyāḥ svarūpaṃ brahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate ajñeyā | yasyā anto na labhyate tasmāducyate anantā | yasyā lakṣyaṃ nopalakṣyate tasmāducyate alakṣyā | yasyā jananaṃ nopalabhyate tasmāducyate ajā | ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyate ekā | ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā | ataevocyate ajñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi ||23|| mantrāṇāṃ mātṛkā devī śabdānāṃ jñānarūpiṇī | jñānānāṃ cinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī | yasyāḥ parataraṃ nāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā ||24|| tāṃ durgāṃ durgamāṃ devīṃ durācāravighātinīm | namāmi bhavabhīto'haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm ||25|| idamatharvaśīrṣaṃ yo'dhīte sa pañcātharvaśīrṣajapaphalamāpnoti | idamatharvaśīrṣamajñātvā yo'rcāṃ sthāpayati - śatalakṣaṃ prajaptvāpi so'rcāsiddhiṃ na vindati | śatamaṣṭottaraṃ cāsya puraścaryāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ | daśavāraṃ paṭhed yastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate | mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ ||26|| sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati | sāyaṃ prātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati | niśīthe turīyasandhyāyāṃ japtvā vāksiddhirbhavati | nūtanāyāṃ pratimāyāṃ japtvā devatāsānnidhyaṃ bhavati | prāṇapratiṣṭhāyāṃ japtvā prāṇānāṃ pratiṣṭhā bhavati | bhaumāśvinyāṃ mahādevīsannidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyuṃ tarati | sa mahāmṛtyuṃ tarati ya evaṃ veda | ityupaniṣat ||
Reading & reflection

This hymn addresses Devi through devotional names and imagery. Begin with a quiet breath, read one verse at a time, and leave a short pause between stanzas.

Text edition & attribution

Complete text of श्रीदेव्यथर्वशीर्षम् on Sanskrit Wikisource, revision 305051, contributed by Wikisource editors. Text and generated transliterations are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Changes: interface material removed, spacing normalized, and Telugu and IAST transliterations generated. The source may contain transcription variants; automated transliterations have not been independently proofread. No source verses have been intentionally shortened.

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