Bhuvaneshwari Ashtakam (Bhuvaneshwari Stotram) — Word-by-Word Meaning

The Goddess said: O Lord, best of the Bhairavas, compassionate one, lover of devotees, if I am dear to you, tell me a hymn of praise to Bhuvaneshwari. The Lord said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare the auspicious Bhuvaneshwari Ashtakam, by the mere knowing of which welfare comes to the three worlds. Om. I bow to her who is the support of the world, Bhuvaneshwari, beloved of Shiva, giver of enjoyment and liberation, lovely, delightful and bringer of all good. You are Svaha and Svadha, O Goddess; you are the sacrifice and the mistress of the sacrifice; you are the protector, the remover of darkness, free from both the pervaded and the pervader. You are the foundation and you are the act of worship; you are knowledge, the object of knowledge and the supreme state; you are Shiva, you are Vishnu himself, you are the supreme, imperishable Self. You are both cause and effect; you are Lakshmi and you are the fire; you are the moon, the sun and Time; you are the Creator (Dhata) and you are the wind. You are Gayatri and Savitri; you are Maya and the beloved of Hari; you alone are the one Supreme Power; you alone take the form of the Guru. You are Time and yet beyond all division of time; you alone are the splendour of the worlds; you are every effect and the cause of all, O compassionate one. This is the Ashtakam of the primordial Bhuvaneshwari, O fair-faced Goddess. The mortal who, with a loving heart and faith, recites it at the three twilights — for him the siddhis come under control, prosperity is at his command in the home, and even kings come under his sway by the power of this hymn. Ghosts, goblins, evil spirits and malefic planets do not even look toward his direction. Whatever desire the devotee with a loving heart wishes for, that he obtains by the grace of Bhuvaneshwari. There is no hymn equal to this in the three worlds; it grants every prosperity and is the purifier of even the pure. By accomplishing this excellent hymn, O fair-faced one, riches come under one's command through the grace of Bhuvaneshwari.