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Durga Apaduddharaka Stotram

श्री दुर्गा आपदुद्धारक स्तोत्रम्

🕉️ hindu·📿 3× repetitions·🕐 At the three sandhyas (dawn, midday, dusk); recited immediately when facing danger or calamity·📜 Siddheshwari Tantra (Uma-Maheshwara Samvada)

Also known as: durga apaduddharaka stotram · durga apad uddharaka stotram · apaduddharaka stotram · namaste sharanye shive sanukampe · trahi durge stotram · durga apaduddhara ashtakam

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हिन्दी / देवनागरीతెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

✦ Meaning

The Durga Apaduddharaka Stotram ('hymn that lifts one out of calamity') is a powerful protective prayer from the Siddheshwari Tantra, spoken by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati. Each verse ends with the urgent refrain 'Namaste Jagat-tarini Trahi Durge' — 'Salutations, O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!' It invokes the Goddess as the sole refuge in every danger — battle, forest, ocean, disease, imprisonment and the storm of worldly existence.

Origin & Story

Siddheshwari Tantra (Uma-Maheshwara Samvada) · Traditional — revealed by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati · Tantric/Puranic era

The stotra appears in the Siddheshwari Tantra as part of a dialogue between Shiva (Maheshwara) and Parvati (Uma). Moved by compassion for beings caught in the sufferings of worldly existence, Shiva reveals to the Goddess a hymn whose very purpose (apad-uddhara-hetukam) is to rescue devotees from every form of calamity. Each verse is a direct cry to the Divine Mother as the one and only refuge, culminating in the refrain 'Trahi Durge' — 'Save me, O Durga.'

✦ As told in scripture

Devotees through the ages have recited this hymn at moments of acute crisis — shipwreck, fire, attack by enemies, false imprisonment and sudden illness — and traditional accounts hold that those who called upon the Mother with even a single verse were unexpectedly delivered, the danger dissolving as if the Goddess herself had thrown them the 'boat of rescue' (nistara-nauka) the hymn describes.

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Verse 1

नमस्ते शरण्ये शिवे सानुकम्पे नमस्ते जगद्व्यापिके विश्वरूपे। नमस्ते जगद्वन्द्यपादारविन्दे नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥१॥

namaste sharanye shive sanukampe namaste jagad-vyapike vishva-rupe | namaste jagad-vandya-padaravinde namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||1||

Meaning:Salutations to you, O Refuge of all, O auspicious and compassionate one; salutations to you who pervade the universe and whose form is the cosmos. Salutations to you whose lotus-feet are adored by the whole world — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 2

नमस्ते जगच्चिन्त्यमानस्वरूपे नमस्ते महायोगिविज्ञानरूपे। नमस्ते नमस्ते सदानन्दरूपे नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥२॥

namaste jagac-chintyamana-svarupe namaste maha-yogi-vijnana-rupe | namaste namaste sadananda-rupe namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||2||

Meaning:Salutations to you whose true nature is beyond the thought of the world; salutations to you who are the wisdom of the great yogis; salutations again and again to you who are ever-blissful — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 3

अनाथस्य दीनस्य तृष्णातुरस्य भयार्तस्य भीतस्य बद्धस्य जन्तोः। त्वमेका गतिर्देवि निस्तारकर्त्री नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥३॥

anathasya dinasya trishnaturasya bhayartasya bhitasya baddhasya jantoh | tvam eka gatir devi nistara-kartri namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||3||

Meaning:For the helpless, the wretched, the craving-tormented, the terrified, the frightened and the bound creature, you alone, O Goddess, are the recourse, the one who delivers — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 4

अरण्ये रणे दारुणे शत्रुमध्ये जले सङ्कटे राजगेहे प्रवाते। त्वमेका गतिर्देवि निस्तारहेतु- र्नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥४॥

aranye rane darune shatru-madhye jale sankate raja-gehe pravate | tvam eka gatir devi nistara-hetur namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||4||

Meaning:In the forest, in battle, amid dreadful enemies, in water, in danger, in the king's court, in a storm — you alone, O Goddess, are the means of rescue — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 5

अपारे महदुस्तरेऽत्यन्तघोरे विपत्सागरे मज्जतां देहभाजाम्। त्वमेका गतिर्देवि निस्तारनौका नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥५॥

apare mahad-ustare 'tyanta-ghore vipat-sagare majjatam deha-bhajam | tvam eka gatir devi nistara-nauka namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||5||

Meaning:For embodied beings drowning in the boundless, impassable, utterly terrible ocean of calamity, you alone, O Goddess, are the boat of deliverance — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 6

नमश्चण्डिके चण्डदोर्दण्डलीला- समुत्खण्डिताखण्डलाशेषशत्रोः। त्वमेका गतिर्विघ्नसन्दोहहर्त्री नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥६॥

namash chandike chanda-dor-danda-lila- samutkhandita-khandalashesha-shatroh | tvam eka gatir vighna-sandoha-hartri namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||6||

Meaning:Salutations, O Chandika, who by your fierce sport of the mighty raised arm have cut down every last unbroken enemy; you alone are the recourse that removes the host of obstacles — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 7

त्वमेका सदाराधिता सत्यवादि- न्यनेकाखिला क्रोधना क्रोधनिष्ठा। इडा पिङ्गला त्वं सुषुम्ना च नाडी नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥७॥

tvam eka sadaradhita satya-vadiny aneka-akhila krodhana krodha-nishtha | ida pingala tvam sushumna cha nadi namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||7||

Meaning:You alone are ever-worshipped, the truthful one; you are Ida, Pingala and Sushumna, the channels of the inner being — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 8

नमो देवि दुर्गे शिवे भीमनादे सरस्वत्यरुन्धत्यमोघस्वरूपे। विभूतिः सतां कालरात्रिस्वरूपे नमस्ते जगत्तारिणि त्राहि दुर्गे॥८॥

namo devi durge shive bhima-nade sarasvaty-arundhaty-amogha-svarupe | vibhutih satam kala-ratri-svarupe namaste jagat-tarini trahi durge ||8||

Meaning:Salutations, O Goddess Durga, auspicious one of terrifying roar; you are Saraswati, Arundhati and the unfailing one; you are the glory of the noble, the very form of Kalaratri — O Saviour of the world, protect me, O Durga!

Verse 9

शरणमसि सुराणां सिद्धविद्याधराणां मुनिदनुजवराणां व्याधिभिः पीडितानाम्। नृपतिगृहगतानां दस्युभिस्त्रासितानां त्वमसि शरणमेका देवि दुर्गे प्रसीद॥९॥

sharanam asi suranam siddha-vidyadharanam muni-danuja-varanam vyadhibhih piditanam | nripati-griha-gatanam dasyubhis trasitanam tvam asi sharanam eka devi durge prasida ||9||

Meaning:You are the sole refuge of the gods, the Siddhas and Vidyadharas, of sages, of the best of men afflicted by disease, of those imprisoned in the king's house and those terrorised by robbers — you alone are the refuge, O Goddess Durga, be gracious!

Verse 10

इदं स्तोत्रं मया प्रोक्तमापदुद्धारहेतुकम्। त्रिसन्ध्यमेकसन्ध्यं वा पठनाद्घोरसङ्कटात्॥

idam stotram maya proktam apad-uddhara-hetukam | tri-sandhyam eka-sandhyam va pathanad ghora-sankatat ||

Meaning:This hymn for deliverance from calamity has been spoken by me. Whoever recites it at the three junctures of the day, or even once, in dire distress — there is no doubt that on earth, in heaven or in the nether world he is freed; whoever with devotion always recites all of it or even a single verse abandons every evil deed and attains the supreme state.

Verse 11

मुच्यते नात्र सन्देहो भुवि स्वर्गे रसातले। सर्वं वा श्लोकमेकं वा यः पठेद्भक्तिमान्सदा। स सर्वं दुष्कृतं त्यक्त्वा प्राप्नोति परमं पदम्॥

muchyate natra sandeho bhuvi svarge rasatale | sarvam va shlokam ekam va yah pathed bhaktiman sada | sa sarvam dushkritam tyaktva prapnoti paramam padam ||

Word-by-Word Meaning

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नमस्ते🔊namasteSalutations to you

शरण्ये🔊sharanyeO refuge of all, granter of shelter

शिवे🔊shiveO auspicious one, consort of Shiva

सानुकम्पे🔊sanukampeO full of compassion and mercy

जगद्व्यापिके🔊jagad-vyapikeOne who pervades the entire universe

विश्वरूपे🔊vishva-rupeOne whose form is the cosmos itself

जगद्वन्द्यपादारविन्दे🔊jagad-vandya-padaravindeWhose lotus-feet are worshipped by the whole world

जगत्तारिणि🔊jagat-tariniO saviour who ferries the world across (the ocean of existence)

त्राहि दुर्गे🔊trahi durgeProtect me, O Durga! (the refrain ending each verse)

अनाथस्य🔊anathasyaOf the helpless / one with no protector

तृष्णातुरस्य🔊trishnaturasyaOf one tormented by thirst/craving

त्वमेका गतिर्देवि🔊tvam eka gatir deviYou alone, O Goddess, are the refuge/recourse

निस्तारकर्त्री🔊nistara-kartriThe one who liberates and delivers

अरण्ये रणे🔊aranye raneIn the forest, in battle

शत्रुमध्ये🔊shatru-madhyeIn the midst of enemies

निस्तारनौका🔊nistara-naukaThe boat that carries one across (the sea of calamity)

विपत्सागरे🔊vipat-sagareIn the ocean of misfortune and danger

इडा पिङ्गला सुषुम्ना🔊ida pingala sushumnaYou are the three subtle channels (nadis) of the yogic body

कालरात्रिस्वरूपे🔊kala-ratri-svarupeOne whose form is Kalaratri (the dark night of dissolution)

आपदुद्धारहेतुकम्🔊apad-uddhara-hetukamComposed for the purpose of deliverance from calamities

परमं पदम्🔊paramam padamThe supreme state / liberation (moksha)

Benefits of Chanting Durga Apaduddharaka Stotram

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Invoked specifically for deliverance from sudden dangers, accidents and grave calamities

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Protects travellers in forests, on water, in storms and in hostile situations

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Removes fear, anxiety and the sense of helplessness in difficult times

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Believed to free one from imprisonment, false accusation and the threat of enemies

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Grants courage and the assurance of the Divine Mother's protective presence

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The phalashruti promises liberation from sins and attainment of the supreme state

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Even a single verse recited with devotion is said to ward off ghora-sankata (terrible distress)

How to Chant Durga Apaduddharaka Stotram

Repetitions3times

Best TimeAt the three sandhyas (dawn, midday, dusk); recited immediately when facing danger or calamity

The stotra itself prescribes recitation at the three junctures of the day (trisandhyam) or at least once daily. In an emergency it may be chanted then and there with full faith, even a single verse. Sit facing east before an image of Durga if possible, light a lamp, and recite with concentration on the refrain 'Trahi Durge' (protect me, O Durga), feeling oneself wholly surrendered to the Mother. Regular recitation builds an enduring shield of protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Apad-uddharaka means 'one who lifts up out of calamity'. Apad = misfortune/danger, uddharaka = rescuer. The stotra is recited to be delivered from sudden dangers, disasters and grave distress of every kind.

It is drawn from the Siddheshwari Tantra, framed as a dialogue (Uma-Maheshwara Samvada) in which Lord Shiva teaches the hymn to Goddess Parvati. It is therefore regarded as having come directly from Shiva himself.

Traditionally it is recited at the three sandhyas (dawn, noon and dusk), or at least once a day. It is especially recited at the moment of facing any danger — illness, travel, conflict, legal trouble or natural calamity.

Yes. The closing phalashruti states that whoever recites the whole hymn or even a single verse with devotion is freed from distress and evil deeds and attains the supreme state, so even one verse chanted in faith is held to be efficacious.