Durga Dwadasanama Stotram — Complete Lyrics
दुर्गा द्वादशनाम स्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ॐ दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिशमनी दुर्गापद्विनिवारिणी।
दुर्गमच्छेदिनी दुर्गसाधिनी दुर्गनाशिनी॥
om durgā durgārti-śamanī durgāpad-vinivāriṇī |
durgama-cchedinī durga-sādhinī durga-nāśinī ||
Om. Durga; the queller of the suffering born of difficulties; the averter of hard-to-overcome calamities; She who cuts through the impassable; the accomplisher of the unattainable; the destroyer of every difficulty.
Verse 2
दुर्गतोद्धारिणी दुर्गनिहन्त्री दुर्गमापहा।
दुर्गमज्ञानदा दुर्गदैत्यलोकदवानला॥
durgato-ddhāriṇī durga-nihantrī durgamāpahā |
durgama-jñāna-dā durga-daitya-loka-davānalā ||
She who uplifts those fallen into distress; the slayer of hardship; the remover of the impassable; the giver of hard-won wisdom; a blazing forest-fire to the world of invincible demons.
Verse 3
दुर्गमा दुर्गमालोका दुर्गमात्मस्वरूपिणी।
दुर्गमार्गप्रदा दुर्गमविद्या दुर्गमाश्रिता॥
durgamā durgamālokā durgamātma-svarūpiṇī |
durgamārga-pradā durgama-vidyā durgamāśritā ||
The inaccessible One; hard even to behold; whose very form is the unreachable Self; the revealer of the difficult path; the hard-to-attain sacred knowledge; the refuge of those who turn to Her.
Verse 4
नामावलिमिमां यस्तु दुर्गाया मम मानवः।
पठेत्सर्वभयान्मुक्तो भविष्यति न संशयः॥
nāmāvalim imāṃ yastu durgāyā mama mānavaḥ |
paṭhet sarva-bhayān mukto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||
Whatever person recites this garland of the twelve names of Durga shall be freed from all fears — of this there is no doubt.
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