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𑌏𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍

Ebhih Stavaish cha Mam Nityam in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

🕉️ hindu·📿 9× repetitions·🕐 On Ashtami, Navami and Chaturdashi; during Navaratri; in the morning or evening with concentration·📜 Durga Saptashati Chapter 12

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Origin & Story

Durga Saptashati Chapter 12 · Maharshi Markandeya (traditionally ascribed) · Puranic period (c. 5th–6th century CE for the Devi Mahatmya)

The Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati or Chandi), part of the Markandeya Purana, narrates the Divine Mother's three great cycles of victory — over Madhu-Kaitabha, over Mahishasura, and over Shumbha-Nishumbha. In Chapter 12, after the Narayani Stuti, the Goddess herself speaks the phalashruti, declaring the blessings that flow to those who recite and hear her Mahatmya. She promises to quell every calamity for her devotees, names the sacred lunar days for its recitation, and assures freedom from sin, poverty, loss and every fear — proclaiming her own glory to be the supreme and great cause of well-being.

✦ As told in scripture

Because these are the Goddess's own words of promise, devotees through the ages have recited the Durga Saptashati in times of war, epidemic and distress, trusting her assurance that no calamity touches those who hear her Mahatmya. Countless families recount being shielded from danger, illness and loss through the faithful recitation of these verses during Navaratri.

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Verse 1

𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌾𑌚 𑌏𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍈𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌃 । 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌹𑌂 𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑌾𑌧𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑌮𑌯𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌸𑌂𑌶𑌯𑌮𑍍 ॥

devyuvāca ebhiḥ stavaiśca māṃ nityaṃ stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥ tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ śamayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam

Meaning:The Devi said: Whoever, with concentrated mind, shall ever praise me with these hymns — for him I shall, without doubt, quell every calamity.

Verse 2

𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌕𑍈𑌟𑌭𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌘𑌾𑌤𑌨𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌯𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌧𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌯𑍋𑌃 ॥

madhukaiṭabhanāśaṃ ca mahiṣāsuraghātanam kīrtayiṣyanti ye tadvadvadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ

Meaning:And those who shall recite the destruction of Madhu and Kaitabha, the slaying of Mahishasura, and likewise the slaying of Shumbha and Nishumbha,

Verse 3

𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌚 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌵𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌚𑍈𑌕𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌸𑌃 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌚𑍈𑌵 𑌯𑍇 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌮𑌮 𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌮𑍍 ॥

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ śroṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam

Meaning:and those who, with single-minded devotion, shall listen to this my supreme glory (Mahatmya) on the eighth, the fourteenth and the ninth lunar days —

Verse 4

𑌨 𑌤𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌂 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌥𑌾 𑌨 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑌦𑌃 । 𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌨 𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨 𑌚𑍈𑌵𑍇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌜𑌨𑌮𑍍 ॥

na teṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcidduṣkṛtotthā na cāpadaḥ bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṃ na caiveṣṭaviyojanam

Meaning:for them there shall be no evil deed of any kind, nor calamities arising from misdeeds; nor poverty, nor separation from loved ones.

Verse 5

𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌭𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾 𑌨 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌤𑌃 । 𑌨 𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑌲𑌤𑍋𑌯𑍗𑌘𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌦𑌾𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 ॥

śatrubhyo na bhayaṃ tasya dasyuto vā na rājataḥ na śastrānalatoyaughātkadācit sambhaviṣyati

Meaning:He shall have no fear from enemies, nor from robbers, nor from kings; never shall harm befall him from weapons, fire or floods of water.

Verse 6

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌮𑍈𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌠𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌤𑍈𑌃 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌸𑌦𑌾 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍 ॥

tasmānmamaitanmāhātmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ śrotavyaṃ ca sadā bhaktyā paraṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat

Meaning:Therefore this my Mahatmya should be recited by the concentrated, and ever listened to with devotion; it is the supreme, great cause of well-being.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌵𑌾𑌚🔊devyuvācathe Devi said

𑌏𑌭𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵𑍈𑌃 𑌚 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂🔊ebhiḥ stavaiḥ ca māṃ nityaṃwith these hymns, and (whoever) ever (praises) me

𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌯𑌃 𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌃🔊stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥwhoever shall praise (me) with a concentrated mind

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌸𑌕𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑌾𑌧𑌾𑌂🔊tasya ahaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃfor him I (shall quell) every calamity

𑌶𑌮𑌯𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿 𑌅𑌸𑌂𑌶𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊śamayiṣyāmi asaṃśayamI shall quell, without doubt

𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌕𑍈𑌟𑌭𑌨𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌰𑌘𑌾𑌤𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊madhukaiṭabhanāśaṃ ca mahiṣāsuraghātanamthe destruction of Madhu and Kaitabha and the slaying of Mahishasura

𑌕𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌯𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇 𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍 𑌵𑌧𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌨𑌿𑌶𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌯𑍋𑌃🔊kīrtayiṣyanti ye tadvat vadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥthose who recite, likewise, the slaying of Shumbha and Nishumbha

𑌅𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌚 𑌚𑌤𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌵𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌚🔊aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caon the eighth, the fourteenth and the ninth (lunar days)

𑌏𑌕𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌸𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌯𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 𑌯𑍇 𑌭𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾🔊ekacetasaḥ śroṣyanti ye bhaktyāthose who, single-minded, shall listen with devotion

𑌮𑌮 𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌮𑍍🔊mama māhātmyam uttamamto this my supreme glory (Mahatmya)

𑌨 𑌤𑍇𑌷𑌾𑌂 𑌦𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌕𑍃𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌤𑍍🔊na teṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcitfor them there shall be no evil deed of any kind

𑌨 𑌆𑌪𑌦𑌃 𑌨 𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨 𑌇𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑌿𑌯𑍋𑌜𑌨𑌮𑍍🔊na āpadaḥ na dāridryaṃ na iṣṭaviyojanamno calamities, no poverty, and no separation from loved ones

𑌶𑌤𑍍𑌰𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌯𑍋 𑌨 𑌭𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯🔊śatrubhyo na bhayaṃ tasyahe shall have no fear from enemies

𑌦𑌸𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑍋 𑌵𑌾 𑌨 𑌰𑌾𑌜𑌤𑌃🔊dasyuto vā na rājataḥnor from robbers, nor from kings

𑌨 𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑌲𑌤𑍋𑌯𑍗𑌘𑌾𑌤𑍍🔊na śastrānalatoyaughātnever from weapons, fire or floods of water

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍 𑌮𑌮 𑌏𑌤𑌤𑍍 𑌮𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌠𑌿𑌤𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌂🔊tasmāt mama etat māhātmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃtherefore this my Mahatmya should be recited

𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍🔊paraṃ svastyayanaṃ mahatit is the supreme, great cause of well-being

Benefits of Chanting Ebhih Stavaish cha Mam Nityam

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Contains the Goddess's own promise to quell every calamity of her devotees

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Recited as the phalashruti (declaration of fruits) of the Durga Saptashati

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Said to remove fear of enemies, robbers, kings, weapons, fire and flood

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Believed to ward off sin, poverty and separation from loved ones

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Especially powerful on Ashtami, Navami and Chaturdashi lunar days

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Affirms the recitation of the Devi Mahatmya as a supreme means of well-being

How to Chant Ebhih Stavaish cha Mam Nityam

Repetitions9times

Best TimeOn Ashtami, Navami and Chaturdashi; during Navaratri; in the morning or evening with concentration

Recite or listen to these verses with a concentrated, devoted mind, ideally on the eighth, ninth or fourteenth lunar day, as the Goddess herself prescribes. They are traditionally read as the phalashruti following a recitation of the Durga Saptashati (Chandi Path). Sit before an image of the Devi, light a lamp, and recall her great victories as you affirm her promise of protection from every calamity.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Ebhih Stavaish cha Mam Nityam written in the Grantha script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

These are verses 1–6 of Chapter 12 of the Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati), where the Goddess herself proclaims the phalashruti — the fruits or blessings — that come from reciting and hearing her glory.

The Goddess names Ashtami, Navami and Chaturdashi as especially auspicious days to hear her Mahatmya with devotion. These tithis are traditionally sacred to the Devi, and recitation on them is held to be specially fruitful, removing all calamity.

She promises that her devotees will face no calamity, sin, poverty or separation from loved ones, and will have no fear from enemies, robbers, kings, weapons, fire or floods. She calls the recitation of her Mahatmya the supreme, great cause of well-being.