Kalyana Mandira Stotra
कल्याण मन्दिर स्तोत्र
Also known as: kalyan mandir stotra · kalyana mandira stotram · kalyan mandir stotram · parshvanatha stotra · siddhasena kalyana mandira
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✦ Meaning
Kalyana Mandira Stotra is a celebrated Jain hymn in praise of Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, composed by Acharya Siddhasena Divakara (also remembered as Kumudachandra). Its forty-four verses, like a companion to the Bhaktamara Stotra, glorify the Lord's incomparable virtues and his triumph over the malice of Kamatha. The hymn is revered for its devotional depth and for the protective, auspicious power attributed to its recitation.
Origin & Story
Kalyana Mandira Stotra (Jain devotional literature) · Acharya Siddhasena Divakara (Kumudachandra) · c. 5th–7th century CE
The Kalyana Mandira Stotra was composed by Acharya Siddhasena Divakara in adoration of Parshvanatha. Tradition recounts that Siddhasena, to demonstrate the supremacy of the Jina, recited this hymn before a Shiva-linga; as the verses unfolded, the shrine is said to have opened to reveal an image of Parshvanatha, attesting to the stotra's power. Composed as a devotional counterpart to the Bhaktamara, it is cherished in both Shvetambara and Digambara traditions.
✦ As told in scripture
Tradition holds that Acharya Siddhasena Divakara recited the Kalyana Mandira Stotra before a Shiva-linga, and that by the power of his devotion the shrine split open to reveal a self-manifested image of Parshvanatha, proclaiming the glory of the Tirthankara.
Complete Text with Meaning
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कल्याण-मन्दिर-मुदार-मवद्य-भेदि भीताभय-प्रद-मनिन्दित-मङ्घ्रि-पद्मम्। संसार-सागर-निमज्जद-शेष-जन्तु- पोतायमान-मभिनम्य जिनेश्वरस्य॥
Kalyāṇa-mandira-mudāra-mavadya-bhedi bhītābhaya-prada-maninditamaṅghri-padmam। Saṁsāra-sāgara-nimajjada-śeṣa-jantu- potāyamānamabhinamya jineśvarasya॥
Meaning:Having bowed to the lotus-feet of the Lord of the Jinas — feet that are the very temple of well-being, noble, destroyers of all sin, granting fearlessness to the frightened, faultless, and serving as a saving boat for all beings drowning in the ocean of existence:
यस्य स्वयं सुर-गुरुर्गरिमाम्बु-राशेः स्तोत्रं सुविस्तृत-मतिर्न विभुर्विधातुम्। तीर्थेश्वरस्य कमठ-स्मय-धूम-केतो- स्तस्याहमेष किल संस्तवनं करिष्ये॥
Yasya svayaṁ sura-gururgarimāmbu-rāśeḥ stotraṁ suvistṛta-matirna vibhurvidhātum। Tīrtheśvarasya kamaṭha-smaya-dhūma-keto- stasyāhameṣa kila saṁstavanaṁ kariṣye॥
Meaning:That Lord of the holy ford, who is a very ocean of greatness, whose praise even Brihaspati, the preceptor of the gods with his vast intellect, is unable to compose — that Lord, who is as a comet to the pride of Kamatha — Him indeed shall I now praise.
सामान्यतोऽपि तव वर्णयितुं स्वरूप- मस्मादृशः कथमधीश! भवन्त्यधीशाः। धृष्टोऽपि कौशिक-शिशुर्यदि वा दिवान्धो रूपं प्ररूपयति किं किल धर्म-रश्मेः॥
Sāmānyato'pi tava varṇayituṁ svarūpa- masmādṛśaḥ kathamadhīśa! bhavantyadhīśāḥ। Dhṛṣṭo'pi kauśika-śiśuryadi vā divāndho rūpaṁ prarūpayati kiṁ kila dharma-raśmeḥ॥
Meaning:O Master! How can ones like me — when even the great lords are unable — describe even in a general way your true nature? Can a bold owlet, blind by day, presume to portray the form of the radiant sun?
मोहक्षयादनुभवन्नपि नाथ! मर्त्यो नूनं गुणान् गणयितुं न तव क्षमेत। कल्पान्त-वान्त-पयसः प्रकटोऽपि यस्मा- न्मीयेत केन जलधेर्ननु रत्न-राशिः॥
Mohakṣayādanubhavannapi nātha! martyo nūnaṁ guṇān gaṇayituṁ na tava kṣameta। Kalpānta-vānta-payasaḥ prakaṭo'pi yasmā- nmīyeta kena jaladhernanu ratna-rāśiḥ॥
Meaning:O Lord! Surely a mortal, even one who has experienced you through the destruction of delusion, cannot count your virtues. For who could measure the heap of jewels in the ocean — even when laid bare by waters cast up at the end of the age?
ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं पार्श्वनाथाय नमः॥
Oṁ hrīṁ śrīṁ pārśvanāthāya namaḥ॥
Meaning:Om Hrim Shrim — salutations to Lord Parshvanatha.
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Benefits of Chanting Kalyana Mandira Stotra
Invokes the grace and protection of Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthankara
Recitation is believed to bring auspiciousness (kalyana) and dispel sin
Grants fearlessness and steadiness to a troubled or frightened mind
Cultivates humility and profound devotion before the Jina
Traditionally said to remove obstacles, calamities and afflictions
A poetic meditation that deepens contemplation of an enlightened soul's virtues
How to Chant Kalyana Mandira Stotra
Recite with a pure, settled mind and heartfelt devotion, ideally before an image of Parshvanatha. The complete stotra contains 44 verses in the flowing Vasantatilaka metre; devotees may recite the full text or begin with the opening verses given here. Articulate each word clearly and unhurriedly, closing with the seed-mantra salutation to Parshvanatha. Observing cleanliness, non-violence and inner calm strengthens the recitation.