Sharatkale Mahapuja
शरत्काले महापूजा
Also known as: sharatkale mahapuja · sharatkale mahapuja kriyate ya cha varshiki · navaratri phalashruti · durga saptashati chapter 12 navaratri · devi mahatmya autumn worship
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✦ Meaning
In these verses from Chapter 12 of the Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati), the Goddess describes the rich fruits of hearing her glory at the great autumn worship — the annual Navaratri. The devotee becomes free of all calamity and blessed with wealth and grain, fearless in adversity, with enemies destroyed and family rejoicing. Recited in rites of peace, after bad dreams or amid harsh planetary afflictions, her Mahatmya quells calamities, turns evil dreams to good, soothes troubled children, restores broken friendships, and by its mere recitation drives away rakshasas, bhutas and pishachas.
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, recounts the Divine Mother's victories over the demons. In Chapter 12, after the Narayani Stuti, the Goddess speaks the phalashruti — the declaration of the blessings of her worship. Here she singles out the 'sharatkale mahapuja,' the great annual autumn Navaratri, promising that those who hear her Mahatmya then will be freed from every calamity and blessed with abundance. She further describes its power in rites of peace and amid bad dreams, planetary afflictions, child-seizing spirits, broken friendships and malign beings — declaring her glory to be a refuge in every trouble.
✦ As told in scripture
Tradition holds that the autumn Navaratri recitation of the Durga Saptashati, blessed by the Goddess's own words here, brings prosperity and peace to entire households. Devotees recount evil dreams turning auspicious, harsh planetary periods passing peacefully, and discord dissolving into harmony after hearing the Devi Mahatmya during Sharad Navaratri.
Complete Text with Meaning
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शरत्काले महापूजा क्रियते या च वार्षिकी । तस्यां ममैतन्माहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा भक्तिसमन्वितः ॥
śaratkāle mahāpūjā kriyate yā ca vārṣikī tasyāṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrutvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ
Meaning:Whoever, full of devotion, has heard this my Mahatmya at the great annual worship performed in the autumn season — that person shall, by my grace, become freed from all calamities and endowed with wealth and grain; of this there is no doubt.
सर्वाबाधाविनिर्मुक्तो धनधान्यसमन्वितः । मनुष्यो मत्प्रसादेन भविष्यति न संशयः ॥
sarvābādhāvinirmukto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ manuṣyo matprasādena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Meaning:Having heard this my Mahatmya, and likewise my auspicious manifestations and my prowess in battles, a man becomes fearless. His enemies go to destruction, welfare accrues, and the family of those who listen to my Mahatmya rejoices.
श्रुत्वा ममैतन्माहात्म्यं तथा चोत्पत्तयः शुभाः । पराक्रमं च युद्धेषु जायते निर्भयः पुमान् ॥
śrutvā mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ tathā cotpattayaḥ śubhāḥ parākramaṃ ca yuddheṣu jāyate nirbhayaḥ pumān
Meaning:Everywhere — in the rite of propitiation, at the seeing of evil dreams, and amid fierce planetary afflictions — let one listen to my Mahatmya. The calamities subside, and the dreadful planetary afflictions; and the evil dream seen by men turns into a good dream.
रिपवः सङ्क्षयं यान्ति कल्याणं चोपपद्यते । नन्दते च कुलं पुंसां माहात्म्यं मम शृण्वताम् ॥
ripavaḥ saṅkṣayaṃ yānti kalyāṇaṃ copapadyate nandate ca kulaṃ puṃsāṃ māhātmyaṃ mama śṛṇvatām
Meaning:It brings peace to children possessed by child-seizing spirits; it is the best maker of friendship among men where there is a breach. It is the supreme reducer of the strength of all the wicked; by its mere recitation comes the destruction of rakshasas, bhutas and pishachas.
शान्तिकर्मणि सर्वत्र तथा दुःस्वप्नदर्शने । ग्रहपीडासु चोग्रासु माहात्म्यं शृणुयान्मम ॥
śāntikarmaṇi sarvatra tathā duḥsvapnadarśane grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama
उपसर्गाः शमं यान्ति ग्रहपीडाश्च दारुणाः । दुःस्वप्नं च नृभिर्दृष्टं सुस्वप्नमुपजायते ॥
upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāśca dāruṇāḥ duḥsvapnaṃ ca nṛbhirdṛṣṭaṃ susvapnamupajāyate
बालग्रहाभिभूतानां बालानां शान्तिकारकम् । सङ्घातभेदे च नृणां मैत्रीकरणमुत्तमम् ॥
bālagrahābhibhūtānāṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam saṅghātabhede ca nṛṇāṃ maitrīkaraṇamuttamam
दुर्वृत्तानामशेषाणां बलहानिकरं परम् । रक्षोभूतपिशाचानां पठनादेव नाशनम् ॥
durvṛttānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ balahānikaraṃ param rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ paṭhanādeva nāśanam
Word-by-Word Meaning
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Benefits of Chanting Sharatkale Mahapuja
Describes the great fruits of hearing the Devi Mahatmya during autumn Navaratri
Promises freedom from all calamities and blessing of wealth and grain
Said to make the devotee fearless and destroy enemies
Recited to calm fierce planetary afflictions (graha-pida) and turn bad dreams to good
Believed to soothe children troubled by spirits and restore broken friendships
Its recitation is said to destroy rakshasas, bhutas and pishachas
How to Chant Sharatkale Mahapuja
Hear or recite these verses with devotion, especially during the autumn Navaratri (Sharad Navaratri), as the Goddess herself prescribes. They are read as part of the phalashruti of the Durga Saptashati. Devotees facing bad dreams, planetary trouble or family discord recite them in a spirit of surrender; light a lamp before the Devi's image and listen with a calm, faithful heart to invite her peace and protection.
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