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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ English සිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

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The Meenakshi Stotram is a cherished traditional hymn. A hymn to Goddess Meenakshi — the fish-eyed Devi of Madurai, consort of Sundareshwara — adoring Her golden, lotus-eyed beauty and the grace of the great Mother of the south.

✦ As told in scripture

It is said that to recite the Meenakshi Stotram with a sincere and devoted heart is to draw near to the grace of the Lord, who never forsakes those who lovingly call upon Him.

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The Mantra

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𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌕𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌤𑌟𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌸𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌰𑍇𑌶𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌯𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍁𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌕𑌪𑌰𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌡𑌾𑌵𑌿𑌲𑍋𑌲𑌾𑌮𑌿𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌾𑌚𑌲𑌾𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌿𑌲𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌦𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌯𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௧॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌕𑌦𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌕𑌾𑌨𑌨𑌶𑍁𑌕𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌟𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍇𑌕𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌧𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌹𑍇𑌮𑌨𑌲𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌹𑌂𑌸𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌵𑍀𑌮𑍍 । 𑌓𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍁𑌜𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌮𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌪𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌶𑌾𑌖𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௨॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌨𑍂𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌿𑌤𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌘𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌕𑌮𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌤𑍂𑌣𑍋𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌸𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌘𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌜𑌾𑌨𑍁𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌰𑌮𑍍𑌭𑌾𑌨𑌿𑌭𑍋𑌰𑍂𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌕𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌚𑍀𑌬𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌨𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌞𑌪𑍀𑌨𑌜𑌘𑌨𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌭𑍀𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௩॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌮𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌮𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌰𑍁𑌹𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑍀𑌣𑌾𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍁𑌲𑌶𑌾𑌰𑍀𑌕𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌕𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑌙𑍍𑌖𑌾𑌭𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌰𑌾𑌕𑌾𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌸𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌚𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌵𑌦𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌰𑍋𑌲𑌮𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௪॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌞𑍍𑌜𑍁𑌲𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌨𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑍋𑌦𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌸𑍁𑌭𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌲𑌤𑌾𑌂 𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑍋𑌷𑍍𑌠𑍀𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌤𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌦𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍇𑌯𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌬𑌿𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌫𑌾𑌲𑌰𑍁𑌚𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌦𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌗𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௫॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍁𑌮𑌪𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌲𑍇𑌪𑌿𑌤𑌲𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍋𑌜𑌕𑍁𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍋𑌜𑍍𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌕𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍂𑌰𑍀𑌤𑌿𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌲𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑌲𑌯𑌜𑌾𑌂 𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍋𑌲𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌲𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌦𑌮𑌶𑍋𑌭𑌿𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌯𑍁𑌗𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍂𑌰𑌸𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௬॥ 𑌗𑍗𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌚𑌮𑍍𑌪𑌕𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌕𑍁𑌸𑍁𑌮𑍈𑌃 𑌪𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌗𑌸𑍗𑌗𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌾- 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌣𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍀𑌵𑌰𑌕𑍁𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌜𑌾𑌤𑌿𑌵𑌕𑍁𑌲𑍈𑌰𑌾𑌬𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌚𑍂𑌲𑍀𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍 । 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌕𑍇𑌤𑌕𑌦𑌲𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌣𑍀𑌲𑌸𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌣𑌿𑌕𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌂 𑌮𑌧𑍁𑌰𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍀𑌂 𑌶𑍁𑌕𑌧𑌰𑌾𑌂 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍𑌯𑌬𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌂 𑌭𑌜𑍇 ॥ ௭॥ ॥ 𑌇𑌤𑌿 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑍀𑌨𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍀𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍋𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌮𑍍 ॥

gaurīṃ kāñcanapadminītaṭagṛhāṃ śrīsundareśapriyāṃ nīpāraṇyasuvarṇakandukaparikrīḍāvilolāmimām | śrīmatpāṇḍyakulācalāgravilasadratnapradīpāyitāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 1|| gaurīṃ vedakadambakānanaśukīṃ śāstrāṭavīkekinīṃ vedāntākhiladharmahemanalinīhaṃsīṃ śivāṃ śāmbhavīm | oṅkārambujanīlamattamadhupāṃ mantrāmraśākhāmbikāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 2|| gaurīṃ nūpuraśobhitāṅghrikamalāṃ tūṇollasajjaṅghikāṃ ratnādarśasamānajānuyugalāṃ rambhānibhorūdvayām | kāñcībaddhamanojñapīnajaghanāmāvartanābhīhṛdāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 3|| gaurīṃ vyomasamānamadhyamayutāmuttuṅgavakṣoruhāṃ vīṇāmañjulaśārīkānvitakarāṃ śaṅkhābhakaṇṭhojjvalām | rākācandrasamānacāruvadanāṃ rolamvanīlālakāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 4|| gaurīṃ mañjulamīnanetrayugalāṃ kodaṇḍasubhrūlatāṃ bimboṣṭhīṃ smitakundadantarucirāṃ cāmpeyanāsojjvalām | ardhendupratibimbaphālarucirāmādarśagaṇḍasthalāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 5|| gaurīṃ kuṅkumapaṅkalepitalasadvakṣojakumbhojjvalāṃ kastūrītilakālakāṃ malayajāṃ gandholasatkandharām | lākṣākardamaśobhipādayugalāṃ sindūrasīmantinīṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 6|| gaurīṃ campakamallikāsukusumaiḥ punnāgasaugandhikā- droṇendīvarakundajātivakulairābaddhacūlīyutām | mandārāruṇapadmaketakadalaśreṇīlasadveṇikāṃ mīnākṣīṃ madhureśvarīṃ śukadharāṃ śrīpāṇḍyabālāṃ bhaje || 7|| || iti śrīmīnākṣīstotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

Meaning:A hymn to Goddess Meenakshi — the fish-eyed Devi of Madurai, consort of Sundareshwara — adoring Her golden, lotus-eyed beauty and the grace of the great Mother of the south.

Benefits of Chanting Meenakshi Stotram

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Recitation of the Meenakshi Stotram is held to bring the grace, blessings and protection of the Lord.

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Cultivates devotion, calms the mind and steadies the heart in the Lord’s remembrance.

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Most auspicious on Fridays, and during Navaratri and Fridays.

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A short, melodious hymn that anyone can learn and recite daily with faith.

How to Chant Meenakshi Stotram

Repetitions1times

Best TimeMorning or evening; especially Fridays

FaceEast or North

Bathe and sit facing east or north before an image of the deity. Light a lamp and recite the Meenakshi Stotram slowly and with devotion. It may be chanted daily, or especially during Navaratri and Fridays. Conclude with a prayer for grace and protection.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Meenakshi Stotram 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.

A hymn to Goddess Meenakshi — the fish-eyed Devi of Madurai, consort of Sundareshwara — adoring Her golden, lotus-eyed beauty and the grace of the great Mother of the south.

It is a traditional hymn (Traditional). It is recited in the morning or evening with devotion, and especially on Fridays and during Navaratri and Fridays.

Origin & Story

The Mantra

Benefits of Chanting Meenakshi Stotram

How to Chant Meenakshi Stotram

Frequently Asked Questions

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