Shloka 10
Adhyaya 85 — The Gods’ Hymn to the Goddess and the Emergence of Kaushiki; Shumbha Sends His Envoy
नैरृत्यै भूभृतां लक्ष्म्यै शर्वाण्यै ते नमो नमः ।
दुर्गायै दुर्गपारायै सारायै सर्वकारिण्यै ।
ख्यात्यै तथैव कृष्णायै धूम्रायै सततं नमः ॥
nairṛtyai bhūbhṛtāṃ lakṣmyai śarvāṇyai te namo namaḥ / durgāyai durgapārāyai sārāyai sarvakāriṇyai / khyātyai tathaiva kṛṣṇāyai dhūmrāyai satataṃ namaḥ
ನೈಋತೀ, ಪರ್ವತಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀ, ಶರ್ವಾಣೀ—ನಿನಗೆ ಪುನಃಪುನಃ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ದುರ್ಗಾ, ದುರ್ಗತಿತಾರಿಣಿ, ಸಾರಸ್ವರೂಪಿಣಿ, ಸರ್ವಕರ್ತ್ರೀ—ನಿನಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ. ಖ್ಯಾತಿ, ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಮತ್ತು ಧೂಮ್ರಾ—ನಿನಗೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.
FAQs
The many names teach that the same Śakti governs all domains—fortune, fearsome protection, fame, and transformation. Devotion integrates life’s opposites under a single sacred principle.
Stotra (praise) within a narrative episode; serves dharma by prescribing remembrance of names and attributes for protection and success.
‘Durgapārā’ is the inner passage beyond the ‘fortress’ of ego and fear. Dark/smoky epithets (Kṛṣṇā, Dhūmrā) point to Devi’s presence even in obscurity and liminal states, not only in radiant forms.