Lakshmi Shloka, by Sashidharan Komandur
सर्व मंगल मांगल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थ साधिके।
sarva maṁgala māṁgalye śive sarvārtha sādhike |
शरण्ये त्र्यंबके देवी नारायणी नमोस्तुते॥
śaraṇye tryaṁbake devī nārāyaṇī namostute ||
Meaning: I salute to Narayani (consort of Narayana), the three-eyed Goddess, who is the most auspicious of the auspicious, who makes all desires possible, and in whom I can take refuge.
Significance: The word ‘Lakshmi‘ is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksya, meaning ‘aim’ or ‘goal’. In Hinduism, Lakshmi or Laxmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी lakṣmī) is the goddess of wealth, light, wisdom and fortune, as well as (secondarily) luck, beauty and fertility..Goddess Lakshmi is incorrectly connected only with money, and the popular public perception is that she is the Goddess of money.
This, however, is only partially correct: the holy Goddess is also the Goddess of prosperity, divinity and purity. She is also the Goddess of Brahma-vidya (divine knowledge) and one of her names is “Vidya” - which literally means knowledge. She is the Goddess of whom we ask for happiness in family, friends, marriage, children, food and wealth, beauty and health. Hence She is a very popular Goddess who is worshipped by every Hindu. As She is the goddess of prosperity, She is also called as Dharidranashini (destroyer of poverty) and Dharidradvamshini (one who opposes poverty). Hindus worship Lakshmi the most on Diwali, the festival of lights. According to tradition people would light ‘diya’ outside their homes on Diwali and hope Lakshmi will come to bless them.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_Lakshmi
Sashidharan Komandur is a PhD student at the Industrial Engineering Department at University of Washington. You can reach him at sash.kom@gmail.com
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June 2nd, 2008 20:48
Prannamm Namaskarram
LakshmeeMata is the ParamaEishvari shakti mata kalyani shakti whose avahayami shloka is a sanskrit beeja prarthana shloka is as follows:
“Aum Shreem Shreem Shreem namoh namaha
Hari Aum Shreem Shree MahaLakshmee namastubhyam namastubhyam Sureshvari HariPriye MahaDevi Namastubhyam Dayanidhi ParamaEishvari.”
One can invoke the Lakshmeeji by drawing seven svastikas, with rice flour, red vvermilion, and by offering nine red carnations to mataji either on full moon falling in the month of margshira and red cloth. Thereafter one may recite Mataji’s beeja mantra every friday observing her vratha begining on beeja falling on friday of the bright cycle of the moon for accomplishing astrologically prolific results.
The above shloka written by the author is for TRIPURASUNDARY BHAVANI Devi stuti shloka:Albeit can be interpreted as MahaLakshmee shloka as GODDESS tripurasundari bhavani is Maha_Lakshmee the kalyan kari.
Sarva Mangala Mangalyee Shive Sarvartha Sadhike Sharanye Tryaambake Devi Narayani Namostute Narayani Namostute Narayani Namostute
The most auspicous of the auspicousness divine mother BHAVANI who is the shakti of the three-eyed SHIVA the Tyraambekeshvara and the tripurasundari MAHA-DEVI Lakshmee Narayani; to that supreme trine GODDESS Maha_Lakshmee Narayani, I bow and salute three times.
Namaskaram.