Shree kaal'ee karpoora stotram'
Karpooram' madhyamaantya svarapararahitam' senduvaamaakshiyuktam'
Beejam' te maataretattripuraharavadhu trih'kri'tam' ye japanti |
Teshaam' gadyaani padyaani cha mukhakuharaadullasantyeva vaachah'
Svachchhandam' dhvaantadhaaraadhararuchiruchire sarvasiddhim' gataanaam || 1 ||
Eeshaanah' senduvaamashravanaparigato beejamanyanmaheshi
Dvandvam' te mandachetaa yadi japati jano vaaramekam' kadaachit |
Jitvaa vaachaamadheesham' dhanadamapi chiram' mohayannambujaakshi
Vri'ndam' chandraardhachood'e prabhavati sa mahaaghorabaanaavatam'se || 2 ||
Eesho vaishvaanarasthah' shashadharavilasadvaamanetrena yukto
Beejam' te dvandvamanyadvigal'itachikure kaal'ike ye japanti |
Dvesht'aaram' ghnanti te cha tribhuvanamapi te vashyabhaavam' nayanti
Sri'kkadvandvaasradhaaraadvayadharavadane dakshine kaal'iketi || 3 ||
Oordhve vaame kri'paanam' karakamalatale chhinnamund'am' tatho'dhah'
Savye'bheetim' varam' cha trijagadaghahare dakshine kaal'ike cha |
Japtvaitannaama ye vaa tava vimalatanum' bhaavayantyetadamba
Teshaamasht'au karasthaah' prakat'itaradane siddhayastryambakasya || 4 ||
Vargaadyam' vahnisam'stham' vidhurativalitam' tattrayam' koorchayugmam'
Lajjaadvandvam' cha pashchaat smitamukhitadadhasht'hadvayam'yojayitvaa |
Maatarye tvaam' japanti smaraharamahil'e bhaavayantah' svaroopam'
Te lakshmeelaasyaleelaakamaladal'adri'shah' kaamaroopaa bhavanti || 5 ||
Pratyekam' vaa dvayam' vaa trayamapi cha param' beejamatyantaguhyam'
Tvannaamnaa yojayitvaa sakalamapi sadaa bhaavayanto japanti |
Teshaam' netraaravinde viharati kamalaa vaktrashubhraam'shubimbe
Vaagdevee devi mund'asragatishayalasatkant'ha peenastanaad'hye || 6 ||
Gataasoonaam' baahuprakarakri'takaancheeparilasa-
-nnitambaam' digvastraam' tribhuvanavidhaatreem' trinayanaam |
Shmashaanasthe talpe shavahri'di mahaakaalasurata-
-prasaktaam' tvaam' dhyaayan janani jad'achetaa api kavih' || 7 ||
Shivaabhirghoraabhih' shavanivahamund'aa'sthi nikaraih'
Param' sankeernaayaam' prakat'itachitaayaam' haravadhoom |
Pravisht'aam' santusht'aamuparisuratenaati yuvatee
Sadaa tvaam' dhyaayanti kvachidapi na teshaam' paribhavah' || 8 ||
Vadaamaste kim' vaa janani vayamuchchairjad'adhiyo
Na dhaataa naapeesho harirapi na te vetti paramam |
Tathaapi tvadbhaktirmukharayati chaasmaakamasite
Tadetat kshantavyam' na khalu pashuroshah' samuchitah' || 9 ||
Samantaadaapeenastanajaghanadri'gyauvanavatee
Rataasakto naktam' yadi japati bhaktastava manum |
Vivaasaastvaam' dhyaayan galitachikurastasya vashagaah'
Samastaah' siddhaughaa bhuvi chirataram' jeevati kavih' || 10 ||
Samaah' svastheebhootaam' japati vipareetaam' yadi sadaa
Vichintya tvaam' dhyaayannatishayamahaakaalasurataam |
Tadaa tasya kshoneetalaviharamaanasya vidushah'
Karaambhoje vashyaa haravadhu mahaasiddhi nivahaah' || 11 ||
Prasoote sam'saaram' janani jagateem' paalayati cha
Samastam' kshityaadi pral'ayasamaye sam'harati cha |
Atastvaam' dhaataa'pi tribhuvanapatih' shreepatirapi
Mahesho'pi praayah' sakalamapi kim' staumi bhavateem || 12 ||
Aneke sevante bhavadadhikageervaananivahaan
Vimood'haaste maatah' kimapi na hi jaananti paramam |
Samaaraadhyaamaadyaam' hariharavirinchyaadivibudhaih'
Prapanno'smi svairam' ratirasamahaanandanirataam || 13 ||
Dharitree keelaalam' shuchirapi sameero'pi gaganam'
Tvamekaa kalyaanee girisharamanee kaal'i sakalam |
Stutih' kaa te maatastava karunayaa maamagatikam'
Prasannaa tvam' bhooyaa bhavamananubhooyaanmama januh' || 14 ||
Shmashaanasthah' sustho galitachikuro dikpat'adharah'
Sahasram' tvarkaanaam' nijagalitaveeryena kusumam |
Japam'stvat pratyekam' manumapi tava dhyaananirato
Mahaakaal'i svairam' sa bhavati dharitree parivri'd'hah' || 15 ||
Gri'he sammaarjanyaa parigal'ita veeryam' hi chikuram'
Samoolam' madhyaahne vitarati chitaayaam' kujadine |
Samuchchaarya premnaa manumapi sakri't kaal'i satatam'
Gajaarood'ho yaati kshitiparivri'd'hah' satkavivarah' || 16 ||
Supushpairaakeernam' kusumadhanushomandiramaho
Puro dhyaayan dhyaayan yadi japati bhaktastava manum |
Sagandharvashreneepatirapi kavitvaamri'tanadee
Nadeenah' paryante paramapadaleenah' prabhavati || 17 ||
Tripanchaare peet'he shavashivahri'di smeravadanaam'
Mahaakaalenochchairmadanarasalaavanyanirataam |
Samaasakto naktam' svayamapi rataanandanirato
Jano yo dhyaayettvaam' janani kila sasyaat smaraharah' || 18 ||
Salomaasthi svairam' palalamapi maarjaaramasite
Param' chausht'ram' maisham' naramahishayoshchhaagamapi vaa |
Balim' te poojaayaamapi vitarataam' martyavasataam'
Sataam' siddhih' sarvaa pratipadamapoorvaa prabhavati || 19 ||
Vashee laksham' mantram' prajapati havishyaashanarato
Divaa maataryushmachcharanayugal'a dhyaana nipunah' |
Param' naktam' nagno nidhuvana vinodena cha manum'
Japellaksham' samyak smaraharasamaanah' kshititale || 20 ||
Idam' stotram' maatastava manusamuddhaarana januh'
Svaroopaakhyam' paadaambujayugal'apoojaavidhiyutam |
Nishaardhe vaa poojaasamayamadhi vaa yastu pat'hati
Pralaapastasyaapi prasarati kavitvaamri'tarasah' || 21 ||
Kurangaaksheebri'ndam' tamanusarati premataral'am'
Vashastasya kshoneepatirapi kuberapratinidhih' |
Ripuh' kaaraagaaram' kalayati cha tam' kel'ikalayaa
Chiram' jeevanmuktah' sa bhavati cha bhaktah' pratijanuh' || 22 ||
Iti shreemahaakaalavirachitam' shree kaal'ee karpoora stotram |
Meaning
The Sri Kali Karpura Stotram is a devotional and tantric hymn that celebrates Goddess Kali’s purifying, protective, and inspiriting nature. Using vivid imagery—white camphor-like purity, cremation-ground iconography, matted locks, garlands of skulls, fierce yet compassionate features—the verses evoke Kali as both destroyer of ignorance and bestower of poetic, material, and spiritual gifts. The composition highlights the potency of seed-syllables (bija mantras) and the transformative power of meditative remembrance. Those who contemplate the mother’s form—even in her most fearsome aspects—are said to awaken eloquence, creative inspiration, magnetic influence, and liberation.
The stotram maps how sincere japa and dhyana bring long-term prosperity, protection from enemies, fearlessness in cremation-ground circumstances, and mastery in arts like poetry and rhetoric. It also notes that Kali’s devotees can attain fame, wealth, and siddhis, and that the goddess, though inscrutable to the unintelligent, reveals herself to steadfast practitioners. The hymn blends bhakti and subtle tantric method: mantra, visualization, and constant remembrance yielding both worldly success and inner emancipation.
Benefits
• Protection from enemies and negative forces
• Wealth, fame, and artistic inspiration (poetry, speech)
• Fearlessness, immunity to cremation-ground terrors, boldness
• Amplified mantra power, attainment of siddhis and influence
• Spiritual purification, inner strength, and liberation
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