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Kanakadhara Stotram
कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्
Kanakadhārā Stotram
Chant
श्रुत्यै नमोऽस्तु शुभकर्मफलप्रसूत्यै रत्यै नमोऽस्तु रमणीयगुणार्णवायै । शक्त्यै नमोऽस्तु शतपत्रनिकेतनायै पुष्ट्यै नमोऽस्तु पुरुषोत्तमवल्लभायै ॥११॥
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Word breakdown
- श्रुत्यै नमोऽस्तु शुभकर्मफलप्रसूत्यै
- salutations to her who gives birth to the fruit of good deeds called the Veda
- रत्यै नमोऽस्तु रमणीयगुणार्णवायै ।
- salutations to her who is an ocean of delightful qualities, Rati
- शक्त्यै नमोऽस्तु शतपत्रनिकेतनायै
- salutations to her whose abode is the hundred-petalled lotus, Śakti
- पुष्ट्यै नमोऽस्तु पुरुषोत्तमवल्लभायै ॥११॥
- salutations to her who is consort of Puruṣottama, Puṣṭi
She is praised as revelation, delight, power, nourishment, and Viṣṇu's beloved. These are not separate goddesses but aspects of the one śakti through which the Self is known as fullness.
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