Verse
A salutation to Narayani from Devi Mahatmya 11.10, with Sanskrit, IAST and an editorial English meaning.
Devanagari
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सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके।
शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते॥
IAST transliteration
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sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike |
śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo’stu te ||
English translation
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O auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, O benevolent one who accomplishes every aim, O refuge, three-eyed Gauri, Narayani, homage to you.
DurgaShakti editorial rendering. The terms of praise admit interpretive variation.
What the verse means
The verse addresses the Goddess through several vocatives, or forms of direct address. Śaraṇye names her as refuge; tryambake describes her as three-eyed. Gauri and Narayani are divine names within this hymn’s Goddess-centered praise. Sarvārthasādhike is translated here as “who accomplishes every aim”; that is the verse’s devotional language, not a promise of an outcome from reading it.
Read it with the Narayani hymn
The chapter follows the Goddess’s victory in the Devi Mahatmya. It praises her through cosmic functions and multiple divine forms. Read the Durga guide for the wider narrative and the Durga Puja guide for one living festival context. The epithet Gauri can also be compared with the Parvati profile without treating every Parvati narrative as part of this hymn.
Source and attribution
Scriptural attribution
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Devi Mahatmya 11.10, within the Narayani Stuti.
The gods praise the Goddess after Shumbha’s defeat. The verse belongs to the larger chapter 11 hymn; it is not an independently authored modern prayer.
Associated devotional context
Narayani / Gauri / Devi
Traditional context
A verse of Puranic Goddess praise that is also recited separately in devotional settings.
Practice context and variations
This is a source-based reading presentation, not an initiation or a prescription of repetition counts. Follow the teaching of your own community for ritual or lineage-specific recitation.
Pronunciation notes
IAST ś and ṅ preserve distinctions hidden by common English spellings. Namo’stu represents namaḥ + astu joined by sandhi; the apostrophe marks an omitted initial vowel, not a pause.
Sources and references
- Primary / scriptural: Devi Mahatmyam 11.10, Narayani Stuti View reference
- Traditional / commentarial: Swami Sivananda, The Devi Mahatmya, chapter 11, Divine Life Society View reference
