Indra Krutha Akhilandeswari stotram
By
Lord Devendra
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
(Akhilandeswari is the great Goddess presiding over THiruvanaikaval Temple of Tiruchi. Once you have the luck to look at her, you would never be able to forget the grandeur of her mesmerizing looks.)
1.Akilandeswarim devim amrutheswara subruvam,
Jishnu rarabhathesthothum graheetha mani paadhukaam.
1.Indra started praising the goddess Akhilandeswari,
Who is the consort of Amrutheswara, holding her gem studded sandals
2.Gunaanaa mani maadhinaam ashtabhi sidhibhi shivaam,
Bhaje pradathrim bhakthaanaam pradathrim thadvisham api.
2.I sing about that goddess who grants eight occult powers among powers,
Who also defeats those who harm to her devotees and who has a divine form.
3.Brahmanaaya saraswathyaa sthuthaam pankajaya samam,
Vaikuntena sthuthaam devim akhilandeswarim Bhaje.
3. I sing the praises of Akhiklandeswari who is praised by,
Lord Brahma and Goddess Saraswathi as well as Lord Vishnu and Goddess Lakshmi.
4.Bhavaabdhi paaraam nayathim bavanga niyathaalayaam,
Bhavaa pava bhayaam hanthrim, bhavanim aham aasraye.
4.I surrender to that Bhavani who takes us to the shore of ocean of samsara,
Who forever stays in the body of Lord Shiva, who removes the fear of the birth and death.
5.Ithi sthuthwaa BHagavthim akhilandeswarim vrushaa,
Yayoucha sidhi manayaa maha aiswarya dhayini.
5.Praying like this the Goddess Akhilandeswari, Devendra,
Got all great powers from the Goddess who grants great prosperity.
6.Evam chithra sikhandijasya vachasaa samprapya punyam sthalam,
Sampoojyam amrutha vigraham pasupathim devim cha SAilendrajaam,
TRaksho bheethim apasya vanchitha phalam labdhwaa adha sankramdhana,
}Swarajyam punaraapthwaan amala dheerasapathinaam prabhu.
6.Thus as per the words of Lord Brahaspathi Indra reached that holy place,
And worshipped the nectar like idols of the Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathi who was the daughter of the n mountain,
Got removed the fears and got all that he desired and got back his position,
Which was the leader of the devas guarding the eight directions .
Ithi Sri Padma Purane Gajaranya mahathmye indra krutham,
Akhilandeswari stotram nama shodasodhyaya.
Thus ends the sixteenth chapter of the book of Gajaranya mahathmya,
Which occurs in the Padma purana.