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% Category              : aShTaka, devii, otherforms, devI
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asya shrIshItalAstotrasya mahAdeva R^iShiH .
anuShTup ChandaH .  shItalA devatA .
laxmIrbIjam .  bhavAnI shaktiH .
sarvavisphoTakanivR^ityarthe jape viniyogaH ..

Ishvara uvAcha .
vande.ahaM shItalAM devIM rAsabhasthAM digambarAm .
mArjanIkalashopetAM shUrpAla~NkR^itamastakAm .. 1..
vande.ahaM shItalAM devIM sarvarogabhayApahAm.
yAmAsAdya nivarteta visphoTakabhayaM mahat .. 2..
shItale shItale ceti yo brUyaddAhapIDitaH .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM xipraM tasya praNashyati .. 3..
yastvAmudakamadhye tu dhyAtvA sampUjayennaraH .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM gR^ihe tasya na jAyate .. 4..
shItale jvaradagdhasya pUtigandhayutasya cha .
praNaShTachaxuShaH puMsastvAmAhurjIvanauShadham .. 5..
shItale tanujAn rogAn nR^iNAM harasi dustyajAn .
visphoTakavidIrNAnAM tvamekA.amR^itavarShiNI .. 6..
galagaNDagrahA rogA ye chAnye dAruNA nR^iNAm .
tvadanudhyAnamAtreNa shItale yAnti sa~NkShayam .. 7..
na mantro nauShadhaM tasya pAparogasya vidyate .
tvAmekAM shItale dhAtrIM nAnyAM pashyAmi devatAm .. 8..
mR^iNAlatantusadR^ishIM nAbhihR^inmadhyasaMsthitAm .
yastvAM sa~nchintayeddevi tasya mR^ityurna jAyate .. 9..
aShTakaM shItalAdevyA yo naraH prapaThetsadA .
visphoTakabhayaM ghoraM gR^ihe tasya na jAyate .. 10..
shrotavyaM paThitavyaM cha shraddhAbhAktisamanvitaiH .
upasargavinAshAya paraM svastyayanaM mahat .. 11..
shItale tvaM jaganmAtA shItale tvaM jagatpitA .
shItale tvaM jagaddhAtrI shItalAyai namo namaH .. 12..
rAsabho gardabhashchaiva kharo vaishAkhanandanaH .
shItalAvAhanashchaiva dUrvAkandanikR^intanaH .. 13..
etAni kharanAmAni shItalAgre tu yaH paThet .
tasya gehe shishUnAM cha shItalAru~N na jAyate .. 14..
shItalAShTakamevedaM na deyaM yasyakasyachit .
dAtavyaM cha sadA tasmai shraddhAbhaktiyutAya vai .. 15..
.. iti shrIskandapurANe shItalAShTakaM sampUrNam ..
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