Durga Chandrakala Stuti - A Hymn on Durga By Shree Appayya Deekshita For Protection - Chanting

<p>Durga chandrakala stuti is a hymn composed by Appayya deekshita the &nbsp;great shaiva and scholar of Vedas Puranas and mantra shastras who lived &nbsp;in Tamil nadu in the fifteenth century (1520–1593 CE)<br> <br> In this &nbsp;hymn various glories of the mother goddess durgā from Vedas and various &nbsp;puranas are summarized. The hymn comprises of eighteen shloka, the first &nbsp;shloka being the mangalacharana (invocation of the goddess) and the &nbsp;last shloka the phala shruti (description of benefits which are attained &nbsp;by the recitation of this hymn.)<br> <br> So the main hymn is of sixteen &nbsp;shlokas and hence the name durgā chandrakalā stuti (hymn to durga like &nbsp;the sixteen states of moon) is given to it by the composer. <br> <br> This &nbsp;hymn is considered very powerful by the practitioners of Shakta and &nbsp;Shaiva tradition – the worship of the mother goddess (the embodiment of &nbsp;all power) because this hymn is the summary of the great and powerful &nbsp;text Devi māhāthmyam of Mārkandeya purāna which is of 700 shlokas and &nbsp;hence also known as durgā saptashatī (seven hundred verses praising &nbsp;durgā) <br> <br> In addition to that Appayya Deekshita also summarizes &nbsp;various glorious incidents about goddess durgā and her manifold forms &nbsp;from various purānas. Hence reciting this hymn daily is equal to &nbsp;remembering all the important glorious deeds of the goddess mentioned in &nbsp;the puranas. The Devi mahatmya and the other anecdotes about the devi &nbsp;given in Varahapurana, Harivamsa, Bhagavata etc., are given in condensed &nbsp;form in this work to be precise.<br> <br> Reciting this hymn with devotion bestows the devotee with protection, wealth, wisdom, courage good fortune and liberation.<br> <br> Today let us chant this hymn and get the blessings of Goddess Durga. <br> <br> Get the detailed commentary on Durga Chandrakala Stuti based of Sri Appayya deekshita's own commentary translated into English</p> <p><br></p> <p>https://bit.ly/chandrakala<br> <br