Stotras to Devī

The thirteen-verse stotra Arjuna sang to Devī Durgā at the start of the Kurukshetra war, at the word of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa, and the vara she gave him.

A stotra to Devī as Yoganidrā and Nārāyaṇī that Bhagavān Vishṇu taught her in the Harivāṃśa, naming her in scores of forms and promising fruit to those who recite it.

A short stotra that Paraśurāma sang to Devī Bhadrakālī before he fought the warrior Sucandra of Kārtavīrya Arjuna's army, in the Brahmāṇḍa Mahā Purāṇa.

The Durgā armour that charms all the worlds, passed from Bhagavān Kṛshṇa to Brahmā, then to Dharma and Nārada, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

The hymn Bhagavān Dhanvantarī sang to Manasādevī after their battle, found in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa, chapter 51.

Bhagavān Kṛshṇa's hymn to Durgā Devī as Mūlaprakṛti, sung in the Rāsamaṇḍala of Goloka, found in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa.

The hymn Yudhishṭhira sang to Durgā Devī before the Pāṇḍavas entered Virāṭanagara in disguise, in the Mahābhārata, Virāṭa Parva, chapter 6.

The thousand names of Gaṅgā, told by Skanda to Agastya in the Kāśī Khaṇḍa of the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa, chapter 29, after two chapters in praise of Gaṅgā.

The hymn to Gaṅgā sung by the ṛshis in the presence of Bhagavān Kalki, told by Sūta at Naimishāraṇya, in the Kalki Purāṇa, Tritīyāmśa, chapter 20.

The stotra of 1008 names that Himavān sang to Parāmbikā Devī when he saw her cosmic form at the birth of Pārvatī, in the Kūrma Mahā Purāṇa.

The stotra of Jānakī to Bhagavatī Pārvatī, sung by the gopikās on the last day of the Gaurī Mārgaśīra Vrata, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

The stotra of Manasā Devī taught by Nārāyaṇa Muni to Nārada in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, which protects from snake bites and poison.

The stotra to Māyā sung by King Śaśidhvaja of Bhallāṭanagara as he left for the forest, taught to him by Mārkaṇḍeya, in the Kalki Purāṇa.

The stotra that Bhagavān Vishṇu, as Varāha, sang to Bhūdevī after lifting her from the waters of pralaya, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

The Rādhā Kavaca of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa places the names of Rādhā on each limb and in each direction as armour for the reciter.

Uddhava sang this stotra of sixty-four verses to Rādhā in Vṛndāvana to bring her back from her swoon of separation from Bhagavān Kṛshṇa.

The Rādhā Stotra of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa praises Rādhā as the life of Kṛshṇa, as Mūlaprakṛti and Rāseśvarī, and was taught to king Suyajña.

The Sarasvatī Kavaca of the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa places forms of Sarasvatī on each part of the body and in the ten directions as armour.

Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa taught this stotra to Brahmā to praise Durgā by her eight names: Durgā, Śivā, Abhayā, Māyā, Nārāyaṇī, Sanātanī, Jayā and Sarvamaṅgalā.

King Priyavrata's stotra to Shashṭhī Devī (Devasenā), who gave life back to his newborn son, from the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, chapter 43.

Bhagavān Śiva's stotra to Bhagavatī Pārvatī, sung to calm her after she was left out of Bhagavān Kṛshṇa's prasāda, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa.

The Prakṛti Stotra that Bhagavān Nārāyaṇa told Śiva to sing after Satī left her body, in the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Śrī Kṛshṇa Janana Khaṇḍa, chapter 43.

The Śrī Stotra, Indra's hymn to Bhagavatī Lakshmī, taught by Pushkara to Paraśurāma in the Agni Purāṇa, chapter 237, in the Rājadharma section.

The stotra the frightened brāhmaṇas of Dharmāraṇya sang to Śrīmātā while the daitya Karṇāṭaka seized wedding couples, from the Skanda Mahā Purāṇa, chapter 18.

The stotra Maharshi Yājñavalkya sang to Devī Sarasvatī after Bhagavān Sūrya told him to, from the Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakriti Khaṇḍa, chapter 5.