लक्ष्म्यष्टोत्तरशतनामस्तोत्रम्

About this stotra

The 108 names of Lakṣmī, opening with prakṛtiṃ vikṛtiṃ vidyām: She is both Nature and all its forms. She is Padmā, the lotus-dweller, born of the Ocean of Milk and sister of the moon, who dwells on Viṣṇu’s chest and destroys poverty.

The phala-śruti calls it the dāridrya-mocana, the hymn that frees one from poverty:

• One who chants it three times a day for six months with the senses controlled destroys poverty and gains everything without effort.
• Among the Devī’s thousands of names these 108 are especially holy: by them even one poor for a crore of births gains prosperity.
• Read a hundred times on Fridays for a year, it brings the eight kinds of wealth, like Kubera’s on earth.
• Having enjoyed abundant blessings, one finally attains union with Her. Read every morning, meditating on Her adorned with every ornament, it quiets all sorrow.