Durga Suktam दुर्गा सूक्त
The Vedic hymn to Durga as the fire-coloured goddess who carries her devotees across every difficulty, built around Rigvedic verses to Agni Jatavedas.
- Deity Durga
- Type Suktam
- Language Sanskrit
- Tradition Vedic
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Mantra 1
जातवेदसे सुनवाम सोममरातीयतो निदहाति वेदः ।jātavedase sunavāma somamarātīyato nidahāti vedaḥ |જાતવેદસે સુનવામ સોમમરાતીયતો નિદહાતિ વેદઃ ।
स नः पर्षदति दुर्गाणि विश्वा नावेव सिन्धुं दुरितात्यग्निः ॥ १॥sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā nāveva sindhuṃ duritātyagniḥ || 1||સ નઃ પર્ષદતિ દુર્ગાણિ વિશ્વા નાવેવ સિન્ધું દુરિતાત્યગ્નિઃ ॥ 1॥
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तामग्निवर्णां तपसा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनीं कर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम् ।tāmagnivarṇāṃ tapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃ karmaphaleṣu juṣṭām |તામગ્નિવર્ણાં તપસા જ્વલન્તીં વૈરોચનીં કર્મફલેષુ જુષ્ટામ્ ।
दुर्गां देवीꣳ शरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतरसि तरसे नमः ॥ २॥durgāṃ devīꣳ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ || 2||દુર્ગાં દેવીꣳ શરણમહં પ્રપદ્યે સુતરસિ તરસે નમઃ ॥ 2॥
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अग्ने त्वं पारया नव्यो अस्मान् स्वस्तिभिरति दुर्गाणि विश्वा ।agne tvaṃ pārayā navyo asmān svastibhirati durgāṇi viśvā |અગ્ને ત્વં પારયા નવ્યો અસ્માન્ સ્વસ્તિભિરતિ દુર્ગાણિ વિશ્વા ।
पूश्च पृथ्वी बहुला न उर्वी भवा तोकाय तनयाय शंयोः ॥ ३॥pūśca pṛthvī bahulā na urvī bhavā tokāya tanayāya śaṃyoḥ || 3||પૂશ્ચ પૃથ્વી બહુલા ન ઉર્વી ભવા તોકાય તનયાય શંયોઃ ॥ 3॥
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विश्वानि नो दुर्गहा जातवेदः सिन्धुं न नावा दुरितातिपर्षि ।viśvāni no durgahā jātavedaḥ sindhuṃ na nāvā duritātiparṣi |વિશ્વાનિ નો દુર્ગહા જાતવેદઃ સિન્ધું ન નાવા દુરિતાતિપર્ષિ ।
अग्ने अत्रिवन्मनसा गृणानोऽस्माकं बोध्यविता तनूनाम् ॥ ४॥agne atrivanmanasā gṛṇāno'smākaṃ bodhyavitā tanūnām || 4||અગ્ને અત્રિવન્મનસા ગૃણાનોઽસ્માકં બોધ્યવિતા તનૂનામ્ ॥ 4॥
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पृतनाजितꣳ सहमानमुग्रमग्निꣳ हुवेम परमात्सधस्थात् ।pṛtanājitaꣳ sahamānamugramagniꣳ huvema paramātsadhasthāt |પૃતનાજિતꣳ સહમાનમુગ્રમગ્નિꣳ હુવેમ પરમાત્સધસ્થાત્ ।
स नः पर्षदति दुर्गाणि विश्वा क्षामद्देवो अति दुरितात्यग्निः ॥ ५॥sa naḥ parṣadati durgāṇi viśvā kṣāmaddevo ati duritātyagniḥ || 5||સ નઃ પર્ષદતિ દુર્ગાણિ વિશ્વા ક્ષામદ્દેવો અતિ દુરિતાત્યગ્નિઃ ॥ 5॥
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प्रत्नोषि कमीड्यो अध्वरेषु सनाच्च होता नव्यश्च सत्सि ।pratnoṣi kamīḍyo adhvareṣu sanācca hotā navyaśca satsi |પ્રત્નોષિ કમીડ્યો અધ્વરેષુ સનાચ્ચ હોતા નવ્યશ્ચ સત્સિ ।
स्वां चाग्ने तनुवं पिप्रयस्वास्मभ्यं च सौभगमायजस्व ॥ ६॥svāṃ cāgne tanuvaṃ piprayasvāsmabhyaṃ ca saubhagamāyajasva || 6||સ્વાં ચાગ્ને તનુવં પિપ્રયસ્વાસ્મભ્યં ચ સૌભગમાયજસ્વ ॥ 6॥
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गोभिर्जुष्टमयुजो निषिक्तं तवेन्द्र विष्णोरनुसञ्चरेम ।gobhirjuṣṭamayujo niṣiktaṃ tavendra viṣṇoranusañcarema |ગોભિર્જુષ્ટમયુજો નિષિક્તં તવેન્દ્ર વિષ્ણોરનુસઞ્ચરેમ ।
नाकस्य पृष्ठमभि संवसानो वैष्णवीं लोक इह मादयन्ताम् ॥ ७॥nākasya pṛṣṭhamabhi saṃvasāno vaiṣṇavīṃ loka iha mādayantām || 7||નાકસ્ય પૃષ્ઠમભિ સંવસાનો વૈષ્ણવીં લોક ઇહ માદયન્તામ્ ॥ 7॥
Share this verseRead in another script: বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: Sanskrit Wikisource "महानारायणोपनिषत्", revision 400459 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=महानारायणोपनिषत्&oldid=400459), the Andhra recension of the Mahanarayana Upanishad (Taittiriya Aranyaka, tenth prapathaka) in 80 anuvakas; anuvaka 2 (द्वितीयोऽनुवाकः), the Durga Suktam, seven mantras; the label दुर्गा सूक्तम् ।, which the edition prints between mantras 1 and 2, and the anuvaka heading (misspelt द्वितीयोऽवानुकः in the running text) are not reproduced as verse text. The page gives the text twice (a running text by anuvaka and a line-broken copy of the same transcription); the running text was used and the line-broken copy checked against it. The edition has no udatta/anudatta marks; it writes the Vedic anusvara sign ꣳ (U+A8F3), which is kept exactly as printed (NFC); nothing was added. Verified on 11 November 2026 against two independent witnesses of the same recension, one of the Atharva recension, and the Rigveda for the four mantras it contains. Witness 2: Mantrapushpam, 4th ed. (Ramakrishna Math; archive.org OCR, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467663), which prints the Durga Suktam twice (p. 37 within the Upanishad, accented, and p. 201 as a separate sukta, Taittiriya Aranyaka 10.2); aligned to the edition lines: copy A 1 identical, 13 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 93.9%; copy B 2 identical, 12 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 95.1% (OCR noise; every reading below was checked in both). Witness 3: Sanskrit Wikisource "ईशादिविंशोत्तरशतोपनिषदः/उपनिषद-११-२०", revision 142388 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%83/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A6%E2%80%8C-%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%A7-%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6&oldid=142388), Atharva recension (khanda 6, verses 2–7): 6 identical, 6 differing, 2 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 83.9%; it lacks mantra 7 (गोभिर्जुष्टम्). Witness 4: GRETIL Rigveda (http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rv_hn01u.htm, http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rv_hn05u.htm, http://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/1_sanskr/1_veda/1_sam/1_rv/rv_hn08u.htm) for mantra 1 = RV 1.99.1, mantra 3 = RV 1.189.2, mantra 4 = RV 5.4.9 and mantra 6 = RV 8.11.10, converted to Devanagari: 5 identical, 3 differing, 6 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 45.7% (mantra 1, 3 identical with the Rigveda; the Aranyaka readings of 4 and 6 are kept, see below). Corrections (3), each a transcription slip in the edition: mantra 4 वावा → नावा (नावा in both Mantrapushpam copies, witness 3 and RV 5.4.9); mantra 5 मुग्नमग्निꣳ → मुग्रमग्निꣳ (Mantrapushpam copy A मुग्रम्; witness 3 अग्निमुग्रं); mantra 5 सधस्तात् → सधस्थात् (both Mantrapushpam copies and witness 3). Edition readings kept where a witness differs: सिन्धुं न नावा (witness 3 सिन्धुर्न; Mantrapushpam and RV agree with the edition); अत्रिवन्मनसा (RV 5.4.9 and witness 3 नमसा; the Aranyaka reading मनसा is in both Mantrapushpam copies); प्रत्नोषि (RV 8.11.10 and witness 3 प्रत्नो हि; Mantrapushpam प्रत्नोषि); तनुवं (RV, witness 3 तन्वं; Mantrapushpam तनुवं); सौभगम् (witness 3 सोभगम्, a slip there); ꣳ in देवीꣳ, पृतनाजितꣳ, अग्निꣳ (witness 3 ं). Rejected change: none other. Verse numbers are the edition's (॥ १॥–॥ ७॥). The Durga Gayatri (कात्यायनाय विद्महे) that recitation books add after mantra 7 is not part of the anuvaka and is not included.
The Roman line is IAST transliteration derived from the Devanagari (ā = long a, ṃ = anusvara, ḥ = visarga, ś/ṣ = sh sounds, c = ch as in “church”). In Hindi, Awadhi and Braj texts the silent final “a” is dropped. Transliteration does not show Vedic accents.
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What is Durga Suktam?
The Vedic hymn to Durga as the fire-coloured goddess who carries her devotees across every difficulty, built around Rigvedic verses to Agni Jatavedas.
Who is Durga Suktam associated with?
Durga Suktam is associated with Durga. The invincible Goddess who defeats Mahishasura; worshipped especially during the two Navratris. The Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati) is her principal text.
What does Durga Suktam mean?
A short paraphrase, not a translation. We press soma for Jatavedas; may he burn away the hostile and carry us across all difficulties as a boat crosses a river. I take refuge in the goddess Durga, fire-coloured, blazing with austerity, daughter of the sun, sought for the fruits of action: carry us well across, salutations. Agni, carry us with blessings beyond all difficulties; may our land be wide and spacious, for the good of our children. Destroyer of distress, carry us past all troubles like a boat across a river; like Atri, Agni, be the protector of our bodies. We call the conquering, o…
What is the source of Durga Suktam?
Mahanarayana Upanishad (Taittiriya Aranyaka, tenth prapathaka) — Anuvaka 2 of the Andhra recension (Taittiriya Aranyaka 10.2); mantra 1 = Rigveda 1.99.1. Tradition: Vedic.
Are there different versions of Durga Suktam?
Mantras 1, 3, 4 and 6 are Rigvedic (1.99.1, 1.189.2, 5.4.9, 8.11.10); the Taittiriya Aranyaka reads मनसा, प्रत्नोषि and तनुवं where the Rigveda has नमसा, प्रत्नो हि and तन्वम्, and this version keeps the Aranyaka readings. The Atharva recension printed in the 108-Upanishad collections has six mantras (without गोभिर्जुष्टम्) and reads सिन्धुर्न नावा. Recitation books add the Durga Gayatri (कात्यायनाय विद्महे) after the sukta; it is not part of the anuvaka. This version follows the edition named in the notes.