Shri Suktam श्री सूक्त
The Vedic hymn to Shri (Lakshmi), asking Agni Jatavedas to bring the golden, radiant goddess of fortune and to drive away Alakshmi, poverty and want.
- Deity Lakshmi
- Type Suktam
- Language Sanskrit
- Tradition Vedic
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Mantra 1
हिरण्यवर्णां हरिणीं सुवर्णरजतस्रजाम् ।hiraṇyavarṇāṃ hariṇīṃ suvarṇarajatasrajām |ഹിരണ്യവര്ണാം ഹരിണീം സുവര്ണരജതസ്രജാമ് ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१॥candrāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||1||ചന്ദ്രാം ഹിരണ്മയീം ലക്ഷ്മീം ജാതവേദോ മ ആവഹ ॥1॥
Mantra 2
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।tāṃ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīmanapagāminīm |താം മ ആവഹ ജാതവേദോ ലക്ഷ്മീമനപഗാമിനീമ് ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं विन्देयं गामश्वं पुरुषानहम् ॥२॥yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ vindeyaṃ gāmaśvaṃ puruṣānaham ||2||യസ്യാം ഹിരണ്യം വിന്ദേയം ഗാമശ്വം പുരുഷാനഹമ് ॥2॥
Mantra 3
अश्वपूर्वां रथमध्यां हस्तिनादप्रबोधिनीम् ।aśvapūrvāṃ rathamadhyāṃ hastinādaprabodhinīm |അശ്വപൂര്വാം രഥമധ്യാം ഹസ്തിനാദപ്രബോധിനീമ് ।
श्रियं देवीमुपह्वये श्रीर्मा देवी जुषताम् ॥३॥śriyaṃ devīmupahvaye śrīrmā devī juṣatām ||3||ശ്രിയം ദേവീമുപഹ്വയേ ശ്രീര്മാ ദേവീ ജുഷതാമ് ॥3॥
Mantra 4
कांसोस्मितां हिरण्यप्राकारामार्द्रां ज्वलन्तीं तृप्तांतर्पयन्तीम् ।kāṃsosmitāṃ hiraṇyaprākārāmārdrāṃ jvalantīṃ tṛptāṃtarpayantīm |കാംസോസ്മിതാം ഹിരണ്യപ്രാകാരാമാര്ദ്രാം ജ്വലന്തീം തൃപ്താംതര്പയന്തീമ് ।
पद्मे स्थितां पद्मवर्णां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥४॥padme sthitāṃ padmavarṇāṃ tāmihopahvaye śriyam ||4||പദ്മേ സ്ഥിതാം പദ്മവര്ണാം താമിഹോപഹ്വയേ ശ്രിയമ് ॥4॥
Mantra 5
चन्द्रां प्रभासां यशसा ज्वलन्तीं श्रियं लोके देवजुष्टामुदाराम् ।candrāṃ prabhāsāṃ yaśasā jvalantīṃ śriyaṃ loke devajuṣṭāmudārām |ചന്ദ്രാം പ്രഭാസാം യശസാ ജ്വലന്തീം ശ്രിയം ലോകേ ദേവജുഷ്ടാമുദാരാമ് ।
तां पद्मिनीमीं शरणमहं प्रपद्येऽलक्ष्मीर्मे नश्यतां त्वां वृणे ॥५॥tāṃ padminīmīṃ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye'lakṣmīrme naśyatāṃ tvāṃ vṛṇe ||5||താം പദ്മിനീമീം ശരണമഹം പ്രപദ്യേഽലക്ഷ്മീര്മേ നശ്യതാം ത്വാം വൃണേ ॥5॥
Mantra 6
आदित्यवर्णे तपसोऽधिजातो वनस्पतिस्तव वृक्षोऽथ बिल्वः ।ādityavarṇe tapaso'dhijāto vanaspatistava vṛkṣo'tha bilvaḥ |ആദിത്യവര്ണേ തപസോഽധിജാതോ വനസ്പതിസ്തവ വൃക്ഷോഽഥ ബില്വഃ ।
तस्य फलानि तपसा नुदन्तु मायान्तरायाश्च बाह्या अलक्ष्मीः ॥६॥tasya phalāni tapasā nudantu māyāntarāyāśca bāhyā alakṣmīḥ ||6||തസ്യ ഫലാനി തപസാ നുദന്തു മായാന്തരായാശ്ച ബാഹ്യാ അലക്ഷ്മീഃ ॥6॥
Mantra 7
उपैतु मां देवसखः कीर्तिश्च मणिना सह ।upaitu māṃ devasakhaḥ kīrtiśca maṇinā saha |ഉപൈതു മാം ദേവസഖഃ കീര്തിശ്ച മണിനാ സഹ ।
प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि राष्ट्रेऽस्मिन् कीर्तिमृद्धिं ददातु मे ॥७॥prādurbhūto'smi rāṣṭre'smin kīrtimṛddhiṃ dadātu me ||7||പ്രാദുര്ഭൂതോഽസ്മി രാഷ്ട്രേഽസ്മിന് കീര്തിമൃദ്ധിം ദദാതു മേ ॥7॥
Mantra 8
क्षुत्पिपासामलां ज्येष्ठामलक्ष्मीं नाशयाम्यहम् ।kṣutpipāsāmalāṃ jyeṣṭhāmalakṣmīṃ nāśayāmyaham |ക്ഷുത്പിപാസാമലാം ജ്യേഷ്ഠാമലക്ഷ്മീം നാശയാമ്യഹമ് ।
अभूतिमसमृद्धिं च सर्वान् निर्णुद मे गृहात् ॥८॥abhūtimasamṛddhiṃ ca sarvān nirṇuda me gṛhāt ||8||അഭൂതിമസമൃദ്ധിം ച സര്വാന് നിര്ണുദ മേ ഗൃഹാത് ॥8॥
Mantra 9
गन्धद्वारां दुराधर्षां नित्यपुष्टां करीषिणीम् ।gandhadvārāṃ durādharṣāṃ nityapuṣṭāṃ karīṣiṇīm |ഗന്ധദ്വാരാം ദുരാധര്ഷാം നിത്യപുഷ്ടാം കരീഷിണീമ് ।
ईश्वरीं सर्वभूतानां तामिहोपह्वये श्रियम् ॥९॥īśvarīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tāmihopahvaye śriyam ||9||ഈശ്വരീം സര്വഭൂതാനാം താമിഹോപഹ്വയേ ശ്രിയമ് ॥9॥
Mantra 10
मनसः काममाकूतिं वाचः सत्यमशीमहि ।manasaḥ kāmamākūtiṃ vācaḥ satyamaśīmahi |മനസഃ കാമമാകൂതിം വാചഃ സത്യമശീമഹി ।
पशूनां रूपमन्नस्य मयि श्रीः श्रयतां यशः ॥१०॥paśūnāṃ rūpamannasya mayi śrīḥ śrayatāṃ yaśaḥ ||10||പശൂനാം രൂപമന്നസ്യ മയി ശ്രീഃ ശ്രയതാം യശഃ ॥10॥
Mantra 11
कर्दमेन प्रजा भूता मयि सम्भव कर्दम ।kardamena prajā bhūtā mayi sambhava kardama |കര്ദമേന പ്രജാ ഭൂതാ മയി സമ്ഭവ കര്ദമ ।
श्रियं वासय मे कुले मातरं पद्ममालिनीम् ॥११॥śriyaṃ vāsaya me kule mātaraṃ padmamālinīm ||11||ശ്രിയം വാസയ മേ കുലേ മാതരം പദ്മമാലിനീമ് ॥11॥
Mantra 12
आपः सृजन्तु स्निग्धानि चिक्लीत वस मे गृहे ।āpaḥ sṛjantu snigdhāni ciklīta vasa me gṛhe |ആപഃ സൃജന്തു സ്നിഗ്ധാനി ചിക്ലീത വസ മേ ഗൃഹേ ।
नि च देवीं मातरं श्रियं वासय मे कुले ॥१२॥ni ca devīṃ mātaraṃ śriyaṃ vāsaya me kule ||12||നി ച ദേവീം മാതരം ശ്രിയം വാസയ മേ കുലേ ॥12॥
Mantra 13
आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं पुष्टिं पिङ्गलां पद्ममालिनीम् ।ārdrāṃ puṣkariṇīṃ puṣṭiṃ piṅgalāṃ padmamālinīm |ആര്ദ്രാം പുഷ്കരിണീം പുഷ്ടിം പിങ്ഗലാം പദ്മമാലിനീമ് ।
चन्द्रां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१३॥candrāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||13||ചന്ദ്രാം ഹിരണ്മയീം ലക്ഷ്മീം ജാതവേദോ മ ആവഹ ॥13॥
Mantra 14
आर्द्रां यः करिणीं यष्टिं सुवर्णां हेममालिनीम् ।ārdrāṃ yaḥ kariṇīṃ yaṣṭiṃ suvarṇāṃ hemamālinīm |ആര്ദ്രാം യഃ കരിണീം യഷ്ടിം സുവര്ണാം ഹേമമാലിനീമ് ।
सूर्यां हिरण्मयीं लक्ष्मीं जातवेदो म आवह ॥१४॥sūryāṃ hiraṇmayīṃ lakṣmīṃ jātavedo ma āvaha ||14||സൂര്യാം ഹിരണ്മയീം ലക്ഷ്മീം ജാതവേദോ മ ആവഹ ॥14॥
Mantra 15
तां म आवह जातवेदो लक्ष्मीमनपगामिनीम् ।tāṃ ma āvaha jātavedo lakṣmīmanapagāminīm |താം മ ആവഹ ജാതവേദോ ലക്ഷ്മീമനപഗാമിനീമ് ।
यस्यां हिरण्यं प्रभूतं गावो दास्योऽश्वान् विन्देयं पुरुषानहम् ॥१५॥yasyāṃ hiraṇyaṃ prabhūtaṃ gāvo dāsyo'śvān vindeyaṃ puruṣānaham ||15||യസ്യാം ഹിരണ്യം പ്രഭൂതം ഗാവോ ദാസ്യോഽശ്വാന് വിന്ദേയം പുരുഷാനഹമ് ॥15॥
Phala-shruti 16
यः शुचिः प्रयतो भूत्वा जुहुयादाज्यमन्वहम् ।yaḥ śuciḥ prayato bhūtvā juhuyādājyamanvaham |യഃ ശുചിഃ പ്രയതോ ഭൂത്വാ ജുഹുയാദാജ്യമന്വഹമ് ।
सूक्तं पञ्चदशर्चं च श्रीकामः सततं जपेत् ॥१६॥sūktaṃ pañcadaśarcaṃ ca śrīkāmaḥ satataṃ japet ||16||സൂക്തം പഞ്ചദശര്ചം ച ശ്രീകാമഃ സതതം ജപേത് ॥16॥
Phala-shruti 17
पद्मानने पद्म-ऊरु पद्माक्षि पद्मसम्भवे ।padmānane padma-ūru padmākṣi padmasambhave |പദ്മാനനേ പദ്മ-ഊരു പദ്മാക്ഷി പദ്മസമ്ഭവേ ।
त्वं मां भजस्व पद्माक्षि येन सौख्यं लभाम्यहम् ॥१७॥tvaṃ māṃ bhajasva padmākṣi yena saukhyaṃ labhāmyaham ||17||ത്വം മാം ഭജസ്വ പദ്മാക്ഷി യേന സൌഖ്യം ലഭാമ്യഹമ് ॥17॥
Phala-shruti 18
अश्वदायि गोदायि धनदायि महाधने ।aśvadāyi godāyi dhanadāyi mahādhane |അശ്വദായി ഗോദായി ധനദായി മഹാധനേ ।
धनं मे जुषतां देवि सर्वकामांश्च देहि मे ॥१८॥dhanaṃ me juṣatāṃ devi sarvakāmāṃśca dehi me ||18||ധനം മേ ജുഷതാം ദേവി സര്വകാമാംശ്ച ദേഹി മേ ॥18॥
Phala-shruti 19
पुत्रपौत्र धनं धान्यं हस्त्यश्वादिगवे रथम् ।putrapautra dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ hastyaśvādigave ratham |പുത്രപൌത്ര ധനം ധാന്യം ഹസ്ത്യശ്വാദിഗവേ രഥമ് ।
प्रजानां भवसि माता आयुष्मन्तं करोतु माम् ॥१९॥prajānāṃ bhavasi mātā āyuṣmantaṃ karotu mām ||19||പ്രജാനാം ഭവസി മാതാ ആയുഷ്മന്തം കരോതു മാമ് ॥19॥
Phala-shruti 20
धनमग्निर्धनं वायुर्धनं सूर्यो धनं वसुः ।dhanamagnirdhanaṃ vāyurdhanaṃ sūryo dhanaṃ vasuḥ |ധനമഗ്നിര്ധനം വായുര്ധനം സൂര്യോ ധനം വസുഃ ।
धनमिन्द्रो बृहस्पतिर्वरुणं धनमश्नुते ॥२०॥dhanamindro bṛhaspatirvaruṇaṃ dhanamaśnute ||20||ധനമിന്ദ്രോ ബൃഹസ്പതിര്വരുണം ധനമശ്നുതേ ॥20॥
Phala-shruti 21
वैनतेय सोमं पिब सोमं पिबतु वृत्रहा ।vainateya somaṃ piba somaṃ pibatu vṛtrahā |വൈനതേയ സോമം പിബ സോമം പിബതു വൃത്രഹാ ।
सोमं धनस्य सोमिनो मह्यं ददातु सोमिनः ॥२१॥somaṃ dhanasya somino mahyaṃ dadātu sominaḥ ||21||സോമം ധനസ്യ സോമിനോ മഹ്യം ദദാതു സോമിനഃ ॥21॥
Phala-shruti 22
न क्रोधो न च मात्सर्यं न लोभो नाशुभा मतिः ।na krodho na ca mātsaryaṃ na lobho nāśubhā matiḥ |ന ക്രോധോ ന ച മാത്സര്യം ന ലോഭോ നാശുഭാ മതിഃ ।
भवन्ति कृतपुण्यानां भक्तानां श्रीसूक्तं जपेत्सदा ॥२२॥bhavanti kṛtapuṇyānāṃ bhaktānāṃ śrīsūktaṃ japetsadā ||22||ഭവന്തി കൃതപുണ്യാനാം ഭക്താനാം ശ്രീസൂക്തം ജപേത്സദാ ॥22॥
Phala-shruti 32
सरसिजनिलये सरोजहस्ते धवलतरांशुक गन्धमाल्यशोभे।sarasijanilaye sarojahaste dhavalatarāṃśuka gandhamālyaśobhe|സരസിജനിലയേ സരോജഹസ്തേ ധവലതരാംശുക ഗന്ധമാല്യശോഭേ।
भगवति हरिवल्लभे मनोज्ञे त्रिभुवनभूतिकरि प्रसीद मह्यम् ॥३२॥bhagavati harivallabhe manojñe tribhuvanabhūtikari prasīda mahyam ||32||ഭഗവതി ഹരിവല്ലഭേ മനോജ്ഞേ ത്രിഭുവനഭൂതികരി പ്രസീദ മഹ്യമ് ॥32॥
Phala-shruti 33
विष्णुपत्नीं क्षमां देवीं माधवीं माधवप्रियाम् ।viṣṇupatnīṃ kṣamāṃ devīṃ mādhavīṃ mādhavapriyām |വിഷ്ണുപത്നീം ക്ഷമാം ദേവീം മാധവീം മാധവപ്രിയാമ് ।
विष्णोः प्रियसखीं देवीं नमाम्यच्युतवल्लभाम् ॥३३॥viṣṇoḥ priyasakhīṃ devīṃ namāmyacyutavallabhām ||33||വിഷ്ണോഃ പ്രിയസഖീം ദേവീം നമാമ്യച്യുതവല്ലഭാമ് ॥33॥
Phala-shruti 34
महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च धीमहि ।mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe viṣṇupatnyai ca dhīmahi |മഹാലക്ഷ്മ്യൈ ച വിദ്മഹേ വിഷ്ണുപത്ന്യൈ ച ധീമഹി ।
तन्नो लक्ष्मीः प्रचोदयात् ॥३४॥tanno lakṣmīḥ pracodayāt ||34||തന്നോ ലക്ഷ്മീഃ പ്രചോദയാത് ॥34॥
Phala-shruti 35
श्रीवर्चस्यमायुष्यमारोग्यमाविधात् पवमानं महीयते ।śrīvarcasyamāyuṣyamārogyamāvidhāt pavamānaṃ mahīyate |ശ്രീവര്ചസ്യമായുഷ്യമാരോഗ്യമാവിധാത് പവമാനം മഹീയതേ ।
धनं धान्यं पशुं बहुपुत्रलाभं शतसंवत्सरं दीर्घमायुः ॥३५॥dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ paśuṃ bahuputralābhaṃ śatasaṃvatsaraṃ dīrghamāyuḥ ||35||ധനം ധാന്യം പശും ബഹുപുത്രലാഭം ശതസംവത്സരം ദീര്ഘമായുഃ ॥35॥
Read in another script: ગુજરાતી বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు ಕನ್ನಡ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · letter-for-letter from the Devanagari text, approximate
Text: Sanskrit Wikisource "श्रीसूक्तम्", revision 287919 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्रीसूक्तम्&oldid=287919). That page prints two texts; the second, headed अन्यः पाठः (36 numbered verses), is the edition used here because the first (27 verses) is a careless transcription with slips in most verses (हिरण्यवर्णाम, आद्रां, प्रादुर्भुतो सुराष्ट्रे, जेष्ठां, ईश्वरिं, सिग्धानि, जुहुयाादाज्यम्, श्रेयतां …); compared with the edition it gives 15 identical, 17 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 96.8%. Verses 1–15 are the Rigveda khila (the fifteen-rik sukta named in its own verse 16, सूक्तं पञ्चदशर्चं); verse 16 (यः शुचिः) is the phala-shruti. The edition has no svara marks and none were added. Verified on 11 November 2026 against two independent witnesses. Witness 2: Sanskrit Wikisource "श्री सूक्तम्", revision 33113 (https://sa.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=श्री_सूक्तम्&oldid=33113), a Marathi-style transcription with sandhi split and anusvara for class nasals, compared with cmp.py --loose: 8 identical, 24 differing, 0 only in edition, 21 only in witness; letter agreement 82.3% (it writes half-verses as lines and reverses verses 13–14; substantive readings agree except as listed). Witness 3: GRETIL Ṛgvedakhilāni (Scheftelowitz 1906, khila 2.6, https://gretil.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gretil/corpustei/transformations/plaintext/sa_RgvedakhilAni.txt), IAST converted to Devanagari: 10 identical, 22 differing, 0 only in edition, 27 only in witness; letter agreement 91.3%; Scheftelowitz's khila has 29 verses with different extra verses and several older readings (मम आवह, प्रमोदिनीम्, कांस्यस्मि, प्रवाराम्, पद्मनेमिं … वृणोमि, कीर्तिं वृद्धिं, आप स्रवन्तु, चिक्लीता, पक्वां पुष्करिणीं पुष्टां, दास्यो विन्देयं without अश्वान्), which are genuine variants and were not adopted. Witness 4 (check only): OCR of Mantrapushpam, 4th ed. (Ramakrishna Math; https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467663), accented print, aligned to the edition lines: 4 identical, 28 differing, 0 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 92.7% (differences are OCR noise and accent marks). Correction (1): verse 9 दुराधर्षान् → दुराधर्षां, a transcription slip in the edition; दुराधर्षां is read by witness 2, GRETIL, the page's first text and the Mantrapushpam print. Edition readings kept where a witness differs: प्रादुर्भूतोऽस्मि राष्ट्रेऽस्मिन् (witness 2 प्रादुर्भूतः सुराष्ट्रे; GRETIL and Mantrapushpam agree with the edition); सर्वान् निर्णुद (witness 2 सर्वां; GRETIL सर्वान्); चिक्लीत (witness 2 चिल्कीत, a slip); आपः सृजन्तु (GRETIL आप स्रवन्तु); order of verses 13 (आर्द्रां पुष्करिणीं … चन्द्रां) and 14 (आर्द्रां यः करिणीं … सूर्यां), which witness 2 reverses (Mantrapushpam and the page's first text have the edition's order); हिरण्मयीं in 13 (witness 2 हिरण्यमयीं). Appendix: of the edition's twenty further verses (17–36) only those also carried by witness 2 and by the page's first text are appended, labelled phalashruti and keeping the edition's numbers: 17 पद्मानने, 18 अश्वदायि, 19 पुत्रपौत्र, 20 धनमग्निः, 21 वैनतेय, 22 न क्रोधो, 32 सरसिजनिलये, 33 विष्णुपत्नीं, 34 महालक्ष्म्यै, 35 श्रीवर्चस्यम् (against witness 2: 5 identical, 14 differing, 1 only in edition, 0 only in witness; letter agreement 80.2%; all ten are also in GRETIL and in Mantrapushpam). Their readings differ between witnesses and the edition's were kept: त्वं मां भजस्व (33113 and GRETIL तन्मे भजसि; Mantrapushpam agrees with the edition), अश्वदायि गोदायि धनदायि … जुषतां (33113 अश्वदायै … लभतां), करोतु माम् (33113, GRETIL मे), वरुणं धनमश्नुते (33113 वरुणो धनमश्विना; GRETIL धनमुत्सृजे; Mantrapushpam धनमश्नु ते), जपेत्सदा (33113, GRETIL जपेत्), विष्णोः प्रियसखीं (33113, GRETIL लक्ष्मीं प्रियसखीं), महालक्ष्म्यै च विद्महे विष्णुपत्न्यै च (all other witnesses महालक्ष्मी च विद्महे विष्णुपत्नी च; the edition's dative forms are a minority reading and are flagged for review), श्रीवर्चस्यम् … पवमानं … धनं धान्यं (33113 and GRETIL श्रीवर्चस्वम् … शोभमानं/शुभमानं … धान्यं धनं; Mantrapushpam agrees with the edition). Not appended, because witness 2 lacks them: वर्षन्तु ते (23), पद्मप्रिये पद्मिनि (24; witness 2 has a differently worded verse पद्मानने पद्मविपद्मपत्रे and the edition brackets विश्व (विष्णु)), या सा पद्मासनस्था (25), लक्ष्मीर्दिव्यैः (26), लक्ष्मीं क्षीरसमुद्र (27), श्रीमन्मन्द (28), सिद्धलक्ष्मीः (29), वरांकुशौ (30), सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये (31), ऋणरोगादि (36).
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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Questions
What is Shri Suktam?
The Vedic hymn to Shri (Lakshmi), asking Agni Jatavedas to bring the golden, radiant goddess of fortune and to drive away Alakshmi, poverty and want.
Who is Shri Suktam associated with?
Shri Suktam is associated with Lakshmi. Goddess of prosperity, well-being and auspiciousness, consort of Vishnu; worshipped especially on Diwali and on Fridays.
What does Shri Suktam mean?
A short paraphrase, not a translation. Jatavedas (Agni) is asked to bring Lakshmi, golden-hued, garlanded with gold and silver, moon-like, never departing, in whom one finds gold, cattle, horses and people. She is invoked as the one heralded by elephants and chariots, seated on the lotus, lotus-coloured, smiling, satisfying all; the speaker takes refuge in her so that Alakshmi may perish. The bilva tree born of her austerity is asked to remove inner and outer misfortune; hunger, thirst and the elder sister Alakshmi are driven from the house; fragrance-doored, unassailable, ever-nourishing S…
What is the source of Shri Suktam?
Rigveda (Shakala recension) — Rigveda khila (appendix) recited after 5.87. Tradition: Vedic.
Are there different versions of Shri Suktam?
The Rigveda khila has fifteen verses; the sixteenth (यः शुचिः) is the phala-shruti, and recited forms add from a few to twenty further verses (पद्मानने, अश्वदायि, धनमग्निः, वैनतेय, न क्रोधो, सरसिजनिलये, विष्णुपत्नीं, the Lakshmi Gayatri, श्रीवर्चस्यम्, and in southern books या सा पद्मासनस्था, लक्ष्मीं क्षीरसमुद्र, सिद्धलक्ष्मीः, वरांकुशौ, सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये, ऋणरोगादि). Only the appendix verses carried by both Wikisource transcriptions are given here, with the edition's numbering. The order of verses 13 and 14 and small readings (म आवह / मम आवह, प्रबोधिनीम् / प्रमोदिनीम्, राष्ट्रे / सुराष्ट्रे, कुले / गृहे, महालक्ष्म्यै / महालक्ष्मी) differ between editions; this version follows the edition named in the notes.