Aparadha Kshamapana Stotram
The Aparadhakshamapana Stotram is a prayer seeking forgiveness for any mistakes made during the recitation of Devi Mahatmya — be it in pronunciation, meter, tone, or mental focus. It humbly asks the Divine Mother to overlook such faults and shower her grace so the fruits of the recitation remain intact.
ॐ अपराधशतं कृत्वा जगदम्बेति चोच्चरेत् ।
यां गतिं समवाप्नोति न तां ब्रह्मादयः सुराः ॥ १॥
One who has committed a hundred faults but simply utters ‘Jagadambe’ —
reaches a state so divine, even Brahma and other gods can’t touch it.
Such is her compassion —
that one cry of surrender melts lifetimes of sin.
सापराधोऽस्मि शरणं प्राप्तस्त्वां जगदम्बिके ।
इदानीमनुकम्प्योऽहं यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु ॥ २॥
I am full of faults, O Jagadambika.
Yet I’ve come to your feet — helpless, open, surrendered.
Do with me as you will —
I am yours now.
अज्ञानाद्विस्मृतेर्भ्रान्त्या यन्न्यूनमधिकं कृतम् ।
तत्सर्वं क्षम्यतां देवि प्रसीद परमेश्वरि ॥ ३॥
Whatever I’ve done —
out of ignorance, forgetfulness, or delusion —
too little, too much, or just wrong —
forgive it all, O Devi.
Shine your grace, O Supreme Mother.
कामेश्वरि जगन्मातः सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहे ।
गृहाणार्चामिमां प्रीत्या प्रसीद परमेश्वरि ॥ ४॥
O Kameshwari, O Mother of the cosmos,
your very form is truth, consciousness, and bliss.
Accept this worship — not for show,
but with love — because I have nothing else to give.
सर्वरूपमयी देवी सर्वं देवीमयं जगत् ।
अतोऽहं विश्वरूपां त्वां नमामि परमेश्वरीम् ॥ ५॥
You are in every form, O Devi.
This whole world — it’s soaked in your presence.
So I bow to you — the all-formed,
the formless, the Supreme.
यदक्षरं परिभ्रष्टं मात्राहीनञ्च यद्भवेत् ।
पूर्णं भवतु तत् सर्वं त्वत्प्रसादान्महेश्वरि ॥ ६॥
If I messed up a syllable...
If I dropped a vowel, skipped a sound —
please, O Maheshwari, complete it with your grace.
Let your mercy fix what my tongue failed to.
यदत्र पाठे जगदम्बिके मया
विसर्गबिन्द्वक्षरहीनमीरितम् ।
तदस्तु सम्पूर्णतमं प्रसादतः
सङ्कल्पसिद्धिश्च सदैव जायताम् ॥ ७॥
O Jagadambike, if this recitation missed any dots, breaths, or letters —
let it still be whole, by your grace.
And may every good intent behind it
bear fruit without fail — only through your blessing.
यन्मात्राबिन्दुबिन्दुद्वितयपदपदद्वन्द्ववर्णादिहीनं
भक्त्याभक्त्यानुपूर्वं प्रसभकृतिवशात् व्यक्तमव्यक्तमम्ब ।
मोहादज्ञानतो वा पठितमपठितं साम्प्रतं ते स्तवेऽस्मिन्
तत् सर्वं साङ्गमास्तां भगवति वरदे त्वत्प्रसादात् प्रसीद ॥ ८॥
Whether I chanted this with right letters or not,
with devotion or without —
out of care or out of confusion —
whatever was said, unsaid, misread —
let all of it become whole, flawless, complete,
just because you will it so, O Varada.
प्रसीद भगवत्यम्ब प्रसीद भक्तवत्सले ।
प्रसादं कुरु मे देवि दुर्गे देवि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ९॥
Be kind, O Divine Mother.
Be kind, O beloved of your devotees.
Give me your grace, O Durga.
Again and again, I bow to you.
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