Kavyakantha Sri Ganapati Muni's
Uma Satakam
Saptamaṃ Daśakam - Madālasāvṛttam
Uma Satakam – A Brief Introduction
Uma Satakam is a profound hymn of one hundred verses composed by Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭha Śrī Gaṇapati Muni in praise of Divine Mother Umā, the supreme Śakti and consort of Lord Śiva. In this stotram, Umā is adored not only as the compassionate Mother of the universe, but also as the inner power of consciousness, the source of wisdom, purity, protection, and liberation.
The hymn presents Umā in many divine forms — as Pārvatī, Gaurī, Caṇḍī, Kālikā, Ambikā, Renukā, and the Mother of Gaṇapati and Skanda. She is worshipped as the one who dwells in Kailāsa, Arunachala, Kāśī, the heart-lotus of the sādhaka, and the subtle spiritual centres within the body. Thus, the stotram beautifully unites devotion, mantra-śāstra, yoga, tantra, and Vedantic insight.
A central theme of Uma Satakam is the Mother’s grace that destroys sins, removes inner impurities, steadies the restless mind, and leads the devotee across the ocean of saṃsāra. The poet repeatedly confesses human weakness — desire, anger, greed, delusion, ego, and instability of mind — and prays for the compassionate glance of the Goddess as the true medicine for worldly suffering.
The hymn also glorifies the sacred feet of Umā as the supreme refuge. Even a moment of meditation upon Her feet is described as greater than worldly wealth, poetic skill, or heavenly attainments. For the sincere devotee, Her grace becomes the path, the protection, the purification, and the final goal.
The importance of Uma Satakam lies in its rare blend of poetic beauty and spiritual depth. It is both a devotional prayer and an inner sādhana-text. It guides the seeker from external worship to inner contemplation, from emotional surrender to yogic awakening, and from the burden of karma to the freedom of divine grace.
Reciting or contemplating Uma Satakam with devotion is believed to bring purity of mind, removal of obstacles, protection from suffering, steadiness in spiritual practice, awakening of devotion, and the blessing of the Divine Mother’s compassionate glance. Above all, it helps the sādhaka surrender to Umā as the supreme Mother who alone can transform weakness into strength, restlessness into meditation, and bondage into liberation.
॥ Kāvyakaṇṭha Vāsiṣṭha Śrīgaṇapatimuni viracitam Umāśatakam ॥
Saptamaṃ Daśakam - Madālasāvṛttam
jambhārimukhyasurasambhāvitā bahuladambhātmanām asulabhā pumbhāvadṛptasaniśumbhādibandhugaṇaśumbhāsurendradamanī ।
kumbhāpahāsikucakumbhānaghorujitarambhā’nuraktahṛdayā
śambhāvibhendramukhaḍimbhā karotu tava śaṃ bhāminīmaṇir umā ।। 61।।
tārāvalītulitahārāliśobhikucabhārā’lasālasagatiḥ
dhārādharābhakacabhārā suparvaripuvīrābhimānaśamanī ।
nīrāṭaketuśaradhārābhadṛṣṭir atidhīrā dharādharasutā
vārāṇasīvasati vārāśitūṇaratir ārādhyatām ayi sakhe ।। 62।।
khyātā munīndrajanagītā mayūrahayapotā’ticitracaritā
śītācalādhipatijātā prabhātayamatātāviśeṣacaraṇā ।
pūtā pinākadharapītādharā tridivapātālabhūtalajuṣāṃ
sā tāpajātam avigītā’khilaṃ haratu mātā kaṭākṣakalayā ।। 63 ।।
khaṇḍāmṛtadyutiśikhaṇḍā mahogratarabhaṇḍādidaityadamanī
caṇḍā’nalāḍhyakulakuṇḍālayā vihitadaṇḍā khalāya bhuvane ।
śuṇḍālabhūmipatituṇḍādhibhūtataruṣaṇḍā calāṇḍaghaṭamṛt-
piṇḍāyitā sakalapiṇḍāntarasthamaṇibhāṇḍāyitā’stu śaraṇam ।। 64 ।।
rākāsudhākarasamākārahāsadhutabhīkā bhavābdhitaraṇe
naukā kaṭākṣadhutaśokā mahāmahimapākāriṇā’pi vinutā ।
ekāmbikā sakalalokāvaler acalatokāyitākhilaghana-
śrīkānatasya mama sā kālikā kamalanīkāśadṛk diśatu śam ।। 65।।
nīlālakā madhuraśīlā vidhūtaripujālā vilāsavasatiḥ
lolā dṛśoḥ kanakamālāvatī vibudhalīlāvatīparivṛtā ।
kīlālajāptamukhahelā jitāmṛtakarelātale nivasatāṃ
śālā-rucām ajinacelā’balā kapaṭakolānujā diśatu śam ।। 66 ।।
avyād udāratarapavyāyudhaprabhṛtihavyāśikīrtitaguṇā gavyājyasammilitakavyāśilokanutabhavyā’tipāvanakathā ।
śravyā sadā vividhanavyāvatāravarakavyārabhaṭyabhiratā divyākṛtis taruṇaravyābhapādakhilam avyātmajā tava kulam ।। 67 ।।
doṣākarārbhakavibhūṣā kaṭākṣadhutadoṣā nirantaramanas-
toṣā parā kaluṣikāṣāyadhāriyativeṣā’navāpyacaraṇā ।
bhāṣāvadhūdayitaśeṣāhiśāyivinutaiṣā viṣādaśamanī
poṣāya pāpatatiśoṣāya cāstu kulayōṣā bhavasya bhavatām ।। 68 ।।
vandārusādhujanamandāravallir aravindābhadīrghanayanā
kundālikalparadabṛndā padābjanatabṛndārakenduvadanā ।
mandā gatāv alam amandā matau jitamukundāsurapraśamanī
nandātmajā diśatu śaṃ dāruṇāghatatibhindānanāmanivahā ।। 69।।
śyāmā kadambavanadhāmā bhavārtiharanāmā namajjanahitā
bhīmā raṇeṣu surabhāmāvataṃsasumadāmānuvāsitapadā ।
kāmāhitasya kṛtakāmā kilālam abhirāmā ramālayamukhī
kṣemāya te bhavatu vāmā kadambakalalāmāyitā bhagavatī ।। 70 ।।