Sri Tripura Sundari Gitam
IAST English
Bhagavati Tripura Sundari - The Supreme Power of Consciousness
Sri Tripura Sundari Gitam – Introduction
Sri Tripura Sundari Gitam is a short and beautiful hymn composed by Kāvyakaṇṭha Vasiṣṭha Śrī Gaṇapati Muni in praise of Śrī Tripura Sundarī, the supreme Divine Mother and the embodiment of beauty, grace, and auspiciousness.
In this hymn, the Goddess is described with exquisite poetic imagery — her dark cloud-like hair, lotus-like face, gentle smile, graceful limbs, and radiant divine form. Yet the hymn is not merely a physical description. Through these images, the poet reveals Tripura Sundarī as the living presence of divine beauty, compassion, and spiritual power.
The final verse identifies her as the beloved life-sovereign of Lord Śiva, the destroyer of Tripura, and prays that Śrī Tripura Sundarī may shine in the heart of the devotee. Thus, this hymn becomes both a poetic vision of the Goddess and an intimate prayer for her inner presence.
॥ kāvyakaṇṭha vāsiṣṭha śrīgaṇapatimuni viracitam śrītripurasundarīgītam ॥
sajalatoyadaśyāmakuntalā |
kundamālayā racitaśekharā ||1||
amṛtabhānunā sarasijena ca |
tulitamānanaṃ mañju bibhratī || 2||
cārunāsikābhūṣaṇatviṣā |
candrikācchayā saha lasat smitā || 3 ||
gaṇḍayugmake nātiśobhinā |
pāṇḍupāṇḍunā''rādhitasmarā ||4||
nīlanīrajacchadavilocanā |
śrīyugopamaśravaṇaśālinī ||5||
darpaṇākṣipadbhālabhāsurā |
laghuviśeṣakaṃ tatra bibhratī || 6 ||
kuṇḍalaprabhāmaṇḍitāṃsakā |
pañcasāyakotsāhavardhinī ||7||
pallavādharā śukladantikā |
phullatāṃ sadā bibhratī mukhe ||8||
cāpasundarārālajhillikā |
alasahāsabhāvijitamallikā ||9||
kambukandharā kanakamālinī |
bisanibhaprabhe bibhratī bhuje || 10 ||
aruṇakañjabhau bibhratī karau |
tuṅgapīvarastanaviśobhinī || 11 ||
siṃhamadhyamā nimnanābhikā |
manmathāyudhadromarājikā || 12 ||
nāganāsikā sundarorukā |
cārujaṅghikā komalāṅghrikā || 13||
sumaśarāhvayabrahmanirmitā |
sālabhañjikā jaṅgamā yathā || 14 ||
sarasijāṭavīmadhyacāriṇīm |
nābhijanmanaścāruhāsinīm || 15 ||
puṣpadhanvinaḥ priyamṛgīdṛśam |
pākaśāsanaprāṇanāyikām || 16 ||
urvaśīmukhaṃ suravadhūjanam |
rūpasampadā jitavatī satī || 17 ||
tripuravairiṇo jīviteśvarī |
tripurasundarī hṛdi cakāstu me || 18 ||
|| iti śrībhagavanmaharṣiramaṇāntevāsino vāsiṣṭhasya narasiṃhasūnorgaṇapateḥ kṛtiḥ śrītripurasundarīgītaṃ samāptam ||