New Delhi. Friday is considered the best day to worship Goddess Lakshmi. Many devotees also observe fast for Lakshmi ji on this day. In such a situation, you can recite Shri Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanam Stotra during Friday worship. By doing this, you can get double the benefits of worship.

Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Shatanam Stotra

The goddess said

God, God! Mahadev! Trikalajnya! Maheshwar!

O, merciful God! Bhaktanugrahakarak! ॥

I really want to hear about the 180th story of Lakshmi.

God said

Goddess! Well, most fortunate, it bestows great fortune.

It is pious and bestows all opulence and destroys all sins.

It relieves all poverty and gives enjoyment and liberation by hearing it.

It is divine and beyond the mystery of the king.

It is rarely found among all the demigods, and it is the abode of sixty-four arts.

It is the ever-giving source of all the best treasures, such as lotuses.

O Lord, it is to be worshipped by all, and it gives the eight perfections, beginning with the aṇimā.

O goddess, what is the use of so much explanation that is so direct?

Today I shall speak to you with great pleasure. Please listen with concentrated attention.

The deity of this 180th verse is Mahalakshmi

Klīm is the seed, and Shakti is the goddess of the universe.

The placement of the limbs, the placement of the hands, and so on are described.

Meditation

I worship the lotus hand, the cheerful face, the bestower of good fortune, the bestower of fortune.

She was adorned with various kinds of gems and gave her fearlessness in her hands.

O destroyer of monkeys it bestows the desired fruits of its devotees and is served by Brahmadhis.

On her sides are lotus, conch, and lotus treasures, all of which are endowed with powers.

Her eyes were like lotuses, and her hands were like lotuses.

O goddess, dearest to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, please be pleased with me and bestow all happiness in the three worlds.

OM Nature, transformation, knowledge, and the benefactor of all beings.

I offer my obeisances to the faith, the glory, and the fragrance of the Supreme Self. 1 ॥

The word is the garland, of, the, lotus, the pure, Svaha, the Svadha, the nectar.

Blessed, golden, goddess, Lakshmi, ever, nourished, by, the, sun. 2 ॥

and, Aditi, Diti, the shining, earth, the earth-bearer.

I bow to the lotus, the lovely, the forgiving, the ocean of milk. 3 ॥

She is gracious, intelligent, sinless, and dear to the Lord.

Ashoka, the nectar that burns, destroys the sorrows of the world. 4 ॥

I bow to the abode of religion, the merciful, the mother of the world.

The lotus-loving, lotus-handled, lotus-eyed, lotus-beautiful. 5 ॥

The lotus-flower, the lotus-faced, the lotus-navel-loving, the beautiful.

The, goddess, who, holds, a, garland, of, lotuses, is, fragrant, with, lotuses. 6 ॥

The holy fragrance, the well-pleasing, the gracious, the radiant.

I offer my obeisances to the moon-faced, moon-like, moon-sister. 7 ॥

Four-armed, moon-like, Indira, Mindushitala.

He, delighted, in, his, mother, nourishment, auspicious, auspicious, and, chaste. 8 ॥

Pure, mother of the universe, satisfied, destroyer of poverty.

The lake of love is peaceful, and she is dressed in white garlands and beauty. 9 ॥

The sun, the bilva-dwelling, the beautiful, the illustrious.

The, earth, is, a, joyful, deer, with, a, golden, garland. 10 ॥

She brings wealth and grain, perfection, gentleness to women, and auspiciousness.

She went to the king’s palace and was very happy. 11 ॥

The auspicious, golden-walled, daughter of the sea, Jaya.

I offer my obeisances to the auspicious goddess, who is situated on the chest of Lord Viṣṇu. 12 ॥

She is the wife of Lord Viṣṇu, with cheerful eyes and is surrounded by Lord Nārāyaṇa.

She destroys poverty and is the goddess who waters all troubles. 13 ॥

She is known as Navadurga, Mahakali, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

I offer my obeisances to the goddess of the universe, endowed with the knowledge of the three times. 14 ॥

Lakshmi, the daughter of the king of the ocean of milk, was the goddess of fortune.

She became the maidservant of all the gods and was the only lamp in the world.

The beautiful slow glance obtained the powerful–Brahmendra Gangadhar.

I offer my obeisances unto You, who are the family of the three worlds and who are born of the lake and who are dear to Lord Mukunda. 15 ॥

Mother mother! Come on! Kamalayatakshi!

Sri Vishnu Heart–Lotus Inhabitant! Mother of the World!

Kshirodaje Kamal Komal Garbhagauri!

Lakshmi! Be pleased with me always, O shelter of equality. 16 ॥

A learned person who has conquered his senses should chant this mantra three times a day for six months.

He destroyed poverty and achieved everything with great effort

Among the thousands of names of goddesses, there are 180 pious ones.

By doing so, one who is poor can attain opulence for millions of births. 17 ॥

A wise person should recite this mantra for one hundred years on the day of Bhṛgu.

Just as Kubera obtains eight opulences on earth

There are one hundred stotras called Daridrya Mocana.

By doing so, one who is poor can attain opulence for millions of births. 18 ॥

After enjoying abundant pleasures, one attains fellowship at the end.

One should recite this mantra in the morning daily for the relief of all suffering.

One should recite this mantra and meditate on the goddess Durgā, who is adorned with all kinds of ornaments. 19 ॥

॥ This is the complete stotra of Sri Lakshmi Ashtottara Satanam.