नवास्याः शक्तयः पूज्यास्तदा रुद्रविनायकौ। नमो देव्या इति स्तोत्रैर्महालक्ष्मीं समर्चयेत् ॥ २३ ॥
navāsyāḥ śaktayaḥ pūjyāstadā rudravināyakau | namō dēvyā iti stōtrairmahālakṣmīṁ samarcayēt || 23 ||
Translation
then her nine Śaktis are to be worshipped, and Rudra and Vināyaka. One should worship Mahālakṣmī with the hymn that begins “namo devyai”.
Word by word
- nava
- nine
- asyāḥ
- her
- śaktayaḥ
- Śaktis
- pūjyāḥ
- are to be worshipped
- tadā
- then
- rudravināyakau
- Rudra and Vināyaka
- namō dēvyai iti
- beginning “namo devyai”
- stōtraiḥ
- with the hymn
- mahālakṣmīm
- Mahālakṣmī
- samarcayēt
- one should worship
Meaning
The hymn “namo devyai mahādevyai” of the fifth chapter, recited as the Tantrokta Devī Sūkta, is the hymn of this worship.