Need the source of the text

[Aniruddha Joshi]

Respected scholars of the community,

प्रणमामि |

I want to know the source of the following shloka which was taught to me in the childhood. Does this shloka come from a larger stotra or is it a stand-alone shloka ?

शुक्लां ब्रह्मविचारसारपरमामाद्यां जगद्व्यापिनीम्

वीणां पुस्तकधारिणीमभयदां जाड्यान्धकारापहाम् ।

हस्ते स्फाटिकमालिकां विदधतीं पद्मासने संस्थिताम्

वन्दे त्वां परमेश्वरीं भगवतीं बुद्धिप्रदां शारदाम् ॥

धन्यवचांसि व्याहरामि |

भवदीयः 

Aniruddha Joshi

[Hnbhat B.R.]

The complete stotra is available in the following document in Sanskrit documents:

http://sanskritdocuments.org/all_sa/sarasstuti_sa.html 

In this the same is given with the ऋषि for the stotra  as Brahma:;

http://www.easy-mantra.com/hindi/सरस्वती/श्रीमद्ब्रह्मणा-विरचितं-सरस्वती-स्तोत्रं

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Dr. Hari Narayana Bhat B.R. M.A., Ph.D.,
Research Scholar,

Ecole française d'Extrême-OrientCentre de Pondichéry

16 & 19, Rue Dumas

Pondichéry - 605 001

[Aniruddha Joshi]

Respected Dr. Bhat,

Many many thanks for the help !

Regards,

Aniruddha

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[Arvind_Kolhatkar]

Thanks to the link supplied by Dr Bhat, I learnt that the following two famous shlokas are a part of a stotra and not stand-alones.

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता ।

या वीणावरदण्डमन्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना ।

या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजिता (वन्दिता) ।

सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥

शारदा शारदाम्भोजवदना वदनाम्बुजे ।

सर्वदा सर्वदाऽस्माकं सन्निधिं सन्निधिं क्रियात् ॥

Do we know the source of the stotra and its authorship?

Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, August 13, 2012.

[Sunder Hattangadi]

One version is given as below:

 

http://prramamurthy1931.blogspot.com/2011/02/hyms-to-saraswati-sri-sharada-stotram.html#!/2011/02/hyms-to-saraswati-sri-sharada-stotram.html

 

श्रीशारदास्तोत्रम्शारदा शारदाम्भोजवदना वदनाम्बुजे ।

सर्वदा सर्वदाऽस्माकं सन्निधिं सन्निधिं क्रियात् ॥ १ ॥

सुरासुरासेवितपादपङ्कजा करेविराजत्कमनीयपुस्तका ।

विरिञ्चिपत्नी कमलासनस्थितासरस्वती नृत्यतु वाचि मे सदा ॥ २ ॥

माणिक्यवीणामुपलालयन्तींमदालसां मंजुळ वाग्विलासाम् ।

माहेन्द्र नीलद्युतिकोमलांगींमातङ्गकन्यां मनसा स्मरामि ॥ ३ ॥

श्रीमच्चन्दनचर्चितोज्ज्वलवपुः शुक्लांबरा मल्लिका-

मालालालितकुन्तला प्रविलसन्मुक्तावलीशोभिता ।

सर्वज्ञाननिधानपुस्तकधरा रुद्राक्षमालाङ्किता-

वाग्देवी वदनाम्बुजे वसतु मे त्रैलोक्यमाता शुभा ॥ ४ ॥

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता

या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना ।

या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिः देवैस्सदा पूजिता

सा मां पातु सरस्वती भगवती निःशेष जाड्यापहा ॥ ५ ॥

दोर्भिर्युक्ताश्चतुर्भिः स्फटिकमणिमयीमक्षमालां दधाना

हस्तेनैकेन पद्मं सितमपि च शुकं पुस्तकं चापरेण ।

भासा कुन्देन्दुशंखस्फटिकमणिनिभा भासमानाऽसमाना

सा मे वाग्देवतेयं निवसतु वदने सर्वदा सुप्रसन्ना ॥ ६ ॥

 

 

This site attributes the work to Agastya Rishi :

 

http://wn.com/Hymn_with_English_subtitles__Sree_Saraswati_Stotram_written_by_Sage_Agastya__Goddess_of_Learning#/videos

 

 

Regards,

 

sunder

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[Sunder Hattangadi]

A more comprehensive and authentic version is:

 

http://stotrasamhita.net/wiki/Saraswati_Stotram_(Agastya)

 

sarasvatīstōtram agastyamuni prōktam

yā kundēndutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtā
yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvētapadmāsanā|
yā brahmācyutaśaṅkaraprabhṛtibhirdēvaiḥ sadā pūjitā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī niḥśēṣajāḍyāpahā||1||
dōrbhiryuktā caturbhiṃ sphaṭikamaṇinibhairakṣamālāndadhānā
hastēnaikēna padmaṃ sitamapi ca śukaṃ pustakaṃ cāparēṇa|
bhāsā kundēnduśaṅkhasphaṭikamaṇinibhā bhāsamānā'samānā
sā mē vāgdēvatēyaṃ nivasatu vadanē sarvadā suprasannā||2||
surāsurasēvitapādapaṅkajā
karē virājatkamanīyapustakā|
viriñcipatnī kamalāsanasthitā
sarasvatī nṛtyatu vāci mē sadā||3||
sarasvatī sarasijakēsaraprabhā
tapasvinī sitakamalāsanapriyā|
ghanastanī kamalavilōlalōcanā
manasvinī bhavatu varaprasādinī||4||
sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varadē kāmarūpiṇi|
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu mē sadā||5||
sarasvati namastubhyaṃ sarvadēvi namō namaḥ|
śāntarūpē śaśidharē sarvayōgē namō namaḥ||6||
nityānandē nirādhārē niṣkalāyai namō namaḥ|
vidyādharē viśālākṣi śuddhajñānē namō namaḥ||7||
śuddhasphaṭikarūpāyai sūkṣmarūpē namō namaḥ|
śabdabrahmi caturhastē sarvasiddhyai namō namaḥ||8||
muktālaṅkṛta-sarvāṅgyai mūlādhārē namō namaḥ|
mūlamantrasvarūpāyai mūlaśaktyai namō namaḥ||9||
manō maṇimahāyōgē vāgīśvari namō namaḥ|
vāgbhyai varadahastāyai varadāyai namō namaḥ||10||
vēdāyai vēdarūpāyai vēdāntāyai namō namaḥ|
guṇadōṣavivarjinyai guṇadīptyai namō namaḥ||11||
sarvajñānē sadānandē sarvarūpē namō namaḥ|
sampannāyai kumāryai ca sarvajñē tē namō namaḥ||12||
yōgānārya umādēvyai yōgānandē namō namaḥ|
divyajñāna trinētrāyai divyamūrtyai namō namaḥ||13||
ardhacandrajaṭādhāri candrabimbē namō namaḥ|
candrādityajaṭādhāri candrabimbē namō namaḥ||14||
aṇurūpē mahārūpē viśvarūpē namō namaḥ|
aṇimādyaṣṭasiddhāyai ānandāyai namō namaḥ||15||
jñāna-vijñāna-rūpāyai jñānamūrtē namō namaḥ|
nānāśāstra-svarūpāyai nānārūpē namō namaḥ||16||
padmadā padmavaṃśā ca padmarūpē namō namaḥ|
paramēṣṭhyai parāmūrtyai namastē pāpanāśini||17||
mahādēvyai mahākālyai mahālakṣmyai namō namaḥ|
brahmaviṣṇuśivāyai ca brahmanāryai namō namaḥ||18||
kamalākarapuṣpā ca kāmarūpē namō namaḥ|
kapāli karmadīptāyai karmadāyai namō namaḥ||19||
sāyaṃ prātaḥ paṭhēnnityaṃ ṣaṇmāsāt siddhirucyatē|
cōravyāghrabhayaṃ nāsti paṭhatāṃ śṟṇvatāmapi||20||
itthaṃ sarasvatīstōtram agastyamunivācakam|
sarvasiddhikaraṃ nṝṇāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam||21||

||iti śrī agastyamuni-prōktaṃ sarasvatīstōtraṃ sampūrṇam||

[Hnbhat B.R.]

Thanks for the source of the stotra.

[Aniruddha Joshi]

Thanks all for the invaluable help !

[Dipak Ashar]

Thanks for sharing this valuable information and the link . " Ya kundendutu Sharada ,,,,,,,, " used to be our prayer in our school , a Prayer in the praise of Godess Saraswati  , which I have been listening to , since 1962 , i.e. 50 years ago

regards

Dipak Ashar

2012/8/13 Arvind_Kolhatkar <kolhat...@gmail.com>

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