Manasa devi dwaasa nama stotram

Manasa devi dwaasa  nama stotram

Prayer  of twelve  names  addressed to Manasa  devi

( Manasa  Devi  is Goddess  of snakes  mainly worshipped  in eastern India.She is considered to be  the sister  of serpent king Vasuki)

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

Om namo Manasayai

Om Salutations to Manasa

Jarathkarur Jagad Gauri  , manasaa  Sidha yogini

Vaishnavi  naagabhagini  saivee  Naageswari  thadhaa

The Gauri of the world of Jarathkaru, the manasaa  devi  , She who does  Sidha yogas

Goddess  Vaishnavi , she who is sister of Serpent, the consort of shiva, the goddess of the serpent.

Jarathkaru  priyaasthika  mathaa  ,.visha hareethi cha

Maha jnana yuthaa chaiva saa  devi  Viswa poojithaa

The dear  of Jarathkaru, the mother of orthodox devotees  , she who cures poison,

SAhe  who is greatly wise and she who is worshipped  by the world

Dwadasaithaani naamaani poojaakaale cha ya padeth

Thasya  Naga bhayam nasthi   thasya  vamsodh bhavasya  cha

If these  twelve names   are read at time of worship,

He will not have fear of serpents and his  clan will keep increasing

Phala sruthi

Naagabheetha   cha sayane naga grasthe mandhire

Nagakshathe, naga durge naga veshtitha  vigrahe

They who are scared  of serpents or caught by serpents in sleep or in temple,

Or those  injured by sepent or  in the serpent hill  and  statutes caught  by serpent

Idham stotram padithwaa cha muchyathe naathra samsaya

Nithyam padethyastham naaga varga  palaayathe

Would escape all these , if they read this prayer

By reading it daily  the serpent clan can be made to run

Dasa laksha   japenaiva stotra sidhirbhave  nrunaam

Stotram sidhim  bhavedhyasya sa visham  bokthum eeswara

If it is chanted ten lac times definitely  they will get the power,

Once the  power is attained they can drink poison like god

Nagaugham   bhooshanam kruthwaa sa bhaven naga vahana

Naagasano naagathalpo maha sidho  bhaven nara

Making the shock of serpent as  ornament, he can ride  on a serpent

He can sit on serpent, sleep on serpent and become great  sidha

Ithi Brahma vaivartha purane prakruthee khande manasadevi  dwadasanamam  stotram

The prayer of twelve names  of Manasa  devi which occurs  in Brahma vaivartha purana in chapter  of nature ends.