Skanda Pura:na, Sanat-kuma:ra Samhitha:
श्रीलक्ष्मीसहस्रनामस्तोत्रम्
Sanat-kuma:ra (revealed to the sages)·Pura:nic·1,000 names·Performed as Sahasrana:ma Archana: on every major Lakshmi: festival — Varalakshmi: Vrata, Dhi:pa:vali:, Mother's Day; recited as pa:ra:yana each Friday by householders in the Samprada:ya; sponsored individually for the welfare of family members
The most comprehensive na:ma:vali: of Maha:lakshmi: in the entire Pura:nic corpus — one thousand sacred names organized across approximately eighty-five slokas, structured for both pa:ra:yana recitation and arcana: worship. Recited in its full form, the Sahasrana:ma traces the Mother's manifestation across cosmos, scripture, and the inner life of every devotee. This work is being prepared as JETNJ's flagship Sahasrana:ma offering at /lakshmi/sahasranama.
The Lakshmi: Sahasrana:ma — the thousand names of the Divine Mother — is preserved in the Sanat-kuma:ra Samhitha: of the Skanda Pura:na and is the most comprehensive contemplation of Maha:lakshmi: in the entire Pura:nic corpus. One thousand sacred names, organized across approximately eighty-five slokas, structured so that the worshipper may either recite the na:ma:vali: as pa:ra:yana or perform arcana: by uttering each name with the offering of a flower at the feet of the Mu:rthi. Sanat-kuma:ra, the eternal youth-sage, transmitted these names to the assembled rishis as the supreme litany by which the Mother's full ontological sweep may be approached.
The doctrinal weight of this work in the Sri:vaishnava Samprada:ya is unmatched. Where the 108-name Ashtoththara contemplates the essential gunas of the Mother, the Sahasrana:ma traces Her manifestation across every domain — the cosmos that She animates as Prakrithi, the Veda that She illumines as Medha:, the household She blesses as Grihalakshmi:, the throne She shares as the eternal consort of Sri:man Na:ra:yana. JETNJ is preparing this work as its flagship Sahasrana:ma offering at /lakshmi/sahasranama, with all thousand names presented in nine languages including transliteration, English meaning, and sloka-level grouping. The complete text in Sanskrit is available through the external sources below.
Curated Selection
Thirty-two well-attested opening names of Maha:lakshmi: drawn from the Sahasrana:ma tradition. The complete 1,000-name corpus of the Skanda Pura:na Sanat-kuma:ra Samhitha: transmission is being curated for a dedicated future release; until then, this opening section serves daily contemplation and the Friday Lakshmi: arcana:.Name 1
ॐ श्रियै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
శ్రీ స్వరూపిణికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who is Sri: — Auspiciousness itself.
Meaning
The first and irreducible name. Sri: is the Samprada:ya's primary epithet — not a quality of the Mother but Her very identity, the source of all auspiciousness.
Name 2
ॐ कमलायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
కమల కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Lotus-Goddess.
Meaning
She who is born of, holds, dwells on, and is identified with the lotus — the supreme Vaishnava emblem of purity unaffected by the water of samsa:ra.
Name 3
ॐ महालक्ष्म्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
మహాలక్ష్మికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Great Lakshmi:.
Meaning
The prefix maha:- declares Her supremacy over every other form. Maha:lakshmi: is not one among many; She is the form in which all others are subsumed.
Name 4
ॐ हरिप्रियायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
హరిప్రియకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Beloved of Hari.
Meaning
The relational name. Hari-priya: places Her in inseparable union with Sri:man Na:ra:yana — the doctrinal foundation of Sri:vaishnavism's understanding of Sri:.
Name 5
ॐ इन्दिरायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
ఇందిర కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Indhira: — the resplendent one.
Meaning
Indhira: — derived from the root indh-, to kindle or illumine — names Her as the radiance through which all beings shine.
Name 6
ॐ लोकमात्रे नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
సర్వలోక మాతకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Mother of all worlds.
Meaning
Loka-ma:tha: — the universal mother. Every being in every loka is Her child; the relation is not metaphorical but ontological.
Name 7
ॐ क्षीराब्धितनयायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
క్షీరాబ్ధితనయ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Daughter of the Ocean of Milk.
Meaning
Her emergence from the churning of the milk-ocean — the cosmic event in which Maha:lakshmi: chose Na:ra:yana as Her Lord in the sight of all the gods and demons.
Name 8
ॐ नारायण्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
నారాయణికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Na:ra:yani: — the feminine form inseparable from Na:ra:yana.
Meaning
The feminine of Na:ra:yana. The name asserts the doctrinal point that wherever there is Na:ra:yana there is also Na:ra:yani: — the Two are never separable in time or thought.
Name 9
ॐ पद्मालयायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
పద్మాలయకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her whose abode is the lotus.
Meaning
She whose seat (a:laya) is the lotus — neither standing upon impurity nor stained by it.
Name 10
ॐ पद्महस्तायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
పద్మహస్తకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Lotus-Handed One.
Meaning
The Mother who holds lotuses in both hands — Her gesture of bestowing the auspicious that the devotee receives.
Name 11
ॐ पद्मसुन्दर्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
పద్మసుందరికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who is beautiful as the lotus.
Meaning
Whose beauty itself is the beauty of the lotus — a beauty that is purity, fragrance, and unfading.
Name 12
ॐ श्रीनिवासप्रियायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
శ్రీనివాస ప్రియ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who is beloved of Sri:niva:sa.
Meaning
Beloved of Sri:niva:sa — the Lord of Thirumala:, who is named precisely as the One in whom Sri: dwells. The name reverses the relation: She is His beloved because He is Her abode.
Name 13
ॐ जगन्मात्रे नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
జగన్మాతకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Mother of the universe.
Meaning
Jagan-ma:tha: — Mother of the moving and unmoving universe. Distinct from loka-ma:tha: by emphasis on the cosmos as a single living organism whose mother She is.
Name 14
ॐ विष्णुपत्न्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
విష్ణుపత్నికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Consort of Vishnu.
Meaning
Vishnu-pathni: — the formal name of relation. The Veda itself uses this term ("vishnu-pathni:m aham huve") and the Samprada:ya inherits it as scriptural authority for the eternal consort relation.
Name 15
ॐ चन्द्रशीतलायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
చంద్రశీతలకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who is cool as the moon.
Meaning
Cool as moonlight — the antidote to the heat of samsa:ra. Where the Lord's tejas is the sun, the Mother's grace is the moon, accessible to every soul.
Name 16
ॐ चन्द्राननायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
చంద్రాననకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Moon-faced One.
Meaning
Whose face is the full moon — the canonical Lakshmi: icon, dhya:na-image for every Vaishnava.
Name 17
ॐ शुभाङ्ग्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
శుభాంగికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her of auspicious limbs.
Meaning
Every limb of Hers is subha — auspicious. The devotee's meditation on any part of Her divya-mangala-vigraha is itself a granting of auspiciousness.
Name 18
ॐ हिरण्मय्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
హిరణ్మయికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Golden One.
Meaning
The very name invoked in the opening verse of the Sri: Su:ktham — Hiranya-varna:, Hiranmayi:. Gold is Her colour because gold is the Veda's metaphor for the imperishable.
Name 19
ॐ सुधायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
సుధకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who is Nectar.
Meaning
Sudha: — the immortal nectar. As She emerged at the churning of the ocean alongside amritha, so She is amritha itself for every soul that takes refuge in Her.
Name 20
ॐ स्वाहायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
స్వాహ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Sva:ha: — the consort of the sacrificial offering.
Meaning
She is the mantra-conclusion sva:ha: by which every Vedic offering is consummated. Without Sva:ha: the offering does not ascend; without Lakshmi: no yajna bears fruit.
Name 21
ॐ स्वधायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
స్వధ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Svadha: — the offering to the ancestors.
Meaning
The companion-name to Sva:ha:. Where Sva:ha: is the offering to the devas, Svadha: is the offering to the pithris. Both are the Mother — every offering received in the universe is received by Her.
Name 22
ॐ शुच्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
శుచికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Pure One.
Meaning
Suci — pure. Both ritually (the qualified recipient of every offering) and ontologically (the purushaka:ra unstained by the imperfection of the souls She mediates for).
Name 23
ॐ वैष्णव्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
వైష్ణవికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Her who belongs to Vishnu.
Meaning
Vaishnavi: — Hers is the Vaishnava identity. The Samprada:ya draws its name from Hers; to be Vaishnava is to be one who has taken refuge in Vaishnavi:.
Name 24
ॐ श्रद्धायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
శ్రద్ధ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Sradhdha: — Faith itself.
Meaning
The very capacity for faith in the soul is the Mother's gift. Where there is sradhdha:, She has already drawn near.
Name 25
ॐ विभूत्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
విభూతికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Vibhu:thi — the supreme manifestation.
Meaning
Vibhu:thi — the cosmic manifestation. The Bhagavad Gi:tha:'s tenth chapter uses this word for every divine splendour; the Samprada:ya reads each vibhu:thi as a particular shining of the Mother.
Name 26
ॐ अदित्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
అదితికి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Aditi — the boundless one.
Meaning
Aditi — the Vedic name for the boundless mother of the devas. The Samprada:ya reads Aditi as a name of Maha:lakshmi:, Her form as the unbounded source.
Name 27
ॐ नित्यपुष्टायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
నిత్యపుష్టకు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Ever-Nourished.
Meaning
Nitya-pushta: — the Mother who is forever in fullness, never diminished by the giving. This is the inexhaustibility of the Veda's hiranyavarna: image.
Name 28
ॐ अमलायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
అమల కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to the Stainless One.
Meaning
A-mala: — without mala (stain). Whatever the soul brings to Her is purified at Her feet; She Herself is the pure absolute through which purification happens.
Name 29
ॐ कीर्त्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
కీర్తి కి నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Ki:rthi — Glory itself.
Meaning
Ki:rthi — fame, glory, the resounding of a name across all the worlds. She is the glory that returns to those who serve Sri:man Na:ra:yana.
Name 30
ॐ रमायै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
రమ కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Rama: — She in whom the Lord delights.
Meaning
Rama: — from ram, to delight. She is the joy of the Lord. The name occurs at the head of every Sri:vaishnava mangala sloka: sri:mathe: ra:ma:nuja:ya namah — namaste, O abode of Sri: (Rama:).
Name 31
ॐ सरस्वत्यै नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
సరస్వతి (లక్ష్మీ స్వరూపంగా) కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Sarasvathi: (as aspect of Lakshmi:).
Meaning
In the Sahasrana:ma tradition Lakshmi: subsumes Sarasvathi: as Her va:c-aspect. The Vidhya:-Lakshmi: of the Ashtalakshmi: is none other than Sarasvathi:. The Mother is one; the manifestations many.
Name 32
ॐ वाचे नमः
తెలుగు · Telugu
వాక్కు కు నమస్కారం.
English
Salutations to Speech itself.
Meaning
Va:c — the cosmic principle of speech. The Veda is Hers; the Sanskrit syllable is Hers; the pranava is Hers. Whatever is said in praise of Her is said by Her own gift.