Pati Prapti Parvati Stotra - Janaki's Prayer for a Worthy Husband
Pati Prapti Parvati Stotra - Sanskrit Text
॥ जानकीकृतं पार्वतीस्तोत्रम् ॥
जानकी उवाच -
शक्तिस्वरूपे सर्वेषां सर्वाधारे गुणाश्रये ।
सदा शंकरयुक्ते च पतिं देहि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १ ॥
सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तरूपेण सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तरूपिणी ।
सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तबीजानां बीजरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ २ ॥
हे गौरि पतिमर्मज्ञे पतिव्रतपरायणे ।
पतिव्रते पतिरते पतिं देहि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३ ॥
सर्वमंगलमंगल्ये सर्वमंगलसंयुते ।
सर्वमंगलबीजे च नमस्ते सर्वमंगले ॥ ४ ॥
सर्वप्रिये सर्वबीजे सर्वाशुभविनाशिनी ।
सर्वेशे सर्वजनके नमस्ते शंकरप्रिये ॥ ५ ॥
परमात्मस्वरूपे च नित्यरूपे सनातनि ।
साकारे च निराकारे सर्वरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ६ ॥
क्षुत्तृष्णेच्छा दया श्रद्धा निद्रा तन्द्रा स्मृतिः क्षमा ।
एतास्तव कलाः सर्वाः नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ७ ॥
लज्जा मेधा तुष्टिपुष्टी शान्तिः सम्पत्तिवृद्धयः ।
एतास्तव कलाः सर्वाः सर्वरूपे नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ८ ॥
दृष्टादृष्टस्वरूपे च तयोर्बीजफलप्रदे ।
सर्वानिर्वचनीये च महामाये नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ९ ॥
शिवे शंकरसौभाग्ययुक्ते सौभाग्यदायिनि ।
हरिं कान्तं च सौभाग्यं देहि देवि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १० ॥
स्तोत्रेणानेन याः स्तुत्वा समाप्तिदिवसे शिवाम् ।
नमन्ति परया भक्त्या ता लभन्ति हरिं पतिम् ॥ ११ ॥
इह कान्तसुखं भुक्त्वा पतिं प्राप्य परात्परम् ।
दिव्यं स्यन्दनमारुह्य यान्त्यन्ते कृष्णसंनिधिम् ॥ १२ ॥
॥ श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्तपुराणे जानकीकृतं पार्वतीस्तोत्रं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
Transliteration (Roman/IAST)
śaktisvarūpe sarveṣāṁ sarvādhāre guṇāśraye |
sadā śaṅkarayukte ca patiṁ dehi namo'stu te || 1 ||
he gauri patimarmajñe pativrataparāyaṇe |
pativrate patirate patiṁ dehi namo'stu te || 3 ||
śive śaṅkarasaubhāgyayukte saubhāgyadāyini |
hariṁ kāntaṁ ca saubhāgyaṁ dehi devi namo'stu te || 10 ||
(Verses 1–12 are recited in full in this metre.)
Meaning
Janaki (Sita) addresses Goddess Parvati: "O embodiment of Shakti, support of all, refuge of all virtues, ever united with Shankara - grant me a husband; salutations to you." She praises the Goddess as the seed and substance of creation, preservation and dissolution; as Gauri who knows the heart of the husband and is devoted to her own lord; as the most auspicious of all auspicious things; and as the giver of marital fortune (saubhagya). In verse 10 she asks specifically for a beloved husband and lasting good-fortune. The closing verses promise that women who recite this hymn with devotion obtain a worthy husband, enjoy conjugal happiness, and at the end attain the supreme abode of Krishna.
About this Stotra
This hymn appears in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana and is attributed to Janaki herself - Sita praying to Parvati for a worthy husband before her marriage to Rama. Because Parvati performed legendary austerities to win Shiva as her husband, she is the ideal deity to invoke for marriage. The stotra has therefore become a classic recitation for unmarried girls and their families when a marriage is delayed, when a suitable match is hard to find, or when obstacles repeatedly disrupt matrimonial prospects.
Significance & Spiritual Benefits
The stotra is recited to remove vivaha-badha (obstacles to marriage) and to obtain a compatible, virtuous and devoted life-partner. Beyond marriage, its praises of Parvati as the giver of contentment, prosperity, intelligence, patience and peace make it a hymn for overall auspiciousness and household welfare. Its concluding verses promise not only worldly conjugal happiness but ultimate spiritual liberation, joining material and spiritual blessing in a single prayer. Recited steadily through a vow, it is believed to bring divine intervention where ordinary efforts have failed.
Astrological Relevance
Marriage in Vedic astrology is governed by the seventh house, its lord, and the natural significator Venus (Shukra) for both genders, with Jupiter (Guru) signifying the husband in a woman's chart. Delays and obstacles often arise from afflictions to these - Saturn's restrictive aspect, Mangal Dosha (Mars affliction), Rahu-Ketu involvement, or a weak seventh lord. Worship of Parvati, consort of Shiva (who rules Saturn-like discipline and is the lord of time), is a powerful remedial measure to soften malefic delays and strengthen the marriage houses. The stotra is especially recommended during a challenging Venus, Jupiter or Saturn dasha affecting marriage prospects.
How to Chant (Vidhi)
Bathe and sit before an image of Parvati (or Gauri/Shiva-Parvati), facing east or north. Light a ghee lamp, offer red flowers, kumkum, turmeric and akshata. Take a sankalpa to recite the stotra daily for a fixed period - a Monday-to-Monday cycle, or sixteen Mondays, is traditional. Recite all twelve verses with devotion. As the hymn itself notes, those who complete the recitation "on the final day" and bow with great devotion receive its fruit, so completing a vow with a concluding worship is recommended.
Best Day & Time
Monday (the day of Shiva) and Friday (the day of the Goddess and Venus) are most auspicious. The bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha), the month of Shravan, and festivals like Gauri/Teej and Vivaha Panchami are especially favourable. Recite in the morning after bathing or during evening lamp-lighting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who composed the Pati Prapti Parvati Stotra?
It is attributed to Janaki (Sita) and appears in the Brahma Vaivarta Purana, where she prays to Parvati for a worthy husband.
Who should recite this stotra?
It is recited chiefly by unmarried girls (and their families) facing delays or obstacles in marriage, but anyone seeking marital harmony and the blessings of Parvati may chant it.
How long should it be recited?
Traditionally as a vow over a fixed period - commonly on consecutive Mondays - concluding with a final-day worship, as the stotra's own closing verses indicate.
Sita's prayer to Parvati: the stotra of patient, faithful longing
The Pati Prapti Parvati Stotra carries a particularly moving weight because its attributed devotee is Sita herself - Janaki, the daughter of Janaka, who prayed for a husband worthy of her heart before her svayamvara. By placing this prayer in Sita's voice, the Brahma Vaivarta Purana creates a model of bhakti that is at once deeply personal and universally resonant: a young woman turning to Goddess Parvati, the ideal of devoted partnership, to seek the same completeness in her own life. Parvati's own story - her tapas, her patient resolve, her ultimate union with Shiva - makes her the most natural deity to approach for this aspiration, and the stotra taps into that mythology with grace.
The text is recited by women (and by families on behalf of young women) when marriage is delayed or when obstacles seem persistent, typically on Fridays, on Hartalika Teej, or during Navaratri. Devotees approach the recitation not merely as petition but as an affirmation of faith that, as Parvati's own journey demonstrated, sincere longing and inner readiness are never ignored by the Divine Mother. In the Jyotish tradition, Venus governs harmonious partnership, and Parvati's blessing is invoked to ease the difficult planetary combinations that can delay marriage - making this stotra both a devotional and an astrological remedy wrapped in one tender prayer.