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Santoshi Mata Chalisa

The Santoshi Mata Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Maa Santoshi, the goddess of contentment, recited especially on the sixteen-Friday vrat.

गणपति को मनवाय कर, सुमिरि सन्तोषी मात।
चालीसा वर्णन करौं, हरहु सकल उत्पात॥

जय सन्तोषी मातु अनूपा। सुन्दर रूप सुहावन रूपा॥
दीनदयाल सदा सुखदाई। भक्तन की तुम हो सहाई॥

गणपति पुत्री जग में जानी। सन्तोष की देवी कल्याणी॥
शुक्रवार तुम पूजी जाती। गुड़ चना का भोग सुहाती॥

खटाई से तुम दूर रहाओ। व्रत में नर खटाई न खाओ॥
सोलह शुक्रवार जो कीजे। उद्यापन फिर विधि से दीजे॥

जो जन तुमको शीश नवावे। मनवांछित फल सो जन पावे॥
दुख दारिद्र सब दूर हो जावे। घर में सुख सम्पति नित आवे॥

कथा तुम्हारी जो जन गावे। श्रद्धा भक्ति सहित अपनावे॥
सूनी गोद भरे जो तेरी। पूरण आस करे माँ मेरी॥

रूठे को तुम तुरत मनावो। बिगड़े काम सबहिं बनवावो॥
सन्तोष धन सबसे प्यारा। यह वरदान दिया तुम न्यारा॥

कलह क्लेश घर से मिट जावे। सुख शान्ति का वास सो पावे॥
माँ सन्तोषी कृपा निधाना। भक्तन को तुम हो सुखदाना॥

जो नर नित तुम्हरो गुण गावे। रोग शोक सब दूर सिधावे॥
श्रद्धा से जो ध्यान लगावे। सो नर सकल मनोरथ पावे॥

माँ की महिमा अति है भारी। पूजत नर नारी सब प्यारी॥
व्रत की विधि जो श्रद्धा कीजे। मन इच्छित वरदान सो लीजे॥

जो यह पाठ करे चालीसा। पूरण आस करे जगदीशा॥
सन्तोषी माँ कृपा जो पावे। सो नर सकल मंगल पावे॥

सन्तोषी माँ चालीसा, पढ़े सुने जो कोय।
सुख सम्पति सन्तोष धन, घर में पूरण होय॥

Ganpati ko manvaay kar, sumiri Santoshi maat.
Chalisa varnan karau, harahu sakal utpaat.

Jai Santoshi maatu anoopa. Sundar roop suhaavan roopa.
Deendayaal sada sukhdaai. Bhaktan ki tum ho sahaai.

Ganpati putri jag me jaani. Santosh ki devi kalyaani.
Shukravaar tum pooji jaati. Gud chana ka bhog suhaati.

Khataai se tum door rahaao. Vrat me nar khataai na khaao.
Solah shukravaar jo keeje. Udyaapan phir vidhi se deeje.

Jo jan tumko sheesh navaave. Manvaanchhit phal so jan paave.
Dukh daaridra sab door ho jaave. Ghar me sukh sampati nit aave.

Katha tumhaari jo jan gaave. Shraddha bhakti sahit apnaave.
Sooni god bhare jo teri. Pooran aas kare maa meri.

Roothe ko tum turat manaavo. Bigde kaam sabahi banvaavo.
Santosh dhan sabse pyaara. Yah vardaan diya tum nyaara.

Kalah klesh ghar se mit jaave. Sukh shaanti ka vaas so paave.
Maa Santoshi kripa nidhaana. Bhaktan ko tum ho sukhdaana.

Jo nar nit tumharo gun gaave. Rog shok sab door sidhaave.
Shraddha se jo dhyaan lagaave. So nar sakal manorath paave.

Maa ki mahima ati hai bhaari. Poojat nar naari sab pyaari.
Vrat ki vidhi jo shraddha keeje. Man ichchhit vardaan so leeje.

Jo yah paath kare Chalisa. Pooran aas kare jagdeesha.
Santoshi maa kripa jo paave. So nar sakal mangal paave.

Santoshi maa Chalisa, padhe sune jo koy.
Sukh sampati santosh dhan, ghar me pooran hoy.

Frequently asked questions about Santoshi Mata Chalisa

When is the Santoshi Mata Chalisa recited?

On Fridays, and particularly through the sixteen consecutive Fridays of her vrat. It is read after the puja and before the gud-chana prasad is shared.

Who is Santoshi Mata?

The goddess of santosh, contentment, worshipped as the daughter of Ganesha in a tradition that spread widely in the twentieth century. Her worship is plain by design - gud, chana, a red flower, a ghee lamp - and asks for a settled mind rather than abundance.

Why is nothing sour allowed?

Khatai is prohibited for the whole vrat day, and the household is asked not to eat or serve anything sour either - no lemon, tamarind, curd or pickle. The katha turns on this, and the tradition treats it as the test of the observance.

How is the sixteen-Friday vrat completed?

With the udyapan on the seventeenth Friday: sixteen boys are fed kheer-puri and chana with nothing sour in the meal, and dakshina given. The Santoshi Mata vrat vidhi page has the procedure.

Is the katha read with the Chalisa?

Yes - the Santoshi Mata Vrat Katha each Friday, then the Chalisa or the aarti, then the prasad. Listening to the katha counts as much as the fast.

About the Santoshi Mata Chalisa

The Santoshi Mata Chalisa - the forty-verse hymn to Maa Santoshi, the goddess of contentment, recited especially on the sixteen-Friday vrat.

A chalisa is a devotional hymn of forty (chalis) verses (chaupais), framed by opening and closing dohas (couplets). The Santoshi Mata Chalisa above is given in both Hindi (Devanagari) and English (Hinglish, Roman script) so you can read it in whichever script you are most comfortable with - switch between the two using the buttons above. It is traditionally recited with devotion, often after a bath and before the deity, especially on the day associated with the deity.

A chalisa is forty verses. It is not the short lamp-song (that is an aarti) and not a longer Sanskrit stotram. Other forty-verse hymns are on the Chalisa index. For japa of a compact formula use a mantra. If you are keeping a fast, the story is under Vrat Katha.