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Saraswati
StotramSanskrit
सरस्वति महाभागे विद्ये कमललोचने । विद्यारूपे विशालाक्षि विद्यां देहि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Transliteration
Sarasvati Mahābhāge Vidye Kamalalocane, Vidyārūpe Viśālākṣi Vidyāṃ Dehi Namo'stu Te
Translation
O greatly fortunate Saraswati, O knowledge itself, lotus-eyed one; wide-eyed embodiment of learning, grant me knowledge — salutations to you.
Meaning
A direct petition addressing the goddess not merely as knowledge's giver but as its very form.
Source
Traditional Puranic verse, popularly attributed to sage Agastya
Om, salutations to Saraswati.
Om, let us come to know the Goddess of Speech; let us meditate on the giver of fulfillment; may that Goddess illumine our understanding.
She who is white as jasmine, moonlight, snow, and a pearl garland, robed in pure white, holding the graceful staff of the veena, seated on a white lotus, ever worshipped by Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and the other gods — may that radiant goddess Saraswati, destroyer of all dullness, protect me.
Endowed with four arms, she holds a rosary of crystal-like beads, a white lotus in one hand, and in another a parrot and a book.