Lalitha Sahasranama, is sacred text comprising of 1000 names of Sri Lalithadevi, the divine mother, This sacred hymns were written in Brahmanda Purana as Hayagreeva Agastya Samvaada ( discussion between Hayagreeva and Agashtya) .Hayagreeva, lord of Knowledge, is an incarnation of lord Vishnu, with head of horse. Sage Agastya is one among Saptharishis.
There are several benefits of chanting Lalitha Sahasranama.It is always good if we recite them knowing the meaning and using correct pronunciation.The vibrations create a celestial atmosphere and offer a blissful experience.
There are enormous benefits of chanting Lalitha Sahasranama, which are mentioned in the Stotra itself in Uttara Peetika as phala sruti.
*Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is a way of penance and offers long and healthy life.It is an antidote to accidents and untimely deaths.
*On the full moon day facing the full moon and meditating on Lalitha, if one chants Lalitha Sahasranama,they will be cured of their diseases and mental disturbances if any will be vanished.
*Those who chant it regularly will be an awakened soul with subtle energies. The divine mother herself protects such individuals and will make him successful in all his endeavors.
*Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is an indirect blessing to those who cannot do many kind of offerings to God .
*Regular chanting of Sree Lalitha Sahasranama blesses individuals with vaksiddhi, name and fame.
*A child less woman, if chants this stotra regularly, offering butter to Lalithadevi, will soon be blessed with a son.
*The enemies of the devotee, who reads these thousand names, would be killed by arrows by Sharabheswara.
*Goddess of wealth will live permanently in the houses of those who recite it with faith and devotion continuously for six months.
*Those who read it daily for one month or at least three weeks, will have the blessings of Goddess Saraswathi , the goddess of knowledge and intelligence.
*On the full moon day facing the full moon and meditating on Lalitha,if one chants Lalitha Sahasranama,they will be cured of their diseases and mental disturbances if any, will be vanished.”
*In homes where Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is chanted regularly there would never be any scarcity of food and other basic necessities of life.If all family members chant it together , such families stay together through thick and thin.
Special days to chant:
Fridays, Navami, Shukla Paksha chaturdasi and Pournami, Sankaranthi days, first day of every month and first day of the year, Grahana Samaya(times of eclipse), and on birthdays, Navarathri times both vasantha and sarannavarathri.
If one chants this during Grahana times, it gives 1000 times more benefits than during normal chanting
It is also good to recite it during Navarathris, both Vasantha and Sarannavarathri.