Soundarya Lahari Greatness

soundarya lahari is an important narration, verse describing the greatness, meaning of godess durga. This is written by sankaracharya. This is one type of ultimate description about maa durga.
Soundarya Lahari means waves of beauty. The greatness of godess durga, parvathi is described wonderfully and we feel them as the ripples or waves generated in the lake of bliss. So, they are called lahari or waves. This consists of two parts viz. Ananda Lahari meaning waves of happiness (first 41 stanzas) and Soundarya Lahari, describing the beauty of maa durga.(the next 59 stanzas).
Many people believe that Lord Ganesha himself has etched the Ananda Lahari on Mount Meru(Some people believe that Sage Pushpa Dhantha did the etching).It was read from there by Sage Gouda Pada who taught it to Adi Sankara. Adi Sankara himself added the rest of the 59 stanzas and completed it.
These 100 stanzas are supposed to be the foremost among Manthra literature. It is also believed that by Making suitable Yanthras and reciting particular stanzas and worshipping the yantras almost anything can be obtained in the world by the devotees.Firm belief in the godess is requried.There are more thn 36 commentries to Soundarya Lahari written in Sanskrit itself.Of them the most famous is that written by Lakshmi Dhara alias Lalla,His commentary is used to understand the meaning of the different verses.The meaning of the soundarya lahari can be had from this site url:www.tiehh.ttu.edu/gopal/STOTRAS/Soundarya Lahari.doc