Goddess Bala Tripurasundari

śrī bālā tripurasundarī stotram

(Sri Bala Tripurasundari Stotram in English (IAST))

From Rudrayamala Tantra

Also known as shri bala tripura sundari stotram · shri bala tripurasundari stotram · shree bala tripurasundari stotram

A short hymn to Bala from the Rudrayamala, spoken by Bhairava to Parvati and introduced by him as the fifth limb and his own secret, to be heard and then guarded with care. Its viniyoga names Dakshinamurti as seer and pankti as the metre, which places it among the mantra-texts rather than among descriptive praises: the verses are built of the mantra as much as about it. The closing verse repeats the injunction that opened it — this is not to be given to those without devotion, and is to be kept as closely as one keeps one's own person. Bala is the girl-form of Tripurasundari, and the corpus holds a further twenty-nine texts to her.

śrī bhairava uvāca
adhunā devi ! bālāyāḥ stotraṃ vakṣyāmi pārvati ! |
pañcamāṅgaṃ rahasyaṃ me śrutvā gopyaṃ prayatnataḥ ||
oṃ asya śrībālātripurasundarīstotramantrasya
śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtiḥ ṛṣiḥ, paṅktiśchandaḥ,
śrībālātripurasundarī devatā, aiṃ bījaṃ, sauḥ śaktiḥ,
klīṃ kilakaṃ, śrībālāprītaye pāṭhe viniyogaḥ |
oṃ śrī dakṣiṇāmūrtiṛṣaye namaḥ - śirasi |
oṃ śrī paṅktiśchandase namaḥ - mukhe |
oṃ śrībālātripurasundarī devatāyai namaḥ - hṛdi |
oṃ aiṃ bījāya namaḥ - nābhau |
oṃ sauḥ śaktaye namaḥ - guhye |
oṃ klīṃ kīlakāya namaḥ - pādayoḥ |
oṃ śrībālāprītaye pāṭhe viniyogāya namaḥ - sarvāṅge |
oṃ aiṃ aṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ klīṃ tarjanībhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ sauḥ madhyamābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ aiṃ anāmikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ klīṃ kaniṣṭhikābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ sauḥ karatalakarapṛṣṭhābhyāṃ namaḥ |
oṃ aiṃ hṛdayāya namaḥ |
oṃ klīṃ śirase svāhā |
oṃ sauḥ śikhāyai vauṣaṭ |
oṃ aiṃ kavacāya hum |
oṃ klīṃ netratrayāya vauṣataṭ |
oṃ sauḥ astrāya phaṭ |
aruṇakiraṇajālai rañjitāśāvakāśā |
vidhṛtajapavaṭīkā pustakābhītihastā |
itarakaravarāḍhyā phullakahlārasaṃsthā |
nivasatu hṛdi bālā nityakalyāṇarūpā ||
oṃ laṃ pṛthivītattvātmakaṃ gandhaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye samarpayāmi namaḥ |
oṃ haṃ ākāśatattvātmakaṃ puṣpaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye samarpayāmi namaḥ |
oṃ yaṃ vāyutattvātmakaṃ dhūpaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye ghrāpayāmi namaḥ |
oṃ raṃ agnitattvātmakaṃ dīpaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye darśayāmi namaḥ |
oṃ vaṃ jalatattvātmakaṃ naivedyaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye nivedayāmi namaḥ |
oṃ saṃ sarvatattvātmakaṃ tāmbūlaṃ śrībālātripurāprītaye samarpayāmi namaḥ |
vāṇīṃ japed yastripure ! bhavānyā bījaṃ niśīthe jaḍabhāvalīnaḥ |
bhaveta sa gīrvāṇagurorgarīyān girīśapatni prabhutādi tasya || 1||
kāmeśvari ! tryakṣarī kāmarājaṃ japed dinānte tava mantrarājam |
rambhā'pi jṛmbhārisabhāṃ vihāya bhūmau bhajet taṃ kuladīkṣitaṃ ca || 2||
tārtīyakaṃ bījamidaṃ japed yastrailokyamātastripure ! purastāt |
vidhāya līlāṃ bhuvane tathānte nirāmayaṃ brahmapadaṃ prayāti || 3||
dharāsadmatrivṛttāṣṭapatraṣaṭkoṇanāgare |
vindupīṭhe'rcayed bālāṃ yo'sau prānte śivo bhavet || 4||
iti mantramayaṃ stavaṃ paṭhed yastripurāyā niśi vā niśāvasāne |
sa bhaved bhuvi sārvabhaumamaulistridive śakrasamānaśauryalakṣmīḥ || 1||
itīdaṃ devi ! bālāyā stotraṃ mantramayaṃ param |
adātavyamabhaktebhyo gopanīyaṃ svayonivat || 2||
|| iti śrīrudrayāmale tantre bhairavabhairavīsaṃvāde śrībālātripurasundarīstotram samāptam ||

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