Goddess Bagalamukhi

śrī bagalāmukhī aṣṭottara śata nāmā stotraṃ

(Shri Bagalamukhi Ashtottara Shatanamastotram in English (IAST))

From Tantra Shastras

This sacred hymn serves as a powerful invocation of Goddess Bagalamukhi, the eighth Mahavidya in the Shakta tradition. Often sourced from various Tantric texts, the stotra consists of one hundred and eight names that exalt the Goddess as the paralyser of enemies and the remover of ignorance. Chanting these names is believed to provide spiritual protection, resolve legal disputes, and grant victory over adversaries. The text emphasizes the Goddess's role in establishing cosmic order by silencing negativity, offering practitioners deep inner peace, mental clarity, and the strength to overcome formidable life obstacles through her divine grace.

nārada uvāca

bhagavan devadeveśa sṛṣṭisthitilayeśvara |
śatamaṣṭottaraṃ nāmnāṃ bagalāyā vadādhunā || 1 ||

śrī bhagavānuvāca

śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam |
pītāmbaryā mahādevyāḥ stotraṃ pāpapraṇāśanam || 2 ||
yasya prapaṭhanātsadyo vādī mūkobhavet kṣaṇāt |
ripavasstambhanaṃ yānti satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham || 3 ||
oṃ asya śrīpītāmbaryaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotrasya sadāśiva ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīpītāmbarī devatā śrīpītāmbarī prītaye jape viniyogaḥ |
oṃ bagalā viṣṇuvanitā viṣṇuśaṅkarabhāminī |
bahulā devamātā ca mahāviṣṇuprasūrapi || 4 ||
mahāmatsyā mahākūrmā mahāvārāharūpiṇī |
nārasiṃhapriyā ramyā vāmanā paṭurūpiṇī || 5 ||
jāmadagnyasvarūpā ca rāmā rāmaprapūjitā |
kṛṣṇā kapardinī kṛtyā kalahā ca vikāriṇī || 6 ||
buddhirūpā buddhabhāryā bauddhapāṣaṇḍakhaṇḍinī |
kalkirūpā kaliharā kalidurgatināśinī || 7 ||
koṭisūryapratīkāśā koṭikandarpamohinī |
kevalā kaṭhinā kālī kalā kaivalyadāyinī || 8 ||
keśavī keśavārādhyā kiśorī keśavastutā |
rudrarūpā rudramūrtī rudrāṇī rudradevatā || 9 ||
nakṣatrarūpā nakṣatrā nakṣatreśaprapūjitā |
nakṣatreśapriyā nityā nakṣatrapativanditā || 10 ||
nāginī nāgajananī nāgarājapravanditā |
nāgeśvarī nāgakanyā nāgarī ca nagātmajā || 11 ||
nagādhirājatanayā nagarājaprapūjitā |
navīnā nīradā pītā śyāmā saundaryakāriṇī || 12 ||
raktā nīlā ghanā śubhrā śvetā saubhāgyadāyinī |
sundarī saubhagā saumyā svarṇābhā svargatipradā || 13 ||
riputrāsakarī rekhā śatrusaṃhārakāriṇī |
bhāminī ca tathā māyā stambhinī mohinī śubhā || 14 ||
rāgadveṣakarī rātrī rauravadhvaṃsakāriṇī |
yakṣiṇī siddhanivahā siddheśā siddhirūpiṇī || 15 ||
laṅkāpatidhvaṃsakarī laṅkeśaripuvanditā |
laṅkānāthakulaharā mahārāvaṇahāriṇī || 16 ||
devadānavasiddhaughapūjitāparameśvarī |
parāṇurūpā paramā paratantravināśinī || 17 ||
varadā varadārādhyā varadānaparāyaṇā |
varadeśapriyā vīrā vīrabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā || 18 ||
vasudā bahudā vāṇī brahmarūpā varānanā |
baladā pītavasanā pītabhūṣaṇabhūṣitā || 19 ||
pītapuṣpapriyā pītahārā pītasvarūpiṇī |
iti te kathitaṃ vipra nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 20 ||
yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayedvāpi śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ |
tasya śatruḥ kṣayaṃ sadyo yāti naivātra saṃśayaḥ || 21 ||
prabhātakāle prayato manuṣyaḥ
paṭhetsubhaktyā paricintya pītām |
dhruvaṃ bhavettasya samastavṛddhiḥ
vināśamāyāti ca tasya śatruḥ || 22 ||
iti śrīviṣṇuyāmale nāradaviṣṇusaṃvāde śrībagalāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram |

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