Goddess Bagalamukhi

śrībagalāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram

(Sri Bagalashtottara Shatanama Stotram (Rudrayamala) in English (IAST))

Also known as shri bagalashtottara shatanama stotram (rudrayamala) · shree bagalashtottara shatanama stotram (rudrayamala) · bagalashtottara shatanama stotram (rudrayamala)

One of two lists of a hundred and eight names for this goddess in the corpus, and the two are built on opposite principles. This one, from the Rudrayamala, works by identification: the names spend their length saying that she is the other goddesses. Mahalakshmi, Tripurasundari, Bhuvaneshi, Parvati, Lalita, Bhairavi, Annapurna, Varahi, Chinnamasta, Tara, Kali, Sarasvati, Matangi, and then the form of Brahma, the form of Vishnu, the form of Rudra and the power of Rudra. Two short runs interrupt that. One is the yellow sequence which gives her the name Pitambara: clothed in yellow, yellow-flowered, fond of yellow garments, fond of yellow scent, worshipped with yellow gems. The other is the run she is actually known for, the arresting names, she who is arrest itself and who brings the wicked to a standstill. It opens by calling her the form of the brahmastra.

oṃ brahmāstrarūpiṇī devī mātā śrībagalāmukhī |
cicchiktirjñānarūpā ca brahmānandapradāyinī || 1||
mahāvidyā mahālakṣmī śrīmattripurasundarī |
bhuvaneśī jaganmātā pārvatī sarvamaṅgalā || 2||
lalitā bhairavī śāntā annapūrṇā kuleśvarī |
vārāhī chīnnamastā ca tārā kālī sarasvatī || 3||
jagatpūjyā mahāmāyā kāmeśī bhagamālinī |
dakṣaputrī śivāṅkasthā śivarūpā śivapriyā || 4||
sarvasampatkarī devī sarvaloka vaśaṅkarī |
vedavidyā mahāpūjyā bhaktādveṣī bhayaṅkarī || 5||
stambharūpā stambhinī ca duṣṭastambhanakāriṇī |
bhaktapriyā mahābhogā śrīvidyā lalitāmbikā || 6||
maināputrī śivānandā mātaṅgī bhuvaneśvarī |
nārasiṃhī narendrā ca nṛpārādhyā narottamā || 7||
nāginī nāgaputrī ca nagarājasutā umā |
pītāmbā pītapuṣpā ca pītavastrapriyā śubhā || 8||
pītagandhapriyā rāmā pītaratnārcitā śivā |
arddhacandradharī devī gadāmudgaradhāriṇī || 9||
sāvitrī tripadā śuddhā sadyorāga vivardhinī |
viṣṇurūpā jaganmohā brahmarūpā haripriyā || 10||
rudrarūpā rudraśaktiścinmayī bhaktavatsalā |
lokamātā śivā sandhyā śivapūjanatatparā || 11||
dhanādhyakṣā dhaneśī ca narmadā dhanadā dhanā |
caṇḍadarpaharī devī śumbhāsuranibarhiṇī || 12||
rājarājeśvarī devī mahiṣāsuramardinī |
madhūkaiṭabhahantrī devī raktabījavināśinī || 13||
dhūmrākṣadaityahantrī ca bhaṇḍāsura vināśinī |
reṇuputrī mahāmāyā bhrāmarī bhramarāmbikā || 14||
jvālāmukhī bhadrakālī bagalā śatrunāśinī |
indrāṇī indrapūjyā ca guhamātā guṇeśvarī || 15||
vajrapāśadharā devī jhvāmudgaradhāriṇī |
bhaktānandakarī devī bagalā parameśvarī || 16||
|| phalaśruti ||
aṣṭottaraśataṃ nāmnāṃ bagalāyāstu yaḥ paṭhet |
ripubādhāvinirmuktaḥ lakṣmīsthairyamavāpnuyāt || 17||
bhūtapretapiśācāśca grahapīḍānivāraṇam |
rājāno vaśamāyānti sarvaiśvaryaṃ ca vindati || 18||
nānāvidyāṃ ca labhate rājyaṃ prāpnoti niścitam |
bhuktimuktimavāpnoti sākṣāt śivasamo bhavet || 19||
|| śrī rudrayāmale sarvasiddhiprada-bagalāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotraṃ sampūrṇam ||

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