Goddess Lalita

śrī lalitā aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram 2

(Sri Lalita Astottarasatanama Stotram 2 in English (IAST))

Also known as sri lalitha ashtottara shatanama stotram 2 · shri lalita astottarasatanama stotram 2 · shree lalita astottarasatanama stotram 2

The same hundred and eight names as the Lalita Ashtottarashatanamavali in this corpus, set in anushtubh verses instead of one-by-one salutations — the form in which they are recited rather than offered. Reading them as verse shows the runs that the salutation form breaks apart: a whole verse given to the moon, where she is moon-crested, moon-faced, dwelling in the moon's orb, moon-bright of laughter and shining as a crore of moons; then one on consciousness, its form and its fraction; then four names in a row on one sound, turning from the unconquerable to the remover of sin. The closing verse says what the hundred and eight give — understanding, learning, wealth, fame and the filling of desire — and calls the whole of it auspicious.

śivā bhavānī kalyāṇī gaurī kālī śivapriyā |
kātyāyanī mahādevī durgā''ryā caṇḍikā bhavā || 1 ||
candracūḍā candramukhī candramaṇḍalavāsinī |
candrahāsakarā candrahāsinī candrakoṭibhā || 2 ||
cidrūpā citkalā nityā nirmalā niṣkalā kalā |
bhavyā bhavapriyā bhavyarūpiṇī kalabhāṣiṇī || 3 ||
kavipriyā kāmakalā kāmadā kāmarūpiṇī |
kāruṇyasāgarā kālī saṃsārārṇavatārakā || 4 ||
dūrvābhā duṣṭabhayadā durjayā duritāpahā |
lalitā rājyadā siddhā siddheśī siddhidāyinī || 5 ||
śarmadā śāntiravyaktā śaṅkhakuṇḍalamaṇḍitā |
śāradā śāṅkarī sādhvī śyāmalā komalākṛtiḥ || 6 ||
puṣpiṇī puṣpabāṇāmbā kamalā kamalāsanā |
pañcabāṇastutā pañcavarṇarūpā sarasvatī || 7 ||
pañcamī paramā lakṣmīḥ pāvanī pāpahāriṇī |
sarvajñā vṛṣabhārūḍhā sarvalokavaśaṅkarī || 8 ||
sarvasvatantrā sarveśī sarvamaṅgalakāriṇī |
niravadyā nīradābhā nirmalā niścayātmikā || 9 ||
nirmadā niyatācārā niṣkāmā nigamālayā |
anādibodhā brahmāṇī kaumārī gururūpiṇī || 10 ||
vaiṣṇavī samayācārā kaulinī kuladevatā |
sāmagānapriyā sarvavedarūpā sarasvatī || 11 ||
antaryāgapriyā''nandā bahiryāgaparārcitā |
vīṇāgānarasānandā cārdhonmīlitalocanā || 12 ||
divyacandanadigdhāṅgī sarvasāmrājyarūpiṇī |
taraṅgīkṛtasvāpāṅgavīkṣārakṣitasajjanā || 13 ||
sudhāpānasamudvelahelāmohitadhūrjaṭiḥ |
mataṅgamunisampūjyā mataṅgakulabhūṣaṇā || 14 ||
makuṭāṅgadamañjīramekhalādāmabhūṣitā |
ūrmikākiṅkiṇīratnakaṅkaṇādipariṣkṛtā || 15 ||
mallikāmālatīkundamandārāñcitamastakā |
tāmbūlakavalodañcatkapolatalaśobhinī || 16 ||
trimūrtirūpā trailokyasumohanatanuprabhā |
śrīmaccakrādhinagarīsāmrājyaśrīsvarūpiṇī || 17 ||
idaṃ nāmnāṃ sāṣṭaśataṃ lalitāyāḥ matipradam |
vidyādhanayaśaḥ kāmapūrtidaṃ sarvamaṅgalam || 18 ||
iti śrīlalitāṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram |

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