Goddess Devi

śrī manasā devī dvādaśanāma stotram

(Sri Manasa Devi Dwadasa Nama Stotram in English (IAST))

From Brahmavaivarta Purana

Also known as shri manasa devi dwadasa nama stotram · shree manasa devi dwadasa nama stotram · manasa devi dwadasa nama stotram

Twelve names of Manasa from the forty-fifth chapter of the Prakriti Khanda of the Brahmavaivarta Purana, and the twelve are enough to give her whole position at once. She is Jaratkaru, which is her husband's name borne as her own; Jagadgauri, the fair one of the world; Manasa, the one born of the mind; the accomplished yogini; Vaishnavi; the sister of the serpents; Shaivi; and the mistress of the serpents. Both sides of her are in that list — the snake-goddess of the folk and the ascetic wife of a Vedic sage — and the hymn holds them together without comment, which is what the Purana does with her too.

|| oṃ namo manasāyai ||
jaratkārurjagadgaurī manasā siddhayoginī |
vaiṣṇavī nāgabhaginī śaivī nāgeśvarī tathā || 1 ||
jaratkārupriyā''stīkamātā viṣaharītī ca |
mahājñānayutā caiva sā devī viśvapūjitā || 2 ||
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
dvādaśaitāni nāmāni pūjākāle ca yaḥ paṭhet |
tasya nāgabhayaṃ nāsti tasya vaṃśodbhavasya ca || 3 ||
nāgabhīte ca śayane nāgagraste ca mandire |
nāgakṣate nāgadurge nāgaveṣṭitavigrahe || 4 ||
idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhitvā tu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
nityaṃ paṭhedyastaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāgavargaḥ palāyate || 5 ||
daśalakṣajapenaiva stotrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām |
stotraṃ siddhiṃ bhavedyasya sa viṣaṃ bhoktumīśvaraḥ || 6 ||
nāgaughaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa bhavennāgavāhanaḥ |
nāgāsano nāgatalpo mahāsiddho bhavennaraḥ || 7 ||
|| iti śrībrahmavaivartamahāpurāṇe prakṛtikhaṇḍe pañcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāye śrī manasādevī dvādaśanāma stotram sampūrṇam ||

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