Goddess Matangi

śrī mātaṅgī aṣṭottara śata nāmā stotraṃ

(Shri Matangi Ashtottara Shata Nama Stotram in English (IAST))

From Tantra Shastras

This sacred hymn serves as a powerful invocation of Goddess Matangi, the ninth of the ten Mahavidyas in Tantric tradition. Often sourced from various esoteric Tantra Shastras, it delineates the one hundred and eight names of the Goddess, who is revered as the embodiment of speech, music, and creative arts. Devotees chant this stotram to attain mastery over language, enhance artistic intuition, and remove obstacles related to speech and intellect. It is considered a deeply transformative practice that aligns the practitioner with the Goddess's profound wisdom and her ability to bestow worldly success alongside spiritual liberation.

śrībhairavyuvāca

bhagavan śrotumicchāmi mātaṅgyāḥ śatanāmakam |
yadguhyaṃ sarvatantreṣu kenāpi na prakāśitam || 1 ||

śrībhairava uvāca

śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi rahasyātirahasyakam |
nākhyeyaṃ yatra kutrāpi paṭhanīyaṃ parātparam || 2 ||
yasyaikavārapaṭhanātsarve vighnā upadravāḥ |
naśyanti tatkṣaṇāddevi vahninā tūlarāśivat || 3 ||
prasannā jāyate devī mātaṅgī cāsya pāṭhataḥ |
sahasranāmapaṭhane yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam |
tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ devīnāmāṣṭaśatakaṃ śubham || 4 ||
asya śrīmātaṅgyaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotrasya bhagavānmataṅga ṛṣiḥ anuṣṭupchandaḥ śrīmātaṅgī devatā śrīmātaṅgī prītaye jape viniyogaḥ |
mahāmattamātaṅginī siddhirūpā
tathā yoginī bhadrakālī ramā ca |
bhavānī bhavaprītidā bhūtiyuktā
bhavārādhitā bhūtisampatkarī ca || 1 ||
dhanādhīśamātā dhanāgāradṛṣṭi-
-rdhaneśārcitā dhīravāpī varāṅgī |
prakṛṣṭā prabhārūpiṇī kāmarūpā
prahṛṣṭā mahākīrtidā karṇanālī || 2 ||
karālī bhagā ghorarūpā bhagāṅgī
bhagāhvā bhagaprītidā bhīmarūpā |
bhavānī mahākauśikī kośapūrṇā
kiśorī kiśorapriyā nandīhā || 3 ||
mahākāraṇā'kāraṇā karmaśīlā
kapālī prasiddhā mahāsiddhakhaṇḍā |
makārapriyā mānarūpā maheśī
malollāsinī lāsyalīlālayāṅgī || 4 ||
kṣamā kṣemaśīlā kṣapākāriṇī cā-
-'kṣayaprītidā bhūtiyuktā bhavānī |
bhavārādhitā bhūtisatyātmikā ca
prabhodbhāsitā bhānubhāsvatkarā ca || 5 ||
dharādhīśamātā dharāgāradṛṣṭi-
-rdhareśārcitā dhīvarā dhīvarāṅgī |
prakṛṣṭā prabhārūpiṇī prāṇarūpā
prakṛṣṭasvarūpā svarūpapriyā ca || 6 ||
calatkuṇḍalā kāminī kāntayuktā
kapālā'calā kālakoddhāriṇī ca |
kadambapriyā koṭarī koṭadehā
kramā kīrtidā karṇarūpā ca kākṣmīḥ || 7 ||
kṣamāṅgī kṣayapremarūpā kṣayā ca
kṣayākṣā kṣayāhvā kṣayaprāntarā ca |
kṣavatkāminī kṣāriṇī kṣīrapūrṇā
śivāṅgī ca śākambharī śākadehā || 8 ||
mahāśākayajñā phalaprāśakā ca
śakāhvā'śakāhvā śakākhyā śakā ca |
śakākṣāntaroṣā suroṣā surekhā
mahāśeṣayajñopavītapriyā ca || 9 ||
jayantī jayā jāgratī yogyarūpā
jayāṅgā japadhyānasantuṣṭasañjñā |
jayaprāṇarūpā jayasvarṇadehā
jayajvālinī yāminī yāmyarūpā || 10 ||
jaganmātṛrūpā jagadrakṣaṇā ca
svadhāvauṣaḍantā vilambā'vilambā |
ṣaḍaṅgā mahālambarūpāsihastā-
padāhāriṇīhāriṇī hāriṇī ca || 11 ||
mahāmaṅgalā maṅgalapremakīrti-
-rniśumbhacchidā śumbhadarpāpahā ca |
tathā''nandabījādimuktisvarūpā
tathā caṇḍamuṇḍāpadā mukhyacaṇḍā || 12 ||
pracaṇḍā'pracaṇḍā mahācaṇḍavegā
calaccāmarā cāmarā candrakīrtiḥ |
sucāmīkarā citrabhūṣojjvalāṅgī
susaṅgītagītā ca pāyādapāyāt || 13 ||
iti te kathitaṃ devi nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam | gopyaṃ ca sarvatantreṣu gopanīyaṃ ca sarvadā || 14 || etasya satatābhyāsātsākṣāddevo maheśvaraḥ | trisandhyaṃ ca mahābhaktyā paṭhanīyaṃ sukhodayam || 15 || na tasya duṣkaraṃ kiñcijjāyate sparśataḥ kṣaṇāt | sukṛtaṃ yattadevāptaṃ tasmādāvartayetsadā || 16 || sadaiva sannidhau tasya devī vasati sādaram | ayogā ye ta evāgre suyogāśca bhavanti vai || 17 || ta eva mitrabhūtāśca bhavanti tatprasādataḥ | viṣāṇi nopasarpanti vyādhayo na spṛśanti tān || 18 || lūtāvisphoṭakāḥ sarve śamaṃ yānti ca tatkṣaṇāt | jarāpalitanirmuktaḥ kalpajīvī bhavennaraḥ || 19 || api kiṃ bahunoktena sānnidhyaṃ phalamāpnuyāt | yāvanmayā purā proktaṃ phalaṃ sāhasranāmakam | tatsarvaṃ labhate martyo mahāmāyāprasādataḥ || 20 || iti śrīrudrayāmale śrīmātaṅgīśatanāmastotram |

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