Goddess Renuka

śrī reṇukā aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram

(Sri Renuka Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as shri renuka ashtottara shatanama stotram · shree renuka ashtottara shatanama stotram · renuka ashtottara shatanama stotram

A hundred and eight names of Renuka in verse, its colophon naming Shandilya, and its meditation setting her in a dress no one has worn before, giver of Kama's own loveliness, her arms bright with the sword. Most of the list identifies her with the great goddesses in the ordinary way, but four names in it belong to nobody else. She is called the severed-handed, and the destroyer of Jamadagni's darkness, which are the two halves of the story of her beheading; she is the one who takes away leprosy, which is the particular thing her devotees come to her for; and she is the daughter of Renu, which is where the name itself comes from. Three names near the end run peace, beyond peace, and further beyond peace, one after another. The Siddhachala she is said to dwell on is the hill at Mahur.

|| śrī reṇukā dhyānam ||
dhyāyennityamapūrvaveṣalalitāṃ kandarpalāvaṇyadāṃ
devīṃ devagaṇairupāsyacaraṇāṃ kāruṇyaratnākarām |
līlāvigrahiṇīṃ virājitabhujāṃ saccandrahāsādibhi-
-rbhaktānandavidhāyinīṃ pramuditāṃ nityotsavāṃ reṇukām ||
|| śrī reṇukā aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram ||
jagadambā jagadvandyā mahāśaktirmaheśvarī |
mahādevī mahākālī mahālakṣmīḥ sarasvatī ||
mahāvīrā mahārātriḥ kālarātriśca kālikā |
siddhavidyā rāmamātā śivā śāntā ṛṣipriyā ||
nārāyaṇī jaganmātā jagadbījā jagatprabhā |
candrikā candracūḍā ca candrāyudhadharā śubhā ||
bhramarāmbā tathānandā reṇukā mṛtyunāśinī |
durgamā durlabhā gaurī durgā bhargakuṭumbinī ||
kātyāyanī mahāmātā rudrāṇī cāmbikā satī |
kalpavṛkṣā kāmadhenuḥ cintāmaṇirūpadhāriṇī ||
siddhācalavāsinī ca siddhabṛndasuśobhinī |
jvālāmukhī jvalatkāntā jvālā prajvalarūpiṇī ||
ajā pinākinī bhadrā vijayā vijayotsavā |
kuṣṭharogaharā dīptā duṣṭāsuragarvamardinī ||
siddhidā buddhidā śuddhā nityānityā tapaḥpriyā |
nirādhārā nirākārā nirmāyā ca śubhapradā ||
aparṇā cā'nnapūrṇā ca pūrṇacandranibhānanā |
kṛpākarā khaḍgahastā chinnahastā cidambarā ||
cāmuṇḍī caṇḍikā'nantā ratnābharaṇabhūṣitā |
viśālākṣī ca kāmākṣī mīnākṣī mokṣadāyinī ||
sāvitrī caiva saumitrī sudhā sadbhaktarakṣiṇī |
śāntiśca śāntyatītā ca śāntātītatarā tathā ||
jamadagnitamohantrī dharmārthakāmamokṣadā |
kāmadā kāmajananī mātṛkā sūryakāntinī ||
mantrasiddhirmahātejā mātṛmaṇḍalavallabhā |
lokapriyā reṇutanayā bhavānī raudrarūpiṇī ||
tuṣṭidā puṣṭidā caiva śāmbhavī sarvamaṅgalā |
|| phalaśrutiḥ ||
etadaṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram paṭhetsadā ||
sarvasampatkaraṃ divyaṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradam |
aṣṭasiddhiyutaṃ caiva sarvapāpanivāraṇam ||
|| iti śrīśāṇḍilyamaharṣiviracitā śrīreṇukādevyaṣṭottaraśatanāmāvalī sampūrṇā ||

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