ଶ୍ରୀ ତ୍ରିପୁରସୁନ୍ଦରୀ ପ୍ରାତଃ ସ୍ମରଣମ୍ ୨

A morning remembrance and, at the same time, one of six stavas here whose verses open on the sixteen syllables of the Shodashi mantra in order. Every verse ends on the same words — at dawn I call to mind Lalita — and what is called to mind is a face rather than an argument: the musk mark on her brow, the crescent above it, the dark hair at her temples, the fresh pearl necklace hanging down, eyes long as lotus petals. Later verses set her in the mind of the one-pointed sage as a royal swan upon his lake, and among maidens crowned with the crescent who hold small lutes in their laps. The last verse names her the family deity of Guha, as the other five in this set also close on that name.