Goddess Varahi

śrī vārāhī aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram

(Sri Varahi Astottarasatanama Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as sri varahi ashtottara shatanama stotram · shri varahi astottarasatanama stotram · shree varahi astottarasatanama stotram

The hundred and eight names of Vārāhī in verse, and the list is built around her office rather than her form. It opens by placing her on the Kiricakra, the boar-drawn chariot she commands in the Lalitā story, and names her Daṇḍanāthā, the lady of the rod, and the embodied power of action — the goddess as the general who executes rather than the sovereign who decides. The weapons follow and stay consistent: the plough that splits the enemy line, the pestle, the noose, the spear, the mace and the goad, in four hands, with lightning for her colour and fire in her eyes. Smaller and more domestic names sit among them without apology — fond of the karavīra flower, giver of boons where the bilva leaf is offered — and toward the end she is named the one who grants favours in dreams, and the commander of the army.

|| atha śrī vārāhī aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram ||
kiricakrarathārūḍhā śatrusaṃhārakāriṇī |
kriyāśaktisvarūpā ca daṇḍanāthā mahojjvalā || 1 ||
halāyudhā harṣadātrī halanirbhinnaśātravā |
bhaktārtitāpaśamanī musalāyudhaśobhinī || 2 ||
kurvantī kārayantī ca karmamālātaraṅgiṇī |
kāmapradā bhagavatī bhaktaśatruvināśinī || 3 ||
ugrarūpā mahādevī svapnānugrahadāyinī |
kolāsyā candracūḍā ca trinetrā hayavāhanā || 4 ||
pāśahastā śaktipāṇiḥ mudgarāyudhadhāriṇi |
hastāṅkuśā jvalannetrā caturbāhusamanvitā || 5 ||
vidyudvarṇā vahninetrā śatruvargavināśinī |
karavīrapriyā mātā bilvārcanavarapradā || 6 ||
vārtālī caiva vārāhī varāhāsyā varapradā |
andhinī rundhinī caiva jambhinī mohinī tathā || 7 ||
stambhinī cetivikhyātā devyaṣṭakavirājitā |
ugrarūpā mahādevī mahāvīrā mahādyutiḥ || 8 ||
kirātarūpā sarveśī antaḥśatruvināśinī |
pariṇāmakramā vīrā paripākasvarūpiṇī || 9 ||
nīlotpalatilaiḥ prītā śaktiṣoḍaśasevitā |
nārikelodaka prītā śuddhodaka samādarā || 10 ||
uccāṭanī tadīśī ca śoṣaṇī śoṣaṇeśvarī |
māraṇī māraṇeśī ca bhīṣaṇī bhīṣaṇeśvarī || 11 ||
trāsanī trāsaneśī ca kampanī kampanīśvarī |
ājñāvivartinī paścādājñāvivartinīśvarī || 12 ||
vastujāteśvarī cātha sarvasampādanīśvarī |
nigrahānugrahadakṣā ca bhaktavātsalyaśobhinī || 13 ||
kirātasvapnarūpā ca bahudhābhaktarakṣiṇī |
vaśaṅkarī mantrarūpā humbījenasamanvitā || 14 ||
raṃśaktiḥ klīṃ kīlakā ca sarvaśatruvināśinī |
japadhyānasamārādhyā homatarpaṇatarpitā || 15 ||
daṃṣṭrākarālavadanā vikṛtāsyā mahāravā |
ūrdhvakeśī cogradharā somasūryāgnilocanā || 16 ||
raudrīśaktiḥ parāvyaktā ceśvarī paradevatā |
vidhiviṣṇuśivādyarcyā mṛtyubhītyapanodinī || 17 ||
jitarambhoruyugalā ripusaṃhāratāṇḍavā |
bhaktarakṣaṇasaṃlagnā śatrukarmavināśinī || 18 ||
tārkṣyārūḍhā suvarṇābhā śatrumāraṇakāriṇī |
aśvārūḍhā raktavarṇā raktavastrādyalaṅkṛtā || 19 ||
janavaśyakarī mātā bhaktānugrahadāyinī |
daṃṣṭrādhṛtadharā devī prāṇavāyupradā sadā || 20 ||
dūrvāsyā bhūpradā cāpi sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā |
trilocanaṛṣiprītā pañcamī parameśvarī |
senādhikāriṇī cogrā vārāhī ca śubhapradā || 21 ||
|| iti śrī vārāhī aṣṭottaraśatanāma stotram sampūrṇam ||

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