Thursday 8 November 2018

Sri Rajarajeshwari Ashtoththarashathanama Sthothram



|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||












I shall prostrate before supreme Goddess of  city of Thripura, she is Shodashi who has glorious form as Durga, one of the DhashaMahavidhya known as Kali, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamastha, Bhuvaneshvari, Mathangi, Shodashi/Durga, Dhumavathi, Thripurasundhari, Thara and Bhairavi, she is the mother of Universe and its living beings, she is the essence of three Vedas, she has embodied as sacred rivers, she symbolizes three Vedas, she is supremely gorgeous, she has attractive appearance and pleasing disposition, she is most venerable,  she is the essence of Samaveda, she is supreme Goddess Sharadha, she symbolizes sounds,  ocean, and  sky, she is pure, her attractive limbs are untainted, she is chaste wife of Lord Shiva, she always immerses in the meditation up on Lord Shiva, she is beloved consort of Lord Shiva, she is inseparable female aspect of Lord Shambhu, she has personified as Shambhavi, Saraswathi,  and Mahalakshmi who emerged  out of sea while churning the milky ocean for nectar of immortality, she has great speed, she gets easily pleased with the veneration and she is the provider of Siddhi, she is worshiped by pious, sages,  and righteous people, she is most pleasing to Sadhus/mendicant, sages, and pious, she is the source of happiness of Sadhus, she is wielded in Khadga and Khadvanga, she is extremely proud, she is void of six types of impurities, she has perfect control over senses, she is the source of pleasure to senses, she represents Shadvarga as well as Shadanga/six senses and six limbs, and six folds, she has personified as young sixteen year old girl, she represents fire sacrifices, she is worshiped with fire sacrifices, she is worshiped by Lord Indhra with numerous fire sacrifices, she represents sacred syllables of ‘Ka’  and ‘Aa’, she is most desirable, she has various manifestations, she is formless too, she eradicates accidental or unexpected deaths, illnesses and aging, she has very delicate limbs, she represents greatest philosophies and auspiciousness, she guides us to cross the unfathomable ocean of worldly existence, she has personified as  child of three years, she symbolizes supreme wisdom and knowledge, she has personified as Kali who has dreadful appearance, she is Kameshi who is beloved consort of Lord Kameshvara, she has personified as Cchaya, Samjjna, and Arundhathi, she is beyond perception, she has great speed, she is highly enthusiastic, she has great belly, she has the luster of clouds, she has personified as little girl, she is pure, she is the source of supreme intellect, she is Gauri who has fair complexion, she is Vasundhara who is mother Earth, she is highly confidential,  she is served by Nandhikeshvara/Lord Krishna, she destroyed demon Bhaga, she symbolizes good fortune, she is perceivable through intense devotion and faith, she has personified as Devi Cchinnamastha, and Mahadhoomra who has the luster of smoke, she is void of Dharma or Karma,  she is perceivable through righteous deeds and performance of duties and responsibilities, she has personified as Devi Seetha, and Mathangi, she symbolizes supreme intellect, she is the slayer of demon Madhu, she has personified as Bhairavi,  she is Bhuvana who symbolizes Universe, she is the mother of Universe and its living beings, she is void of afflictions, she represents sentiments,  and prosperity, she is supremely gorgeous, she has personified as Bhagalamukhi, Bala, Thripurasundhari, Rohini, Revathi, and  celestial Apsara Ramba, she symbolizes deeds, she is most desirable, she is eulogized by Ravana, she represents thirst, hunger, sorrow, infatuation, aging,  and death, she is void of all those, she symbolizes sathvik nature, she has showered abundance of boons to Shathakrathu/Indhra, he has lustrous face resembles to hundreds of moon, she has Soma, Surya and Agni as eyes, she is attired in the skin of leopard, she is adorned in crescent moon on matted hair locks, she is highly enthusiastic, she takes immense pleasure in the consumption of nectar and her eyes are soaked in the elixir of nectar.


Om Thripura Shodashi Mathre Samavedaparayana | Thryaksha Theertha  Thrayi Sundari Sumkuha ||

Sevya Sharadha Shabdhanilaya  Sagara Sharadhambara | Shuddha Shudhdhathanave Sadhvi Swamini ||

Shambhuvanitha Shambhavi Saraswathi Samudhramadhini | Sheeghragamini Sheeghrasiddhi Sadhusevya ||

Sadhugamya Sadhusanthushtamanasa Khadvangadharini |Gharvi Khadga Khadvangadharini ||

Shadvargabhavarahitha Shadvargacharika |Shadvarga Shadanga Shodasha Shodashavarshika ||

Krathuroopa Krathumayi Ribukshakrathumanditha | Kavargadhipavargantha Manohara ||

Anantharoopini Akara Akararahitha |Akalamrithyuharini Jaramaranavarjjitha|

Thanvi Thara Thaththvaishvaryamayi Thrivarsha Gnanaroopini |Kali Karali Kameshi Cchaya Samjjna ||

Arundhathi Nirvikalpa Mahavega Mahothasaha | Mahodhari Megha Balika Vimala Gnanadhayini ||

Gauri Vasundhara Gopthri Gavampathinishevitha | Bhagaghni Bhagaroopa Bhakthibhavaparayana ||

Cchinnamastha Mahadhoomra Dhoomravibhushana | Dharmakarmadhirahitha  Dharmakarmaparayana ||

Seetha Mathangi Medha  Madhudhaithyavinashini |BhairaviBhuvana Mathre Abadhyabhavasundhari ||

Bhavuka  Bhagala Krithya Bala Thripurasundhari | Rohini Revathi Ramya  Rambha  Ravanavandhitha ||

Shadyagnamayi Sathva  Shathakrathuvarapradha |Shathachandhranana Devi  Sahasradhithyasannibha ||

Somasuryagninayana  Vyaghracharmambaravritha | Ardhendhudharini Maththa  Madhira Madhirekshana ||




|| Jai Sriman Narayana ||