Goddess Kamakhya

śrī kāmākhyā stotraṃ

(Shri Kamakhya Stotram in English (IAST))

From Tantra Chintamani

The Shri Kamakhya Stotram is a powerful devotional hymn dedicated to Goddess Kamakhya, the presiding deity of the famous Kamakhya Temple in Assam. Representing the divine feminine energy and the culmination of Shakti, the Goddess is invoked here as Kameshwari, the fulfiller of desires. This stotra serves as a key text for devotees seeking protection, spiritual liberation, and the removal of negative influences. Chanting this hymn with devotion is believed to balance one's life force, grant mental peace, and bestow the grace of the Mother Goddess, ultimately leading the practitioner toward enlightenment and fulfillment.

jaya kāmeśi cāmuṇḍe jaya bhūtāpahāriṇi |
jaya sarvagate devi kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 1 ||
viśvamūrte śubhe śuddhe virūpākṣi trilocane |
bhīmarūpe śive vidye kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 2 ||
mālājaye jaye jambhe bhūtākṣi kṣubhite'kṣaye |
mahāmāye maheśāni kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 3 ||
bhīmākṣi bhīṣaṇe devi sarvabhūtakṣayaṅkari |
kāli ca vikarāli ca kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 3 ||
kāli karālavikrānte kāmeśvari harapriye |
sarvaśāstrasārabhūte kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 4 ||
kāmarūpapradīpe ca nīlakūṭanivāsini |
niśumbhaśumbhamathani kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 5 ||
kāmākhye kāmarūpasthe kāmeśvari haripriye |
kāmanāṃ dehi me nityaṃ kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 6 ||
vapānāḍhyamahāvaktre tathā tribhuvaneśvari |
mahiṣāsuravadhe devi kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 7 ||
chāgatuṣṭe mahābhīme kāmākhye suravandite |
jaya kāmaprade tuṣṭe kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 8 ||
bhraṣṭarājyo yadā rājā navamyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ |
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmupavāsī narottamaḥ || 9 ||
saṃvatsareṇa labhate rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ punaḥ |
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā tava devi samudbhavam |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ nirvāṇamṛcchati || 10 ||
śrīkāmarūpeśvari bhāskaraprabheprakāśitāmbhojanibhāyatānane |
surārirakṣaḥstutipātanotsuketrayīmaye devanute namāmi || 11 ||
sitāsite raktapiśaṅgavigraherūpāṇi yasyāḥ pratibhānti tāni |
vikārarūpā ca vikalpitāniśubhāśubhānāmapi tāṃ namāmi || 12 ||
kāmarūpasamudbhūte kāmapīṭhāvataṃsake |
viśvādhāre mahāmāye kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 13 ||
avyaktavigrahe śānte santate kāmarūpiṇi |
kālagamye pare śānte kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 14 ||
yā suṣumnāntarālasthā cintyate jyotirūpiṇī |
praṇato'smi parāṃ vīrāṃ kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 15 ||
daṃṣṭrākarālavadane muṇḍamālopaśobhite |
sarvataḥ sarvage devi kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 16 ||
cāmuṇḍe ca mahākāli kāli kapālahāriṇī |
pāśahaste daṇḍahaste kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 17 ||
cāmuṇḍe kulamālāsye tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭre mahābale |
śavayānasthite devi kāmeśvari namo'stu te || 18 ||
iti śrī kāmākhyā stotram |

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