Goddess Tripura Bhairavi

śrī tripura bhairavī aṣṭottara śata nāmā stotraṃ

(Shri Tripura Bhairavi Ashtottara Sata Nama Stotram in English (IAST))

From Rudrayamala Tantra

This sacred stotra, found in the Rudrayamala Tantra, invokes the fierce and transformative energy of Goddess Tripura Bhairavi, the embodiment of divine fire and destruction of ignorance. The text begins with a dialogue between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati, revealing one hundred and eight auspicious names that encapsulate the Goddess's omnipresent power. Devotees chant this hymn to overcome deep-seated fears, dissolve spiritual obstacles, and attain heightened states of consciousness. Regular recitation is believed to grant the practitioner inner strength, protection against malevolent forces, and the grace required to achieve ultimate liberation through the dissolution of the ego.

śrīdevyuvāca

kailāsavāsin bhagavan prāṇeśvara kṛpānidhe |
bhaktavatsala bhairavyā nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 1 ||
na śrutaṃ devadeveśa vada māṃ dīnavatsala |
śrīśiva uvāca
śṛṇu priye mahāgopyaṃ nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 2 ||
bhairavyāśśubhadaṃ sevyaṃ sarvasampatpradāyakam |
yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇa kiṃ na siddhyati bhūtale || 3 ||
oṃ bhairavī bhairavārādhyā bhūtidā bhūtabhāvanā |
āryā brāhmī kāmadhenussarvasampatpradāyinī || 4 ||
trailokyavanditā devī mahiṣāsuramardinī |
mohaghnī mālatī mālā mahāpātakanāśinī || 5 ||
krodhinī krodhanilayā krodharaktekṣaṇā kuhūḥ |
tripurā tripurādhārā trinetrā bhīmabhairavī || 6 ||
devakī devamātā ca devaduṣṭavināśinī |
dāmodarapriyā dīrghā durgā durgatināśinī || 7 ||
lambodarī lambakarṇā pralambitapayodharā |
pratyaṅgirā pratipadā praṇatakleśanāśinī || 8 ||
prabhāvatī guṇavatī gaṇamātā guheśvarī |
kṣīrābdhitanayā kṣemyā jagattrāṇavidhāyinī || 9 ||
mahāmārī mahāmohā mahākrodhā mahānadī |
mahāpātakasaṃhartrī mahāmohapradāyinī || 10 ||
vikarālā mahākālā kālarūpā kalāvatī |
kapālakhaṭvāṅgadharā khaḍgakharparadhāriṇī || 11 ||
kumārī kuṅkumaprītā kuṅkumāruṇarañjitā |
kaumodakī kumudinī kīrtyā kīrtipradāyinī || 12 ||
navīnā nīradā nityā nandikeśvarapālinī |
ghargharā ghargharārāvā ghorā ghorasvarūpiṇī || 13 ||
kalighnī kalidharmaghnī kalikautukanāśinī |
kiśorī keśavaprītā kleśasaṅghanivāriṇī || 14 ||
mahonmattā mahāmattā mahāvidyā mahīmayī |
mahāyajñā mahāvāṇī mahāmandaradhāriṇī || 15 ||
mokṣadā mohadā mohā bhuktimuktipradāyinī |
aṭṭāṭṭahāsaniratā kvaṇannūpuradhāriṇī || 16 ||
dīrghadaṃṣṭrā dīrghamukhī dīrghaghoṇā ca dīrghikā |
danujāntakarī duṣṭā duḥkhadāridryabhañjinī || 17 ||
durācārā ca doṣaghnī damapatnī dayāparā |
manobhavā manumayī manuvaṃśapravardhinī || 18 ||
śyāmā śyāmatanuśśobhā saumyā śambhuvilāsinī |
iti te kathitaṃ divyaṃ nāmnāmaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 19 ||
bhairavyā devadeveśyāstava prītyai sureśvari |
aprakāśyamidaṃ gopyaṃ paṭhanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ || 20 ||
devīṃ dhyātvā surāṃ pītvā makāraiḥ pañcakaiḥ priye |
pūjayetsatataṃ bhaktyā paṭhet stotramidaṃ śubham || 21 ||
ṣaṇmāsābhyantare so'pi gaṇanāthasamo bhavet |
kimatra bahunoktena tvadagre prāṇavallabhe || 22 ||
sarvaṃ jānāsi sarvajñe punarmāṃ paripṛcchasi |
na deyaṃ paraśiṣyebhyo nindakebhyo viśeṣataḥ || 23 ||
iti śrītripurabhairavī aṣṭottaraśatanāmastotram |

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