hrīṃkārānanagarbhitānalaśikhāṃ sauḥ klīṃkalāṃ bibhratīṃ
sauvarṇāṃbaradhāriṇīṃ varasudhādhautāṃ trinetrojjvalāṃ |
vaṃde pustakapāśamaṃkuśadharāṃ sragbhūṣitāmujjvalāṃ
tvāṃ gaurīṃ tripurāṃ parātparakalāṃ śrīcakrasaṃcāriṇīṃ ||
asya śrī śuddhaśaktimālāmahāmaṃtrasya, upastheṃdriyādhiṣṭhāyī
varuṇāditya ṛṣayaḥ devī gāyatrī chaṃdaḥ sātvika
kakārabhaṭṭārakapīṭhasthita kāmeśvarāṃkanilayā mahākāmeśvarī śrī
lalitā bhaṭṭārikā devatā, aiṃ bījaṃ klīṃ śaktiḥ, sauḥ kīlakaṃ mama
khaḍgasiddhyarthe sarvābhīṣṭasiddhyarthe jape viniyogaḥ, mūlamaṃtreṇa
ṣaḍaṃganyāsaṃ kuryāt ||
dhyānaṃ
tādṛśaṃ khaḍgamāpnoti yena hastasthitena vai
aṣṭādaśamahādvīpasamrāḍbhoktā bhaviṣyati ||
āraktābhāṃ trinetrāmaruṇimavasanāṃ ratnatāṭaṃkaramyāṃ
hastāṃbhojaissapāśāṃkuśamadanadhanussāyakairvisphuraṃtīṃ
āpīnottuṃga vakṣoruhakalaśaluṭhattārahārojjvalāṃgīṃ
dhyāyedaṃbhoruhasthāmaruṇimavasanāmīśvarīmīśvarāṇāṃ ||
lamityādipaṃca pūjāṃ kuryāt, yathāśakti mūlamaṃtraṃ japet ||
oṃ aiṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ aiṃ klīṃ sauḥ oṃ namastripurasuṃdarī,
hṛdayadevī, śirodevī, śikhādevī, kavacadevī, netradevī,
astradevī, kāmeśvarī, bhagamālinī, nityaklinne, bheruṃḍe,
vahnivāsinī, mahāvajreśvarī, śivadūtī, tvarite, kulasuṃdarī,
nitye, nīlapatāke, vijaye, sarvamaṃgale, jvālāmālinī, citre,
mahānitye, parameśvaraparameśvarī, mitreśamayī, ṣaṣṭhīśamayī, uḍḍīśamayī,
caryānāthamayī, lopāmudrāmayī, agastyamayī, kālatāpaśamayī,
dharmācāryamayī, muktakeśīśvaramayī, dīpakalānāthamayī,
viṣṇudevamayī, prabhākaradevamayī, tejodevamayī, manojadevamayī,
kalyāṇadevamayī, vāsudevamayī, ratnadevamayī, śrīrāmānaṃdamayī,
aṇimāsiddhe, laghimāsiddhe, garimāsiddhe, mahimāsiddhe,
īśitvasiddhe, vaśitvasiddhe, prākāmyasiddhe, bhuktisiddhe,
icchāsiddhe, prāptisiddhe, sarvakāmasiddhe, brāhmī,
māheśvarī, kaumāri, vaiṣṇavī, vārāhī, māheṃdrī, cāmuṃḍe,
mahālakṣmī, sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇī, sarvavidrāviṇī, sarvākarṣiṇī,
sarvavaśaṃkarī, sarvonmādinī, sarvamahāṃkuśe, sarvakhecarī,
sarvabīje, sarvayone, sarvatrikhaṃḍe, trailokyamohana cakrasvāminī,
prakaṭayoginī, kāmākarṣiṇī, buddhyākarṣiṇī, ahaṃkārākarṣiṇī,
śabdākarṣiṇī, sparśākarṣiṇī, rūpākarṣiṇī, rasākarṣiṇī,
gaṃdhākarṣiṇī, cittākarṣiṇī, dhairyākarṣiṇī, smṛtyākarṣiṇī,
nāmākarṣiṇī, bījākarṣiṇī, ātmākarṣiṇī, amṛtākarṣiṇī,
śarīrākarṣiṇī, sarvāśāparipūraka cakrasvāminī, guptayoginī,
anaṃga kusume, anaṃgamekhale, anaṃgamadane, anaṃgamadanāture,
anaṃgarekhe, anaṃgaveginī, anaṃgāṃkuśe, anaṃgamālinī,
sarvasaṃkṣobhaṇacakrasvāminī, guptatarayoginī, sarvasaṃkṣobhiṇī,
sarvavidrāvinī, sarvākarṣiṇī, sarvahlādinī, sarvasammohinī,
sarvastaṃbhinī, sarvajṛṃbhiṇī, sarvavaśaṃkarī, sarvaraṃjanī,
sarvonmādinī, sarvārthasādhike, sarvasaṃpattipūriṇī, sarvamaṃtramayī,
sarvadvaṃdvakṣayaṃkarī, sarvasaubhāgyadāyaka cakrasvāminī, saṃpradāya
yoginī, sarvasiddhiprade, sarvasaṃpatprade, sarvapriyaṃkarī,
sarvamaṃgalakāriṇī, sarvakāmaprade, sarvaduḥkhavimocanī,
sarvamṛtyupraśamani, sarvavighnanivāriṇī, sarvāṃgasuṃdarī,
sarvasaubhāgyadāyinī, sarvārthasādhaka cakrasvāminī, kulottīrṇayoginī,
sarvajñe, sarvaśakte, sarvaiśvaryapradāyinī, sarvajñānamayī,
sarvavyādhivināśinī, sarvādhāra svarūpe, sarvapāpahare, sarvānaṃdamayī,
sarvarakṣāsvarūpiṇī, sarvepsitaphalaprade, sarvarakṣākara cakrasvāminī,
nigarbhayoginī, vaśinī, kāmeśvarī, modinī, vimale, aruṇe,
jayinī, sarveśvarī, kaulinī, sarvarogaharacakrasvāminī,
rahasyayoginī, bāṇinī, cāpinī, pāśinī, aṃkuśinī, mahākāmeśvarī,
mahāvajreśvarī, mahābhagamālinī, sarvasiddhipradacakrasvāminī,
atirahasyayoginī, śrī śrī mahābhaṭṭārike, sarvānaṃdamaya
cakrasvāminī, parāparātirahasyayoginī, tripure, tripureśī,
tripurasuṃdarī, tripuravāsinī, tripurāśrīḥ, tripuramālinī,
tripurāsiddhe, tripurāṃbā, mahātripurasuṃdarī, mahāmaheśvarī,
mahāmahārājñī, mahāmahāśakte, mahāmahāgupte, mahāmahājñapte,
mahāmahānaṃde, mahāmahāskaṃdhe, mahāmahāśaye, mahāmahā
śrīcakranagarasāmrājñī, namaste namaste namaste namaḥ ||
eṣā vidyā mahāsiddhidāyinī smṛtimātrataḥ
agnivātamahākṣobhe rājārāṣṭrasyaviplave ||
luṃṭhane taskarabhaye saṃgrāme salilaplave |
samudrayānavikṣobhe bhūtapretādike bhaye ||
apasmārajvaravyādhimṛtyukṣāmādijebhaye |
śākinī pūtanāyakṣarakṣaḥkūṣmāṃḍaje bhaye ||
mitrabhede grahabhaye vyasaneṣvābhicārike |
anyeṣvapi ca doṣeṣu mālāmaṃtraṃ smarennaraḥ ||
sarvopadravanirmuktassākṣācchivamayobhavet |
āpatkālenityapūjāṃ vistārātkartumārabhet ||
ekavāraṃ japadhyānaṃ sarvapūjāphalaṃ labhet |
navāvarṇadevīnāṃ, lalitāyā mahaujasaḥ ||
ekatragaṇanārūpovedavedāṃgagocaraḥ |
sarvāgamarahasyārthaḥ smaraṇātpāpanāśinī ||
lalitāyāmaheśānyā mālā vidyāmahīyasī |
naravaśyaṃ nareṃdrāṇāṃ vaśyaṃ nārīvaśaṃkaraṃ ||
aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ raṃjanaṃ pāpabhaṃjanaṃ |
tattadāvaraṇasthāyi devatāvṛṃdamaṃtrakaṃ ||
mālāmaṃtraṃ paraṃ guhyāṃ paraṃ dhāmaprakīrtitaṃ |
śaktimālāpaṃcadhāsyācchivamālācatādṛśī ||
tasmādgopyatarādgopyaṃ rahasyaṃ bhuktimuktidaṃ ||
iti śrī vāmakeśvarataṃtre umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde
devīkhaḍgamālāstotraratnaṃ samāptaṃ |
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Meaning
Sri Devi Khadgamala Stotram is a mala mantra of the Srividya tradition that names, one after another, every deity seated in the Sri Chakra and salutes them all. Its colophon places it in the Vamakeshvara Tantra as a dialogue between Uma and Maheshvara. It is not written in verses but as a long garland of vocative names, ending with "namaste namaste namaste namah". The form given here is the one called Shuddha Shakti Mala.
Section by section
Prayer and nyasa: The opening verse salutes Tripura, three-eyed, holding book, noose and goad, moving through the Sri Chakra. The viniyoga then names the rishi, metre, deity (Mahakameshvari Lalita Bhattarika), bija, shakti and kilaka.
Dhyana: One who gains this mala holds it like a sword in hand and becomes sovereign of the eighteen great islands, which explains the name. The Goddess is visualised red in colour, three-eyed, holding noose, goad, sugarcane bow and flower arrows, seated on a lotus.
Limb deities and Nityas: The six nyasa deities from Hridaya Devi onwards, then the fifteen Tithi Nityas from Kameshvari to Chitra, and Mahanitya.
Line of gurus: The divya, siddha and manava lineages, from Parameshvara and Parameshvari through Agastya and Lopamudra to Sri Ramananda.
The nine avaranas: From the outer square of the Sri Chakra to the central bindu. Each enclosure lists its deities, such as the siddhis, the Matrikas, the Akarshini and Ananga goddesses and the Vagdevatas, and closes with the chakra's ruling goddess and its yogini.
Close and phala-shruti: The nine Chakreshvaris and nine epithets lead to the triple salutation of the Empress of the Sri Chakra city. The text then says the mala should be remembered in fire, storm, war, flood, theft, illness and fear, and that a single recitation in an emergency gives the fruit of full worship.
Significance
Navavarana puja of the Sri Chakra is long and detailed. The Khadgamala gathers all its deities into one recitation, so for Srividya upasakas it is a daily practice and for other devotees an introduction to the Sri Chakra.
How and when to chant
Full upasana of the Khadgamala with bija mantras is taken from a Srividya guru. Others may read or listen to it with devotion to Lalita. During Navaratri, on full moon days and Fridays, light a lamp before a Sri Chakra or an image of Lalita, offer kumkum and recite it once, pronouncing the names slowly and clearly.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Devi Khadgamala Stotram called "Khadgamala"?
Can Devi Khadgamala be recited without initiation?
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