Bhadrakali Names in Different Languages:
In Sanskrit – भद्रकाली
In Bengali – ভদ্রকালী
In Tamil – பத்ரகாளி
In Telugu – భద్రకాళి
In Malayalam – ഭദ്രകാളി
In Kannada – ಭದ್ರಕಾಳಿ
In Kodava – ಭದ್ರಕಾಳಿ
Bhadrakali or Adi Parashakti is a popular goddess in South India and also called as Durga, Devi, Mahadevi, or Mahamaya in North India. She is one of the ferocious forms of the great goddess Shakti or Adi Parashakti mentioned in the Devi Mahatmyam. Bhadrakali is a popular form of the Great Goddess, worshipped in Kerala as Bhadrakali, Mahakali, Chamunda and Kariam Kali Murti. In Kerala, she is considered the favorable and happy form of the Mahakali that protects the good.
This goddess is represented with three eyes and four, sixteen or eighteen hands. She carries a series of weapons, flames gushing from her head and a little fang coming out of her mouth. Her worship is also associated with the Tantric tradition of the Matrikas, as well as with the tradition of the ten Mahavidyas and is part of the larger framework of Shaktism. Sarkara, Kodungalloor, Aattukal, Chettikulangara, Thirumandhamkunnu and Chottanikkara are famous temples of Bhadrakali in Kerala.
Bhadrakali is primarily worshipped in 4 forms:
1) Darukajit as the killer of the demon Darika.
2) Dakshajit as the killer of Daksha.
3) Rurujit as the slayer of the demon Ruru
4) Mahishajit as She who killed Mahishasura.
Sri Bhadra Kali Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram Lyrics in English:
sribhadrakalyastottarasatanamastotram
srinandikesvara uvaca –
bhadrakali kamarupa mahavidya yasasvini ।
mahasraya mahabhaga daksayagavibhedini ॥ 1 ॥
rudrakopasamudbhuta bhadra mudra sivankari ।
candrika candravadana rosatamraksasobhini ॥ 2 ॥
indradidamani santa candralekhavibhusita ।
bhaktartiharini mukta candikanandadayini ॥ 3 ॥
saudamini sudhamurtih divyalankarabhusita ।
suvasini sunasa ca trikalajna dhurandhara ॥ 4 ॥
sarvajna sarvalokesi devayonirayonija ।
nirguna nirahankara lokakalyanakarini ॥ 5 ॥
sarvalokapriya gauri sarvagarvavimardini ।
tejovati mahamata kotisuryasamaprabha ॥ 6 ॥
virabhadrakrtanandabhogini virasevita ।
naradadimunistutya nitya satya tapasvini ॥ 7 ॥
jnanarupa kalatita bhaktabhistaphalaprada ।
kailasanilaya subhra ksama srih sarvamangala ॥ 8 ॥
siddhavidya mahasaktih kamini padmalocana ॥
devapriya daityahantri daksagarvapaharini ॥ 9 ॥
sivasasanakartri ca saivanandavidhayini ।
bhavapasanihantri ca savanangasukarini ॥ 10 ॥
lambodari mahakali bhisanasya suresvari ।
mahanidra yoganidra prajna varta kriyavati ॥ 11 ॥
putrapautraprada sadhvi senayuddhasukanksini ॥ 12 ॥ (missing line)
iccha bhagavati maya durga nila manogatih ।
khecari khadgini cakrahasta sulavidharini ॥ 13 ॥
subana saktihasta ca padasancarini para ।
tapahsiddhiprada devi virabhadrasahayini ॥ 14 ॥
dhanadhanyakari visva manomalinyaharini ।
sunaksatrodbhavakari vamsavrddhipradayini ॥ 15 ॥
brahmadisurasamsevya sankari priyabhasini ।
bhutapretapisacadiharini sumanasvini ॥ 16 ॥
punyaksetrakrtavasa pratyaksaparamesvari ।
evam namnam bhadrakalyah satamastottaram viduh ॥ 17 ॥
punyam yaso dirghamayuh putrapautram dhanam bahu ।
dadati devi tasyasu yah pathet stotramuttamam ॥ 18 ॥
bhaumavare bhrgau caiva paurnamasyam visesatah ।
pratah snatva nityakarma vidhaya ca subhaktiman ॥ 19 ॥
virabhadralaye bhadram sampujya surasevitam ।
pathet stotramidam divyam nana bhogapradam subham ॥ 20 ॥
abhistasiddhim prapnoti sighram vidvan parantapa ।
athava svagrhe virabhadrapatnim samarcayet ॥ 21 ॥
stotrenanena vidhivat sarvan kamanavapnuyat ।
roga nasyanti tasyasu yogasiddhim ca vindati ॥ 22 ॥
sanatkumarabhaktanamidam stotram prabodhaya ॥
rahasyam sarabhutam ca sarvajnah sambhavisyasi ॥ 23 ॥
iti sribhadrakalyastottarasatanamastotram sampurnam ।
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