About Matangi Devi:
Matangi Devi is the ninth of the ten Mahavidya Goddesses or ten Tantric goddesses. Like Goddess Saraswati, She is a ferocious aspect of the Divine Mother Durga. She is said to be the Tantric form of Sarasvati who is the goddess of art, music and learning. She governs speech, knowledge, music and the arts. Worshipping Her one gets supernatural powers mainly gaining control over opponents, attracting people to oneself and gaining mastery over arts and attaining supreme knowledge.
Goddess Matangi is compared with Goddess Saraswati, She is often associated with pollution and impurity. She is considered an embodiment of Ucchishta which means leftover food in hands and the mouth. Hence, She is also known as Ucchishta Chandalini and Ucchishta Matangini. She is described as an outcaste and offered left-over and partially eaten food i.e. Ucchishta to seek her blessings.
She is seated on an altar and has a smiling face and a green complexion. Her eyes are intoxicated. Her clothes and all of Her ornaments are red. Around Her neck is a garland of kadamba flowers. She is sixteen years old and has very full breasts and a very slim waist. She holds a skull on Her left side and a bloodied chopping blade on Her right, And She plays a jewel-encrusted veena. Her hair is long and wild, and the disc of the moon adorns Her forehead. She perspires slightly around Her face, which makes Her all the more beautiful and bright. Below Her navel are three horizontal folds of skin and a thin vertical line of fine hair. She wears a girdle of jeweled ornaments, as well as bracelets, armlets, and earrings. She represents the 64 arts and She is flanked by two parrots.
Shri Matangi Shatanamastotram Lyrics in English:
॥ srimatangisatanamastotram ॥
sribhairavyuvaca –
bhagavanchrotumicchami matangyah satanamakam ।
yadguhyam sarvatantresu kenapi na prakasitam ॥ 1 ॥
bhairava uvaca –
srnu devi pravaksyami rahasyatirahasyakam ।
nakhyeyam yatra kutrapi pathaniyam paratparam ॥ 2 ॥
yasyaikavarapathanatsarve vighna upadravah ।
nasyanti tatksanaddevi vahnina tularasivat ॥ 3 ॥
prasanna jayate devi matangi casya pathatah ।
sahasranamapathane yatphalam parikirtitam ।
tatkotigunitam devinamastasatakam subham ॥ 4 ॥
asya srimatangisatanamastotrasya bhagavanmatanga rsih
anustup chandah matangi devata matangipritaye jape viniyogah ।
mahamattamatangini siddhirupa tatha yogini bhadrakali rama ca ।
bhavani bhavapritida bhutiyukta bhavaradhita bhutisampatkari ca ॥ 1 ॥
dhanadhisamata dhanagaradrstirdhanesarcita dhiravapivarangi ।
prakrstaprabharupini kamarupaprahrsta mahakirtida karnanali ॥ 2 ॥
karali bhaga ghorarupa bhagangi bhagahva bhagapritida bhimarupa ।
bhavani mahakausiki kosapurna kisorikisorapriyananda iha ॥ 3 ॥
mahakaranakarana karmasila kapaliprasiddha mahasidkhanḍa ।
makarapriya manarupa mahesi mahollasinilasyalilalayangi ॥ 4 ॥
ksamaksemasila ksapakarini caksayapritida bhutiyukta bhavani ।
bhavaradhita bhutisatyatmika ca prabhodbhasita bhanubhasvatkara ca ॥ 5 ॥
dharadhisamata dharagaradrstirdharesarcita dhivaradhivarangi ।
prakrstaprabharupini pranarupaprakrstasvarupa svarupapriya ca ॥ 6 ॥
calatkunḍala kamini kantayukta kapalacala kalakoddharini ca ।
kadambapriya kotarikotadeha krama kirtida karnarupa ca kaksmih ॥ 7 ॥
ksamangi ksayapremarupa ksapa ca ksayaksa ksayahva ksayaprantara ca ।
ksavatkamini ksarini ksirapurna sivangi ca sakambhari sakadeha ॥ 8 ॥
mahasakayajna phalaprasaka ca sakahva sakahvasakakhya saka ca ।
sakaksantarosa surosa surekha mahasesayajnopavitapriya ca ॥ 9 ॥
jayanti jaya jagratiyogyarupa jayanga japadhyanasantustasamjna ।
jayapranarupa jayasvarnadeha jayajvalini yamini yamyarupa ॥ 10 ॥
jaganmatrrupa jagadraksana ca svadhavausaḍanta vilambavilamba ।
saḍanga mahalambarupasihasta padahariniharini harini ca ॥ 11 ॥
mahamangala mangalapremakirtirnisumbhacchida sumbhadarpatvaha ca ।
tatha”nandabijadimuktasvarupa tatha canḍamunḍapadamukhyacanḍa ॥ 12 ॥
pracanḍapracanḍa mahacanḍavega calaccamara camaracandrakirtih ।
sucamikaracitrabhusojjvalangi susangitagita ca payadapayat ॥ 13 ॥
iti te kathitam devi namnamastottaram satam ।
gopyanca sarvatantresu gopaniyanca sarvada ॥ 14 ॥
etasya satatabhyasatsaksaddevo mahesvarah ।
trisandhyanca mahabhaktya pathaniyam sukhodayam ॥ 15 ॥
na tasya duskaram kincijjayate sparsatah ksanat ।
svakrtam yattadevaptam tasmadavartayetsada ॥ 16 ॥
sadaiva sannidhau tasya devi vasati sadaram ।
ayoga ye tavaivagre suyogasca bhavanti vai ॥ 17 ॥
ta evamitrabhutasca bhavanti tatprasadatah ।
visani nopasarpanti vyadhayo na sprsanti tan ॥ 18 ॥
lutavisphotakassarve samam yanti ca tatksanat ।
jarapalitanirmuktah kalpajivi bhavennarah ॥ 19 ॥
api kim bahunoktena sannidhyam phalamapnuyat ।
yavanmaya pura proktam phalam sahasranamakam ।
tatsarvam labhate martyo mahamayaprasadatah ॥ 20 ॥
iti srirudrayamale matangisatanamastotram sampurnam ॥
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