asya śrīvārāhī dvādaśanāmastotrasya aśvānana ṛṣiḥ |
anuṣṭupchandaḥ | śrī vārāhī devatā |
śrīvārāhi prasādasiddhyarthaṃ sarvasaṅkaṭaharaṇa jape viniyogaḥ |
pañcamī daṇḍanāthā ca saṅketā samayeśvarī |
tathā samayasaṅketā vārāhī potriṇī śivā [ 1 ]
vārtālī ca mahāsenā''jñācakreśvarī tathā |
arighnī ceti samproktaṃ nāma dvādaśakaṃ mune [ 2 ]
nāma dvādaśadhābhijña vajrapañjaramadhyagaḥ |
saṅakaṭe duḥkhamāpnoti na kadācana mānavaḥ [ 3 ]
iti vārāhīdvādaśanāmastotraṃ sampūrṇam
The meanings of the 12 names by Ramesh Kutticad:
1. Pañcamī: The fifth Devi, she is the fifth of the eight Matṛka Devis, also she is the power behind Sadaśiva the fifth Karaneśvara as his Anugraha (Divine grace) śakti.
2. Daṇḍanāthā: Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Śrī Lalita
3. Saṅketā: Secret coded, being in the army has secret codes
4. Samayeśvarī: Lord of the path where there are rules and restrictions.
5. Samayasaṅketā: secret code in the pūjā path, since pūjā is the sadhana and battle personified we have to understand the meaning and the philosophy behind every act in the pūjā, she confers on us this understanding.
6. Vārāhī: the divine power behind the Varaha avatar of Śrī Viṣṇu, who lifted the world from the sea, hence a huge form is indicated here
7. Potriṇī: boar faced. Since boar has an ability to float and swim in waters, she has the ability to keep her devotees afloat and steer them in the world.
8. Śivā: Ever auspicious. Since Devi is ever pure awareness she is ever auspicious.
9. Vārtālī: Lord of speech. As seen above the Varaha avatar used the tusks to lift the world, having big tusks are indicated here. Philosophically they indicate the Vedas which are the sure means for being lifted up.
10. Mahāsenā: Having great army. The body with flesh, bones, blood are her armies, so maintaining this body in good condition which is the boon of this Devi is indicated here.
11. Ājñā cakreśvarī: Lord of the ājñā cakra (mid eyebrow). All individual effort will be up the sadhaka to raise the Kundalini up to ājñā cakra, here the ājñā – the order of the Devi is required to move further to the Sahsarara, which is the grace of the divine mother through the Śrī Guru.
12. Arighnī: the remover of the enemies.
