Śrī Mātre Namaḥ, In Lalitā Sahasranāma Stotraṃ (LSS) there are two verses which talk about the killing of Viśukra and Viṣaṅga, brothers of Bhaṇḍāsurā who were born from his shoulders. मन्त्रिण्यम्बा-व...

As many of the practitioners know, the Lalitopākhyāna (part of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa) holds a significant place in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. It introduces various deities, mantras, and yantras essential...

As many of the practitioners know, the Lalitopākhyāna (part of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa) holds a significant place in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. It introduces various deities, mantras, and yantras essential...

In that meeting it was decided that Viṣaṅga would attack Devī’s army from its rear side in a treacherous way. This decision was taken because they got information from their spies that Lalitā Devī was...

As many of the practitioners know, the Lalitopākhyāna (part of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa) holds a significant place in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. It introduces various deities, mantras, and yantras essential...

As many of the practitioners know, the Lalitopākhyāna (part of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa) holds a significant place in the Śrī Vidyā tradition. It introduces various deities, mantras, and yantras essential...

Lalitopākhyāna (Lalita Mahatmya) by G.V. Tagare | 1958 | 103,924 words | ISBN-10: 8120838246 | ISBN-13: 9788120838246 source: Wisdomlib 5MBLalitopakhyana - wisdomlibrary

Lalitōpākhyāna drawing by Arghya Dipta The Lalitōpākhyāna, which is found in the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, is a text containing 40 Chapters and comprising about 3000 verses. It is a dialogue between Hayagrīva...

Mahā Yajña The great Mahā Śambhu smiled and said: I am aware why you have all come here. Pralaya (destruction) is of three types. (i) Avāntara Pralaya (ii) Mahā Pralaya and (iii) Kāma Pralaya. I am th...

Only Kuṭilākṣa the commander-in-chief was left over to console Bhaṇḍāsura. Bhaṇḍā along with Kuṭilākṣa started towards the battlefield. 2,185 akṣauhiṇī army along with 40 commanders followed him. He b...

Devī’s victory procession Later, Lalitā Devī, making the noise emanating from the four oceans as the drums and accompanied with several other instruments proceeded for the battle against Bhaṇḍāsura. F...

Manifestation of Lalitā Devī At the end of the homa, Lalitā Devī came out of the cidagni homa kuṇḍa, seated on a special chariot called "Cakrarāja-rathā". Therefore, we find the descriptions such as C...

Birth of Bhaṇḍāsura At this point of time, Citrakarma, the commander of one of the Rudragaṇas (gaṇa means an attendant) one day started toying with the ash of the burnt Manmatha and prepared a doll ou...

Agastya heard the story and said, “Hayagrīva! Kindly, let me know in detail which form of Parāśakti (The Divine Mother, the Supreme Power) will bestow both food and salvation to the devotees in the Ka...

Long long ago, there was a thief by name Vajra in Kāñcīpuram. He used to steal small things and gradually amassed large quantum of money. As the wealth accumulated considerably, he wanted to hide it s...

Introduction The anecdotes of the divine play of Parāśakti (The Ultimate Power i.e. the Divine Mother) are described in the various texts of mythology in several ways. Devī Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Durgā Sapt...

Agastya enquired: 89. Who is this sage called by the name Mātaṅga? How is it that his daughters perpetually serve Mantraṇīnāthā though they are lazy and slow due to intoxication by means of liquor? Ha...