Śrī Vanadurgā Mahātmikām Stutiḥ
triveṇivarṇarūpiṇīṃ mahāujjvalāṃ,
sūryāgnicandrakāla-prakāśikām
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śrīdevī padmacaraṇe ekaika-kaṇṭakam,
namannārāyaṇam ekaiva-vighnanāśakam
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tribhaṅga-manoramām mahāśāntām,
śrīpañcamī-haste māyūrī-śuśobhitām
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hṛdayāntare bhagavatīṃ vanadurgām,
bālā-bhadrā-su-bhadrā-kālīkām
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vande vanadurgāmahātmikām
— iti devīprasannātmikām
This Śrī Vanadurgā Mahātmikām Stutiḥ was composed by the blessings of Goddess Pullamveli Amma Bālābhadrā Devī.
Though the earlier composition — Śrī Devī Ākāśavānī Vanadurgā Ārādhanā Laharī — was born from the heart's own will, it was Pūrṇa only in form, not in essence. In a subtle yet firm revelation, Paurṇamī Devī showed me that the work was divided, torn, and fragile — a garland with scattered petals.
It was then that I understood:
what appears “complete” from the outside must still pass through inner sanctification, where the Divine Mother's will alone makes it whole.
This Dhyāna-Stuti is the fruit of that understanding. It is the final enclosement, the inward lamp placed at Her feet — uniting the scattered into the One, composed not from whim, but from Her command.
It is offered to Śrī Vanadurgā Bhagavatī Devī,
through the grace-channel of Śrī Bālābhadrā Devī,
and is now placed at the beginning of Śrī Devī Ākāśavānī
as a light that illumines all that follows.
Jaya Mā Bhagavatī!
