Sri Kubjika Varnana Stotram
Shree kubjikaa varnana stotram'
Neelotpaladal'ashyaamaa shad'vaktraa shat'prakaashakaa |
Chichchhaktirasht'aadashaakhyaa baahudvaadashasam'yutaa || 1 ||
Sim'haasanasukhaaseenaa pretapadmoparisthitaa |
Kulakot'isahasraakhyaa karkot'o mekhalaasthitah' || 2 ||
Takshakenoparisht'aachcha gale haarashcha vaasukih' |
Kulikah' karnayoryasyaah' koormah' kund'alamand'alah' || 3 ||
Bhruvoh' padmo mahaapadmo vaame naagah' kapaalakah' |
Akshasootram' cha khat'vaangam' shankham' pustam' cha dakshine || 4 ||
Trishoolam' darpanam' khad'gam' ratnamaalaankusham' dhanuh' |
Shvetamoordham' mukham' devyaa oordhvashvetam' tathaa'param || 5 ||
Poorvaasyam' paand'uram' krodhi dakshinam' kri'shnavarnakam |
Himakundendubham' saumyam' brahmaa paadatale sthitah' || 6 ||
Vishnustu jaghane rudro hri'di kant'he tatheshvarah' |
Sadaashivo lalaat'e syaachchhivastasyordhvatah' sthitah' |
Aaghoornitaa kubjikaivam' dhyeyaa poojaadikarmasu || 7 ||
Ityaagneye mahaapuraane kubjikaapoojaakathanam' naama chatushchatvaarim'shadadhikashatatamo'dhyaaye kubjikaa varnana stotram |
Meaning
The Kubjika Varnana Stotram is a rare and esoteric hymn from the Agneya Mahapurana describing Goddess Kubjika — the secret core deity of the Kula and Sri Vidya traditions. She embodies the supreme Chit-Shakti, the source of awakening, kundalini energy, and mystical power.
The stotram depicts her as dark-blue like the petals of a blue lotus, with six radiant faces symbolizing six dimensions of divine awareness. She holds eighteen forms of Shakti and is endowed with twelve powerful arms, each holding symbolic weapons of knowledge, protection, dissolution, and transformation.
Seated majestically on a lion throne placed over a corpse-lotus, she signifies mastery over ego and karma. Around her waist resides the mighty serpent Karkotaka; behind her stands Takshaka; Vasuki adorns her neck; Kulīka protects her ears; and the cosmic tortoise forms her earrings — representing stability and cosmic support.
Her brows bloom as lotus and maha-lotus; her hands hold lotus, skull, conch, scripture, trishula, mirror, sword, jewel garland, goad, and bow — each representing stages of inner evolution and destruction of ignorance.
Her four directional faces glow in unique colors — white, pale yellow, dark, and moon-bright — symbolizing different aspects of divine consciousness. Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Maheshwara, Sadashiva, and Shiva themselves are positioned mystically across her subtle body, revealing her supremacy over the entire pantheon.
She is the deity of profound meditation, ritual worship, and high tantric practice. Meditating on Kubjika in this described form grants deep transformation, protection, and spiritual empowerment.
Benefits
• Awakens kundalini and subtle spiritual centers
• Removes hidden obstacles, fears, and karmic blockages
• Grants tantric knowledge, intuition, and inner strength
• Provides divine protection and spiritual clarity
• Enhances progress in Sri Vidya and Kula paths
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