Varahi Devi

There are eight devatas guarding thesecond layer of the outerenclosure wall(the Ninth Enclosure), which is coloredas the red of the rising sun. They arethe famous Seven Mothers(Saptamatrka),plus one added –Mahalaskmi.

The fourth the Eight Mothers (and the14th of the Khadgamala Devis)isVARAHI, the boar-headed form of Devi.For further information on thisfascinating devi, see our homepagepresentation of Varahi Devi

Or the excellent discussion on the ShivaShakti Mandalam page.

In the scheme of the Khadgamala, eachof the Eight Mothersrepresent a humanpassion that must be overcome andcontrolledbefore we can enter furtherinto Sri Chakra. We worship eachpassionas an aspect of Devi, theninternalize it; and when weinternalizeeach deity, we *become*Her, so that She is not separate fromus. Inthat way, we "conquer" eachpassion, just as – in the first enclosurewall – we conquered each siddhi.

The entire stotram isself-contained,along with a FAQ thatanswers most common questions aboutit.

VARAHI here represents Her subtleaspect is PRIDE.

VARAHI's mantra is:

aim hrim shrim VArAhi matru devi shrIpAdukAM poojayaami

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Location of Varahi: Continuing to circumambulate clockwise around the second layer of the wallof the First Enclosure, turn the corner and VARAHI sits at the next corner ahead of you (lookingat a flat yantra facing East, the would be the lower left hand or NW corner) [ No 5, Red ]. IntoVARAHI, the ten Siddhis are absorbed, along with Maheshwari, Kaumari and Vaishnavi. And so itshall continue till we reach Mahaalakshmi – at which point, Mahaalakshmi will include all of theSiddhis and the Seven Mothers.

We have not exhausted all there is to say about VARAHI, of course. But this is enough forpurposes of the Khadgamala. We are not writing full essays on all the aspects and all themantras of VARAHI. But again, please note that the beauty of the Khadgamala Stotram is thatNOTHING is required for its recitation except for your time, attention and concentration: Youneed simply sit and recite the Stotram. The mantra given just above is not part of the stotram;it is offered merely for informational purposes.

[With sincere thanks and appreciation to Sri Amritananda Natha and Sri Bhasurananda Natha,who kindly provided detailed and substantive content for this commentary.]

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