Lalita sahasranama is a sacred Hindu text for the worshippers of the Goddess Lalita Devi, i.e. the Divine Mother, in the form of her and the male gods’ feminine power, Shakti. Lalita is the Goddess of bliss, an epithet for Parvati. Etymologically, “Lalita” means “She Who Plays”. It is supposedly one of the most complete stotras, one need only recite it to gain total salvation.
The sloka is organised based on the 5 works (pancha kruthyam). They are – shrishti (Creation), sthithi (Protection), samhAram (Destruction), thirOdhAnam (Hiding) and anugraham (Blessing). Devi herself has been described as “pancha kruthya parAyanA” in the sloka and the five tasks are described as follows:
shrishtikarthree brahmma roopA gOpthree gOvinda roopini samhArinee rudra roopA thirOdhAnakareeswari sadAsiva anugrahadhA panchakruthya parAyanA
This means – Devi is doing shrishti as Brahmma, sthithi as Vishnu (Govinda), samhara as Rudra, thirodhanam as Eeswara and anugruham as Sadasiva.
This 5 entity (Brahmma, Vishnu, Rudra, Easwara and Sadasiva) are known as “pancha brahmmam”. Lalitha has designated the five functions to these brahmmams. Sometimes, Devi will take away the life from these 5 brahmmam and make them inactive, performing all the 5 tasks by herself. At that time they will be called “pancha prEtam” that is life less bodies.
Now the first three slokas are: sree matha – (Great mother) Shrishti sree maha ragnee – (Great ruler)Sthithi sree math simhasaneswari – (One who sits on the simhasanam and manages) Samharam. Here there is no direct reference to samharam. But managing here includes, creating balance between birth and death.
The rest of the slokas cover – thirodhanam and anugraham.
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