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Shri Kali Sahasranama Stotram

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Viniyoga Om̃ asya śrīkālikāsahasranāmastōtramahāmantrasya mahākālabhairava r̥ṣiḥ anuṣṭup chandaḥ śmaśānakālikā dēvatā mahākālikāprasādasiddhyarthē japē viniyōgaḥ ॥           dhyānam । śavāruḍhāṁ mahābhīmāṁ ghōradaṁṣṭrāṁ hasanmukhīm । caturbhujāṁ khaḍgamuṇḍavarābhayakarāṁ śivām ॥ muṇḍamālādharāṁ dēvīṁ lōlajjihvāṁ digambarām । ēvaṁ sañcintayētkālīṁ śmaśānālayavāsinīm ॥           atha stōtram । ।Om̃ krīṁ mahākālyai namaḥ ॥ Om̃ śmaśānakālikā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī । m guhyakālī mahākālī kurukullāvirōdhinī ॥ 18॥ kālikā kālarātriśca mahākālanitambinī । kālabhairavabhāryā ca kulavartmaprakāśinī ॥ 19॥ kāmadā kāminī kāmyā kāmanīyasvabhāvinī । kastūrīrasanīlāṅgī kuñjarēśvaragāminī ॥ 20॥ kakāravarṇasarvāṅgī kāminī kāmasundarī । kāmārtā kāmarūpā ca kāmadhēnuḥ kalāvatī ॥ 21॥ kāntā kāmasvarūpā ca kāmākhyā kulapālinī । kulīnā kulavatyambā durgā durgārtināśinī ॥ 22॥ kaumārī kulajā kr̥ṣṇā kr̥ṣṇadēhā kr̥śōdar...

Was Mahishasura a form of Shiva ?

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If you just want a single word answer it is an "YES" but if you wish to know more you can read the below passage which has explanation regarding the same. A brief summary of the story from wiki as usually we have usually heard. Rambha, the king of Asuras, was enticed with the beauty of a she-buffalo and eventually married her. The child who was born from this bestial union was named Mahishasura, because he was half-buffalo and half-human (Mahisha literally means buffalo). As an Asura, Mahishasura wanted to wage war against the Devas, who were the Asuras' arch-enemies. To make himself invincible Mahishasura performed austerities (tapas) to Brahma and asked to be granted immortality. Brahma refused him the boon of immortality and instead gave him a boon such that his death would happen only at the hands of a woman. Mahishasura imagined that this was the equivalent of immortality, since he believed it was impossible for a woman to slay a person of his strength.Em...

Is Lord Mahavishnu a form of Aadi parashakthi ?

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Also, according to Vayaviya Samhita of Shiva Mahapurana Lord Shiva alone is Purusha while all others, including Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra are Prakriti Amshas.  As per Shakta Mahabhagavatam, Srimad Dakshina Kalika Herself incarnates in Lohita Kalpa as Vasudeva Sri Krishna.  Lord Krishna Todala Tantra equates Dasa Mahavidyas with Dasa Avataras and it is said that Lord Vishnu's ten Avataras are actually Amshas of Dasa Mahavidya, and Lord Krishna is born as Amsha of Adi Mahavidya Bhagavati Dakshina Kalika.  Dasha Maha vidyas Similar to this, Lalita Sahasranama Stotram and Lalitopakhyanam section of Brahmanda Purana invoke Lalitambika as 'karAngulI nakhotpannA nArAyanasya daSAkruti' (one who creates Narayana's ten Avatars from Her finger nails). Lalitambika Also, Klim is Kama Bija, and it is said in Dakini Tantra that personification of Klim Bija is Kameshvari (Lalita Tripurasundari). She then becomes Krim Bija (Samhara Bija) and ...