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% Transliterated by     : Sachin Jahagirdar
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\engtitle{.. Shri mahAlasAShTakam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shrI mahAlasAShTakam ..}##\endtitles ##
devapAlanakR^ite jayAya yA duShTadAnava nibarhaNAya yA |
hUyate bahunidhAvatArayA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 1||
viShNukarNamalajanmanoH purA nirjayAya madhukaiTabhAravyayoH |
saMstutA kamalasambhavena yA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 2||
sarvadaivatasharIratejasAsambhUva ruchirAtmalIlayA |
mardanAya mahiShAsurasya yA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasA bhaje || 3||
dhUmralochana iti trijagatyAM yaH prasidhdimagamat dadhautAm |
bhasmasAtsapadi hu~NkR^itena yA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 4||
shumbhasevakavarau madodhdatauchaNDamuNDa iti tau mahAbalau |
yAvadhIdamara durjayaurUShA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 5||
raktabindu patanAnmahitale tasyatATTagaparobhi jAyata |
raktabindumapi taM jaghAna yA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 6||
durjayo jagati shumbhanishumbhau vIkShya nirjaragaNairabhiShaTunA |
yA bhavata girisutA sharIrajA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 7||
lIlayaiva sakalaM virachyate pAlyate tadapanIyate jagat |
brahmaviShNuhararUpayA yayA tAmimAM hR^idi mahAlasAM bhaje || 8||
etadaShTakamanantatuShTidaM yaHpaThedaharahaH samAhitaH |
tasya bhuktimapi muktimIpsitAM samprayachChati mahAlasAM bhaje || 9||

|| iti shrI mArkaNDeyapurANe mahAlasAShTakaM sampUrNam ||

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Devi Mahalasa is known as "Mohiniraj" in the
ardhanArInaTeshvara form.  The right half
of the idol has masculine characterstics of
Lord Vishnu.  She is in all Her glorious
incarnation as Mohini of the Samudra
Manthan fame.

Not sure about the attribution to the
mArkaNDeyapurANa as specified in the colophone.

Encoded and proofread by Sachin Jahagirdar

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