vakra-kubjikA By admin on Nov 20, 2010 | In Srividya
On the paurNamI of dAmodara mAsa, vakra-kubjikA or vakreshvarI (one among the navaratna-kubjikAs) is propitiated. The origin and mAhAtmya of vakra-kubjikA is described in AmnAya-nirNaya and also the procedure for her saparyA. BhagavatI, who represents agni-kuNDalinI in mUlAdhAra and the yoni of mUla-kubjikA, is worshipped along with her consort Lord shikhAsvacChanda bhairava and with the AmnAyanAyikA-s: tripura-bhairavI (UrdhvAmnAya), bhuvaneshvarI (pUrvAmnAya), dakShiNA kAlikA (dakShiNAmnAya), mUla-kubjikA (pashchimAmnAya), pUrNa-chaNDI or aniruddha-sarasvatI (uttarAmnAya), tripura-bhairavI (UrdhvAmnAya) and vajrayoginI (pAtAlAmnAya). Like the mUla-vigraha of kubjikA, this form also is worshipped with six faces which are constituted by parA, mAlinI, mAtR^ikA, kAlikA, tripurA and khecharI. The samaShTi pUjA however is offered to the mUla-kubjikA (the summation of the navaratna-s) along with navAtmeshvara-bhairava.
It is believed that vakreshvarI had blessed the rulers of Nepal with her protection, pleased with their upAsanA. However, after a prince violated the modesty of a kumArI whose father was a well-known upAsaka of kubjIshAnA and shrIvidyA (and also one of the teachers of Rana Jung Bahadur), bhagavatI turned wrathful towards the royal family. According to our sources, a Buddhist oracle was consulted by the Nepal Royal family several years ago which confirmed this unfortunate situation but no remedial measures were undertaken to appease the goddess. One of my teachers recounted a vision of vakra-kubjikA during his period of upAsanA at Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. A friend of his who was a Tibetan Lama also got a glimpse of ambikA and was cured of tuberculosis. पपररणरपरनरनतरर ललनर आननदशककतरचयतर खरणडदणडमधयसथर अणण कचतकलयरकपनल | करलवर ळरकवकचतपररङप गल तनवल तततवपपरबबधकल कनररननदपदर ललनर भलषणल परमरवययर || यर सर शककतभरगरखयर कतपरपथगकतयण तर तयकरर कतपरपपरकररर तसयरय शपरल ओडप कडयरणण परकलसकहतण मधयसण सथण सण दलपतमप | तचछपरलजरलनधररखयण पपरककटतकनलयर दककणर चच व कबणर वरमर शपरलपपणरपलठण पशण जनभयककतप करमरपण तदगपरर ||
