विद्युत्प्रभा बलाकास्या मार्जारी कटपूतना । अट्टाट्टहासा कामाक्षी मृगाक्षी मृगलोचना
vidyutprabhā balākāsyā mārjārī kaṭapūtanā | aṭṭāṭṭahāsā kāmākṣī mṛgākṣī mṛgalocanā
Vidyutprabhā, strahlend wie der Blitz; Balākāsyā; Mārjārī; Kaṭapūtanā; Aṭṭāṭṭahāsā, von dröhnendem Lachen; Kāmākṣī; Mṛgākṣī; und Mṛgalocanā, die Hirschäugige.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Devī’s luminous/saumya epithets within the same stuti)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A radiant Devī flashes like lightning above the Ganga, laughing in sovereign power; yet her eyes are gentle and doe-like, suggesting boon-giving grace amid protective ferocity.
Sacred names encode both beauty and terror—together portraying the complete power of the divine entourage that protects the devotee.
Kāśī, as the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebrated sacred geography where such recitations are considered especially fruitful.
This is part of the Yoginī-name litany intended for japa.