नित्यरूपे जगद्धात्रि सुरामांसवसाप्रिये । विकरालि महाकालि जय प्रेतजनानुगे
nityarūpe jagaddhātri surāmāṃsavasāpriye | vikarāli mahākāli jaya pretajanānuge
జయము నీకే, నిత్యరూపిణీ జగద్ధాత్రీ, సురా‑మాంస‑వసా నైవేద్యములతో ప్రీతిపొందినదానా। వికరాళీ, మహాకాళీ—ప్రేతగణానుగామినీ, నీకే జయము॥
Niṣadhādhipati (the lord/king of Niṣadha), offering Devī-stuti
Type: kshetra
Scene: A fierce Mahākālī/Vikarālī stands as jagaddhātrī amid a cremation-ground aura, surrounded by preta-gaṇas; she is hailed with repeated ‘jaya’, her presence both protective and terrifying.
The Goddess rules both the cosmic order (world-sustainer) and the fearsome liminal realms, transforming terror into protection for devotees.
The verse is a Devī-stuti within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse itself does not name the tīrtha.
It references fierce-form offerings symbolically; it does not give a normative injunction to perform them.