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Pampa Devi/ಪಂಪಾದೇವಿ

ಮಾಲಾಭಿಃ ಸಮಲಂಕೃತಾsತಿವಿಮಲಾ ಲೋಲೋಲ್ಲಸಲ್ಲೋಚನಾ

ಶೂಲೇನ ತ್ರಿದಲೇನ ದೈತ್ಯಕಲನೇ ಕಾಲಾಯುತೇನ ದ್ವಿಷಃ|

ಫಾಲೇ ಪಾದತಲಂ ನಿಧಾಯ ಬಲಿನಂ ಯೋನ್ಮೂಲಯಂತೀ ಖಲಂ

ಬಾಲಾ ಮೇ ಬಲದಾಸ್ತು ಲೋಲವಲಯಾ ಶ್ರೀಬಾಲಹಂಪಾಲಯಾ||16||

MAlAbhihi samalankrutA(s)tivimalA lOlOllasallOchanA|

shUlEna tridalEna daityakalanE kAlAyutEna dwiShaha|

PhAlE pAdatalam niDhAya balinam yOnmUlayantee Khalam

bAlA mE baladAstu lOlavalayA shreebAlahampAlayA||16||

मालाभिः समलन्कृताsतिविमला लॊलॊल्लसल्लॊचना

शूलॆन त्रिदलॆन दैत्यकलनॆ कालायुतॆन द्विषः।

फालॆ पादतलं निधाय बलिनं यॊन्मूलयन्ती खलं

बाला मॆ बलदास्तु लॊलवलया श्रीबालहम्पालया॥१६॥

SUMMARY: May Goddess Durga, who has made Balahampa as her residence; who is wearing necklaces of diamond and garlands of flowers; who is very pure; whose eyes are frail but very bright and bursting out flakes of fire; who is beholding a trident that is symbolic of the God of Death Yamadharma to the demons; who crushed demon Mahishasura under her feet and killed him by piercing his body with the sharp trident and has been living from time immemorial in ever-shining Balahampa Kshetra as the eternally young Durga, be my power and strength.

Tungabhadra River was earlier known as Pampa River and hence the name Pampa Kshetra, according to a legend. Pampa is said to be the daughter of Lord Brahma. Pampa was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, who is the God of Destruction. Impressed by her staunch devotion, Lord Shiva offered to give her a boon and Pampa urged Lord Shiva to marry her. Lord Shiva agreed and married her. Since then, Lord Shiva came to be known as Pampapati.

According to mythology, Lord Shiva was doing penance on the Hemakuta Hill, which is in Hampi. As desired by gods and goddesses, Kama or Manmatha, the God of Love, tried to divert the attention of Lord Shiva from penance and meditation. But, Lord Shiva was enraged and burnt Manmatha with his furious third eye. However, he was pursued by the gods and goddesses to break penance and marry Pampa, who was the consort of Shiva in her previous birth and was then known as Sati. On the occasion of the marriage of Shiva with Pampa, the gods and goddesses showered gold on the hill where Shiva had done the penance. Since then the hill came to be called as Hemakoota, where “Hema” means gold and “Koota” means heap. Pampa Sarovar is believed to the place where Shiva had done penance.  

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