Bhuvaneshwari (Bhuvaneśvarī) — the Lady of the Spheres, Knowledge.

Bhuvaneshwari (Bhuvaneśvarī) — the Lady of the Spheres, Knowledge.

“With the moon as her diadem, with large breasts and three eyes, smiling, she shines like the risen sun. Her hands grant boons, allay fears, and hold an elephant hook and a noose. I bow to the fear-inspiring lady of the spheres.” (Bhuvaneśvarī Tantra.)

After the rising of the Sun after the gentle dawn period of the day and of projection of the universe, the Girl-of-Sixteen (Ṣoḍaśī) makes way for the resplendent Lady-of-the-spheres (Bhuvaneśvarī), consort of the Three-eyed Śiva (Tryambaka).

Creation now becomes a powerful flow, a constant evolving, over which rules the Sovereign Goddess. As the ruler of the universe she is also known as the Queen-of-Queens (Raja-rajesvari).

Bhuvaneśvarī is also associated and identified with the earth and the universe in general, and the underlying energy that brings it into being and pervades it. She embodies the characteristic dynamics and constituents that make up the world and that lend creation its distinctive character. In this sense she is identified with the mahā-bhūtas (the basic physical elements) and prakṛti (primordial nature).

The lady of the spheres is represented with various attributes. In the lower of her right hands she holds a vessel, in the upper right hand a mace, in the upper left hand a shield, in the lower left hand the Bilva fruit, called the fruit-of-Fortune (Sri-phala).

On her head are a serpent, a linga, and a yoni. Preciously coloured like molten gold, the all-powerful goddess wears a divine garland and gold ornaments.

The fruit in her hand shows her as the giver of the fruit of actions. Her club is the ‘power to act’ or ‘power of dispersion’ (vikṣepa śakti).

The ‘power of knowing’ (Jñana śakti) is her shield; the ‘tendency toward liberation, toward the Fourth stage’ (turīya vṛtti), is the vessel which contains the sap (rasa) of existence, that is, delight in the Self.

The linga is the male principle (puruṣa tattva), the yoni represents Nature (Prakṛti tattva). The serpent is ‘Time’ (kāla tattva). (Karapatri, Śrī Bhagavatī tattva.”)

As a form of the eternal night Bhuvaneśvarī is the Night-of-Realisation (Siddha-Rātri), the veil made of knowledge which surrounds the universe.

Bhuvaneśvarī Sadhana -

Bhuvaneśvarī Sadhana is done to gain all sorts of worldly pleasures. She is worshipped for progeny, wealth, knowledge and the fortune.

Bhuvaneśvarī Moola Mantra -

ॐ ऐं ह्रीं श्रीं नमः॥

Oṁ Aiṁ Hrīṁ Śrīṁ Namaḥ॥