In a fierce battle that lasted for a long time, Sree Lalitha destroyed Bhandasura. Lord Siva married her in the avatar of Kameshwara and the Kingdom of Sree Lalitha originated from the Sreepura, a beautiful city at the crest of the mount Meru, built in the form of Sree Chakra. The Devas praised her in eloquent terms as Universal Mother. Indra, the king of Devas performed a yagna according to the advice of Lord Siva and as a result of this yagna, Devi Sree Lalitha appeared, embodying the powers of creation, protection and destruction. The supreme strength of the demon spoiled the righteousness of the three worlds. As he sprinkled the holy water over the ashes of Manmata, another demon named Bandasura was accidentally created. Realizing this, Lord Siva blessed Manmata for his rebirth. However, due to the absence of Manmata, creation in the World had stopped. Another energy flame from Lord Siva’s third eye gave birth to Lord Skanda, who then destroyed Tarakasura. With the intention of performing his job, Manmata applied the flower – shafts of lust on Lord Siva, who then roused with uncontrollable anger and burnt Manmata with the energy of his Third eye. Manmata (the God of love) was assigned by the devas to wake up Lord Siva from his deep meditation. But, due to the penance of Lord Siva, the birth of Skanda had been delayed. A group of devas then resolved that only Skanda can destroy Taraka. He was controlling and lording over the Universe with his unequalled power and strength. The story of Sree Lalitha proceeds as follows:ĭuring the ancient times, there was a powerful demon named Taraka. He also tells Agasthya Maharishi the reasons why it was not imparted initially. When Agasthya Maharishi repeatedly asks Hayagriva to enlighten him about the Lalitha Sahasranama, Hayagriva explains the reasons why Sree Lalitha Sahasranama is so divine and sacred, and finally tells him the reason as to why it’s knowledge has to be imparted to those who are highly highly potential and exalted. However, Hayagriva does not mention about Sree Lalitha Sahasranama.
Hayagriva recites the story of the incarnation of Sree Lalitha Devi to Agasthya Maharishi, where he describes the abode of Sree Lalitha (Sreepura), the Panchadashakshari, the unity of the Sree Yantra, Sree Vidya, Sree Lalithambika and Sree Guru. Sree Adi Sankaracharya and Sree Bhaskararaya had contributed commentaries for Trisati and Sahasranama. It provides details about the construction of Sreepura, in the form of Sree Chakra. The Lalitha purana explains about the manifestation of Goddess for the destruction of a demon called Bandasura. It is presented in the form of instructions imparted to the Agasthya Maharishi by Hayagriva who is an incarnation of Sree Maha Vishnu. It is a hymn that describes the 1000 various names of Sree Lalithaa and praises God as the Divine Mother or God’s Shakti or Power. Sri Lalitha Sahasranama is in the 36th chapter of Lalitopakyana in Brahmanda Purana.