Bālā Tripurasundarī is worshipped as Devī Kanyākumāri. Vārāhi has twelve divine names, as described in the Lalithopākhyāṉam. They are elucidated in the first and second verses of Śrī Vārāhī Dvādaśa Nāma Stotram. (12 Names Of Śrī Vārāhī)
pañcamī daṇḍanāthā ca saṅketā samayeśvarī |
tathā samayasaṅketā vārāhī potriṇī śivā [ 1 ]
vārtālī ca mahāsenā jñācakreśvarī tathā |
arighnī ceti samproktaṃ nāma dvādaśakaṃ mune [ 2 ]
1. Pañcamī: The fifth Devi, she is the fifth of the eight Matṛka Devis, also she is the power behind Sadaśiva the fifth Karaneśvara as his Anugraha (Divine grace) śakti.
2. Daṇḍanāthā: Commander in Chief of the armed forces of Śrī Lalita
3. Saṅketā: Secret coded, being in the army has secret codes
4. Samayeśvarī: Lord of the path where there are rules and restrictions.
5. Samayasaṅketā: secret code in the pūjā path, since pūjā is the sadhana and battle personified we have to understand the meaning and the philosophy behind every act in the pūjā, she confers on us this understanding.
6. Vārāhī: the divine power behind the Varaha avatar of Śrī Viṣṇu, who lifted the world from the sea, hence a huge form is indicated here
7. Potriṇī: boar faced. Since boar has an ability to float and swim in waters, she has the ability to keep her devotees afloat and steer them in the world.
8. Śivā: Ever auspicious. Since Devi is ever pure awareness she is ever auspicious.
9. Vārtālī: Lord of speech. As seen above the Varaha avatar used the tusks to lift the world, having big tusks are indicated here. Philosophically they indicate the Vedas which are the sure means for being lifted up.
10. Mahāsenā: Having great army. The body with flesh, bones, blood are her armies, so maintaining this body in good condition which is the boon of this Devi is indicated here.
11. Ājñā cakreśvarī: Lord of the ājñā cakra (mid eyebrow). All individual effort will be up the sadhaka to raise the Kundalini up to ājñā cakra, here the ājñā – the order of the Devi is required to move further to the Sahsarara, which is the grace of the divine mother through the Śrī Guru.
12. Arighnī: the remover of the enemies.
Aśvarudhā was manifested from Devī’s rope. Lalitha Parameśvarī wields a rope as a weapon in her upper right hand, from which Aśvarudhā was manifested. Aśvarudhā serves as the commander of Devī’s horse cavalry. Saṃpathkāri Devī, manifested from the goad, was placed in command of the elephant regiments. Lalitha Parameśvarī assembled a large number of Akṣaunisa.
One Akṣauni comprises 21,870 chariots, 21,870 elephants, 65,610 horses, and 109,350 infantry, totaling over two lakh warriors. Devī conceived and formed thousands of such formidable Akṣauni resulting in an endless army. Bhandāsurā also commanded millions of Akṣauni. To confront this terrible force, Devī manifested Saṃpathkāri from her goad, and the massive army prepared for war, with the elephant regiments leading the charge.
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