Ś rī Bā lā tripurasundarī mantra is one of the most powerful mantras in Śrī Vidyā cult.

As a
rule, one is initiated by a guru only with this mantra when an aspirant expresses his desire
to pursue Śaktī upā sana, which is also known as Śrī Vidyā upā sana. This mantra is
commonly known as Bā lā mantra.
There are three types of Bā lā mantra-s and they are known by different names.
1. Bā lā mantra consists of three bījā kṣara-s – ॐ - ऐं - क्लीं – सौः (om - aiṁ - klīṁ - sauḥ )
2. Bā lā tripurasundarī mantra consists of six bījā kṣara-s - ॐ - ऐं - क्लीं - सौः -- सौः - क्लीं – ऐं
(om - aiṁ - klīṁ - sauḥ -- sauḥ - klīṁ - aiṁ )
3. Bā lā navā kṣarī mantra - ॐ - ऐं - क्लीं - सौः -- सौः - क्लीं - ऐं -- ऐं - क्लीं – सौः (om - aiṁ - klīṁ -
sauḥ -- sauḥ - klīṁ - aiṁ -- aiṁ - klīṁ - sauḥ )
The most powerful mantra of the three is Bā lā navā kṣarī mantra, because the reverse order
of Bā lā mantra is encased by Bā lā mantra itself.  Encasement is known as sampuṭīkaraṇ a,
where the power, vibration and energy of a mantra are encased between two bījā kṣara-s.
When a mantra is recited in the reverse order, the power of a mantra increases several
folds. When a mantra is recited with absolute concentration, it generates intent energy
within the body and gets diffused through the body. In order to prevent the diffusion of the
energy and to hold the energy thus generated within the body, a mantra is encased
between two bījā kṣara-s. These bījā kṣara-s are either in the same order, like the one in Bā lā
navā kṣarī mantra or the beginning bījā kṣara/s could be in the right order and the end
bījā kṣara/s could be in an inverted order as in the case of ṣoḍ aśī mahā mantra.
The three bījā kṣara-s of Bā lā mantra are known by different names. Bīja ऐं (aiṁ ) is known
as vā gbhavabīja. This bīja helps in perfecting knowledge. The second bīja क्लीं (klīṁ ) is
known as kā mabīja. Kā ma generally means desire and here it is the desire to attain Her
feet.  The third bīja is सौः (sauḥ ). This is called seed mantra, also known as parabīja, or
piṇ ḍ anā tha. This mantra is also known as mantra of Goddess Parā śaktī. This bīja gives
power to the aspirant the full potency (known as mantravīrya) to realize the Self.
सौः (sauḥ ) consists of three letters s + au + ḥ. S stands for the Being. au is the Powers of
Will, Knowledge and Action.The last letter ḥ is known as visarga because it “inwardly”
projects the universe through the letter au. सौः (sauḥ ) also makes the kuṇ ḍ alinī of a true
spiritual aspirant to ascend and can be explained from tantric point of view. To attain
sidhhi of this mantra, one has to recite 300,000 times.
 There are four dhyā na verses for Bā lā mantra and any one of them can be chosen.
Normally, the guru who initiates this mantra decides, as to which is the suitable one, for an
aspirant. All the mantras have curses and each of these mantras have different mantras for
removing such curses. These curses are made by sages, gods, goddesses, etc. Bā lā mantra
too is cursed by Devi, which can be removed by reciting Tripura Bhairavi mantra 100
times.
Tripura Bhairavi mantra: हसैं हसकरीं हसैं  hasaiṁ hasakarīṁ hasaiṁ .