Argala Stotram · Chapter p1

argalāstotram //
ॐ asya śrīargalāstotramantrasya viṣṇurṛṣiḥ, anuṣṭup chandaḥ, śrīmahālakṣmīrdevatā śrījagadambāprītaye saptaśatīpāṭhāṅgatvena jape viniyogaḥ/ // śrī //
śrīcaṇḍikādhyānam
ॐ bandhūkakusumābhāsāṃ pañcamuṇḍādhivāsinīm /
sphuraccandrakalāratnamukuṭāṃ muṇḍamālinīm //
trinetrāṃ raktavasanāṃ pīnonnataghaṭastanīm /
pustakaṃ cākṣamālāṃ ca varaṃ cābhayakaṃ kramāt //
dadhatīṃ saṃsmarennityamuttarāmnāyamānitām /
athavā
yā caṇḍī madhukaiṭabhādidaityadalanī yā māhiṣonmūlinī
yā dhūmrekṣaṇacaṇḍamuṇḍamathanī yā raktabījāśanī /
śaktiḥ śumbhaniśumbhadaityadalanī yā siddhidātrī parā
sā devī navakoṭimūrtisahitā māṃ pātu viśveśvarī //
atha argalāstotram
ॐ namaśvaṇḍikāyai
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca /
ॐ jaya tvaṃ devi cāmuṇḍe jaya bhūtāpahāriṇi /
jaya sarvagate devi kālarātri namo'stu te

jayantī maṅgalā kālī bhadrakālī kapālinī /
durgā śivā kṣamā dhātrī svāhā svadhā namo'stu te

madhukaiṭabhavidhvaṃsi vidhātṛvarade namaḥ /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

mahiṣāsuranirnāśi bhaktānāṃ sukhade namaḥ /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

dhūmranetravadhe devi dharmakāmārthadāyini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

raktabījavadhe devi caṇḍamuṇḍavināśini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

niśumbhaśumbhanirnāśi trilokyaśubhade namaḥ /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

vanditāṅghriyuge devi sarvasaubhāgyadāyini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

acintyarūpacarite sarvaśatruvināśini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

natebhyaḥ sarvadā bhaktyā cāparṇe duritāpahe /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

stuvadbhyo bhaktipūrvaṃ tvāṃ caṇḍike vyādhināśini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

caṇḍike satataṃ yuddhe jayanti pāpanāśini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

dehi saubhāgyamārogyaṃ dehi devi paraṃ sukham /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

vidhehi devi kalyāṇaṃ vidhehi vipulāṃ śriyam /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

vidhehi dviṣatāṃ nāśaṃ vidhehi balamuccakaiḥ /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

surāsuraśiroratnanighṛṣṭacaraṇe'mbike /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

vidyāvantaṃ yaśasvantaṃ lakṣmīvantañca māṃ kuru /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

devi pracaṇḍadordaṇḍadaityadarpaniṣūdini /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

pracaṇḍadaityadarpaghne caṇḍike praṇatāya me /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

caturbhuje caturvaktrasaṃsute parameśvari /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

kṛṣṇena saṃstute devi śaśvadbhaktyā sadāmbike /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

himācalasutānāthasaṃstute parameśvari /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

indrāṇīpatisadbhāvapūjite parameśvari /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

devi bhaktajanoddāmadattānandodaye'mbike /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

bhāryāṃ manoramāṃ dehi manovṛttānusāriṇīm /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

tāriṇi durgasaṃsārasāgarasyācalodbhave /
rūpaṃ dehi jayaṃ dehi yaśo dehi dviṣo jahi

idaṃ stotraṃ paṭhitvā tu mahāstotraṃ paṭhennaraḥ /
saptaśatīṃ samārādhya varamāpnoti durlabham

// iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe argalāstotraṃ samāptam //