Kalika Purana · Chapter 60

//śrībhagavānuvāca//
durgātantreṇa mantreṇa kuryād durgāmahotsavam/
mahānavamyāṃ śaradi balidānaṃ nṛpādayaḥ

āśvinasya tu śuklasya bhaved yā aṣṭamī tithiḥ/
mahāṣṭamīti sā proktā devyāḥ prītikarī parā

tano'tu navamī yā syāt sā mahānavamī smṛtā/
sā tithiḥ sarvalokānāṃ pūjanīyā śivapriyā

anayorvatsa pūjāyāṃ viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu bhairava/
sampūjya maṇḍale devīṃ vidhivat prayato naraḥ

vaiṣṇavītantramantreṇa durgātankṣeṇa bhairava/
mūrtibhede yathā devī pūjāṃ gṛhṇāti bhūtaye

kanyāsaṃsthe ravau vatsa śuklāmārabhya nandikām/
ayācitāśo naktāśī ekāśī tvatha cāpadaḥ

prātaḥsnāyī jitadvandvastrikālaṃ śivapūjakaḥ/
japahomasamāyukto bhojayecca kumārikā

bodhayed bilvaśākhāsu ṣaṣṭyāṃ devīphaleṣu ca/
saptamyāṃ bilvaśākhāṃ tāmāhṛtya pratipūjayet

punaḥ pujāṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣeṇa samācaret/
jāgaraṃ ca svayaṃ kuryād balidānaṃ mahāniśi

prabhūtabalidānaṃ tu navamyāṃ vidhivaccaret/
dhyāyed daśabhujāṃ devīṃ durgātantreṇa pūjayet

visarjanaṃ daśamyāṃ tu kuryād vai sādhakotamaḥ/
kṛtvā visarjanaṃ tasyāṃ tithau naktaṃ samācaret

yadā tu ṣauḍaśabhujāṃ mahāmāyāṃ prapūjayet/
durgātantreṇa mantreṇa viśeṣaṃ tatra vai śṛṇu

kanyāyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ/
dvādaśyāmekabhaktaṃ tu naktaṃ kuryāt pare'hani

caturdaśyāṃ mahāmāyāṃ bodhayitvā vidhānataḥ/
gītavāditranirghoṣairnnānānaivedyavedanaiḥ

ayācitaṃ budhaḥ kuryādupavāsaṃ pare'hani/
evameva vrata kuryād yāvadvai navamī bhavet

jyeṣṭhāyāṃ ca samabhyarcya mūlena pratipūjayet/
uttareṇārcanaṃ kṛtvā śravaṇānte visarjayet

yadā tvaṣṭādaśabhujāṃ mahāmāyāṃ prapūjayet/
durgātantreṇa mantreṇa tatrāpi śṛṇu bhairava

kanyāyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya pūjayitvārdrabhe divā/
navamyāṃ bodhayed devīṃ gītavāditranisvanaiḥ

śuklapakṣe caturthyā tu devīkeśavimocanam/
prātareva tu pañcamyāṃ snāpayet tu śubhairjalaiḥ

saptamyāṃ patrikāpūjā aṣṭamyāṃ cāpyupoṣaṇam/
pūjājāgaraṇaṃ caiva navamyāṃ vidhibadbaliḥ

sampreṣaṇaṃ daśamyāṃ tu krīḍākautukamaṅgalaiḥ/
nīrājanaṃ daśamyāṃ tu balavṛddhikaraṃ mahat

yadā vai vaiṣṇavīṃ devīṃ mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayām/
pūjayet tatra ca tadā viśeṣaṃ śṛṇu bhairava

kanyāsaṃsthe ravau pūjā yā śuklā tithiraṣṭamī/
tasyāṃ rātrau pūjitavyā mahāvibhavavistaraiḥ

navamyāṃ balidānaṃ tu karttavyaṃ vai yathāvidhi/
japaṃ homaṃ ca vidhivat kuryāt tatra vibhūtaye

sampūjayenmahādevīmaṣṭapuṣpikayā naraḥ/
rāmasyānugrahārthāya rāvaṇasya vadhāya ca

rātrāveva mahādevī brahmaṇā bodhitā purā/
tatastu tyaktanidrā sā nandāyāmāśvine site

jagāma nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ yatrāsīdrāghavaḥ purā/
tatra gatvā mahādevī tadā tau rāmarāvaṇau

yuddhaṃ niyojayāmāsa svayamantarhitāmbikā/
rakṣasāṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca jagdhvā sā māṃsaśoṇite

rāmarāvaṇayoryuddhaṃ saptāhaṃ sā nyayojayat/
vyatīte saptame rātrau navyāṃ rāvaṇaṃ tataḥ

rāmeṇa ghātayāmāsa mahāmāyā jaganmayī/
yāvattayoḥ svayaṃ devī yuddhakelimudaikṣata

tāvat tu saptarātrāṇi saiva devaiḥ supūjitā/
nihate rāvaṇe vīre navamyāṃ sakalaiḥ suraiḥ

viśeṣapūjāṃ durgāyāścakre lokapitāmahaḥ/
tataḥ sampreṣitā devī daśamyāṃ śārvarotsavaiḥ

śākro'pi devasenāyā nīrājanamathākarot/
śāntyarthaṃ surasainyānāṃ devarājyasya vṛddhaye

rāmarāvaṇabāṇena yuddhaṃ cāvekṣya bhītidam/
tṛtīyāyāṃ tu laṅkāyāḥ pūrvottaradiśi sthitam

svātīnakṣatrayuktāyāṃ bhītaṃ surabalaṃ mahat/
śāntyarthaṃ varayāmāsa devendro vacanād hareḥ

tatastu śravaṇenātha daśamyāṃ caṇḍikāṃ śubhām/
visṛjya cakre śāntyarthaṃ balanīrājanaṃ hariḥ

nīrājitabalaḥ śaktastatra rāmaṃ ca rāghavam/
samprāpya prayayau svargaṃ saha devaiḥ śacīpatiḥ

itivṛttaṃ purākalpe manoḥ svāyambhuve'ntare/
prādurbhūtā daśabhujā devī devahitāya vai

nṛṇāṃ tretāyugasyādau jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā/
purākalpe yathāvṛttaṃ pratikalpaṃ tathā tathā

pravartate svayaṃ devī daityānāṃ nāśanāya vai/
pratikalpaṃ bhavedrāmo rāvamaścāpi rākṣasaḥ

tathaiva jāyate yuddhaṃ tathā tridaśasaṃgamaḥ/
evaṃ rāmahasrāṇi rāvaṇānāṃ sahasraśaḥ

bhavitavyāni bhūtāni tathā devī pravartate/
pūjayanti surāḥ sarve balaṃ nīrājayantyapi

tathaiva ca narāḥ sarve kuryuḥ pūjāṃ yathāvidhi/
balanīrājanaṃ rājā kuryād balavivṛddhaye

divyālaṅkārayuktābhirvāruṇībhiḥ pravartanam/
karttavyaṃ nṛtyagītāni krīḍākautukamaṅgalaiḥ

modakaiḥ piṣṭakaiḥ peyairbhakṣyabhojyairanekaśaḥ/
kūṣmāṇḍairnārikelaiśca kharjūraiḥ panasaistathā

drākṣāmalakaśāḍilyaiḥ plīhaiśca karuṇaistathā/
kaśerukramukairmūlaiḥ sajambūtindukādibhiḥ

gavyairguḍaistathā māṃsairmadyairmadhubhireva ca/
bālapriyaiśca naivedyairlājākṣataphalādibhiḥ

ikṣudaṇḍaiḥ sitābhiśca lavalīnāgaraṅgakai/
ajābhirmahiṣairātmaśoṇitasañcayaiḥ

pakṣyādibalijātīyaistatā nānāvidhairmṛgaiḥ/
pūjayecca jagaddhātrīṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamaiḥ

rātrau skandaviśākhasya kṛtvā piṣṭakaputrikām/
pūjayecchatrunāśāya durgāyāḥ prītaye tathā

homaṃ ca satilairājyairmāsairapi tathā caret/
ugracaṇḍādikāḥ pūjyāstathāṣṭau yoginīḥ śubhāḥ

yoginyaśca catuḥṣaṣṭhistathā vai koṭiyoginīḥ/
navadurgāstathā pūjyā devyāḥ sannihitāḥ śubhāḥ

jayantyādirgandhapuṣpaistā devyā mūrtayo yataḥ/
devyaḥ sarvāṇi cāstrāṇi bhūṣaṇāni tathaiva ca

aṅgapratyaṅgayuktāni vāhanaṃ siṃhameva ca/
mahiṣāsuramardinyāḥ pūjayed bhūtaye sadā

purākalpe mahādevī manoḥ svāyambhuve'ntare/
nṛṇāṃ kṛtayugasyādau sarvadevaiḥ stutā sadā

mahiṣāsuranāśāya jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā/
yoganidrā mahāmāyā jagaddhātrī jaganmayī

bhujaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryukyā bhadrakālīti viśrutā/
kṣīrodasyottare tīre bibhratī vipulāṃ tanum

atasīpuṣpavarṇābhā jvalatkāñcanakuṇḍalā/
jaṭājūṭasakhaṇḍendumukuṭatrayabhūṣitā

nagahārema sahitā svarmahāravibhūṣitā/
śūlaṃ cakraṃ ca khaḍgaṃ ca śaṅkhaṃ bāṇaṃ tathaiva ca

śaktiṃ vajraṃ ca daṇḍaṃ ca nityaṃ dakṣiṇabāhubhiḥ/
bibhratī satataṃ devī vikāśidaśanojjvalā

kheṭakaṃ carma cāpaṃ ca pāśaṃ cāṅkuśameva ca/
ghaṇṭāṃ parśuṃ ca muṣalaṃ bibhratī vāmapāṇibhiḥ

siṃhasthā nayanai raktavarṇaistribhiratijvalā/
śūlena mahiṣaṃ bhittvā tiṣṭhantī parameśvarī

vāmapadena cākramya tatra devī jaganmayī/
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sakalā devāḥ praṇamya parameśvarīm

kiñcana taṃ tṛṣṭvā nihataṃ mahiṣāsuram/
tataḥ provāca devāṃstān brahmādīn parameśvarī

smitaprabhinnavadanā vikāśivadanojjavalā/
gacchantu bhoḥ suragaṇā jambudvīpāntaraṃ prati/. ६०.६५ //
himavat parvatāsanne varaṃ kātyāyanāśramam/
tatraiva bhavatāṃ sādhyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

ityuktvā sā mahādevī tatraivāntaradhīyata/
devā āpi tadā jagmuḥ kātyāyanamuneḥ puram

āśramaṃ prati te gatvā vismayāviṣṭamānasāḥ/
nihato mahiṣo devyā diṣṭo'smābhiryadarthataḥ

stutā caiṣā mahādevī jagaddhātrī jaganmayī/
kimarthamāha sā devī gantuṃ kātyāyanāśramam

kimanyad vāñchitaṃ kāryamasmākaṃ vā bhaviṣyati/
iti bruvantaste sarve gacchanti sma parasparam

himavat-parvatāsannaṃ muni-kātyāyanāśramam/
tataḥ sendrāḥ sadikpālā brahmaviṣṇuśivāstathā

niṣeduḥ suciraṃ prītā durgādarśanalālasāḥ/
tato rudragaṇāḥ sarve mahiṣāsuraceṣṭitam

āgatya kathayāmāsurdevalokaparābhavam/
tatastatra mahākopaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ

cakruḥ ko'nyo'sti mahiṣo hato devyā sa dānavaḥ/
punaryeneha kriyate jagadvidhvaṃsanaṃ bhṛśam

iti prakupyatāṃ teṣāṃ śarīrebhyaḥ pṛthak pṛthak/
niścakramuśca tejāṃsi śaktirūpāṇi tatkṣaṇāt

tattejobhirdhṛtavapurdevī kātyāyanna vai/
sandhukṣitā pūjitā ca tena kātyāyanī smṛtā

tatastenaiva mantreṇa daśabāhuyutena vai/
paścājjaghāna mahiṣaṃ jagaddhātrī jaganmayī

yadā stutā mahādevī bodhitā cāśvinasya ca/
caturdaśī kṛṣṇapakṣe prādurbhūtā jaganmayī

devānāṃ tejasāṃ mūrtiḥ śuklapakṣe suśobhane/
saptamyāṃ sā'karod devī aṣṭamyāṃ tairalaṅkṛtā

navamyāmupahāraistu pūjitā mahiṣāsuram/
nijaghāna daśamyāṃ tu visṛṣṭāntarhitā śivā

//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
śrutvemāṃ sagaro rājā devyāḥ saṅgatimuttamām/
saṃśayāluśca tadrūpe punaraurvvamapṛcchat

//sagara uvāca//
yadi pascānmahādevī jaghāna mahiṣāsuram/
kathaṃ pūrvaṃ bhadrakālī-rūpābhūnmahiṣāsuram

tathāhi darśanaṃ tasyāḥ pādākrāntascakāra ca/
hṛdi śūlena nirbhinnaṃ dadṛśuḥ sakalāḥ surāḥ/
evaṃ tu saṃśayaṃ chindhi muniśreṣṭha samādhunā

//aurvva uvāca//
śṛṇutvaṃ nṛpaśārdūla bhadrakālī yathā purā/
prādurbhūtā mahāmāyā mahiṣeṇa sahaiva tu

mahiṣāsura evāsau nidrāyāṃ niśi parvate /
svapnaṃ pradadṛse vīro dāruṇaṃ ghoradarśanam

mahāmāyā bhadrakālī chittvā khaḍgena me śiraḥ/
papau tasya ca raktāni vyāditāsyātibhīṣaṇā

tataḥ prātarbhayayutaḥ sa daityo mahiṣāsuraḥ/
tāmeva pūjayāmāsa suciraṃ sānugastadā

ārādhitā tadā devī mahiṣeṇāsureṇa vai/
prādurbhūtā bhadrakālī bhujaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiryutā

tataḥ praṇamya mahiṣo mahāmāyāṃ jaganmayīm/
uvācedaṃ vaco namramūrtirbhaktiyuto'suraḥ

//mahiṣa uvāca//
devi khaḍgena sañchidya śoṇitāni śiro mama/
tvayā muktāni dṛṣṭāni mayā svapnena niścitam

avaśyaṃ tu tvayā kāryaṃ mayā jñātaṃ pramāṇataḥ/
etadrudhirapānaṃ me tatraikaṃ dehi me varam

vadhyastavāhaṃ nātrāsti saṃśayaḥ parameśvari/
mamāpi tatra no duḥkhaṃ niyatiḥ kena laṅghyate

kintu tvayaiva sahitaḥ śambhurārādhitaḥ purā/
mama pitrā madarthena jātaḥ paścādahaṃ tataḥ

mayāpyārādhitaḥ śambhuḥ prāptāśceṣṭāstathāvidhāḥ/
manvantaratrayaṃ yāvadāsuraṃ rājyamuttamam

akaṇṭakaṃ mayā bhuktamanutāpo na vidyate/
kātyāyanena muninā śapto'haṃ śiṣyakāraṇāt

sīmantinī vināśaṃ te kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ/
purā muniṃ tapasyantaṃ raudrāśvaṃ nāma sattamam

muneḥ kātyāyanākhyasya śiṣyaṃ himavadantike/
divyastrīrūpamatulaṃ kṛtvāhaṃ kautukāt tadā

mayā sammohito vipro'tyajat sadyastadā tapaḥ/
nadūrāt saṃsthitenāhaṃ muninā kātyasūnunā

jñātvā māyāṃ tadā śaptaḥ śiṣyārthe krodhavahninā/
yasmāt tvayā me siṣyo'yaṃ mohitastapasaścyutaḥ

kṛtastvayā strīrūpeṇa tat tvāṃ strī nihaniṣyati/
iti māṃ śaptavān pūrvaṃ muniḥ kātyāyanaḥ svayam

tasya śāpasya kālo'yamāgatya samupasthitaḥ/
devendratvaṃ mayā prāptaṃ bhuktaṃ tribhuvanaṃ samam

kiñcinna śocyaṃ me'trāsti vāñchanīyaṃ hi yanmayā/
tasmāt tvāṃ vai prapanno'haṃ prārthyaṃ śeṣaṃ hi yanmama/
yadū dehi devi durge tvaṃ bhūyastubhyaṃ namo namaḥ

//devyuvāca//
prārthanīyo varo yaste taṃ vṛṇuṣva mahāsura/
dāsyāmi te varaṃ prārthyaṃ saṃśayo nātra vidyate

//mahiṣa uvāca//
yajñabhāgamahaṃ bhoktumicchāmi tvatprasādataḥ/
yathā makheṣu sarveṣu pūjyo'haṃ syāṃ tathā kuru

tvatpādasevāṃ na tyakṣye yāvatsūryaḥ pravartate/
evaṃ varadvayaṃ dehi yadi deyo varo mama

//devyuvāca//
yajñabhāgāḥ surebhyastu kalpitā vai pṛthak pṛthak/
bhāgo na vidyate cānyo yaṃ dāsyāmi tavādhunā

kintu tvayi mayā yuddhe nihate mahiṣāsura/
naiva tyakṣyasi matpādaṃ satataṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

mama pravartate pūjā yatra yatra ca tatra te/
pūjyaścintyaśca tatraiva kāyo'yaṃ tava dānava

iti śrutvā vacastasyāḥ pratyūṣe mahiṣāsuraḥ/
varaṃ prāpyeha muditaḥ prasannavadanastadā

ugracaṇḍe bhadrakāli durge devi namo'stute/
prabhūtā mūrtayā devi bhavatyā sakalātmikāḥ

kābhiste mūrtibhiḥ pūjyo yajñe'haṃ parameśvari/
tat samācakṣva yadi me bhavatyeha kṛpā kṛtā

//devyuvāca//
yāni nāmāni proktāni tvayeha mahiṣāsura/
tāsu mūrtiṣu saṃpṛṣṭaḥ pūjyo loke bhaviṣyasi

ugracaṇḍeti yā mūrtirbhadrakālī hyahaṃ punaḥ/
yayā mūrtyātvāṃ haniṣye sā durgeti prakīrtitā

etāsu mūrtiṣu sadā pādalagno nṛṇāṃ bhavān/
pūjyo bhaviṣyati svarge devānāmapi rakṣasām

ādisṛṣṭāvugracaṇḍāmūrtyā tvaṃ nihitaḥ purā/
dvitīyasṛṣṭau tu bhavān bhadrakālyā mayā hataḥ

durgārūpeṇādhunā tvāṃ haniṣvāmi sahānugam/
kintu pūrvaṃ na gṛhītastvaṃ mayā pādayostale

adhunā prārthitavaro gahītaḥ pūrvakāmayoḥ/
grahītavyaśca paścāt tvaṃ yajñabhāgopabhuktaye

//aurvva uvāca//
ityuktvā sā mahāmāyā ugracaṇḍāhvayāṃ tanum/
darśayāmāsa ca tadā mahiṣāyāsurāya vai

yā mūrtiḥ ṣoḍaśabhujā bhadrakālīti viśrutā/
tathaiva mūrtiṃ bāhubhyāmaparābhyāṃ tu bibhratī

dakṣiṇādho gadāṃ vāmapāṇinā pānapātrakam/
surāpūrṇaṃ ca śirasā muṇḍamālāṃ bileśayam

bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyā pracaṇḍā siṃhavāhinī/
raktanetrā mahākāyā yuktā'ṣṭādaśabāhubhiḥ

ugracaṇḍā bhadrakālī devyā mūrtidvayaṃ tathā/
mahiṣaḥ praṇanāmāśu duṣṭvā vismayamāgataḥ

tato yathā padākramya nihato mahiṣāsuraḥ/
tathaiva jagṛhe pādatale devīdvayaṃ tu tam

hṛdi śūlena nirbhinnaṃ māhiṣaṃ viśiraskakam/
gṛhītakeśaṃ devyā tu niryadantravibhūṣitam

vamadraktaṃ mahākāyaṃ dṛṣṭvā pūrvatanuṃ svakam/
bhayaṃ prāpyāsuraḥ so'tha śuśoca mumoha ca

tatastu kṣaṇamātmānaṃ saṃstabhya sa tu dānavaḥ/
praṇamya vacanaṃ devīmidamāha sa gadgadam

//mahiṣa uvāca//
yadi devī prasannāsi yajñabhāgāśca kalpitāḥ/
tadā mamānyadā nāśa evametad bhavenna hi

yathāhaṃ na suraiḥ sārdhaṃ kariṣye vairamadbhutam/
tathā māṃ kuru bho devi na janma pralabhe yathā

//devyuvāca//
ārādhitā'haṃ bhavatā varo datto mayā tava/
vadhyaśca tvaṃ mamaiveha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

yat tvayā prārthitaṃ cāpi sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha/
virodho me sadā mā bhūditi cāpi bhaviṣyati

matpādatalasaṃsparśāccharoraṃ tava dānava/
yajñabhāgopabhogāya viśīrṇaṃ na bhaviṣyati

tava jīvātmabhiḥ prāṇāḥ sarva eva mahāsuraḥ/
harasya pādasaṃyogācciraṃ sthāsyati kevalam

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi triṃśat tvaṃ mahiṣāsura/
śatāni cāṣṭāvanyāni janma te na bhaviṣyati

iti devī varaṃ dattvā mahiṣāyāsurāya vai/
praṇatā tena śirasā tatrevāntaradhīyata

mahiṣo'pi nijasthānaṃ yayau saṃmohitaḥ punaḥ/
māyayā cāsuraṃ bhāvamādaya nṛpa pūrvavat

//sagara uvāca//
aneke nihitā daityā māyayā lokabhūtaye/
na te punaḥ pragṛhītāstebhyo dattvā varāñ śubhān/
kena vā kāraṇenāyaṃ pragṛhīto varaḥ katham/
dattāstasmai samācakṣva mama samyag dvijottama

//aurvva uvāca//
ārādhito mahādevo rambheṇa suravairiṇā/
cireṇa sa ca suprītastapasā tasya śaṅkaraḥ

atha tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ pratyakṣaṃ rambhamūcivān/
prīto'smi te varaṃ rambha varayasva yathepsitam

evamuktaḥ pratyuvāca rambhastaṃ candraśekharam/
aputro'haṃ mahādeva yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ

mama janmatraye putro bhavān bhavatu śaṅkara/
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ jetā ca tridivaukasām

cirāyuśca yaśasvī ca lakṣmīvān sa ca śaṅkara/
evamuktastu daityena pratyuvāca vṛṣadhvajaḥ

bhavatvetadvāñchitaṃ te bhaviṣyāmi sutastava/
ityuktvā sa mahādevastatraivāntaradhīyata

rambho'pi yātaḥ svasthānaṃ harṣotphullavilocanaḥ/
pathi gacchan sa rambho'tha dadarśa mahiṣīṃ śubhām

trihāyaṇīṃ citravarṇāṃ sundarīmṛtuśālinīm/
sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvātha mahiṣīṃ rambhaḥ kāmena mohitaḥ

dorbhyāṃ gṛhītvā ca tadā cakāra suratotsavam/
tayoḥ pravṛtte surate tadā sā tasya dejasā

dadhāra mahiṣī garbhaṃ tadā'bhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ/
tasyāṃ svāṃśena giriśastatpu६tvamavāptavān

vavṛdhe sa tadā rāmbhiḥ suklapakṣaśaśāṅkavat /
taṃ ca kātyāyanamuniḥ śaptavānmahiṣāsuram

durnayaṃ vīkṣya śiṣyārthe śiṣyānugrahakārakaḥ/
kātyāyanena śaptaṃ taṃ vijñāya mahiṣāsuram/
prāha praṇāmapūrvaṃ tu caṇḍikāṃ candrasekharaḥ

//īśvara uvāca//
devī kātyāyanenāyaṃ śapto'dya mahiṣāsuraḥ/
yoṣidvināśakartrīti bhaviteti jaganmaye

ni-saṃśayamṛṣervākyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ/
madīyo māhiṣaḥ kāyo devi kāryastvayā tvayi

hantavyaḥ satataṃ yogayuktaḥ pūrve pare'pi ca/
harirharisvarūpeṇa na tvāṃ voḍhuṃ kṣamo'dhunā

mamāyaṃ māhiṣaḥ kāyastava voḍhā bhaviṣyati/
iti pūrvaṃ mahādevī devīṃ prārthitavān purā

tena devī mahādevaṃ jagrāha mahiṣāsuram/
triṣu janmasu putro'bhūdrambhasya bhagavān haraḥ

sṛṣṭitraye sa rambho'pi rambha eva vyajāyata/
āsura tādṛśaṃ tepe tapaḥ paramadāruṇam

tathaivārādhitaḥ śambhuḥ putrārthe pradadau varam/
tathaiva mahiṣīṃ bheje prathamaṃ suratāya saḥ

tasyāṃ tathā'bhavadvīro dānavo mahiṣāsuraḥ/
tathaiva śepe bhagavān muniḥ kātyāyanastu tam

iti pravṛtte pūrvo'smin parasmin sa tu janmani/
mahiṣaḥ pūjayitvā'tha devīṃ varamayācata

tṛtīye janmani varaṃ prāpya kalpānaśeṣataḥ/
neha me janma bhavitetyevaṃ varamayācata

tena devīpādatale tiṣṭhatyeṣo'suro'dhunā/
notpattirapi tasyātha saṃvartāntādabhūnnṛpa

evaṃ devīprasādena mahādevāṃśasambhavaḥ/
parāmavāpa satataṃ pratipattiṃ mahāsuraḥ

iti te kathitaṃ rājan yathā sa mahiṣāsuraḥ/
devīpādatalaṃ prāpya yathā so'dyāpi modate/
prastutaṃ śṛṇu bho rājan kathayāmi nṛpottama

//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
iti vaḥ kathitaṃ rājā sagaraḥ sahito yathā/
aurvveṇa cakre saṃvādaṃ devīmahiṣayojane

punaryadāha bhūyo'pi sagarāya mahātmane/
tacchṛṇvantu muniśreṣṭhā guhyād guhyataraṃ param

iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe mahiṣāsuropākhyāno nāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ //