Markandeya Purana · Chapter 82

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma ekāśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 82
ṛṣiruvāca
devāsuramabhūd yuddhaṃ pūrṇamabdaśataṃ purā /
mahiṣe 'surāṇāmadhipe devānāṃ ca purandare

tatrāsurairmahāvīryairdevasainyaṃ parājitam /
jitvā ca sakalān devānindro 'būnmahiṣāsuraḥ

tataḥ parājitā devāḥ padmayoniṃ prajāpatim /
puraskṛtya gatāstatra yatreśa-garuḍadhvajau

yathāvṛttaṃ tayostadvanmahiṣāsuraceṣṭitam /
tridaśāḥ kathayāmāsurdevābhibhavavistaram

sūryendragnyanilendūnāṃ yamasya varuṇasya ca /
anyeṣāṃ cādhikārān sa svayamevādhitiṣṭhiti

svargānnirākṛtāḥ sarve tena devagaṇā bhuvi /
vicaranti yathā martyā mahiṣeṇa durātmanā

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvamamarāriviceṣṭitam /
śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām

ṛṣiruvāca
itthaṃ niśamya devānāṃ vacāṃsi madhusūdanaḥ /
cakāra kopaṃ śambhuśca bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanau

tato 'tikopapūrṇasya cakriṇo vadanāttataḥ /
niścakrāma mahattejo brahmaṇaḥ śaṅkarasya ca

anyeṣāñcaiva devānāṃ śakrādīnāṃ śarīrataḥ /
nirgataṃ sumahattejastaccaikyaṃ samagacchata

atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantamiva parvatam /
dadṛśuste surāstatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram

atulaṃ tatra tattejaḥ sarvadevaśarīrajam /
ekasthaṃ tadabhūnnārī vyāptalokatrayaṃ tviṣā

yadabhūcchāmbhavaṃ tejastenājāyata tanmukham /
yāmyena cābhavan keśā bahavo viṣṇutejasā

saumyena stanayoryugmaṃ madhyaṃ caindreṇa cābhavat /
vāruṇena ca jaṅghorū nitambastejasā bhuvaḥ

brahmaṇastejasā pādau tadaṅgulyor'katejasā /
vasūnāñca karāṅgulyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā

tasyāstu dantāḥ sambhūtāḥ prājāpatyena tejasā /
nayanatritayaṃ jajñe tathā pāvakatejasā

bhruvau ca sandhyayostejaḥ śravaṇāvanilasya ca /
anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ sambhavastejasāṃ śivā

tataḥ samastadevānāṃ tejorāśisamudbhavām /
tāṃ vilokya mudaṃ prāpuramarā mahiṣārditāḥ

tato devā dadustasyai svāni svānyāyudhāni ca /
ūcurjayajayetyuccairjayantīṃ te jayaiṣiṇaḥ

śūlaṃ śūlādviniṣkṛṣya dadau tasyai pinākadhṛk /
cakraṃ ca dattavān kṛṣṇaḥ samutpādya svacakrataḥ

śaṅkhañca varuṇaḥ śaktiṃ dadau tasyai hutāśanaḥ /
māruto dattavāṃścāpaṃ bāṇapūrṇe tatheṣudhī

vajramindraḥ samutpādya kuliśādamarādhipaḥ /
dadau tasyai sahasrākṣo ghaṇṭāmairāvatād gajāt

kāladaṇḍādyamo daṇḍaṃ māśaṃ cāmbupatirdadau /
prajāpatiścākṣamālāṃ dadau brahmā kamaṇḍalum

samastaromakūpeṣu nijaraśmīn divākaraḥ /
kālakhca dattavān khaḍgaṃ tasyāścarma ca nirmalam

kṣīrodaścāmalaṃ hāramajare ca tathāmbare /
cūḍāmaṇiṃ tathā divyaṃ kuṇḍale kaṭakāni ca

ardhacandraṃ tathā śubhraṃ keyūrān sarvabāhuṣu /
nūpurau vimalau tadvad graiveyakamanuttamam /
aṅgulīyakaratnāni samastāsvaṅgulīṣu ca

viśvakarmā dadau tasyai paraśuñcātinirmalam /
astrāṇyanekarūpāṇi tathābhedyaṃ ca daṃśanam

amlānapaṅkajāṃ mālāṃ śirasyurasi cāparām /
adadajjaladhistasyai paṅkajaṃ cātiśobhanam

himavān vāhanaṃ siṃhaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca /
dadāvaśūnyaṃ surayā pānapātraṃ dhanādhipaḥ

śeṣaśca sarvanāgeśo mahāmaṇivibhūṣitam /
nāgahāraṃ dadau tasyai dhatte yaḥ pṛthivīmimām

anyairapi surairdevī bhūṣaṇairāyudhaistathā /
saṃmānitā nanādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

tasyā nādena ghoreṇa kṛtstramāpūritaṃ nabhaḥ /
amāyatātimahatā pratiśabdo mahānabhūt

cukṣubhuḥ sakalā lokāḥ samudrāśca cakampire /
cacāla vasudhā celuḥ sakalāśca mahīdharāḥ

jayeti devāśca mudā tāmūcuḥ siṃhavāhinīm /
tuṣṭuvurmunayaścaināṃ bhaktinamrātmamūrtayaḥ

dṛṣṭvā samastaṃ saṃkṣubdhaṃ trailokyamamarārayaḥ /
sannaddhākhilasainyāste samuttasthurudāyudhāḥ

āḥ kimetaditi krodhādābhāṣya mahiṣāsuraḥ /
abhyadhāvata taṃ śabdamaśeṣairasurairvṛtaḥ

sa dadarśa tato devīṃ vyāptalokatrayāṃ tviṣā /
pādākrāntyā natabhuvaṃ kirīṭollikhitāmbarām

kṣobhitāśeṣapātālāṃ dhanurjyāniḥ svanena tām /
diśo bhujasahasreṇa samantād vyāpya saṃsthitām

tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tayā devyā suradviṣām /
śastrāstrairbahudhā muktairādīpitadigantaram

mahiṣāsurasenānīścikṣurākhyo mahāsuraḥ /
yuyudhe cāmaraścānyaiścaturaṅgabalānvitaḥ

rathānāmayutaiḥ ṣaḍbhirudagrākhyo mahāsuraḥ /
ayudhyatāyutānāñca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ

pañcāśadbhiśca niyutairasilomā mahāsuraḥ /
ayutānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhirvāṣkalo yuyudhe raṇe

gajavājisahasraughairanekairugradarśanaḥ /
vṛto rathānāṃ koṭyā ca yuddhe tasminnayudhyata

biḍālākṣo 'yutānāñca pañcāśadbhirathāyutaiḥ /
yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra rathānāṃ parivāritaḥ

vṛtaḥ kālo rathānāñca raṇe pañcāśatāyutaiḥ /
yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra tāvadbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

anye ca tatrāyutaśo rathanāgahayairvṛtāḥ /
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā saha tatra mahāsurāḥ

koṭikoṭisahasraistu rathānāṃ dantināṃ tathā /
hayānāñca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ

tomarairbhindipālaiśca śaktibhirmusalaistathā /
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā khaḍgaiḥ paraśupaṭṭiśaiḥ

kecicca cikṣipuḥ śaktīḥ kecit pāśāṃstathāpare /
devīṃ khaḍgaprahāraistu te tāṃ hantuṃ pracakramuḥ

sāpi devī tatastāni śastrāṇyastrāṇi caṇḍikā /
līlayaiva praciccheda nijaśastrāstravarṣiṇī

anāyastānanā devī stūyamānā surarṣibhiḥ /
mumocāsuradeheṣu śastrāṇyastrāṇi ceśvarī

so 'pi kruddho dhutasaṭo devyā vāhanakeśarī /
cacārāsurasainyeṣu vaneṣviva hutāśanaḥ

niśvasānmumuce yāṃśca yudhyamānā raṇe 'mbikā /
ta eva sadyaḥ sambhūtā gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

yuyudhuste paraśubhirbhindipālāsipaṭṭiśaiḥ /
nāśayanto 'suragaṇān devīśaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ

avādayanta paṭahān gaṇāḥ śaṅkhāṃstathāpare /
mṛdaṅgāṃśca tathaivānye tasmin yuddhamahotsave

tato devī triśūlena gadayā śaktivṛṣṭibhiḥ /
śaḍgādibhiśca śataśo nijaghāna mahāsurān

pātayāmāsa caivānyān ghaṇṭāsvanavimohitān /
asurān bhuvi pāśena baddhvā cānyānakarṣayat

kecid dvidhā kṛtāstīkṣṇaiḥ khaḍgapātaistathāpare /
vipothitā nipātena gadayā bhuvi śerate

vemuśca kecidrudhiraṃ musale bhṛśaṃ hatāḥ /
kecinnapātitā bhūmau bhinnāḥ śūlena vakṣasi

nirantarāḥ śaraugheṇa kṛtāḥ kecidraṇājire /
śailānukāriṇaḥ prāṇān mumucustridaśārdanāḥ

keṣāñcidvāhavaśchinnāśchinnagrīvāstathāpare /
śirāṃsi peturanyeṣāmanye madhye vidāritāḥ

vicchinnajaṅghāstvapare petururvyāṃ mahāsurāḥ /
ekabāhvakṣicaraṇāḥ keciddevyā dvidhā kṛtāḥ

chinne 'pi cānye śirasi patitāḥ punarutthitāḥ /
kabandhā yuyudhurdevyā gṛhītaparamāyudhāḥ

nanṛtuścāpare tatra yuddhe tūryalayāśritāḥ /
kabandhāśchinnakhirasaḥ khaḍga-śaktyṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ

tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti bhāṣanto devīmanye mahāsurāḥ/
rudhiraughaviluptāṅgāḥ saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe

pātitai rathanāgāśvairasuraiśca vasundharā /
agamyā sābhavat tatra yatrābhūt sa mahāraṇaḥ

śoṇitaughā mahānadyaḥ sadyastatra visustruvuḥ /
madhye cāsurasainyasya vāraṇāsuravājinām

kṣaṇena tanmahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā /
ninye kṣayaṃ yathā vahnistṛṇadārumahācayam

sa ca siṃho mahānādamutsṛjan dhutakesaraḥ /
śarīrebhyo 'marārīṇāmasūniva vicinvati

devyā gaṇaiśca taistatra kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ tathāsuraiḥ /
yathaiṣāṃ tutuṣurdevāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭimuco divi