Markandeya Purana · Chapter 83

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyamahāpurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye mahiṣāsurasainyavadho nāma dvyaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
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ṛṣiruvāca
nihanyamānaṃ tatsainyamavalākya mahāsuraḥ /
senānīścikṣuraḥ kopādyayau yoddhumathāmbikām

sa devīṃ śaravarṣeṇa vavarṣa samare 'suraḥ /
yathā merugireḥ śṛṅgaṃ toyavarṣeṇa toyadaḥ

tasya cchittvā tato devī līlayaiva śarotkarān /
jaghāna turagān bāṇairyantāraṃ caiva vājinām

ciccheda ca dhanuḥ sadyo dhvajaṃ cātisamucchritam /
vivyādha caiva gātreṣu cchinnadhanvānamāśugaiḥ

sa cchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ /
abhyadhāvata tāṃ devīṃ khaḍga-carmadharo 'suraḥ

siṃhamāhatya khaḍgena tīkṣṇadhāreṇa mūrdhani /
ājaghāna bhuje savye devīmapyativegavān

tasyāḥ khaḍgo bhujaṃ prāpya paphāla nṛpanandana /
tato jagrāha śūlaṃ sa kopādaruṇalocanaḥ

cikṣepa ca tatastattu bhadrakālyāṃ mahāsuraḥ /
jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhī ravibimbamivāmbarāt

dṛṣṭvā tadāpatacchūlaṃ devī śūlamamuñcata /
tacchūlaṃ śatadhā tena nītaṃ sa ca mahāsuraḥ

hate tasmin mahāvīrye mahiṣasya camūpatau /
ājagāma gajārūḍhaścāmarastridaśārdanaḥ

so 'pi śaktiṃ mumocātha devyāstāmambikā drutam /
huṅkārābhihatāṃ bhūmau pātayāmāsa niṣprabhām

bhagnāṃ śaktiṃ nipatitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhasamanvitaḥ /
cikṣepa cāmaraḥ śūlaṃ bāṇaistadapi sācchinat

tataḥ siṃhaḥ samutpatya gajakumbhāntare sthitaḥ /
bāhuyuddhena yuyudhe tenoccaistridaśāriṇā

yudhāyamāno tatastau tu tasmānnāgānmahīṃ gatau /
yuyudhāte 'tisaṃrabdhau prahārairatidāruṇaiḥ

tato vegātkhamutpatya nipatya ca mṛgāriṇā /
karaprahāreṇa śiraścāmarasya pṛthakkṛtam

udagraśca raṇe devyā śilāvṛkṣādibhirhataḥ /
dantamuṣṭitalaiścaiva karālaśca nipātitaḥ

devī kruddhā gadāpātaiścūrṇayāmāsa coddhatam /
vāṣkalaṃ bhindipālena bāṇaistāmraṃ tathāndhakam

ugrāsyamugravīryañca tathaiva ca mahāhanum /
trinetrā ca triśūlena jaghāna parameśvarī

biḍālasyāsinā kāyāt pātayāmāsa vai śiraḥ /
durdharaṃ durmukhaṃ cobhau śarairninye yamakṣayam /
kālaṃ ca kāladaṇḍena kālarātrirapātayat

agradarśanamatyugraiḥ khaḍgapātairatāḍayat /
asinaivāsilomānamacchidat sā raṇotsave /
gaṇaiḥ siṃhena devyā ca jayakṣveḍākṛtotsavaiḥ

evaṃ saṃkṣīyamāṇe tu svasainye mahiṣāsuraḥ /
māhiṣeṇa svarūpeṇa trāsayāmāsa tān gaṇān

kāṃścittuṇḍaprihāreṇa khurakṣepaistathāparān /
lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃścānyān śṛṅgābhyāñca vidāritān

vegena kāṃścidaparān nādena bhramaṇena ca /
niśvāsapavanenānyān pātayāmāsa bhūtale

nipātya pramathānīkamabhyadhāvata so 'suraḥ /
siṃhaṃ hantuṃ mahādevyāḥ kopaṃ cakre tato 'mbikā

so 'pi kopānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ /
śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccaiścikṣepa ca nanāda ca

vegabhramaṇavikṣuṇṇā mahī tasya vyaśīryata /
lāṅgūlenāhataścābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ

dhutaśṛṅgavibhinnāśca khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ yayurghanā /
śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśo nipeturnabhaso 'calāḥ

iti krodhasamādhmātamāpatāntaṃ mahāsuram /
dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadākarot

sā kṣiptvā tasya vai pāśaṃ taṃ babandha mahāsuram /
tatyāja māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ so 'pi baddho mahāmṛdhe

tataḥ siṃho 'bhavat sadyo yāvattasyāmbikā śiraḥ /
chinatti tāvatpuruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇiradṛśyata

tata evāśu puruṣaṃ devī ciccheda sāyakaiḥ /
taṃ khaḍgacarmaṇā sārdhaṃ tataḥ so 'bhūnmahāgajaḥ

kareṇa ca mahāsiṃhaṃ taṃ cakarṣa jagarja ca /
karṣatastu karaṃ devī khaḍgena nirakṛntata

tato mahāsuro bhūyo māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ /
tathaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

tataḥ kruddhā jaganmātā caṇḍikā pānamuttamam /
papau punaḥ punaścaiva jahāsāruṇalocanā

nanarda cāsuraḥ so 'pi balavīryamadoddhataḥ /
viṣāṇābyāñca cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati bhūdharān

sā ca tān prahitāṃstena cūrṇayantī śarotkaraiḥ /
uvāca taṃ madoddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram

devyuvāca
garja garja kṣaṇaṃ mūḍha madhu yāvatpibāmyaham /
mayā tvayi hate 'traiva garjiṣyantyāśu devatāḥ

ṛṣiruvāca
evamuktvā samutpatya sārūḍhā taṃ mahāsuram /
pādenākramya kaṇṭhe ca śūlenainamatāḍayat

tataḥ so 'pi padākrāntastayā nijamukhāttataḥ /
ardhaniṣkrānta evāsīd devyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ

ardhaniṣkrānta evāsau yudhyamāno mahāsuraḥ /
tayā mahāsinā devyā śiraśchittvā nipātitaḥ

evaṃ sa mahiṣo nāma sasainyaḥ sasuhṛdgaṇaḥ /
trailokyaṃ mohayitvā tu tayā devyā vināśitaḥ

trailokyasthaistadā bhūtairmahiṣe vinipātite /
jayetyuktaṃ tataḥ sarvaiḥ sadevāsuramānavaiḥ

tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ daityasainyaṃ nanāśa tat /
praharṣañca paraṃ jagmuḥ sakalā devatāgaṇāḥ

tuṣṭuvustāṃ surā devīṃ saha divyairmaharṣibhiḥ /
jagurgandharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ