Markandeya Purana · Chapter 84

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye mahiṣāsuravadho nāma tryaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
caturaśītitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 84
ṛṣiruvāca
tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve devyā handrapurogamāḥ /
stutimārebhire kartuṃ nihate mahiṣāsure

śakrādayaḥ suragaṇā nihate 'tivīrye
tasmin durātmani surāribale ca devyā /
tāṃ tuṣṭubuḥ praṇatinamraśirodharāṃsā
vāgbhiḥ praharṣapulakodgamacārudehāḥ

devā ūcuḥ
devyā yayā tatamidaṃ jagadātmaśaktyā
niḥ śeṣadevagaṇaśaktisamūhamūrtyā /
tāmambikāmakhiladevamarṣipūjyāṃ
bhaktyā natāḥ sma vidadhātu śubhāni sā naḥ

yasyāḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ bhagavānananto
brahmā haraśca nahi vaktumalaṃ balaṃ ca /
sā caṇḍikākhilajagatparipālanāya
nāśāya cāśubhayasya matiṃ karotu

yā śrīḥ svayaṃ sukṛtināṃ bhavaneṣvalakṣmīḥ
pāpātmanāṃ kṛtadhiyāṃ hṛdayeṣu buddhiḥ /
śraddhāṃ satāṃ kulajanaprabhavasya lajjā
tāṃ tvāṃ natāḥ sma paripālaya devi viśvam

kiṃ varṇayāma tava rūpamacintyametat
kiṃ cātivīryamasurakṣayakāri bhūri /
kiṃ cāhaveṣu caritāni tavādbhutāni
sarveṣu devyasuradevagaṇādikeṣu

hetuḥ samastajagatāṃ triguṇāpi doṣair
na jñāyase hariharādibhirapyapārā /
sarvāśrayākhilamidaṃ jagadaṃśabhūtam
avyākṛtā hi paramā prakṛtistvamādyā

yasyāḥ samastasuratā samudīraṇena
tṛptiṃ priyāti sakaleṣu makheṣu devi /
svāhāsi vai pitṛgaṇasya ca tṛptihetur
uccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhā ca

yā muktiheturavicintyamahāvratā tvam
abhyasyase suniyatendriyatattvasāraiḥ /
mokṣārthibhirmunibhirastasamastadoṣair
vidyāsi sā bhagavatī paramā hi devi

śabdātmikā suvimalargyajuṣāṃ nidhānam
udgītharamyapadapāṭhavatāṃ ca sāmnām /
devī trayī bhagavatī bhavabhāvanāya
vārtā ca sarvajagatāṃ paramārtihantrī

medhāsi devi viditākhilaśāstrasārā
durgāsi durgabhavasāgaranaurasaṅgā /
śrīḥ kaiṭabhārihṛdayaikakṛtādhivāsā
gaurī tvameva śaśimaulikṛtapratiṣṭhā

īṣatsahāsamamalaṃ paripūrṇacandra-
bimbānukāri kanakottamakāntikāntam /
atyadbhutaṃ prahṛtamāttaruṣā tathāpi
vaktraṃ vilokya sahasā mahiṣāsureṇa

dṛṣṭvā tu devi kupitaṃ bhrukuṭīkarālam
udyacchaśāṅkasadṛśacchavi yanna sadyaḥ /
prāṇānmumoca mahīṣastadatīva citraṃ
kairjovyate hi kupitāntakadarśanena

devi prasīda paramā bhavatī bhavāya
sadyo vināśayasi kopavatī kulāni /
vijñātametadadhunaiva yadastametan
nītaṃ balaṃ suvipulaṃ mahiṣāsurasya

te saṃmatā janapadeṣu dhanāni teṣāṃ
teṣāṃ yaśāṃsi na ca sīdati dharmavargaḥ /
dhanyāsta eva nibhṛtātmajabhṛtyadārā
yeṣāṃ sadābhyudayadā bhavatī prasannā

dharmyāṇi devi sakalāni sadaiva karmāṇy
atyādṛtaḥ pratidinaṃ sukṛtī karoti /
svargaṃ prayāti ca tato bhavatīprasādāl
lokatraye 'pi phaladā nanu devi tena

durge smṛtā harasi bhītimaśeṣajantoḥ
svasthaiḥ smṛtā matimatīva śubhāṃ dadāsi /
dāridrayaduḥ khabhayahāriṇi kā tvadanyā
sarvopakārakaraṇāya sadār''dracittā

ebhirhatairjagadupaiti sukhaṃ tathaite
kurvantu nāma narakāya cirāya pāpam /
saṃgrāmamṛtyumadhigamya divaṃ prayāntu
matveti nūnamahitān vinihaṃsi devi

dṛṣṭvaiva kiṃ na bhavatī prakaroti bhasma
sarvāsurānariṣu yatprahiṇoṣi śastram /
lokān prayāntu ripavo 'pi hi śastrapūtā
itthaṃ matirbhavati teṣvapi te 'tisādhvī

khaḍgaprabhānikaravisphuraṇaistathograiḥ
śūlāgrakāntinivahena dṛśo 'surāṇām /
yannāgatā vilayamaṃśumadindukhaṇḍa-
yogyānanaṃ tava vilokayatāṃ tadetat

durvṛttavṛttaśamanaṃ tava devi śīlaṃ
rūpaṃ tathaitadavicintyamatulyamanyaiḥ /
vīryaṃ ca hantṛ hṛtadevaparākramāṇāṃ
vairiṣvapi prakaṭitaiva dayā tvayettham

kenopamā bhavatu te 'sya parākramasya
rūpaṃ ca śatrubhayakāryatihāri kutra /
citte kṛpā samaraniṣṭhuratā ca dṛṣṭā
tvayyeva devi varade bhuvanatraye 'pi

trailokyametadakhilaṃ ripunāśanena
trātaṃ tvayā samaramūrdhani te 'pi hatvā /
nītā divaṃ ripugaṇā bhayamapyapāstam
asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste

śūlena pāhi no devi pāhi khaḍgena cāmbike /
ghaṇṭāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyāniḥ svanena ca

prācyāṃ rakṣa pratīcyāṃ ca caṇḍike rakṣa dakṣiṇe /
bhrāmaṇenātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṃ tatheśvari

saumyāni yāni rūpāṇi trailokye vicaranti te /
yāni cātyarthaghorāṇi tai rakṣāsmāṃstathā bhuvam

khaḍgaśūlagadādīni yāni cāstrāṇi te 'mbike /
karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmān rakṣa sarvataḥ

ṛṣīruvāca
evaṃ stutā surairdivyaiḥ kusumairnandanodbhavaiḥ /
arcitā jagatāṃ dhātrī tathā gandhānulepanaiḥ

bhaktyā samastaistridaśārdivyairdhūpaistu dhūpitā /
prāha prasādasumukhī samastān praṇatān surān

devyuvāca
vriyatāṃ tridaśāḥ sarve yadasmatto 'bhivāñchitam /
dadāmyahamatiprītyā stavairebhiḥ supūjitā

kartavyamaparaṃ yacca duṣkaraṃ tanna vidmahe /
ityākarṇye vaco devyāḥ pratyūcuste divaukasaḥ

devā ūcuḥ
bhagavatyā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na kiñcidavaśiṣyate /
yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatrurasmākaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ

yadi cāpi varo deyastvayāsmākaṃ maheśvari /
saṃsmṛtā saṃsmṛtā tvaṃ no hiṃsethāḥ paramāpadaḥ

yaśca martyaḥ stavairebhistvāṃ stoṣyatyamalānane /
tasya vittardhivibhavairdhanadārādisampadām /
vṛddhaye 'smātprasannā tvaṃ bhavethāḥ sarvadāmbike

ṛṣiruvāca
iti prasāditā devairjagator'the tathā'tmanaḥ /
tathetyuktvā bhadrakālī babhūvāntarhitā nṛpa

ityetatkathitaṃ bhūpa sambhūtā sā yathā purā /
devī devaśarīrebhyo jagattrayahitaiṣiṇī

punaśca gaurīdehāt sā samudbhūtā yathābhavat /
vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ tathā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ

rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ devānāmupakāriṇī /
tacchṛṇuṣva mayā'khyātaṃ yathāvatkathayāmi te