Markandeya Purana · Chapter 90

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyamahāpurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhatmye niśumbhavadhonāma ekonanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
navatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 90
ṛṣiruvāca
niśumbhaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ prāṇasaṃmitam /
hanyamānaṃ balaṃ caiva śumbhaḥ kruddho 'bravīdvacaḥ

balāvalepād duṣṭe tvaṃ mā durge garvamāvaha /
anyāsāṃ balamāśritya yudhyase yātimāninī

śrīdevyuvāca
ekaivāhaṃ jagatyatra dvitīyā kā mamāparā /
paśyaitā duṣṭa mayyeva viśantyo madvibhūtayaḥ

ṛṣiruvāca
tataḥ samastāstā devyo brahmāṇīpramukhā layam /
tasyā devyāstanau jagmurekāvāsīttadāmbikā

śrīdevyuvāca
ahaṃ vibhūtyā bahubhiriha rūpairyadāsthitā /
satsaṃhṛtaṃ mayaikaiva tiṣṭhāmyājau sthiro bhava

ṛṣiruvāca
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ devyāḥ śumbhasya cobhayoḥ /
paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmasurāṇāṃ ca dāruṇam

śaravarṣaiḥ śitaiḥ śastraistathā cāstraiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ /
tayoryuddhamabhūd bhūyaḥ sarvalokabhayaṅkaram

divyānyastrāṇi śataśo mumuce yānyathāmbikā /
babhañja tāni daityendrastatpratīghātakartṛbhiḥ

muktāni tena cāstrāṇi divyāni parameśvarī /
babhañja līlayaivograhuṅkāroccāraṇādibhiḥ

tataḥ śaraśatairdevīmācchādayata so 'suraḥ /
sā ca tatkupitā devī dhanuściccheda ceṣubhiḥ

chinne dhanuṣi daityendrastathā śaktimathādade /
ciccheda devī cakreṇa tāmapyasya kare sthitām

tataḥ khaḍgamupādāya śatacandraṃ ca bhānumat /
abhyadhāvattadā devīṃ daityānāmadhipeśvaraḥ

tasyāpatata evāśu khaḍgaṃ ciccheda caṇḍikā /
dhanurmuktaiḥ śitairbāṇaiścarma cārkakarāmalam

aśvāṃśca pātayāmāsa rathaṃ sārathinā saha /
hatāśvaḥ sa tadā daityaśchinnadhānvā visārathiḥ /
jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoramambikānidhanodyataḥ

cicchedāpatatastasya mudgaraṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
tathāpi so 'bhyadhāvattāṃ muṣṭimudyamya vegavān

sa muṣṭiṃ pātayāmāsa hṛdaye daityapuṅgavaḥ /
devyāstaṃ cāpi sā devī talenorasyatāḍayat

talaprahārābhihato nipapāta mahītale /
sa daityarājaḥ sahasā punareva tathotthitaḥ

utpatya ca pragṛhyoccairdevīṃ gaganamāsthitaḥ /
tatrāpi sā nirādhārā yuyudhe tena caṇḍikā

niyuddhaṃ khe tadā daityaścaṇḍikā ca parasparam /
cakratuḥ prathamaṃ siddhamunivismayakārakam

tato niyuddhaṃ suciraṃ kṛtvā tenāmbikā saha /
utpātya bhrāmayāmāsa cikṣepa dharaṇītale

sa kṣipto dharaṇīṃ prāpya muṣṭimudyamya vegitaḥ /
abhyadhāvata duṣṭātmā caṇḍikānidhanecchayā

tamāyāntaṃ tato devī sarvadaityajaneśvaram /
jagatyāṃ pātayāmāsa bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi

sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ devīśūlāgravikṣataḥ /
cālayan sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ sābdhidvīpāṃ saparvatām

tataḥ prasannamakhilaṃ hate tasmin durātmani /
jagatsvāsthyamatīvāpa nirmalaṃ cābhavannabhaḥ

utpātameghāḥ solkā ye prāgāsaṃste śamaṃ yayuḥ /
sarito mārgavāhinyastathāsaṃstatra pātite

tato devagaṇāḥ sarve harṣanirbhamānasāḥ /
babhūvurnihate tasmin gandharvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ

avādayaṃstathaivānye nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ /
vavuḥ puṇyāstathā vātāḥ suprabho 'bhūddivākaraḥ