Markandeya Purana · Chapter 92

iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyamahāpurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhatmye devaiḥ kṛtā nārāyaṇo stutirnāmaikanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
dvinavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 92
devyuvāca
ebhiḥ stavaiśca māṃ nityaṃ stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥ /
tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ nāśayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam

madhukaiṭabhānāśaṃ ca mahiṣāsuraghātanam /
kīrtayiṣyinti ye tadvad vadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ /
stoṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam

na teṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcid duṣkṛtotthā na cāpadaḥ /
bhaviṣyati na dāridrayaṃ na caiveṣṭaviyojanam

śatruto na bhayaṃ tasya dasyuto vā na rājataḥ /
na śastrānalatoyaughāt kadācit sambhaviṣyati

tasmānmamaitanmāhātmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ sahāhitaiḥ /
śrotavyaṃ ca sadā bhaktyā paraṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat

upasargānaśeṣāṃstu mahāmārīsamudbhavān /
tathā trividhamutpātaṃ māhātmyaṃ śamayenmama

yatraitat paṭhyate samyaṅnityamāyatane mama /
sadā na tadvimokṣyāmi sāṃnidhyaṃ tatra me sthitam

balipradāne pūjāyāmagnikārye mahotsave /
sarvaṃ mamaitaccaritamuccāryaṃ śrāvyameva ca

jānatājānatā vāpi balipūjāṃ tathā kṛtām /
pratīcchiṣyāmyahaṃ prītyā vahnihomaṃ tathā kṛtam

śaratkāle mahāpūjā kriyate yā ca vārṣikī /
tasyāṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrutvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ

sarvabādhāvinirmṛkto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ /
manuṣyo matprasādena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

śrutvā mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ tathotpattīḥ pṛthak śubhāḥ /
parākramaṃ ca yuddheṣu jāyate nirbhayaḥ pumān

ripavaḥ saṃkṣayaṃ yānti kalyāṇaṃ copapadyate /
nandate ca kulaṃ puṃsāṃ māhātmyaṃ mama śṛṇvatām

śāntikarmaṇi sarvatra tathā duḥ svapnadarśane /
grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama

upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāśca dāruṇāḥ /
duḥ svapnaṃ ca nṛbhirdṛṣṭaṃ susvapnamupajāyate

bālagrahābhibhūtānāṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam /
saṃghātabhede ca nṛṇāṃ maitrīkaraṇamuttamam

durvṛttānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ balahānikaraṃ param /
rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ paṭhanādeva nāśanam

sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ mama sannidhikārakam

paśupuṣpārghyadhūpaiśca gandhadīpaistathottamaiḥ /
viprāṇāṃ bhojanairhemaiḥ prokṣaṇīyairaharniśam

anyaiśca vividhairbhogaiḥ pradānairvatsareṇa yā /
prītirme kriyate sāsmin sakṛtsucarite śrute

śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā'rogyaṃ prayacchati /
rakṣāṃ karoti bhūtebhyo janmanāṃ kīrtanaṃ mama

yuddheṣu caritaṃ yanme duṣṭadaityanibarhaṇam /
tasmin śrute vairikṛtaṃ bhayaṃ puṃsāṃ na jāyate

yuṣmābhiḥ stutayo yāśca yāśca brahmarṣibhiḥ kṛtāḥ /
brahmaṇā ca kṛtāstāstu prayacchanti śubhāṃ gatim

araṇye prāntare vāpi dāvāgniparivāritaḥ /
dasyubhirvā vṛtaḥ śūnye gṛhīto vāpi śatrubhiḥ

siṃhavyāghrānuyāto vā vane vā vanahastibhiḥ /
rājñā kruddhena cājñapto vadhyo bandhagato 'pi vā

āghūrṇito vā vātena sthitaḥ pote mahārṇave /
patatsu cāpi śastreṣu saṃgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe

sarvābādhāsu ghorāsu vedanābhyardito 'pi vā /
smaranmamaitaccharitaṃ naro mucyeta saṅkaṭāt

mama prabhāvātsiṃhādyā dasyavo vairiṇastathā /
dūrādeva palāyante smarataścaritaṃ mama

ṛṣiruvāca
ityuktvā sā bhagavatī caṇḍikā caṇḍavikramā /
paśyatāmeva devānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata

te 'pi devyā nirātaṅkā svādhikārān yathā purā /
yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve cakrurvinihatārayaḥ

daityāśca devyā nihate śumbhe devaripau yudhi /
jagadvidhvaṃsake tasmin mahogre 'tulavikrame /
niśumbhe ca mahāvīrye śeṣāḥ pātālamāyayuḥ

evaṃ bhagavatī devī sā nityāpi punaḥ punaḥ /
sambhūya kurute bhūpa jagataḥ paripālanam

tayaitanmohyate viśvaṃ saiva viśvaṃ prasūyate /
sā yācitā ca vijñānaṃ tuṣṭā ṛddhiṃ prayacchati

vyāptaṃ tayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ manujeśvara /
mahākālyā mahākāle mahākārīsvarūpayā

saiva kāle mahāmārī saiva sṛṣṭirbhavatyajā /
sthitiṃ karoti bhūtānāṃ saiva kāle sanātanī

bhavakāle nṛṇāṃ saiva lakṣmīrvṛddhipradā gṛhe /
saivābhāve tathālakṣmīrvināśāyopajāyate

stutā sampūjitā puṣpairdhūpagandhādibistathā /
dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca matiṃ dharme gatiṃ śubhām