Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12
Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12
Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12
devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
phalaśrutirnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
vidhyuddhāma samaprabhāṃ mṛgapati skandha sthitāṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ|
kanyābhiḥ karavāla kheṭa vilasaddastābhi rāsevitāṃ
hastaiścakra gadhāsi kheṭa viśikhāṃ guṇaṃ tarjanīṃ
vibhrāṇa manalātmikāṃ śiśidharāṃ durgāṃ trinetrāṃ bhaje
devyuvāca||1||
ebhiḥ stavaiśca mā nityaṃ stoṣyate yaḥ samāhitaḥ|
tasyāhaṃ sakalāṃ bādhāṃ nāśayiṣyāmya saṃśayam ||2||
madhukaiṭabhanāśaṃ ca mahiṣāsuraghātanam|
kīrtiyiṣyanti ye ta dvadvadhaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ ||3||
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdhaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ|
śroṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyamuttamam ||4||
na teṣāṃ duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcid duṣkṛtotthā na cāpadaḥ|
bhaviṣyati na dāridryaṃ na cai veṣṭaviyojanam ||5||
śatrubhyo na bhayaṃ tasya dasyuto vā na rājataḥ|
na śastrānalato yaughāt kadācit sambhaviṣyati ||6||
tasmānmamaitanmāhatmyaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ|
śrotavyaṃ ca sadā bhaktyā paraṃ svastyayanaṃ hi tat ||7||
upa sargāna śeṣāṃstu mahāmārī samudbhavān|
tathā trividha mutpātaṃ māhātmyaṃ śamayenmama ||8||
yatraita tpaṭhyate samyaṅnityamāyatane mama|
sadā na tadvimokṣyāmi sānnidhyaṃ tatra mesthitam ||9||
bali pradāne pūjāyāmagni kārye mahotsave|
sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ uccāryaṃ śrāvyamevaca ||10||
jānatājānatā vāpi bali pūjāṃ tathā kṛtām|
pratīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ prītyā vahni homaṃ tathā kṛtam ||11||
śaratkāle mahāpūjā kriyate yāca vārṣikī|
tasyāṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ śrutvā bhaktisamanvitaḥ ||12||
sarvabādhāvinirmukto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ|
manuṣyo matprasādena bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ||13||
śrutvā mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ tathā cotpattayaḥ śubhāḥ|
parākramaṃ ca yuddheṣu jāyate nirbhayaḥ pumān||14||
ripavaḥ saṅkṣayaṃ yānti kalyāṇāṃ copapadhyate|
nandate ca kulaṃ puṃsāṃ mahātmyaṃ mamaśṛṇvatām||15||
śāntikarmāṇi sarvatra tathā duḥsvapnadarśane|
grahapīḍāsu cogrāsu mahātmyaṃ śṛṇuyānmama||16||
upasargāḥ śamaṃ yānti grahapīḍāśca dāruṇāḥ
duḥsvapnaṃ ca nṛbhirdṛṣṭaṃ susvapnamupajāyate||17||
bālagrahābhibhūtānaṃ bālānāṃ śāntikārakam|
saṅghātabhede ca nṛṇāṃ maitrīkaraṇamuttamam||18||
durvṛttānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ balahānikaraṃ param|
rakṣobhūtapiśācānāṃ paṭhanādeva nāśanam||19||
sarvaṃ mamaitanmāhātmyaṃ mama sannidhikārakam|
paśupuṣpārghyadhūpaiśca gandhadīpaistathottamaiḥ||20||
viprāṇāṃ bhojanairhomaiḥ pròkṣaṇīyairaharniśam|
anyaiśca vividhairbhogaiḥ pradānairvatsareṇa yā||21||
prītirme kriyate sāsmin sakṛduccarite śrute|
śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathārogyaṃ prayacchati||22||
rakṣāṃ karoti bhūtebhyo janmanāṃ kīrtinaṃ mama|
yuddeṣu caritaṃ yanme duṣṭa daitya nibarhaṇam||23||
tasmiñchṛte vairikṛtaṃ bhayaṃ puṃsāṃ na jāyate|
yuṣmābhiḥ stutayo yāśca yāśca brahmarṣibhiḥ kṛtāḥ||24||
brahmaṇā ca kṛtāstāstu prayacchantu śubhāṃ matim|
araṇye prāntare vāpi dāvāgni parivāritaḥ||25||
dasyubhirvā vṛtaḥ śūnye gṛhīto vāpi śatṛbhiḥ|
siṃhavyāghrānuyāto vā vanevā vana hastibhiḥ||26||
rājñā kruddena cājñapto vadhyo banda gato'pivā|
āghūrṇito vā vātena sthitaḥ pote mahārṇave||27||
patatsu cāpi śastreṣu saṅgrāme bhṛśadāruṇe|
sarvābādhāśu ghorāsu vedanābhyardito'pivā||28||
smaran mamaitaccaritaṃ naro mucyeta saṅkaṭāt|
mama prabhāvātsiṃhādyā dasyavo vairiṇa stathā||29||
dūrādeva palāyante smarataścaritaṃ mama||30||
ṛṣiruvāca||31||
ityuktvā sā bhagavatī caṇḍikā caṇḍavikramā|
paśyatāṃ sarva devānāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata||32||
te'pi devā nirātaṅkāḥ svādhikārānyathā purā|
yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve cakrurvi nihatārayaḥ||33||
daityāśca devyā nihate śumbhe devaripa'u yudhi
jagadvidhvaṃsake tasmin mahogre'tula vikrame||34||
niśumbhe ca mahāvīrye śeṣāḥ pātālamāyayuḥ||35||
evaṃ bhagavatī devī sā nityāpi punaḥ punaḥ|
sambhūya kurute bhūpa jagataḥ paripālanam||36||
tayaitanmohyate viśvaṃ saiva viśvaṃ prasūyate|
sāyācitā ca vijñānaṃ tuṣṭā ṛddhiṃ prayacchati||37||
vyāptaṃ tayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ manujeśvara|
mahādevyā mahākālī mahāmārī svarūpayā||38||
saiva kāle mahāmārī saiva sṛṣtirbhavatyajā|
sthitiṃ karoti bhūtānāṃ saiva kāle sanātanī||39||
bhavakāle nṛṇāṃ saiva lakṣmīrvṛddhipradā gṛhe|
saivābhāve tathā lakṣmī rvināśāyopajāyate||40||
stutā sampūjitā puṣpairgandhadhūpādibhistathā|
dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca matiṃ dharme gatiṃ śubhāṃ||41||
|| iti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devī mahatmye phalaśrutirnāma dvādaśo'dhyāya samāptam ||
āhuti
oṃ klīṃ jayantī sāṅgāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai varapradhāyai vaiṣṇavī devyai ahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā ||
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About This Stotram
Overview
Durga Saptasati Chapter 12 (Phalashruti Adhyaya) is the final chapter of the Devi Mahatmyam, containing 41 verses that enumerate the merits (phala) obtained by reciting the preceding eleven chapters. It also contains a dhyana shloka for Goddess Durga. The chapter functions as the concluding section of the full Chandipatha sequence within the Markandeya Purana.
What are the benefits of chanting Durga Saptasati Chapter 12?
- The Phalashruti explicitly lists the material and spiritual benefits of reciting the full Devi Mahatmyam, including protection from enemies, relief from illness, and removal of sins.
- The dhyana shloka within the chapter supports meditative visualization of the goddess.
- Recitation of this chapter closes the full Chandipatha cycle and is considered an integral part of the complete practice.
- Chanting the Phalashruti independently is also practiced to invoke the fruits described therein.
- The text reinforces the efficacy of the full Saptasati recitation for both worldly and spiritual aims.
When is the best time to recite this?
Navaratri is the primary occasion. Chapter 12 is recited at the conclusion of the full Saptasati during the Chandipatha. It can also be recited independently at any time, particularly after completing worship sessions.
What is the historical and traditional background?
Chapter 12 is the Phalashruti chapter of the Devi Mahatmyam, which forms chapters 81-93 of the Markandeya Purana (approximately 4th-6th centuries CE). Phalashruti chapters are a standard literary device in Puranic and Tantric texts, serving to motivate practice and summarize the text's scope. This chapter, along with the Narayani Stuti in Chapter 11, is among the most frequently recited sections outside of the full reading cycle. The authorship follows the general attribution of the Markandeya Purana to the sage Markandeya.
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Related Texts
- Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 11 — the preceding chapter containing the Narayani Stuti, which this chapter follows in the Chandipatha cycle.
- Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 1 — the opening chapter of the main narrative, paired with this as the frame of the full text.
- Devi Mahatmyam Argala Stotram — the preparatory hymn that opens the entire Chandipatha sequence.