Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 12

devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

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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 ||

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