Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 3

devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

mahiṣāsuravadho nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||

dhyānaṃ

oṃ udyadbhānusahasrakāntiṃ aruṇakṣaumāṃ śiromālikāṃ

raktālipta payodharāṃ japavaṭīṃ vidyāmabhītiṃ varam |

hastābjairdhadhatīṃ trinetravaktrāravindaśriyaṃ

devīṃ baddhahimāṃśuratnamakuṭāṃ vande'ravindasthitām ||

ṛṣiruvāca ||1||

nihanyamānaṃ tatsainyaṃ avalokya mahāsuraḥ|

senānīścikṣuraḥ kopād dhyayau yoddhumathāmbikām ||2||

sa devīṃ śaravarṣeṇa vavarṣa samare'suraḥ|

yathā merugireḥśṛṅgaṃ toyavarṣeṇa toyadaḥ ||3||

tasya chitvā tato devī līlayaiva śarotkarān|

jaghāna turagānbāṇairyantāraṃ caiva vājinām ||4||

ciccheda ca dhanuḥsadhyo dhvajaṃ cātisamucchṛtam|

vivyādha caiva gātreṣu cinnadhanvānamāśugaiḥ ||5||

sacchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ|

abhyadhāvata tāṃ devīṃ khaḍgacarmadharo'suraḥ ||6||

siṃhamāhatya khaḍgena tīkṣṇadhāreṇa mūrdhani|

ājaghāna bhuje savye devīṃ avyativegavān ||6||

tasyāḥ khaḍgo bhujaṃ prāpya paphāla nṛpanandana|

tato jagrāha śūlaṃ sa kopād aruṇalocanaḥ ||8||

cikṣepa ca tatastattu bhadrakālyāṃ mahāsuraḥ|

jājvalyamānaṃ tejobhī ravibimbamivāmbarāt ||9||

dṛṣṭvā tadāpatacchūlaṃ devī śūlamamuñcata|

tacchūlaṃśatadhā tena nītaṃ śūlaṃ sa ca mahāsuraḥ ||10||

hate tasminmahāvīrye mahiṣasya camūpatau|

ājagāma gajārūḍaḥ ścāmarastridaśārdanaḥ ||11||

so'pi śaktimmumocātha devyāstāṃ ambikā drutam|

huṅkārābhihatāṃ bhūmau pātayāmāsaniṣprabhām ||12||

bhagnāṃ śaktiṃ nipatitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhasamanvitaḥ

cikṣepa cāmaraḥ śūlaṃ bāṇaistadapi sācchinat ||13||

tataḥ siṃhaḥsamutpatya gajakuntare mbhāntaresthitaḥ|

bāhuyuddhena yuyudhe tenoccaistridaśāriṇā ||14||

yudhyamāna'u tatasta'u tu tasmānnāgānmahīṃ gata'u

yuyudhāte'tisaṃrabdhau prahārai atidāruṇaiḥ ||15||

tato vegāt khamutpatya nipatya ca mṛgāriṇā|

karaprahāreṇa śiraścāmarasya pṛthak kṛtam ||16||

udagraśca raṇe devyā śilāvṛkṣādibhirhataḥ|

danta muṣṭitalaiścaiva karālaśca nipātitaḥ ||17||

devī kṛddhā gadāpātaiḥ ścūrṇayāmāsa coddhatam|

bhāṣkalaṃ bhindipālena bāṇaistāmraṃ tathāndhakam ||18||

ugrāsyamugravīryaṃ ca tathaiva ca mahāhanum

trinetrā ca triśūlena jaghāna parameśvarī ||19||

biḍālasyāsinā kāyāt pātayāmāsa vai śiraḥ|

durdharaṃ durmukhaṃ cobhau śarairninye yamakṣayam ||20||

evaṃ saṅkṣīyamāṇe tu svasainye mahiṣāsuraḥ|

māhiṣeṇa svarūpeṇa trāsayāmāsatān gaṇān ||21||

kāṃścittuṇḍaprahāreṇa khurakṣepaistathāparān|

lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃścānyān śṛṅgābhyāṃ ca vidāritā ||22||

vegena kāṃścidaparānnādena bhramaṇena ca|

niḥ śvāsapavanenānyān pātayāmāsa bhūtale||23||

nipātya pramathānīkamabhyadhāvata so'suraḥ

siṃhaṃ hantuṃ mahādevyāḥ kopaṃ cakre tato'mbhikā ||24||

so'pi kopānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ|

śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuccāṃścikṣepa ca nanāda ca ||25||

vega bhramaṇa vikṣuṇṇā mahī tasya vyaśīryata|

lāṅgūlenāhataścābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ ||26||

dhutaśṛṅgvibhinnāśca khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ yayurghanāḥ|

śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśo nipeturnabhaso'calāḥ ||27||

itikrodhasamādhmātamāpatantaṃ mahāsuram|

dṛṣṭvā sā caṇḍikā kopaṃ tadvadhāya tadā'karot ||28||

sā kṣitpvā tasya vaipāśaṃ taṃ babandha mahāsuram|

tatyājamāhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ so'pi baddho mahāmṛdhe ||29||

tataḥ siṃho'bhavatsadhyo yāvattasyāmbikā śiraḥ|

chinatti tāvat puruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇi radṛśyata ||30||

tata evāśu puruṣaṃ devī ciccheda sāyakaiḥ|

taṃ khaḍgacarmaṇā sārdhaṃ tataḥ so' bhūnmahā gajaḥ ||31||

kareṇa ca mahāsiṃhaṃ taṃ cakarṣa jagarjaca |

karṣatastu karaṃ devī khaḍgena nirakṛntata ||32||

tato mahāsuro bhūyo māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ|

tathaiva kṣobhayāmāsa trailokyaṃ sacarācaram ||33||

tataḥ kruddhā jaganmātā caṇḍikā pāna muttamam|

papau punaḥ punaścaiva jahāsāruṇalocanā ||34||

nanarda cāsuraḥ so'pi balavīryamadoddhataḥ|

viṣāṇābhyāṃ ca cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ pratibhūdharān||35||

sā ca tā nprahitāṃ stena cūrṇayantī śarotkaraiḥ|

uvāca taṃ madoddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram ||36||

devyu​uvāca||

garja garja kṣaṇaṃ mūḍha madhu yāvatpibāmyaham|

mayātvayi hate'traiva garjiṣyantyāśu devatāḥ ||37||

ṛṣiruvāca||

evamuktvā samutpatya sārūḍhā taṃ mahāsuram|

pādenā kramya kaṇṭhe ca śūlenaina matāḍayat ||38||

tataḥ so'pi padākrāntastayā nijamukhāttataḥ|

ardha niṣkrānta evāsīddevyā vīryeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ ||40||

ardha niṣkrānta evāsau yudhyamāno mahāsuraḥ |

tayā mahāsinā devyā śiraśchittvā nipātitaḥ ||41||

tato hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ daityasainyaṃ nanāśa tat|

praharṣaṃ ca paraṃ jagmuḥ sakalā devatāgaṇāḥ ||42||

tuṣṭu vustāṃ surā devīṃ sahadivyairmaharṣibhiḥ|

jagurgundharvapatayo nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ ||43||

|| iti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye mahiṣāsuravadho nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaṃ samāptam ||

āhuti

hrīṃ jayantī sāṅgāyai sāyudhāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai śrī mahālakṣmyai lakṣmī bījādiṣṭāyai mahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā ||