Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 4

devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati caturtho'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

śakrādistutirnāma caturdho'dhyāyaḥ ||

dhyānaṃ

kālābhrābhāṃ kaṭākṣair ari kula bhayadāṃ mauli baddhendu rekhāṃ

śaṅkha-cakraṃ kṛpāṇaṃ triśikhamapi karai-rudvahantīṃ trineṟtram |

siṃha skandādhirūḍhāṃ tribhuvana-makhilaṃ tejasā pūrayantīṃ

dhyāye-ddurgāṃ jayākhyāṃ tridaśa-parivṛtāṃ sevitāṃ siddhi kāmaiḥ ||

ṛṣiruvāca ||1||

śakrādayaḥ suragaṇā nihate'tivīrye

tasmindurātmani surāribale ca devyā |

tāṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇatinamraśirodharāṃsā

vāgbhiḥ praharṣapulakodgamacārudehāḥ || 2 ||

devyā yayā tatamidaṃ jagadātmaśaktyā

niḥśeṣadevagaṇaśaktisamūhamūrtyā |

tāmambikāmakhiladevamaharṣipūjyāṃ

bhaktyā natāḥ sma vidadhātuśubhāni sā naḥ ||3||

yasyāḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ bhagavānananto

brahmā haraśca nahi vaktumalaṃ balaṃ ca |

sā caṇḍikā'khila jagatparipālanāya

nāśāya cāśubhabhayasya matiṃ karotu ||4||

yā śrīḥ svayaṃ sukṛtināṃ bhavaneṣvalakṣmīḥ

pāpātmanāṃ kṛtadhiyāṃ hṛdayeṣu buddhiḥ |

śradthā satāṃ kulajanaprabhavasya lajjā

tāṃ tvāṃ natāḥ sma paripālaya devi viśvam ||5||

kiṃ varṇayāma tavarūpa macintyametat

kiñcātivīryamasurakṣayakāri bhūri |

kiṃ cāhaveṣu caritāni tavātbhutāni

sarveṣu devyasuradevagaṇādikeṣu | ||6||

hetuḥ samastajagatāṃ triguṇāpi doṣaiḥ

na jñāyase hariharādibhiravyapārā |

sarvāśrayākhilamidaṃ jagadaṃśabhūtaṃ

avyākṛtā hi paramā prakṛtistvamādyā ||6||

yasyāḥ samastasuratā samudīraṇena

tṛptiṃ prayāti sakaleṣu makheṣu devi |

svāhāsi vai pitṛ gaṇasya ca tṛpti hetu

ruccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhāca ||8||

yā muktiheturavicintya mahāvratā tvaṃ

abhyasyase suniyatendriyatatvasāraiḥ |

mokṣārthibhirmunibhirastasamastadoṣai

rvidyā'si sā bhagavatī paramā hi devi ||9||

śabdātmikā suvimalargyajuṣāṃ nidhānaṃ

mudgītharamyapadapāṭhavatāṃ ca sāmnām |

devī trayī bhagavatī bhavabhāvanāya

vārtāsi sarva jagatāṃ paramārtihantrī ||10||

medhāsi devi viditākhilaśāstrasārā

durgā'si durgabhavasāgarasanaurasaṅgā |

śrīḥ kaiṭa bhārihṛdayaikakṛtādhivāsā

gaurī tvameva śaśimaulikṛta pratiṣṭhā ||11||

īṣatsahāsamamalaṃ paripūrṇa candra

bimbānukāri kanakottamakāntikāntam |

atyadbhutaṃ prahṛtamāttaruṣā tathāpi

vaktraṃ vilokya sahasā mahiṣāsureṇa ||12||

dṛṣṭvātu devi kupitaṃ bhrukuṭīkarāla

mudyacchaśāṅkasadṛśacchavi yanna sadyaḥ |

prāṇān mumoca mahiṣastadatīva citraṃ

kairjīvyate hi kupitāntakadarśanena | ||13||

deviprasīda paramā bhavatī bhavāya

sadyo vināśayasi kopavatī kulāni |

vijñātametadadhunaiva yadastametat

nnītaṃ balaṃ suvipulaṃ mahiṣāsurasya ||14||

te sammatā janapadeṣu dhanāni teṣāṃ

teṣāṃ yaśāṃsi na ca sīdati dharmavargaḥ |

dhanyāsta​eva nibhṛtātmajabhṛtyadārā

yeṣāṃ sadābhyudayadā bhavatī prasannā||15||

dharmyāṇi devi sakalāni sadaiva karmāni

ṇyatyādṛtaḥ pratidinaṃ sukṛtī karoti |

svargaṃ prayāti ca tato bhavatī prasādā

llokatraye'pi phaladā nanu devi tena ||16||

durge smṛtā harasi bhīti maśeśa jantoḥ

svasthaiḥ smṛtā matimatīva śubhāṃ dadāsi |

dāridryaduḥkhabhayahāriṇi kā tvadanyā

sarvopakārakaraṇāya sadārdracittā ||17||

ebhirhatairjagadupaiti sukhaṃ tathaite

kurvantu nāma narakāya cirāya pāpam |

saṅgrāmamṛtyumadhigamya divamprayāntu

matveti nūnamahitānvinihaṃsi devi ||18||

dṛṣṭvaiva kiṃ na bhavatī prakaroti bhasma

sarvāsurānariṣu yatprahiṇoṣi śastram |

lokānprayāntu ripavo'pi hi śastrapūtā

itthaṃ matirbhavati teṣvahi te'ṣusādhvī ||19||

khaḍga prabhānikaravisphuraṇaistadhograiḥ

śūlāgrakāntinivahena dṛśo'surāṇām |

yannāgatā vilayamaṃśumadindukhaṇḍa

yogyānanaṃ tava viloka yatāṃ tadetat ||20||

durvṛtta vṛtta śamanaṃ tava devi śīlaṃ

rūpaṃ tathaitadavicintyamatulyamanyaiḥ |

vīryaṃ ca hantṛ hṛtadevaparākramāṇāṃ

vairiṣvapi prakaṭitaiva dayā tvayettham ||21||

kenopamā bhavatu te'sya parākramasya

rūpaṃ ca śatṛbhaya kāryatihāri kutra |

cittekṛpā samaraniṣṭuratā ca dṛṣṭā

tvayyeva devi varade bhuvanatraye'pi ||22||

trailokyametadakhilaṃ ripunāśanena

trātaṃ tvayā samaramūrdhani te'pi hatvā |

nītā divaṃ ripugaṇā bhayamapyapāstaṃ

asmākamunmadasurāribhavaṃ namaste ||23||

śūlena pāhi no devi pāhi khaḍgena cāmbhike |

ghaṇṭāsvanena naḥ pāhi cāpajyānisvanena ca ||24||

prācyāṃ rakṣa pratīcyāṃ ca caṇḍike rakṣa dakṣiṇe |

bhrāmaṇenātmaśūlasya uttarasyāṃ tatheśvarī||25||

saumyāni yāni rūpāṇi trailokye vicarantite |

yāni cātyanta ghorāṇi tairakṣāsmāṃstathābhuvam ||26||

khaḍgaśūlagadādīni yāni cāstrāṇi te'mbike |

karapallavasaṅgīni tairasmānrakṣa sarvataḥ ||27||

ṛṣiruvāca ||28||

evaṃ stutā surairdivyaiḥ kusumairnandanodbhavaiḥ |

arcitā jagatāṃ dhātrī tathā gandhānu lepanaiḥ ||29||

bhaktyā samastaisri śairdivyairdhūpaiḥ sudhūpitā |

prāha prasādasumukhī samastān praṇatān surān| ||30||

devyuvāca ||31||

vriyatāṃ tridaśāḥ sarve yadasmatto'bhivāñchitam ||32||

devā ūcu ||33||

bhagavatyā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ na kiñcidavaśiṣyate |

yadayaṃ nihataḥ śatru rasmākaṃ mahiṣāsuraḥ ||34||

yadicāpi varo deya stvayā'smākaṃ maheśvari |

saṃsmṛtā saṃsmṛtā tvaṃ no hiṃ sethāḥparamāpadaḥ||35||

yaśca martyaḥ stavairebhistvāṃ stoṣyatyamalānane |

tasya vittarddhivibhavairdhanadārādi sampadām ||36||

vṛddaye' smatprasannā tvaṃ bhavethāḥ sarvadāmbhike ||37||

ṛṣiruvāca ||38||

iti prasāditā devairjagato'rthe tathātmanaḥ |

tathetyuktvā bhadrakālī babhūvāntarhitā nṛpa ||39||

ityetatkathitaṃ bhūpa sambhūtā sā yathāpurā |

devī devaśarīrebhyo jagatprayahitaiṣiṇī ||40||

punaśca gaurī dehātsā samudbhūtā yathābhavat |

vadhāya duṣṭa daityānāṃ tathā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ ||41||

rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ devānāmupakāriṇī |

tacchṛ ṇuṣva mayākhyātaṃ yathāvatkathayāmite

hrīṃ oṃ ||42||

|| jaya jaya śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye śakrādistutirnāma caturdho'dhyāyaḥ samāptam ||

āhuti

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