Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 6

devī māhātmyaṃ durgā saptaśati ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ

Śloka 1

śumbhaniśumbhasenānīdhūmralocanavadho nāma ṣaṣṭo dhyāyaḥ ||

dhyānaṃ

nagādhīśvara viṣtrāṃ phaṇi phaṇottaṃsoru ratnāvalī

bhāsvad deha latāṃ nibha'u netrayodbhāsitām |

mālā kumbha kapāla nīraja karāṃ candrā ardha cūḍhāmbarāṃ

sarveśvara bhairavāṅga nilayāṃ padmāvatīcintaye ||

ṛṣiruvāca ||1||

ityākarṇya vaco devyāḥ sa dūto'marṣapūritaḥ |

samācaṣṭa samāgamya daityarājāya vistarāt || 2 ||

tasya dūtasya tadvākyamākarṇyāsurarāṭ tataḥ |

sa krodhaḥ prāha daityānāmadhipaṃ dhūmralocanam ||3||

he dhūmralocanāśu tvaṃ svasainya parivāritaḥ|

tāmānaya ballādduṣṭāṃ keśākarṣaṇa vihvalām ||4||

tatparitrāṇadaḥ kaścidyadi vottiṣṭhate'paraḥ|

sa hantavyo'marovāpi yakṣo gandharva eva vā ||5||

ṛṣiruvāca ||6||

tenājñaptastataḥ śīghraṃ sa daityo dhūmralocanaḥ|

vṛtaḥ ṣaṣṭyā sahasrāṇāṃ asurāṇāndrutaṃyamau ||6||

na dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tato devīṃ tuhinācala saṃsthitāṃ|

jagādoccaiḥ prayāhīti mūlaṃ śumbaniśumbhayoḥ ||8||

na cetprītyādya bhavatī madbhartāramupaiṣyati

tato balānnayāmyeṣa keśākarṣaṇavihvalām ||9||

devyuvāca ||10||

daityeśvareṇa prahito balavānbalasaṃvṛtaḥ|

balānnayasi māmevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ te karomyaham ||11||

ṛṣiruvāca ||12||

ityuktaḥ so'bhyadhāvattāṃ asuro dhūmralocanaḥ|

hūṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tadā||13||

atha kruddhaṃ mahāsainyaṃ asurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā|

vavarṣa sāyukaistīkṣṇaistathā śaktiparaśvadhaiḥ ||14||

tato dhutasaṭaḥ kopātkṛtvā nādaṃ subhairavam|

papātāsura senāyāṃ siṃho devyāḥ svavāhanaḥ ||15||

kāṃścitkaraprahāreṇa daityānāsyena cāpārān|

ākrāntyā cādhareṇyān jaghāna sa mahāsurān ||16||

keṣāñcitpāṭayāmāsa nakhaiḥ koṣṭhāni kesarī|

tathā talaprahāreṇa śirāṃsi kṛtavān pṛthak ||17||

vicchinnabāhuśirasaḥ kṛtāstena tathāpare|

papauca rudhiraṃ koṣṭhādanyeṣāṃ dhutakesaraḥ ||18||

kṣaṇena tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ nītaṃ mahātmanā|

tena kesariṇā devyā vāhanenātikopinā ||19||

śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam|

balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ devī kesariṇā tataḥ||20||

cukopa daityādhipatiḥ śumbhaḥ prasphuritādharaḥ|

ājñāpayāmāsa ca tau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau ||21||

hecaṇḍa he muṇḍa balairbahubhiḥ parivāritau

tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu ||22||

keśeṣvākṛṣya baddhvā vā yadi vaḥ saṃśayo yudhi|

tadāśeṣā yudhaiḥ sarvair asurairvinihanyatāṃ ||23||

tasyāṃ hatāyāṃ duṣṭāyāṃ siṃhe ca vinipātite|

śīghramāgamyatāṃ badvā gṛhītvātāmathāmbikām ||24||

|| svasti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnikemanvantare devi mahatmye śumbhaniśumbhasenānīdhūmralocanavadho nāma ṣaṣṭo dhyāyaḥ ||

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