Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 9 – English Script
Author: ṛṣi mārkaṇḍeya
niśumbhavadhonāma navamodhyāyaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
oṃ bandhūka kāñcananibhaṃ rucirākṣamālāṃ
pāśāṅkuśau ca varadāṃ nijabāhudaṇḍaiḥ |
bibhrāṇamindu śakalābharaṇāṃ trinetrāṃ-
ardhāmbikeśamaniśaṃ vapurāśrayāmi ||
rājouvāca||1||
vicitramidamākhyātaṃ bhagavan bhavatā mama |
devyāścaritamāhātmyaṃ rakta bījavadhāśritam || 2||
bhūyaścecchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ raktabīje nipātite |
cakāra śumbho yatkarma niśumbhaścātikopanaḥ ||3||
ṛṣiruvāca ||4||
cakāra kopamatulaṃ raktabīje nipātite|
śumbhāsuro niśumbhaśca hateṣvanyeṣu cāhave ||5||
hanyamānaṃ mahāsainyaṃ vilokyāmarṣamudvahan|
abhyadāvanniśumboஉtha mukhyayāsura senayā ||6||
tasyāgratastathā pṛṣṭhe pārśvayośca mahāsurāḥ
sandaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥ kruddhā hantuṃ devīmupāyayuḥ ||7||
ājagāma mahāvīryaḥ śumbhoஉpi svabalairvṛtaḥ|
nihantuṃ caṇḍikāṃ kopātkṛtvā yuddaṃ tu mātṛbhiḥ ||8||
tato yuddhamatīvāsīddevyā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ|
śaravarṣamatīvograṃ meghayoriva varṣatoḥ ||9||
cicchedāstāñcharāṃstābhyāṃ caṇḍikā svaśarotkaraiḥ|
tāḍayāmāsa cāṅgeṣu śastraughairasureśvarau ||10||
niśumbho niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ carma cādāya suprabham|
atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam||11||
tāḍite vāhane devī kṣura preṇāsimuttamam|
śumbhasyāśu ciccheda carma cāpyaṣṭa candrakam ||12||
chinne carmaṇi khaḍge ca śaktiṃ cikṣepa soஉsuraḥ|
tāmapyasya dvidhā cakre cakreṇābhimukhāgatām||13||
kopādhmāto niśumbhoஉtha śūlaṃ jagrāha dānavaḥ|
āyātaṃ muṣṭhipātena devī taccāpyacūrṇayat||14||
āviddhyātha gadāṃ soஉpi cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati|
sāpi devyās triśūlena bhinnā bhasmatvamāgatā||15||
tataḥ paraśuhastaṃ tamāyāntaṃ daityapuṅgavaṃ|
āhatya devī bāṇaughairapātayata bhūtale||16||
tasminni patite bhūmau niśumbhe bhīmavikrame|
bhrātaryatīva saṅkruddhaḥ prayayau hantumambikām||17||
sa rathasthastathātyucchai rgṛhītaparamāyudhaiḥ|
bhujairaṣṭābhiratulai rvyāpyā śeṣaṃ babhau nabhaḥ||18||
tamāyāntaṃ samālokya devī śaṅkhamavādayat|
jyāśabdaṃ cāpi dhanuṣa ścakārātīva duḥsaham||19||
pūrayāmāsa kakubho nijaghaṇṭā svanena ca|
samastadaityasainyānāṃ tejovadhavidhāyinā||20||
tataḥ siṃho mahānādai styājitebhamahāmadaiḥ|
purayāmāsa gaganaṃ gāṃ tathaiva diśo daśa||21||
tataḥ kāḷī samutpatya gaganaṃ kṣmāmatāḍayat|
karābhyāṃ tanninādena prāksvanāste tirohitāḥ||22||
aṭṭāṭṭahāsamaśivaṃ śivadūtī cakāra ha|
vaiḥ śabdairasurāstresuḥ śumbhaḥ kopaṃ paraṃ yayau||23||
durātmaṃ stiṣṭa tiṣṭheti vyāja hārāmbikā yadā|
tadā jayetyabhihitaṃ devairākāśa saṃsthitaiḥ||24||
śumbhenāgatya yā śaktirmuktā jvālātibhīṣaṇā|
āyāntī vahnikūṭābhā sā nirastā maholkayā||25||
siṃhanādena śumbhasya vyāptaṃ lokatrayāntaram|
nirghātaniḥsvano ghoro jitavānavanīpate||26||
śumbhamuktāñcharāndevī śumbhastatprahitāñcharān|
ciccheda svaśarairugraiḥ śataśoஉtha sahasraśaḥ||27||
tataḥ sā caṇḍikā kruddhā śūlenābhijaghāna tam|
sa tadābhi hato bhūmau mūrchito nipapāta ha||28||
tato niśumbhaḥ samprāpya cetanāmāttakārmukaḥ|
ājaghāna śarairdevīṃ kāḷīṃ kesariṇaṃ tathā||29||
punaśca kṛtvā bāhunāmayutaṃ danujeśvaraḥ|
cakrāyudhena ditijaścādayāmāsa caṇḍikām||30||
tato bhagavatī kruddhā durgādurgārti nāśinī|
ciccheda devī cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakāṃśca tān||31||
tato niśumbho vegena gadāmādāya caṇḍikām|
abhyadhāvata vai hantuṃ daitya senāsamāvṛtaḥ||32||
tasyāpatata evāśu gadāṃ ciccheda caṇḍikā|
khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa sa ca śūlaṃ samādade||33||
śūlahastaṃ samāyāntaṃ niśumbhamamarārdanam|
hṛdi vivyādha śūlena vegāviddhena caṇḍikā||34||
khinnasya tasya śūlena hṛdayānniḥsṛtoஉparaḥ|
mahābalo mahāvīryastiṣṭheti puruṣo vadan||35||
tasya niṣkrāmato devī prahasya svanavattataḥ|
śiraściccheda khaḍgena tatoஉsāvapatadbhuvi||36||
tataḥ siṃhaśca khādogra daṃṣṭrākṣuṇṇaśirodharān|
asurāṃ stāṃstathā kāḷī śivadūtī tathāparān||37||
kaumārī śaktinirbhinnāḥ kecinneśurmahāsurāḥ
brahmāṇī mantrapūtena toyenānye nirākṛtāḥ||38||
māheśvarī triśūlena bhinnāḥ petustathāpare|
vārāhītuṇḍaghātena keciccūrṇī kṛtā bhuvi||39||
khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ ca cakreṇa vaiṣṇavyā dānavāḥ kṛtāḥ|
vajreṇa caindrī hastāgra vimuktena tathāpare||40||
kecidvineśurasurāḥ kecinnaṣṭāmahāhavāt|
bhakṣitāścāpare kāḷīśivadhūtī mṛgādhipaiḥ||41||
|| svasti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye niśumbhavadhonāma navamodhyāya samāptam ||
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