Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 10 – English Script
Author: ṛṣi mārkaṇḍeya
śumbhovadho nāma daśamoஉdhyāyaḥ ||
ṛṣiruvāca||1||
niśumbhaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaramprāṇasammitaṃ|
hanyamānaṃ balaṃ caiva śumbaḥ kṛddhoஉbravīdvacaḥ || 2 ||
balāvalepaduṣṭe tvaṃ mā durge garva māvaha|
anyāsāṃ balamāśritya yuddyase cātimāninī ||3||
devyuvāca ||4||
ekaivāhaṃ jagatyatra dvitīyā kā mamāparā|
paśyaitā duṣṭa mayyeva viśantyo madvibhūtayaḥ ||5||
tataḥ samastāstā devyo brahmāṇī pramukhālayam|
tasyā devyāstanau jagmurekaivāsīttadāmbikā ||6||
devyuvāca ||6||
ahaṃ vibhūtyā bahubhiriha rūpairyadāsthitā|
tatsaṃhṛtaṃ mayaikaiva tiṣṭāmyājau sthiro bhava ||8||
ṛṣiruvāca ||9||
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ devyāḥ śumbhasya cobhayoḥ|
paśyatāṃ sarvadevānām asurāṇāṃ ca dāruṇam ||10||
śara varṣaiḥ śitaiḥ śastraistathā cāstraiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ|
tayoryuddamabhūdbhūyaḥ sarvalokabhayaṅñkaram ||11||
divyānyaśtrāṇi śataśo mumuce yānyathāmbikā|
babhaṅña tāni daityendrastatpratīghātakartṛbhiḥ ||12||
muktāni tena cāstrāṇi divyāni parameśvarī|
babhañja līlayaivogra hūjkāroccāraṇādibhiḥ||13||
tataḥ śaraśatairdevīm āccādayata soஉsuraḥ|
sāpi tatkupitā devī dhanuścichceda ceṣubhiḥ||14||
cinne dhanuṣi daityendrastathā śaktimathādade|
cichceda devī cakreṇa tāmapyasya karesthitām||15||
tataḥ khaḍga mupādāya śata candraṃ ca bhānumat|
abhyadhāvattadā devīṃ daityānāmadhipeśvaraḥ||16||
tasyāpatata evāśu khaḍgaṃ ciccheda caṇḍikā|
dhanurmuktaiḥ śitairbāṇaiścarma cārkakarāmalam||17||
hatāśvaḥ patata evāśu khaḍgaṃ cichceda caṇḍikā|
jagrāha mudgaraṃ ghoram ambikānidhanodyataḥ||18||
cicchedāpatatastasya mudgaraṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ|
tathāpi soஉbhyadhāvattaṃ muṣṭimudyamyavegavān||19||
sa muṣṭiṃ pātayāmāsa hṛdaye daitya puṅgavaḥ|
devyāstaṃ cāpi sā devī tale no rasya tāḍayat||20||
talaprahārābhihato nipapāta mahītale|
sa daityarājaḥ sahasā punareva tathotthitaḥ ||21||
utpatya ca pragṛhyoccair devīṃ gaganamāsthitaḥ|
tatrāpi sā nirādhārā yuyudhe tena caṇḍikā||22||
niyuddhaṃ khe tadā daitya ścaṇḍikā ca parasparam|
cakratuḥ pradhamaṃ siddha munivismayakārakam||23||
tato niyuddhaṃ suciraṃ kṛtvā tenāmbikā saha|
utpāṭya bhrāmayāmāsa cikṣepa dharaṇītale||24||
sakṣiptodharaṇīṃ prāpya muṣṭimudyamya vegavān|
abhyadhāvata duṣṭātmā caṇḍikānidhanecchayā||25||
tamāyantaṃ tato devī sarvadaityajaneśarvam|
jagatyāṃ pātayāmāsa bhitvā śūlena vakṣasi||26||
sa gatāsuḥ papātorvyāṃ devīśūlāgravikṣataḥ|
cālayan sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ sābdidvīpāṃ saparvatām ||27||
tataḥ prasanna makhilaṃ hate tasmin durātmani|
jagatsvāsthyamatīvāpa nirmalaṃ cābhavannabhaḥ ||28||
utpātameghāḥ solkā yeprāgāsaṃste śamaṃ yayuḥ|
sarito mārgavāhinyastathāsaṃstatra pātite ||29||
tato deva gaṇāḥ sarve harṣa nirbharamānasāḥ|
babhūvurnihate tasmin gandarvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ||30||
avādayaṃ stathaivānye nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ|
vavuḥ puṇyāstathā vātāḥ suprabhoஉ bhūddhivākaraḥ||31||
jajvaluścāgnayaḥ śāntāḥ śāntadigjanitasvanāḥ||32||
|| svasti śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnikemanvantare devi mahatmye śumbhovadho nāma daśamo dhyāyaḥ samāptam ||
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