Devi Mahatmyam Durga Saptasati Chapter 2 – English Script
Author: ṛṣi mārkaṇḍeya
mahiṣāsura sainyavadho nāma dvitīyoஉdhyāyaḥ ||
asya sapta satīmadhyama caritrasya viṣṇur ṛṣiḥ | uṣṇik chandaḥ | śrīmahālakṣmīdevatā| śākambharī śaktiḥ | durgā bījam | vāyustattvam | yajurvedaḥ svarūpam | śrī mahālakṣmīprītyarthe madhyama caritra jape viniyogaḥ ||
dhyānaṃ
oṃ akṣasrakparaśuṃ gadeṣukuliśaṃ padmaṃ dhanuḥ kuṇḍikāṃ
daṇḍaṃ śaktimasiṃ ca carma jalajaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ surābhājanam |
śūlaṃ pāśasudarśane ca dadhatīṃ hastaiḥ pravāḷa prabhāṃ
seve sairibhamardinīmiha mahalakṣmīṃ sarojasthitām ||
ṛṣiruvāca ||1||
devāsuramabhūdyuddhaṃ pūrṇamabdaśataṃ purā|
mahiṣeஉsurāṇām adhipe devānāñca purandare
tatrāsurairmahāvīryirdevasainyaṃ parājitaṃ|
jitvā ca sakalān devān indroஉbhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ ||3||
tataḥ parājitā devāḥ padmayoniṃ prajāpatim|
puraskṛtyagatāstatra yatreśa garuḍadhvajau ||4||
yathāvṛttaṃ tayostadvan mahiṣāsuraceṣṭitam|
tridaśāḥ kathayāmāsurdevābhibhavavistaram ||5||
sūryendrāgnyanilendūnāṃ yamasya varuṇasya ca
anyeṣāṃ cādhikārānsa svayamevādhitiṣṭati ||6||
svargānnirākṛtāḥ sarve tena deva gaṇā bhuviḥ|
vicaranti yathā martyā mahiṣeṇa durātmanā ||6||
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvam amarāriviceṣṭitam|
śaraṇaṃ vaḥ prapannāḥ smo vadhastasya vicintyatām ||8||
itthaṃ niśamya devānāṃ vacāṃsi madhusūdhanaḥ
cakāra kopaṃ śambhuśca bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanau ||9||
tatoஉtikopapūrṇasya cakriṇo vadanāttataḥ|
niścakrāma mahattejo brahmaṇaḥ śaṅkarasya ca ||10||
anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ śakrādīnāṃ śarīrataḥ|
nirgataṃ sumahattejaḥ staccaikyaṃ samagacchata ||11||
atīva tejasaḥ kūṭaṃ jvalantamiva parvatam|
dadṛśuste surāstatra jvālāvyāptadigantaram ||12||
atulaṃ tatra tattejaḥ sarvadeva śarīrajam|
ekasthaṃ tadabhūnnārī vyāptalokatrayaṃ tviṣā ||13||
yadabhūcchāmbhavaṃ tejaḥ stenājāyata tanmukham|
yāmyena cābhavan keśā bāhavo viṣṇutejasā ||14||
saumyena stanayoryugmaṃ madhyaṃ caindreṇa cābhavat|
vāruṇena ca jaṅghorū nitambastejasā bhuvaḥ ||15||
brahmaṇastejasā pādau tadaṅguḷyoஉrka tejasā|
vasūnāṃ ca karāṅguḷyaḥ kaubereṇa ca nāsikā ||16||
tasyāstu dantāḥ sambhūtā prājāpatyena tejasā
nayanatritayaṃ jaṅñe tathā pāvakatejasā ||17||
bhruvau ca sandhyayostejaḥ śravaṇāvanilasya ca
anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ sambhavastejasāṃ śiva ||18||
tataḥ samasta devānāṃ tejorāśisamudbhavām|
tāṃ vilokya mudaṃ prāpuḥ amarā mahiṣārditāḥ ||19||
śūlaṃ śūlādviniṣkṛṣya dadau tasyai pinākadhṛk|
cakraṃ ca dattavān kṛṣṇaḥ samutpāṭya svacakrataḥ ||20||
śaṅkhaṃ ca varuṇaḥ śaktiṃ dadau tasyai hutāśanaḥ
māruto dattavāṃścāpaṃ bāṇapūrṇe tatheṣudhī ||21||
vajramindraḥ samutpāṭya kuliśādamarādhipaḥ|
dadau tasyai sahasrākṣo ghaṇṭāmairāvatādgajāt ||22||
kāladaṇḍādyamo daṇḍaṃ pāśaṃ cāmbupatirdadau|
prajāpatiścākṣamālāṃ dadau brahmā kamaṇḍalaṃ ||23||
samastaromakūpeṣu nija raśmīn divākaraḥ
kālaśca dattavān khaḍgaṃ tasyāḥ ścarma ca nirmalam ||24||
kṣīrodaścāmalaṃ hāram ajare ca tathāmbare
cūḍāmaṇiṃ tathādivyaṃ kuṇḍale kaṭakānica ||25||
ardhacandraṃ tadhā śubhraṃ keyūrān sarva bāhuṣu
nūpurau vimalau tadva dgraiveyakamanuttamam ||26||
aṅguḷīyakaratnāni samastāsvaṅguḷīṣu ca
viśva karmā dadau tasyai paraśuṃ cāti nirmalaṃ ||27||
astrāṇyanekarūpāṇi tathāஉbhedyaṃ ca daṃśanam|
amlāna paṅkajāṃ mālāṃ śirasyu rasi cāparām||28||
adadajjaladhistasyai paṅkajaṃ cātiśobhanam|
himavān vāhanaṃ siṃhaṃ ratnāni vividhānica ||29||
dadāvaśūnyaṃ surayā pānapātraṃ danādhipaḥ|
śeṣaśca sarva nāgeśo mahāmaṇi vibhūṣitam ||30||
nāgahāraṃ dadau tasyai dhatte yaḥ pṛthivīmimām|
anyairapi surairdevī bhūṣaṇaiḥ āyudhaistathāḥ ||31||
sammānitā nanādoccaiḥ sāṭṭahāsaṃ muhurmuhu|
tasyānādena ghoreṇa kṛtsna māpūritaṃ nabhaḥ ||32||
amāyatātimahatā pratiśabdo mahānabhūt|
cukṣubhuḥ sakalālokāḥ samudrāśca cakampire ||33||
cacāla vasudhā celuḥ sakalāśca mahīdharāḥ|
jayeti devāśca mudā tāmūcuḥ siṃhavāhinīm ||34||
tuṣṭuvurmunayaścaināṃ bhaktinamrātmamūrtayaḥ|
dṛṣṭvā samastaṃ saṅkṣubdhaṃ trailokyam amarārayaḥ ||35||
sannaddhākhilasainyāste samuttasthurudāyudāḥ|
āḥ kimetaditi krodhādābhāṣya mahiṣāsuraḥ ||36||
abhyadhāvata taṃ śabdam aśeṣairasurairvṛtaḥ|
sa dadarṣa tato devīṃ vyāptalokatrayāṃ tviṣā ||37||
pādākrāntyā natabhuvaṃ kirīṭollikhitāmbarām|
kṣobhitāśeṣapātāḷāṃ dhanurjyāniḥsvanena tām ||38||
diśo bhujasahasreṇa samantādvyāpya saṃsthitām|
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ tayā devyā suradviṣāṃ ||39||
śastrāstrairbhahudhā muktairādīpitadigantaram|
mahiṣāsurasenānīścikṣurākhyo mahāsuraḥ ||40||
yuyudhe camaraścānyaiścaturaṅgabalānvitaḥ|
rathānāmayutaiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ rudagrākhyo mahāsuraḥ ||41||
ayudhyatāyutānāṃ ca sahasreṇa mahāhanuḥ|
pañcāśadbhiśca niyutairasilomā mahāsuraḥ ||42||
ayutānāṃ śataiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥrbhāṣkalo yuyudhe raṇe|
gajavāji sahasraughai ranekaiḥ parivāritaḥ ||43||
vṛto rathānāṃ koṭyā ca yuddhe tasminnayudhyata|
biḍālākhyoஉyutānāṃ ca pañcāśadbhirathāyutaiḥ ||44||
yuyudhe saṃyuge tatra rathānāṃ parivāritaḥ|
anye ca tatrāyutaśo rathanāgahayairvṛtāḥ ||45||
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā saha tatra mahāsurāḥ|
koṭikoṭisahastraistu rathānāṃ dantināṃ tathā ||46||
hayānāṃ ca vṛto yuddhe tatrābhūnmahiṣāsuraḥ|
tomarairbhindhipālaiśca śaktibhirmusalaistathā ||47||
yuyudhuḥ saṃyuge devyā khaḍgaiḥ parasupaṭṭisaiḥ|
keciccha cikṣipuḥ śaktīḥ kecit pāśāṃstathāpare ||48||
devīṃ khaḍgaprahāraistu te tāṃ hantuṃ pracakramuḥ|
sāpi devī tatastāni śastrāṇyastrāṇi caṇḍikā ||49||
līla yaiva praciccheda nijaśastrāstravarṣiṇī|
anāyastānanā devī stūyamānā surarṣibhiḥ ||50||
mumocāsuradeheṣu śastrāṇyastrāṇi ceśvarī|
soஉpi kruddho dhutasaṭo devyā vāhanakesarī ||51||
cacārāsura sainyeṣu vaneṣviva hutāśanaḥ|
niḥśvāsān mumuceyāṃśca yudhyamānāraṇeஉmbikā||52||
ta eva sadhyasambhūtā gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ|
yuyudhuste paraśubhirbhindipālāsipaṭṭiśaiḥ ||53||
nāśayantoஉasuragaṇān devīśaktyupabṛṃhitāḥ|
avādayantā paṭahān gaṇāḥ śaṅāṃ stathāpare ||54||
mṛdaṅgāṃśca tathaivānye tasminyuddha mahotsave|
tatodevī triśūlena gadayā śaktivṛṣṭibhiḥ||55||
khaḍgādibhiśca śataśo nijaghāna mahāsurān|
pātayāmāsa caivānyān ghaṇṭāsvanavimohitān ||56||
asurān bhuvipāśena badhvācānyānakarṣayat|
kecid dvidhākṛtā stīkṣṇaiḥ khaḍgapātaistathāpare ||57||
vipothitā nipātena gadayā bhuvi śerate|
vemuśca kecidrudhiraṃ musalena bhṛśaṃ hatāḥ ||58||
kecinnipatitā bhūmau bhinnāḥ śūlena vakṣasi|
nirantarāḥ śaraughena kṛtāḥ kecidraṇājire ||59||
śalyānukāriṇaḥ prāṇān mamucustridaśārdanāḥ|
keṣāñcidbāhavaścinnāścinnagrīvāstathāpare ||60||
śirāṃsi peturanyeṣām anye madhye vidāritāḥ|
vicchinnajajghāsvapare petururvyāṃ mahāsurāḥ ||61||
ekabāhvakṣicaraṇāḥ keciddevyā dvidhākṛtāḥ|
chinnepi cānye śirasi patitāḥ punarutthitāḥ ||62||
kabandhā yuyudhurdevyā gṛhītaparamāyudhāḥ|
nanṛtuścāpare tatra yudde tūryalayāśritāḥ ||63||
kabandhāścinnaśirasaḥ khaḍgaśakytṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ|
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti bhāṣanto devī manye mahāsurāḥ ||64||
pātitai rathanāgāśvaiḥ āsuraiśca vasundharā|
agamyā sābhavattatra yatrābhūt sa mahāraṇaḥ ||65||
śoṇitaughā mahānadyassadyastatra visusruvuḥ|
madhye cāsurasainyasya vāraṇāsuravājinām ||66||
kṣaṇena tanmahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāஉmbikā|
ninye kṣayaṃ yathā vahnistṛṇadāru mahācayam ||67||
saca siṃho mahānādamutsṛjan dhutakesaraḥ|
śarīrebhyoஉmarārīṇāmasūniva vicinvati ||68||
devyā gaṇaiśca taistatra kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ tathāsuraiḥ|
yathaiṣāṃ tuṣṭuvurdevāḥ puṣpavṛṣṭimuco divi ||69||
jaya jaya śrī mārkaṇḍeya purāṇe sāvarnike manvantare devi mahatmye mahiṣāsurasainyavadho nāma dvitīyoஉdhyāyaḥ||
āhuti
oṃ hrīṃ sāṅgāyai sāyudhāyai saśaktikāyai saparivārāyai savāhanāyai aṣṭāviṃśati varṇātmikāyai lakśmī bījādiṣṭāyai mahāhutiṃ samarpayāmi namaḥ svāhā |
