|| devī māhātmyam ||
|| śrīdurgāyai namaḥ ||
|| atha śrīdurgāsaptaśatī ||
|| madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ ||
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dhyānaṃ
khaḍgaṃ cakra gadeṣucāpa parighā śūlaṃ bhuśuṇḍīṃ śiraḥ
śaṃṅkhaṃ sandadhatīṃ karaistrinayanāṃ sarvāṃṅgabhūṣāvṛtām |
yāṃ hantuṃ madhukaibhau jalajabhūstuṣṭāva supte harau
nīlāśmadyuti māsyapādadaśakāṃ seve mahākālikāṃ||
oṃ namaścaṇḍikāyai
oṃ aiṃ mārkaṇḍeya uvāca||1||
sāvarṇiḥ sūryatanayo yomanuḥ kathyate'ṣṭamaḥ|
niśāmaya tadutpattiṃ vistarādgadato mama ||2||
mahāmāyānubhāvena yathā manvantarādhipaḥ
sa babhūva mahābhāgaḥ sāvarṇistanayo raveḥ ||3||
svārociṣe'ntare pūrvaṃ caitravaṃśasamudbhavaḥ|
suratho nāma rājā'bhūt samaste kṣitimaṇḍale ||4||
tasya pālayataḥ samyak prajāḥ putrānivaurasān|
babhūvuḥ śatravo bhūpāḥ kolāvidhvaṃsinastadā ||5||
tasya tairabhavadyuddhaṃ atiprabaladaṇḍinaḥ|
nyūnairapi sa tairyuddhe kolāvidhvaṃsibhirjitaḥ ||6||
tataḥ svapuramāyāto nijadeśādhipo'bhavat|
ākrāntaḥ sa mahābhāgastaistadā prabalāribhiḥ ||7||
amātyairbalibhirduṣṭai rdurbalasya durātmabhiḥ|
kośo balaṃ cāpahṛtaṃ tatrāpi svapure tataḥ ||8||
tato mṛgayāvyājena hṛtasvāmyaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ|
ekākī hayamāruhya jagāma gahanaṃ vanam ||9||
satatrāśramamadrākṣī ddvijavaryasya medhasaḥ|
praśāntaśvāpadākīrṇa muniśiṣyopaśobhitam ||10||
tasthau kañcitsa kālaṃ ca muninā tena satkṛtaḥ|
itaścetaśca vicaraṃstasmin munivarāśrame||11||
so'cintayattadā tatra mamatvākṛṣṭacetanaḥ| ||12||
matpūrvaiḥ pālitaṃ pūrvaṃ mayāhīnaṃ puraṃ hi tat
madbhṛtyaistairasadvṛttaiḥ rdharmataḥ pālyate na vā ||13||
na jāne sa pradhāno me śūra hastīsadāmadaḥ
mama vairivaśaṃ yātaḥ kānbhogānupalapsyate ||14||
ye mamānugatā nityaṃ prasādadhanabhojanaiḥ
anuvṛttiṃ dhruvaṃ te'dya kurvantyanyamahībhṛtāṃ ||15||
asamyagvyayaśīlaistaiḥ kurvadbhiḥ satataṃ vyayaṃ
sañcitaḥ so'tiduḥkhena kṣayaṃ kośo gamiṣyati ||16||
etaccānyacca satataṃ cintayāmāsa pārthivaḥ
tatra viprāśramābhyāśe vaiśyamekaṃ dadarśa saḥ ||17||
sa pṛṣṭastena kastvaṃ bho hetuśca āgamane'tra kaḥ
saśoka iva kasmātvaṃ durmanā iva lakṣyase| ||18||
ityākarṇya vacastasya bhūpateḥ praṇāyoditam
pratyuvāca sa taṃ vaiśyaḥ praśrayāvanato nṛpam||19||
vaiśya uvāca ||20||
samādhirnāma vaiśyo'hamutpanno dhanināṃ kule
putradārairnirastaśca dhanalobhād asādhubhiḥ||21||
vihīnaśca dhanaidāraiḥ putrairādāya me dhanam|
vanamabhyāgato duḥkhī nirastaścāptabandhubhiḥ||22||
so'haṃ na vedmi putrāṇāṃ kuśalākuśalātmikām|
pravṛttiṃ svajanānāṃ ca dārāṇāṃ cātra saṃsthitaḥ||23||
kiṃ nu teṣāṃ gṛhe kṣemaṃ akṣemaṃ kinnu sāmprataṃ
kathaṃ tekinnusadvṛttā durvṛttā kinnumesutāḥ||24||
rājovāca||25||
yairnirasto bhavā~llubdhaiḥ putradārādibhirdhanaiḥ||26||
teṣu kiṃ bhavataḥ sneha manubadhnāti mānasam||27||
vaiśya uvāca ||28||
evametadyathā prāha bhavānasmadgataṃ vacaḥ
kiṃ karomi na badhnāti mama niṣṭuratāṃ manaḥ||29||
aiḥ santyajya pitṛsnehaṃ dhana lubdhairnirākṛtaḥ
patiḥsvajanahārdaṃ ca hārditeṣveva me manaḥ| ||30||
kimetannābhijānāmi jānannapi mahāmate
yatprema pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ viguṇeṣvapi bandhuṣu||31||
teṣāṃ kṛte me niḥśvāso daurmanasyaṃ cajāyate||32||
aromi kiṃ yanna manasteṣvaprītiṣu niṣṭhuram ||33||
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ||34||
tatastau sahitau vipra tammuniṃ samupasthitau||35||
samādhirnāma vaiśyo'sau sa ca pārdhiva sattamaḥ||36||
kṛtvā tu tau yathānyāyyaṃ yathārhaṃ tena saṃvidam|
upaviṣṭau kathāḥ kāścitccakraturvaiśyapārdhivau||37||
rājovāca ||38||
bhagavaṃstvāmahaṃ praṣṭumicchāmyekaṃ vadasvatat ||39||
duḥkhāya yanme manasaḥ svacittāyattatāṃ vinā||40||
mamatvaṃ gatarājyasya rājyāṅgeṣvakhileṣvapi |
jānato'pi yathājñasya kimetanmunisattama || 41 ||
ayaṃ ca ikṛtaḥ putraiḥ dārairbhṛtyaistathojghitaḥ
svajanena ca santyaktaḥ steṣu hārdī tathāpyati ||42||
eva meṣa tathāhaṃ ca dvāvaptyantaduḥkhitau|
dṛṣṭadoṣe'pi viṣaye mamatvākṛṣṭamānasau ||43||
tatkenaitanmahābhāga yanmohò jñāninorapi
mamāsya ca bhavatyeṣā vivekāndhasya mūḍhatā ||44||
ṛṣiruvāca||45||
jñāna masti samastasya jantorvṣaya gocare|
viṣayaśca mahābhāga yānti caivaṃ pṛthakpṛthak||46||
keciddivā tathā rātrau prāṇinaḥ stulyadṛṣṭayaḥ ||47||
jñānino manujāḥ satyaṃ kiṃ tu te na hi kevalam|
yato hi jñāninaḥ sarve paśupakṣimṛgādayaḥ||48||
jñānaṃ ca tanmanuṣyāṇāṃ yatteṣāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇāṃ
manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yatteṣāṃ tulyamanyattathobhayoḥ||49||
jñāne'pi sati paśyaitān patagāñchābacañcuṣu|
kaṇamokṣādṛtān mohātpīḍyamānānapi kṣudhā||50||
mānuṣā manujavyāghra sābhilāṣāḥ sutān prati
lobhāt pratyupakārāya nanvetān kiṃ na paśyasi||51||
tathāpi mamatāvarte mohagarte nipātitāḥ
mahāmāyā prabhāveṇa saṃsārasthitikāriṇā||52||
tannātra vismayaḥ kāryo yoganidrā jagatpateḥ|
mahāmāyā hareścaiṣā tayā sammohyate jagat||53||
jṅānināmapi cetāṃsi devī bhagavatī hi sā
balādākṟṣyamohāya mahāmāyā prayacchati ||54||
tayā visṛjyate viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram |
saiṣā prasannā varadā nṛṇāṃ bhavati muktaye ||55||
sā vidyā paramā mukterhetubhūtā sanātanī
saṃsārabandhahetuśca saiva sarveśvareśvarī||56||
rājovāca||57||
bhagavan kāhi sā devī māmāyeti yāṃ bhavān |
bravīti kathamutpannā sā karmāsyāśca kiṃ dvija||58||
yatprabhāvā ca sā devī yatsvarūpā yadudbhavā|
tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatto brahmavidāṃ vara||59||
ṛṣiruvāca ||60||
nityaiva sā jaganmūrtistayā sarvamidaṃ tatam||61||
tathāpi tatsamutpattirbahudhā śrūyatāṃ mamaḥ||62||
devānāṃ kāryasiddhyarthaṃ āvirbhavati sā yadā|
utpanneti tadā loke sā nityāpyabhidhīyate ||63||
yoganidrāṃ yadā viṣṇurjagatyekārṇavīkṛte|
āstīrya śeṣamabhajat kalpānte bhagavān prabhuḥ||64||
tadā dvāvasurau ghorau vikhyātau madhukaiṭabhau|
viṣṇukarṇamalodbhūtau hantuṃ brahmāṇamudyatau||65||
sa nābhi kamale viṣṇoḥ sthito brahmā prajāpatiḥ
dṛṣṭvā tāvasurau cograu prasuptaṃ ca janārdanam||66||
tuṣṭāva yoganidrāṃ tāmekāgrahṛdayaḥ sthitaḥ
vibodhanārdhāya harerharinetrakṛtālayām ||67||
viśveśvarīṃ jagaddhātrīṃ sthitisaṃhārakāriṇīm|
nidrāṃ bhagavatīṃ viṣṇoratulāṃ tejasaḥ prabhuḥ ||68||
brahmovāca ||69||
tvaṃ svāhā tvaṃ svadhā tvaṃhi vaṣaṭkāraḥ svarātmikā|
sudhā tvamakṣare nitye tridhā mātrātmikā sthitā||70||
ardhamātrā sthitā nityā yānuccāryāviśeṣataḥ
tvameva sā tvaṃ sāvitrī tvaṃ deva jananī parā ||71||
tvayaitaddhāryate viśvaṃ tvayaitat sṛjyate jagat|
tvayaitat pālyate devi tvamatsyante ca sarvadā||72||
visṛṣṭau sṛṣṭirūpātvaṃ sthiti rūpā ca pālane|
tathā saṃhṛtirūpānte jagato'sya jaganmaye ||73||
mahāvidyā mahāmāyā mahāmedhā mahāsmṛtiḥ|
mahāmohā ca bhavatī mahādevī mahāsurī ||74||
prakṛtistvaṃ ca sarvasya guṇatraya vibhāvinī|
kālarātrirmahārātrirmoharātriśca dāruṇā||75||
tvaṃ śrīstvamīśvarī tvaṃ hrīstvaṃ buddhirbhodhalakṣaṇā|
lajjāpuṣṭistathā tuṣṭistvaṃ śāntiḥ kṣānti reva ca||76||
khaḍginī śūlinī ghorā gadinī cakriṇī tathā|
śaṅkhiṇī cāpinī bāṇābhuśuṇḍīparighāyudhā||77||
saumyā saumyatarāśeṣasaumyebhyastvatisundarī
parāparāṇāṃ paramā tvameva parameśvarī||78||
yacca kiñcitkvacidvastu sadasadvākhilātmike|
tasya sarvasya yā śaktiḥ sā tvaṃ kiṃ stūyasemayā||79||
yayā tvayā jagat sraṣṭā jagatpātātti yo jagat|
so'pi nidrāvaśaṃ nītaḥ kastvāṃ stotumiheśvaraḥ||80||
viṣṇuḥ śarīragrahaṇaṃ ahamīśāna eva ca
kāritāste yato'tastvāṃ kaḥ stotuṃ śaktimān bhavet||81||
sā tvamitthaṃ prabhāvaiḥ svairudārairdevi saṃstutā|
mohayaitau durādharṣāvasurau madhukaiṭabhau ||82||
prabodhaṃ ca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyutā laghu ||83||
bodhaśca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau ||83||
ṛṣiruvāca ||84||
evaṃ stutā tadā devī tāmasī tatra vedhasā
viṣṇoḥ prabhodhanārdhāya nihantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau ||85||
netrāsyanāsikābāhuhṛdayebhyastathorasaḥ|
nirgamya darśane tasthau brahmaṇo avyaktajanmanaḥ ||86||
uttasthau ca jagannāthaḥ stayā mukto janārdanaḥ|
ekārṇave ahiśayanāttataḥ sa dadṛśe ca tau ||87||
madhukaiṭabhau durātmānā vativīryaparākramau
krodharaktekṣaṇāvattuṃ brahmaṇāṃ janitodyamau ||88||
samutthāya tatastābhyāṃ yuyudhe bhagavān hariḥ
pañcavarṣasahastrāṇi bāhupraharaṇo vibhuḥ ||89||
tāvapyatibalonmattau mahāmāyāvimohitau ||90||
uktavantau varo'smatto vriyatāmiti keśavam ||91||
śrī bhagavānuvāca ||92||
bhavetāmadya me tuṣṭau mama vadhyāvubhāvapi ||93||
kimanyena vareṇātra etāvṛddi vṛtaṃ mama ||94||
ṛṣiruvāca ||95||
vañcitābhyāmiti tadā sarvamāpomayaṃ jagat|
vilokya tābhyāṃ gadito bhagavān kamalekṣaṇaḥ ||96||
āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvī salilena pariplutā| ||97||
ṛṣiruvāca ||98||
tathetyuktvā bhagavatā śaṅkhacakragadābhṛtā|
kṛtvā cakreṇa vai chinne jaghane śirasī tayoḥ ||99||
evameṣā samutpannā brahmaṇā saṃstutā svayam|
prabhāvamasyā devyāstu bhūyaḥ śṛṇu vadāmi te ||100||
|| jaya jaya śrī svasti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmahātmye madhukaiṭabhavadho nāma pradhamo'dhyāyaḥ ||
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