Markandeyapurana 84.8

84.8

yasyāḥ samastasuratā samudīraṇena
tṛptiṃ priyāti sakaleṣu makheṣu devi /
svāhāsi vai pitṛgaṇasya ca tṛptihetur
uccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhā ca //

The goddess, who stretched out this world by her power,
Whose body comprises the entire powers of all the hosts of gods,
Her, Ambikā, worthy of worship by all gods and great ṛṣis,
We bow before[3] in faith; may she ordain blessings for us!
May she, whose peerless majesty and power Ananta
Adorable, Brahmā and Hara cannot in sooth declare,
May she, Caṇḍikā, to protect the entire world
And to destroy the fear of evil turn her mind!
Her, who is Good-Fortune herself in the dwellings of men of good deeds, Ill-Fortune
In those of men of sinful souls; who is Intelligence in the hearts of the prudent,
Who is Faith in those of the good, and Modesty in that of the high-born man;[4]
Her, even thee, we bow before; protect the universe, O goddess!
Can we describe[5] this thy thought-transcending form?
Or thy abundant surpassing valour that destroyed the Asuras?
Or thy surpassing[6] feats which were displayed in battles
Among all the hosts of Asuras, gods and others, O goddess?
Thou art the cause of all the worlds! Though characterized by the three qualities, by faults[7]
Thou art not known! Even by Hari, Hara and the other gods thou art incomprehensible!
Thou art the resort of all; thou art this entire world which is composed of parts!
Thou verily art sublime original Nature[8] untransformed!
Thou, whose complete divinity by means of utterance
Finds satisfaction in all sacrifices, O goddess,[9]
Art verily Svāhā, and givest satisfaction to the Pitṛ-hosts!

Hence thou art in truth declared by men to be Svadhā also.
Thou art she, who effects final emancipation, and performs great thought-transcending penances!
Thou studiest[10] with thy organs, which are the essence of strength,[11] well-restrained!
With munis, who seek final emancipation and who have shed all their faults,
Thou art The Knowledge, adorable, sublime in sooth, O goddess!
Sound is thy soul! thou art the repository of the most spotless ṛc and yajus hymns,
And of the sāmans, which have the charming-worded texts of the Ud-gītha!
Thou as goddess art the triple Veda, the adorable, and for the existence and production
Of all the worlds art active; thou art the supreme destroyer of their pains![12]
Thou art Mental Vigour,[13] O goddess! thou hast comprehended the essence of all the Scriptures!
Thou art Durgā; the boat to cross the difficult ocean of existence; devoid of attachments!
Thou art Śrī, who has planted her dominion alone in the heart of Kaiṭabha’s foe!
Thou indeed art Gaurī, who has fixed her dweling in the moon-crested god!
Slightly-smiling, spotless, resembling the full moon’s
Orb, beautiful as the choicest gold, and lovely was thy face!
Yet’t was very marvellous that, being swayed by anger,
The Asura Mahiṣa suddenly smote thy face when he saw it.
But after seeing thy wrathful face, O goddess, terrible with its frowns,
And sheeny in hue like the rising moon, that Mahiṣa
Did not forthwith yield up his life,’t was passing wonderful!