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Markandeyapurana 85.11

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 85.11

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Sanskrit

85.11

atisaumyātiraudrāyai natāstasyai namo namaḥ /
mano jagatpratiṣṭhāyai devyai kṛtyai namo namaḥ //

The gods spoke:
Reverence to the goddess, to the great goddess!
To her who is auspicious reverence perpetually!
Reverence to Prakṛti the good!
Submissive we fall prostrate before her![6]
Reverence to her who is terrible, to her who is constant!
To Gaurī, to Dhātrī reverence, yea reverence!
And to the Moon-light,[7] to her who has the moon’s form,
To her who is happy, reverence continually!
Falling prostrate, to her who is propitious, to Prosperity,[8]
To Perfection let us pay[9] reverence, yea reverence!
To Nirṛti,[10] to the goddess of Good-Fortune of kings,
To thee, Śarvāṇī, reverence, yea reverence!
To Durgā, to her who is a further shore difficult to be reached,[11]
To her who is essential, to her who works all things,[12]
And to Fame also, to her who is blue-black,[13]
To her who is smokedark reverence continually!
Before her who is at once most gentle and most harsh
We fall prostrate; to her reverence, yea reverence!
Reverence to her who is the foundation of the world!
To the goddess who is Action reverence, yea reverence!
To the goddess who among all created things
Is called Viṣṇu’s illusive power,
Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!
Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!
To the goddess who among all created beings
Bears the name Consciousness,[14]
Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!
Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!
To the goddess who among all created beings
Stands firm†† with the form of Intellect,[15]
Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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