Markandeyapurana 85.39
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 85.39
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- Sanskrit
85.39
yā sāmprataṃ coddhatadaityatāpitair
asmābhirīśā ca surairnamasyate /
yā ca smṛtā tatkṣaṇameva hanti naḥ
sarvāpado bhaktivinamkamūrtibhiḥ //
Stands firm with the form of Error,
Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!
Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!
To her who both governs the organs of sense
Of created beings, and rules among all
Created beings perpetually,—to her
The goddess of Pervasiveness reverence, yea reverence!
To her who exists pervading this entire
World with the form of Thinking Mind,
Reverence to her, yea reverence to her!
Reverence to her, reverence, yea reverence!
Praised by the gods afore-time because of eagerly-desired protection,
And waited upon by the lord of the gods many days,
May she, the goddess, the origin of brightness, accomplish for us
Bright things, yea good things, and ward off calamities!
And she, who is both reverenced as queen by us gods,
Who are tormented now by the arrogant Daityas,
And whom we called to mind as we bow our bodies in faith,[20]
She this very moment destroys[21] all our calamities!
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ṛṣirūvāca
The ṛṣi spoke:
While the gods were thus engaged in offering hymns and other reverential acts, Pārvatī came there to bathe in the water of the Ganges, O prince. She, the beautiful-browed, said to those gods,—“Whom do ye, lords, hymn here?” And springing forth from the treasure-house of her body the auspicious goddess spoke—“For me this hymn is uttered by the assembled gods, who have been set at nought by the Daitya Śumbha and routed in battle by Niśumbha.” Because Ambikā issued forth from the treasure-house[22] of Pārvatī’s body, she is therefore named in song as Kauṣikī[23] among all the worlds. Now after she had issued forth, the other also, even Pārvatī, became Kṛṣṇa; she is celebrated as Kālikā; she fixed her abode on Mount Himavat.
Translations (2)
- The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa — Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Commentaries (1)
- Guptavatī — Bhāskararāya Makhin 1741, Sanskrit