Markandeyapurana 91.22

91.22

medhe sarasvati vare bhūti bābhravi tāmasi /
niyate tvaṃ prasīdeśe nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te //

O thou who hast a diadem and a great thunderbolt,
Who art dazzling with a thousand eyes,
And who tookest away Vṛtra’s life-breath, O Aindrī,[15]
Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who with the nature of Śivadūtī[16]
Slewest tḥe mighty hosts of the Daityas,
O thou of terrible form, of loud shrieks,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who hast a face formidable with tushes,
Who art decorated with a garland of heads,
O Cāmuṇḍā, who grindest shaven heads,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence he to thee!
O Lakṣmī, Modesty, Wide-Knowledge!
O Faith, Nourishment, Svadhā, Immoveable!
O Great-Night, Great-Illusion![17]
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O Mental-Vigour, Sarasvatī, Choice One!
O Welfare, Wife of Bahru,[18] Dark One!
O Self-controlled Queen, be thou gracious!
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee![19]
O thou who hast the Dature of all, Queen of all!
O thou who possessest the might of all!
From terrors save us, O goddess!
O goddess Durgā, reverence be to thee!
Kindly is this thy countenance,
Which is adorned with three eyes;
May it guard us from all created things!
O Kātyāyanī, reverence be to thee!
Formidable with flames, exceedingly sharp,
Destroying the Asuras without quarter,
May thy trident guard us from fear!
O Bhadrakālī, reverence be to thee!
Thy bell, that fills the world with its ringing
And destroys the glories of the Daityas,
May thy bell guard us, O goddess,
Even us like,children from sins!
Besmirched with the blood and fat of the Asuras
As with mire, gleaming with rays,