Markandeya Purana 91.34

91.34

devi prasīda paripālaya no 'paribhīter
nityaṃ yathāsuravadhādadhunaiva sadyaḥ /
pāpāni sarvajagatāṃ praśamaṃ nayāśu
utpātapākajanitāṃśca mahopasargān //

May thy scymitar be for our welfare!
O Caṇḍikā, to thee we bow!
Tbou destroyst all sicknesses, when gratified;
But when wrathful destroyed all longed-for desires.
No calamity befalls men who have sought unto thee!
They who have sought unto thee become verily a refuge themselves!
This slaughter that thou hast now wrought
On the great Asuras who hate righteousness, O goddess,
By multiplying thy body in many forms,—
O Ambikā, what other goddess achieves that?
In the sciences, in the scriptures, which need the lamp of discrimination,
And in the ancient sayings, who but thou
Within the pit of selfishness, wherein is exceeding great darkness,
Causes this universe to whirl about most grievously?
Wherever dwell Rākṣasas and virulently-poisonous Nāgas,
Wherever foes exist, wherever the powers of the Dasyus,
And where flaming fire appears amid the ocean,
There abiding thou dost safeguard the universe!
O queen of the universe, thou safeguardest the universe!
Thou hast the nature of the universe, for thou upholdest the universe.
Thou art the lady worthy to be praised by the lord of the universe. They are
The refuge of the universe, who bow in faith before thee!
O goddess, be gracious! Protect us wholly from fear of our foes
Perpetually, as thou hast at this very time saved us promptly by the slaughter of the Asuras![20]
And bring thou quickly to rest the sins of all the worlds
And the great calamities which have sprung from the maturing of portents!