Markandeyapurana 91.8

91.8

kalākāṣṭhādirūpeṇa pariṇāmapradāyinī /
viśvasyoparatau śakte nārāyaṇi namo 'stu te //

“O goddess, who removest the sufferings of thy suppliants, be gracious!
Be gracious, O mother of the whole world!
Be gracious, O queen of the universe! safeguard the universe!
Thou, O goddess, art queen of all that is moveable and immoveable!
Thou alone hast become the support of the world,
Because thou dost subsist in the form of the earth!
By thee, who existest in the form of water, all
This universe is filled, O thou inviolable in thy valour!
Thou art Viṣṇu’s energy, boundless in thy valour;
Thou art the germ of the universe, thou art Illusion sublime!
All this world has been bewitched, O goddess;
Thou indeed when attained[3] art the cause of final emancipation from existence on the earth!
All sciences are portions of thee, O goddess;
So are all females without exception in the worlds[4]!
By thee alone, as mother, this world has been filled!
What praise can there he for thee? Thou art beyond praise, the sublimest expression![5]
When as being the goddess, who constitutes every created thing,
And who bestows Svarga and final emancipation from existence,
Thou are praised—for thy praise again
What sublime words can be sufficient?
O thou, who abidest under the form of Intelligence
In the heart of every living creature;
O goddess, who bestowest Svarga and final emancipation from existence,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence he to thee!
Thou in the form of minutes, moments and other portions of time,
Dost bring results to pass;
O thou who art mighty in the death of the universe,

O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who art beneficent with every happiness,
O lady auspicious, who accomplishest every petition,
O giver of refuge, O Tryambakā, O brilliant one,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee I
O eternal goddess, who constitutest the energy
Of creation, permanence and destruction,
O thou abode of good qualities, who consistest of good qualities,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee![6]
O thou who ridest in a heavenly car yoked with swans,
Who assumest the form of Brahmāṇī.[7]
O goddess who sprinklest kuśa-grass-steeped water,[8]
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who boldest a trident, the moon and a serpent,
Who art borne on a huge bull,
With the natural character of Māheāvarī,[9]
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who art attended by the peacock and cock,
Who bearest a great spear, O sinless one;
O thou who takest thy station in Kaumārī’s[10] form,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who holdest as thy finest weapons
A conch, discus, club, and the bow Śārṅga,
Be gracious, O thou who hast Vaiṣṇavī’s[11] form;
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who graspest a huge formidable discus,
Who hast uplifted the earth with thy tushes,
O auspicious one, who hast a hog-like form,[12]
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!
O thou who in the fierce man-lion[13] form
Didst put forth thy efforts to slay the Daityas,
O thou who art connected[14] with the deliverance of the three worlds,
O Nārāyaṇī, reverence be to thee!