Markandeyapurana 93.1

93.1

ṛṣiruvāca
etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa devīmāhātmyamuttamam /
evaṃprabhāvā sā devī yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat //

The ṛṣi spoke:
I have now related to thee, O king, this sublime poem the Devī-māhātmya. Such majestic power has the goddess, by whom this world is upheld. Moreover knowledge is conferred by her who is the adorable Viṣṇu’s Illusive power. By her thou and this vaiśya and other men of discrimination, and celebrated men are bewitched; and others shall become bewitched. Go unto her, the supreme queen, as to a place of refuge, O great king. She indeed, when propitiated by men, bestows enjoyment, Svarga and final emancipation from existence.