Shricandi 18.26

18.26

kātyāyani! mahā-māye! mahā-yoginyadhīśvari!
nanda-gopa-sutaṃ devi! pati me kuru te namaḥ
kātyāyanyāḥ pravakṣyāmi, rūpaṃ daśa-bhujaṃ tathā
trayāṇāmapi devānāmanukārānukāriṇīm
oṃ jaṭā-jūṭa-samāyuktamarddhendu-kṛta-śekharām
locana-traya-saṃyuktāṃ, pūrṇendu-sadṛśānanām
atasī-puṣpa-varṇābhāṃ, supratiṣṭhāṃ sulocanām
nava-yauvana-sampannāṃ, sarvābharaṇa-bhūṣitām
sucāru-daśanāṃ tad-vat, pīnonnata-payo dharām
tribhaṅga-sthāna-saṃsthānāṃ, mahiṣāsura-mardinīm
mṛṇālāyata-saṃsparśa-daśa-bāhu-samanvitām
triśūlaṃ dakṣiṇe dadyāt, khaḍgaṃ cakraṃ kramādadhaḥ
tīkṣṇa-vāṇaṃ tathā śaktiḥ, vāmato'pi nibodhata
kheṭakaṃ pūrṇa-cāpaṃ ca, pāśamaṃkuśameva ca
ghaṇṭāṃ ca paraśuṃ vāpi, vāmataḥ sanniveśayet
adhastānmahiṣaṃ tad-vad-viśiraskaṃ pradarśayet
śiracchedodbhavaṃ tad-vad, dānavaṃ khaḍga-pāṇinam
hṛdi śūlena nirbhinnaṃ, niryadantra-vibhūṣitam
rakta-raktīkṛtāṅgaṃ ca, rakta-visphuratekṣaṇam
veṣṭitaṃ nāga-pāśena, bhṛkuṭī-bhīṣaṇānanam
sa-pāśa-vāma-hastena, dhṛta-keśaṃ ca durgayā
vamad rudhira-vaktraṃ ca, devyāḥ siṃhaṃ pradarśayet
devyāstu dakṣiṇaṃ pādaṃ, samaṃ siṃhopari sthitam
kiñcidūrdhvaṃ tathā vāmamaṃguṣṭhaṃ mahiṣopari
ugracaṇḍā pracaṇḍā ca, caṇḍogrā caṇḍa-nāyikā
caṇḍā caṇḍavatī caiva, cāmuṇḍā caṇḍikā tathā
ābhiḥ śaktibhiraṣṭābhiḥ, satataṃ pari-veṣṭitām
cintayet satataṃ devīṃ, dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣadām
savya - pāda - sarojenālaṃkṛtoru - mṛgādhipām
vāma - pādāgra - dalita - mahiṣāsura - nirbharām
suprasannāṃ suvadanāṃ cāru-netra-trayānvitām
hāra - nūpura - keyūra - jaṭā - mukuṭa - maṇḍitām
vicitra - paṭṭa - vasanārddha - candra - vibhūṣitām
khaḍga-kheṭaka-vajrāṇi, triśūlaṃ viśikhaṃ tathā
dhārayantīṃ dhanuḥ pāśaṃ, śaṅkhaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ saroruham
bāhubhirlalitairdevīṃ, koṭi-candra-sama-prabhām
samāvṛtairdiviṣadairdevairākāśa - saṃsthitaiḥ
stūyamānaṃ moda-mānairloka-pālādibhiḥ sadā
bhadra-kālī
jvālā - karālamatyugramaśeṣāsura - sūdanam
triśūlaṃ pātu no bhīterbhadrakāli! namo'stu te