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# Devistuti 3

Devīstuti 3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.3)

‘‘prabodhaṃ ca jagatsvāmī nīyatāmacyuto laghu  
bodhaṃ ca kriyatāmasya hantumetau mahāsurau||’’  
‘‘yā hyeṣā gahvarī māyā nidreti jagati sthitā  
sā karmānveṣiṇī ghorā kālarātrī mahīpate  
asyāstanustamodvārā niśādivasanāśinī  
jīvitārthaharī ghorā sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ bhuvi  
naitayā kaścidāviṣṭo jṛmbhamāṇe muhurmuhuḥ  
śaktaḥ prasahinuṃ vegaṃ majjanniva mahārṇave  
annajā bhuvi martyānāṃ śramajā vā kathaṃcana  
naiśā bhavati lokasya nidrā sarvasya laukikī  
sukhānte kṣīyate hyeṣā prāyaśo bhuvi dehinām  
mṛtyukālābhibhūtānāṃ prāṇān sthāpayate bhṛśam  
deveṣvapi dadhārenāṃ nānyo nārāyaṇāhṛte  
sakhī sarvarahasyeṣā māyā viṣṇoḥ śarīrajā1  
saiṣā nārāyaṇamukhe dṛṣṭā2 kamalalocanā  
lokānalpena kālena grasate bhṛśamohinī3  
iti dvitīyaḥ ślokaḥ (2)  
prāṅnirjaraiṣu nihatairnijaśaktileśairekībhavadbhiruditākhilalokagupyai  
saṃpannaśastranikarā ca tadāyudhasthairmātā mamāstu mahiṣāntakarī purastāt

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