[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Religious Traditions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya) › [Other cults, manuals and hymns](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general) › [Hymns to the Goddess](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra) › [Durgā, Caṇḍī and Kālī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga) › [Devistuti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti) › 9.4 # Devistuti 9.4 Devīstuti 9.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.4) atra sakaladevīmāhātmyapratipādyā mahālakṣmīḥ śivaśaktirambikaiva ; “ sadāśivāṅkamārūḍhā śaktiricchāhvayā śivā mahālakṣmīriti khyātā devī sarvaguṇānvitā ||” iti śivapurāṇe tasyāmapi mahālakṣmīpadaprayogāt | “śriyaṃ lakṣmīmaupalāmambikāṃ gām” ityāyuṣyasūkte tasyāṃ lakṣmīpadadarśanena tasmin “sanmahat—” ityādisūtreṇa pūjāvācimahatpadasamāsasaṃbhavācca | na tu bhagavacchaktiriha mahālakṣmīḥ ; durgāyāḥ śivaśaktyaṃśatvasya prasiddhataratvāt | ata eva harivaṃśe śambaravadhārthaṃ pradyumnāya dattavatā nāradena durgayā śambarāya datto mudgaraḥ pārvatyā datta iti vyavahṛtaḥ ; “ asya devaripostāta mudgaro nityapūjitaḥ 1pārvatyā paritoṣeṇa dattaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ajayyaścaiva saṃgrāme devadānavamānavaiḥ tadastrapratighātārthaṃ devīṃ tvaṃ smartumarhasi2 stutyā caiva namasyā ca mahādevī raṇotsukaiḥ 3tatraiva kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ saṃgrāme ripuṇā saha | ” iti | ayaṃ ca mudgaro durgayā śambarāya datta iti tadanantaraṃ pradyumnakṛta eva stotre vyaktam | yathā— “namaste sumbhahanani nisumbhahṛdadāriṇi4 kālarātri namasye'haṃ kumārīṃ cāpi nityavat kāntāravāsinīṃ devīṃ namasye'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ śrīvindhyavāsinīṃ devīṃ raṇadurgāṃ raṇapriyām5 atha varāhapurāṇoktamahimānaṃ saṃgṛhṇāti— māhiṣmatītanubhavaṃ ca ruruṃ ca hantumāviṣkṛtairnijarasādavatārabhedaiḥ aṣṭādaśāhatanavāhatakoṭisaṃkhyairambā sadā samabhirakṣatu māṃ vipadbhyaḥ - [Previous: 9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.3) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.10) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.4) · Pramāṇa