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āyudhāni ca devānāṃ yāni yāni sureśvara tacchaktayastadākārā āyudhāni mamābhavan abhiṣṭutā suraiḥ sāhaṃ mahiṣaṃ jaghnuṣī kṣaṇāt 1mahiṣāntarīsūktaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ tadā devyā yayādikaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ sendrairdevaiḥ saharṣibhiḥ2 utpattiṃ yuddhavikrāntiṃ stotraṃ ceti sureśvara kathayanti suvistīrṇaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ evaṃ prabhāvāṃ devīṃ tāṃ stuvan dhyāyan namannapi labhate ca phalaṃ śāśvadādhipatyamanaśvaram yoganidrā hareruktā yā sā devī duratyayā 3mahākālītanuṃ viddhi tāṃ māṃ devīṃ sanātanīm 4madhukaiṭabhanāśe hi mohitau ca tayā tadā jaghnāte varalābhena devadevena viṣṇunā 5viśveśvaryādikaṃ sūktaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tad brahmaṇa| tadā6 stutaye yoganidrāyā mama devyāḥ puraṃdara eṣā sā vaiṣṇavī māyā mahākālī duratyayā stutyā vaśīkṛtā kuryād vaśe stotuścarācaram asyā devyāḥ samutpattiścaritaṃ stotramityapi hitāya sarvabhūtānāṃ dhāryante brahmavādibhiḥ 1tāmase tvantare śakra 2mahāvidyā hi yā parā gaurīdehāt samudbhūtā kauśikīti tadā hyaham vadhāya duṣṭadaityānāṃ 3tathā sumbhanisumbhayoḥ rakṣaṇāya ca lokānāṃ devānāmupakāriṇī madīyāḥ śaktayo yāstā devaśreṣṭhaśarīragāḥ tāstāstadrūpadhāriṇyaḥ 4sāhāyyaṃ vidadhurhi me tābhirnihatya daityendrān hantavyā ye tathā tayā ### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.2) saṃhṛtyātmani tāḥ sarvāḥ madīyā vipruṣo'khilāḥ ahaṃ nijaghnī paścāt tayoḥ sumbhanisumbhayoḥ "devi prapannārtihare prasīde "-tyādikaṃ tathā 5nārāyaṇīstutirnāma sūktaṃ paramaśobhanam stutayo me tadā dṛṣṭā devairabhipurogamaiḥ eṣā saṃpūjitā bhaktyā sarvajñatvaṃ prayacchati kauśikī sarvadeveśa6 bahukāmapradā hyaham utpattiryuddhavikrāntiḥ stutiśceti purātanaiḥ paṭhyate tritayaṃ viprairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ7 vaivasvate'ntare cobhau8 punaḥ sumbhanisumbhakau utpatsyete varonmattau devopadravakāriṇau nandagopakule jātā yaśodāgarbhasaṃbhavā tāvahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi 9sunandā vindhyavāsinī punaścāpyatiraudreṇa rūpeṇa pṛthivītale avatīrya haniṣyāmi vaipracittān mahāsurān 1bhakṣayantyāśca tānugrān vaipracittāṃśca dānavān raktā dantā bhaviṣyanti dāḍimīkusumopamāḥ tato māṃ devatāḥ svarge martyaloke ca mānavāḥ stuvanto vyāhariṣyanti satataṃ raktadantikām tasminnevāntare śakra catvāriṃśattame yuge sarvataḥ śatavārṣikyāmanāvṛṣṭyāmanambhasi munibhiḥ saṃsmṛtā bhūmau saṃbhaviṣyāmyayaunijā tataḥ śatena netrāṇāṃ nirīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ munīn kīrtayiṣyanti śataśaḥ śatākṣīmiti mānavāḥ tadāhamakhilaṃ lokamātmadehasamudbhavaiḥ bhariṣyāmi śubhaiḥ śākairāviṣṭaiḥ prāṇadhārakaḥ2 śākaṃbharīti māṃ devāstadā stoṣyanti vāsava tatraiva ca haniṣyāmi durgamākhyaṃ mahāsuram durgādevīti vikhyātiṃ tato yāsyāmyahaṃ bhuvi śākaṃbharīṃ stuvan dhyāyan śakra saṃpūjayanramanū akṣayyamaśnute śīghramannapānodbhavāṃ ratim caturyuge ca pañcāśattame munibhirarthitā sundaraṃ cātibhīmaṃ ca rūpaṃ kṛtvā himācale ### [9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9.3) rakṣāṃsi bhakṣayiṣyāmi munīnāṃ trāṇakāraṇāt tato māṃ munayaḥ sarve stoṣyantyānamramūrtayaḥ bhīme devi prasīdeti bhīmāmabhayadāyinīm yuge ṣaṣṭitame kaścidaru3ṇo nāma dānavaḥ 3manujānāṃ munīnāṃ ca mahābādhāṃ kariṣyati tatrāhaṃ 4bhrāmaraṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvāsaṃkhyeyaṣaṭpadā trailokyasya hitārthāya vadhiṣyāmi mahāsuram bhrāmarīti ca māṃ loke tadā stoṣyanti savadā itthaṃ yadā yadā bādhā 1dānavotthā bhaviṣyati tadā tadāvatīryāhaṃ haniṣyāmi mahāsurān amī te leśataḥ śakra darśitāḥ paramādbhutāḥ avatārā nirāsaṅgā madīyāḥ kevalāhvayāḥ eteṣāṃ paramā proktā kūṭasthā sā mahīyasī mahālakṣmīrmahābhāgā prakṛtiḥ parameśvarī amuṣyā stutaye dṛṣṭaṃ brahmādyaiḥ sakalaiḥ suraiḥ 2namo devyādikaṃ sūktaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam imāṃ devīṃ stuvannityaṃ stotreṇānena māmiha śāntītya sakalanaiśvaryaṃ mahadaśnute amuṣyāḥ sāvatārayā mahālakṣyā mamānagha janmāni caritaiḥ sārdhaṃ stotrairvaibhavavādibhiḥ3 kathitāni purā śakra vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā 4svārociṣe'ntare rājñe surathāya mahātmane samādhaye ca vaiśyāya praṇatāyāvasīdate bhaktiśraddhāvatā nityaṃ vasiṣṭhena kṛteti me hṛdi sthitā sadā seyaṃ janmakarmāvalistutiḥ etāṃ dvijamukhācchrutvā hyadhīyāno naraḥ sadā vidhūya nikhilāṃ māyāṃ samyag jñānaṃ samaśnute sarvāṃ saṃpadamāpnoti dhunoti sakalāpadaḥ mama prabhāvāt saubhāgyaṃ kīrtiṃ caiva samaśnute |” tasyāṃ mahālakṣmīpadaprayogāt, namo devyādi hi brahmādibhiḥ kṛtaṃ stotraṃ tasyā stotramiti tādṛśasya tapaścaradbhyāṃ surathasamādhibhyāṃ tadeva sūktaṃ japtamiti yujyate ### [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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.devistotra.durga.devistuti.9) · Pramāṇa