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Chandi Path Chapter – 03

Chapter 3 of the Chandi Path, also known as the Devi Mahatmyam or Durga Saptashati, from the Markandeya Purana, details the mighty battle between the goddess Durga and the demon Mahishasur. This chapter is a pivotal part of the scripture, showcasing the divine power and ferocity of the goddess in her fight against the forces of evil.

Chapter 3 of the Chandi Path, also known as the Devi Mahatmyam or Durga Saptashati, from the Markandeya Puran. Durga Saptashati is also known as the Devi Mahatmyam, Chandi Path and contains 700 verses, arranged into 13 chapters. The third chapter of Durga Saptashati is based on “the slaying of Mahishasur”.

The story begins with the gods, having been driven out of their celestial abodes by Mahishasur, seeking refuge and aid from the supreme trinity of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiv. In response to their plight, the trinity emanates their combined energies, creating the goddess Durga, a radiant and powerful deity embodying their collective might.

Durga, adorned with celestial ornaments and armed with divine weapons, rides into battle on a lion, facing Mahishasur and his demonic hordes. The clash between Durga and Mahishasur is fierce and intense, with the demon showcasing his shape-shifting abilities, transforming from a buffalo to a lion, then to an elephant, and through various other forms in an attempt to overpower the goddess.

Despite his formidable powers and relentless assaults, Mahishasur is no match for the goddess. Durga, with her supreme strength and strategic prowess, systematically dismantles his defenses and slays his generals. The battle culminates in a dramatic and powerful confrontation where Durga, in a final act of divine wrath, decapitates Mahishasur in his buffalo form, thus liberating the cosmos from his tyranny.

This chapter of the Chandi Path not only illustrates the theme of the triumph of good over evil but also emphasizes the supreme power and benevolence of the divine feminine. Durga’s victory symbolizes the restoration of cosmic order and the protection of the righteous, reinforcing the faith of the devotees in the goddess’s omnipotence and her role as the protector of the universe.

॥ महिषासुरवधो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः ॥

॥ध्यानम्॥

ॐ उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकान्तिमरुणक्षौमां शिरोमालिकां
रक्तालिप्तपयोधरां जपवटीं विद्यामभीतिं वरम्।
हस्ताब्जैर्दधतीं त्रिनेत्रविलसद्वक्त्रारविन्दश्रियं
देवीं बद्धहिमांशुरत्‍नमुकुटां वन्देऽरविन्दस्थिताम्॥

“ॐ” ऋषिररुवाच॥१॥

निहन्यमानं तत्सैन्यमवलोक्य महासुरः।
सेनानीश्‍चिक्षुरः कोपाद्ययौ योद्‍धुमथाम्बिकाम्॥२॥

स देवीं शरवर्षेण ववर्ष समरेऽसुरः।
यथा मेरुगिरेः श्रृङ्‌गं तोयवर्षेण तोयदः॥३॥

तस्यच्छित्त्वा ततो देवी लीलयैव शरोत्करान्।
जघान तुरगान् बाणैर्यन्तारं चैव वाजिनाम्॥४॥

चिच्छेद च धनुः सद्यो ध्वजं चातिसमुच्छ्रितम्।
विव्याध चैव गात्रेषु छिन्नधन्वानमाशुगैः॥५॥

सच्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्‍वो हतसारथिः।
अभ्यधावत तां देवीं खड्‌गचर्मधरोऽसुरः॥६॥

सिंहमाहत्य खड्‌गेन तीक्ष्णधारेण मूर्धनि।
आजघान भुजे सव्ये देवीमप्यतिवेगवान्॥७॥

तस्याः खड्‌गो भुजं प्राप्य पफाल नृपनन्दन।
ततो जग्राह शूलं स कोपादरुणलोचनः॥८॥

चिक्षेप च ततस्तत्तु भद्रकाल्यां महासुरः।
जाज्वल्यमानं तेजोभी रविबिम्बमिवाम्बरात्॥९॥

दृष्ट्‍वा तदापतच्छूलं देवी शूलममुञ्चत।
तच्छूलं* शतधा तेन नीतं स च महासुरः॥१०॥

हते तस्मिन्महावीर्ये महिषस्य चमूपतौ।
आजगाम गजारूढश्‍चामरस्त्रिदशार्दनः॥११॥

सोऽपि शक्तिं मुमोचाथ देव्यास्तामम्बिका द्रुतम्।
हुंकाराभिहतां भूमौ पातयामास निष्प्रभाम्॥१२॥

भग्नां शक्तिं निपतितां दृष्ट्‌वा क्रोधसमन्वितः।
चिक्षेप चामरः शूलं बाणैस्तदपि साच्छिनत्॥१३॥

ततः सिंहः समुत्पत्य गजकुम्भान्तरे स्थितः।
बाहुयुद्धेन युयुधे तेनोच्चैस्त्रिदशारिणा॥१४॥

युद्ध्यमानौ ततस्तौ तु तस्मान्नागान्महीं गतौ।
युयुधातेऽतिसंरब्धौ प्रहारैरतिदारुणैः॥१५॥

ततो वेगात् खमुत्पत्य निपत्य च मृगारिणा।
करप्रहारेण शिरश्‍चामरस्य पृथक्कृतम्॥१६॥

उदग्रश्‍च रणे देव्या शिलावृक्षादिभिर्हतः।
दन्तमुष्टितलैश्‍चैव करालश्‍च निपातितः॥१७॥

देवी क्रुद्धा गदापातैश्‍चूर्णयामास चोद्धतम्।
बाष्कलं भिन्दिपालेन बाणैस्ताम्रं तथान्धकम्॥१८॥

उग्रास्यमुग्रवीर्यं च तथैव च महाहनुम्।
त्रिनेत्रा च त्रिशूलेन जघान परमेश्वरी॥१९॥

बिडालस्यासिना कायात्पातयामास वै शिरः।
दुर्धरं दुर्मुखं चोभौ शरैर्निन्ये यमक्षयम्*॥२०॥

एवं संक्षीयमाणे तु स्वसैन्ये महिषासुरः।
माहिषेण स्वरूपेण त्रासयामास तान् गणान्॥२१॥

कांश्‍चित्तुण्डप्रहारेण खुरक्षेपैस्तथापरान्।
लाङ्‌गूलताडितांश्‍चान्याञ्छृङ्‌गाभ्यां च विदारितान्॥२२॥

वेगेन कांश्‍चिदपरान्नादेन भ्रमणेन च।
निःश्वासपवनेनान्यान् पातयामास भूतले॥२३॥

निपात्य प्रमथानीकमभ्यधावत सोऽसुरः।
सिंहं हन्तुं महादेव्याः कोपं चक्रे ततोऽम्बिका॥२४॥

सोऽपि कोपान्महावीर्यः खुरक्षुण्णमहीतलः।
श्रृङ्‌गाभ्यां पर्वतानुच्चांश्चिक्षेप च ननाद च॥२५॥

वेगभ्रमणविक्षुण्णा मही तस्य व्यशीर्यत।
लाङ्‌गूलेनाहतश्‍चाब्धिः प्लावयामास सर्वतः॥२६॥

धुतश्रृङ्‌गविभिन्नाश्‍च खण्डं* खण्डं ययुर्घनाः।
श्‍वासानिलास्ताः शतशो निपेतुर्नभसोऽचलाः॥२७॥

इति क्रोधसमाध्मातमापतन्तं महासुरम्।
दृष्ट्‌वा सा चण्डिका कोपं तद्वधाय तदाकरोत्॥२८॥

सा क्षिप्त्वा तस्य वै पाशं तं बबन्ध महासुरम्।
तत्याज माहिषं रूपं सोऽपि बद्धो महामृधे॥२९॥

ततः सिंहोऽभवत्सद्यो यावत्तस्याम्बिका शिरः।
छिनत्ति तावत्पुरुषः खड्‌गपाणिरदृश्यत॥३०॥

तत एवाशु पुरुषं देवी चिच्छेद सायकैः।
तं खड्‌गचर्मणा सार्धं ततः सोऽभून्महागजः॥३१॥

करेण च महासिंहं तं चकर्ष जगर्ज च।
कर्षतस्तु करं देवी खड्‌गेन निरकृन्तत॥३२॥

ततो महासुरो भूयो माहिषं वपुरास्थितः।
तथैव क्षोभयामास त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्॥३३॥

ततः क्रुद्धा जगन्माता चण्डिका पानमुत्तमम्।
पपौ पुनः पुनश्‍चैव जहासारुणलोचना॥३४॥

ननर्द चासुरः सोऽपि बलवीर्यमदोद्‌धतः।
विषाणाभ्यां च चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति भूधरान्॥३५॥

सा च तान् प्रहितांस्तेन चूर्णयन्ती शरोत्करैः।
उवाच तं मदोद्‌धूतमुखरागाकुलाक्षरम्॥३६॥

देव्युवाच॥३७॥

गर्ज गर्ज क्षणं मूढ मधु यावत्पिबाम्यहम्।
मया त्वयि हतेऽत्रैव गर्जिष्यन्त्याशु देवताः॥३८॥

ऋषिरुवाच॥३९॥

एवमुक्त्वा समुत्पत्य साऽऽरूढा तं महासुरम्।
पादेनाक्रम्य कण्ठे च शूलेनैनमताडयत्॥४०॥

ततः सोऽपि पदाऽऽक्रान्तस्तया निजमुखात्ततः।
अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासीद्* देव्या वीर्येण संवृतः॥४१॥

अर्धनिष्क्रान्त एवासौ युध्यमानो महासुरः।
तया महासिना देव्या शिरश्छित्त्वा निपातितः*॥४२॥

ततो हाहाकृतं सर्वं दैत्यसैन्यं ननाश तत्।
प्रहर्षं च परं जग्मुः सकला देवतागणाः॥४३॥

तुष्टुवुस्तां सुरा देवीं सह दिव्यैर्महर्षिभिः।
जगुर्गन्धर्वपतयो ननृतुश्‍चाप्सरोगणाः॥ॐ॥४४॥

इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये
महिषासुरवधो नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः॥३॥

 


 

Durga Saptashati Chapter 3 – The Slaying of Mahishasur

dhyānaṃ
ōṃ udyadbhānusahasrakāntiṃ aruṇakṣaumāṃ śirōmālikāṃ
raktālipta payōdharāṃ japavaṭīṃ vidyāmabhītiṃ varam ।
hastābjairdhadhatīṃ trinētravaktrāravindaśriyaṃ
dēvīṃ baddhahimāṃśuratnamakuṭāṃ vandē’ravindasthitām ॥

ṛṣiruvācha ॥1॥

nihanyamānaṃ tatsainyaṃ avalōkya mahāsuraḥ।
sēnānīśchikṣuraḥ kōpād dhyayau yōddhumathāmbikām ॥2॥

sa dēvīṃ śaravarṣēṇa vavarṣa samarē’suraḥ।
yathā mērugirēḥśṛṅgaṃ tōyavarṣēṇa tōyadaḥ ॥3॥

tasya Chitvā tatō dēvī līlayaiva śarōtkarān।
jaghāna turagānbāṇairyantāraṃ chaiva vājinām ॥4॥

chichChēda cha dhanuḥsadhyō dhvajaṃ chātisamuchChṛtam।
vivyādha chaiva gātrēṣu chinnadhanvānamāśugaiḥ ॥5॥

sachChinnadhanvā virathō hatāśvō hatasārathiḥ।
abhyadhāvata tāṃ dēvīṃ khaḍgacharmadharō’suraḥ ॥6॥

siṃhamāhatya khaḍgēna tīkṣṇadhārēṇa mūrdhani।
ājaghāna bhujē savyē dēvīṃ avyativēgavān ॥6॥

tasyāḥ khaḍgō bhujaṃ prāpya paphāla nṛpanandana।
tatō jagrāha śūlaṃ sa kōpād aruṇalōchanaḥ ॥8॥

chikṣēpa cha tatastattu bhadrakāḻyāṃ mahāsuraḥ।
jājvalyamānaṃ tējōbhī ravibimbamivāmbarāt ॥9॥

dṛṣṭvā tadāpatachChūlaṃ dēvī śūlamamuñchata।
tachChūlaṃśatadhā tēna nītaṃ śūlaṃ sa cha mahāsuraḥ ॥10॥

hatē tasminmahāvīryē mahiṣasya chamūpatau।
ājagāma gajārūḍaḥ śchāmarastridaśārdanaḥ ॥11॥

sō’pi śaktimmumōchātha dēvyāstāṃ ambikā drutam।
huṅkārābhihatāṃ bhūmau pātayāmāsaniṣprabhām ॥12॥

bhagnāṃ śaktiṃ nipatitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krōdhasamanvitaḥ
chikṣēpa chāmaraḥ śūlaṃ bāṇaistadapi sāchChinat ॥13॥

tataḥ siṃhaḥsamutpatya gajakuntarē mbhāntarēsthitaḥ।
bāhuyuddhēna yuyudhē tēnōchchaistridaśāriṇā ॥14॥

yudhyamān’u tatast’u tu tasmānnāgānmahīṃ gat’u
yuyudhātē’tisaṃrabdhau prahārai atidāruṇaiḥ ॥15॥

tatō vēgāt khamutpatya nipatya cha mṛgāriṇā।
karaprahārēṇa śiraśchāmarasya pṛthak kṛtam ॥16॥

udagraścha raṇē dēvyā śilāvṛkṣādibhirhataḥ।
danta muṣṭitalaiśchaiva karāḻaścha nipātitaḥ ॥17॥

dēvī kṛddhā gadāpātaiḥ śchūrṇayāmāsa chōddhatam।
bhāṣkalaṃ bhindipālēna bāṇaistāmraṃ tathāndhakam ॥18॥

ugrāsyamugravīryaṃ cha tathaiva cha mahāhanum
trinētrā cha triśūlēna jaghāna paramēśvarī ॥19॥

biḍālasyāsinā kāyāt pātayāmāsa vai śiraḥ।
durdharaṃ durmukhaṃ chōbhau śarairninyē yamakṣayam ॥20॥

ēvaṃ saṅkṣīyamāṇē tu svasainyē mahiṣāsuraḥ।
māhiṣēṇa svarūpēṇa trāsayāmāsatān gaṇān ॥21॥

kāṃśchittuṇḍaprahārēṇa khurakṣēpaistathāparān।
lāṅgūlatāḍitāṃśchānyān śṛṅgābhyāṃ cha vidāritā ॥22॥

vēgēna kāṃśchidaparānnādēna bhramaṇēna cha।
niḥ śvāsapavanēnānyān pātayāmāsa bhūtalē॥23॥

nipātya pramathānīkamabhyadhāvata sō’suraḥ
siṃhaṃ hantuṃ mahādēvyāḥ kōpaṃ chakrē tatō’mbhikā ॥24॥

sō’pi kōpānmahāvīryaḥ khurakṣuṇṇamahītalaḥ।
śṛṅgābhyāṃ parvatānuchchāṃśchikṣēpa cha nanāda cha ॥25॥

vēga bhramaṇa vikṣuṇṇā mahī tasya vyaśīryata।
lāṅgūlēnāhataśchābdhiḥ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ ॥26॥

dhutaśṛṅgvibhinnāścha khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ yayurghanāḥ।
śvāsānilāstāḥ śataśō nipēturnabhasō’chalāḥ ॥27॥

itikrōdhasamādhmātamāpatantaṃ mahāsuram।
dṛṣṭvā sā chaṇḍikā kōpaṃ tadvadhāya tadā’karōt ॥28॥

sā kṣitpvā tasya vaipāśaṃ taṃ babandha mahāsuram।
tatyājamāhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ sō’pi baddhō mahāmṛdhē ॥29॥

tataḥ siṃhō’bhavatsadhyō yāvattasyāmbikā śiraḥ।
Chinatti tāvat puruṣaḥ khaḍgapāṇi radṛśyata ॥30॥

tata ēvāśu puruṣaṃ dēvī chichChēda sāyakaiḥ।
taṃ khaḍgacharmaṇā sārdhaṃ tataḥ sō’ bhūnmahā gajaḥ ॥31॥

karēṇa cha mahāsiṃhaṃ taṃ chakarṣa jagarjacha ।
karṣatastu karaṃ dēvī khaḍgēna nirakṛntata ॥32॥

tatō mahāsurō bhūyō māhiṣaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ।
tathaiva kṣōbhayāmāsa trailōkyaṃ sacharācharam ॥33॥

tataḥ kruddhā jaganmātā chaṇḍikā pāna muttamam।
papau punaḥ punaśchaiva jahāsāruṇalōchanā ॥34॥

nanarda chāsuraḥ sō’pi balavīryamadōddhataḥ।
viṣāṇābhyāṃ cha chikṣēpa chaṇḍikāṃ pratibhūdharān॥35॥

sā cha tā nprahitāṃ stēna chūrṇayantī śarōtkaraiḥ।
uvācha taṃ madōddhūtamukharāgākulākṣaram ॥36॥

dēvyu​​uvācha॥

garja garja kṣaṇaṃ mūḍha madhu yāvatpibāmyaham।
mayātvayi hatē’traiva garjiṣyantyāśu dēvatāḥ ॥37॥

ṛṣiruvācha॥

ēvamuktvā samutpatya sārūḍhā taṃ mahāsuram।
pādēnā kramya kaṇṭhē cha śūlēnaina matāḍayat ॥38॥

tataḥ sō’pi padākrāntastayā nijamukhāttataḥ।
ardha niṣkrānta ēvāsīddēvyā vīryēṇa saṃvṛtaḥ ॥40॥

ardha niṣkrānta ēvāsau yudhyamānō mahāsuraḥ ।
tayā mahāsinā dēvyā śiraśChittvā nipātitaḥ ॥41॥

tatō hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ daityasainyaṃ nanāśa tat।
praharṣaṃ cha paraṃ jagmuḥ sakalā dēvatāgaṇāḥ ॥42॥

tuṣṭu vustāṃ surā dēvīṃ sahadivyairmaharṣibhiḥ।
jagurgundharvapatayō nanṛtuśchāpsarōgaṇāḥ ॥43॥

॥ iti śrī mārkaṇḍēya purāṇē sāvarnikē manvantarē dēvi mahatmyē mahiṣāsuravadhō nāma tṛtīyō’dhyāyaṃ samāptam ॥3॥

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