Agni Purana

शूलर्ष्टिधारी दक्षे च गदाचक्रधरो पदे। रुद्रकेशवलक्ष्माङ्गो गौरीलक्ष्मीसमन्वितः

On the right, holding spear and lance, and in the foot, mace and discus; with Rudra's hair and Lakṣmī's marks, accompanied by Gaurī and Lakṣmī.

शङ्खचक्रगदावेदपाणिश्चाश्वशिरा हरिः। वामपादो धृतः शेषे दक्षिणः कूर्म्मपृष्ठगः

Hari holds conch, discus, mace, and Vedas in his hands, with a horse's head; his left foot is supported by Śeṣa, and the right by the back of a tortoise.

दत्तात्रेयो द्विबाहुः स्याद्वामोत्सङ्गे श्रिया सह। विष्वक्‌सेनश्चक्रगदी हली शङ्खी हरेर्गणः

Dattātreya is two-armed, with Śrī in his left lap; Viṣvaksena holds discus, mace, plough, and conch, as a member of Hari's retinue.

भगवानुवाच चण्डी विंशतिबाहुः स्याद्‌बिभ्रती दक्षिणैः करः। शूलासिशक्तिचक्राणि पाशं खेटायुधाभयम्

The Blessed Lord said: Caṇḍī shall be depicted with twenty arms, holding in her right hands a trident, sword, spear, discus, noose, shield, weapon, and the gesture of fearlessness.

डमरुं शक्तिकां वामैर्न्नागपाशञ्च खेटकम्। कुठाराङ्कुशचापांश्च घण्टाध्वजगदांस्तथा

In her left hands she holds a drum, a dart, a serpent-noose, a shield, an axe, a goad, a bow, a bell, a banner, and a mace.

आदर्शमुद्‌गरान् हस्तैश्चण्डी वा दशबाहुका। तदधो महिषश्छिन्नमूर्द्धा पातितमस्तकः

Caṇḍī, with ten arms, is also shown holding a mirror and a mallet; below her, the buffalo demon lies with his head severed, his head fallen.

शस्त्रोद्यतकरः क्रुद्धस्तद्‌ग्रीवासम्भवः पुमान्। शूलहस्तो वमद्रक्तो रक्तस्रङ्‌मूर्द्धजेक्षणः

A furious man, weapon raised, emerges from the demon's neck; he holds a trident, blood streaming, with blood-red garland, hair, and eyes.

सिहेनास्वाद्यमानस्तु पाशबद्धो गले भृशम्। याम्याङ्घ्न्याक्रान्तसिहा च सव्याङघ्निर्नीचगासुरे

The buffalo is being devoured by a lion, tightly bound at the neck by a noose; the lion is trampled by Yāmyā's left foot, and the demon lies low.

चण्डिकेयं त्रिनेत्रा च सशस्त्रा रिपुमर्द्दनी। नवपद्मात्मके स्थाने पूज्या दुर्गा स्वमूर्त्तितः

This Caṇḍikā, three-eyed and armed, destroyer of enemies, is to be worshipped in her own form at the place of the nine-petaled lotus, as Durgā.

आदौ मध्ये तथेन्द्रादौ नवतत्त्वात्मभिः क्रमात्। अष्टादशभुजैका तु दक्षे मुण्डं च खेटकम्

At the beginning, in the middle, and at the head of Indra and others, in order, with the nine principles; the one with eighteen arms on the right holds a head and a shield.

आदर्शतर्जनीचापं ध्वजं डमरुकं तथा। पाशं वामे बिभ्रती च शक्तिमुद्गरशूलकम्

She holds a mirror, a threatening finger, a bow, a banner, a drum, a noose in her left, and a spear, mallet, and trident.

वज्रखड्‌गाङ्कुशशरान् चक्रन्देवी शलाकया। एतैरेवायुधैर्युक्ता शेषाः षोडशबाहुकाः

The goddess is furnished with a thunderbolt, sword, goad, arrows, discus, and a rod; with these weapons, the remaining forms have sixteen arms.

डमरुं तर्जनीं त्यक्त्वा रुद्रचण्डादयो नव। रुद्रचण्डा प्रचण्डा च चण्डोग्रा चण्डनायिका

Setting aside the drum and the threatening finger, Rudra-Caṇḍā and others, nine in number, are Rudra-Caṇḍā, Pracaṇḍā, Caṇḍogrā, Caṇḍanāyikā,

चण्डा चण्डवती चैव चण्डरूपातिचण्डिका। उग्रचण्डा च मध्यस्था रोचनाभारुणासिता

Caṇḍā, Caṇḍavatī, Caṇḍarūpā, Aticaṇḍikā, Ugracaṇḍā, and in the middle, Rocanā, Bhāruṇī, and Asitā.

नीला शुक्ला धूम्रिका च पीता श्वेता चसिहगाः। महीषोथ पुमान् शस्त्री तत्‌कचग्रहमुष्टिकाः

Nīlā, Śuklā, Dhūmrikā, Pītā, Śvetā, and the lion-riders; the buffalo and the armed man grasp the demon's hair and fist.

आलीढा नव दुर्गाः स्युः स्थाप्याः पुत्रादिवृद्धये। तथा गौरी चण्डिकाद्या कुण्ढ्यक्षररदाग्निधृक्

The nine Durgās, standing in the ālīḍha posture, are to be installed for the increase of sons and prosperity; likewise Gaurī and Caṇḍikā and others, holding a pot, a rosary, and fire.

सैव स्म्भा वने सिद्धाऽग्निहीना ललिता तथा। स्कन्धमूर्द्धकरा वामे द्वितीये धृतदर्प्पणा

She herself, accomplished in the forest, is Lalitā without fire; on the left, with her hand on her shoulder, in the second, holding a mirror.

याम्ये फलाञ्जलिहस्ता सौभाग्या तत्र चोर्ध्विका। लक्ष्मीर्याम्यकराम्भोजा वामे श्रीफलसंयुता

In the southern direction, with hands joined holding fruit, is Saubhāgyā, and above her is Lakṣmī, with a lotus in her southern hand and fruit in her left.

पुस्ताक्षमालिकाहस्ता वीणाहस्ता सरस्वती। हुम्भाब्जहस्ता श्वेताभा मकरोपरि जाह्नवी

Sarasvatī holds a book and a rosary, and a vīṇā; Śvetā, shining white, holds a lotus and sits upon a makara as Jāhnavī.

कूर्म्मगा यमुना कुम्भकरा श्यामा च पूज्यते। सवीणस्तुम्बुरुः शुक्लः शूली मात्रग्रतो वृषे

Yamunā, dark, sits on a tortoise, holding a pot; Tumburu, fair, holds a vīṇā; the trident-bearer stands before the Mother, mounted on a bull.

गौरी चतुर्मुखी ब्राह्मी अक्षमालासुरान्विता। कुण्डक्षपात्रिणी वामे हंसगा शाङ्करी सिता

Gaurī, four-faced as Brāhmī, holds a rosary and a demon; Kuṇḍakṣapātriṇī, white, rides a swan as Śāṅkarī.

शरचापौ दक्षिणेऽस्यावामे चक्रं धनुर्वृषे। कौमारी शिखिगा रक्ता शक्तिहस्ता द्विबाहुका

In her right hands are a bow and arrow of autumn hue; in her left, a discus and a bull-shaped bow. Kumari, adorned with peacock feathers, red in color, holds a spear and has two arms.

चक्रशङ्खधरा सव्ये वामे लक्ष्मीर्गदाव्जधृक्। दण्डशङ्खासि गदया वाराही महिषस्थिता

On the left, Lakshmi holds a discus and conch, and a mace in her hand; Varahi, standing on a buffalo, holds a staff, conch, sword, and mace.

ऐन्द्री वामे वज्रहस्ता सहस्राक्षी तु सिद्धये। चामुण्डा कोटरक्षीस्यान्निर्म्मंसा तु त्रिलोचना

Aindri, on the left, holds a thunderbolt and is thousand-eyed for accomplishment; Camunda, with sunken eyes, fleshless, and three-eyed.

निर्म्मांसा अस्थिसारा वा ऊर्ध्वकेशी कृशोदरी। द्वीपिचर्म्मधरावामे कपालं पट्टिशङ्करे

Fleshless, with only bones remaining, hair standing upwards, with a thin belly; on the left, wearing a tiger skin, she holds a skull and a sword.

शूलं कर्त्री दक्षिणेऽस्याः शवारूढास्थिभूषणा। विनायको नराकारो बृहत्‌कुक्षिर्गजाननः

In her right hand is a trident and a knife; she rides a corpse and is adorned with bones. Vinayaka, in human form, has a large belly and an elephant face.

बृहच्छुण्डो ह्युपवीती मुखं सप्तकलं भवेत्। विस्ताराद्दैर्घ्यतश्चैव शुण्डं षट्‌त्रिशदङ्गुलम्

With a large trunk, wearing a sacred thread, her face is seven digits wide; the trunk measures thirty-six fingers in breadth and length.

कला द्वादश नाडी तु ग्रीवा सार्द्धकलोच्छिता। षट्‌त्रिंशदङ्गुलं कण्ठं गुह्यमध्यर्द्धमङ्गुलम्

Twelve digits is the measure of a kala; the neck, with a vein and half a kala, is thirty-six fingers long; the secret part is one and a half fingers.

नाभिरूरू द्वादशञ्च जङ्घे पादे तु दक्षिणे। स्वदन्तं परशुं वामे लड्डुकञ्चोत्पलं शये

The navel and thighs are each twelve fingers; the shanks and right foot likewise. In the right hand, a tooth; in the left, an axe, a sweet ball, or a blue lotus.