सर्वबीजस्वरूपा च सर्वपूज्या निराश्रया 2.66.
You are the essence of all seeds, worthy of all worship, and independent of any support.
सर्वबुद्धिस्वरूपा च सर्वशक्तिस्वरूपिणी
You are the form of all intelligence and the embodiment of all powers.
त्वं स्वाहा देवदाने च पितृदाने स्वधा स्वयम्
You are Svaha in offerings to the gods, and you are Svadha in offerings to the ancestors.
निद्रा त्वं च दया त्वं च तृष्णा त्वं चात्मनः प्रिया
You are sleep, you are compassion, you are thirst, and you are the beloved of the self.
श्रद्धा पुष्टिश्च तन्द्रा च लज्जा शोभा दया तथा
You are faith, nourishment, drowsiness, modesty, beauty, and also kindness.
प्रीतिरूपा पुण्यवतां पापिनां कलहाङ्कुरा
You are affection among the virtuous and the seed of conflict among the wicked.
देवेभ्यः स्वपदो दात्री धातुर्धात्री कृपामयी
You are the giver of your own abode to the gods, the sustainer of the elements, and full of compassion.
योगिनिद्रा योगरूपा योगदात्री च योगिनाम्
You are yogic sleep, the form of yoga, and the bestower of yoga to yogis.
ब्रह्माणी माहेश्वरी च विष्णुमाया च वैष्णवी
You are Brahmāṇī, Māheśvarī, Viṣṇumāyā, and Vaiṣṇavī.
ग्रामे ग्रामे ग्रामदेवी गृहदेवी गृहे गृहे
In every village you are the village goddess, in every house you are the household deity.
महायुद्धे महामारी दुष्टसंहाररूपिणी 2.66.
In great battles and deadly plagues, you appear as the destroyer of the wicked.
वन्द्या पूज्या स्तुता त्वं च ब्रह्मादीनां च सर्वदा
You are always to be praised, worshipped, and honored by Brahmā and the others.
विद्या विद्यावतां त्वं च बुद्धिर्बुद्धिमतां सताम्
You are knowledge among the learned, and wisdom among the wise and the virtuous.
राज्ञां प्रतापरूपा च विशां वाणिज्यरूपिणी
You are valor among kings, and the form of commerce among people.
तथाऽन्ते त्वं महामारी विश्वे विश्वैश्च पूजिते
At the end, you are the great plague, worshipped by the world and all beings.
दुरत्यया मे माया त्वं यया संमोहितं जगत्
You are my unfathomable māyā, by whom the world is deluded.
इत्यात्मना कृतं स्तोत्रं दुर्गाया दुर्गनाशनम्
Thus, this hymn to Durgā, destroyer of difficulties, was composed by myself.
वन्ध्या च काकवन्ध्या च मृतवत्सा च दुर्भगा
A barren woman, one whose children die, or one who is unfortunate—
कारागारे महाघोरे यो बद्धो दृढबन्धने
Or one bound in prison, in terrible confinement—
यक्ष्मग्रस्तो गलत्कुष्ठी महाशूली महाज्वरी
One afflicted by consumption, with decaying leprosy, severe pain, or high fever—
पुत्रभेदे प्रजाभेदे पत्नीभेदे च दुर्गतः 2.66.
One suffering from the loss of children, family, wife, or who is destitute—
राजद्वारे श्मशाने च महारण्ये रणस्थले
At the king’s gate, in the cremation ground, in the great forest, or on the battlefield—
गृहदाहे च दावाग्नौ दस्युसैन्यसमन्विते
During a house fire, in a forest blaze, or surrounded by a band of robbers—
महादरिद्रो मूर्खश्च वर्षं स्तोत्रं पठेत्तु यः
Whoever is extremely poor or foolish and recites this hymn for a year—
इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे दुर्गोपाख्याने दुर्गास्तोत्रं नाम षट्षष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named 'The Hymn to Durgā,' in the section on Prakṛti, in the great Purāṇa Brahmavaivarta, in the dialogue between Nārada and Nārāyaṇa.
नारद उवाच ब्रह्माण्डमोहनं नाम प्रकृतेः कवचं वद
Nārada said: Tell me the armor of Prakṛti, called 'The Enchantment of the Universe.'
नारायण उवाच श्रीकृष्णेनैव कथितं कृपया ब्रह्मणे पुरा
Nārāyaṇa said: This was once compassionately spoken by Śrī Kṛṣṇa to Brahmā.
ब्रह्मणा कथितं सर्वं धर्मार्थं जाह्नवीतटे
All this, concerning righteousness and purpose, was told by Brahmā on the banks of the Jāhnavī.
त्रिपुरारिश्च यद्धृत्वा जघान त्रिपुरं पुरा जघान रक्तबीजं तं यत्कृत्वा भद्रकालिका
That by which Tripurāri once destroyed Tripura, and by which Bhadrakālikā slew Raktabīja—
यद्धृत्वा तु महेन्द्रश्च संप्राप कमलालयाम्
That by which even Mahendra attained the abode of Lakṣmī—