अहल्या गौतमस्त्री साप्यनसूयात्रिकामिनी । देवहूतिः कर्दमस्य प्रसूतिर्दक्षकामिनी
Ahalyā is the wife of Gautama, Anasūyā is the beloved of Atri; Devahūti is the wife of Kardama, Prasūti is the beloved of Dakṣa.
पितॄणां मानसी कन्या मेनका साम्बिकाप्रसूः । लोपामुद्रा तथा कुन्ती कुबेरकामिनी तथा
The mind-born daughter of the ancestors is Menakā, the offspring of Ambikā; Lopāmudrā, Kuntī, and also the beloved of Kubera.
वरुणानी प्रसिद्धा च बलेर्विन्ध्यावलिस्तथा । कान्ता च दमयन्ती च यशोदा देवकी तथा
Varuṇānī is renowned, as is Vindhyāvalī, the wife of Bali; also the beloved Damayantī, Yaśodā, and Devakī.
गान्धारी द्रौपदी शैव्या सा च सत्यवती प्रिया । वृषभानुप्रिया साध्वी राधामाता कुलोद्वहा
Gāndhārī, Draupadī, Śaivyā, and the dear Satyavatī; the virtuous Vṛṣabhānu's beloved, Rādhā's mother, the upholder of her lineage.
मन्दोदरी च कौसल्या सुभद्रा कौरवी तथा । रेवती सत्यभामा च कालिन्दी लक्ष्मणा तथा
Mandodarī, Kausalyā, Subhadrā, and the Kaurava princess; Revatī, Satyabhāmā, Kālindī, and Lakṣmaṇā as well.
जाम्बवती नाग्नजितिर्मित्रविन्दा तथापरा । लक्ष्मणा रुक्मिणी सीता स्वयं लक्ष्मीः प्रकीर्तिता
Jāmbavatī, Nāgnajitī, Mitravindā, and another; Lakṣmaṇā, Rukmiṇī, Sītā—who herself is called Lakṣmī.
काली योजनगन्धा च व्यासमाता महासती । बाणपुत्री तथोषा च चित्रलेखा च तत्सखी
Kālī, Yojanagandhā, Vyāsa's mother, the great and virtuous one; Bāṇa's daughter Uṣā, and her friend Citralekhā.
प्रभावती भानुमती तथा मायावती सती । रेणुका च भृगोर्माता राममाता च रोहिणी
Prabhāvatī, Bhānumatī, and the faithful Māyāvatī; Reṇukā, mother of Bhṛgu, and Rohiṇī, mother of Rāma.
एकनन्दा च दुर्गा सा श्रीकृष्णभगिनी सती । बह्व्यः सत्यः कलाश्चैव प्रकृतेरेव भारते
Ekanandā, Durgā, and the virtuous sister of Śrī Kṛṣṇa; many true and partial manifestations as well, all from Prakṛti in Bhārata.
या याश्च ग्रामदेव्यः स्युस्ताः सर्वाः प्रकृतेः कलाः । कलांशांशसमुद्भूताः प्रतिविश्वेषु योषितः
And all the village goddesses—these are all aspects of Prakṛti; women in every world arise from portions and sub-portions of her.
योषितामवमानेन प्रकृतेश्च पराभवः । ब्राह्मणी पूजिता येन पतिपुत्रवती सती
By disrespecting women, there is defeat of Prakṛti; the Brāhmaṇī who is honored becomes a chaste wife with husband and sons.
प्रकृतिः पूजिता तेन वस्त्रालङ्कारचन्दनैः । कुमारी चाष्टवर्षीया वस्त्रालङ्कारचन्दनैः
Prakṛti is worshipped by him with garments, ornaments, and sandal paste; and so is the maiden of eight years, with garments, ornaments, and sandal paste.
पूजिता येन विप्रस्य प्रकृतिस्तेन पूजिता । सर्वाः प्रकृतिसम्भूता उत्तमाधममध्यमाः
Whoever worships her in the form of a maiden thus worships Prakṛti; all women, whether superior, inferior, or middling, are born from Prakṛti.
सत्त्वांशाश्चोत्तमा ज्ञेयाः सुशीलाश्च पतिव्रताः । मध्यमा रजसश्चांशास्ताश्च भोग्याः प्रकीर्तिताः
Those of the highest quality are to be known as virtuous and devoted to their husbands; the middling, born of rajas, are said to be for enjoyment.
सुखसम्भोगवश्याश्च स्वकार्ये तत्पराः सदा । अधमास्तमसश्चांशा अज्ञातकुलसम्भवाः
They are always eager for pleasure and devoted to their own affairs; the lowest, born of tamas, are of unknown lineage.
दुर्मुखाः कुलहा धूर्ताः स्वतन्त्राः कलहप्रियाः । पृथिव्यां कुलटा याश्च स्वर्गे चाप्सरसां गणाः
They are ill-spoken, destroyers of families, deceitful, independent, and fond of quarrels; on earth they are called wanton women, and in heaven, the groups of apsarases.
प्रकृतेस्तमसश्चांशाः पुंश्चल्यः परिकीर्तिताः । एवं निगदितं सर्वं प्रकृते रूपवर्णनम्
These are said to be the women arising from the portion of tamas in Prakṛti; thus the forms and types of Prakṛti have all been described.
ताः सर्वाः पूजिताः पृथ्व्यां पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । पूजिता सुरथेनादौ दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी
All these are worshipped on earth, especially in the sacred land of Bhārata; first worshipped by Suratha, Durgā, the remover of distress.
ततः श्रीरामचन्द्रेण रावणस्य वधार्थिना । तत्पश्चाज्जगतां माता त्रिषु लोकेषु पूजिता
Then by Śrī Rāma Candra, who sought the destruction of Rāvaṇa; thereafter, the Mother of the worlds was worshipped in the three realms.
जाताऽऽदौ दक्षकन्या या निहत्य दैत्यदानवान् । ततो देहं परित्यज्य यज्ञे भर्तुश्च निन्दया
At first, she was born as Dakṣa's daughter, who slew the daityas and dānavas; then, abandoning her body in the sacrifice due to her husband's insult.
जज्ञे हिमवतः पत्न्यां लेभे पशुपतिं पतिम् । गणेशश्च स्वयं कृष्णः स्कन्दो विष्णुकलोद्भवः
Born from the wife of Himavat, she obtained Paśupati as her husband; Ganesha was born himself, and Skanda arose as a portion of Vishnu.
बभूवतुस्तौ तनयौ पश्चात्तस्याश्च नारद । लक्ष्मीर्मङ्गलभूपेन प्रथमं परिपूजिता
Those two became her sons thereafter, O Narada; first, Lakshmi was worshipped by Maṅgala, the lord of auspiciousness.
त्रिषु लोकेषु तत्पश्चाद्देवतामुनिमानवैः । सावित्री चाश्वपतिना प्रथमं परिपूजिता
After that, in the three worlds, she was worshipped by the gods, sages, and humans; Sāvitrī too was first worshipped by the lord of horses.
तत्पश्चात्त्रिषु लोकेषु देवतामुनिपुङ्गवैः । आदौ सरस्वती देवी ब्रह्मणा परिपूजिता
Then, in the three worlds, by the foremost among gods and sages, the goddess Sarasvatī was first worshipped by Brahmā.
तत्पश्चात्त्रिषु लोकेषु देवतामुनिपुङ्गवैः । प्रथमं पूजिता राधा गोलोके रासमण्डले
After that, in the three worlds, by the foremost among gods and sages, Rādhā was first worshipped in Goloka, in the circle of the Rāsa dance.
पौर्णमास्यां कार्तिकस्य कृष्णेन परमात्मना । गोपिकाभिश्च गोपैश्च बालिकाभिश्च बालकैः
On the full moon of Kārtika, by Krishna, the Supreme Self, together with the cowherd women, cowherds, girls, and boys.
गवां गणैः सुरभ्या च तत्पश्चादाज्ञया हरेः । तदा ब्रह्मादिभिर्देवैर्मुनिभिः परया मुदा
By the herds of cows and Surabhi as well, then by the command of Hari; at that time, by Brahmā and other gods, and by sages, with great joy.
पुष्पधूपादिभिर्भक्त्या पूजिता वन्दिता सदा । पृथिव्यां प्रथमं देवी सुयज्ञेनैव पूजिता
She was always worshipped and honored with devotion, with flowers, incense, and the like; on earth, the goddess was first worshipped by Suyajña.
शङ्करेणोपदिष्टेन पुण्यक्षेत्रे च भारते । त्रिषु लोकेषु तत्पश्चादाज्ञया परमात्मनः
As instructed by Śaṅkara, in the holy land of Bhārata; then, in the three worlds, by the command of the Supreme Self.
पुष्पधूपादिभिर्भक्त्या पूजिता मुनिभिः सदा । कला या याः समुद्भूता पूजितास्ताश्च भारते
She was always worshipped by sages with devotion, with flowers, incense, and the like; and all the manifestations that arose were worshipped in Bhārata.