खड्गचक्रगदाबाणचापानि परिघं तथा । शूलं भुशुण्डीं च शिरः शङ्खं सन्दधतीं करैः
With her hands holding a sword, discus, mace, arrow, bow, iron club, trident, skull-club, a severed head, and conch, she is to be visualized.
महाकालीं त्रिनयनां नानाभूषणभूषिताम् । नीलाञ्जनसमप्रख्यां दशपादाननां भजे
I adore Mahakali, three-eyed, adorned with various ornaments, her complexion like dark collyrium, possessing ten arms and faces.
मधुकैटभनाशार्थं यां तुष्टावाम्बुजासनः । एवं ध्यायेन्महाकालीं कामबीजस्वरूपिणीम्
She whom the Lotus-seated praised for the destruction of Madhu and Kaitabha—thus should one meditate on Mahakali, whose form is the seed-syllable of desire.
अक्षमालां च परशुं गदेषुकुलिशानि च । पद्मं धनुष्कुण्डिकां च दण्डं शक्तिमसिं तथा
Holding a rosary, axe, mace, arrows, thunderbolt, lotus, bow, water-pot, staff, spear, and sword,
चर्माम्बुजं तथा घण्टां सुरापात्रं च शूलकम् । पाशं सुदर्शनं चैव दधतीमरुणप्रभाम्
Holding a shield, lotus, bell, wine-cup, trident, noose, and discus, she shines with a reddish radiance.
रक्ताम्बुजासनगतां मायाबीजस्वरूपिणीम् । महालक्ष्मीं भजेदेवं महिषासुरमर्दिनीम्
One should worship Mahalakshmi, seated on a red lotus, whose form is the seed-syllable of illusion, the slayer of Mahishasura.
घण्टाशूले हलं शङ्खं मुसलं च सुदर्शनम् । धनुर्बाणान् हस्तपद्मैर्दधानां कुन्दसन्निभाम्
Holding a bell, trident, plough, conch, pestle, discus, bow, and arrows in her lotus-like hands, she is radiant like jasmine.
शुम्भादिदैत्यसंहर्त्रीं वाणीबीजस्वरूपिणीम् । महासरस्वतीं ध्यायेत्सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहाम्
One should meditate on Mahasarasvati, the embodiment of existence, consciousness, and bliss, whose form is the seed-syllable of speech, the destroyer of demons like Shumbha.
यन्त्रमस्याः शृणु प्राज्ञ त्र्यस्रं षट्कोणसंयुतम् । ततोऽष्टदलपद्मं च चतुर्विंशतिपत्रकम्
Hear, O wise one, of her yantra: a triangle joined with a hexagon, then an eight-petaled lotus, and a circle of twenty-four petals.
भूगृहेण समायुक्तं यन्त्रमेवं विचिन्तयेत् । शालग्रामे घटे वापि यन्त्रे वा प्रतिमासु वा
One should contemplate this yantra, furnished with a square enclosure, whether in a shalagrama, a pot, a yantra, or an image.
बाणलिङ्गेऽथवा सूर्ये यजेद्देवीमनन्यधीः । जयादिशक्तिसंयुक्ते पीठे देवीं प्रपूजयेत्
Or in a bana-linga or on the sun, one should worship the Goddess with undistracted mind, on a seat joined with Jayadi-shaktis, offering full worship to the Goddess.
पूर्वकोणे सरस्वत्या सहितं पद्मजं यजेत् । श्रिया सह हरिं तत्र नैर्ऋते कोणके यजेत्
In the northeast corner, one should worship the Lotus-born with Sarasvati; there, Hari with Shri; in the southwest corner, worship them likewise.
पार्वत्या सहितं शम्भुं वायुकोणे समर्चयेत् । देव्या उत्तरतः पूज्यः सिंहो वामे महासुरम्
In the northwest, one should honor Shambhu with Parvati; to the north of the Goddess, the lion should be worshipped; to the left, the great demon.
महिषं पूजयेदन्ते षट्कोणेषु यजेत्क्रमात् । नन्दजां रक्तदन्तां च तथा शाकम्भरीं शिवाम्
At the end, one should worship Mahisha; in the six angles, worship in order Nandaja, Raktadanta, Shakambhari, and Shiva.
दुर्गां भीमां भ्रामरीं च ततो वसुदलेषु च । ब्राह्मीं माहेश्वरीं चैव कौमारीं वैष्णवीं तथा
Then, in the lotus petals, worship Durga, Bhima, and Bhramari; and in the outer petals, Brahmi, Maheshvari, Kaumari, and Vaishnavi.
वाराहीं नारसिंहीं च ऐन्द्रीं चामुण्डकां तथा । पूजयेच्च ततः पश्चात्तत्त्वपत्रेषु पूर्वतः
Then worship Varahi, Narasimhi, Aindri, and Camunda; and afterwards, in the tattva-petals to the east.
विष्णुमायां चेतनां च बुद्धिं निद्रां क्षुधां तथा । छायां शक्तिं परां तृष्णां शान्तिं जातिं च लज्जया
One should worship Vishnu's Maya, consciousness, intellect, sleep, hunger, shadow, power, supreme energy, thirst, peace, birth, and modesty.
क्षान्तिं श्रद्धां कीर्तिलक्ष्म्यौ धृतिं वृत्तिं श्रुतिं स्मृतिम् । दयां तुष्टिं ततः पुष्टिं मातृभ्रान्ती इति क्रमात्
Then patience, faith, fame, fortune, resolve, livelihood, hearing, memory, compassion, satisfaction, nourishment, and maternal delusion, in sequence.
ततो भूपुरकोणेषु गणेशं क्षेत्रपालकम् । वटुकं योगिनीश्चापि पूजयेन्मतिमान्नरः
After that, at the corners of the altar, a wise man should worship Ganesha, the guardian of the field, the boy deity, and the Yoginis.
इन्द्राद्यानपि तद्बाह्ये वज्राद्यायुधसंयुतान् । पूजयेदनया रीत्या देवीं सावरणां ततः
Outside of that, one should worship Indra and others, equipped with thunderbolt and other weapons, and then the goddess Savarna in the same manner.
राजोपचारान्विविधान्दद्यादम्बाप्रतुष्टये । ततो जपेन्नवार्णं च मन्त्रं मन्त्रार्थपूर्वकम्
To please the Mother, one should offer various royal honors; then recite the nine-letter mantra, preceded by its meaning.
ततः सप्तशतीस्तोत्रं देव्या अग्रे तु सम्पठेत् । नानेन सदृशं स्तोत्रं विद्यते भुवनत्रये
Then, in front of the goddess, one should recite the Seven Hundred Hymn; there is no other hymn like this in the three worlds.
ततश्चानेन देवेशीं तोषयेत् प्रत्यहं नरः । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणामालयं जायते नरः
Thus, by this, a man should daily please the goddess; he becomes the abode of righteousness, wealth, desire, and liberation.
इति ते कथितं विप्र श्रीदुर्गाया विधानकम् । कृतार्थता येन भवेत्तदेतत्कथितं तव
Thus, O Brahmin, the procedure for Sri Durga has been told to you; by this, one attains fulfillment—this has been declared to you.
सर्वे देवा हरिब्रह्मप्रमुखा मनवस्तथा । मुनयो ज्ञाननिष्ठाश्च योगिनश्चाश्रमास्तथा
All the gods, headed by Hari and Brahma, the Manus, sages established in knowledge, and yogis in their hermitages—
लक्ष्म्यादयस्तथा देव्यः सर्वे ध्यायन्ति तां शिवाम् । तदैव जन्मसाफल्यं दुर्गास्मरणमस्ति चेत्
And the goddesses, beginning with Lakshmi, all meditate upon that auspicious one; indeed, birth attains its purpose if there is remembrance of Durga.
चतुर्दशापि मनवो ध्यात्वा चरणपङ्कजम् । मनुत्वं प्राप्तवन्तश्च देवाः स्वं स्वं पदं तथा
All fourteen Manus, having meditated on her lotus feet, attained the status of Manu, and the gods their respective positions.
तदेतत्सर्वमाख्यातं रहस्यातिरहस्यकम् । प्रकृतीनां पञ्चकस्य तदंशानां च वर्णनम्
All this, most secret among secrets, has been narrated; the description of the fivefold natures and their portions.
श्रुत्वैतन्मनुजो नित्यं पुरुषार्थचतुष्टयम् । लभते नात्र सन्देहः सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
Hearing this daily, a man attains the four aims of life; there is no doubt in this—this is truth, truth, as I have spoken.
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं विद्यार्थी प्राप्नुयाच्च ताम् । यं यं कामं स्मरेद्वापि तं तं श्रुत्वा समाप्नुयात्
A childless man obtains a son, a seeker of knowledge attains it; whatever desire one remembers, that, upon hearing, is fulfilled.