Varaha Purana

तया विमोहिता देवाः सर्वे निद्रा तु लेभिरे

By that, all the gods were bewildered and fell into sleep.

तया तु ताडितस्यास्य दैत्यस्य शुभलोचने

By that, the demon with auspicious eyes was struck.

रुस्तु दानवेन्द्रस्य चर्ममुण्डे क्षणाद्यतः

At that moment, the skin and head of the lord of the Danavas were torn.

वाश्च सर्व सम्पन्न युयुधुनिच ३३ सर्वभूतमहारौद्री या देवी परमेश्वरी

All were fully equipped and fought; the supreme goddess, fierce among all beings.

तस्या अनुचरा देव्यो बढ्योऽसंख्यात कोटयः

Her attendant goddesses were countless, numbering in crores.

याचयामासुरव्यग्रास्तास्तां देवीं बुभुक्षिताः

Those restless, hungry goddesses begged her for food.

एवमुक्ता तदा देवी दध्या तासां तु भोजनम्

Thus addressed, the goddess then gave them food.

ततो दध्यो महादेवं रुद्रं पशुपतिं विभुम् । सोऽपि ध्यानात्समुत्तस्थौ परमात्मा त्रिलोचनः

Then Dadhya meditated upon Mahadeva, Rudra, the lord of creatures, the glorious one; and he, the supreme soul, three-eyed, arose from meditation.

देव्युवाच बलात्कुर्वन्ति मामेता भक्षार्थिन्यो मः बलाः

The goddess spoke: These powerful ones force me, desiring to eat.

अन्यथा मामपि बलाद्भक्ष्यायष्यन्ति ताः प्रभो एतासां शृणु देवेश भक्ष्यमेकं मयोदितम्

Otherwise, O Lord, they will forcibly eat me as well. Hear from me, O Lord of gods, the one food I declare for them.

कथ्य मानं वरारोहे कालरात्रे महाप्रभे

O beautiful one, tell me, O great lord Kalaratri.

परिधत्ते स्पृशेचापि पुरुषस्य विशेषतः

Let them especially touch or cover a man.

अन्याः सुतिगृहे च्छिद्रं गृह्णीयुस्तत्र पूजिताः

Let others, when worshipped, seize a breach in the house of childbirth.

गृहे क्षेत्रे तडागेषु वाप्युद्यानेषु चैव हि

In houses, fields, ponds, reservoirs, and gardens as well.

तासां शरीराण्याविश्य कचित्तृप्तिमवाप्स्यथ

Entering their bodies, you will attain some satisfaction.

मनोजवे जये जृम्भे भीमाक्ष क्षुभितक्षये

In speed of mind, victory, expansion, fierce-eyed agitation and destruction.

विकराले महाकालि कालिके पापहारिणि । पाशहस्ते दण्डहस्ते भीमरूपे भयानके

O fierce one, great Kāli, Kālikā, destroyer of sin; holding a noose, holding a staff, in a terrifying and dreadful form.

चामुण्डे ज्वमानास्ये तीक्ष्णदेष्टे महाबले

O Cāmuṇḍā, with flaming mouth, sharp teeth, and immense strength.

तुतोष परमा देवी वाक्यं चेद मुवाच ह । वरं वृणीष्व देवेश यत्ते मनास वर्तते

The supreme goddess was pleased and spoke these words: 'Choose a boon, O lord of gods, whatever is in your mind.'

रुद्र उवाच तेषां त्वं वरदा देवि भव सर्वगता सती

Rudra said: 'O goddess, be the bestower of boons to them, ever-present everywhere.'

यथेमं त्रिःप्रकारे तु देवि भक्त्या समान्यतः

Just as this, in threefold manner, O goddess, has been attained through devotion.

य एतां वेद वै देच्या उत्पत्ति त्रिविधां वरम्

Whoever knows this threefold origin of the goddess, indeed attains the boon.

भ्रष्टराज्यो यदा राजा नवम्यां नियतः शुचिः

When a king, deprived of his kingdom, observes the ninth day with purity and discipline,

संवत्सरेण लभते राज्यं निष्कण्टकं नृपः

Within a year, the king regains a kingdom free from obstacles.

एषा श्वेता परा सृष्टिः सात्त्विकी ब्रह्मसंस्थिता

This is the supreme white creation, sattvic, established in Brahman.

एषैत्र कृष्णा तमसि रौद्री देवी प्रकीर्तिता

This here is the black, tamasic, fierce goddess, so proclaimed.

प्रयोजनक्शाच्छक्तिरेकैव त्रिविधाऽभवत्

For the sake of purpose, the one power became threefold.

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः परं निर्वाणमाप्नुयात्

Freed from all sin, one attains the supreme liberation.

न तस्याग्निभयं घारं सर्पचौरादिनं भवेत्

He has no fear of fire, slaughter, serpents, thieves, or similar dangers.