Vayu Purana

सर्वे ते ह्यागतज्ञाना वीतरागा विमत्सराः। तेष्वेवं निरपेक्ष्येषु लोकवृत्तानुकारणात्

All of them, having attained knowledge, are free from passion and envy; since they are so detached, they do not follow worldly ways.

हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् परमेष्ठी ह्यचिन्तयत्। तस्य रोषात्समुत्पन्नः पुरुषोऽर्क्कसमद्युतिः। अर्द्धनारीनरवपुस्तेजसा ज्वलनोपमः

The blessed Hiraṇyagarbha, the supreme lord, reflected; from his anger arose a being with the brilliance of the sun, half-male and half-female in form, blazing like fire.

सर्वं तेजोमयं जातमादित्यसमतेजसम्। विभजात्मानमित्युक्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Everything became filled with radiance, equal in splendor to the sun; saying, 'Divide yourself,' he vanished right there.

एवमुक्त्वा द्विधाभूतः पृथक् स्त्री पुरुषः पृथक्। स चैकादशधा जज्ञे अर्द्धमात्मानमीश्वरः ॥१.९.

Having spoken thus, that being became two: separately female and separately male; and the lord generated himself in eleven forms from half of himself.

तेनोक्तास्ते महात्मानः सर्व एव महात्मना। जगतो बहुलीभावमधिकृत्य हितैषिणः

He addressed those great souls, all of them, with his own greatness, desiring the increase of the world and wishing for its welfare.

लोकवृत्तान्तहेतोर्हि प्रयतध्वमतन्द्रिताः। विश्वं विश्वस्य लोकस्य स्थापनाय हिताय च

For the sake of the world's affairs, strive diligently and without fatigue, for the establishment and welfare of the entire universe and all its beings.

एवमुक्तास्तु रुरुदुर्दुद्रुवुश्च समन्ततः। रोदनाद्द्रावणाच्चैव रुद्रा नाम्नेतिविश्रुताः

Thus addressed, they cried and ran in all directions; because of their weeping and running, they became widely known by the name 'Rudras.'

यैर्हि व्याप्तमिदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। तेषामनुचरा लोके सर्वलोकपरायणाः

By them, this entire threefold world, with all that moves and does not move, is pervaded; their attendants in the world are devoted to all beings.

नैकनागा युतबला विक्रान्ताशचव गणेश्वराः। तत्र या सा महाभागा शंकरस्यार्द्धकायिनी

Mighty, powerful, and lords of hosts, endowed with countless serpent-armies; among them, she who is most blessed is the one who shares half the body of Śaṅkara.

प्रागुक्ता तु मया तुभ्यं स्त्री स्वयंभोर्मुखोद्गता। कायार्द्धं दक्षिणन्तस्याः शुक्लं वामं तथाऽसितम्

She, previously mentioned by me to you, is the woman who arose from the mouth of the self-born; her right half is white, and her left half is dark.

आत्मानं विभजस्वेति सोक्ता देवी स्वयंभुवा। सा तु प्रोक्ता द्विधाभूता शूक्ला कृष्णा च वै द्विजाः। तस्या नामानि वक्ष्यामि श्रृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः

Told by the self-born, 'Divide yourself,' the goddess did so; thus she became two: one white and one black, O twice-born. I shall now tell you her names—listen attentively.

स्वाहा स्वधा महाविद्या मेधा लक्ष्मीः सरस्वती। अपर्णा चैकपर्णा च तथा स्यादेव पाटला

Svāhā, Svadhā, Mahāvidyā, Medhā, Lakṣmī, Sarasvatī, Aparṇā, Ekaparṇā, and also Pāṭalā.

उमा हैमवती षष्ठी कल्याणी चैव नामतः। ख्यातिः प्रज्ञा महाभागा लोके गौरीति विश्रुता

Umā, Haimavatī, Ṣaṣṭhī, and Kalyāṇī by name; Khyāti, Prajñā, the greatly fortunate one, and in the world she is renowned as Gaurī.

विश्वरूपमथार्यायाः पृथग्देहविभावनात्। श्रृणु संक्षेपतस्तस्या यथावदनुपूर्वशः ॥१.९.

Now, because of the various divisions of the body of that noble one of universal form, hear in brief, and in due order, about her.

प्रकृतिर्नियता रौद्री दुर्गा भद्रा प्रमाथिनी। कालरात्रिर्महामाया रेवती भुतनायिका

She is Prakṛti, Niyatā, Raudrī, Durgā, Bhadrā, Pramāthinī, Kālarātrī, Mahāmāyā, Revatī, and the leader of beings.

द्वापरान्तविकारेषु देव्या नामानि मे श्रृणु। गौतमी कौशिकी आर्या चण्डी कात्यायनी सती

In the transformations at the end of Dvāpara, listen to my names, O Goddess: Gautamī, Kauśikī, Āryā, Caṇḍī, Kātyāyanī, and Satī.

कुमारी यादवी देवी वरदा कृष्णपिङ्गला। बर्हिर्ध्वजा शूलधरा परमब्रह्मचारिणी

Kumārī, Yādavī, Devī, Varadā, Kṛṣṇapiṅgalā, Barhirdhvajā, Śūladharā, and Paramabrahmacāriṇī.

माहेन्द्री चेन्द्रभगिनी वृषकन्यैकवाससी। अपराजिता बहुभुजा प्रगल्भा सिंहवाहिनी

Māhendrī, Indra's sister, Vṛṣakanyā, Ekavāsasī, Aparājitā, Bahubhujā, Pragalbhā, and Siṃhavāhinī.

एकानसा दैत्यहनी माया महिषमर्द्दिनी। अमोघा विन्ध्यनिलया विक्रान्ता गणनायिका

Ekānasā, Slayer of Daityas, Māyā, Mahiṣamardinī, Amoghā, Vindhyanilayā, Vikrāntā, and Gaṇanāyikā.

देवीनामविकाराणि इत्येतानि यथाक्रमम्। भद्रकाल्यास्तवोक्तानि देव्या नामानि तत्त्वतः

These, in order, are the unchanging names of the Goddess, as declared in the hymn to Bhadrakālī, the true names of the Goddess.

ये पठन्ति नरास्तेषां विद्यते न पराभवः। अरण्ये प्रान्तरे वापि पुरे वापि गृहेऽपि वा

Those men who recite these have no defeat, whether in the forest, at the edge of the wilderness, in the city, or even at home.

रक्षामेतां प्रयुञ्जीत जले वापि स्थलेऽपि वा। व्याध्रकुम्भीरचौरेभ्यो भूतस्थाने विशेषतः। आधिष्वपि च सर्वासु देव्या नामानि कीर्त्तयेत्

One should apply this protection in water or on land, especially against tigers, crocodiles, thieves, and in haunted places; in all afflictions, one should recite the names of the Goddess.

अर्भकग्रहभूतैश्च पूतनामातृभिः सदा। अभ्यर्दितानां बालानां रक्षामेतां प्रयोजयेत्

For children afflicted by spirits, demons, or the mothers Pūtanā and others, one should always employ this protection.

महादेवी कुले द्वे तु प्रज्ञा श्रीश्च प्रकीर्त्त्यते। आभ्यां देवीसहस्राणि यैर्व्याप्तमखिलं जगत् ॥१.९.

In the lineage of the Great Goddess, two are renowned: Wisdom and Prosperity; by these, thousands of goddesses pervade the entire world.

साऽसृजद् व्यवसायन्तु धर्मं भूतसुखावहम्। सङ्कल्पञ्चैव कल्पादौ जज्ञिरेऽव्यक्तयोनितः

She created resolve and dharma, which brings happiness to beings; and at the beginning of the kalpa, intention was born from the Unmanifest Source.

मानसश्च रुचिर्न्नाम विज्ञेयो ब्रह्मणः सुतः। प्राणात् स्वादसृजद्दक्षञ्चक्षुर्भ्याञ्च मरीचिकम्

And the mind-born son named Ruci is to be known as the son of Brahmā; from breath he created Dakṣa, and from the eyes, Marīci.

भृगुस्तु हृदयाज्जज्ञे ऋषिः सलिलजन्मनः। शिरसोऽङ्गिरसञ्चैव श्रोत्रादत्रिन्तथैव च

Bhṛgu, the sage born of water, was born from the heart; from the head, Aṅgiras, and from the ears, Atri likewise.

पुलस्त्यञ्च तथोदानाद्य्वानाच्च पुलहं पुनः। समानजं वसिष्ठन्तु अपानान्निर्ममे क्रतुम्

Pulastya was born from the outgoing breath, and from the vital wind, Pulaha again; Vasiṣṭha was born from the equalizing breath, and from the downward breath, Kratu.

अभिमानात्मकं भद्रं निर्ममे नीललोहितम्। इत्येते ब्रह्मणः पुत्राः प्राणजा द्वादश स्मृताः

He created Bhadra, of the nature of ego, and Nīlalohita; thus these twelve, born of breath, are remembered as the sons of Brahmā.