Markandeya Purana — Chapter 89
MkP 89.1
विचित्रमिदमाख्यातं भगवन् भवता मम । देव्याश्चरितमाहात्म्यं रक्तबीजवधाश्रितम्
vicitramidamākhyātaṃ bhagavan bhavatā mama / devyāścaritamāhātmyaṃ raktabījavadhāśritam
“Holy one, this wondrous account you have told me — the greatness of the Goddess's deeds, concerning the slaying of Raktabīja.
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MkP 89.2
भूयश्चेच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं रक्तबीजे निपातिते । चका शुम्भो यत्कर्म निशुम्भश्चातिकोपनः
bhūyaścecchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ raktabīje nipātite / cakā śumbho yatkarma niśumbhaścātikopanaḥ
And I wish to hear further what Śumbha did, and the exceedingly wrathful Niśumbha, once Raktabīja had been felled.”
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MkP 89.3
चकार कोपमतुलं रक्तबीजे निपातिते । शुम्भासुरो निशुम्भश्च हतेष्वन्येषु चाहवे
cakāra kopamatulaṃ raktabīje nipātite / śumbhāsuro niśumbhaśca hateṣvanyeṣu cāhave
When Raktabīja had been felled and the others slain in battle, the demon Śumbha and Niśumbha grew boundlessly angry.
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MkP 89.4
हन्यमानं महासैन्यं विलोक्यामर्षमुद्वहन् । अभ्यधावन्निशुम्भो ऽथ मुख्ययासुरसेनया
hanyamānaṃ mahāsainyaṃ vilokyāmarṣamudvahan / abhyadhāvanniśumbho 'tha mukhyayāsurasenayā
Seeing his great army being slaughtered, Niśumbha, filled with fury, then charged forward with the foremost demon host.
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MkP 89.5
तस्याग्रतस्तथा पृष्ठे पार्श्वयोश्च महासुराः । संदष्टौष्ठपुटाः क्रुद्धा हन्तुं देवीमुपाययुः
tasyāgratastathā pṛṣṭhe pārśvayośca mahāsurāḥ / saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭāḥ kruddhā hantuṃ devīmupāyayuḥ
In front of him, and behind, and on both flanks, the great demons, biting their lips in rage, advanced to kill the Goddess.
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MkP 89.6
आजगाम महावीर्यः शुम्भो ऽपि स्वबलैर्वृतः । निहन्तुं चण्डिकां कोपात्कृताव युद्धं तु मातृभिः
ājagāma mahāvīryaḥ śumbho 'pi svabalairvṛtaḥ / nihantuṃ caṇḍikāṃ kopātkṛtāva yuddhaṃ tu mātṛbhiḥ
Śumbha too, of great valour, came surrounded by his own forces, to slay Caṇḍikā in his anger; but he fought with the Mothers.
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MkP 89.7
ततो युद्धमतीवासीद्देव्या शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः । शरवर्षमतीवोग्रं मेघयोरिव वर्षतोः
tato yuddhamatīvāsīddevyā śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ / śaravarṣamatīvograṃ meghayoriva varṣatoḥ
Then there was a fierce fight between the Goddess and Śumbha and Niśumbha, an exceedingly terrible rain of arrows, as of two clouds pouring down.
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MkP 89.8
चिच्छेदास्ताञ्छरांस्ताभ्यां चण्डिका स्वशरोत्करैः । ताडयामास चाङ्गेषु शस्त्रौघैरसुरेश्वरौ
cicchedāstāñcharāṃstābhyāṃ caṇḍikā svaśarotkaraiḥ / tāḍayāmāsa cāṅgeṣu śastraughairasureśvarau
Caṇḍikā cut those arrows of theirs apart with masses of her own arrows, and struck the two demon lords on their limbs with floods of weapons.
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MkP 89.9
निशुम्भो निशितं खड्गं चर्म चादाय सुप्रभम् । अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम्
niśumbho niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ carma cādāya suprabham / atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam
Niśumbha, taking up a sharp sword and a brightly gleaming shield, struck the lion on the head, the Goddess's excellent mount.
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MkP 89.10
निशुम्भो निशितं खड्गं चर्म चादाय सुप्रभम् । अताडयन्मूर्ध्नि सिंहं देव्या वाहनमुत्तमम्
niśumbho niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ carma cādāya suprabham / atāḍayanmūrdhni siṃhaṃ devyā vāhanamuttamam
Niśumbha, taking up a sharp sword and a brightly gleaming shield, struck the lion on the head, the Goddess's excellent mount.
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MkP 89.11
छिन्ने चर्मणि खड्गे च शक्तिं चिक्षेप सो ऽसुरः । तामप्यस्य द्विधा चक्रे चक्रेणाभिमुखागताम्
chinne carmaṇi khaḍge ca śaktiṃ cikṣepa so 'suraḥ / tāmapyasya dvidhā cakre cakreṇābhimukhāgatām
When his shield and sword had been cut through, that demon hurled a spear; and that too, as it came straight at her, she made into two with her discus.
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MkP 89.12
कोपाध्मातो निशुम्भो ऽथ शूलं जग्राह दानवः । आयातं मुष्टिपातेन देवी तच्चाप्यचूर्णयत्
kopādhmāto niśumbho 'tha śūlaṃ jagrāha dānavaḥ / āyātaṃ muṣṭipātena devī taccāpyacūrṇayat
Then Niśumbha, the Dānava, swollen with rage, seized a trident; and as it came on, the Goddess pulverized that too with a blow of her fist.
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MkP 89.13
अथादाय गदां सो ऽपि चिक्षेप चण्डिकां प्रति । सापि देव्या त्रिशूलेन भिन्ना भस्मत्वमागता
athādāya gadāṃ so 'pi cikṣepa caṇḍikāṃ prati / sāpi devyā triśūlena bhinnā bhasmatvamāgatā
Then he took up a mace and flung it at Caṇḍikā; but that too, split by the Goddess's trident, was reduced to ashes.
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MkP 89.14
ततः परशुहस्तं तमायान्त दैत्यपुङ्गवम् । आहत्य देवी बाणौघैरपातयत भूतले
tataḥ paraśuhastaṃ tamāyānta daityapuṅgavam / āhatya devī bāṇaughairapātayata bhūtale
Then, as that bull among Daityas came on with an axe in his hand, the Goddess struck him with floods of arrows and brought him down to the ground.
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MkP 89.15
तस्मिन्निपतिते भूमौ निशुम्भे भीमविक्रमे । भ्रातर्यतीव संक्रुद्धः प्रययौ हन्तुमम्बिकाम्
tasminnipatite bhūmau niśumbhe bhīmavikrame / bhrātaryatīva saṃkruddhaḥ prayayau hantumambikām
When his brother Niśumbha of dreadful prowess had fallen to the earth, he (Śumbha), utterly enraged, advanced to kill Ambikā.
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MkP 89.16
स रथस्थस्तथात्युच्चैर्गृहीतपरमायुधैः । भुजैरष्टाभिरतुलैर्व्याप्याशेषं बभौ नभः
sa rathasthastathātyuccairgṛhītaparamāyudhaiḥ / bhujairaṣṭābhiratulairvyāpyāśeṣaṃ babhau nabhaḥ
Standing in his chariot, with his eight matchless and towering arms grasping the finest weapons, he shone, filling the whole sky.
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MkP 89.17
तमायान्तं समालोक्य देवी शङ्घमवादयत् । ज्याशब्दं चापि धनुषश्चकारातीव दुः सहम्
tamāyāntaṃ samālokya devī śaṅghamavādayat / jyāśabdaṃ cāpi dhanuṣaścakārātīva duḥ saham
Seeing him coming, the Goddess sounded her conch, and made too with her bow a twanging of the string that was utterly unbearable.
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MkP 89.18
पूरयामास ककुभो निजघण्टास्वनेन च । समस्तदैत्यसैन्यानां तेजोवधविधायिना
pūrayāmāsa kakubho nijaghaṇṭāsvanena ca / samastadaityasainyānāṃ tejovadhavidhāyinā
And she filled the quarters with the sound of her own bell, which destroyed the vigour of all the Daitya armies.
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MkP 89.19
ततः सिंहो महानादैस्त्याजितेभमहामदैः । पूरयामास गगनं गां तथैव दिशो दश
tataḥ siṃho mahānādaistyājitebhamahāmadaiḥ / pūrayāmāsa gaganaṃ gāṃ tathaiva diśo daśa
Then the lion, with mighty roars that made the elephants lose their great rut-frenzy, filled the sky, the earth, and likewise the ten directions.
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MkP 89.20
ततः काली समुत्पत्य गगनं क्ष्मामताडयत् । कराभ्यां तन्निनादेन प्राक्स्वनास्ते तिरोहिताः
tataḥ kālī samutpatya gaganaṃ kṣmāmatāḍayat / karābhyāṃ tanninādena prāksvanāste tirohitāḥ
Then Kālī, leaping up, struck the sky and the earth with her two hands; by that noise the earlier sounds were blotted out.
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MkP 89.21
अट्टाट्टहासमशिवं शिवदूती चकार ह । तैः शब्दैरसुरास्त्रेसुः शुम्भः कोपं परं ययौ
aṭṭāṭṭahāsamaśivaṃ śivadūtī cakāra ha / taiḥ śabdairasurāstresuḥ śumbhaḥ kopaṃ paraṃ yayau
Śiva's messenger (Śivadūtī) let out an inauspicious, roaring peal of laughter; at those sounds the asuras trembled, and Śumbha fell into extreme rage.
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MkP 89.22
दुरात्मंस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति व्याजहाराम्बिका यदा । तदा जयेत्यभिहितं देवैराकाशसंस्थितैः
durātmaṃstiṣṭha tiṣṭheti vyājahārāmbikā yadā / tadā jayetyabhihitaṃ devairākāśasaṃsthitaiḥ
When Ambikā said, "Stand, stand, O evil-souled one!" then "Victory!" was proclaimed by the gods stationed in the sky.
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MkP 89.23
शुम्भेनागत्य या शक्तिर्मुक्ता ज्वालातिभीषणा । आयान्ती वह्निकूटाभा सा निरस्ता महोल्कया
śumbhenāgatya yā śaktirmuktā jvālātibhīṣaṇā / āyāntī vahnikūṭābhā sā nirastā maholkayā
The spear (śakti) that Śumbha came and hurled, terrible with flame — as it came on, shining like a mass of fire, it was struck away by a great firebrand.
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MkP 89.24
सिंहनादेन शुम्भस्य व्याप्तं लोकत्रयान्तरम् । निर्घातनिः स्वनो घोरो जितवानवनीपते
siṃhanādena śumbhasya vyāptaṃ lokatrayāntaram / nirghātaniḥ svano ghoro jitavānavanīpate
By Śumbha's lion-roar the space of the three worlds was filled; but the dreadful crash of his roar was surpassed (by the Goddess's), O lord of the earth.
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MkP 89.25
शुम्भमुक्ताञ्छरान्देवी शुम्भस्तत्प्रहिताञ्छरान् । चिच्छेद स्वशरैरुग्रैः शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
śumbhamuktāñcharāndevī śumbhastatprahitāñcharān / ciccheda svaśarairugraiḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
The Goddess cut the arrows released by Śumbha, and Śumbha (cut) the arrows shot by her, with their own fierce arrows, by hundreds and then by thousands.
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MkP 89.26
ततः सा चण्डिका क्रुद्धा शूलेनाभिजघान तम् । स तदाभिहतो भूमौ मूर्च्छितो निपपात ह
tataḥ sā caṇḍikā kruddhā śūlenābhijaghāna tam / sa tadābhihato bhūmau mūrcchito nipapāta ha
Then that Caṇḍikā, enraged, struck him with her spear; and he, thus struck, fell senseless to the ground.
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MkP 89.27
ततो निशुम्भः सम्प्राप्य चेतनामात्तकार्मुकः । आजघान शरैर्देवीं कालीं केसरिणं तथा
tato niśumbhaḥ samprāpya cetanāmāttakārmukaḥ / ājaghāna śarairdevīṃ kālīṃ kesariṇaṃ tathā
Then Niśumbha, regaining consciousness, took up his bow and struck with arrows the Goddess, and Kālī, and the lion.
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MkP 89.28
पुनश्च कृत्वा बाहूनामयुतं दनुजेश्वरः । चक्रायुधेन दितिजश्छादयामास चण्डिकाम्
punaśca kṛtvā bāhūnāmayutaṃ danujeśvaraḥ / cakrāyudhena ditijaśchādayāmāsa caṇḍikām
And again the lord of the Dānavas, the son of Diti, producing ten thousand arms, covered Caṇḍikā with discus-weapons.
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MkP 89.29
ततो भगवती क्रुद्धा दुर्गा दुर्गार्तिनाशिनी । चिच्छेद तानि चक्राणि स्वशरैः सायकांश्च तान्
tato bhagavatī kruddhā durgā durgārtināśinī / ciccheda tāni cakrāṇi svaśaraiḥ sāyakāṃśca tān
Then the enraged Bhagavatī Durgā, destroyer of grievous affliction, cut those discuses and those arrows with her own arrows.
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MkP 89.30
ततो निशुम्भो वेगेन गदामादाय चण्डिकाम् । अभ्यधावत वै हन्तुं दैत्यसेनासमावृतः
tato niśumbho vegena gadāmādāya caṇḍikām / abhyadhāvata vai hantuṃ daityasenāsamāvṛtaḥ
Then Niśumbha, swiftly taking up his mace, rushed at Caṇḍikā to slay her, surrounded by the army of Daityas.
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MkP 89.31
तस्यापतत एवाशु गदां चिच्छेद चण्डिका । खड्गेन शितधारेण स च शूलं समाददे
tasyāpatata evāśu gadāṃ ciccheda caṇḍikā / khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa sa ca śūlaṃ samādade
As he was rushing upon her, Caṇḍikā at once cut his mace with her sharp-edged sword; and he took up a spear.
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MkP 89.32
शूलहस्तं समायान्तं निशुम्भममरार्दनम् । हृदि विव्याध शूलेन वेगाविद्धेन चण्डिका
śūlahastaṃ samāyāntaṃ niśumbhamamarārdanam / hṛdi vivyādha śūlena vegāviddhena caṇḍikā
As Niśumbha, tormentor of the immortals, came on with the spear in his hand, Caṇḍikā pierced him in the heart with a spear hurled with force.
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MkP 89.33
भिन्नस्य तस्य शूलेन हृदयान्निः सृतो ऽपरः । महाबलो महावीर्यस्तिष्ठेति पुरुषो वदन्
bhinnasya tasya śūlena hṛdayānniḥ sṛto 'paraḥ / mahābalo mahāvīryastiṣṭheti puruṣo vadan
From the heart of him who was split by the spear there came forth another person, of great strength and great valour, saying "Stand!"
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MkP 89.34
तस्य निष्क्रामतो देवी प्रहस्य स्वनवत्ततः । शिरश्चिच्छेद खड्गेन ततो ऽसावपतद् भुवि
tasya niṣkrāmato devī prahasya svanavattataḥ / śiraściccheda khaḍgena tato 'sāvapatad bhuvi
As he was coming out, the Goddess laughed loudly and then cut off his head with her sword; thereupon he fell to the ground.
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MkP 89.35
ततः सिंहश्चखादोग्रं दंष्ट्राक्षुण्णशिरोधरान् । असुरांस्तांस्तथा काली शिवदूती तथापरान्
tataḥ siṃhaścakhādograṃ daṃṣṭrākṣuṇṇaśirodharān / asurāṃstāṃstathā kālī śivadūtī tathāparān
Then the lion fiercely devoured those asuras whose necks and heads were crushed by its fangs, and likewise Kālī (devoured some) and Śivadūtī others.
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MkP 89.36
कौमारीशक्तिनिर्भिन्नाः केचिन्नेशुर्महासुराः । ब्रह्माणीमन्त्रपूतेन तोयेनान्ये निराकृताः
kaumārīśaktinirbhinnāḥ kecinneśurmahāsurāḥ / brahmāṇīmantrapūtena toyenānye nirākṛtāḥ
Some great asuras perished, pierced through by Kaumārī's spear; others were driven off by water sanctified with Brahmāṇī's mantra.
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MkP 89.37
माहेश्वरीत्रिशूलेन भिन्नाः पेतुस्तथापरे । वाराहीतुण्डघातेन केचिच्चूर्णोकृता भुवि
māheśvarītriśūlena bhinnāḥ petustathāpare / vārāhītuṇḍaghātena keciccūrṇokṛtā bhuvi
Others fell, split by Māheśvarī's trident; some were ground to powder on the earth by the blow of Vārāhī's snout.
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MkP 89.38
खण्डं खण्डं च चक्रेण वैष्णव्या दानवाः कृताः । वज्रेण चैन्द्रीहस्ताग्रविमुक्तेन तथापरे
khaṇḍaṃ khaṇḍaṃ ca cakreṇa vaiṣṇavyā dānavāḥ kṛtāḥ / vajreṇa caindrīhastāgravimuktena tathāpare
And the Dānavas were made piece by piece by Vaiṣṇavī's discus, and others likewise by the thunderbolt released from Aindrī's hand-tip.
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MkP 89.39
केचिद्विनेशुरसुराः केचिन्नष्टा महाहवात् । भक्षिताश्चापरे कालीशिवदूतीमृगाधिपैः
kecidvineśurasurāḥ kecinnaṣṭā mahāhavāt / bhakṣitāścāpare kālīśivadūtīmṛgādhipaiḥ
Some asuras perished, some fled from the great battle, and others were devoured by Kālī, Śivadūtī and the lion.
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