arjuna uvācha ।
namastē siddhasēnāni āryē mandaravāsini ।
kumāri kāḻi kāpāli kapilē kṛṣṇapiṅgaḻē ॥ 1 ॥
bhadrakāḻi namastubhyaṃ mahākāḻi namō’stu tē ।
chaṇḍi chaṇḍē namastubhyaṃ tāriṇi varavarṇini ॥ 2 ॥
kātyāyani mahābhāgē karāḻi vijayē jayē ।
śikhipiñChadhvajadharē nānābharaṇabhūṣitē ॥ 3 ॥
aṭṭaśūlapraharaṇē khaḍgakhēṭakadhāriṇi ।
gōpēndrasyānujē jyēṣṭhē nandagōpakulōdbhavē ॥ 4 ॥
mahiṣāsṛkpriyē nityaṃ kauśiki pītavāsini ।
aṭṭahāsē kōkamukhē namastē’stu raṇapriyē ॥ 5 ॥
umē śākambhari śvētē kṛṣṇē kaiṭabhanāśini ।
hiraṇyākṣi virūpākṣi sudhūmrākṣi namō’stu tē ॥ 6 ॥
vēdaśrutimahāpuṇyē brahmaṇyē jātavēdasi ।
jambūkaṭakachaityēṣu nityaṃ sannihitālayē ॥ 7 ॥
tvaṃ brahmavidyā vidyānāṃ mahānidrā cha dēhinām ।
skandamātarbhagavati durgē kāntāravāsini ॥ 8 ॥
svāhākāraḥ svadhā chaiva kalā kāṣṭhā sarasvatī ।
sāvitrī vēdamātā cha tathā vēdānta uchyatē ॥ 9 ॥
stutāsi tvaṃ mahādēvi viśuddhēnāntarātmanā ।
jayō bhavatu mē nityaṃ tvatprasādādraṇājirē ॥ 10 ॥
kāntārabhayadurgēṣu bhaktānāṃ chālayēṣu cha ।
nityaṃ vasasi pātāḻē yuddhē jayasi dānavān ॥ 11 ॥
tvaṃ jambhanī mōhinī cha māyā hrīḥ śrīstathaiva cha ।
sandhyā prabhāvatī chaiva sāvitrī jananī tathā ॥ 12 ॥
tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirdhṛtirdīptiśchandrādityavivardhinī ।
bhūtirbhūtimatāṃ saṅkhyē vīkṣyasē siddhachāraṇaiḥ ॥ 13 ॥
iti śrīmanmahābhāratē bhīṣmaparvaṇi trayōviṃśō’dhyāyē arjuna kṛta śrī durgā stōtram ।