durgaprakatya

Durga Prakatya from Durga Saptashati at Stutimandal

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rsi spoke:[2.1 In older times a battle between deva and asura happened for entire hundred years. In that battle the leader of asura was Mahisāsura and the leader of deva was Purandara Indra.[2.2] There, by the immensely strong asura, the army of deva was defeated. Having won all the deva, Mahisāsura became the (new) Indra.[2.3]

argalastotram

Argala Stotram from Durga Saptashati by Rishi Markandeya

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Mārkandeya spoke: O Goddess Cāmundā! May you be victorious. O Goddess Kālarātri, Who absolves (takes away) the living-beings, Who is all-pervading! May salutations be for You.[1] May salutations be for You, Who is known by (the names of) Jayantī, Mangalā, Kālī, Bhadrakālī, Kapālinī, Durgā, Śivā, Ksamā, Dhātrī, Svāhā, and Svadhā.[2]

narayanistutih

Narayani Stuti by Rishi Markandeya from Durga Saptashati at Stutimandal

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Sample: O Goddess, Who absolves the pain of those seeking refuge! Be pleased. O Goddess, Who is the mother of the entire universe! Be pleased. O Goddess of the entire world! Be pleased. Protect the world. O Goddess! You are the Queen of the entire movable and immovable world.[1]

durgadhayanam

Durga Dhyanam at Stutimandal

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Sample: Attend to Durgā, Who is associated with a hair-bun of matted locks, Who has made eighth-night moon as a forehead-mark, Who has three eyes, Who has a face resembling a moon and a lotus, Whose is radiant with light of blue color (that of linseed flower), Who is well respected, Whose eyes are conducive, Who is full of youthful energy, and Who is decorated by all the ornaments.[1—2]

navadurgadhyanam_saivagame

Nav Durga Dhyanam at Stutimandal

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Sample: Now begins the thought of Nine forms of Durgā.

jaya_ambe_gauri

Gauri Aarti by Shivanand Swami at Stutimandal

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Sample: Be victorious, O Mother Gaurī! Be victorious, O Śyāmā! O Gaurī! You are incessantly meditated upon by Hari, Brahmā, and Śiva. Wish victory to Mother Gaurī.[1]

durgapaduddharastotram

Durga Apad Uddhar Stotram from Siddheshvari Tantra at Stutimandal

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Sample: I bow to that Durgā, Who is the refuge, Who is complete bliss, and Who is with mercy; I bow to that Durgā, Who pervades the universe and Who manifests as the universe; I bow to that Durgā Whose lotus-feet are revered by the whole world; I bow to that Durgā, Who absolves the world. O Durgā! Protect me.[1]

tantroktam_devisuktam

Tantroktam Devi Sooktam from Chandi Path at Stutimandal

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Sample: We continuously salute that Goddess, Who is the Ruler of the world, Who is auspicion personified. We are prostrate, with hands together, before Prakṛti and Bhadrā. Salutations to Raudrā, Nityā, Gaurī, Dhātrī, and Jyotsnā. Continuous salutes to the moon-faced Goddess, Who is blissful.[1—2]

ksamaprarthana

Apradh Kshama Prarthana of Durga Saptashati at Stutimandal

Sample: O Supreme Goddess! Thousands of offences happen due to me continuously. ‘This is my servant’ — having thought this, please forgive my mistakes. I don’t know Your invocation; I don’t know the concluding rites; I even don’t know how to pray. O Goddess! Please forgive me.[1—2]

durgastakam

Durgashtakam at Stutimandal

Sample: O Durgā, Who rules over Para, Who bestows auspicion as Goddess, Who rules over that which is beyond everything, Who is adorable, Who is the consort of Maheśa (Śiva), Who is the ocean of compassion, Who is worthy of eulogies, Who is Svadhā, Who absolves all pain, Who rules over demi-gods, Who is eulogized by Kṛṣṇa, Who is Lalitā, and Who rules over everything! Bestow benevolence on me.[1]

32 names of Durga

32 Names of Durga at Stutimandal

Sample: 32 names: 1) Durgā; 2) Durgatiśamini, Who destroys bad times; 3) Durgāpadvinivāriṇī, Who removes obstacles; 4) Durgamacchedinī, Who pierces hardest destinations; 5) Durgasādhinī, Who tames the hardest situations; 6) Durganāśinī, Who destroys difficulties; 7) Durgatoddhāriṇī, Who uplifts from bad fate; 8) Durgenihantrī, impossible to be slayed; 9) Durgamāpahā, Who destroys difficulties; 10) Durgamajñānadā, Who bestows of difficult knowledge; 11) Durgadaityalokadavānalā, Who is fire for mighty-tree-like demon civilization;

108 names of Durga

108 names of Durga at Stutimandal

Sample: [Śiva speaks] O Pārvatī, the One Who has a lotus-like face! I am telling You those one-hundred and eight names, by the means of which Durgā or Satī can be pleased.[1]