Prakṛti-khaṇḍa · Chapter 44
Sourceनारायण उवाच ।। कथितं षष्ठ्युपाख्यानं ब्रह्मपुत्र यथागमम्।। देवी मङ्गलचण्डी च तदाख्यानं निशामय ।। १ ।। तस्याः पूजादिकं सर्वं धर्मवक्त्राच्च यच्छ्रुतम् ।। श्रुतिसम्मतमेवेष्टं सर्वेषां विदुषामपि ।। २ ।। चण्डायां वर्त्तते चण्डी जाग्रती शत्रुमण्डले ।। मङ्गलेषु च या दक्षा मङ्गला सैव चण्डिका ।। ३ ।। दुर्गायां विद्यते चण्डी मङ्गलोऽपि महीसुते ।। मङ्गलाऽभीष्टदेवी या सा स्यान्मङ्गलचण्डिका ।। ४ ।। मंगलो मनुवंशश्च सप्तद्वीपावनीपतिः ।। तस्य पूज्याऽभीष्टदेवी तेन मंगलचण्डिका ।। ५ ।। मूर्त्तिभेदेन सा दुर्गा मूलप्रकृतिरीश्वरी ।। कृपारूपाऽतिप्रत्यक्षा योषितामिष्टदेवता ।।६।। प्रथमे पूजिता सा च शङ्करेण पुरा परा ।। त्रिपुरस्य वधे घोरं विष्णुना प्रेरितेन च ।। ७ ।। ब्रह्मन्ब्रह्मोपदेशेन दुर्गप्रस्थे च सङ्कटे ।। आकाशात्पतिते याने रुषा दैत्येन पातिते ।। ८ ।। ब्रह्मविष्णूपदिष्टश्च दुर्गां तुष्टाव शङ्करः ।। सा च मंगलचण्डीयमभवद्रूपभेदतः ।। ९ ।। उवाच पुरतः शम्भोर्भयं नास्तीति ते प्रभो ।। भगवान्वृषरूपश्च सर्वेशश्च बभूव ह ।। 2.44.१० ।। युद्धशक्तिस्वरूपाऽहं भविष्यामि तदाज्ञया ।। मयाऽऽत्मना च हरिणा सहायेन वृषध्वज ।। ११ ।। जहि दैत्यं च देवेश सुराणां पदघातकम् ।। इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हिता देवी शम्भोः शक्तिर्बभूव सा ।। १२ ।। विष्णुदत्तेन शस्त्रेण जघान तमुमापतिः ।। मुनीन्द्र पतिते दैत्ये सर्वे देवा महर्षयः ।। १३ ।। तुष्टुवुः शंकरं देवा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धराः ।। सद्यः शिरसि शम्भोश्च पुष्पवृष्टिर्बभूव ह ।। १४ ।। ब्रह्मा विष्णुश्च सन्तुष्टो ददौ तस्मै शुभाशिषम् ।। ब्रह्मविष्णूपदिष्टश्च सुस्नातः शङ्करः शुचिः ।। १५ ।। पूजयामास तां शक्तिं देवीं मङ्गलचण्डिकाम् ।। पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयैश्च बलिभिर्विविधैरपि ।। १६ ।। पुष्पचन्दननैवेद्यैर्भक्त्या नानाविधैर्मुने ।। छागैर्मेषैश्च महिषैर्गण्डैर्मायाविभिर्वरैः ।। १७ ।। वस्त्रालङ्कारमाल्यैश्च पायसैः पिष्टकैरपि ।। मधुभिश्च सुधाभिश्च पक्वैर्नानाविधैः फलैः ।। १८ ।। सङ्गीतैर्नर्त्तनैर्वाद्यैरुत्सवैः कृष्णकीर्त्तनैः ।। ध्यात्वा माध्यन्दिनोक्तेन ध्यानेन विधिपूर्वकम् ।। १९ ।। ददौ द्रव्याणि मूलेन मन्त्रेणैव च नारद ।। ॐ ह्रीं श्रीं क्लीं सर्वपूज्ये देवि मङ्गलचण्डिके ।। ऐं क्रूं फट्स्वाहेत्येवं चाप्येकविंशाक्षरो मनुः।। ।। 2.44.२० ।। पूज्यः कल्पतरुश्चैव भक्तानां सर्वकामदः ।। दशलक्षजपेनैव मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम् ।। २१ ।। मन्त्रसिद्धिर्भवेद्यस्य स विष्णुः सर्वकामदः ।। ध्यानं च श्रूयतां ब्रह्मन्वेदोक्तं सर्वसम्मतम् ।। २२ ।। देवीं षोडशवर्षीयां रम्यां सुस्थिरयौवनाम् ।। सर्वरूपगुणाढ्यां च कोमलांगीं मनोहराम् ।। २३ ।। श्वेतचम्पकवर्णाभां चन्द्रकोटिसमप्रभाम् ।। वह्निशुद्धांशुकाधानां रत्नभूषणभूषिताम् ।। ।। २४ ।। बिभ्रतीं कबरीभारं मल्लिकामाल्यभूषितम्।। बिम्बोष्ठीं सुदतीं शुद्धां शरत्पद्मनिभाननाम् ।। २५ ।। ईषद्धास्यप्रसन्नास्यां सुनीलोत्पललोचनाम् ।। जगद्धात्रीं च दात्रीं च सर्वेभ्यः सर्वसम्पदाम् ।। २६ ।। संसारसागरे घोरे पोतरूपां वरां भजे ।। २७ ।। देव्याश्च ध्यानमित्येवं स्तवनं श्रूयतां मुने ।। प्रयतः सङ्कटग्रस्तो येन तुष्टाव शङ्करः ।। २८ ।। शङ्कर उवाच ।। रक्ष रक्ष जगन्मातर्देवि मंगलचण्डिके ।। संहर्त्रि विपदां राशेर्हर्षमंगलकारिके ।। २९ ।। हर्षमंगलदक्षे च हर्षमंगलचण्डिके ।। शुभे मंगलदक्षे च शुभमंगल चण्डिके ।। 2.44.३० ।। मंगले मङ्गलार्हे च सर्वमंगलमंगले ।। सतां मंगलदे देवि सर्वेषां मंगलालये ।। ३१ ।। पूज्या मंगलवारे च मंगलाभीष्टदैवते ।। पूज्ये मंगलभूपस्य मनुवंशस्य सन्ततम् ।। ३२ ।। मंगलाधिष्ठातृदेवि मंगलानां च मंगले ।। संसारे मंगलाधारे मोक्षमंगलदायिनि ।। ३३ ।। सारे च मंगलाधारे पारे त्वं सर्वकर्मणाम् ।। प्रतिमंगलवारं च पूज्ये त्वं मंगलप्रदे ।। ३४ ।। स्तोत्रेणानेन शम्भुश्च स्तुत्वा मगलचण्डिकाम् ।। प्रतिमंगलवारे च पूजां कृत्वा गतः शिवः ।। ३५ ।। देव्याश्च मंगलस्तोत्रं यः शृणोति समाहितः ।। तन्मंगलं भवेच्छश्वन्न भवेत्तदमंगलम् ।। ३६ ।। प्रथमे पूजिता देवी शम्भुना सर्वमंगला ।। द्वितीये पूजिता देवी मंगलेन ग्रहेण च ।। ३७ ।। तृतीये पूजिता भद्रा मंगलेन नृपेण च ।। चतुर्थे मंगले वारे सुन्दरीभिश्च पूजिता ।। पञ्चमे मङ्गलाकांक्षैर्नरैर्मंगलचण्डिका।।३८।। पूजिता प्रतिविश्वेषु विश्वेशैः पूजिता सदा ।। ततः सर्वत्र संपूज्य सा बभूव सुरेश्वरी ।। ३९ ।। देवादिभिश्च मुनिभिर्मनुभिर्मानवैर्मुने ।। देव्याश्च मङ्गलस्तोत्रं यः शृणोति समाहितः ।। 2.44.४० ।। तन्मंगलं भवेच्छश्वन्न भवेत्तदमंगलम् ।। वर्द्धन्ते तत्पुत्रपौत्रा मंगलं च दिने दिने ।। ४१ ।। इति श्रीब्रह्मवैवर्त्ते महापुराणे द्वितीये प्रकृतिखण्डे नारदनारायणसंवादे मङ्गलोपाख्याने तत्स्तोत्रादिकथनं नाम चतुश्चत्वारिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः।।४४।।
nārāyaṇa uvāca || kathitaṃ ṣaṣṭhyupākhyānaṃ brahmaputra yathāgamam|| devī maṅgalacaṇḍī ca tadākhyānaṃ niśāmaya || 1 || tasyāḥ pūjādikaṃ sarvaṃ dharmavaktrācca yacchrutam || śrutisammatameveṣṭaṃ sarveṣāṃ viduṣāmapi || 2 || caṇḍāyāṃ varttate caṇḍī jāgratī śatrumaṇḍale || maṅgaleṣu ca yā dakṣā maṅgalā saiva caṇḍikā || 3 || durgāyāṃ vidyate caṇḍī maṅgalo'pi mahīsute || maṅgalā'bhīṣṭadevī yā sā syānmaṅgalacaṇḍikā || 4 || maṃgalo manuvaṃśaśca saptadvīpāvanīpatiḥ || tasya pūjyā'bhīṣṭadevī tena maṃgalacaṇḍikā || 5 || mūrttibhedena sā durgā mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī || kṛpārūpā'tipratyakṣā yoṣitāmiṣṭadevatā ||6|| prathame pūjitā sā ca śaṅkareṇa purā parā || tripurasya vadhe ghoraṃ viṣṇunā preritena ca || 7 || brahmanbrahmopadeśena durgaprasthe ca saṅkaṭe || ākāśātpatite yāne ruṣā daityena pātite || 8 || brahmaviṣṇūpadiṣṭaśca durgāṃ tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ || sā ca maṃgalacaṇḍīyamabhavadrūpabhedataḥ || 9 || uvāca purataḥ śambhorbhayaṃ nāstīti te prabho || bhagavānvṛṣarūpaśca sarveśaśca babhūva ha || 2.44.10 || yuddhaśaktisvarūpā'haṃ bhaviṣyāmi tadājñayā || mayā''tmanā ca hariṇā sahāyena vṛṣadhvaja || 11 || jahi daityaṃ ca deveśa surāṇāṃ padaghātakam || ityuktvā'ntarhitā devī śambhoḥ śaktirbabhūva sā || 12 || viṣṇudattena śastreṇa jaghāna tamumāpatiḥ || munīndra patite daitye sarve devā maharṣayaḥ || 13 || tuṣṭuvuḥ śaṃkaraṃ devā bhaktinamrātmakandharāḥ || sadyaḥ śirasi śambhośca puṣpavṛṣṭirbabhūva ha || 14 || brahmā viṣṇuśca santuṣṭo dadau tasmai śubhāśiṣam || brahmaviṣṇūpadiṣṭaśca susnātaḥ śaṅkaraḥ śuciḥ || 15 || pūjayāmāsa tāṃ śaktiṃ devīṃ maṅgalacaṇḍikām || pādyārghyācamanīyaiśca balibhirvividhairapi || 16 || puṣpacandananaivedyairbhaktyā nānāvidhairmune || chāgairmeṣaiśca mahiṣairgaṇḍairmāyāvibhirvaraiḥ || 17 || vastrālaṅkāramālyaiśca pāyasaiḥ piṣṭakairapi || madhubhiśca sudhābhiśca pakvairnānāvidhaiḥ phalaiḥ || 18 || saṅgītairnarttanairvādyairutsavaiḥ kṛṣṇakīrttanaiḥ || dhyātvā mādhyandinoktena dhyānena vidhipūrvakam || 19 || dadau dravyāṇi mūlena mantreṇaiva ca nārada || oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ sarvapūjye devi maṅgalacaṇḍike || aiṃ krūṃ phaṭsvāhetyevaṃ cāpyekaviṃśākṣaro manuḥ|| || 2.44.20 || pūjyaḥ kalpataruścaiva bhaktānāṃ sarvakāmadaḥ || daśalakṣajapenaiva mantrasiddhirbhavennṛṇām || 21 || mantrasiddhirbhavedyasya sa viṣṇuḥ sarvakāmadaḥ || dhyānaṃ ca śrūyatāṃ brahmanvedoktaṃ sarvasammatam || 22 || devīṃ ṣoḍaśavarṣīyāṃ ramyāṃ susthirayauvanām || sarvarūpaguṇāḍhyāṃ ca komalāṃgīṃ manoharām || 23 || śvetacampakavarṇābhāṃ candrakoṭisamaprabhām || vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānāṃ ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitām || || 24 || bibhratīṃ kabarībhāraṃ mallikāmālyabhūṣitam|| bimboṣṭhīṃ sudatīṃ śuddhāṃ śaratpadmanibhānanām || 25 || īṣaddhāsyaprasannāsyāṃ sunīlotpalalocanām || jagaddhātrīṃ ca dātrīṃ ca sarvebhyaḥ sarvasampadām || 26 || saṃsārasāgare ghore potarūpāṃ varāṃ bhaje || 27 || devyāśca dhyānamityevaṃ stavanaṃ śrūyatāṃ mune || prayataḥ saṅkaṭagrasto yena tuṣṭāva śaṅkaraḥ || 28 || śaṅkara uvāca || rakṣa rakṣa jaganmātardevi maṃgalacaṇḍike || saṃhartri vipadāṃ rāśerharṣamaṃgalakārike || 29 || harṣamaṃgaladakṣe ca harṣamaṃgalacaṇḍike || śubhe maṃgaladakṣe ca śubhamaṃgala caṇḍike || 2.44.30 || maṃgale maṅgalārhe ca sarvamaṃgalamaṃgale || satāṃ maṃgalade devi sarveṣāṃ maṃgalālaye || 31 || pūjyā maṃgalavāre ca maṃgalābhīṣṭadaivate || pūjye maṃgalabhūpasya manuvaṃśasya santatam || 32 || maṃgalādhiṣṭhātṛdevi maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgale || saṃsāre maṃgalādhāre mokṣamaṃgaladāyini || 33 || sāre ca maṃgalādhāre pāre tvaṃ sarvakarmaṇām || pratimaṃgalavāraṃ ca pūjye tvaṃ maṃgalaprade || 34 || stotreṇānena śambhuśca stutvā magalacaṇḍikām || pratimaṃgalavāre ca pūjāṃ kṛtvā gataḥ śivaḥ || 35 || devyāśca maṃgalastotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ || tanmaṃgalaṃ bhavecchaśvanna bhavettadamaṃgalam || 36 || prathame pūjitā devī śambhunā sarvamaṃgalā || dvitīye pūjitā devī maṃgalena graheṇa ca || 37 || tṛtīye pūjitā bhadrā maṃgalena nṛpeṇa ca || caturthe maṃgale vāre sundarībhiśca pūjitā || pañcame maṅgalākāṃkṣairnarairmaṃgalacaṇḍikā||38|| pūjitā prativiśveṣu viśveśaiḥ pūjitā sadā || tataḥ sarvatra saṃpūjya sā babhūva sureśvarī || 39 || devādibhiśca munibhirmanubhirmānavairmune || devyāśca maṅgalastotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti samāhitaḥ || 2.44.40 || tanmaṃgalaṃ bhavecchaśvanna bhavettadamaṃgalam || varddhante tatputrapautrā maṃgalaṃ ca dine dine || 41 || iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe dvitīye prakṛtikhaṇḍe nāradanārāyaṇasaṃvāde maṅgalopākhyāne tatstotrādikathanaṃ nāma catuścatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ||44||
English translation
The story of Mahgalacandl Narayana said—O son of Brahma, you have heard the story of goddess Sasthi as prescribed in the Vedas. I am now going to tell you the story of goddess Mahgalacandl. Whatever I had heard from the mouth of Dharma and other intellectuals about the story of Mahgalacandl. I am going to speak out the same.
She is also known as Durga, dhlsvarl, Mulaprakrti and the great goddess of the ladies.
Taking to the compassionate form she always appears before them.
O Brahman, in the earlier times when Tripurasura was to be killed then at the instance of lord Visnu, lord Siva first of all adored this Thereafter finding his own fort in danger, the demon Tripurasura getting enraged threw away the chariot of Siva from space. Thereafter at the advice of Brahma and Visnu, lord Siva adored Durga. She therefore appeared in the form of Standing before Siva, she then asked him, O lord, now you need not be afraid because the bull who is the lord of all has come to serve you as your vehicle, O Vrsadhvaja, at the command of the lord, I shall take to the form of the force of battle. O lord, thus with my efforts and the help of the lord, you better kill the terrific demon. Thus speaking the goddess disappeared and she became the strength of lord Siva. O best of the sages, thereafter lord Mahadeva, the husband of Uma, destroyed the demon with the weapons provided to him by lord Visnu.
Then after the death of the demon all the gods and sages adored Siva with devotion bowing their heads. At the same time a shower of flowers started falling over the head of Siva. Both Brahma and Visnu feeling extremely satisfied, I blessed Siva variously. At the advice of Brahma and Visnu, Siva took a bath properly and getting purified, he worshipped the goddess Mahgalacandl who possessed the great force, offering padya, arghya, sipping water and various types of offerings including flowers, sandal-paste and naivedyas of different types. O sage, similarly goats, sheep, buffaloes, rhinos, payasam, fried sweets, honey, nectar and various types of ripe fruits were offered. All the gods in ecstasy danced together with lord Krsna accompanied by divine music and singing. They also started reciting the mulamantra as prescribed by the Madhyandinl-sakha. O Narada, then they recited twenty-one letter mantra which
This is the great twenty-one letters mantra.
This is adorable for the devotees and makes all the desires successful like a kalpataru. By reciting ten lakhs of this mantra a person achieves success. And the one who achieves the Mantrasiddhi, becomes lord Visnu the bestower of all the success. O Brahmana, now listen to the stotra of the goddess which is well known in the I am adoring the goddess of sixteen years who is quite beautiful, is quite youthful, possesses all the qualities, has tender and beautiful limbs.
She has the complexion resembling the white campaka flower, has the glory and the lustre of crores of moons, pure like fire, clad in the sanctified garments and adorned with the gem- studded ornaments. She is having beautiful hair.
Her hair is adorned with flowers, her lips are like the ripe wood-apple fruit. She possesses a beautiful line of teeth. She has a pure complexion and her face resembles the lotus flower of the winter season. She wears a serene smile ovn her face. Her eyes resemble the blue lotus flower. She is the base of the universe and is the bestower of all the riches and carries the people across the terrific ocean of the universe.
O sage, this is the dhyanam of the goddess; now you listen to her stuti, reciting which lord Siva had adored her at the time of danger.
Siva said—O goddess Marigalacandi you are the mother of the universe, you protect us, you are the destroyer of misfortune and provide pleasure and welfare to the people.
II a oil You are well-versed in providing pleasure and welfare and are the form of welfare. You provide pleasant welfare; that is why you are called You are full of welfare, the form of welfare and are the welfare for all the welfares. O goddess, you provide welfare to the noble people, you happen to be the treasure of welfare.
You are adored on Tuesdays. You are the great goddess of the welfare and are immensely adorable by the king Mahgala. O great goddess of welfare you are the welfare for all the welfare.
You are the base of all the welfare and also provide the welfare in salvation.
You are the essence of all, the base of welfare, beyond all the deeds and are adorable by the welfare and provide welfare to all.
By reciting this stotra, lord Siva worshipped Maiigalacandika and adoring her on Tuesday went for war.
Whosoever recites the welfare stotra of the goddess Mahgalacandl, always meets with welfare and never has to face misery.
Thus the goddess Mahgala was adored by lord Siva on Tuesday. On the next Tuesday the planet Mahgala adored her. On the third Tuesday the goddess Bhadra was worshipped by the king Mahgala and on the fourth Tuesday all the damsels adored her. On the fifth Tuesday all the people adored the goddess with the desire of achieving welfare. Thus all the gods adored her at all the times. O sa^^ ^, the gods, the ascetics, the mendicants and the humans also adore her and thereafter she was adored at all the places by the people. Whosoever recites or listens to the Mangala-stotra of the goddess, always meets with welfare and misfortune never ^proaches him. He always has increase in his%ons and
Chapter-aligned complete witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource revision 118195 (2017-08-24T00:32:51Z); Shanti Lal Nagar English scan pages n451–n455: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation/page/n451/mode/1up. The historic English OCR transcription is lightly normalized; no verse-by-verse alignment is asserted.