ॐ नागाधीश्वरविष्टरां फणिफणोत्तंसोरु रत्नावली-
भास्वद्देहलतां दिवाकरनिभां नेत्रत्रयोद्भासिताम् ।
मालाकुम्भकपालनीरजकरां चन्द्रार्धचूडां परां
सर्वज्ञेश्वरभैरवाङ्कनिलयां पद्मावतीं चिन्तये ॥
oṃ nāgādhīśvaraviṣṭarāṃ phaṇiphaṇottaṃsoru ratnāvalī-
bhāsvaddehalatāṃ divākaranibhāṃ netratrayodbhāsitām |
mālākumbhakapālanīrajakarāṃ candrārdhacūḍāṃ parāṃ
sarvajñeśvarabhairavāṅkanilayāṃ padmāvatīṃ cintaye ||
Meaning (Meditation verse.) I meditate upon the supreme Goddess Padmāvatī — seated on the throne of the lord of serpents (Śeṣa), her creeper-like body glowing with rows of gems on the serpents' hoods, radiant as the sun, illumined by three eyes, bearing in her hands a rosary, a water-pot, a skull, and a lotus, crowned with the crescent moon, and dwelling in the lap (aṅka) of Bhairava, the all-knowing lord.
ॐ ऋषिरुवाच ॥ ६.१॥
oṃ ṛṣiruvāca || 6.1||
Meaning Om. The sage (Mārkaṇḍeya) said —
इत्याकर्ण्य वचो देव्याः स दूतोऽमर्षपूरितः ।
समाचष्ट समागम्य दैत्यराजाय विस्तरात् ॥ ६.२॥
ityākarṇya vaco devyāḥ sa dūto'marṣapūritaḥ |
samācaṣṭa samāgamya daityarājāya vistarāt || 6.2||
Meaning Having heard these words of the Goddess, that messenger, filled with indignation, went to the demon-king (Śumbha) and reported everything to him in detail.
तस्य दूतस्य तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्यासुरराट् ततः ।
सक्रोधः प्राह दैत्यानामधिपं धूम्रलोचनम् ॥ ६.३॥
tasya dūtasya tadvākyamākarṇyāsurarāṭ tataḥ |
sakrodhaḥ prāha daityānāmadhipaṃ dhūmralocanam || 6.3||
Meaning Hearing those words of the messenger, the lord of the asuras (Śumbha), filled with wrath, then said to Dhūmralocana, the commander of the daityas —
हे धूम्रलोचनाशु त्वं स्वसैन्यपरिवारितः ।
तामानय बलाद्दुष्टां केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम् ॥ ६.४॥
he dhūmralocanāśu tvaṃ svasainyaparivāritaḥ |
tāmānaya balādduṣṭāṃ keśākarṣaṇavihvalām || 6.4||
Meaning "O Dhūmralocana! Go quickly, surrounded by your army, and bring that wicked woman here by force, seizing her and dragging her helpless by the hair."
तत्परित्राणदः कश्चिद्यदि वोत्तिष्ठतेऽपरः ।
स हन्तव्योऽमरो वापि यक्षो गन्धर्व एव वा ॥ ६.५॥
tatparitrāṇadaḥ kaścidyadi vottiṣṭhate'paraḥ |
sa hantavyo'maro vāpi yakṣo gandharva eva vā || 6.5||
Meaning "And if anyone else should rise up to protect her — be he a god, a yakṣa, or even a gandharva — he too is to be slain."
ऋषिरुवाच ॥ ६.६॥
ṛṣiruvāca || 6.6||
तेनाज्ञप्तस्ततः शीघ्रं स दैत्यो धूम्रलोचनः ।
वृतः षष्ट्या सहस्राणामसुराणां द्रुतं ययौ ॥ ६.७॥
tenājñaptastataḥ śīghraṃ sa daityo dhūmralocanaḥ |
vṛtaḥ ṣaṣṭyā sahasrāṇāmasurāṇāṃ drutaṃ yayau || 6.7||
Meaning Commanded by him, the demon Dhūmralocana at once set out swiftly, surrounded by sixty thousand asuras.
स दृष्ट्वा तां ततो देवीं तुहिनाचलसंस्थिताम् ।
जगादोच्चैः प्रयाहीति मूलं शुम्भनिशुम्भयोः ॥ ६.८॥
sa dṛṣṭvā tāṃ tato devīṃ tuhinācalasaṃsthitām |
jagādoccaiḥ prayāhīti mūlaṃ śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ || 6.8||
Meaning Then, seeing the Goddess seated upon the snow-mountain (Himālaya), he called out loudly, "Come to the presence of Śumbha and Niśumbha."
न चेत्प्रीत्याद्य भवती मद्भर्तारमुपैष्यति ।
ततो बलान्नयाम्येष केशाकर्षणविह्वलाम् ॥ ६.९॥
na cetprītyādya bhavatī madbhartāramupaiṣyati |
tato balānnayāmyeṣa keśākarṣaṇavihvalām || 6.9||
Meaning "If you will not today come willingly, with goodwill, to my master, then I shall take you by force, dragging you helpless by the hair."
देव्युवाच ॥ ६.१०॥
devyuvāca || 6.10||
Meaning The Goddess said —
दैत्येश्वरेण प्रहितो बलवान्बलसंवृतः ।
बलान्नयसि मामेवं ततः किं ते करोम्यहम् ॥ ६.११॥
daityeśvareṇa prahito balavānbalasaṃvṛtaḥ |
balānnayasi māmevaṃ tataḥ kiṃ te karomyaham || 6.11||
Meaning "You have been sent by the lord of the daityas; you are mighty yourself and surrounded by an army. If you would thus carry me off by force, then what can I do about it?" (spoken with calm irony, before she acts).
ऋषिरुवाच ॥ ६.१२॥
ṛṣiruvāca || 6.12||
इत्युक्तः सोऽभ्यधावत्तामसुरो धूम्रलोचनः ।
हुङ्कारेणैव तं भस्म सा चकाराम्बिका ततः ॥ ६.१३॥
ityuktaḥ so'bhyadhāvattāmasuro dhūmralocanaḥ |
huṅkāreṇaiva taṃ bhasma sā cakārāmbikā tataḥ || 6.13||
Meaning So addressed, the asura Dhūmralocana rushed upon her; and then Ambikā reduced him to ashes with a mere utterance of "Huṁ."
अथ क्रुद्धं महासैन्यमसुराणां तथाम्बिका ।
ववर्ष सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तथा शक्तिपरश्वधैः ॥ ६.१४॥
atha kruddhaṃ mahāsainyamasurāṇāṃ tathāmbikā |
vavarṣa sāyakaistīkṣṇaistathā śaktiparaśvadhaiḥ || 6.14||
Meaning Thereupon Ambikā rained down upon the enraged, mighty army of the asuras sharp arrows, and lances (śakti) and battle-axes.
ततो धुतसटः कोपात्कृत्वा नादं सुभैरवम् ।
पपातासुरसेनायां सिंहो देव्याः स्ववाहनः ॥ ६.१५॥
tato dhutasaṭaḥ kopātkṛtvā nādaṃ subhairavam |
papātāsurasenāyāṃ siṃho devyāḥ svavāhanaḥ || 6.15||
Meaning Then the Goddess's own mount, the lion, shaking its mane in fury and giving a most terrifying roar, fell upon the asura host.
कांश्चित्करप्रहारेण दैत्यानास्येन चापरान् ।
आक्रम्य चाधरेणान्यान् स जघान महासुरान् ॥ ६.१६॥
kāṃścitkaraprahāreṇa daityānāsyena cāparān |
ākramya cādhareṇānyān sa jaghāna mahāsurān || 6.16||
Meaning That lion slew some of those great asuras with a blow of its paw, others with its jaws, and yet others by springing upon them and crushing them down beneath it.
केषाञ्चित्पाटयामास नखैः कोष्ठानि केसरी ।
तथा तलप्रहारेण शिरांसि कृतवान्पृथक् ॥ ६.१७॥
keṣāñcitpāṭayāmāsa nakhaiḥ koṣṭhāni kesarī |
tathā talaprahāreṇa śirāṃsi kṛtavānpṛthak || 6.17||
Meaning The lion tore open the entrails of some with its claws, and with a single stroke of its paw struck the heads of others clean off their bodies.
विच्छिन्नबाहुशिरसः कृतास्तेन तथापरे ।
पपौ च रुधिरं कोष्ठादन्येषां धुतकेसरः ॥ ६.१८॥
vicchinnabāhuśirasaḥ kṛtāstena tathāpare |
papau ca rudhiraṃ koṣṭhādanyeṣāṃ dhutakesaraḥ || 6.18||
Meaning He severed the arms and heads of still others, and, tossing his mane, drank the blood from the bellies of yet others.
क्षणेन तद्बलं सर्वं क्षयं नीतं महात्मना ।
तेन केसरिणा देव्या वाहनेनातिकोपिना ॥ ६.१९॥
kṣaṇena tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ kṣayaṃ nītaṃ mahātmanā |
tena kesariṇā devyā vāhanenātikopinā || 6.19||
Meaning In but a moment that entire army was brought to destruction by that great-souled, exceedingly enraged lion, the Goddess's mount.
श्रुत्वा तमसुरं देव्या निहतं धूम्रलोचनम् ।
बलं च क्षयितं कृत्स्नं देवीकेसरिणा ततः ॥ ६.२०॥
śrutvā tamasuraṃ devyā nihataṃ dhūmralocanam |
balaṃ ca kṣayitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ devīkesariṇā tataḥ || 6.20||
Meaning When Śumbha heard that the asura Dhūmralocana had been slain by the Goddess, and that his whole army had been destroyed by the Goddess's lion —
चुकोप दैत्याधिपतिः शुम्भः प्रस्फुरिताधरः ।
आज्ञापयामास च तौ चण्डमुण्डौ महासुरौ ॥ ६.२१॥
cukopa daityādhipatiḥ śumbhaḥ prasphuritādharaḥ |
ājñāpayāmāsa ca tau caṇḍamuṇḍau mahāsurau || 6.21||
Meaning then Śumbha, the lord of the daityas, blazed with rage, his lips quivering, and he commanded the two great asuras Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa —
हे चण्ड हे मुण्ड बलैर्बहुभिः परिवारितौ ।
तत्र गच्छत गत्वा च सा समानीयतां लघु ॥ ६.२२॥
he caṇḍa he muṇḍa balairbahubhiḥ parivāritau |
tatra gacchata gatvā ca sā samānīyatāṃ laghu || 6.22||
Meaning "O Caṇḍa! O Muṇḍa! Surrounded by many forces, go there; and having gone, let her be brought here quickly."
केशेष्वाकृष्य बद्ध्वा वा यदि वः संशयो युधि ।
तदाशेषायुधैः सर्वैरसुरैर्विनिहन्यताम् ॥ ६.२३॥
keśeṣvākṛṣya baddhvā vā yadi vaḥ saṃśayo yudhi |
tadāśeṣāyudhaiḥ sarvairasurairvinihanyatām || 6.23||
Meaning "Bring her dragged by the hair or bound fast; but if you have any doubt (of success) in the battle, then let her be slain by all the asuras with every one of their weapons."
तस्यां हतायां दुष्टायां सिंहे च विनिपातिते ।
शीघ्रमागम्यतां बद्ध्वा गृहीत्वा तामथाम्बिकाम् ॥ ॐ ॥ ६.२४॥
tasyāṃ hatāyāṃ duṣṭāyāṃ siṃhe ca vinipātite |
śīghramāgamyatāṃ baddhvā gṛhītvā tāmathāmbikām || oṃ || 6.24||
Meaning "When that wicked woman has been wounded and overpowered and her lion struck down, seize and bind that Ambikā and return here at once." (Om)
॥ इति श्रीमार्कण्डेयपुराणे सावर्णिके मन्वन्तरे देवीमाहात्म्ये
शुम्भनिशुम्भसेनानीधूम्रलोचनवधो नाम षष्ठोऽध्यायः ॥ ६॥
|| iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sāvarṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye
śumbhaniśumbhasenānīdhūmralocanavadho nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ || 6||
Meaning Thus ends the sixth chapter, “The Slaying of Dhūmralocana, General of Śumbha and Niśumbha”, of the Devī Māhātmya in the Sāvarṇika Manvantara of the Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa.
उवाच ४, श्लोकाः २०, एवम् २४, एवमादितः ॥ ४१२॥
uvāca 4, ślokāḥ 20, evam 24, evamāditaḥ || 412||
Meaning The count of this chapter’s mantras: speaker lines (uvāca) 4, verses 20 — 24 in all, 412 from the beginning.