ଆପଦୁନ୍ମୂଲନ ଶ୍ରୀ ଦୁର୍ଗା ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

Nine long verses in sragdhara metre, each closing on the same line: I take refuge in the goddess Durga for the uprooting of every calamity. The verses move through the Devi Mahatmya in order — Madhu and Kaitabha risen while Vishnu sleeps and Brahma stands terrified; Mahisha, who had seated his own men in the stations of the gods, killed with his ministers; the plea of the gods that she appear again in straits like theirs; Dhumralochana, Chanda and Munda felled, the name Chamunda won, Raktabija quieted; the powers of the gods drawn back into one body before Shumbha falls. A closing verse calls the hymn fire to the cotton of calamity and a lion to the herd of sin.