śrī durgā atharvaśīrṣam

oṃ sarve vai devā devīmupatasthuḥ kāsi tva-mmahādevīti || 1 ||

sā-'bravīdaha-mbrahmasvarūpiṇī |
mattaḥ prakṛtipuruṣātmaka-ñjagat |
śūnya-ñcāśūnya-ñca || 2 ||

ahamānandānānandau |
ahaṃ-vi~jñānāvijñāne |
aha-mbrahmābrahmaṇi veditavye |
aha-mpañcabhūtānyapañcabhūtāni |
ahamakhila-ñjagat || 3 ||

vedo-'hamavedo-'ham |
vidyā-'hamavidyā-'ham |
ajā-'hamanajā-'ham |
adhaścordhva-ñca tiryakcāham || 4 ||

ahaṃ rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmi |
ahamādityairuta viśvadevaiḥ |
aha-mmitrāvaruṇāvubhau bibharmi |
ahamindrāgnī ahamaśvināvubhau || 5 ||

ahaṃ soma-ntvaṣṭāra-mpūṣaṇa-mbhaga-ndadhāmi |
ahaṃ-vi~ṣṇumurukrama-mbrahmāṇamuta prajāpati-ndadhāmi || 6 ||

a॒ha-nda̭dhāmi॒ dravi̭ṇaṃ ha॒viṣma̭te suprā॒vye॒3 yaja̭mānāya sunva॒te |
a॒haṃ rāṣṭrī̭ sa॒ṅgama̭nī॒ vasṷ̄nā-ñciki॒tuṣī̭ pratha॒mā ya॒jñiyā̭nām |
a॒haṃ sṷve pi॒tara̭masya mū॒rdhanmama॒ yoni̭ra॒psvanta-ssa̭mu॒dre |
ya evaṃ-ve~da | sa devīṃ sampadamāpnoti || 7 ||

te devā abruvan –
namo devyai mahādevyai śivāyai satata-nnamaḥ |
namaḥ prakṛtyai bhadrāyai niyatāḥ praṇatā-ssma tām || 8 ||

tāma॒gniva̭rṇā॒-ntapa̭sā jvala॒ntīṃ-vai~̭roca॒nī-ṅka̭rmapha॒leṣu॒ juṣṭā᳚m |
du॒rgā-nde॒vīṃ śara̭ṇa-mprapa̭dyāmahe-'surānnāśayitryai te namaḥ || 9 ||

(ṛ.ve.8.100.11)
de॒vīṃ-vā~ca̭majanayanta de॒vāstāṃ-vi~॒śvarṷ̄pāḥ pa॒śavo̭ vadanti |
sā no̭ ma॒ndreṣa॒mūrja॒-nduhā̭nā dhe॒nurvāga॒smānupa॒ suṣṭu॒taitṷ || 10 ||

kālarātrī-mbrahmastutāṃ-vai~ṣṇavīṃ skandamātaram |
sarasvatīmaditi-ndakṣaduhitara-nnamāmaḥ pāvanāṃ śivām || 11 ||

mahālakṣmyai ca vidmahe sarvaśaktyai ca dhīmahi |
tanno devī pracodayāt || 12 ||

aditir​hyajaniṣṭa dakṣa yā duhitā tava |
tā-ndevā anvajāyanta bhadrā amṛtabandhavaḥ || 13 ||

kāmo yoniḥ kamalā vajrapāṇi-
rguhā hasā mātariśvābhramindraḥ |
punarguhā sakalā māyayā ca
purūcyaiṣā viśvamātādividyom || 14 ||

eṣā-''tmaśaktiḥ |
eṣā viśvamohinī |
pāśāṅkuśadhanurbāṇadharā |
eṣā śrīmahāvidyā |
ya evaṃ-ve~da sa śoka-ntarati || 15 ||

namaste astu bhagavati mātarasmānpāhi sarvataḥ || 16 ||

saiṣāṣṭau vasavaḥ |
saiṣaikādaśa rudrāḥ |
saiṣā dvādaśādityāḥ |
saiṣā viśvedevā-ssomapā asomapāśca |
saiṣā yātudhānā asurā rakṣāṃsi piśācā yakṣā siddhāḥ |
saiṣā sattvarajastamāṃsi |
saiṣā brahmaviṣṇurudrarūpiṇī |
saiṣā prajāpatīndramanavaḥ |
saiṣā grahanakṣatrajyotīṃṣi | kalākāṣṭhādikālarūpiṇī |
tāmaha-mpraṇaumi nityam |
pāpāpahāriṇī-ndevī-mbhuktimuktipradāyinīm |
anantāṃ-vi~jayāṃ śuddhāṃ śaraṇyāṃ śivadāṃ śivām || 17 ||

viyadīkārasaṃ​yu~ktaṃ-vī~tihotrasamanvitam |
ardhendulasita-ndevyā bījaṃ sarvārthasādhakam || 18 ||

evamekākṣara-mbrahma yataya-śśuddhacetasaḥ |
dhyāyanti paramānandamayā jñānāmburāśayaḥ || 19 ||

vāṅmāyā brahmasūstasmā-thṣaṣṭhaṃ-va~ktrasamanvitam |
sūryo-'vāmaśrotrabindusaṃ​yu~ktaṣṭāttṛtīyakaḥ |
nārāyaṇena sammiśro vāyuścādharayuktataḥ |
vicce navārṇako-'rṇa-ssyānmahadānandadāyakaḥ || 20 ||

hṛtpuṇḍarīkamadhyasthā-mprātassūryasamaprabhām |
pāśāṅkuśadharāṃ saumyāṃ-va~radābhayahastakām |
trinetrāṃ raktavasanā-mbhaktakāmadughā-mbhaje || 21 ||

namāmi tvā-mmahādevī-mmahābhayavināśinīm |
mahādurgapraśamanī-mmahākāruṇyarūpiṇīm || 22 ||

yasyā-ssvarūpa-mbrahmādayo na jānanti tasmāducyate ajñeyā |
yasyā anto na labhyate tasmāducyate anantā |
yasyā lakṣya-nnopalakṣyate tasmāducyate alakṣyā |
yasyā janana-nnopalabhyate tasmāducyate ajā |
ekaiva sarvatra vartate tasmāducyate ekā |
ekaiva viśvarūpiṇī tasmāducyate naikā |
ata evocyate ajñeyānantālakṣyājaikā naiketi || 23 ||

mantrāṇā-mmātṛkā devī śabdānā-ñjñānarūpiṇī |
jñānānā-ñcinmayātītā śūnyānāṃ śūnyasākṣiṇī |
yasyāḥ paratara-nnāsti saiṣā durgā prakīrtitā || 24 ||

tā-ndurgā-ndurgamā-ndevī-ndurācāravighātinīm |
namāmi bhavabhīto-'haṃ saṃsārārṇavatāriṇīm || 25 ||

idamatharvaśīr​ṣaṃ-yo~-'dhīte sa pañcātharvaśīr​ṣajapaphalamāpnoti |
idamatharvaśīr​ṣamajñātvā yo-'rcāṃ sthāpayati |
śatalakṣa-mprajaptvā-'pi so-'rcāsiddhi-nna vindati |
śatamaṣṭottara-ñcāsya puraścaryāvidhi-ssmṛtaḥ |
daśavāra-mpaṭhedyastu sadyaḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate |
mahādurgāṇi tarati mahādevyāḥ prasādataḥ | 26 ||
sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |
prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛta-mpāpa-nnāśayati |
sāya-mprātaḥ prayuñjāno apāpo bhavati |
niśīthe turīyasandhyāyā-ñjaptvā vāksiddhirbhavati |
nūtanāyā-mpratimāyā-ñjaptvā devatāsānnidhya-mbhavati |
prāṇapratiṣṭhāyā-ñjaptvā prāṇānā-mpratiṣṭhā bhavati |
bhaumāśvinyā-mmahādevīsannidhau japtvā mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |
sa mahāmṛtyu-ntarati |
ya evaṃ-ve~da |
ityupaniṣat || 27 ||