"The Glory of the Goddess" — 700 verses (Saptaśatī) on the Goddess’s slaying of Mahiṣa, Śumbha, and Niśumbha. The foundational scripture of Śākta (Goddess) Hinduism.
1 chapter
Tradition
Smṛti. A self-contained section (chapters 81–93) of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, c. 5th–6th century CE. Ritually recited as the Caṇḍī Pāṭha; the central liturgical text of Goddess worship.
Translation
F. Eden Pargiter, translator, *The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa* (Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, Bibliotheca Indica, 1904), Cantos LXXXI–XCIII (the Devī-māhātmya). Public domain.
License
Public domain (pre-1929 English translation). Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.