Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 lyrics in Sanskrit & English, with meaning
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Shloka 1#
ऋषिरुवाच
एतत्ते कथितं भूप देवीमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ।
एवंप्रभावा सा देवी ययेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥ṛṣiruvāca
etatte kathitaṃ bhūpa devīmāhātmyamuttamam |
evaṃprabhāvā sā devī yayedaṃ dhāryate jagat ||ऋषि बोले: हे राजन्! मैंने तुम्हें देवी का यह उत्तम माहात्म्य सुनाया। जिनसे यह जगत धारण किया जाता है, उन देवी का ऐसा ही प्रभाव है।
The sage said: O king, I have told you this supreme glory of the Goddess. Such is the power of the Goddess by whom this world is upheld.
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Shloka 2#
विद्या तथैव क्रियते भगवद्विष्णुमायया ।
तथा त्वमेष वैश्यश्च तथैवान्ये विवेकिनः ।
मोह्यन्ते मोहिताश्चैव मोहमेष्यन्ति चापरे ॥vidyā tathaiva kriyate bhagavadviṣṇumāyayā |
tathā tvameṣa vaiśyaśca tathaivānye vivekinaḥ |
mohyante mohitāścaiva mohameṣyanti cāpare ||वही भगवान विष्णु की माया विद्या (ज्ञान) भी देती हैं। उन्हीं से तुम, यह वैश्य और दूसरे विवेकी पुरुष मोहित होते हैं, मोहित हुए हैं और आगे भी दूसरे मोहित होंगे।
Knowledge too is granted by her, Vishnu's Maya. By her you, this merchant and other thoughtful people are deluded, have been deluded, and others will yet be deluded.
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Shloka 3#
तामुपैहि महाराज शरणं परमेश्वरीम् ।
आराधिता सैव नृणां भोगस्वर्गापवर्गदा ॥tāmupaihi mahārāja śaraṇaṃ parameśvarīm |
ārādhitā saiva nṛṇāṃ bhogasvargāpavargadā ||हे महाराज! तुम उन्हीं परमेश्वरी की शरण में जाओ। आराधना करने पर वही मनुष्यों को भोग, स्वर्ग और मोक्ष देती हैं।
Go to her, the Supreme Queen, for refuge, great king. Worshipped, she alone grants people enjoyment, heaven and liberation.
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Shloka 4#
; मार्कण्डेय उवाच
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुरथः स नराधिपः ।
प्रणिपत्य महाभागं तमृषिं शंसितव्रतम् ॥; mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā surathaḥ sa narādhipaḥ |
praṇipatya mahābhāgaṃ tamṛṣiṃ śaṃsitavratam ||मार्कण्डेयजी बोले: उनके ये वचन सुनकर राजा सुरथ ने उत्तम व्रत वाले महाभाग ऋषि को प्रणाम किया,
Markandeya said: Hearing his words, King Suratha bowed to the great sage of praiseworthy vows,
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Shloka 5#
निर्विण्णोऽतिममत्वेन राज्यापहरणेन च ।
जगाम सद्यस्तपसे स च वैश्यो महामुने ॥nirviṇṇo'timamatvena rājyāpaharaṇena ca |
jagāma sadyastapase sa ca vaiśyo mahāmune ||और अत्यधिक ममता तथा राज्य छिन जाने से विरक्त होकर, हे महामुनि, वे तुरन्त तपस्या करने चले गए; वह वैश्य भी।
and, weary of his excessive attachment and the loss of his kingdom, at once went to practise austerities, O great sage — and so did the merchant.
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Shloka 6#
संदर्शनार्थमम्बाया नदीपुलिनसंस्थितः ।
स च वैश्यस्तपस्तेपे देवीसूक्तं परं जपन् ॥saṃdarśanārthamambāyā nadīpulinasaṃsthitaḥ |
sa ca vaiśyastapastepe devīsūktaṃ paraṃ japan ||जगदम्बा के दर्शन के लिए वे नदी के तट पर रहने लगे, और वह वैश्य भी उत्तम देवीसूक्त का जप करते हुए तपस्या करने लगा।
To win a vision of Ambika, he stayed on a river bank, and the merchant too practised austerities, reciting the supreme Devi Sukta.
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Shloka 7#
तौ तस्मिन् पुलिने देव्याः कृत्वा मूर्तिं महीमयीम् ।
अर्हणां चक्रतुस्तस्याः पुष्पधूपाग्नितर्पणैः ॥tau tasmin puline devyāḥ kṛtvā mūrtiṃ mahīmayīm |
arhaṇāṃ cakratustasyāḥ puṣpadhūpāgnitarpaṇaiḥ ||उस नदी तट पर दोनों ने देवी की मिट्टी की मूर्ति बनाई और पुष्प, धूप, होम और तर्पण से उनकी पूजा की।
On that river bank the two made an image of the Goddess in clay and worshipped her with flowers, incense, fire offerings and libations.
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Shloka 8#
निराहारौ यतात्मानौ तन्मनस्कौ समाहितौ ।
ददतुस्तौ बलिं चैव निजगात्रासृगुक्षितम् ॥nirāhārau yatātmānau tanmanaskau samāhitau |
dadatustau baliṃ caiva nijagātrāsṛgukṣitam ||वे निराहार रहकर, मन को वश में करके, देवी में ही मन लगाकर एकाग्रता से अपने शरीर के रक्त से सींची हुई बलि भी देने लगे।
Fasting, self-controlled, with minds fixed on her, they made offerings sprinkled with blood from their own bodies.
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Shloka 9#
एवं समाराधयतोस्त्रिभिर्वर्षैर्यतात्मनोः ।
परितुष्टा जगद्धात्री प्रत्यक्षं प्राह चण्डिका ॥evaṃ samārādhayatostribhirvarṣairyatātmanoḥ |
parituṣṭā jagaddhātrī pratyakṣaṃ prāha caṇḍikā ||इस प्रकार संयम से तीन वर्ष तक आराधना करने पर जगत को धारण करने वाली चण्डिका प्रसन्न होकर प्रत्यक्ष प्रकट हुईं और बोलीं।
When the two, self-controlled, had worshipped her thus for three years, Chandika, sustainer of the world, well pleased, appeared before them and spoke.
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Shloka 10#
; श्रीदेव्युवाच
यत्प्रार्थ्यते त्वया भूप त्वया च कुलनन्दन ।
मत्तस्तत्प्राप्यतां सर्वं परितुष्टा ददामि तत् ॥; śrīdevyuvāca
yatprārthyate tvayā bhūpa tvayā ca kulanandana |
mattastatprāpyatāṃ sarvaṃ parituṣṭā dadāmi tat ||देवी बोलीं: हे राजन्, और हे अपने कुल को आनन्द देने वाले वैश्य! तुम जो कुछ चाहते हो, वह सब मुझसे प्राप्त करो; मैं प्रसन्न होकर वह देती हूँ।
The Goddess said: O king, and you, O pride of your family — whatever you ask, receive it all from me; I am pleased and will grant it.
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Shloka 11#
; मार्कण्डेय उवाच
ततो वव्रे नृपो राज्यमविभ्रंश्यन्यजन्मनि ।
अत्रैव च निजं राज्यं हतशत्रुबलं बलात् ॥; mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
tato vavre nṛpo rājyamavibhraṃśyanyajanmani |
atraiva ca nijaṃ rājyaṃ hataśatrubalaṃ balāt ||मार्कण्डेयजी बोले: तब राजा ने दूसरे जन्म में नष्ट न होने वाला राज्य माँगा, और इसी जन्म में शत्रुओं की सेना को बलपूर्वक नष्ट करके अपना राज्य फिर से माँगा।
Markandeya said: Then the king chose a kingdom that would not be lost in another birth, and in this life his own kingdom, regained by force after destroying the power of his enemies.
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Shloka 12#
सोऽपि वैश्यस्ततो ज्ञानं वव्रे निर्विण्णमानसः ।
ममेत्यहमिति प्राज्ञः सङ्गविच्युतिकारकम् ॥so'pi vaiśyastato jñānaṃ vavre nirviṇṇamānasaḥ |
mametyahamiti prājñaḥ saṅgavicyutikārakam ||उस बुद्धिमान वैश्य ने, जिसका मन संसार से विरक्त हो चुका था, 'मैं' और 'मेरा' की आसक्ति को काटने वाला ज्ञान माँगा।
The merchant, his mind turned from the world, wisely chose knowledge — the knowledge that cuts the attachment of 'mine' and 'I'.
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Shloka 13#
; श्रीदेव्युवाच
स्वल्पैरहोभिर्नृपते स्वं राज्यं प्राप्स्यते भवान् ।
हत्वा रिपूनस्खलितं तव तत्र भविष्यति ॥; śrīdevyuvāca
svalpairahobhirnṛpate svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyate bhavān |
hatvā ripūnaskhalitaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati ||देवी बोलीं: हे राजन्! तुम थोड़े ही दिनों में शत्रुओं को मारकर अपना राज्य प्राप्त कर लोगे, और वह तुम्हारे पास स्थिर रहेगा।
The Goddess said: O king, within a few days you will regain your own kingdom; having slain your enemies, it will remain secure for you.
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Shloka 14#
मृतश्च भूयः सम्प्राप्य जन्म देवाद्विवस्वतः ।
सावर्णिको नाम मनुर्भवान् भुवि भविष्यति ॥mṛtaśca bhūyaḥ samprāpya janma devādvivasvataḥ |
sāvarṇiko nāma manurbhavān bhuvi bhaviṣyati ||फिर मृत्यु के बाद सूर्यदेव से जन्म लेकर तुम पृथ्वी पर 'सावर्णि' नाम के मनु बनोगे।
And after death, being born again of the god Vivasvat (the Sun), you will be the Manu named Savarni on earth.
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Shloka 15#
वैश्यवर्य त्वया यश्च वरोऽस्मत्तोऽभिवाञ्छितः ।
तं प्रयच्छामि संसिद्ध्यै तव ज्ञानं भविष्यति ॥vaiśyavarya tvayā yaśca varo'smatto'bhivāñchitaḥ |
taṃ prayacchāmi saṃsiddhyai tava jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati ||और हे वैश्यश्रेष्ठ, तुमने मुझसे जो वर चाहा है, वह मैं तुम्हारी सिद्धि के लिए देती हूँ — तुम्हें ज्ञान प्राप्त होगा।
And O best of merchants, the boon you sought from me I grant for your perfection: knowledge will be yours.
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Shloka 16#
; मार्कण्डेय उवाच
इति दत्त्वा तयोर्देवी यथाभिलषितं वरम् ।
बभूवान्तर्हिता सद्यो भक्त्या ताभ्यामभिष्टुता ॥; mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
iti dattvā tayordevī yathābhilaṣitaṃ varam |
babhūvāntarhitā sadyo bhaktyā tābhyāmabhiṣṭutā ||मार्कण्डेयजी बोले: इस प्रकार दोनों को मनचाहा वर देकर, उनके द्वारा भक्तिपूर्वक स्तुति की गई देवी तुरन्त अन्तर्धान हो गईं।
Markandeya said: Having thus given both the boons they desired, the Goddess, praised by them with devotion, at once vanished.
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Shloka 17#
एवं देव्या वरं लब्ध्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियर्षभः ।
सूर्याज्जन्म समासाद्य सावर्णिर्भविता मनुः ॥evaṃ devyā varaṃ labdhvā surathaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |
sūryājjanma samāsādya sāvarṇirbhavitā manuḥ ||इस प्रकार देवी से वर पाकर क्षत्रियश्रेष्ठ सुरथ सूर्य से जन्म लेकर सावर्णि मनु होंगे।
Having thus received the boon from the Goddess, Suratha, best of kshatriyas, will be born of the Sun and become Savarni, the Manu.
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What Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 means
Medhas ends his story. King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi go to a riverbank, make an image of the Goddess and worship her for three years. Pleased, she appears. Suratha asks for his kingdom in this life and an unshakeable one in the next; she grants it and says he will be born as Savarni, the next Manu. Samadhi, freed from attachment, asks for knowledge, and she grants him wisdom that leads to liberation.
How to chant Durga Saptashati Chapter 13
- PartUttama charitra (last episode, chapters 5–13)
- Presiding formMahasaraswati
- WhenNavratri (Chaitra and Sharad), Ashtami, Fridays
- Prepare. Bathe, sit facing the Goddess on a clean (often red) cloth, and light a ghee lamp. Keep the book on a stand, not on the floor or your lap.
- Continue from the previous chapter. If you are reading the whole text, take up where you stopped; many read one or more chapters each day of Navratri.
- Recite clearly. Read without hurrying and without stopping in the middle of a chapter. If you cannot read Sanskrit fluently, read the Hindi or English meaning alongside.
- Close. End with the closing hymns, a prayer for forgiveness of errors (kshama-prarthana), and the aarti.
A common Navratri plan: day 1 — chapter 1; day 2 — chapters 2–3; day 3 — chapter 4; day 4 — chapters 5–8; day 5 — chapters 9–10; day 6 — chapter 11; day 7 — chapters 12–13 (traditions differ). Others read all thirteen chapters in one sitting.
Where Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 comes from
The Durga Saptashati, also called the Devi Mahatmya or Chandi Path, forms chapters 81–93 of the Markandeya Purana and is usually dated to about the 5th–6th century CE. It has seven hundred verses (sapta-shati) as counted in recitation, and is the central text of Shakta worship, read especially during the two Navratris.
About Durga Saptashati Chapter 13
Chapter 13 of the Durga Saptashati (Devi Mahatmya): The sage Medhas ends his story; King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi worship the Goddess for three years, and she grants the king his kingdom and the merchant knowledge. Verse numbers follow the Markandeya Purana (chapter 93); recitation books that number each speaker line separately count more mantras. It comes from the Markandeya Purana (Devi Mahatmya), Puranic. The text is in Sanskrit.
Sanskrit text: Sanskrit Wikisource — Markandeya Purana, chapter 93. Transliteration and meanings by The Hindu Book.
Frequently asked questions
Who wrote Durga Saptashati Chapter 13?
Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 comes from the Markandeya Purana (Devi Mahatmya) (Puranic).
Where can I read Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 lyrics in English?
This page has the full Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 in Sanskrit (Devanagari) with the English transliteration under every verse, and the meaning of each verse in Hindi and English. Use the Chant and Meaning buttons above the verses to show only what you need.
दुर्गासप्तशती त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः — सुरथवैश्ययोर्वरप्रदान का अर्थ क्या है?
इस पेज पर दुर्गासप्तशती त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः — सुरथवैश्ययोर्वरप्रदान के हर पद के नीचे उसका सरल हिंदी अर्थ और अंग्रेज़ी अर्थ दिया गया है।
How many verses are there in Durga Saptashati Chapter 13?
Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 has 17 verses as given on this page.
In which language is Durga Saptashati Chapter 13?
Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 is in Sanskrit. This page gives the original text in Devanagari with Roman transliteration and meaning in Hindi and English.
How long does it take to recite Durga Saptashati Chapter 13?
A full recitation takes about 5 min.
To whom is Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 dedicated?
Durga Saptashati Chapter 13 is dedicated to Durga. Chapter 13 of the Durga Saptashati (Devi Mahatmya): The sage Medhas ends his story; King Suratha and the merchant Samadhi worship the Goddess for three years, and she grants the king his kingdom and the merchant knowledge. Verse numbers follow the Markandeya Purana (chapter 93); recitation books that number each speaker line separately count more mantras.
What does Suratha receive?
His kingdom back, and birth as Savarni, the eighth Manu.
What does Samadhi ask for?
Not wealth but knowledge — the wisdom that frees from attachment.










