Devi

[|**You indeed when attained, are the cause of the final emancipation**]

"O Goddess, who removes the suffering of Your supplicants, be gracious! Be gracious, O Mother of the whole world! Be gracious, O Queen of the universe; Safeguard the universe! You, O Goddess, are Queen of all that is movable and unmovable! You alone has become the support of the world, Because You do subsist in the [|form of Earth]! By You, who exists in the form of water, all this universe is filled, O You inviolable in Your valor; You are the Gem of the universe, You are Illusion sublime! All this world has been bewitched, O Goddess; You indeed when attained, Are the cause of the final emancipation from existence on Earth!... O Goddess, be gracious! Protect us wholly from fear of our foes perpetually, As You have at this very time saved us promptly by the slaughter of the demons! And You bring quickly to rest the sins of all the worlds, And the great calamities which have sprung, from the maturing of portents! To us who are prostrate be You gracious, O Goddess, who takes away affliction from the universe! O You worthy of praise from the dwellers of the three worlds, Bestow Your boons on this world!

Markendeya Purana, Candi Mahatmya 10