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ध्यायेयं रत्नपीठेशुककलपठितं श्रुंवतीं श्यामलांगीम् न्यस्तैकांघ्रिं सरोजे शशिशकल धरां वल्लकीं वादयन्तीम् । कह्लारा बद्ध मालां नियमित विलसच् चोलिकां रक्त वस्त्राम् मातंगीम् शंख पात्रां मधुरमधुमदाम् चित्रकोद्भासि भालाम् ॥

dhyāyeyaṃ ratnapīṭheśuka kala paṭhitaṃ śruṇvatīṃ śyāmalāṅgīm nyastaikāṅghriṃ saroje śaśiśakala dharāṃ vallakīṃ vādayantīm। kahlārā baddha mālāṃ niyamita vilasac colikāṃ rakta vastrām mātaṅgīṃ śaṅkha pātrāṃ madhuramadhumadām citrakodbhāsi bhālām।।

I meditate on Mātaṅgī, who is sitting upon a pedestal of jewels, with one foot resting on a lotus while listening to the melodious recitation of parrots. Her body is black and she wears a crescent moon, a garland of white lotuses, a glittering blouse and a red sari. A vermillion spot shines on her forehead and she holds a cup made of shell. She is sweetly inebriated by nectar and she plays the vīna.

A Matangi on Tritiya based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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खड्गं चक्रगदेषुचापपरिघाञ्छूलं भुशुण्डीं शिर: शङ्खं सन्दधतीं करैस्त्रिनयनां सर्वाङ्गभूषावृताम्। यां हन्तुं मधुकैटभौ जलजभूस्तुष्टावसुप्ते हरौ नीलाश्मद्युतिमास्यपाददशकां सेवे महाकालिकाम्॥ khaḍgaṃ cakragadeṣucāpaparighāñchūlaṃ bhuśuṇḍīṃ śiraḥ śaṅkhaṃ sandadhatīṃ karaistrinayanāṃ sarvāṅgabhūṣāvṛtām। yāṃ hantuṃ madhukaiṭabhau jalajabhūstuṣṭāvasupte harau nīlāśmadyutimāsyapādadaśakāṃ seve mahākālikāṃ।। I worship Mahākālī who is adorned with ornaments on all her limbs and shines like a blue jewel. She has three eyes, ten faces and feet. With her (10) hands she holds a sword, a discus, a mace, an arrow, a bow, a club, a spear, a sling, a head, and a conch. In order to destroy Madhu and Kaiṭabha, she was extolled by Brahmā when Viṣṇu was in cosmic sleep.

A Mahakali on Saptami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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विद्युद्दामसमप्रभा मृगपतिस्कन्धस्थितां भीषणाम्

कन्याभि: करवालखेटविलसद्धस्ताभिरसेविताम्।

हस्तैश्चक्रगदासिखेटविशिखांश्चापंगुणं तर्जनीम्

विभ्राणामनलात्मिकां शशिधरां

दुर्गां त्रिनेत्रां भजे ॥

vidyuddāmasamaprabhāṃ mṛgapati skandhasthitāṃ bhīṣaṇāṃ

kanyābhiḥ karavālakheṭa vilasadd-hastābhirāsevitām |

hastaiś cakra gadā asi kheṭa viśikhāṃś cāpaṃ guṇaṃ tarjanīm

vibhrāṇāmanalātmikāṃ śaśi-dharāṃdurgāṃ trinetrāṃ bhaje ||

I worship the three-eyed Durgā sitting on the lion‟s shoulders. She is terrifying and shines like a garland of lightnings. Served by maidens who hold swords and shields in their hands, her hands are radiating with a discus, a mace, a sword, a club, an arrow, a bow, a rope, and the tarjanī mudrā. She is wearing the moon (on her head), and her nature is fiery.

A Durga on Dashami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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उद्यद्भानुसहस्रकान्तिमरुणक्षौमां शिरो मालिकां रक्तालिप्तपयोधरां जपवटीं विद्यामभीतिं वरम्। हस्तगब्जैर्दधतीं त्रिनेत्रविलसद्वक्त्रारविन्दश्रियम् देवीं बद्धहिमांशुरत्नमुकुटां वन्देऽरविन्दस्थिताम्।।

udyadbhānusahasrakāntimaruṇakṣaumāṃ śiro mālikāṃ raktāliptapayodharāṃ japavaṭīṃ vidyāmabhītiṃ varam। hastābjairdadhatīṃ trinetravilasadvaktraaravindaśriyam devīṃ baddhahimāṃśuratnamukuṭāṃ vande‟ravindasthitām।

I worship Devī seated on a lotus, who is radiant like thousands of rising suns, who has three eyes in her shining lotus face, who has a moon and gems bound to her crown. She is wearing a red silk sari, and a garland of heads. Her breasts are smeared with red. In her lotus hands she is keeping a rosary for japa, and the mudrās of jñāna, fearlessness, and granting boons.

A Devi on Panchami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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बन्धूककांचननिभम् रुचिराक्षमालाम् पाशांकुशौ च वरदा निजबगहुदंडै:। बिभ्राणमिन्दुशकलाभरणं त्रिनेत्रम् अर्धाम्बिकेशमनिशम् वपुराश्रयामि ।। bandhūkakāñcananibham rucira_akṣamālām pāśa_aṅkuśau ca varadāṃ nijabāhudaṇḍaiḥ। bibhrāṇaminduśakala_ābharaṇaṃ tri-netram ardhāmbikeśam aniśam vapur āśrayāmi।। I take refuge day and night in Ambikā whose half body is the three-eyed Śiva adorned with the radiant half-moon. Her color is gold and red like the bandhūka flower. In her (four) hands are seen a beautiful rudrākṣa rosary, a rope, a hook, and the mudrā of boon giving.

An Ambika on Navami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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बलारविद्युतिमिन्दुकिरीटां तुंगकुचां नयन त्रययुक्ताम्। स्मेरमुखीं वरदांकुशपाशाभीतिकरां प्रभजे भुवनेशीम् ।।

balāravidyutimindukirīṭāṃ tuṅgakucāṃ nayana trayayuktām।smeramukhīṃ varadāṅkuśapāśaabhītikarāṃ prabhaje bhuvaneśīm।।

I worship Bhuvaneśīm, shining like the rising sun, who has a smiling face with three eyes and the moon as her crown, who has prominent breasts, and who keeps in her hands a hook, a noose, as well as the mudrās of boon granting and fearlessness.

A Bhuvaneshwari on Prathama based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam. (Source)

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अक्षस्त्रक्परशुंगदेषुकुलिशंपद्मंधनुष्कुण्डिकां दण्डंशक्तिमसिंचचर्मजलजंघघण्टांसुराभाजनम्। शूलंपाशसुदर्शनेचदधतींहस्तै:प्रसन्नाननाम् सेवेसैरिभममर्दिनीमिहमहालक्ष्मींसरोजस्थिताम् ।। akṣasrak paraśuṃ gadeṣu kuliśaṃ padmaṃ dhanuṣ kuṇḍikāṃ daṇḍaṃ śaktim asiṃ ca carma jalajaṃ ghaṇṭāṃ surābhājanam। śūlaṃ pāśa sudarśane ca dadhatīṃ hastaiḥ prasannānanām seve sairibha mardinīm iha mahālakṣmīṃ saroja sthitām।। I worship Mahālakṣmī, the destroyer of Mahiṣāsura. She is seated on a lotus and has a contented face. In her (eighteen) hands she holds a rudrākṣa rosary, an axe, a mace, an arrow, a thunderbolt, a lotus, a bow, a pitcher, a stick, a lance, a sword, a shield, a conch, a bell, a nectar cup, a spear, a net, and the Sudarśana.

A Mahalakshmi on Ashtami based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam (Source) by @rishabhaa

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बालार्कमंदलाभासां चतुर्बाहुं त्रिलोचनाम् । पाशांकुशवराभीतीर्धारयन्तीं शिवां भजे ॥ bālārkamandalābhāsāṃ caturbāhuṃ trilocanām। pāśāṅkuśavarābhītīrdhārayantīṃ śivāṃ bhaje।। I worship the three-eyed benevolent Śivā. She is the sunrise illuminating the orb of the sky. In her four arms she holds a rope, a hook, and the mudrās of giving boons and fearlessness.

A Shivaa on Chaturthi based on her description in the Devi Mahatyam (Source) by @rishabhaa

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