Shloka 3
Adhyaya 92 — Devi’s Assurance of Protection and the Fruits of Reciting the Devi Mahatmyam
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चैकचेतसः ।
स्तोष्यन्ति चैव ये भक्त्या मम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् ॥
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ navamyāṃ caikacetasaḥ |
stoṣyanti caiva ye bhaktyā mama māhātmyam uttamam ||
येऽष्टम्यां चतुर्दश्यां नवम्यां चैकाग्रचित्ताः भक्त्या मम परमं माहात्म्यं स्तुवन्ति, ते प्रतिज्ञातान् वरान् प्राप्नुवन्ति।
FAQs
The text integrates devotion with disciplined time—holy days become supports for steadiness and remembrance, training the mind toward one-pointedness and gratitude rather than fear-driven worship.
Dharma: it prescribes devotional observances (vrata-like guidance) grounded in Purāṇic narrative authority.
The specified tithis are liminal points in the lunar cycle, traditionally suited for śakti-upāsanā; ‘eka-cetas’ indicates that the true rite is inner concentration, with calendar observance as an outer scaffold.