---
type: Reference
bundle: shakta-darshana
bundle_version: "0.8.0"
id: devi-mahatmya
title: "Devī Māhātmya — देवीमाहात्म्य (scoped re-reference)"
iast: "Devī Māhātmya"
devanagari: "देवीमाहात्म्य"
description: "SCOPED RE-REFERENCE: the foundational Śākta scripture (Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 81-93) already carried as a reference in cosmology-creation v0.7 for its cosmological content; re-referenced here for its darśana content: Mahādevī theology, the ekaivāhaṃ declaration, Kālī's emergence, and the theology of the Goddess's supremacy."
text_type: "Purāṇic scripture (13 chapters, ~700 verses; also called Durgā Saptaśatī, Caṇḍī)"
period: "Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 81-93"
tags: [devi-mahatmya, durga-saptashati, chandi, devi, kali, reference, cross-bundle]
related:
  - /concepts/devi.md
  - /concepts/mahadevi.md
  - /concepts/kali.md
  - /concepts/shakti.md
timestamp: "2026-07-01"
okf_version: "0.2"
license: "CC BY-SA 4.0"
---

# Devī Māhātmya -- देवीमाहात्म्य (scoped re-reference)

## Cross-Bundle Scope Note (read first)

This text is referenced in TWO bundles with different scopes, by design:

- **cosmology-creation v0.7** (references/devi-mahatmya.md there, with markandeya-purana.md): owns the COSMOLOGICAL reading: Śakti's supremacy over sṛṣṭi-sthiti-saṃhāra, the Śākta alternative to the Trimūrti schema, Mahāmāyā.
- **shakta-darshana v0.8** (this file): owns the DARŚANA reading: Mahādevī theology as such, the ekaivāhaṃ jagatyatra declaration (10.5, the one-Goddess doctrine), Kālī's emergence and demon-slaying function (ch. 7), and the text's liturgical life (Navarātri recitation, pairing with Devī Sūkta).

An AI citing this text should select the bundle whose scope matches the query; do not merge the two reference entries.

## Use in This Bundle

- [mahadevi.md](../concepts/mahadevi.md): 10.5 (ekaivāhaṃ) as the Mahādevī doctrine's canonical verse
- [devi.md](../concepts/devi.md): the revelation narrative (the gods' pooled splendor revealing, not creating, her)
- [kali.md](../concepts/kali.md): chapter 7 (Caṇḍa-Muṇḍa, Raktabīja) as the primary Kālī source
- [shakti.md](../concepts/shakti.md): 1.74-78 as cited in v0.7, darśana-side reading

## Editions

Widely available; scholarly standard is Coburn's translation and study (Encountering the Goddess). Liturgical editions (Durgā Saptaśatī) are ubiquitous in devotional use.
