प्रथमं शैलपुत्री च द्वितीयं ब्रह्मचारिणी। तृतीयं चन्द्रघण्टेति कूष्माण्डेति चतुर्थकम्॥
prathamaṁ śailaputrī ca dvitīyaṁ brahmacāriṇī। tṛtīyaṁ candraghaṇṭēti kūṣmāṇḍēti caturthakam॥
Translation
The first is Śailaputrī, the second is Brahmacāriṇī, the third is called Candraghaṇṭā, and the fourth is called Kūṣmāṇḍā.
Word by word
- prathamaṁ
- first
- śailaputrī
- Śailaputrī (daughter of the mountain)
- ca
- and
- dvitīyaṁ
- second
- brahmacāriṇī
- Brahmacāriṇī (the ascetic)
- tṛtīyaṁ
- third
- candra-ghaṇṭā
- Candraghaṇṭā (with a moon-bell)
- iti
- thus
- kūṣmāṇḍā
- Kūṣmāṇḍā (cosmic egg)
- caturthakam
- fourth
Meaning
This third core verse begins the enumeration of the nine forms of Goddess Durga (Navadurgā), listing the first four forms: Śailaputrī, Brahmacāriṇī, Candraghaṇṭā, and Kūṣmāṇḍā.