The benefit of reading/listening Devi Mahatmya several times is given below:-
Three times-to get rid of black magic
Five times-to get rid of difficulties caused by planets
Seven times - to get rid of great fear.
Nine times - Peace,
Eleven times - to get over fear of death, attraction of the king
Twelve times - getting desires fulfilled and destruction of enemies
Fourteen times - to attract women as well as enemies
Fifteen times - Pleasant life and getting of wealth
Sixteen times - to get sons and grand sons
Seventeen times - to get rid of fear of the King
Eighteen times - to get occult powers
Twenty times - For war to end
Twenty-five times - To come out of prison
Hundred times - to get rid of great sorrow, banishment from caste, Loss of life, salvation
Hundred and eight times - Fulfilling any wanted desire
One thousand times - Goddess Mahalakshmi will visit him/her and he/she will get all wealth
Reading of Shree Durga Saptshati (Devi Mahatmay)
Chapter 1 (Madhu kaitabha samhaara) is to be read for 1st day,
Chapter 2 thru 4 (Mahishhasura samhaara) to be read on 2nd day,
Chapter 5 and 6 (Dhuumralochana vadha) on the 3rd day,
Chapter 7 (Chanda Munda vadha) on 4th day,
Chapter 8(Rakta biija samhaara) on 5th day,
Chapter 9 and 10 (Shumbha Nishumbha vadha) on 6th day,
Chapter 11(Praise of Narayani) on 7th day,
Chapter 12 (Phalastuti) on 8th day,
Chapter 13 (Blessings to Suratha and the Merchant)on 9th day
Chapter 14 (aparaadha xamaapaNa) on 10th day
Shree Durga Saptshati (Devi Mahatmaya): Symbolism of the three episodes
Coburn says:
"The sage's three tales are allegories of outer and inner experience, symbolized by the fierce battles the all-powerful Devi wages against throngs of demonic foes. Her adversaries represent the all-too-human impulses arising from the pursuit of power, possessions and pleasure, and from illusions of self-importance. Like the battlefield of the Bhagavad Gita, the Devi Mahatmya's killing grounds represent the field of human consciousness ... The Devi, personified as one supreme Goddess and many goddesses, confronts the demons of ego and dispels our mistaken idea of who we are, for – paradoxically – it is she who creates the misunderstanding in the first place, and she alone who awakens us to our true being." Chapter 1, Chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 11 describe the praise given to the great Goddess Yognindra, Goddess Chandi, who slayed Mahishasura, Goddess Adi-Shakti, the one who is source of all other Goddesses and power inside all gods and Goddess Durga, who was born from combined energy of all Gods & Goddesses declares that Goddess Adi-shakti is Supreme of all and source of all. In chapter 1, Lord Brahma even praises that the great Goddess has created everything including himself.
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