Panchamam Skanda Matheti shashtam Kathyayaneethi cha. Sapthamam Kala Rathreethi Maha Goureethi Chasthamam.
Navamam Sidhitha proktha Nava Durga prakeerthitha, Ukthanyethani naamani Brahmanaiva Maahaathmana.
I have with extreme happiness sung the fame of the nine mothers, Sailaputhri (The daughter of Himalayas), Brahmacharini (She who leads you to salvation), Chandra Ganda (she who hangs the crescent in her bell), Kooshmanda (She who eats away the earth with its pain and sorrow), Skandamatha (Mother of Lord Subrahmanya), Kathyayani (She who was born in the hermitage of Sage Kathyayana), Kala Rathri (She who is the end of God of death), Mahagouri (The pure white Goddess) and Sidhitha (She who gives Salvation. The great God has told these in the Vedas.
He who remember these nine mothers will not suffer even if he is burnt in fire, even if he has gone to war, even if he is very sad, even if he is terribly afraid of war.