Chapter 13 – Bestowing of Boons to Suratha and Vaisya.Chapter 7 – Slaying of Chanda and Munda.Chapter 5 – Devi’s Conversation with the Messenger.
Chapter 2 – Slaughter of the Armies of Mahishasura.Chapter 1 – Slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha.It is the base and root of the Shakta tradition. A ritualistic reading of Durga Saptashati is part of the Navratri (nine days of worship in the months of April and October) celebrations in the honor of the Goddess Durga. For ritual reading purposes a number of subsidiary texts are appended before and after of 700 verses. The seven hundred verses are arranged into 13 chapters. 700 verses and because of that the whole composition is known as Durga Saptashati. It is part of the Markandeya Purana, written by sage Markandeya. Durga Saptashati which is also known as Devi Mahatmya and Chandi Path is a Hindu religious text describing the victory of the Goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura.
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