The king told:-
Hey god like sage, You have told me till now the strange story of the great Goddess which includes the killing of Raktha Bheeja.

We wish to hear the story of what the angry Shumbha and Nishumbha did when Raktha Bheeja was killed.

The sage told:-
When Raktha Bheeja fell in the war, and also when other asuras were killed, Shumbha and Nishumba got unmatchable anger.

Afterwards Nishumbha seeing that great part of his army has been killed, became very angry and with his Asura army marched towards the Goddess for war.

In front and behind him, ran several great asuras for killing the Goddess with biting lips.

That great valorous Shumbha surrounded by his great army fought with the seven mother goddesses and because of anger came to kill Goddess Chandika.

Then Shumbha and Nishumbha raining arrows like two raining clouds began a big war with the goddess.

That goddess cut off all the arrows sent by both of them and also punished them severely by arrows and other weapons.

Nishumbha took a sharp sword and shield and hit at the forehead of the great steed of the goddess.

Seeing her steed (, the lion) was hurt, that goddess with an arrow broke the Nishumbha’s special sword and shield in which eight moons were drawn.

Seeing that he lost his sword and shield, Nishumbha opposed her with a spear. The goddess cut it off with her holy wheel.

Then Nishumbha who was shining because of his anger threw the trident against her and she powdered it in to pieces by her fist itself.

Afterwards he rotated his mace and threw it in the direction of the goddess and that mace was broken by the trident of the goddess and turned in to ashes.

Then the Asura came with an axe towards the Goddess and she felled him to the ground by her arrows.

Seeing that his greatly valorous brother Nishumbha has fallen on the ground, Shumbha went for fighting with the Goddess with great anger.

Then riding on a charriot and armed with several specialised weapons he appeared to have spread through out the sky using his eight hands.

That goddess seeing him coming, blew her conch and twanged her bow string and produced a sound which was intolerable.

She filled all the directions with the sound of her bell, which was capable of destroying the valour of all the asuras.

Afterwards that lion with a big roar capable of taming the enthusiasm of elephants filled the ten directions as well as the sky and the earth.

Then Chandika jumped up the sky and beat the earth with her hands and this sound made all the other previous sounds paler.

Then Goddess Shivadhoothi laughed very loudly with a horrifying sound and because of that sound the asuras were fear struck and Shumbha became very angry.

When the goddess cried, “Hey bad one stop, stop,” the devas who were standing in the sky shouted, “Victory, victory. ”

That glittering spear which was thrown by Shumbha, after he went near her progressed like a fire ball but was destroyed by the Goddess using her weapon called “Maholkha”. (This is a great spear of the Goddess with great glittering light. )

Hey king the lion like roar of Shumbha spread throughout the three worlds and was greater in intensity than a terrible thunder.

Then the arrows send by Shumbha and the arrows sent by the Goddess were cut using their arrows in hundreds and thousands by the Goddess and Shumbha respectively.

Then that Chandika with great anger hit Shumbha with her spear and he fainted and fell on the battle ground.

At this time Nishumbha woke up from his faint and took his bows and punished the Goddess and her lion with his arrows.

By his magical powers, that lords of Asuras made ten thousand hands to him and covered the goddess with ten thousand wheels.

Afterwards that Goddess Chandika who killed bad souls, became very angry and cut off all those wheels and arrows.

Then Nishumbha surrounded by the Asura army, took the mace marched to attack the goddess.

Even while he was approaching, goddess Chandika cut off his mace and then he armed himself with a spear.

That Goddess punished Nishumbha who was the tormentor of devas and who was armed with a spear by throwing another spear at him.

From Nishumbha, whose chest was torn, rose another very strong and very valorous man shouting, “stop, stop. ”(We should assume here that this man is his soul. )

Seeing this the Goddess laughed loudly and cut off his head by her sword and he fell on the ground.

Then that lion ate several asuras whose neck was broken by its horrible teeth and Chamunda and Shivadhoothi also ate some more asuras.

Some great asuras died being broken by the spear of Kaumari and some others were benumbed by the holy water sprinkled by Brahmani.

Similarly many asuras fell torn by the trident of Maheswari and some by the dash of the face of Varahi.

Some were cut in to pieces after pieces by the holy wheel of Vaishnavi and others by the Vajrayudha thrown at them from the hands of Indri.

Some asuras were destroyed in the great battle, some ran away and some of them were eaten by Kali and Shivadhoothi.

This is the ninth chapter in Devi Mahatmya dealing with the killing of Nishumbha Occurring in the Savarnika period of Markandeya Purana.