śrīmad devībhāgavatam
yasyāḥ samasta suratā samuditaraṇena
truptiṃ prayāti sakaleṣu mukheṣu devi
svāhāsi vy pitṛgaṇasya ca truptihetu-
ruccāryase tvamata eva janaiḥ svadhā ca
Re-ordered word-by-word meaning
devi - Oh Goddess! ( You are the One)
yasyāḥ samuditaraṇena sakaleṣu mukheṣu - by whose oblatory invocation/incantation in the voices of all people (during worship)
samasta suratā prayāti truptiṃ - all godheads attain appeasement/satisfaction,
ca svāhā asi vy pitṛgaṇasya truptihetuḥ - and as the incantation "Svaha", you bring satisfaction to all the departed forefathers (to whom we are to offer oblations)
ca ataḥ eva tvam uccāryase - and thus are You invoked,
janaiḥ svadhā - by the people as "Svadha".
The Devi Bhagavatam and Devi Mahatmya in Markandeya Purana are the sources of all the Navaratri Devi worship mantras and rituals. The famous shlokas "Sarva Mangala Mangalye"... etc. come from there.
In this excerpt, the Devi is extolled as the One who receives all the sacrificial offerings in terms of "Swaha" and "Svadha", as these incantations please all the gods and the departed forefathers, whose worship through Yagna is our bounden duty.
Anyone who misses these extensive interlinks in our scriptures from the Vedas (divine eternal scriptures) to Smritis (rules of conduct), Puranas (mythologies) and Prakaranas ( amplifications and depictions) is missing the wood for the trees.
(The Bhuvaneshvari temple in Mysore Palace shown in the photo above was built by Shilpi Siddhalingaswamy, the learned scholar, Srividya worshipper and preceptor of Mysore king Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar).
