Navadurga Names
Traditional / scripturalA verse naming the nine forms of Durga in order, the forms worshipped on the nine days of Navaratri.
प्रथमं शैलपुत्रीति द्वितीयं ब्रह्मचारिणी । तृतीयं चन्द्रघण्टेति कूष्माण्डेति चतुर्थकम् ॥ पञ्चमं स्कन्दमातेति षष्ठं कात्यायनी तथा । सप्तमं कालरात्रिश्च महागौरीति चाष्टमम् ॥ नवमं सिद्धिदात्री च नवदुर्गाः प्रकीर्तिताः । उक्तान्येतानि नामानि ब्रह्मणैव महात्मना ॥
Transliteration
prathamaṃ śailaputrīti dvitīyaṃ brahmacāriṇī | tṛtīyaṃ candraghaṇṭeti kūṣmāṇḍeti caturthakam || pañcamaṃ skandamāteti ṣaṣṭhaṃ kātyāyanī tathā | saptamaṃ kālarātriśca mahāgaurīti cāṣṭamam || navamaṃ siddhidātrī ca navadurgāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | uktānyetāni nāmāni brahmaṇaiva mahātmanā ||
Meaning
First is Shailaputri, second Brahmacharini, third Chandraghanta, Kushmanda is fourth; fifth is Skandamata, sixth Katyayani, seventh Kalaratri, and Mahagauri is eighth; ninth is Siddhidatri. These are known as the Navadurgas, and these names were spoken by the great Brahma himself.
Source: Devi Kavacham (the Devi Mahatmya tradition); the names are said in the text to have been spoken by Brahma