A māhātmya text that is part of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, praising the Mother Goddess (Devī). Though this text belongs to the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, it is also regarded as an independent work known as the Durgāsaptaśatī. The Durgāsaptaśatī text includes the Devī-argalāstotra and Kīlakastotra at the beginning. However, since this manuscript is incomplete, the available folia begin with the Kīlakastotra (with an incomplete first verse). This portion of the text is dedicated to the eighth phase of the cosmic cycle; according to Hindu mythology, this phase corresponds to the eighth primordial human, Sāvarṇika Manu. The manuscript lacks twelve folia from the beginning. The chapters in the manuscript are arranged as follows: Kīlaka-stuti (f.13a–15a); Saptaśatikā-stotra-mālāmantra (f.15a); Madhukaiṭabhavadha (f.15b–30a); Mahiṣāsura-sainyavadha (f.30a–39b); Mahiṣāsuravadha (f.40a–45b); Śakrādistuti (f.46a–53b); Dūtavākya (f.54a–63a); Dhūmralocanavadha (f.63a–66a); Caṇḍamuṇḍavadha (f.66b–70a); Raktabījavadha (f.70a–79a); Niśumbhavadha (79a–84b and 85a); Śumbhavadha (f.85a–89a); Nārāyaṇastuti (f.89a–97a); Devīvākya (f.97a–102b); Surathavaiśya-vara pradāna (f.103a–105b); Pradhānikaṃ-rahasya (f.105b–110a); Vaikṛti-rahasya (f.110b–116a); Mūrtti-rahasya (f.116a–120b). (Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 107 leaves foliated 13–14, 16–114, 116–119, [120–121], lower right verso. Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.)