Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 3.12

iti śrībrahmāṇḍamahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne bhaṇḍāsuraprādurbhāvo nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
rudrakopānalājjāto yato bhaṇḍo mahābalaḥ /
tasmādraudrasvabhāvo hi dānavaścābhavattataḥ

athāgacchanmahātejāḥ śukro daityapurohitaḥ /
samāyātāśca śataśo daiteyāḥ sumahābalāḥ

athāhūya mayaṃ bhaṇḍo daityavaṃśyādiśilpinam /
niyukto bhṛguputreṇa nijagādārthavadvacaḥ

yatra sthitvā tu daityendraistrailokyaṃ śāsitaṃ purā /
tadgatvā śoṇitapuraṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ yathāpuram

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ śilpī sa gatvātha puraṃ mahat /
cakre 'marapuraprakhyaṃ manasaivekṣaṇena tu

athābhiṣiktaḥ śukreṇa daiteyaiśca mahābalaiḥ /
śuśabhe parayā lakṣmyā tejasā ca samanvitaḥ

hiraṇyāya tu yaddattaṃ kirīṭaṃ brahmaṇā purā /
sajīvamavināśyaṃ ca daityendrairapi bhūṣitam /
dadhau bhṛgusutotsṛṣṭaṃ bhaṇḍo bālārkasannibham

cāmare candrasaṃkāśe sajīve brahma nirmite /
na rogo na ca duḥkhāni saṃdadhau yanniṣevaṇāt

tasyātapatraṃ pradadau brahmaṇaiva purā kṛtam /
yasya cchāyāniṣaṇṇāstu bādhyante nāstrakoṭibhiḥ

dhanuśca vijayaṃ nāma śaṅkhaṃ ca ripughātinam /
anyānyapi mahārhāṇi bhūṣaṇāni pradattavān

tasya siṃhāsanaṃ prādādakṣayyaṃ sūryasannibham /
tataḥ siṃhāsanāsīnaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ /
babhūvātīva tejasvī ratnamuttejitaṃ yathā

babhūvuratha daiteyāstayāṣṭau tu mahābalāḥ /
indraśatruramitraghno vidyunmālī vibhīṣaṇaḥ /
ugrakarmogradhanvā ca vijayaśruti pāragaḥ

sumohinī kumudinī citrāṅgī suṃdarī tathā /
catasro vanitāstasya babhūvuḥ priyadarśanāḥ

tamasevanta kālajñā devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ /
syandanāsturagā nāgāḥ pādātāśca sahasraśaḥ

saṃbabhūvurmahākāyā mahānto jitakāśinaḥ /
babhūvurdānavāḥ sarve bhṛguputramatānugāḥ

arcayanto mahādevamāsthitāḥ śivaśāsane /
babhūvurdānavāstatra putrapautradhanānvitāḥ /
gṛhegṛhe ca yajñāśca saṃbabhūvuḥ samantataḥ

ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni mīmāṃsānyāyakādayaḥ /
pravartante sma daityānāṃ bhūyaḥ pratigṛhaṃ tadā

yathāśrameṣu mukhyeṣu munīnāṃ ca dvijanmanām /
tathā yajñeṣu daityānāṃ bubhujurhavyabhojinaḥ

evaṃ kṛtavato 'pyasya bhaṇḍasya jitakāśinaḥ /
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi vyatītāni kṣaṇārdhavat

vardhamānamatho daityaṃ tapasā ca balena ca /
hīyamānabalaṃ cendraṃ saṃprekṣya kamalāpatiḥ

sasarja sahasā kāñcinmāyāṃ lokavimohinīm /
tāmuvāca tato māyāṃ devadevo janārdanaḥ

tvaṃ hi sarvāṇi bhūtāni mohayantī nijaujasā /
vicarasva yathākāmaṃ tvāṃ na jñāsyati kaścana

tvaṃ tu śīghramito gatvā bhaṇḍaṃ daiteyanāyakam /
mohayitvācireṇaiva viṣayānupabhokṣyase

evaṃ labdhvā varaṃ māyā taṃ praṇamya janārdanam /
yayāce 'psaraso mukhyāḥ sahāyārthaṃ tu kāścana

tayā saṃprārthito bhūyaḥ preṣayāmāsa kāścana /
tābhirviśvācimukhyābhiḥ sahitā sā mṛgekṣaṇā /
prayayau mānasasyāgyaṃ taṭamujjvalabhūruham

yatra krīḍati daityendro nijanārībhiranvitaḥ /
tatra sā mṛgaśāvākṣī mūle caṃpakaśākhinaḥ /
nivāsamakarodramyaṃ gāyantī madhurasvaram

athāgatastu daityendro balibhirbhantribhirvṛtaḥ /
śrutvā tu vīṇāninadaṃ dadarśa ca varāṅganām

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgīṃ vidyullekhāmivāparām /
māyāmaye mahāgarte patito madanābhidhe

athāsya mantriṇo 'bhūvantdṛdaye smaratāpi tāḥ

tena daiteyanāthena ciraṃ saṃprarthitā satī /
taiśca saṃprarthitāstāśca pratiśūśruvurañjasā

yāstvalabhyā mahāyajñairaśvamedhādikairapi /
tā labdhvā mohinīmukhyā nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ yayuḥ

visasmarustadā vedāṃstathā devamumāpatim /
vijahuste tathā yajñakriyāścānyāḥ śubhāvahāḥ

avamānahataścāsītteṣāmapi purohitaḥ /
muhūrttamiva teṣāṃ tu yayāvabdāyutaṃ tadā

mohiteṣvatha daityeṣu sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ /
vimuktopadravā brahmannāmodaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ

kadācidatha devendraṃ vīkṣya siṃhāsane sthitam /
sarvadevaiḥ parivṛtaṃ nārado munirāyayau

praṇamya muniśārdūlaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā deveśo vākyamabravīt

bhagavansarvadharmajña parāparavidāṃ vara /
tatraiva gamanaṃ te syādyaṃ dhanyaṃ kartumicchasi

bhaviṣyacchobhanākāraṃ tavāgamanakāraṇam /
tvadvākyāmṛtamākarṇya śravaṇānandanirbharam /
aśeṣaduḥkhānyuttīrya kṛtārthaḥ syāṃ munīśvara

nārada uvāca
atha saṃmohito bhaṇḍo daityendro viṣṇumāyayā /
tayā vimukto lokāṃstrīndahetāgnirivāparaḥ

adhikastava tejobhirastrairmāyābalena ca /
tasya tejo 'pahārastu kartavyo 'tibalasya tu

vinārādhanato devyāḥ parāśaktestu vāsava /
aśakyo 'nyena tapasā kalpakoṭiśatairapi

puraivodayataḥ śatrorārādhayata bāliśāḥ /
ārādhitā bhagavatī sā vaḥ śreyo vidhāsyati

evaṃ saṃbodhitastena śakro devagaṇeśvaraḥ /
taṃ muniṃ pūjayāmāsa sarvadevaiḥ samanvitaḥ /
tapase kṛtasannāho yayau haimavataṃ taṭam

tatra bhāgīrathītīre sarvartukusumojjvale /
parāśaktermahāpūjāṃ cakre 'khilasuraiḥ samam /
indraprasthamabhūnnāmrā tadādyakhilasiddhidam

brahmātmajopadiṣṭena kurvatāṃ vidhinā parām /
devyāstu mahatīṃ pūjāṃ japadhyānaratātmanām

ugre tapasi saṃsthānāmananyā rpitacetasām /
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi daśāhāni ca saṃyayuḥ

mohitānatha tāndṛṣṭvā bhṛguputro mahāmatiḥ /
bhaṇḍāsuraṃ samabhyetya nijagāda purohitaḥ

tvāmevāśritya rācaindra sadā dānavasattamāḥ /
nirbhayāstriṣu lokeṣu carantīcchavihāriṇaḥ

jātimātraṃ hi bhavato hanti sarvānsadā hariḥ /
tenaiva nirmitā māyā yayā saṃmohito bhavān

bhavantaṃ mohitaṃ dṛṣṭvā randhrānveṣaṇa tatparaḥ /
bhavatāṃ vijayārthāya karotīndro mahattapaḥ

yadi tuṣṭā jagaddhātrī tasyaiva vijayo bhavet /
imāṃ māyāmayīṃ tyaktvā mantribhiḥ sahito bhavān /
gatvā haimavataṃ śailaṃ pareṣāṃ vighnamācara

evamuktastu guruṇā hitvā paryaṅkamuttamam /
mantrivṛddhānu pāhūya yathāvṛttāntamāha saḥ

tacchrutvā nṛpatiṃ prāha śrutavarmā vimṛśya ca /
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇāṃ rājyaṃ tava śivārpitam

tasmādapyadhikaṃ vīra gatamāsīdanekaśaḥ /
aśakyapratikāryo 'yaṃ yaḥ kālaśivacoditaḥ

aśakyapratikāryo 'yaṃ tadabhyarcanato vinā /
kāle tu bhogaḥ karttavyo duḥkhasya ca sukhasya vā

athāha bhīmakarmākhyo nopekṣyo 'riryathābalam /
kriyāvighne kṛte 'smābhirvijayaste bhaviṣyati

tava yuddhe mahārāja parārthaṃ balahāriṇī /
dattā vidyā śivenaiva tasmātte vijayaḥ sadā

anumene ca tadvākyaṃ bhaṇḍo dānavanāyakaḥ /
nirgatya sahasenābhiryayau haimavataṃ taṭam

tapovighnakarāndṛṣṭvā dānavāñjagadaṃbikā /
alaṅghyamakarodagre mahāprākāramujjvalam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavendro 'pi kimetaditi vismitaḥ /
saṃkruddho dānavāstreṇa babhañjātibalena tu

punareva tadagre 'bhūdalaṅghyaḥ sarvadānavaiḥ /
vāyavyāstreṇa taṃ dhīro babhañja ca nanāda ca

paunaḥ punyena tadbhasma prābhūtpunarupasthitam /
etaddṛṣṭvā tu daityendro viṣaṇmaḥ svapuraṃ yayau

tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā jagaddhātrīṃ dṛṣṭvā prākāramujjvalam /
bhayādvivyathire devā vimuktasakalakriyāḥ

tānuvāca tataḥ śakro daityendro 'yamihāgataḥ /
aśakyaḥ samare yoddhumasmābhirakhilairapi

palāyitānāmapi no gatiranyā na kutracit /
kuṇḍaṃ yojanavistāraṃ samyakkṛtvā tu śobhanam

mahāyāgavidhānena praṇidhāya hutāśanam /
yajāmaḥ paramāṃ śāktiṃ mahāmāsairvayaṃ surāḥ

brahmabhūtā bhaviṣyāmo bhokṣyāmo vā triviṣṭapam /
evamuktāstu te sarvedevāḥ sendrapurogamāḥ

vidhivajjuhuvurmāṃsānyutkṛtyotkṛtya mantrataḥ /
huteṣu sarvamāṃseṣu pādeṣu ca kareṣu ca

hotumicchatsu deveṣu kalevaramaśeṣataḥ /
prādurbabhūva paramantejaḥ puñjo hyanuttamaḥ

tanmadhyataḥ samudabhūccakrākāramanuttamam /
tanmadhye tu mahādevīmudayārkasamaprabhām

jagadujjīvanakarīṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātmikām /
saundaryasārasīmāṃ tāmānandarasasāgarām

japākusumasaṃkāśāṃ dāḍimīkusumāṃbarām /
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktāṃ śṛṅgāraikarasālayām

kṛpātaraṅgitāpāṅganayanālokakaumudīm /
pāśāṅkuśekṣukodaṇḍapañcabāṇalasatkarām

tāṃ vilokya mahādevīṃ devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ /
praṇemurmuditātmāno bhūyobhūyo 'khilātmikam

tayā vilokitāḥ sadyaste sarve vigatajvarāḥ /
saṃpūrṇāṅgā dṛḍhatarā vajradehā mahābalāḥ /
tuṣṭuvuśca mahādevīmaṃbikāmakhilārthadām