Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 1.1

ॐ sarvacaitanyarūpāṃ tāṃ ādyāṃ vidyāṃ ca dhīmahi /
buddhiṃ yā naḥ pracodayāt

śaunaka uvāca -
sūta sūta mahābhāga dhanyo'si puruṣarṣabha /
yadadhītāstvayā samyak purāṇasaṃhitāḥ śubhāḥ

aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kṛṣṇena muninānagha /
kathitāni sudivyāni paṭhitāni tvayānagha

pañcalakṣaṇayuktāni sarahasyāni mānada /
tvayā jñātāni sarvāṇi vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt

asmākaṃ puṇyayogena prāptastvaṃ kṣetramuttamam /
divyaṃ viśvasanaṃ puṇyaṃ kalidoṣavivarjitam

samājo'yaṃ munīnāṃ hi śrotukāmo'sti puṇyadām /
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ sūta brūhi tvaṃ naḥ samāhitaḥ

dīrghāyurbhava sarvajña tāpatrayavivarjitaḥ /
kathayādya mahābhāga purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam

śrotrendriyayutāḥ sūta narāḥ svādavicakṣaṇāḥ /
na śṛṇvanti purāṇāni vañcitā vidhinā hi te

yathā jihvendriyāhlādaḥ ṣaḍ‌rasaiḥ pratipadyate /
tathā śrotrendriyāhlādo vacobhiḥ sudhiyāṃ smṛtaḥ

aśrotrāḥ phaṇinaḥ kāmaṃ muhyanti hi nabhoguṇaiḥ /
sakarṇā ye na śṛṇvanti te'pyakarṇāḥ kathaṃ na ca

ataḥ sarve dvijāḥ saumya śrotukāmāḥ samāhitāḥ /
vartante naimiṣāraṇye kṣetre kalibhayārditāḥ

yena kenāpyupāyena kālātivāhanaṃ smṛtam /
vyasanairiha mūrkhāṇāṃ budhānāṃ śāstracintanaiḥ

śāstrāṇyapi vicitrāṇi jalpavādayutāni ca /
trividhāni purāṇāni śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca /
vitāṇḍācchalayuktāni garvāmarṣakarāṇi ca /
nānārthavādayuktāni hetumanti bṛhanti ca

sāttvikaṃ tatra vedāntaṃ mīmāṃsā rājasaṃ matam /
tāmasaṃ nyāyaśāstraṃ ca hetuvādābhiyantritam

tathaiva ca purāṇāni triguṇāni kathānakaiḥ /
kathitāni tvayā saumya pañcalakṣaṇavanti ca

tatra bhāgavataṃ puṇyaṃ pañcamaṃ vedasammitam /
kathitaṃ yattvayā pūrvaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam

uddeśamatreṇa tadā kīrtitaṃ paramād‌bhutam /
muktipradaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ kāmadaṃ dharmadaṃ tathā

vistareṇa tadākhyāhi purāṇottamamādarāt /
śrotukāmā dvijāḥ sarve divyaṃ bhāgavataṃ śubham

tvaṃ tu jānāsi dharmajña paurāṇīṃ saṃhitāṃ kila /
kṛṣṇoktāṃ gurubhaktatvāt samyak sattvaguṇāśrayaḥ

śrutānyanyāni sarvajña tvanmukhānniḥsṛtāni ca /
naiva tṛptiṃ vrajāmo'dya sudhāpāne'marā yathā

dhiksudhāṃ pibatāṃ sūta muktirnaiva kadācana /
pibanbhāgavataṃ sadyo naro mucyeta saṅkaṭāt

sudhāpānanimittaṃ yat kṛtā yajñāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
na śāntimadhigacchāmaḥ sūta sarvātmanā vayam

makhānāṃ hi phalaṃ svargaḥ svargātpracyavanaṃ punaḥ /
evaṃ saṃsāracakre'smnin bhramaṇaṃ ca nirantaram

vinā jñānena sarvajña naiva muktiḥ kadācana /
bhramatāṃ kālacakre'tra narāṇāṃ triguṇātmake

ataḥ sarvarasopetaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ vada /
pāvanaṃ muktidaṃ guhyaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ sadā priyam

iti śrīmad‌devībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe aṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
prathamaskandhe śaunakapraśno nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ