Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 1.16

vyāsopadeśavarṇanam
dṛṣṭvā taṃ vismitaṃ devaṃ śayānaṃ vaṭapatrake /
uvāca sasmitaṃ vākyaṃ viṣṇo kiṃ vismito hyasi

mahāśaktyāḥ prabhāveṇa tvaṃ māṃ vismṛtavānpurā /
prabhave pralaye jāte bhūtvā bhūtvā punaḥ punaḥ

nirguṇā sā parā śaktiḥ saguṇastvaṃ tathāpyaham /
sāttvikī kila yā śaktistāṃ śaktiṃ viddhi māmikām

tvannābhikamalād‌brahmā bhaviṣyati prajāpatiḥ /
sa kartā sarvalokasya rajoguṇasamanvitaḥ

sa tadā tapa āsthāya prāpya śaktimanuttamām /
rajasā raktavarṇañca kariṣyati jagattrayam

saguṇānpañcabhūtāṃśca samutpādya mahāmatiḥ /
indriyāṇīndriyeśāṃśca manaḥpūrvānsamantataḥ

kariṣyati tataḥ sargaṃ tena kartā sa ucyate /
viśvasyāsya mahābhāga tvaṃ vai pālayitā tathā

tad‌bhuvormadhyadeśācca krodhād‌rudro bhaviṣyati /
tapaḥ kṛtvā mahāghoraṃ prāpya śaktiṃ tu tāmasīm

kalpānte so'pi saṃhartā bhaviṣyati mahāmate /
tenāhaṃ tvāmupāyātā sāttvikīṃ tvamavehi mām

sthāsye'haṃ tvatsamīpasthā sadāhaṃ madhusūdana /
hṛdaye te kṛtāvāsā bhavāmi satataṃ kila

viṣṇuruvāca
ślokasyārdhaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ devi sphuṭākṣaram /
tatkenoktaṃ varārohe rahasyaṃ paramaṃ śivam

tanme brūhi varārohe saṃśayo'yaṃ varānane /
nirdhano hi yathā dravyaṃ tatsmarāmi punaḥ punaḥ

vyāsa uvāca
viṣṇostadvacanaṃ śrutvā mahālakṣmīḥ smitānanā /
uvāca parayā prītyā vacanaṃ cāruhāsinī

mahālakṣmīruvāca
śṛṇu śaure vaco mahyaṃ saguṇāhaṃ caturbhujā /
māṃ jānāsi na jānāsi nirguṇāṃ saguṇālayām

tvaṃ jānīhi mahābhāga tayā tatprakaṭīkṛtam /
puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ viddhi vedasāraṃ śubhāvaham

kṛpāṃ ca mahatīṃ manye devyāḥ śatruniṣūdana /
yayā proktaṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ hitāya tava suvrata

rakṣaṇīyaṃ sadā citte na vismāryaṃ kadācana /
sāraṃ hi sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ mahāvidyāprakāśitam

nātaḥ paraṃ veditavyaṃ vartate bhuvanatraye /
priyo'si khalu devyāstvaṃ tena te vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ

vyāsa uvāca
iti śrutvā vaco devyā mahālakṣyāścaturbhujaḥ /
dadhāra hṛdaye nityaṃ matvā mantramanuttamam

kālena kiyatā tatra tannābhikamalod‌bhavaḥ /
brahmā daityabhayāttrasto jagāma śaraṇaṃ hareḥ

tataḥ kṛtvā mahāyuddhaṃ hatvā tau madhukaiṭabhau /
jajāpa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ ślokārdhaṃ viśadākṣaram

japantaṃ vāsudevaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ /
papraccha paramaprītaḥ kañjajaḥ kamalāpatim

kiṃ tvaṃ japasi deveśa tvattaḥ ko'pyadhiko'sti vai /
yatkṛtvā puṇḍarīkākṣa prīto'si jagadīśvara

hariruvāca
mayi tvayi ca yā śaktiḥ kriyākāraṇalakṣaṇā /
vicāraya mahābhāga yā sā bhagavatī śivā

yasyādhāre jagatsarvaṃ tiṣṭhatyatra mahārṇave /
sākārā yā mahāśaktirameyā ca sanātanī

yayā visṛjyate viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram /
saiṣā prasannā varadā nṛṇāṃ bhavati muktaye

sā vidyā paramā mukterhetubhūtā sanātanī /
saṃsārabandhahetuśca saiva sarveśvareśvarī

ahaṃ tvamakhilaṃ viśvaṃ tasyāścicchaktisambhavam /
viddhi brahmanna sandehaḥ kartavyaḥ sarvadānagha

ślokārdhena tayā proktaṃ tadvai bhāgavataṃ kila /
vistaro bhavitā tasya dvāparādau yuge tathā

vyāsa uvāca
brahmaṇā saṃgṛhītaṃ ca viṣṇostu nābhipaṅkaje /
nāradāya ca tenoktaṃ putrāyāmitabuddhaye

nāradena tathā mahyaṃ dattaṃ hi muninā purā /
mayā kṛtamidaṃ pūrṇaṃ dvādaśaskandhavistaram

tatpaṭhasva mahābhāga purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam /
pañcalakṣaṇayuktaṃ ca devyāścaritamuttamam

tattvajñānarasopetaṃ sarveṣāmuttamottamam /
dharmaśāstrasamaṃ puṇyaṃ vedārthenopabṛṃhitam

vṛtrāsuravadhopetaṃ nānākhyānakathāyutam /
brahmavidyānidhānaṃ tu saṃsārārṇavatārakam

gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mahābhāga yogyo'si matimattaraḥ /
puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ puruṣarṣabha

aṣṭādaśasahasrāṇāṃ ślokānāṃ kuru saṃgraham /
ajñānanāśanaṃ divyaṃ jñānabhāskarabodhakam

sukhadaṃ śāntidaṃ dhanyaṃ dīrghāyuṣyakaraṃ śivam /
śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ cedaṃ putrapautravivardhanam

śiṣyo'yaṃ mama dharmātmā lomaharṣaṇasambhavaḥ /
paṭhiṣyati tvayā sārdhaṃ purāṇīṃ saṃhitāṃ śubhām

sūta uvāca
ityuktaṃ tena putrāya mahyaṃ ca kathitaṃ kila /
mayā gṛhītaṃ tatsarvaṃ purāṇaṃ cātivistaram

śuko'dhītya purāṇaṃ tu sthito vyāsāśrame śubhe /
na lebhe śarma dharmātmā brahmātmaja ivāparaḥ

ekāntasevī vikalaḥ sa śūnya iva lakṣyate /
nātyantabhojanāsakto nopavāsaratastathā

cintāviṣṭaṃ śukaṃ dṛṣṭvā vyāsaḥ prāha sutaṃ prati /
kiṃ putra cintyate nityaṃ kasmādvyagro'si mānada

āsse dhyānaparo nityamṛṇagrasta ivādhanaḥ /
kā cintā vartate putra mayi tāte tu tiṣṭhati

sukhaṃ bhuṃkṣva yathākāmaṃ muñca śokaṃ manogatam /
jñānaṃ cintaya śāstroktaṃ vijñāne ca matiṃ kuru

na cenmanasi te śāntirvacasā mama suvrata /
gaccha tvaṃ mithilāṃ putra pālitāṃ janakena ha

sa te mohaṃ mahābhāga nāśayiṣyati bhūpatiḥ /
janako nāma dharmātmā videhaḥ satyasāgaraḥ

taṃ gatvā nṛpatiṃ putra sandehaṃ svaṃ nivartaya /
varṇāśramāṇāṃ dharmāṃstvaṃ pṛccha putra yathātatham

jīvanmuktaḥ sa rājarṣirbahmajñānamatiḥ śuciḥ /
tathyavaktātiśāntaśca yogī yogapriyaḥ sadā

sūta uvāca
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ /
pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ śukaścāraṇisambhavaḥ

dambho'yaṃ kila dharmātmanbhāti citte mamādhunā /
jīvanmukto videhaśca rājyaṃ śāsti mudānvitaḥ

vandhyāputra ivābhāti rājāsau janakaḥ pitaḥ /
kurvan rājyaṃ videhaḥ kiṃ sandeho'yaṃ mamād‌bhutaḥ

draṣṭumicchāmyahaṃ bhūpaṃ videhaṃ nṛpasattamam /
kathaṃ tiṣṭhati saṃsāre padmapatramivāmbhasi

sandeho'yaṃ mahāṃstāta videhe parivartate /
mokṣaḥ kiṃ vadatāṃ śreṣṭha saugatānāmivāparaḥ

kathaṃ bhuktamabhuktaṃ syādakṛtaṃ ca kṛtaṃ katham /
vyavahāraḥ kathaṃ tyājya indriyāṇāṃ mahāmate

mātā putrastathā bhāryā bhaginī kulaṭā tathā /
bhedābhedaḥ kathaṃ na syādyadyetanmuktatā katham

kaṭu kṣāraṃ tathā tīkṣṇāṃ kaṣāyaṃ miṣṭameva ca /
rasanā yadi jānāti bhuṃkte bhogānanuttamān

śītoṣṇusukhaduḥkhādiparijñānaṃ yadā bhavet /
muktatā kīdṛśī tāta sandeho'yaṃ mamād‌bhutaḥ

śatrumitraparijñānaṃ vairaṃ prītikaraṃ sadā /
vyavahāre pare tiṣṭhankathaṃ na kurute nṛpaḥ

cauraṃ vā tāpasaṃ vāpi samānaṃ manyate katham /
asamā yadi buddhiḥ syānmuktatā tarhi kīdṛśī

dṛṣṭapūrvo na me kaścijjīvanmuktaśca bhūpatiḥ /
śaṅkeyaṃ mahatī tāta gṛhe muktaḥ kathaṃ nṛpaḥ

didṛkṣā mahatī jātā śrutvā taṃ bhūpatiṃ tathā /
sandehavinivṛttyarthaṃ gacchāmi mithilāṃ prati

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
prathamaskandhe śukaṃ prati vyāsopadeśavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ