Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 1.2

granthasaṃkhyāviṣayavarṇanam
sūta uvāca
dhanyo'hamatibhāgyo'haṃ pāvito'haṃ mahātmabhiḥ /
yatpṛṣṭaṃ sumahatpuṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedaviśrutam

tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi sarvaśrutyarthasammatam /
rahasyaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāmāgamānāmanuttamam

natvā tatpadapaṅkajaṃ sulalitaṃ muktipradaṃ yogināṃ //
brahmādyairapi sevitaṃ stutiparairdhyeyaṃ munīndraiḥ sadā /
vakṣyāmyadya savistaraṃ bahurasaṃ śrīmatpurāṇottamaṃ //
bhaktyā sarvarasālayaṃ bhagavatīnāmnā prasiddhaṃ dvijāḥ

yā vidyetyabhidhīyate śrutipathe śaktiḥ sadādyā parā //
sarvajñā bhavabandhachittinipuṇā sarvāśaye saṃsthitā /
durjñeyā sudurātmabhiśca munibhirdhyānāspadaṃ prāpitā //
pratyakṣā bhavatīha sā bhagavatī siddhipradā syātsadā

sṛṣṭvākhilaṃ jagadidaṃ sadasatsvarūpaṃ
śaktyā svayā triguṇayā paripāti viśvam /
saṃhṛtya kalpasamaye ramate tathaikā
tāṃ sarvaviśvajananīṃ manasā smarāmi

brahmā sṛjatyakhilametaditi prasiddhaṃ
paurāṇikaiśca kathitaṃ khalu vedavidbhiḥ /
viṣṇostu nābhikamale kila tasya janma
tairuktameva sṛjate na hi sa svatantraḥ

viṣṇustu śeṣaśayane svapitīti kāle
tannābhipadyamukule khalu tasya janma /
ādhāratāṃ kila gato'tra sahasramauliḥ
sambodhyatāṃ sa bhagavān hi kathaṃ murāriḥ

ekārṇavasya salilaṃ rasarūpameva
pātraṃ vinā na hi rasasthitirasti kaccit /
yā sarvabhūtaviṣaye kila śaktirūpā
tāṃ sarvabhūtajananīṃ śaraṇaṃ gato'smi

yoganidrāmīlitākṣaṃ viṣṇuṃ dṛṣṭvāmbuje sthitaḥ /
ajastuṣṭāva yāṃ devīṃ tāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

tāṃ dhyātvā saguṇāṃ māyāṃ muktidāṃ nirguṇāṃ tathā /
vakṣye purāṇamakhilaṃ śṛṇvantu munayastviha

purāṇamuttamaṃ puṇyaṃ śrīmadbhāgavatābhidham /
aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi ślokāstatra tu saṃskṛtāḥ

skandhā dvādaśa caivātra kṛṣṇena vihitāḥ śubhāḥ /
triśataṃ pūrṇamadhyāyā aṣṭādaśayutāḥ smṛtāḥ

viṃśatiḥ prathame tatra dvitīye dvādaśaiva tu /
triṃśaccaiva tṛtīye tu caturthe pañcaviṃśatiḥ

pañcatriṃśattathādhyāyāḥ pañcame parikīrtitāḥ /
ekatriṃśattathā ṣaṣṭhe catvāriṃśacca saptame

aṣṭame tattvasaṅkhyāśca pañcāśannavame tathā /
trayodaśa tu samproktā daśame muninā kila

tathā caikādaśaskandhe caturviṃśatirīritāḥ /
caturdaśaiva cādhyāyā dvādaśe munisattamāḥ

evaṃ saṅkhyā samākhyātā purāṇe'sminmahātmanā /
aṣṭādaśasahasrīyā saṅkhyā ca parikīrtitā

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca /
vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

nirguṇā yā sadā nityā vyāpikā vikṛtā śivā /
yogagamyākhilādhārā turīyā yā ca saṃsthitā

tasyāstu sāttvikī śaktī rājasī tāmasī tathā /
mahālakṣmīḥ sarasvatī mahākālīti tāḥ striyaḥ

tāsāṃ tisṝṇāṃ śaktīnāṃ dehāṅgīkāralakṣaṇaḥ /
sṛṣṭyarthaṃ ca samākhyātaḥ sargaḥ śāstraviśāradaiḥ

haridruhiṇarudrāṇāṃ samutpattistataḥ smṛtā /
pālanotpattināśārthaṃ pratisargaḥ smṛto hi saḥ

somasūryodbhavānāṃ ca rājñāṃ vaṃśaprakīrtanam /
hiraṇyakaśipvādīnāṃ vaṃśāste parikīrtitāḥ

svāyambhuvamukhānāṃ ca manūnāṃ parivarṇanam /
kālasaṅkhyā tathā teṣāṃ tattanmanvantarāṇi ca

teṣāṃ vaṃśānukathanaṃ vaṃśānucaritaṃ smṛtam /
pañcalakṣaṇayuktāni bhavanti munisattamāḥ

sapādalakṣaṃ ca tathā bhārataṃ muninā kṛtam /
itihāsa iti proktaṃ pañcamaṃ vedasammatam

śaunaka uvāca
kāni tāni purāṇāni brūhi sūta savistaram /
katisaṅkhyāni sarvajña śrotukāmā vayaṃ tviha

kalikālavibhītāḥ smo naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ /
brahmaṇātra samādiṣṭāścakraṃ dattvā manomayam

kathitaṃ tena naḥ sarvāngacchantvetasya pṛṣṭhataḥ /
nemiḥ saṃśīryate yatra sa deśaḥ pāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ

kalestatra praveśo na kadācit sambhaviṣyati /
tāvattiṣṭhantu tatraiva yāvatsatyayugaṃ punaḥ

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya gṛhītvā tatkathānakam /
cālayannirgatastūrṇaṃ sarvadeśadidṛkṣayā

pretyātra cālayaṃścakraṃ nemiḥ śīrṇo'tra paśyataḥ /
tenedaṃ naimiṣaṃ proktaṃ kṣetraṃ paramapāvanam

kalipraveśo naivātra tasmātsthānaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā /
munibhiḥ siddhasaṅghaiśca kalibhītairmahātmabhiḥ

paśuhīnāḥ kṛtā yajñāḥ puroḍāśādibhiḥ kila /
kālātivāhanaṃ kāryaṃ yāvatsatyayugāgamaḥ

bhāgyayogena samprāptaḥ sūta tvaṃ cātra sarvathā /
kathayādya purāṇaṃ hi pāvanaṃ brahmasammatam

sūta śuśrūṣavaḥ sarve vaktā tvaṃ matimānatha /
nirvyāpārā vayaṃ nūnamekacittāstathaiva ca

tvaṃ sūta bhava dīrghāyustāpatrayavivarjitaḥ /
kathayādya purāṇaṃ hi puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ śivam

yatra dharmārthakāmānāṃ varṇanaṃ vidhipūrvakam /
vidyāṃ prāpya tayā mokṣaḥ kathito muninā kila

dvaipāyanena muninā kathitaṃ yacca pāvanam /
na tṛpyāmo vayaṃ sūta kathāṃ śrutvā manoramām

sakalaguṇagaṇānāmekapātraṃ pavitra- //
makhilabhuvanamāturnāṭyavadyadvicitram /
nikhilamalagaṇānāṃ nāśakṛtkāmakandaṃ //
prakaṭaya bhagavatyā nāmayuktaṃ purāṇam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ //
prathamaskandhe granthasaṃkhyāviṣayavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ