Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 1.3

purāṇavarṇanapūrvakatattadyugīyavyāsavarṇanam
sūta uvāca
śṛṇvantu sampravakṣyāmi purāṇāni munīśvarāḥ /
yathāśrutāni tattvena vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt

madvayaṃ bhadvayaṃ caiva bratrayaṃ vacatuṣṭayam /
anāpaliṃgakūskāni purāṇāni pṛthakpṛthak

caturdaśasahasraṃ ca matsyamādyaṃ prakīrtitam / //
tathā grahasahasraṃ tu mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahādbhutam

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caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañcaśatāni ca / //
bhaviṣyaṃ parisaṃkhyātaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ vai puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ kila /
tathā cāyutasaṃkhyākaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmasaṃjñakam

dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi brahmāṇḍaṃ ca śatādhikam /
tathāṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ brahmavaivartameva ca

ayutaṃ vāmanākhyaṃ ca vāyavyaṃ ṣaṭśatāni ca /
caturviṃśatisaṃkhyātaḥ sahasrāṇi tu śaunaka

trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ paramādbhutam /
caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ paramādbhutam

ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi purāṇaṃ cāgnisaṃjñitam /
pañcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ nāradaṃ paramaṃ matam

pañcapañcāśatsāhasraṃ padmākhyaṃ vipulaṃ matam /
ekādaśasahasrāṇi liṅgākhyaṃ cātivismṛtam

ekonaviṃśatsāhasraṃ gāruḍaṃ haribhāṣitam /
saptadaśasahasraṃ ca purāṇaṃ kūrmabhāṣitam

ekāśītisahasrāṇi skandākhyaṃ paramādbhutam /
purāṇākhyā ca saṃkhyā ca vistareṇa mayānaghāḥ

tathaivopapurāṇāni śṛṇvantu ṛṣisattamāḥ /
sanatkumāraṃ prathamaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ tataḥ param

nāradīyaṃ śivaṃ caiva daurvāsasamanuttamam /
kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathā cauśanasaṃ smṛtam

vāruṇaṃ kālikākhyaṃ ca sāmbaṃ nandikṛtaṃ śubham /
sauraṃ pārāśaraproktamādityaṃ cātivistaram

māheśvaraṃ bhāgavataṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ ca savistaram /
etānyupapurāṇāni kathitāni mahātmabhiḥ

aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kṛtvā satyavatīsutaḥ /
bhāratākhyānamatulaṃ cakre tadupabṛṃhitam

manvantareṣu sarveṣu dvāpare dvāpare yuge /
prāduḥkaroti dharmārthī purāṇāni yathāvidhi

dvāpare dvāpare viṣṇurvyāsarūpeṇa sarvadā /
vedamekaṃ sa bahudhā kurute hitakāmyayā

alpāyuṣo'lpabuddhīṃśca viprānjñātvā kalāvatha /
purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ kurute'sau yuge yuge

strīśūdradvijabandhūnāṃ na vedaśravaṇaṃ matam /
teṣāmeva hitārthāya purāṇāni kṛtāni ca

manvantare saptame'tra śubhe vaivasvatābhidhe /
aṣṭāviṃśatime prāpte dvāpare munisattamāḥ

vyāsaḥ satyavatīsūnurgururme dharmavittamaḥ /
ekonatriṃśatsaṃprāpte drauṇirvyāso bhaviṣyati

atītāstu tathā vyāsāḥ saptaviṃśatireva ca /
purāṇasaṃhitāstaistu kathitāstu yuge yuge

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
brūhi sūta mahābhāga vyāsāḥ pūrvayugodbhavāḥ /
vaktārastu purāṇānāṃ dvāpare dvāpare yuge

sūta uvāca
dvāpare prathame vyastāḥ svayaṃ vedāḥ svayambhuvā /
prajāpatirdvitīye tu dvāpare vyāsakāryakṛt

tṛtīye cośanā vyāsaścaturthe tu bṛhaspatiḥ /
pañcame savitā vyāsaḥ ṣaṣṭhe mṛtyustathāpare

maghavā saptame prāpte vasiṣṭhastvaṣṭame smṛtaḥ /
sārasvatastu navame tridhāmā daśame tathā

ekādaśe'tha trivṛṣo bharadvājastataḥ param /
trayodaśe cāntarikṣo dharmaścāpi caturdaśe

trayyāruṇiḥ pañcadaśe ṣoḍaśe tu dhanañjayaḥ /
medhātithiḥ saptadaśe vratī hyaṣṭādaśe tathā

atrirekonaviṃśe'tha gautamastu tataḥ param /
uttamaścaikaviṃśe'tha haryātmā parikīrtitaḥ

veno vājaśravāścaiva somo'muṣyāyaṇastathā /
tṛṇabindustathā vyāso bhārgavastu tataḥ param

tataḥ śaktirjātukarṇyaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastataḥ /
aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyeyaṃ kathitā yā mayā śrutā

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanātproktaṃ purāṇaṃ ca mayā śrutam /
śrīmadbhāgavataṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaughanāśanam

kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva vedārthaparibṛṃhitam /
sarvāgamarasārāmaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ sadā priyam

vyāsena kṛtvātiśubhaṃ purāṇaṃ
śukāya putrāya mahātmane yat /
vairāgyayuktāya ca pāṭhitaṃ vai
vijñāya caivāraṇisambhavāya

śrutaṃ mayā tatra tathā gṛhītaṃ
yathārthavad‌vyāsamukhānmunīndrāḥ /
purāṇaguhyaṃ sakalaṃ sametaṃ
guroḥ prasādātkaruṇānidheśca

sūtena pṛṣṭaḥ sakalaṃ jagāda
dvaipāyanastatra purāṇaguhyam /
ayonijenād‌bhutabuddhinā vai
śrutaṃ mayā tatra mahāprabhāvam

śrīmad‍bhāgavatāmarāṃghripaphalāsvādādaraḥ sattamāḥ
saṃsārārṇavadurvigāhyasalilaṃ santartukāmaḥ śukaḥ /
nānākhyānarasālayaṃ śrutipuṭaiḥ premṇāśṛṇodad‌bhutaṃ
tacchrutvā na vimucyate kalibhayādevaṃvidhaḥ kaḥ kṣitau

pāpīyānapi vedadharmarahitaḥ svācārahīnāśayo //
vyājenāpi śṛṇoti yaḥ paramidaṃ śrīmatpurāṇottamam /
bhuktyā bhogakalāpamatra vipulaṃ dehāvasāne'calaṃ
yogiprāpyamavāpnuyādbhagavatīnāmāṅ‌kitaṃ sundaram

yā nirguṇā hariharādibhirapyalabhyā
vidyā satāṃ priyatamātha samādhigamyā /
sā tasya cittakuhare prakaroti bhāvaṃ
yaḥ saṃśṛṇoti satataṃ tu satīpurāṇam

samprāpya mānuṣabhavaṃ sakalāṅgayuktaṃ
potaṃ bhavārṇavajalottaraṇāya kāmam /
samprāpya vācakamaho na śṛṇoti mūḍhaḥ
sa vañcito'tra vidhinā sukhadaṃ purāṇam

yaḥ prāpya karṇayugalaṃ paṭumānuṣatve
rāgī śṛṇoti satataṃ ca parāpavādān /
sarvārthadaṃ rasanidhiṃ vimalaṃ purāṇaṃ
naṣṭaḥ kuto na śṛṇute bhuvi mandabuddhiḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ prathamaskandhe
purāṇavarṇanapūrvakatattadyugīyavyāsavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ