Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 1.6

madhukaiṭabhayoryuddhodyogavarṇanam
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
saumya yacca tvayā proktaṃ śaureryuddhaṃ mahārṇave /
madhukaiṭabhayoḥ sārdhaṃ pañcavarṣasahasrakam

kasmāttau dānavau jātau tasminnekārṇave jale /
mahāvīryo durādharṣau devairapi sudurjayau

kathaṃ tāvasurau jātau kathaṃ ca hariṇā hatau /
tadācakṣva mahāprājña caritaṃ paramād‌bhutam

śrotukāmā vayaṃ sarve tvaṃ vaktā ca bahuśrutaḥ /
daivāccātraiva saṃjātaḥ saṃyogaśca tathāvayoḥ

mūrkheṇa saha saṃyogo viṣādapi sudurjaraḥ /
vijñena saha saṃyogaḥ sudhārasasamaḥ smṛtaḥ

jīvanti paśavaḥ sarve khādanti mehayanti ca /
jānanti viṣayākāraṃ vyavāyasukhamad‌bhutam

na teṣāṃ sadasajjñānaṃ viveko na ca mokṣadaḥ /
paśubhiste samā jñeyā yeṣāṃ na śravaṇādaraḥ

mṛgādyāḥ paśavaḥ kecijjānanti śrāvaṇaṃ sukham /
aśrotrāḥ phaṇinaścaiva mumuhurnādapānataḥ

pañcānāmindriyāṇāṃ vai śubhe śravaṇadarśane /
śravaṇādvastuvijñānaṃ darśanāccittarañjanam

śravaṇaṃ trividhaṃ proktaṃ sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ tathā /
tāmasaṃ ca mahābhāga sujñoktaṃ niścayānvitam

sāttvikaṃ vedaśāstrādi sāhityaṃ caiva rājasam /
tāmasaṃ yuddhavārtā ca paradoṣaprakāśanam

sāttvikaṃ trividhaṃ proktaṃ prajñāvad‌bhiśca paṇḍitaiḥ /
uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ caiva tathaivādhamamityuta

uttamaṃ mokṣaphaladaṃ svargadaṃ madhyamaṃ tathā /
adhamaṃ bhogadaṃ proktaṃ nirṇīya viditaṃ budhaiḥ

sāhityaṃ caiva trividhaṃ svīyāyāṃ cottamaṃ smṛtam /
madhyamaṃ vārayoṣāyāṃ paroḍhāyāṃ tathādhamam

tāmasaṃ trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ vidvad‌bhiḥ śāstradarśibhiḥ /
ātatāyiniyuddhaṃ yattaduttamamudāhṛtam

madhyamaṃ cāpi vidveṣātpāṇḍavānāṃ tathāribhiḥ /
adhamaṃ nirnimittaṃ tu vivāde kalahe tathā

tadatra śravaṇaṃ mukhyaṃ purāṇasya mahāmate /
buddhipravardhanaṃ puṇyaṃ tataḥ pāpapraṇāśanam

tadākhyāhi mahābuddhe kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām /
śrutāṃ dvaipāyanātpūrvaṃ sarvārthasya prasādhinīm

sūta uvāca
yūyaṃ dhanyā mahābhāgā dhanyo'haṃ pṛthivītale /
yeṣāṃ śravaṇabuddhiśca mamāpi kathane kila

purā caikārṇave jāte vilīne bhuvanatraye /
śeṣaparyaṅkasupte ca devadeve janārdane

viṣṇukarṇamalod‍bhūtau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau /
mahābalau ca tau daityau vivṛddhau sāgare jale

krīḍamānau sthitau tatra vicarantāvitastataḥ /
tāvekadā mahākāyau krīḍāsaktau mahārṇave

cintāmavāpatuścitte bhrātarāviva saṃsthitau /
nākāraṇaṃ bhavetkāryaṃ sarvatraiṣā paramparā

ādheyaṃ tu vinādhāraṃ na tiṣṭhati kathañcana /
ādhārādheyabhāvastu bhāti no cittagocaraḥ

kva tiṣṭhati jalaṃ cedaṃ sukharūpaṃ suvistaram /
kena sṛṣṭaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ magnāvāvāñjale sthitau

āvāṃ vā kathamutpannau kena votpāditāvubhau /
pitarau kveti vijñānaṃ nāsti kāmaṃ tathāvayoḥ

sūta uvāca
evaṃ kāmayamānau tau jagmaturna viniścayam /
uvāca kaiṭabhastatra madhuṃ pārśve sthitaṃ jale

kaiṭabha uvāca
madho vāmatra salile sthātuṃ śaktirmahābalā /
vartate bhrātaracalā kāraṇaṃ sā hi me matā

tayā tatamidaṃ toyaṃ tadādhāraṃ ca tiṣṭhati /
sā eva paramā devī kāraṇañca tathāvayoḥ

evaṃ vibudhyamānau tau cintāviṣṭau yadāsurau /
tadākāśe śrutaṃ tābhyāṃ vāgbījaṃ sumanoharam

gṛhītaṃ ca tatastābhyāṃ tasyābhyāso dṛḍhaḥ kṛtaḥ /
tadā saudāmanī dṛṣṭā tābhyāṃ khe cotthitā śubhā

tābhyāṃ vicāritaṃ tatra mantro'yaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
tathā dhyānamidaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ gagane saguṇaṃ kila

nirāhārau jitātmānau tanmanaskau samāhitau /
babhūvaturvicintyaivaṃ japadhyānaparāyaṇau

evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tābhyāṃ taptaṃ mahattapaḥ /
prasannā paramā śaktirjātā sā paramā tayoḥ

khinnau tau dānavau dṛṣṭvā tapase kṛtaniścayau /
tayoranugrahārthāya vāguvācāśarīriṇī

varaṃ vāṃ vāñchitaṃ daityau brūtaṃ paramasammatam /
dadāmi parituṣṭāsmi yuvayostapasā kila

sūta uvāca
iti śrutvā tu tāṃ vāṇīṃ dānavāvūcatustadā /
svecchayā maraṇaṃ devi varaṃ nau dehi suvrate

vāguvāca
vāñchitaṃ maraṇaṃ daityau bhavedvā matprasādataḥ /
ajeyau devadaityaiśca bhrātarau nātra saṃśayaḥ

sūta uvāca
iti dattavarau devyā dānavau madadarpitau /
cakratuḥ sāgare krīḍāṃ yādogaṇasamanvitau

kālena kiyatā viprā dānavābhyāṃ yadṛcchayā /
dṛṣṭaḥ prajāpatirbrahmā padmāsanagataḥ prabhuḥ

dṛṣṭvā tu muditāvāstāṃ yuddhakāmau mahābalau /
tamūcatustadā tatra yuddhaṃ nau dehi suvrata

nocetpadmaṃ parityajya yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha māciram /
yadi tvaṃ nirbalaścāsi kva yogyaṃ śubhamāsanam

vīrabhogyamidaṃ sthānaṃ kātaro'si tyajāśu vai /
tayoriti vacaḥ śrutvā cintāmāpa prajāpatiḥ

dṛṣṭvā ca balinau vīrau kiṃ karomīti tāpasaḥ /
cintāviṣṭastadā tasthau cintayanmanasā tadā

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ
prathamaskandhe madhukaiṭabhayoryuddhodyogavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ