Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 10.1

manukṛtaṃ devīstavanam
nārada uvāca
nārāyaṇa dharādhāra sarvapālanakāraṇa /
bhavatodīritaṃ devīcaritaṃ pāpanāśanam

manvantareṣu sarveṣu sā devī yatsvarūpiṇī /
yadākāreṇa kurute prādurbhāvaṃ maheśvarī

tānnaḥ sarvānsamākhyāhi devīmāhātmyamiśritān /
yathā ca yena yeneha pūjitā saṃstutāpi hi

manorathānpūrayati bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalā /
tannaḥ śubhūṣamāṇānāṃ devīcaritamuttamam

varṇayasva kṛpāsindho yenāpnoti sukhaṃ mahat /
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
ākarṇaya maharṣe tvaṃ caritaṃ pāpanāśanam

bhaktānāṃ bhaktijananaṃ mahāsampattikārakam /
jagadyonirmahātejā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

āvirāsīnnābhipadmāddevadevasya cakriṇaḥ /
sa caturmukha āsādya prādurbhāvaṃ mahāmate

manuṃ svāyambhuvaṃ nāma janayāmāsa mānasāt /
sa mānaso manuḥ putro brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

śatarūpāṃ ca tatpat‍nīṃ jajñe dharmasvarūpiṇīm /
sa manuḥ kṣīrasindhośca tīre paramapāvane

devīmārādhayāmāsa mahābhāgyaphalapradām /
mūrtiṃ ca mṛṇmayīṃ tasyā vidhāya pṛthivīpatiḥ

upāsate sma tāṃ devīṃ vāgbhavaṃ sa japan rahaḥ /
nirāhāro jitaśvāso niyamavratakarśitaḥ

ekapādena santiṣṭhan dharāyāmaniśaṃ sthiraḥ /
śatavarṣaṃ jitaḥ kāmaḥ krodhastena mahātmanā

je sthāvaratāṃ devyāścaraṇau cintayan hṛdi /
tasya tattapasā devī prādurbhūtā jaganmayī

uvāca vacanaṃ divyaṃ varaṃ varaya bhūmipa /
tata ānandajanakaṃ śrutvā vākyaṃ mahīpatiḥ

varayāmāsa tān hṛtsthān varānamaradurlabhān /
manuruvāca
jaya devi viśālākṣi jaya sarvāntarasthite

mānye pūjye jagaddhātri sarvamaṅ‌galamaṅ‌gale /
tvatkaṭākṣāvalokena padmabhūḥ sṛjate jagat

vaikuṇṭhaḥ pālayatyeva haraḥ saṃharate kṣaṇāt /
śacīpatistrilokyāśca śāsako bhavadājñayā

prāṇinaḥ śikṣayatyeva daṇḍena ca paretarāṭ /
yādasāmadhipaḥ pāśī pālanaṃ mādṛśāmapi

kurute sa kubero'pi nidhīnāṃ patiravyayaḥ /
hutabhuṅ‌nairṛto vāyurīśānaḥ śeṣa eva ca

tvadaṃśasambhavā eva tvacchaktiparibṛṃhitāḥ /
athāpi yadi me devi varo deyo'sti sāmpratam

tadā prahvāḥ sargakārye vighnā naśyantu me śive /
vāgbhavasyāpi mantrasya ye kecidupasevinaḥ

teṣāṃ siddhiḥ satvarāpi kāryāṇāṃ jāyatāmapi /
ye saṃvādamimaṃ devi paṭhanti śrāvayanti ca

teṣāṃ loke bhuktimuktī sulabhe bhavatāṃ śive /
jātismaratvaṃ bhavatu vaktṛtvaṃ sauṣṭhavaṃ tathā

jñānasiddhiḥ karmamārgasaṃsiddhirapi cāstu hi /
putrapautrasamṛddhiśca jāyedityeva me vacaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe manukṛtaṃ devīstavanaṃ nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ