Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 10.12

devīcaritrasahitaṃ sāvarṇimanuvṛtāntavarṇanam
muniruvāca
mahiṣīgarbhasambhūto mahābalaparākramaḥ /
devānsarvānparājitya mahiṣo'bhūjjagatprabhuḥ // १
sarveṣāṃ lokapālānāmadhikārānmahāsuraḥ /
balānirjitya bubhuje trailokyaiśvaryamad‌bhutam

tataḥ parājitāḥ sarve devāḥ svargaparicyutāḥ /
brahmāṇaṃ ca puraskṛtya te jagmurlokamuttamam

yatrottamau devadevau saṃsthitau śaṅ‌karācyutau /
vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsurmahiṣasya durātmanaḥ

devānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ sthānāni tarasāsuraḥ /
vinirjitya svayaṃ bhuṅ‌kte balavīryamadoddhataḥ

mahiṣāsuranāmāsau duṣṭadaityo'mareśvarau /
vadhopāyaśca tasyāśu cintyatāmasurārdanau

evaṃ śrutvā sa bhagavāndevānāmārtiyugvacaḥ /
cakāra kopaṃ subahuṃ tathā śaṅ‌karapadmajau

evaṃ kopayutasyāsya harerāsyānmahīpate /
tejaḥ prādurabhūddivyaṃ sahasrārkasamadyuti

athānukramatastejaḥ sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām /
śarīrādud‍bhavaṃ prāpa harṣayad‌vibudhādhipān

yadabhūcchambhujaṃ tejo mukhamasyodapadyata /
keśā babhūvuryāmyena vaiṣṇavena ca bāhavaḥ

saumyena ca stanau jātau māhendreṇa ca madhyamaḥ /
vāruṇena tato bhūpa jaṅ‌ghorū sambabhūvatuḥ

nitambau tejasā bhūmeḥ pādau brāhmeṇa tejasā /
pādāṅ‌gulyo bhānavena vāsavena karāṅ‌gulī

kaubereṇa tathā nāsā dantāḥ sañjajñire tadā /
prājāpatyenottamena tejasā vasudhādhipa

pāvakena ca sañjātaṃ locanatritayaṃ śubham /
sāndhyena tejasā jāte bhṛkuṭyau tejasāṃ nidhī

karṇau vāyavyato jātau tejaso manujādhipa /
sarveṣāṃ tejasā devī jātā mahiṣamardinī

śūlaṃ dadau śivo viṣṇuścakraṃ śaṅ‌khaṃ ca pāśabhṛt /
hutāśano dadau śaktiṃ mārutaścāpasāyakau

vajraṃ mahendraḥ pradadau ghaṇṭāṃ cairāvatād‌ gajāt /
kāladaṇḍaṃ yamo brahmā cākṣamālākamaṇḍalū

divākaro raśmimālāṃ romakūpeṣu sandadau /
kālaḥ khaḍgaṃ tathā carma nirmalaṃ vasudhādhipa

samudro nirmalaṃ hāramajare cāmbare nṛpa /
cūḍāmaṇiṃ kuṇḍale ca kaṭakāni tathāṅ‌gade

ardhacandraṃ nirmalaṃ ca nūpurāṇi tathā dadau /
graiveyakaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ca tasyai devyai mudānvitaḥ

viśvakarmā cormikāśca dadau tasyai dharāpate /
himavānvāhanaṃ siṃhaṃ rat‍nāni vividhāni ca

pānapātraṃ surāpūrṇaṃ dadau tasyai dhanādhipaḥ /
śeṣaśca bhagavāndevo nāgahāraṃ dadau vibhuḥ

anyairaśeṣavibudhairmānitā sā jaganmayī /
tāṃ tuṣṭuvurmahādevīṃ devā mahiṣapīḍitāḥ

nānāstotrairmaheśānīṃ jagadud‍bhavakāriṇīm /
teṣāṃ niśamya deveśī stotraṃ vibudhapūjitā

mahiṣasya vadhārthāya mahānādaṃ cakāra ha /
tena nādena mahiṣaścakito'bhūddharāpate

āsasāda jagaddhātrīṃ sarvasainyasamāvṛtaḥ /
tataḥ sa yuyudhe devyā mahiṣākhyo mahāsuraḥ

śastrāstrairbahudhā kṣiptaiḥ pūrayannambarāntaram /
cikṣuro grāmaṇīḥ senāpatirdurdharadurmukhau

bāṣkalastāmrakaścaiva biḍālavadano'paraḥ /
etaiścānyairasaṃkhyātaiḥ saṃgrāmāntakasannibhaiḥ

yodhaiḥ parivṛto vīro mahiṣo dānavottamaḥ /
tataḥ sā kopatāmrākṣī devī lokavimohinī

jaghāna yodhānsamare devī mahiṣamāśritān /
tatasteṣu hateṣveva sa daityo roṣamūrcchitaḥ

āsasāda tadā devīṃ tūrṇaṃ māyāviśāradaḥ /
rūpāntarāṇi sambheje māyayā dānaveśvaraḥ

tāni tānyasya rūpāṇi nāśayāmāsa sā tadā /
tato'nte māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ bibhrāṇamamarārdanam

pāśena baddhvā sudṛḍhaṃ chittvā khaḍgena tacchiraḥ /
pātayāmāsa mahiṣaṃ devī devagaṇāntakam

hāhākṛtaṃ tataḥ śeṣaṃ sainyaṃ bhagnaṃ diśo daśa /
tuṣṭuvurdevadeveśīṃ sarve devāḥ pramoditāḥ

evaṃ lakṣmīḥ samutpannā mahiṣāsuramardinī /
rājañchṛṇu sarasvatyāḥ prādurbhāvo yathābhavat

ekadā śumbhanāmāsīddaityo madabalotkaṭaḥ /
niśumbhaścāpi tad‍bhrātā mahābalaparākramaḥ

tena sampīḍitā devāḥ sarve bhraṣṭaśriyo nṛpa /
himavantamathāsādya devīṃ tuṣṭuvurādarāt

devā ūcuḥ
jaya deveśi bhaktānāmārtināśanakovide /
dānavāntakarūpe tvamajarāmaraṇe'naghe

deveśi bhaktisulabhe mahābalaparākrame /
viṣṇuśaṅ‌karabrahmādisvarūpe'nantavikrame

sṛṣṭisthitikare nāśakārike kāntidāyini /
mahātāṇḍavasuprīte modadāyini mādhavi

prasīda devadeveśi prasīda karuṇānidhe /
niśumbhaśumbhasambhūtabhayāpārāmbuvāridhe

uddharāsmān prapannārtināśike śaraṇāgatān /
evaṃ saṃstuvatāṃ teṣāṃ tridaśānāṃ dharāpate

prasannā girijā prāha brūta stavanakāraṇam /
etasminnantare yasyāḥ kośarūpātsamutthitā

kauśikī sā jagatpūjyā devānprītyedamabravīt/
prasannāhaṃ suraśreṣṭhāḥ stavenottamarūpiṇī

vriyatāṃ vara ityukte devāḥ saṃvavrire varam /
śumbhanāmāvaro bhrātā niśumbhastasya viśrutaḥ

trailokyamojasākrāntaṃ daityena balaśālinā /
tadvadhaścintyatāṃ devi durātmā dānaveśvaraḥ

bādhate satataṃ devi tiraskṛtya nijaujasā /
devyuvāca
devaśatruṃ pātayiṣye niśumbhaṃ śumbhameva ca

svasthāstiṣṭhata bhadraṃ vaḥ kaṇṭakaṃ nāśayāmi vaḥ /
ityuktvā devadeveśī devānsendrāndayāmayī

jagāmādarśanaṃ sadyo miṣatāṃ tridivaukasām /
devāḥ samāgatā hṛṣṭāḥ suvarṇādriguhāṃ śubhām

caṇḍamuṇḍau paśyataḥsma bhṛtyau śumbhaniśumbhayoḥ /
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ cārusarvāṅ‌gīṃ devīṃ lokavimohinīm

kathayāmāsatū rājñe bhṛtyau tau caṇḍamuṇḍakau /
deva sarvāsuraśreṣṭha rat‍nabhogārha mānada

apūrvā kāminī dṛṣṭā cāvābhyāṃ ripumardana /
tasyāḥ saṃbhogayogyatvamastyeva tava sāmpratam

tāṃ samānaya cārvaṅ‌gīṃ bhuṅkṣva saukhyasamanvitaḥ /
tādṛśī nāsurī nārī na gandharvī na dānavī

na mānavī nāpi devī yādṛśī sā manoharā /
evaṃ bhṛtyavacaḥ śrutvā śumbhaḥ parabalārdanaḥ

dūtaṃ sammeṣayāmāsa sugrīvaṃ nāma dānavam /
sa dūtastvaritaṃ gatvā devyāḥ savidhamādarāt

vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa devyai śumbhasya yadvacaḥ /
devi śumbhāsuro nāma trailokyavijayī prabhuḥ

sarveṣāṃ rat‍navastūnāṃ bhoktā mānyo divaukasām /
taduktaṃ śṛṇu me devi rat‍nabhoktāhamavyayaḥ

tvaṃ cāpi rat‍nabhūtāsi bhaja māṃ cārulocane /
sarveṣu yāni rat‍nāni devāsuranareṣu ca

tāni mayyeva subhage bhaja māṃ kāmajai rasaiḥ /
devyuvāca
satyaṃ vadasi he dūta daityarājapriyaṅ‌karam

pratijñā yā mayā pūrvaṃ kṛtā sāpyanṛtā katham /
bhavettāṃ śṛṇu me dūta yā pratijñā mayā kṛtā

yo me darpaṃ vidhunute yo me balamapohati /
yo me pratibalo bhūyātsa eva mama bhogabhāk

tata enāṃ pratijñāṃ me satyāṃ kṛtvāsureśvaraḥ /
gṛhṇātu pāṇiṃ tarasā tasyāśakyaṃ kimatra hi

tasmād‌ gaccha mahādūta svāminaṃ brūhi cādṛtaḥ /
pratijñāṃ cāpi me satyāṃ vidhāsyati balādhikaḥ

evaṃ vākyaṃ mahādevyāḥ samākarṇya sa dānavaḥ /
kathayāmāsa śumbhāya devyā vṛttāntamāditaḥ

tadāpriyaṃ dūtavākyaṃ śumbhaḥ śrutvā mahābalaḥ /
kopamāhārayāmāsa mahāntaṃ danujādhipaḥ

tato dhūmrākṣanāmānaṃ daityaṃ daityapatiḥ prabhuḥ /
ādideśa śṛṇu vaco dhūmrākṣa mama cādṛtaḥ

tāṃ duṣṭāṃ keśapāśeṣu hatvāpyānīyatāṃ mama /
samīpamavilambena śīghraṃ gacchasva me puraḥ

ityādeśaṃ samāsādya daityeśo dhūmralocanaḥ /
ṣaṣṭyāsurāṇāṃ sahitaḥ sahasrāṇāṃ mahābalaḥ

tuhinācalamāsādya devyāḥ savidhameva saḥ /
uccairdevīṃ jagādāśu bhaja daityapatiṃ śubhe

śumbhaṃ nāma mahāvīryaṃ sarvabhogānavāpnuhi /
nocetkeśāngṛhītvā tvāṃ neṣye daityapatiṃ prati

ityuktā sā tato devī daityena tridaśāriṇā /
uvāca daitya yad‌ brūṣe tatsatyaṃ te mahābala

rājā śumbhāsurastvaṃ ca kiṃ kariṣyasi tadvada /
ityukto daityapo'dhāvattūrṇaṃ śastrasamanvitaḥ

bhasmasāttaṃ cakārāśu huṅ‌kāreṇa maheśvarī /
tataḥ sainyaṃ vāhanena devyā bhagnaṃ mahīpate

diśo daśābhajacchīghraṃ hāhābhūtamacetanam /
tad‌vṛttāntaṃ samāśrutya sa śumbho daityarāḍ vibhuḥ

cukopa ca mahākopād‌ bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ /
tataḥ kopaparītātmā daityarājaḥ pratāpavān

caṇḍaṃ muṇḍaṃ raktabījaṃ kramataḥ praiṣayadvibhuḥ /
te ca gatvā trayo daityā vikrāntā bahuvikramāḥ

devīṃ grahītumārabdhayat‍nāste hyabhavanbalāt /
tānāpatata evāsau jagaddhātrī madotkaṭā

śūlaṃ gahītvā vegena pātayāmāsa bhūtale /
sasainyānnihatāñchrutvā daityāṃstrīndānaveśvarau

śumbhaścaiva niśumbhaśca samājagmaturojasā /
niśumbhaścaiva śumbhaśca kṛtvā yuddhaṃ mahotkaṭam

devyāśca vaśagau jātau nihatau ca tayāsurau /
iti daityavaraṃ śumbhaṃ ghātayitvā jaganmayī

vibudhaiḥ saṃstutā tadvatsākṣādvāgīśvarī parā /
evaṃ te varṇito rājan prādurbhāvo'tiramyakaḥ

kālyāścaiva mahālakṣyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ krameṇa ca /
parā pareśvarī devī jagatsargaṃ karoti ca

pālanaṃ caiva saṃhāraṃ saiva devī dadhāti hi /
tāṃ samāśraya deveśīṃ jaganmohanivāriṇīm

mahāmāyāṃ pūjyatamāṃ sā kāryaṃ te vidhāsyati /
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
iti rājā vacaḥ śrutvā muneḥ paramaśobhanam

devīṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradām /
nirāhāro yatātmā ca tanmanāśca samāhitaḥ

devīmūrtiṃ mṛṇmayīṃ ca pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ /
pūjanānte baliṃ tasyai nijagātrāsṛjaṃ dadat

tadā prasannā deveśī jagadyoniḥ kṛpāvatī /
prādurbabhūva purato varaṃ brūhīti bhāṣiṇī

sa rājā nijamohasya nāśanaṃ jñānamuttamam /
rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ caiva yācati sma maheśvarīm

devyuvāca
rājanniṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ jñānaṃ vai mohanāśanam /
bhaviṣyati mayā dattamasminneva bhave tava

anyacca śṛṇu bhūpāla janmāntaraviceṣṭitam /
bhānorjanma samāsādya sāvarṇirbhavitā bhavān

tatra manvantarasyāpi patitvaṃ bahuvikramam /
santatiṃ bahulāṃ cāpi prāpsyate madvarād‍bhavān

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ devī jagāmādarśanaṃ tadā /
so'pi devyāḥ prasādena jāto manvantarādhipaḥ

evaṃ te varṇitaṃ sādho sāvarṇerjanma karma ca /
etatpaṭhaṃstathā śṛṇvandevyanugrahamāpnuyāt

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe
devīcaritrasahitaṃ sāvarṇimanuvṛtāntavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe
devīcaritrasahitaṃ sāvarṇimanuvṛtāntavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ