Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 10.3

devīmāhātmye vindhyopākhyānavarṇanam
sūtauvāca
evaṃ samupadiśyāyaṃ devarṣiḥ paramaḥ svarāṭ /
jagāma brahmaṇo lokaṃ svairacārī mahāmuniḥ

gate munivare vindhyaścintāṃ lebhe'napāyinīm /
naiva śāntiṃ sa lebhe ca sadāntaḥkṛtaśocanaḥ

kathaṃ kiṃ tvatra me kāryaṃ kathaṃ meruṃ jayāmyaham /
naiva śāntiṃ labhe nāpi svāsthyaṃ me mānase bhavet

(dhigutsāhaṃ ca mānaṃ ca dhiṅ‌me kīrtiṃ ca dhikkulam)
dhigbalaṃ me pauruṣaṃ dhik smṛtaṃ pūrvairmahātmabhiḥ /
evaṃ cintayamānasya vindhyasya manasi sphuṭam

prādurbhūtā matiḥ kārye kartavye doṣakāriṇī /
merupradakṣiṇāṃ kurvannityameva divākaraḥ

sagraharkṣagaṇopetaḥ sadā dṛpyatyayaṃ nagaḥ /
tasya mārgasya saṃrodhaṃ kariṣyāmi nijaiḥ karaiḥ

tadā niruddho dyumaṇiḥ parikrāmetkathaṃ nagam /
evaṃ mārge niruddhe tu mayā dinakarasya ca

bhagnadarpo divyanago bhaviṣyati viniścayam /
evaṃ niścitya vindhyādriḥ khaṃ spṛśan vavṛdhe bhujaiḥ

mahonnataiḥ śṛṅ‌gavaraiḥ sarvaṃ vyāpya vyavasthitaḥ /
kadodeṣyati bhāsvāṃstaṃ rodhayiṣyāmyahaṃ kadā

evaṃ sañcintayānasya sā vyatīyāya śarvarī /
prabhātaṃ vimalaṃ jajñe diśo vitimirāḥ karaiḥ

kurvansa nirgato bhānurudayāyodaye girau /
prakāśate sma vimalaṃ nabho bhānukaraiḥ śubhaiḥ

vikāsaṃ nalinī bheje mīlanaṃ ca kumudvatī /
svāni kāryāṇi sarve ca lokāḥ samupatasthire

havyaṃ kavyaṃ bhūtabaliṃ devānāṃ ca pravardhayan /
prāhṇāparāhṇamadhyāhnavibhāgena tviṣāṃ patiḥ

evaṃ prācīṃ tathāgneyīṃ samāśvāsya viyoginīm /
jvalantīṃ cirakālīnavirahādiva kāminīm

bhāskaro'tha kṛśānośca diśaṃ nūnaṃ vihāya ca /
yāmyāṃ gantuṃ tatastūrṇaṃ pratasthe kamalākaraḥ

na śaśākāgrato gantuṃ tato'nūrurvyajijñapat /
anūruruvāca
bhāno mānonnato vindhyo nirudhya gaganaṃ sthitaḥ

spardhate meruṇā prepsustvaddattāṃ ca pradakṣiṇām /
sūta uvāca
anūruvākyamākarṇya savitā hyāsa cintayan

aho gaganamārgo'pi rudhyate cātivismayaḥ /
prāyaḥ śūro na kiṃ kuryādutpathe vartmani sthitaḥ

niruddho no vājimārgo daivaṃ hi balavattaram /
rāhubāhugrahavyagro yaḥ kṣaṇaṃ nāvatiṣṭhate

sa ciraṃ ruddhamārgo'pi kiṃ karoti vidhirbalī /
evaṃ ca mārge saṃruddhe lokāḥ sarve ca seśvarāḥ

nānvavindanta śaraṇaṃ kartavyaṃ nānvapadyata /
citraguptādayaḥ sarve kālaṃ jānanti sūryataḥ

saṃruddho vindhyagiriṇā aho daivaviparyayaḥ /
yadā niruddhaḥ savitā giriṇā spardhayā tadā

naṣṭaḥ svāhāsvadhākāro naṣṭaprāyamabhūjjagat /
evaṃ ca pāścimā lokā dākṣiṇātyāstathaiva ca

nidrāmīlitacakṣuṣkā niśāmeva prapedire /
prāñcastathottarāhāśca tīkṣṇatāpapratāpitāḥ

mṛtā naṣṭāśca bhagnāśca vināśamabhajan prajāḥ /
hāhābhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ svadhākavyavivarjitam /
devāḥ sendrāḥ samudvignāḥ kiṃ kurma itivādinaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe devīmāhātmye vindhyopākhyānavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ