Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 10.7

vindhyavṛddhyavarodhavarṇanam
sūta uvāca
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya vibudhānāṃ dvijottamaḥ /
kariṣye kāryametadvaḥ pratyuvāca tato muniḥ

aṅ‌gīkṛte tadā kārye muninā kumbhajanmanā /
devāḥ pramuditāḥ sarve babhūburdvijasattamāḥ

te devāḥ svāni dhiṣṇyāni bhejire munivākyataḥ /
pat‍nīṃ munivaraḥ śrīmānuvāca nṛpakanyakām

aye nṛpasute prāpto vighno'narthasya kārakaḥ /
bhānumārganirodhena kṛto vindhyamahībhṛtā

ājñātaṃ kāraṇaṃ tacca smṛtaṃ vākyaṃ purātanam /
kāśīmuddiśya yad‌gītaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

avimuktaṃ na moktavyaṃ sarvathaiva mumukṣubhiḥ /
kintu vighnā bhaviṣyanti kāśyāṃ nivasatāṃ satām

so'ntarāyo mayā prāptaḥ kāśyāṃ nivasatā priye /
ityevamuktvā bhāryāṃ tāṃ muniḥ paramatāpanaḥ

maṇikarṇyāṃ samāplutya dṛṣṭvā viśveśvaraṃ vibhum /
daṇḍapāṇiṃ samabhyarcya kālarājaṃ samāgataḥ

kālarāja mahābāho bhaktānāṃ bhayahāraka /
kathaṃ dūrayase puryāḥ kāśīpuryāstvamīśvaraḥ

tvaṃ kāśīvāsavighnānāṃ nāśako bhaktarakṣakaḥ /
māṃ kiṃ dūrayase svāmin bhaktārtivinivāraka

parāpavādo nokto me na paiśunyaṃ na cānṛtam /
kena karmavipākena kāśyā dūraṃ karoṣi mām

evaṃ prārthya ca taṃ kālanāthaṃ kumbhod‍bhavo muniḥ /
jagāma sākṣivighneśaṃ sarvavighnanivāraṇam

taṃ dṛṣṭvābhyarcya samprārthya tataḥ puryā vinirgataḥ /
lopāmudrāpatiḥ śrīmānagastyo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

kāśīvirahasantapto mahābhāgyanidhirmuniḥ /
saṃsmṛtyānukṣaṇaṃ kāśīṃ jagāma saha bhāryayā

tapoyānamivāruhya nimiṣārdhena vai muniḥ /
agre dadarśa taṃ vindhyaṃ ruddhāmbaramathonnatam

cakampe cācalastūrṇaṃ dṛṣṭvaivāgre sthitaṃ munim /
giriḥ kharvataro bhūtvā vivakṣuravanīmiva

daṇḍavatpatito bhūmau sāṣṭāṅ‌gaṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā namraśikharaṃ vindhyaṃ nāma mahāgirim

prasannavadano'gastyo munirvindhyamathābravīt /
vatsaivaṃ tiṣṭha tāvattvaṃ yāvadāgamyate mayā

aśakto'haṃ gaṇḍaśailārohaṇe tava putraka /
evamuktvā muniryāmyadiśaṃ prati gamotsukaḥ

āruhya tasya śikharāṇyavāruhadanukramāt /
gato yāmyadiśaṃ cāpi śrīśailaṃ prekṣya vartmani

malayācalamāsādya tatrāśramaparo'bhavat /
sāpi devī tatra vindhyamāgatā manupūjitā

lokeṣu prathitā vindhyavāsinīti ca śaunaka /
sūta uvāca
etaccaritraṃ paramaṃ śatrunāśanamuttamam

agastyavindhyanagayorākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam /
rājñāṃ vijayadaṃ tacca dvijānāṃ jñānavardhanam

vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanadaṃ śūdrāṇāṃ sukhadaṃ tathā /
dharmārthī dharmamāpnoti dhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt

kāmānavāpnuyātkāmī bhaktyā cāsya sakṛcchravāt /
evaṃ svāyambhuvamanurdevīmārādhya bhaktitaḥ

lebhe rājyaṃ dharāyāśca nijamanvantarāśrayam /
ityetadvarṇitaṃ saumya mayā manvantarāśritam /
ādyaṃ caritraṃ śrīdevyāḥ kiṃ punaḥ kathayāmi te

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ daśamaskandhe vindhyavṛddhyavarodhavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ