Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 11.4

rudrākṣamāhātmyavarṇanam
nārada uvāca
evaṃbhūtānubhāvo'yaṃ rudrākṣo bhavatānagha /
varṇito mahatāṃ pūjyaḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra kiṃ vada

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
evameva purā pṛṣṭo bhagavān giriśaḥ prabhuḥ /
ṣaṇmukhena ca rudrastaṃ yaduvāca śṛṇuṣva tat

īśvara uvāca
śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha tattvena kathayāmi samāsataḥ /
tripuro nāma daityastu purā''sītsarvadurjayaḥ

jitāstena surāḥ sarve bahmaviṣṇvādidevatāḥ /
sarvaistu kathite tasmiṃstadāhaṃ tripuraṃ prati

acintayaṃ mahāśastramaghorākhyaṃ manoharam /
sarvadevamayaṃ divyaṃ jvalantaṃ ghorarūpi yat

tripurasya vadhārthāya devānāṃ tāraṇāya ca /
sarvavighnopaśamanamaghorāstramacintayam

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā /
paścānmamākulākṣibhyaḥ patitā jalabindavaḥ

tatrāśrubinduto jātā mahārudrākṣavṛkṣakāḥ /
mamājñayā mahāsena sarveṣāṃ hitakāmyayā

babhūvuste ca rudrākṣā aṣṭatriṃśatprabhedataḥ /
sūryanetrasamud‌bhūtāḥ kapilā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ

somanetrotthitāḥ śvetāste ṣoḍaśavidhāḥ kramāt /
vahninetrod‍bhavāḥ kṛṣṇā daśa bhedā bhavanti hi

śvetavarṇaśca rudrākṣo jātito brāhma ucyate /
kṣātro raktastathā miśro vaiśyaḥ kṛṣṇastu śūdrakaḥ

ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbrahmahatyāṃ vyapohati /
dvivaktro devadevyo syād‌vividhaṃ nāśayedagham

trivaktrastvanalaḥ sākṣātstrīhatyāṃ dahati kṣaṇāt /
caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā narahatyāṃ vyapohati

pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃ rudraḥ kālāgnirnāma nāmataḥ /
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇod‌bhūtairagamyāgamanod‍bhavaiḥ

mucyate sarvapāpaistu pañcavaktrasya dhāraṇāt /
ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyastu sa dhāryo dakṣiṇe kare

brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
saptavaktro mahābhāgo hyanaṅ‌go nāma nāmataḥ

taddhāraṇānmucyate hi svarṇasteyādipātakaiḥ /
aṣṭavaktro mahāsena sākṣāddevo vināyakaḥ

antakūṭaṃ tūlakūṭaṃ svarṇakūṭaṃ tathaiva ca /
duṣṭānvayastriyaṃ vātha saṃspṛśaṃśca gurustriyam

evamādīni pāpāni hanti sarvāṇi dhāraṇāt /
vighnāstasya praṇaśyanti yāti cānte paraṃ padam

bhavantyete guṇāḥ sarve hyaṣṭavaktrasya dhāraṇāt /
navavaktro bhairavastu dhārayedvāmabāhuke

bhuktimuktipradaḥ prokto mama tulyabalo bhavet /
bhrūṇahatyāsahasrāṇi brahmahatyāśatāni ca

sadyaḥ pralayamāyānti navavaktrasya dhāraṇāt /
daśavaktrastu deveśaḥ sākṣāddevo janārdanaḥ

grahāścaiva piśācāśca vetālā brahmarākṣasāḥ /
pannagāścopaśāmyanti daśavaktrasya dhāraṇāt

vaktraikādaśarudrākṣo rudraikādaśakaṃ smṛtam /
śikhāyāṃ dhārayedyo vai tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca /
gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam

tatphalaṃ labhate śīghraṃ vaktraikādaśadhāraṇāt /
dvādaśāsyasya rudrākṣasyaiva karṇe tu dhāraṇāt

ādityāstoṣitā nityaṃ dvādaśāsye vyavasthitāḥ /
gobhedhe cāśvamedhe ca yatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt

śṛṅ‌giṇāṃ śastriṇāṃ caiva vyāghrādīnāṃ bhayaṃ na hi /
na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tasya naiva cādhiḥ prakīrtitaḥ

na ca kiñcid‍bhayaṃ tasya na ca vyādhiḥ pravartate /
na kutaścid‍bhayaṃ tasya sukhī caiveśvaro bhavet

hastyaśvamṛgamārjārasarpamūṣakadardurān /
kharāṃśca śvaśṛgālāṃśca hatvā bahuvidhānapi

mucyate nātra sandeho vaktradvādaśadhāraṇāt /
vaktratrayodaśo vatsa rudrākṣo yadi labhyate

kārtikeyasamo jñeyaḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhidaḥ /
raso rasāyanaṃ caiva tasya sarvaṃ prasiddhyati

tasyaiva sarvabhogyāni nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva bhrātaraṃ vā nihanti yaḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo dhāraṇāttasya ṣaṇmukha /
caturdaśāsyo rudrākṣo yadi labhyeta putraka

dhārayetsatataṃ mūrdhni tasya piṇḍaḥ śivasya tu /
kiṃ mune bahunoktena varṇanena punaḥ punaḥ

pūjyate santataṃ devaiḥ prāpyate ca parā gatiḥ /
rudrākṣa ekaḥ śirasā dhāryo bhaktyā dvijottamaiḥ

ṣaḍ‌viṃśad‌bhiḥ śiromālā pañcāśad‌dhṛdayena tu /
kalākṣairbāhuvalaye arkākṣairmaṇibandhanam

aṣṭottaraśatairmālā pañcāśad‌bhiḥ ṣaḍānana /
athavā saptaviṃśatyā kṛtvā rudrākṣamālikām

dhāraṇādvā japādvāpi hyanantaṃ phalamaśnute /
aṣṭottaraśatairmālā rudrākṣairdhāryate yadi

kṣaṇe kṣaṇe'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti ṣaṇmukha /
triḥsaptakulamuddhṛtya śivaloke mahīyate

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ
saṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśaskandhe rudrākṣamāhāmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ