Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 12.8

parāśakterāvirbhāvavarṇanam
janamejaya uvāca
bhagavansarvadharmajña sarvaśāstravatāṃvara /
dvijātīnāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ śaktyupāstiḥ śrutīritā

sandhyākālatraye'nyasmin kāle nityatayā vibho /
tāṃ vihāya dvijāḥ kasmād‌gṛhṇīyuścānyadevatāḥ

dṛśyante vaiṣṇavāḥ kecid‌gāṇapatyāstathāpare /
kāpālikāścīnamārgaratā valkaladhāriṇaḥ

digambarāstathā bauddhāścārvārkā evamādayaḥ /
dṛśyante bahavo loke vedaśraddhāvivarjitāḥ

kimatra kāraṇaṃ brahmaṃstad‍bhavān vaktumarhati /
buddhimantaḥ paṇḍitāśca nānātarkavicakṣaṇāḥ

api santyeva vedeṣu śraddhayā tu vivarjitāḥ /
na hi kaścitsvakalyāṇaṃ buddhyā hātumihecchati

kimatra kāraṇaṃ tasmādvada vedavidāṃvara /
maṇidvīpasya mahimā varṇito bhavatā purā

kīdṛk tadasti yaddevyāḥ paraṃ sthānaṃ mahattaram /
taccāpi vada bhaktāya śraddadhānāya me'nagha

prasannāstu vadantyeva guravo guhyamapyuta /
sūta uvāca
iti rājño vacaḥ śrutvā bhagavān bādarāyaṇaḥ

nijagāda tataḥ sarvaṃ krameṇaiva munīśvarāḥ /
yacchrutvā tu dvijātīnāṃ vedaśraddhā vivardhate

vyāsa uvāca
samyakpṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājan samaye samayocitam /
vuddhimānasi vedeṣu śraddhāvāṃścaiva lakṣyase

pūrvaṃ madoddhatā daityā devairyuddhaṃ tu cakrire /
śatavarṣaṃ mahārāja mahāvismayakārakam

nānāśastrapraharaṇaṃ nānāmāyāvicitritam /
jagatkṣayakaraṃ nūnaṃ teṣāṃ yuddhamabhūnnṛpa

parāśaktikṛpāveśāddevairdaityā jitā yudhi /
bhuvaṃ svargaṃ parityajya gatāḥ pātālaveśmani

tataḥ praharṣitā devāḥ svaparākramavarṇanam /
cakruḥ parasparaṃ mohātsābhimānāḥ samantataḥ

jayo'smākaṃ kuto na syādasmākaṃ mahimā yataḥ /
sarvottaraḥ kutra daityāḥ pāmarā niṣparākramāḥ

sṛṣṭisthitikṣayakarā vayaṃ sarve yaśasvinaḥ /
asmadagre pāmarāṇāṃ daityānāṃ caiva kā kathā

parāśaktiprabhāvaṃ te na jñātvā mohamāgatāḥ /
teṣāmanugrahaṃ kartuṃ tadaiva jagadambikā

prādurāsītkṛpāpūrṇā yakṣarūpeṇa bhūmipa /
koṭisūryapratīkāśaṃ candrakoṭisuśītalam

vidyutkoṭisamānābhaṃ hastapādādivarjitam /
adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ tad‌dṛṣṭvā tejaḥ paramasundaram

savismayāstadā procuḥ kimidaṃ kimidaṃ tviti /
daityānāṃ ceṣṭitaṃ kiṃ vā māyā kāpi mahīyasī

kenacinnirmitā vātha devānāṃ smayakāriṇī /
sambhūya te tadā sarve vicāraṃ cakruruttamam

yakṣasya nikaṭe gatvā praṣṭavyaṃ kastvamityapi /
balābalaṃ tato jñātvā kartavyā tu pratikriyā

tato vahniṃ samāhūya provācendraḥ surādhipaḥ /
gaccha vahne tvamasmākaṃ yato'si mukhamuttamam

tato gatvā tu jānīhi kimidaṃ yakṣamityapi /
sahasrākṣavacaḥ śrutvā svaparākramagarbhitam

vegātsa nirgato vahniryayau yakṣasya sannidhau /
tadā provāca yakṣastaṃ tvaṃ ko'sīti hutāśanam

vīryaṃ ca tvayi kiṃ yattadvada sarvaṃ mamāgrataḥ /
agnirasmi tathā jātavedā asmīti so'bravīt

sarvasya dahane śaktirmayi viśvasya tiṣṭhati /
tadā yakṣaṃ paraṃ tejastadagre nidadhau tṛṇam

dahainaṃ yadi te śaktirviśvasya dahane'sti hi /
tadā sarvabalenaivākarodyat‍naṃ hutāśanaḥ

na śaśāka tṛṇaṃ dagdhuṃ lajjito'gātsurānprati /
pṛṣṭe devaistu vṛttānte sarvaṃ provāca havyabhuk

vṛthābhimāno hyasmākaṃ sarveśatvādike surāḥ /
tatastu vṛtrahā vāyuṃ samāhūyedamabravīt

tvayi protaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tvacceṣṭābhistu ceṣṭitam /
tvaṃ prāṇarūpaḥ sarveṣāṃ sarvaśaktividhārakaḥ

tvameva gatvā jānīhi kimidaṃ yakṣamityapi /
nānyaḥ ko'pi samartho'sti jñātuṃ yakṣaṃ paraṃ mahaḥ

sahasrākṣavacaḥ śrutvā guṇagauravagumphitam /
sābhimāno jagāmāśu yatra yakṣaṃ virājate

yakṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā tato vāyuṃ provāca mṛdubhāṣayā /
ko'si tvaṃ tvayi kā śaktirvada sarvaṃ mamāgrataḥ

tato yakṣavacaḥ śrutvā garveṇa marudabravīt /
mātariśvāhamasmīti vāyurasmīti cābravīt

vīryaṃ tu mayi sarvasya cālane grahaṇe'sti hi /
macceṣṭayā jagatsarvaṃ sarvavyāpāravad‍bhavet

iti śrutvā vāyuvāṇīṃ nijagāda paraṃ mahaḥ /
tṛṇametattavāgre yattaccālaya yathepsitam

noced‌garvaṃ vihāyainaṃ lajjito gaccha vāsavam /
śrutvā yakṣavaco vāyuḥ sarvaśaktisamanvitaḥ

udyogamakarottacca svasthānānna cacāla ha /
lajjito'gāddevapārśve hitvā garvaṃ sa cānilaḥ

vṛttāntamavadatsarvaṃ garvanirvāpakāraṇam /
naitañjñātuṃ samarthāḥ sma mithyāgarvābhimāninaḥ

alaukikaṃ bhāti yakṣaṃ tejaḥ paramadāruṇam /
tataḥ sarve suragaṇāḥ sahasrākṣaṃ samūcire

devarāḍasi yasmāttvaṃ yakṣaṃ jānīhi tattvataḥ /
tata indro mahāgarvāttadyakṣaṃ samupādravat

prādravacca paraṃ tejo yakṣarūpaṃ parātparam /
antardhānaṃ tataḥ prāpa tadyakṣaṃ vāsavāgrataḥ

atīva lajjito jāto vāsavo devarāḍapi /
yakṣasambhāṣaṇābhāvāllaghutvaṃ prāpa cetasi

ataḥ paraṃ na gantavyaṃ mayā tu surasaṃsadi /
kiṃ mayā tatra vaktavyaṃ svalaghutvaṃ surānprati

dehatyāgo varastasmānmāno hi mahatāṃ dhanam /
māne naṣṭe jīvitaṃ tu mṛtitulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

iti niścitya tatraiva garvaṃ hitvā sureśvaraḥ /
caritramīdṛśaṃ yasya tameva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

tasminneva kṣaṇe jātā vyomavāṇī nabhastale /
māyābījaṃ sahasrākṣa japa tena sukhī bhava

tato jajāpa paramaṃ māyābījaṃ parātparam /
lakṣavarṣaṃ nirāhāro dhyānamīlitalocanaḥ

akasmāccaitramāsīyanavamyāṃ madhyage ravau /
tadevāvirabhūttejastasminneva sthale punaḥ

tejomaṇḍalamadhye tu kumārīṃ navayauvanām /
bhāsvajjapāprasūnābhāṃ bālakoṭiraviprabhām

bālaśītāṃśamukuṭāṃ vastrāntarvyañjitastanīm /
caturbhirvarahastaistu varapāśāṅ‌kuśābhayān

dadhānāṃ ramaṇīyāṅ‌gīṃ komalāṅ‌galatāṃ śivām /
bhaktakalpadrumāmambāṃ nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitām

trinetrāṃ mallikāmālākabarījūṭaśobhitām /
caturdikṣu caturvedairmūrtimad‌bhirabhiṣṭutām

dantacchaṭābhirabhitaḥ padmarāgīkṛtakṣamām /
prasantasmeravadanāṃ koṭikandarpasundarām

raktāmbaraparīdhānāṃ raktacandanacarcitām /
umābhidhānāṃ purato devīṃ haimavatīṃ śivām

nirvyājakaruṇāmūrtiṃ sarvakāraṇakāraṇām /
dadarśa vāsavastatra premagad‌gaditāntaraḥ

premāśrupūrṇanayano romāñcitatanustataḥ /
daṇḍavatpraṇanāmātha pādayorjagadīśituḥ

tuṣṭāva vividhaiḥ stotrairbhaktisannatakandharaḥ /
uvāca paramaprītaḥ kimidaṃ yakṣamityapi

prādurbhūtaṃ ca kasmāttadvada sarvaṃ suśobhane /
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā provāca karuṇārṇavā

rūpaṃ madīyaṃ brahmaitatsarvakāraṇakāraṇam /
māyādhiṣṭhānabhūtaṃ tu sarvasākṣi nirāmayam

sarve vedā yatpadamāmananti
tapāṃsi sarvāṇi ca yadvadanti /
yadicchanto brahmacaryaṃ caranti
tatte padaṃ saṃgraheṇa bravīmi

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma tadevāhuśca hrīṃmayam /
dve bīje mama mantrau sto mukhyatvena surottama

bhāgadvayavatī yasmātsṛjāmi sakalaṃ jagat /
tatraikabhāgaḥ samproktaḥ saccidānandanāmakaḥ

māyāprakṛtisaṃjñastu dvitīyo bhāga īritaḥ /
sā ca māyā parā śaktiḥ śaktimatyahamīśvarī

candrasya candrikeveyaṃ mamābhinnatvamāgatā /
sāmyāvasthātmikā caiṣā māyā mama surottama

pralaye sarvajagato madabhinnaiva tiṣṭhati /
prāṇikarmaparīpākavaśataḥ punareva hi

rūpaṃ tadevamavyaktaṃ vyaktībhāvamupaiti ca /
antarmukhā tu yāvasthā sā māyetyabhidhīyate

bahirmukhā tu yā māyā tamaḥśabdena socyate /
bahirmukhāttamorūpājjāyate sattvasambhavaḥ

rajoguṇastadaiva syātsargādau surasattama /
guṇatrayātmakāḥ proktā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

rajoguṇādhiko brahmā viṣṇuḥ sattvādhiko bhavet /
tamoguṇādhiko rudraḥ sarvakāraṇarūpadhṛk

sthūladeho bhaved‌brahmā liṅ‌gadeho hariḥ smṛtaḥ /
rudrastu kāraṇo dehasturīyā tvahameva hi

sāmyāvasthā tu yā proktā sarvāntaryāmirūpiṇī /
ata ūrdhvaṃ paraṃ brahma mad‌rūpaṃ rūpavarjitam

nirguṇaṃ saguṇaṃ ceti dvidhā mad‌rūpamucyate /
nirguṇaṃ māyayā hīnaṃ saguṇaṃ māyayā yutam

sāhaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsṛṣṭvā tadantaḥ sampraviśya ca /
prerayāmyaniśaṃ jīvaṃ yathākarma yathāśrutam

sṛṣṭisthititirodhāne prerayāmyahameva hi /
brahmāṇaṃ ca tathā viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ vai kāraṇātmakam

mad‍bhayādvāti pavano bhītyā sūryaśca gacchati /
indrāgnimṛtyavastadvatsāhaṃ sarvottamā smṛtā

matprasādād‍bhavad‌bhistu jayo labdho'sti sarvathā /
yuṣmānahaṃ nartayāmi kāṣṭhaputtalikopamān

kadāciddevavijayaṃ daityānāṃ vijayaṃ kvacit /
svatantrā svecchayā sarvaṃ kurve karmānurodhataḥ

tāṃ māṃ sarvātmikāṃ yūyaṃ vismṛtya nijagarvataḥ /
ahaṅ‌kārāvṛtātmāno mohamāptā durantakam

anugrahaṃ tataḥ kartuṃ yuṣmaddehādanuttamam /
niḥsṛtaṃ sahasā tejo madīyaṃ yakṣamityapi

ataḥ paraṃ sarvabhāvairhitvā garvaṃ tu dehajam /
māmeva śaraṇaṃ yāta saccidānandarūpiṇīm

vyāsa uvāca
ityuktyā ca mahādevī mūlaprakṛtirīśvarī /
antardhānaṃ gatā sadyo bhaktyā devairabhiṣṭutā

tataḥ sarve svagarvaṃ tu vihāya padapaṅ‌kajam /
samyagārādhayāmāsurbhagavatyāḥ parātparam

trisandhyaṃ sarvadā sarve gāyatrījapatatparāḥ /
yajñabhāgādibhiḥ sarve devīṃ nityaṃ siṣevire

evaṃ satyayuge sarve gāyatrījapatatparāḥ /
tārahṛllekhayoścāpi jape niṣṇātamānasāḥ

na viṣṇūpāsanā nityā vedenoktā tu kutracit /
na viṣṇudīkṣā nityāsti śivasyāpi tathaiva ca

gāyatryupāsanā nityā sarvavedaiḥ samīritā /
yayā vinā tvadhaḥpāto brāhmaṇasyāsti sarvathā

tāvatā kṛtakṛtyatvaṃ nānyāpekṣā dvijasya hi /
gāyatrīmātraniṣṇāto dvijo mokṣamavāpnuyāt

kuryādanyanna vā kuryāditi prāha manuḥ svayam /
vihāya tāṃ tu gāyatrīṃ viṣṇūpāstiparāyaṇaḥ

śivopāstirato vipro narakaṃ yāti sarvathā /
tasmādādyayuge rājan gāyatrījapatatparāḥ /
devīpadāmbujaratā āsansarve dvijottamāḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ
dvādaśaskandhe parāśakterāvirbhāvavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ