Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 3.13

viṣṇunānuṣṭhānavarṇanam
rājovāca
hariṇā tu kathaṃ yajñaḥ kṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ pitāmaha /
jagatkāraṇarūpeṇa viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

ke sahāyāstu tatrāsanbrāhmaṇāḥ ke mahāmate /
ṛtvijo vedatattvajñāstanme brūhi parantapa

paś‍cātkaromyahaṃ yajñaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā /
śrutvā viṣṇukṛtaṃ yāgamambikāyāḥ samāhitaḥ

vyāsa uvāca
rājañchṛṇu mahābhāga vistaraṃ paramād‌bhutam /
yathā bhagavatā yajñaḥ kṛtaśca vidhipūrvakaḥ

visarjitā yadā devyā dattvā śaktīś‍ca tāstrayaḥ /
kājeśāḥ puruṣā jātā vimānavaramāsthitāḥ

prāptā mahārṇavaṃ ghoraṃ trayaste vibudhottamāḥ /
cakruḥ sthānāni vāsārthaṃ samutpādya dharāṃ sthitāḥ

ādhāraśaktiracalā muktā devyā svayaṃ tataḥ /
tadādhārā sthitā jātā dharā medaḥsamanvitā

madhukaiṭabhayormedaḥ saṃyogānmedinī smṛtā /
dhāraṇācca dharā proktā pṛthvī vistārayogataḥ

mahī cāpi mahīyastvāddhṛtā sā śeṣamastake /
girayaś‍ca kṛtāḥ sarve dhāraṇārtha pravistarāḥ

lohakīlaṃ yathā kāṣṭhe tathā te girayaḥ kṛtāḥ /
mahīdharo mahārāja procyate vibudhairjanaiḥ

jātarūpamayo merurbahuyojanavistaraḥ /
kṛto maṇimayaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ śobhitaḥ paramād‌bhutaḥ

marīcirnārado'triś‍ca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ /
dakṣo vasiṣṭha ityete brahmaṇaḥ prathitāḥ sutāḥ

marīceḥ kaśyapo jāto dakṣakanyāstrayodaśa /
tābhyo devāś‍ca daityāś‍ca samutpannā hyanekaśaḥ

tatastu kāśyapī sṛṣṭiḥ pravṛttā cātivistarā /
manuṣyapaśusarpādijātibhedairanekadhā

brahmaṇaś‍cārdhadehāttu manuḥ svāyambhuvo'bhavat /
śatarūpā tathā nārī sañjātā vāmabhāgataḥ

priyavratottānapādau sutau tasyā babhūvatuḥ /
tistraḥ kanyā varārohā hyabhavannatisundarīḥ

evaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ samutpādya bhagavānkamalod‌bhavaḥ /
cakāra brahmalokañca meruśṛṅge manoharam

vaikuṇṭhaṃ bhagavānviṣṇū ramāramaṇamuttamam /
krīḍāsthānaṃ suramyañca sarvalokoparisthitam

śivo'pi paramaṃ sthānaṃ kailāsākhyaṃ cakāra ha /
samāsādya bhūtagaṇaṃ vijahāra yathāruci

svargastriviṣṭapo meruśikharopari kalpitaḥ /
tacca sthānaṃ surendrasya nānārat‍navirājitam

samudramathanātprāptaḥ pārijātastaruttamaḥ /
caturdantastathā nāgaḥ kāmadhenuś‍ca kāmadā

uccaiḥśravāstathāś‍vo vai rambhādyapsarasastathā /
indreṇopāttamakhilaṃ jātaṃ vai svargabhūṣaṇam

dhanvantariś‍candramāś‍ca sāgarācca samud‌babhau /
svargasthitau virājete devau bahugaṇairvṛtau

evaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ samutpannā trividhā nṛpasattama /
devatiryaṅ‍manuṣyādibhedairvividhakalpitā

aṇḍajāḥ svedajāś‍caiva cod‌bhijjāś‍ca jarāyujāḥ /
caturbhedaiḥ samutpannā jīvāḥ karmayutāḥ kila

evaṃ sṛṣṭiṃ samāsādya brahmaviṣṇumaheś‍varāḥ /
vihāraṃ sveṣu sthāneṣu cakruḥ sarve yathepsitam

evaṃ pravartite sarge bhagavānprabhuracyutaḥ /
mahālakṣmyā samaṃ tatra cikrīḍa bhuvane svake

ekasminsamaye viṣṇurvaikuṇṭhe saṃsthitaḥ purā /
sudhāsindhusthitaṃ dvīpaṃ sasmāra maṇimaṇḍitam

yatra dṛṣṭvā mahāmāyāṃ mantraś‍cāsāditaḥ śubhaḥ /
smṛtvā tāṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ strībhāvaṃ gamito yathā

yajñaṃ kartuṃ manaś‍cakre ambikāyā ramāpatiḥ /
uttīrya bhuvanāttasmātsamāhūya maheś‍varam

brahmāṇaṃ varuṇaṃ śakraṃ kuberaṃ pāvakaṃ yamam /
vasiṣṭhaṃ kaśyapaṃ dakṣaṃ vāmadevaṃ bṛhaspatim

sambhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa yajñārthaṃ cātivistaram /
mahāvibhavasaṃyuktaṃ sāttvikañca manoharam

maṇḍapaṃ vitataṃ tatra kārayāmāsa śilpibhiḥ /
ṛtvijo varayāmāsa saptaviṃśatisuvratān

citiñca kārayāmāsa vedīś‍caiva suvistarāḥ /
prajepurbrāhmaṇā mantrāndevyā bījasamanvitān

juhuvuste haviḥ kāmaṃ vidhivatparikalpite /
kṛte tu vitate home vāguvācāśarīriṇī

viṣṇuṃ tadā samābhāṣya susvarā madhurākṣarā /
viṣṇo tvaṃ bhava devānāṃ hare śreṣṭhatamaḥ sadā

mānyaś‍ca pūjanīyaś‍ca samarthaś‍ca sureṣvapi /
sarve tvāmarcayiṣyanti brahmādyāś‍ca savāsavāḥ

prabhaviṣyanti bho bhaktyā mānavā bhuvi sarvataḥ /
varadastvaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhavitā mānaveṣu vai

kāmadaḥ sarvadevānāṃ paramaḥ parameś‍varaḥ /
sarvayajñeṣu mukhyastvaṃ pūjyaḥ sarvaiś‍ca yājñikaiḥ

tvāṃ janāḥ pūjayiṣyanti varadastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi /
śrayiṣyanti ca devāstvāṃ dānavairatipīḍitāḥ

śaraṇastvañca sarveṣāṃ bhavitā puruṣottama /
purāṇeṣu ca sarveṣu vedeṣu vitateṣu ca

tvaṃ vai pūjyatamaḥ kāmaṃ kīrtistava bhaviṣyati /
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānirbhavati bhūtale

tadāṃśenāvatīryāśu kartavyaṃ dharmarakṣaṇam /
avatārāḥ suvikhyātāḥ pṛthivyāṃ tava bhāgaśaḥ

bhaviṣyanti dharāyāṃ vai mānanīyā mahātmanām /
avatāreṣu sarveṣu nānāyoniṣu mādhava

vikhyātaḥ sarvalokeṣu bhavitā madhusūdana /
avatāreṣu sarveṣu śaktiste sahacāriṇī

bhaviṣyati mamāṃśena sarvakāryaprasādhinī /
vārāhī nārasiṃhī ca nānābhedairanekadhā

nānāyudhāḥ śubhākārāḥ sarvābharaṇamaṇḍitāḥ /
tābhiryuktaḥ sadā viṣṇo surakāryāṇi mādhava

sādhayiṣyasi tatsarvaṃ maddattavaradānataḥ /
tāstvayā nāvamantavyāḥ sarvadā garvaleśataḥ

pūjanīyāḥ prayat‍nena mānanīyāś‍ca sarvathā /
nūnaṃ tā bhārate khaṇḍe śaktayaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ

bhaviṣyanti manuṣyāṇāṃ pūjitāḥ pratimāsu ca /
tāsāṃ tava ca deveśa kīrtiḥ syāndakhileṣvapi

dvīpeṣu saptasvapi ca vikhyātā bhuvi maṇḍale /
tāś‍ca tvāṃ vai mahābhāga mānavā bhuvi maṇḍale

arcayiṣyanti vāñchārthaṃ sakāmāḥ satataṃ hare /
arcāsu copahāraiś‍ca nānābhāvasamanvitāḥ

pūjayiṣyanti vedoktairmantrairnāmajapaistathā /
mahimā tava bhūrloke svarge ca madhusūdana

pūjanāddevadeveśa vṛddhimeṣyati mānavaiḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
iti dattvā varānvāṇī virarāma khasambhavā

bhagavānapi prītātmā hyabhavacchravaṇādiva /
samāpya vidhivadyajñaṃ bhagavānharirīś‍varaḥ

visarjayitvā tāndevānbrahmaputrānmunīnatha /
jagāmānucaraiḥ sārdhaṃ vaikuṇṭhaṃ garuḍadhvajaḥ

svāni svāni ca dhiṣṇyāni punaḥ sarve surāstataḥ /
munayo vismitā vārtāṃ kurvantaste parasparam /५७ //
yayuḥ pramuditāḥ kāmaṃ svāśramānpāvanānatha

śrutvā vāṇīṃ paramaviśadāṃ vyomajāṃ śrotraramyāṃ
sarveṣāṃ vai prakṛtiviṣaye bhaktibhāvaś‍ca jātaḥ /
cakruḥ sarve dvijamunigaṇāḥ pūjanaṃ bhaktiyuktā-
stasyāḥ kāmaṃ nikhilaphaladaṃ cāgamoktaṃ munīndrāḥ

iti śrīdevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīyaskandhe
ambikāmakhasya viṣṇunānuṣṭhānavarṇanaṃ trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ