Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 4.10

bhṛguśāpakāraṇavarṇanam
janamejaya uvāca
sandeho'yaṃ mahānatra pārāśarya kathānake /
naranārāyaṇau śāntau vaiṣṇavāṃśau tapodhanau

tīrthāśrayau sattvayuktau vanyāśanaparau sadā /
dharmaputrau mahātmānau tāpasau satyasaṃsthitau

kathaṃ rāgasamāyuktau jātau yuddhe parasparam /
saṃgrāmaṃ cakratuḥ kasmāttyaktvā tapimanuttamām

prahlādena samaṃ pūrṇaṃ divyavarṣaśataṃ kila /
hitvā śāntisukhaṃ yuddhaṃ kṛtavantau kathaṃ munī

kathaṃ tau cakraturyuddhaṃ prahlādena samaṃ munī /
kathayasva mahābhāga kāraṇaṃ vigrahasya vai

(kāminī kanakaṃ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ vigrahasya vai) //
yuddhabuddhiḥ kathaṃ jātā tayośca tadviraktayoḥ /
tathāvidhaṃ tapastaptaṃ tābhyāñca kena hetunā

mohārthaṃ sukhabhogārthaṃ svargārthaṃ vā parantapa /
kṛtamatyutkaṭaṃ tābhyāṃ tapaḥ sarvaphalapradam

munibhyāṃ śāntacittābhyāṃ prāptaṃ kiṃ phalamad‌bhutam /
tapasā pīḍito dehaḥ saṃgrāmeṇa punaḥ punaḥ

divyavarṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ śrameṇa paripīḍitau /
na rājyārthe dhane vāpi na dāreṣu gṛheṣu ca

kimarthaṃ tu kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ tābhyāṃ tena mahātmanā /
nirīhaḥ puruṣaḥ kasmātprakuryādyuddhamīdṛśam

duḥkhadaṃ sarvathā dehe jānandharmaṃ sanātanam /
subuddhiḥ sukhadānīha karmāṇi kurute sadā

na duḥkhadāni dharmajña sthitireṣā sanātanī /
dharmaputrau hareraṃśau sarvajñau sarvabhūṣitau

kṛtavantau kathaṃ yuddhaṃ duḥkhaṃ dharmavināśakam /
tyaktvā tapaḥ samādhītaṃ sukhārāmaṃ mahatphalam

saṃyugaṃ dāruṇaṃ kṛṣṇa naiva mūrkho'pi vāñchati /
śruto mayā yayātistu cyutaḥ svargānmahīpatiḥ

ahaṅkārabhavātpāpātpātitaḥ pṛthivītale /
yajñakṛddānakartā ca dhārmikaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ

śabdoccāraṇamātreṇa pātito vajrapāṇinā /
ahaṅkāramṛte yuddhaṃ na bhavatyeva niścayaḥ

kiṃ phalaṃ tasya yuddhasya muneḥ puṇyavināśanam /
vyāsa uvāca
rājan saṃsāramūlaṃ hi trividhaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

ahaṅkārastu sarvajñairmunibhirdharmaniścaye /
sa kathaṃ muninā tyaktuṃ yogyo dehabhṛtā kila

kāraṇena vinā kāryaṃ na bhavatyeva niścayaḥ /
tapo dānaṃ tathā yajñāḥ sāttvikātprabhavanti te

rājasādvā mahābhāga tāmasātkalahastathā /
kriyā svalpāpi rājendra nāhaṅkāraṃ vinā kvacit

śubhā vāpyaśubhā vāpi prabhavatyapi niścayaḥ /
ahaṅkārād‌ bandhakārī nānyo'sti jagatītale

yenedaṃ racitaṃ viśvaṃ kathaṃ tadrahitaṃ bhavet /
brahmā rudrastathā viṣṇurahaṅkārayutāstvamī

anyeṣāṃ caiva kā vārtā munīnāṃ vasudhādhipa /
ahaṅkārāvṛtaṃ viśvaṃ bhramatīdaṃ carācaram

punarjanma punarmṛtyuḥ sarvaṃ karmavaśānugam /
devatiryaṅ‌manuṣyāṇāṃ saṃsāre'sminmahīpate

rathāṅgavadasarvārthaṃ bhramaṇaṃ sarvadā smṛtam /
viṣṇorapyavatārāṇāṃ saṃkhyāṃ jānāti kaḥ pumān

vitate'smiṃstu saṃsāre uttamādhamayoniṣu /
nārāyaṇo hariḥ sākṣānmātsyaṃ vapurupāśritaḥ

kāmaṭhaṃ saukaraṃ caiva nārasiṃhañca vāmanam /
yuge yuge jagannātho vāsudevo janārdanaḥ

avatārānasaṃkhyātānkaroti vidhiyantritaḥ /
vaivasvate mahārāja saptame bhagavānhariḥ

manvantare'vatārānvai cakre tāñchruṇu tattvataḥ /
bhṛguśāpānmahārāja viṣṇurdevavaraḥ prabhuḥ

avatārānanekāṃstu kṛtavānakhileśvaraḥ /
rājovāca
sandeho'yaṃ mahābhāga hṛdaye mama jāyate

bhṛguṇā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ kathaṃ śaptaḥ pitāmaha /
hariṇā ca munestasya vipriyaṃ kiṃ kṛtaṃ mune

yadroṣād‌ bhṛguṇā śapto viṣṇurdevanamaskṛtaḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi bhṛgoḥ śāpasya kāraṇam

purā kaśyapadāyādo hiraṇyakaśipurnṛpaḥ /
yadā tadā suraiḥ sārdhaṃ kṛtaṃ saṃkhyaṃ parasparam

kṛte saṃkhye jagatsarvaṃ vyākulaṃ samajāyata /
hate tasminnṛpe rājā prahlādaḥ samajāyata

devānsa pīḍayāmāsa prahlādaḥ śatrukarṣaṇaḥ /
saṃgrāmo hyabhavad‌ ghoraḥ śakraprahlādayostadā

pūrṇaṃ varṣaśataṃ rājam̐llokavismayakārakam /
devairyuddhaṃ kṛtaṃ cograṃ prahrādastu parājitaḥ

nirvedaṃ paramaṃ prāpto jñātvā dharmaṃ sanātanam /
virocanasutaṃ rājye pratiṣṭhāpya baliṃ nṛpa

jagāma sa tapastaptuṃ parvate gandhamādane /
prāpya rājyaṃ baliḥ śrīmānsurairvairaṃ cakāra ha

yataḥ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ jātaṃ paramadāruṇam /
tataḥ surairjitā daityā indreṇāmitatejasā

viṣṇunā ca sahāyena rājyabhraṣṭāḥ kṛtā nṛpa /
tataḥ parājitā daityāḥ kāvyasya śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

kiṃ tvaṃ na kuruṣe brahman sāhāyyaṃ naḥ pratāpavān /
sthātuṃ na śaknumo hyatra praviśāmo rasātalam

yadi tvaṃ na sahāyo'si trātuṃ mantraviduttama /
vyāsa uvāca
ityuktaḥ so'bravīddaityānkāvyaḥ kāruṇiko muniḥ

mā bhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena bho'surāḥ /
mantraistathauṣadhībhiśca sāhāyyaṃ vaḥ sadaiva hi

kariṣyāmi kṛtotsāhā bhavantu vigatajvarāḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
tataste nirbhayā jātā daityāḥ kāvyasya saṃśrayāt

devaiḥ śrutastu vṛttāntaḥ sarvaiścāramukhātkila /
tatra saṃmantrya te devāḥ śakreṇa ca parasparam

mantraṃ cakruḥ susaṃvignāḥ kāvyamantraprabhāvataḥ /
yoddhuṃ gacchāmahe tūrṇaṃ yāvanna cyāvayanti vai

prasahya hatvā śiṣṭāṃstu pātālaṃ prāpayāmahe /
daityāñjagmustato devāḥ saṃruṣṭāḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ

jagmustānviṣṇusahitā dānavān hariṇoditāḥ /
vadhyamānāstu te daityāḥ santrastā bhayapīḍitāḥ

kāvyasya śaraṇaṃ jagmū rakṣa rakṣeti cābruvan /
tāñchukraḥ pīḍitāndṛṣṭvā devairdaityānmahābalān

mā bhaiṣṭeti vacaḥ prāha mantrauṣadhibalādvibhuḥ /
dṛṣṭvā kāvyaṃ surāḥ sarve tyaktvā tānprayayuḥ kila

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
caturthaskandhe bhṛguśāpakāraṇavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ