Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 4.5

naranārāyaṇakathāvarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
atha kiṃ bahunoktena saṃsāre'sminnṛpottama /
dharmātmādrohabuddhistu kaścid‌bhavati karhicit

rāgadveṣāvṛtaṃ viśvaṃ sarvaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam /
ādye yuge'pi rājendra kimadya kalidūṣite

devāḥ serṣyāśca sadrohāśchalakarmaratāḥ sadā /
mānuṣāṇāṃ tiraścāṃ ca kā vārtā nṛpa gaṇyate

drohapare drohaparo bhavediti samānatā /
adrohiṇi tathā śānte vidveṣaḥ khalatā smṛtā

yaḥ kaścittāpasaḥ śānto japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ /
bhavettasya jape vighnakartā vai maghavā param

satāṃ satyayugaṃ sākṣātsarvadaivāsatāṃ kaliḥ /
madhyamo madhyamānāṃ tu kriyāyogau yuge smṛtau

kaścitkadācid‌bhavati satyadharmānuvartakaḥ /
anyathānyayugānāṃ vai sarve dharmaparāyaṇāḥ

vāsanā kāraṇaṃ rājan sarvatra dharmasaṃsthitau /
tasyāṃ vai malināyāṃ tu dharmo'pi malino bhavet

malinā vāsanā satyaṃ vināśāyeti sarvathā /
brahmaṇo hṛdayāñcātaḥ putro dharma iti smṛtaḥ

brāhmaṇaḥ satyasampanto vedadharmarataḥ sadā /
dakṣasya duhitāro hi vṛtā daśa mahātmanā

vivāhavidhinā samyaṅ‌muninā gṛhadharmiṇā /
tāsvajījanayatputrāndharmaḥ satyavatāṃ varaḥ

hariṃ kṛṣṇaṃ naraṃ caiva tathā nārāyaṇaṃ nṛpa /
yogābhyāsarato nityaṃ hariḥ kṛṣṇo babhūva ha

naranārāyaṇau caiva ceratustapa uttamam /
prāleyādriṃ samāgatya tīrthe badarikāśrame

tapasviṣu dhurīṇau tau purāṇau munisattamau /
gṛṇantau tatparaṃ brahma gaṅgāyā vipule taṭe

hareraṃśau sthitau tatra naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī /
pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu cakrāte tapa uttamam

tāpitaṃ ca jagatsarvaṃ tapasā sacarācaram /
naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca śakraḥ kṣobhaṃ tadā yayau

cintāviṣṭaḥ sahasrākṣo manasā samakalpayat /
kiṃ kartavyaṃ dharmaputrau tāpasau dhyānasaṃyutau

siddhārthāṃ subhṛśaṃ śreṣṭhamāsanaṃ me grahīṣyataḥ /
vighnaḥ kathaṃ prakartavyastapo yena bhavenna hi

utpādya kāmaṃ krodhañca lobhaṃ vāpyatidāruṇam /
ityuddiśya sahasrākṣaḥ samāruhya gajottamam

vighnakāmastu tarasā jagāma gandhamādanam /
gatvā tatrāśrame puṇye tāvapaśyacchatakratuḥ

tapasā dīptadehau tu bhāskarāviva coditau /
brahmaviṣṇū kimetau vai prakaṭau vā vibhāvasū

dharmaputrāvṛṣī etau tapasā kiṃ kariṣyataḥ /
iti sañcintya tau dṛṣṭvā tadovāca śacīpatiḥ

kiṃ vā kāryaṃ mahābhāgau brūtaṃ dharmasutau kila /
dadāmi vāṃ varaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dātuṃ yāto'smyahamṛṣī

adeyamapi dāsyāmi tuṣṭo'smi tapasā kila /
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ punaḥ punaḥ śakrastāvuvāca puraḥ sthitaḥ

nocatustāvṛṣī dhyānasaṃsthitau dṛḍhacetasau /
tato vai mohinīṃ māyāṃ cakāra bhayadāṃ vṛṣaḥ

vṛkānsiṃhāṃśca vyāghrāṃśca samutpādyābibhīṣayat /
varṣaṃ vātaṃ tathā vahniṃ samutpādya punaḥ punaḥ

bhīṣayāmāsa tau śakro māyāṃ kṛtvā vimohinīm /
bhayato'pi vaśaṃ nītau na tau dharmasutau munī

naranārāyaṇau dṛṣṭvā śakraḥ svabhavanaṃ gataḥ /
varadāne pralubdhau na na bhītau vahnivāyutaḥ

vyāghrasiṃhādibhiḥ kāntau calitau nāśramātsvakāt /
na tayordhyānabhaṅgaṃ vai kartuṃ ko'pi kṣamo'bhavat

indro'pi sadanaṃ gatvā cintayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ /
calitau bhayalobhābhyāṃ nemau munivarottamau

cintayantau mahāvidyāmādiśaktiṃ sanātanīm /
īśvarīṃ sarvalokānāṃ parāṃ prakṛtimad‌bhutām

dhyāyatāṃ kaḥ kṣamo loke bahumāyāvidapyuta /
yanmūlāḥ sakalā māyā devāsurakṛtāḥ kila

te kathaṃ bādhituṃ śaktā dhyāyanti gatakalmaṣāḥ /
vāgbījaṃ kāmabījañca māyābījaṃ tathaiva ca

citte yasya bhavettaṃ tu bādhituṃ ko'pi na kṣamaḥ /
māyayā mohitaḥ śakro bhūyastasya pratikriyām

kartuṃ kāmavasantau tu samāhūyābravīdvacaḥ /
manobhava vasantena ratyā yukto vrajādhunā

apsarobhiḥ samāyuktastarasā gandhamādanam /
naranārāyaṇau tatra purāṇāvṛṣisattamau

kurutastapa ekānte sthitau badarikāśrame /
gatvā tatra samīpe tu tayormanmatha mārgaṇaiḥ

cittaṃ kāmāturaṃ kāryaṃ kuru kāryaṃ mamādhunā /
mohayitvoccāṭayitvā viśikhaistāḍayāśu ca

vaśīkuru mahābhāga munī dharmasutāvapi /
ko hyasmin sarvasaṃsāre devo daityo'tha mānavaḥ

yaste bāṇavaśaṃ prāpto na yāti bhṛśatāḍitaḥ /
brahmāhaṃ girijānāthaścandro vahnirvimohitaḥ

gaṇanā kānayoḥ kāma tvad‌bāṇānāṃ parākrame /
vārāṅganāgaṇo'yaṃ te sahāyārthaṃ mayeritaḥ

āgamiṣyati tatraiva rambhādīnāṃ manoramaḥ /
ekā tilottamā rambhā kāryaṃ sādhayituṃ kṣamā

tvamevaikaḥ kṣamaḥ kāmaṃ militaiḥ kastu saṃśayaḥ /
kuru kāryaṃ mahābhāga dadāmi tava vācchitam

pralobhitau mayātyarthaṃ varadānaistapasvinau /
sthānānna calitau śāntau vṛthāyaṃ me gataḥ śramaḥ

tathā vai māyayā kṛtvā bhīṣitau tāpasau bhṛśam /
tathāpi notthitau sthānāddeharakṣāparau na tau

vyāsa uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śakraṃ prāha manobhavaḥ /
vāsavādya kariṣyāmi kāryaṃ te manasepsitam

yadi viṣṇuṃ maheśaṃ vā brahmāṇaṃ vā divākaram /
dhyāyantau tau tadāsmākaṃ bhavitārau vaśau munī

devībhaktaṃ vaśīkartuṃ nāhaṃ śaktaḥ kathañcana /
kāmarāja mahābījaṃ cintayantaṃ manasyalam

tāṃ devīṃ cenmahāśaktiṃ saṃśritau bhaktibhāvataḥ /
na tadā mama bāṇānāṃ gocarau tāpasau kila

indra uvāca
gaccha tvaṃ ca mahābhāga sarvaistatra samudyataiḥ /
kāryaṃ mamātiduḥsādhyaṃ kartā hitamanuttamam

vyāsa uvāca
iti tena samādiṣṭā yayuḥ sarve samudyatāḥ /
yatra tau dharmaputrau dvau tepāte duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ //
caturthaskandhe naranārāyaṇakathāvarṇanaṃ nāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ