Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 4.9

prahlādanārāyaṇayoryuddhe viṣṇorāgamanavarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
kurvaṃstīrthavidhiṃ tatra hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutaḥ /
nyagrodhaṃ sumahacchāyamapaśyatpuratastadā

dadarśa bāṇānaparānnānājātīyakāṃstadā /
gṛdhrapakṣayutāṃstīvrācchilādhautānmahojvalān

cintayāmāsa manasā kasyeme viśikhāstviha /
ṛṣīṇāmāśrame puṇye tīrthe paramapāvane

evaṃ cintayatānena kṛṣṇājinadharau munī /
samunnatajaṭābhārau dṛṣṭau dharmasutau tadā

tayoragre dhṛte śubhre dhanuṣī lakṣaṇānvite /
śārṅgamājagavañcaiva tathākṣayyau maheṣudhī

dhyānasthau tau mahābhāgau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī /
dṛṣṭvā dharmasutau tatra daityānāmadhipastadā

krodharaktekṣaṇastau tu provācāsurapālakaḥ /
kiṃ bhavad‌bhyāṃ samārabdho dambho dharmavināśanaḥ

na śrutaṃ naiva dṛṣṭaṃ hi saṃsāre'sminkadāpi hi /
tapasaścaraṇaṃ tīvraṃ tathā cāpasya dhāraṇam

virodho'yaṃ yuge cādye kathaṃ yuktaṃ kalipriyam /
brāhmaṇasya tapo yuktaṃ tatra kiṃ cāpadhāraṇam

kva jaṭādhāraṇaṃ dehe kveṣudhī ca viḍambanau /
dharmasyācaraṇaṃ yuktaṃ yuvayordivyabhāvayoḥ

vyāsa uvāca
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā naraḥ provāca bhārata /
kā te cintātra daityendra vṛthā tapasi cāvayoḥ

sāmarthye sati yatkuryāttatsaṃpadyeta tasya hi /
āvāṃ kāryadvaye manda samarthau lokaviśrutau

yuddhe tapasi sāmarthyaṃ tvaṃ punaḥ kiṃ kariṣyasi /
gaccha mārge yathākāmaṃ kasmādatra vikatthase

brahmatejo durārādhyaṃ na tvaṃ veda vimohitaḥ /
vipracarcā na kartavyā prāṇibhiḥ sukhamīpsubhiḥ

prahlāda uvāca
tāpasau mandabuddhī stho mṛṣā vāṃ garvamohitau /
mayi tiṣṭhati daityendre dharmasetupravartake

na yuktametattīrthe'sminnadharmācaraṇaṃ punaḥ /
kā śaktistava yuddhe'sti darśayādya tapodhana

vyāsa uvāca
tadākarṇya vacastasya narastaṃ pratyuvāca ha /
yuddhasvādya mayā sārdhaṃ yadi te matirīdṛśī

adya te sphoṭayiṣyāmi mūrdhānamasurādhama /
( yuddhe śraddhā na te paścād‌bhaviṣyati kadācana /) //
vyāsa uvāca
tanniśamya vacastasya daityendraḥ kupitastadā

prahlādo balavānatra pratijñāmāruroha saḥ /
yena kenāpyupāyena jeṣyāmi tāvubhāvapi

naranārāyaṇau dāntāvṛṣī tapisamanvitau /
vyāsa uvāca
ityuktvā vacanaṃ daityaḥ pratigṛhya śarāsanam

ākṛṣya tarasā cāpaṃ jyāśabdañca cakāra ha /
naro'pi dhanurādāya śarāṃstīvrāñchilāśitān

mumoca bahuśaḥ kodhātprahlādopari pārthiva

tāndaityarājastapanīyapuṅkhai-
ściccheda bāṇaistarasā sametya /
samīkṣya chinnāṃśca naraḥ svasṛṣṭā-
nanyānmumocāśu ruṣānvito vai

daityāthipastānapi tīvravegai-
śchittvā jaghānorasi taṃ munīndram /
naro'pi taṃ pañcabhirāśugaiśca
kuddho'hanaddaityapatiṃ bāhudeśe

sendrāḥ surāstatra tayorhi yuddhaṃ
draṣṭuṃ vimānairgaganasthitāśca /
narasya vīryaṃ yudhi saṃsthitasya
te tuṣṭuvurdaityapateśca bhūyaḥ

vavarṣa daityādhipa āttacāpaḥ
śilīmukhānambudharo yathāpaḥ /
ādāya śārṅga dhanuraprameyaṃ
mumoca bāṇāñchitahemapuṅkhān

babhūva yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ tayostu
jayaiṣiṇoḥ pārthiva devadaityayoḥ /
vavarṣurākāśapathe sthitāste
puṣpāṇi divyāni prahṛṣṭacittāḥ

cukopa daityādhipatirharau sa
mumoca bāṇānatitīvravegān /
ciccheda tāndharmasutaḥ sutīkṣṇai-
rdhanurvimuktairviśikhaistadā''śu

tato nārāyaṇaṃ bāṇaiḥ prahlādaścātikarṣitaiḥ /
vavarṣa susthitaṃ vīraṃ dharmaputraṃ sanātanam /
nārāyaṇo'pi taṃ vegānmuktairbāṇaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

tutodātīva purato daityānāmadhipaṃ sthitam /
sannipāto'mbare tatra didṛkṣūṇāṃ babhūva ha

devānāṃ dānavānāñca kurvatāṃ jayaghoṣaṇam /
ubhayoḥ śaravarṣeṇa chādite gagane tadā

divāpi rātrisadṛśaṃ babhūva timiraṃ mahat /
ūcuḥ parasparaṃ devā daityāścātīva vismitāḥ

adṛṣṭapūrvaṃ yuddhaṃ vai vartate'dya sudāruṇam /
devarṣayo'tha gandharvā yakṣakinnarapannagāḥ

vidyādharāścāraṇāśca vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ /
nāradaḥ parvataścaiva prekṣaṇārthaṃ sthitau munī

nāradaḥ parvataṃ prāha nedṛśaṃ cābhavatpurā /
tārakāsurayuddhañca tathā vṛtrāsurasya ca

madhukaiṭabhayoryuddhaṃ hariṇā cedṛśaṃ kṛtam /
prahlādaḥ prabalaḥ śūro yasmānnārāyaṇena ca

karoti sadṛśaṃ yuddhaṃ siddhenād‌bhutakarmaṇā /
vyāsa uvāca
dine dine tathā rātrau kṛtvā kṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ

cakratuḥ paramaṃ yuddhaṃ tau tadā daityatāpasau /
nārāyaṇastu ciccheda prahlādasya śarāsanam

tarasaikena bāṇena sa cānyaddhanurādade /
nārāyaṇastu tarasā muktvānyañca śilīmukham

tadaiva madhyataścāpaṃ ciccheda laghuhastakaḥ /
chinnaṃ chinnaṃ punardaityo dhanuranyatsamādade

nārāyaṇastu ciccheda viśikhairāśu kopitaḥ /
chinne dhanuṣi daityendraḥ parighaṃ tu samādade

jaghāna dharmajaṃ tūrṇaṃ bāhvormadhye'tikopanaḥ /
tamāyāntaṃ sa balavānmārgaṇairnavabhirmuniḥ

ciccheda parighaṃ ghoraṃ daśabhistamatāḍayat /
gadāmādāya daityendraḥ sarvāyasamayīṃ dṛḍhām

jānudeśe jaghānāśu devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ ruṣā /
gadayā cāpi girivatsaṃsthitaḥ sthiramānasaḥ

dharmaputro'tibalavānmumocāśu śilīmukhān /
gadāṃ ciccheda bhagavāṃstadā daityapaterdṛḍhām

vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ prekṣakā gagane sthitāḥ /
sa tu śaktiṃ samādāya prahlādaḥ paravīrahā

cikṣepa tarasā kruddho balānnārāyaṇorasi /
tāmāpatantīṃ saṃvīkṣya bāṇenaikena līlayā

saptadhā kṛtavānāśu saptabhistaṃ jaghāna ha /
divyavarṣaśataṃ caiva tadyuddhaṃ paramaṃ tayoḥ

jātaṃ vismayadaṃ rājan sarveṣāṃ tatra cāśrame /
tadā''jagāma tarasā pītavāsāścaturbhujaḥ

prahlādasyāśramaṃ tatra jagāma ca gadādharaḥ /
caturbhujo ramākānto rathāṅgadarapadmabhṛt

dṛṣṭvā tamāgataṃ tatra hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutaḥ /
praṇamya parayā bhaktyā prāñjaliḥ pratyuvāca ha

prahlāda uvāca
devadeva jaganātha bhaktavatsala mādhava /
kathaṃ na jitavānājāvahametau tapasvinau /
saṃgrāmastu mayā deva kṛtaḥ pūrṇaṃ śataṃ samāḥ

surāṇāṃ na jitau kasmāditi me vismayo mahān /
viṣṇuruvāca
siddhāvimau madaṃśau ca vismayaḥ ko'tra māriṣa

tāpasau na jitātmānau naranārāyaṇau jitau /
gaccha tvaṃ vitalaṃ rājan kuru bhaktiṃ mamācalām

nābhyāṃ kuru virodhaṃ tvaṃ tāpasābhyāṃ mahāmate /
vyāsa uvāca
ityājñapto daityarājo niryayāvasuraiḥ saha

naranārāyaṇau bhūyastapoyuktau babhūvatuḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
caturthaskandhe prahlādanārāyaṇayoryuddhe viṣṇorāgamanavarṇanaṃ nāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ