Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 5.13

mahiṣasenādhipabāṣkaladurmukhanipātanavarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
ityuktvā tau mahābāhū daityau bāṣkaladurmukhau /
jagmaturmadadigdhāṅgau sarvaśastrāstrakovidau

tau gatvā samare devīmūcaturvacanaṃ tadā /
dānavau ca madonmattau meghagambhīrayā girā

devi devā jitā yena mahiṣeṇa mahātmanā /
varaya tvaṃ varārohe sarvadaityādhipaṃ nṛpam

sa kṛtvā mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam /
bhūṣitaṃ bhūṣaṇairdivyaistvāmeṣyati rahaḥ kila

trailokyavibhavaṃ kāmaṃ tvameṣyasi śucismite /
mahiṣe paramaṃ bhāvaṃ kuru kānte manogatam

kṛtvā patiṃ mahāvīraṃ saṃsārasukhamad‌bhutam /
tvaṃ prāpsyasi pikālāpe yoṣitāṃ khalu vāñchitam

devyuvāca
jālma tvaṃ kiṃ vijānāsi nārīyaṃ kāmamohitā /
mandabuddhibalātyarthaṃ bhajeyaṃ mahiṣaṃ śaṭham

kulaśīlaguṇaistulyaṃ taṃ bhajanti kulastriyaḥ /
adhikaṃ rūpacāturyabuddhiśīlakṣamādibhiḥ

kā nu kāmāturā nārī bhajecca paśurūpiṇam /
paśūnāmadhamaṃ nūnaṃ mahiṣaṃ devarūpiṇī

gacchataṃ mahiṣaṃ tūrṇaṃ bhūpaṃ bāṣkaladurmukhau /
vadataṃ madvaco daityaṃ gajatulyaṃ viṣāṇinam

pātālaṃ gaccha vābhyetya saṃgrāmaṃ kuru vā mayā /
raṇe jāte sahasrākṣo nirbhayaḥ syāditi dhuvam

hatvāhaṃ tvāṃ gamiṣyāmi nānyathā gamanaṃ mama /
itthaṃ jñātvā sudurbuddhe yathecchasi tathā kuru

māmanirjitya bhūbhāge na sthānaṃ te kadācana /
bhaviṣyati catuṣpāda divi vā girikandare

vyāsa uvāca
ityuktau tau tayā daityau kopākulitalocanau /
dhanurbāṇadharau vīrau yuddhakāmau babhūvatuḥ

kṛtvā suvipulaṃ nādaṃ devī sā nirbhayā sthitā /
ubhau ca cakratustīvrā bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ kurūdvaha

bhagavatyapi bāṇaughānmumoca dānavau prati /
kṛtvātimadhuraṃ nādaṃ devakāryārthasiddhaye

tayostu bāṣkalastūrṇaṃ sammukho'bhūd‌ raṇāṅgaṇe /
durmukhaḥ prekṣakastatra devīmabhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ

tayoryuddhamabhūd‌ ghoraṃ devībāṣkalayostadā /
bāṇāsiparighāghātairbhayadaṃ mandacetasām

tataḥ kruddhā jaganmātā dṛṣṭvā taṃ yuddhadurmadam /
jaghāna pañcabhirbāṇaiḥ karṇākṛṣṭaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

dānavo'pi śarāndevyāściccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
saptabhistāḍayāmāsa devīṃ siṃhoparisthitām

sāpi taṃ daśabhistīkṣṇaiḥ supītaiḥ sāyakaiḥ khalam /
jaghāna taccharāṃśchittvā jahāsa ca muhurmuhuḥ

ardhacandreṇa bāṇena ciccheda ca śarāsanam /
bāṣkalo'pi gadāṃ gṛhya devīṃ hantumupāyayau

āgacchantaṃ gadāpāṇiṃ dānavaṃ madagarvitam /
caṇḍikā svagadāpātaiḥ pātayāmāsa bhūtale

bāṣkalaḥ patito bhūmau muhūrtādutthitaḥ punaḥ /
cikṣepa ca gadāṃ so'pi caṇḍikāṃ caṇḍavikramaḥ

tamāgacchantamālokya devī śūlena vakṣasi /
jaghāna bāṣkalaṃ kruddhā papāta ca mamāra saḥ

patite bāṣkale sainyaṃ bhagnaṃ tasya durātmanaḥ /
jayeti ca mudā devāścukruśurgagane sthitāḥ

tasmiṃśca nihate daitye durmukho'tibalānvitaḥ /
ājagāma raṇe devīṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ

tiṣṭha tiṣṭhābale so'pi bhāṣamāṇaḥ punaḥ punaḥ /
dhanurbāṇadharaḥ śrīmān‌rathasthaḥ kavacāvṛtaḥ

tamāgacchantamālokya devī śaṅkhamavādayat /
kopayantī dānavaṃ taṃ jyāghoṣañca cakāra ha

so'pi bāṇānmumocāśu tīkṣṇānāśīviṣopamān /
svabāṇaistānmahāmāyā ciccheda ca nanāda ca

tayoḥ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva tumulaṃ nṛpa /
bāṇaśaktigadāghātairmusalaistomaraistathā

raṇabhūmau tadā jātā rudhiraughavahā nadī /
patitāni tadā tīre śirāṃsi prababhustadā

yathā santaraṇārthāya yamakiṅkaranāyakaiḥ /
tumbīphalāni nītāni navaśikṣāparairmudā

raṇabhūmistadā ghorā babhūvātīva durgamā /
śarīraiḥ patitairbhūmau khādyamānairvṛkādibhiḥ

gomāyusārameyāśca kākāḥ kaṅkā ayomukhāḥ /
gṛdhrā śyenāśca khādanti śarīrāṇi durātmanām

vavau vāyuśca durgandho mṛtānāṃ dehasaṅgataḥ /
abhūtkilakilāśabdaḥ khagānāṃ palabhakṣiṇām

tadā cukopa duṣṭātmā durmukhaḥ kālamohitaḥ /
devīmuvāca garveṇa kṛtvā cordhvakaraṃ śubham

gaccha caṇḍi haniṣyāmi tvāmadyaiva subāliśe /
daityaṃ vā bhaja vāmoru mahiṣaṃ madagarvitam

devyuvāca
āsannamaraṇaḥ kāmaṃ pralapasyadya mohitaḥ /
adyaiva tvāṃ haniṣyāmi yathāyaṃ bāṣkalo hataḥ

gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā manda maraṇaṃ yadi rocate /
hatvā tvāṃ vai vadhiṣyāmi bāliśaṃ mahiṣīsutam

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasyā durmukho martumudyataḥ /
mumoca bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ tu caṇḍikāṃ prati dāruṇām

sāpi tāṃ tarasā chittvā bāṇavṛṣṭiṃ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ /
jaghāna dānavaṃ kṛddhā vṛtraṃ vajradharo yathā

tayoḥ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ sañjātaṃ cātikarkaśam /
bhayadaṃ kātarāṇāñca śūrāṇāṃ balavardhanam

devī ciccheda tarasā dhanustasya kare sthitam /
tathaiva pañcabhirbāṇairbabhañja rathamuttamam

rathe bhagne mahābāhuḥ padātirdurmukhastadā /
gadāṃ gahītvā durdharṣāṃ jagāma caṇḍikāṃ prati

cakāra sa gadāghātaṃ siṃhamaulau mahābalaḥ /
na cacāla hariḥ sthānāttāḍito'pi mahābalaḥ

ambikā taṃ samālokya gadāpāṇiṃ puraḥsthitam /
khaḍgena śitadhāreṇa śiraściccheda maulimat

chinne ca mastake bhūmau papāta durmukho mṛtaḥ /
jayaśabdaṃ tadā cakrurmuditā nirjarā bhṛśam

tuṣṭuvustāṃ tadā devīṃ durmukhe nihate'marāḥ /
puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ tathā cakrurjayaśabdaṃ nabhaḥsthitāḥ

ṛṣayaḥ siddhagandharvāḥ savidyādharakinnarāḥ /
jahṛṣustaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavaṃ raṇamastake

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcamaskandhe
mahiṣasenādhipa-bāṣkaladurmukhanipātanavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ