Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 5.2

mahiṣāsurotpattiḥ
rājovāca
yogeśvaryāḥ prabhāvo'yaṃ kathitaścātivistarāt /
brūhi taccaritaṃ svāmiñchrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ mama

mahādevīprabhāvaṃ vai śrotuṃ ko nābhivāñchati /
yo jānāti jagatsarvaṃ tadutpannaṃ carācaram

vyāsa uvāca
śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi vistareṇa mahāmate /
śraddadhānāya śāntāya na brūyātsa tu mandadhīḥ

purā yuddhamabhūd‌ ghoraṃ devadānavasenayoḥ /
pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpāla mahiṣākhye mahīpatau

mahiṣo nāma rājendra cakāra tapa uttamam /
gatvā hemagirau cograṃ devavismayakārakam

varṣāṇāmayutaṃ pūrṇaṃ cintayanhṛdi devatām /
tasya tuṣṭo mahārāja brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

tatrāgatyābravīdvākyaṃ haṃsārūḍhaścaturmukhaḥ /
varaṃ varaya dharmātmandadāmi tava vācchitam

mahiṣa uvāca
amaratvaṃ devadeva vāñchāmi druhiṇa prabho /
yathā mṛtyu bhayaṃ na syāttathā kuru pitāmaha

brahmovāca
utpannasya dhruvaṃ mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca /
sarvathā maraṇotpattī sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ kila

nāśaḥ kālena sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ daityapuṅgava /
mahāmahīdharāṇāṃ ca samudrāṇāṃ ca sarvathā

ekaṃ sthānaṃ parityajya maraṇasya mahīpate /
prabrūhi taṃ varaṃ sādho yaste manasi vartate

mahiṣa uvāca
na devānmānuṣāddaityānmaraṇaṃ me pitāmaha /
puruṣānna ca me mṛtyuryoṣā māṃ kā haniṣyati

tasmānme maraṇaṃ nūnaṃ kāminyāḥ kuru padmaja /
abalā hanta māṃ hantuṃ kathaṃ śaktā bhaviṣyati

brahmovāca
yadā kadāpi daityendra nāryāste maraṇaṃ dhuvam /
na narebhyo mahābhāga mṛtiste mahiṣāsura

vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ dattvā varaṃ tasmai yayau brahmā nijālayam /
so'pi daityavaraḥ prāpa nijaṃ sthānaṃ mudānvitaḥ

rājovāca
mahiṣaḥ kasya putro'sau kathaṃ jāto mahābalī /
kathaṃ ca māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ prāptaṃ tena mahātmanā

vyāsa uvāca
danoḥ putrau mahārāja vikhyātau kṣitimaṇḍale /
rambhaścaiva karambhaśca dvāvāstāṃ dānavottamau

tāvaputrau mahārāja putrārthaṃ tepatustapaḥ /
bahūnvarṣagaṇānkāmaṃ puṇye pañcanade jale

karambhastu jale magnaścakāra paramaṃ tapaḥ /
vṛkṣaṃ rasālavaṭaṃ prāpya rambho'gnimasevata

pañcāgnisādhanāsaktaḥ sa rambhastu yadābhavat /
jñātvā śacīpatirduḥkhamudyayau dānavau prati

gatvā pañcanade tatra grāharūpaṃ cakāra ha /
vāsavastu karambhaṃ taṃ tadā jagrāha pādayoḥ

nijaghāna ca taṃ duṣṭaṃ karambhaṃ vṛtrasūdanaḥ /
bhrātaraṃ nihataṃ śrutvā rambhaḥ kopaṃ paraṃ gataḥ

svaśīrṣaṃ pāvake hotumaicchacchittvā kareṇa ha /
keśapāśe gahītvāśu vāmena krodhasaṃyutaḥ

dakṣiṇena kareṇograṃ gṛhītvā khaḍgamuttamam /
chinatti śīrṣaṃ tattāvadvahninā pratibodhitaḥ

uktaśca daitya mūrkho'si svaśīrṣaṃ chettumicchasi /
ātmahatyātiduḥsādhyā kathaṃ tvaṃ kartumudyataḥ

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yaste manasi vartate /
mā mriyasva mṛtenādya kiṃ te kāryaṃ bhaviṣyati

vyāsa uvāca
tacchutvā vacanaṃ rambhaḥ pāvakasya subhāṣitam /
tato'bravīdvaco rambhastyaktvā keśakalāpakam

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa dehi me vāñchitaṃ varam /
trailokyavijayī putraḥ syānnaḥ parabalārdanaḥ

ajeyaḥ sarvathā sa syāddevadānavamānavaiḥ /
kāmarūpī mahāvīryaḥ sarvalokābhivanditaḥ

pāvakastaṃ tathetyāha bhaviṣyati tavepsitam /
putrastava mahābhāga maraṇādviramādhunā

yasyāṃ cittaṃ tu rambha tvaṃ pramadāyāṃ kariṣyasi /
tasyāṃ putro mahābhāga bhaviṣyati balādhikaḥ

vyāsa uvāca
ityukto vahninā rambho vacanaṃ cittarañjanam /
śrutvā praṇamya prayayau vahniṃ taṃ dānavottamaḥ

yakṣaiḥ parivṛtaṃ sthānaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ śriyānvitam /
dṛṣṭvā cakre tadā bhāvaṃ mahiṣyāṃ dānavottamaḥ

mattāyāṃ rūpapūrṇāyāṃ vihāyānyāñca yoṣitam /
sā samāgācca tarasā kāmayantī mudānvitā

rambho'pi gamanaṃ cakre bhavitavyapraṇoditaḥ /
sā tu garbhavatī jātā mahiṣī tasya vīryataḥ

tāṃ gṛhītvātha pātālaṃ praviveśa manoharam /
mahiṣebhyaśca tāṃ rakṣanpriyāmanumatāṃ kila

kadācinmahiṣaścānyaḥ kāmārtastāmupādravat /
svayamāgatya taṃ hantuṃ dānavaḥ samupādravat

svarakṣārthaṃ samāgatya mahiṣaṃ samatāḍayat /
so'pi taṃ nijaghānāśu śṛṅgābhyāṃ kāmamohitaḥ

tāḍitastena tīkṣṇābhyāṃ śṛṅgābhyāṃ hṛdaye bhṛśam /
bhūmau papāta tarasā mamāra ca vimūrcchitaḥ

mṛte bhartari sā dīnā bhayārtā vidrutā bhṛśam /
sā vegāttaṃ vaṭaṃ prāpya yakṣāṇāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā

pṛṣṭhatastu gatastatra mahiṣaḥ kāmapīḍitaḥ /
kāmayānastu tāṃ kāmī balavīryamadoddhataḥ

rudatī sā bhṛśaṃ dīnā dṛṣṭā yakṣairbhayāturā /
dhāvamānaṃ ca taṃ vīkṣya yakṣāstrātuṃ samāyayuḥ

yuddhaṃ samabhavad‌ ghoraṃ yakṣāṇāṃ ca hayāriṇā /
śareṇa tāḍitastūrṇaṃ papāta dharaṇītale

mṛtaṃ rambhaṃ samānīya yakṣāste paramaṃ priyam /
citāyāṃ ropayāmāsustasya dehasya śuddhaye

mahiṣī sā patiṃ dṛṣṭvā citāyāṃ ropitaṃ tadā /
praveṣṭuṃ sā matiṃ cakre patinā saha pāvakam

vāryamāṇāpi yakṣaiḥ sā praviveśa hutāśanam /
jvālāmālākulaṃ sādhvī patimādāya vallabham

mahiṣastu citāmadhyātsamuttasthau mahābalaḥ /
rambho'pyanyadvapuḥ kṛtvā niḥsṛtaḥ putravatsalaḥ

raktabījo'pyasau jāto mahiṣo'pi mahābalaḥ /
abhiṣiktastu rājye'sau hayārirasurottamaiḥ

evaṃ sa mahiṣo jāto raktabījaśca vīryavān /
avadhyastu surairdaityairmānavaiśca nṛpottama

ityetatkathitaṃ rājan janma tasya mahātmanaḥ /
varapradānañca tathā proktaṃ sarvaṃ savistaram

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
pañcamaskandhe mahiṣāsurotpattirnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ