Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 6.2

triśiravadhānantaraṃ vṛtrotpattivarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
atha sa lobhamupetya surādhipaḥ
samadhigamya gajāsanasaṃsthitaḥ /
triśirasaṃ prati duṣṭamatistadā
munimapaśyadameyaparākramam

tamabhivīkṣya dṛḍhāsanasaṃsthitaṃ
jitagiraṃ susamādhivaśaṃ gatam /
ravivibhāvasusannibhamojasā
surapatiḥ paramāpadamabhyagāt

kathamasau vinihantumaho mayā
munirapāpamatiḥ kila sammataḥ /
ripurayaṃ susamiddhatapobalaḥ
kathamupekṣya ihāsanakāmukaḥ

iti vicintya paviṃ paramāyudhaṃ
prati mumoca muniṃ tapasi sthitam /
śaśidivākarasannibhamāśugaṃ
triśirasaṃ surasaṅghapatiḥ svayam

tadabhighātahataḥ sa dharātale
kila papāta mamāra ca tāpasaḥ /
śikhariṇaḥ śikharaṃ kuliśārditaṃ
nipatitaṃ bhuvi cād‌bhutadarśanam

taṃ nihatya mudamāpa sureśa-
ścukruśuśca munayastu saṃsthitāḥ /
hā hateti bhṛśamārtaniḥsvanāḥ
kiṃ kṛtaṃ śatamakhena pāpinā

vināparādhaṃ tapasāṃ nidhirhataḥ
śacīpatiḥ pāpamatirdurātmā /
phalaṃ kilāyaṃ tarasā kṛtasya
prāpnotu pāpī hananod‌bhavasya

taṃ nihatya tarasā surarājo
nirjagāma nijamandiramāśu /
sa hato'pi virarāja mahātmā
jīvamāna iva tejasāṃ nidhiḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau jīvantamiva vṛtrahā /
cintāmāpātikhinnāṅgaḥ kiṃ vā jīvedayaṃ punaḥ

vimṛśya manasātīva takṣāṇaṃ purataḥ sthitam /
maghavā vīkṣya taṃ prāha svakāryasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ

takṣaṃśchindhi śirāṃsyasya kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama /
mā jīvatu mahātejā bhāti jīvanniva svayam

ityākarṇya vacastasya takṣovāca vigarhayan /
takṣovāca
mahāskandho bhṛśaṃ bhāti paraśurna tariṣyati

tato nāhaṃ kariṣyāmi kāryametadvigarhitam /
tvayā vai ninditaṃ karma kṛtaṃ sad‌bhirvigarhitam

ahaṃ bibhemi pāpādvai mṛtasyaiva ca māraṇe /
mṛto'yaṃ munirastyeva śirasaḥ kṛntanena kim

bhayaṃ kiṃ te'tra sañjātaṃ pākaśāsana kathyatām /
indra uvāca
sajīva iva deho'yamābhāti viśadākṛtiḥ

tasmād‌bibhemi mā jīvenmuniḥ śatrurayaṃ mama /
takṣovāca
nātra kiṃ trapase vidvan krūreṇānena karmaṇā

ṛṣiputramimaṃ hatvā brahmahatyābhayaṃ na kim /
indra uvāca
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi paścātpāpakṣayāya vai

śatrustu sarvathā vadhyaśchalenāpi mahāmate /
takṣovāca
tvaṃ lobhābhihataḥ pāpaṃ karoṣi maghavanniha

taṃ vināhaṃ kathaṃ pāpaṃ karomi vada me vibho /
indra uvāca
makheṣu khalu bhāgaṃ te kariṣyāmi sadaiva hi

śiraḥ paśostu te bhāgaṃ yajñe dāsyanti mānavāḥ /
śulkenānena chindhi tvaṃ śirāṃsyasya kuru priyam

vyāsa uvāca
etacchrutvā mahendrasya vacastakṣā mudānvitaḥ /
kuṭhāreṇa śirāṃsyasya cakarta sudṛḍhena hi

chinnāni trīṇi śīrṣāṇi patitāni yadā bhuvi /
tebhyastu pakṣiṇaḥ kṣipraṃ viniṣpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ

kalaviṅkāstittirayastathaiva ca kapiñjalāḥ /
pṛthakpṛthagviniṣpeturmukhatastarasā tadā

yena vedānadhīte sma somaṃ ca pibate tathā /
tasmādvaktrātkilotpetuḥ sadya eva kapiñjalāḥ

yena sarvā diśaḥ kāmaṃ pibanniva nirīkṣate /
tasmāttu tittirāstatra niḥsṛtāstigmatejasaḥ

yatsurāpaṃ tu tadvaktraṃ tasmāttu caṭakāḥ kila /
viniṣpetustriśirasa evaṃ te vihagā nṛpa

evaṃviniḥsṛtāndṛṣṭvā tebhyaḥ śakrastadāṇḍajān /
mumoda manasā rājan jagāma tridivaṃ punaḥ

gate śakre tu takṣāpi svagṛhaṃ tarasā yayau /
yajñabhāgaṃ paraṃ labdhvā mudamāpa mahīpate

indro'tha svagṛhaṃ gatvā hatvā śatruṃ mahābalam /
mene kṛtārthamātmānaṃ brahmahatyāmacintayan

taṃ śrutvā nihataṃ tvaṣṭā putraṃ paramadhārmikam /
cukopātīva manasā vacanaṃ cedamabravīt

anāgasaṃ muniṃ yasmātputraṃ nihatavānmama /
tasmādutpādayiṣyāmi tadvadhārthaṃ sutaṃ punaḥ

surāḥ paśyantu me vīryaṃ tapasaśca balaṃ tathā /
jānātu sarvaṃ pāpātmā svakṛtasya phalaṃ mahat

ityuktvāgniṃ juhāvātha mantrairātharvaṇoditaiḥ /
putrasyotpādanārthāya tvaṣṭā krodhasamākulaḥ

kṛte home'ṣṭarātraṃ tu sandīptācca vibhāvasoḥ /
prādurbabhūva tarasā puruṣaḥ pāvakopamaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvāgre sutaṃ tvaṣṭā tejobalasamanvitam /
vegātprakaṭitaṃ vahnerdīpyamānamivānalam

uvāca vacanaṃ tvaṣṭā sutaṃ vīkṣya puraḥsthitam /
indraśatro vivardhasva pratāpāttapaso mama

ityukte vacane tvaṣṭrā krodhaprajvalitena ca /
so'vardhata divaṃ stabdhvā vaiśvānarasamadyutiḥ

jātaḥ sa parvatākāraḥ kālamṛtyusamaḥ svarāṭ /
kiṃ karomīti taṃ prāha pitaraṃ paramāturam

kuru me nāmakaṃ nātha kāryaṃ kathaya suvrata /
cintāturo'si kasmāttvaṃ brūhi me śokakāraṇam

nāśayāmyadya te śokamiti me vratamāhitam /
tena jātena kiṃ bhūyaḥ pitā bhavati duḥkhitaḥ

pibāmi sāgaraṃ sadyaścūrṇayāmi dharādharān /
udyantaṃ vārayāmyadya taraṇiṃ tigmatejasam

hanmīndraṃ sasuraṃ sadyo yamaṃ vā devatāntaram /
kṣipāmi sāgare sarvānsamutpāṭya ca medinīm

ityākarṇya vacastasya tvaṣṭā putrasya peśalam /
pratyuvācātimuditastaṃ sutaṃ parvatopamam

vṛjināttrātumadhunā yasmācchakto'si putraka /
tasmād‌vṛtra iti khyātaṃ tava nāma bhaviṣyati

bhrātā tava mahābhāga triśirā nāma tāpasaḥ /
trīṇi tasya ca śīrṣāṇi hyabhavanvīryavanti ca

vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaḥ /
saṃsthitastapasi prāyastrilokīvismayaprade

śakreṇa tu hataḥ so'dya vajraghātena sāmpratam /
vināparādhaṃ sahasā chinnāni mastakāni ca

tasmāttvaṃ puruṣavyāghra jahi śakraṃ kṛtāgasam /
brahmahatyāyutaṃ pāpaṃ nistrapaṃ durmatiṃ śaṭham

ityuktvā ca tadā tvaṣṭā putraśokasamākulaḥ /
āyudhāni ca divyāni cakāra vividhāni ca

dadāvasmai sahasrākṣavadhāya prabalāni ca /
khaḍgaśūlagadāśaktitomarapramukhāni vai

śārṅga dhanustathā bāṇaṃ parighaṃ paṭṭiśaṃ tathā /
cakraṃ divyaṃ sahasrāraṃ sudarśanasamaprabham

tūṇīrau cākṣayau divyau kavacaṃ cātisundaram /
rathaṃ meghapratīkāśaṃ dṛḍhaṃ bhārasahaṃ javam

yuddhopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtvā putrāya pārthiva /
dattvāsau prerayāmāsa tvaṣṭā krodhasamanvitaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādalasāhaktyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
ṣaṣṭhaskandhe triśiravadhānantaraṃ vṛtrotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ