Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 6.6

chadmenendreṇa phenad‌vārā parāśaktismaraṇapūrvakaṃ vṛtrahananavarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ prāptavarā devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ /
(jagmuḥ sarve ca sammantrya vṛtrasyāśramamuttamam /)
dadṛśustatra taṃ vṛtraṃ jvalantamiva tejasā

dhakṣyantamiva lokāṃstrīngrasantamiva cāmarān /
ṛṣayo'tha tato'bhyetya vṛtramūcuḥ priyaṃ vacaḥ

devakāryārthasiddhyarthaṃ sāmayuktaṃ rasātmakam /
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
vṛtra vṛtra mahābhāga sarvalokabhayaṅkara

vyāptaṃ tvayaitatsakalaṃ brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ kila /
śakreṇa tava vairaṃ yattattu saukhyavighātakam

yuvayorduḥkhadaṃ kāmaṃ cintāvṛddhikaraṃ param /
na tvaṃ svapiṣi santuṣṭo na cāpi maghavā tathā

sukhaṃ svapiti cintārto dvayoryadvairijaṃ bhayam /
yuvayoryudhyatoḥ kālo vyatītastu mahāniha

pīḍyante ca prajāḥ sarvāḥ sadevāsuramānavāḥ /
saṃsāre'tra sukhaṃ grāhyaṃ duḥkhaṃ heyamiti sthitiḥ

na sukhaṃ kṛtavairasya bhavatīti vinirṇayaḥ /
saṃgrāmarasikāḥ śūrāḥ praśaṃsanti na paṇḍitāḥ

yuddhaṃ śṛṅgāracaturā indriyārthavighātakam /
puṣpairapi na yoddhavyaṃ kiṃ punarniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

yuddhe vijayasandeho niścayaṃ bāṇatāḍanam /
daivādhīnamidaṃ viśvaṃ tathā jayaparājayau

daivādhīnāviti jñātvā na yoddhavyaṃ kadācana /
kāle'tha bhojanaṃ snānaṃ śayyāyāṃ śayanaṃ tathā

paricaryāparā bhāryā saṃsāre sukhasādhanam /
kiṃ sukhaṃ yudhyataḥ saṃkhye bāṇavṛṣṭibhayaṅkare

khaḍgapātātiraudre ca tathārātisukhaprade /
saṃgrāme maraṇātsvargasukhaprāptiriti sphuṭam

pralobhanaparaṃ vākyaṃ nodanārthaṃ nirarthakam /
chittvā dehaṃ vyathāṃ prāpya śṛgālakaraṭādibhiḥ

paścātsvargasukhāvāptiṃ ko vā vāñchati mandadhīḥ /
sakhyaṃ bhavatu te vṛtra śakreṇa saha nityadā

avāpsyasi sukhaṃ tvaṃ ca śakraścāpi nirantaram /
vayaṃ ca tāpasāḥ sarve gandharvāśca nijāśrame

sukhavāsaṃ gamiṣyāmaḥ śānte vaire'dhunaiva vām /
saṃgrāme yuvayordhīra vartamāne divāniśam

pīḍyante munayaḥ sarve gandharvāḥ kinnarā narāḥ /
sarveṣāṃ śāntikāmānāṃ sakhyamicchāmahe vayam

munayastvaṃ ca śakraśca prāpnuvantu sukhaṃ kila /
madhyasthāśca vayaṃ vṛtra yuvayoḥ sakhyakāraṇe

śapathaṃ kārayitvātra yojayāmo mithaḥ priyam /
śakrastu śapathānkṛtvā yathoktāṃśca tavāgrataḥ

cittaṃ te prītisaṃyuktaṃ kariṣyati tu sāmpratam /
satyādhārā dharā nūnaṃ satyena ca divākaraḥ

tapatyayaṃ yathākālaṃ vāyuḥ satyena vātyatha /
udanvānapi maryādāṃ satyenaiva na muñcati

tasmātsatyena sakhyaṃ vā bhavatvadya yathāsukham /
ekatra śayanaṃ krīḍā jalakeliṃ sukhāsanam

yuvābhyāṃ sarvathā kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ sakhyametya ca /
vyāsa uvāca
maharṣivacanaṃ śrutvā tānuvāca mahāmatiḥ

avaśyaṃ bhagavanto me mānanīyāstapasvinaḥ /
bhavanto munayaḥ kvāpi na mithyāvādino bhṛśam

sadācārāḥ suśāntāśca na viduśchalakāraṇam /
kṛtavaire śaṭhe stabdhe kāmuke ca gatatviṣi

nirlajje naiva kartavyaṃ sakhyaṃ matimatā sadā /
nirlajjo'yaṃ durācāro brahmahā lampaṭaḥ śaṭhaḥ

na viśvāsastu kartavyaḥ sarvathaivedṛśe jane /
bhavanto nipuṇāḥ sarve na drohamatayaḥ sadā

anabhijñāstu śāntatvāccittānāmativādinām /
munaya ūcuḥ
jantuḥ kṛtasya bhoktā vai śubhasya tvaśubhasya ca

drohaṃ kṛtvā kutaḥ śāntimāpnuyānnaṣṭacetanaḥ /
viśvāsaghātakartāro narakaṃ yānti niścayam

duḥkhaṃ ca samavāpnoti nūnaṃ viśvāsaghātakaḥ /
niṣkṛtirbrahmahantṝṇāṃ surāpānāṃ ca niṣkṛtiḥ

viśvāsaghātināṃ naiva mitradrohakṛtāmapi /
samayaṃ brūhi sarvajña yathā te cetasi dhruvam

tenaiva samayenādya sandhiḥ syādubhayoḥ kila /
vṛtra uvāca
na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa nāśmanā na ca dāruṇā

na vajreṇa mahābhāga na divā niśi naiva ca /
vadhyo bhaveyaṃ viprendrāḥ śakrasya saha daivataiḥ

evaṃ me rocate sandhiḥ śakreṇa saha nānyathā /
vyāsa uvāca
ṛṣayastaṃ tadā prāhurbāḍhamityeva cādṛtāḥ

samayaṃ śrāvayāmāsustatrānīya sureśvaram /
indro'pi śapathāṃstatra cakāra vigatajvaraḥ

sākṣiṇaṃ pāvakaṃ kṛtvā munīnāṃ sannidhau kila /
vṛtrastu vacanaistasya viśvāsamagamattadā

babhūva mitravacchakre sahacaryāparāyaṇaḥ /
kadācinnandane cobhau kadācid‌gandhamādane

kadācidudadhestīre modamānau viceratuḥ /
evaṃ kṛte ca sandhāne vṛtraḥ pramudito'bhavat

śakro'pi vadhakāmastu tadupāyānacintayat /
randhrānveṣī samudvignastadāsīnmaghavā bhṛśam

evaṃ cintayatastasya kālaḥ samabhivartata /
viśvāsaṃ paramaṃ prāpa vṛtraḥ śakre'tidāruṇe

evaṃ katicidabdāni gatāni samaye kṛte /
vṛtrasya maraṇopāyānmanasīndro'pyacintayat

tvaṣṭaikadā sutaṃ prāha viśvastaṃ pākaśāsane /
putra vṛtra mahābhāga śṛṇu me vacanaṃ hitam

na viśvāsastu kartavyaḥ kṛtavaire kathañcana /
maghavā kṛtavairaste sadāsūyāparaḥ paraiḥ

lobhānmatto dveṣarataḥ paraduḥkhotsavānvitaḥ /
paradāralampaṭaḥ sa pāpabuddhiḥ pratārakaḥ

randhrānveṣī drohaparo māyāvī madagarvitaḥ /
yaḥ praviśyodare māturgarbhacchedaṃ cakāra ha

saptakṛtvaḥ saptakṛtvaḥ krandamānamanāturaḥ /
tasmātputra na kartavyo viśvāsastu kathañcana

kṛtapāpasya kā lajjā punaḥ putra prakurvataḥ /
vyāsa uvāca
evaṃ prabodhitaḥ pitrā vacanairhetusaṃyutaiḥ

na bubodha tadā vṛtra āsannamaraṇaḥ kila /
sa kadācitsamudrānte tamapaśyanmahāsuram

sandhyākāla upāvṛtte muhūrte'tīva dāruṇe /
tataḥ sañcintya maghavā varadānaṃ mahātmanām

sandhyeyaṃ vartate raudrā na rātrirdivaso na ca /
hantavyo'yaṃ mayā cādya balenaiva na saṃśayaḥ

ekākī vijane cātra samprāptaḥ samayocitaḥ /
evaṃ vicārya manasā sasmāra harimavyayam

tatrājagāma bhagavānadṛśyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
vajramadhye praviśyāsau saṃsthito bhagavānhariḥ

indro buddhiṃ cakārāśu tadā vṛtravadhaṃ prati /
iti sañcintya manasā kathaṃ hanyāṃ ripuṃ raṇe

ajeyaṃ sarvathā sarvadevaiśca dānavaistathā /
yadi vṛtraṃ na hanmyadya vañcayitvā mahābalam

na śreyo mama nūnaṃ syātsarvathā ripurakṣaṇāt /
apāṃ phenaṃ tadāpaśyatsamudre parvatopamam

nāyaṃ śuṣko na cārdro'yaṃ na ca śastramidaṃ tathā /
apāṃ phenaṃ tadā śakro jagrāha kila līlayā

parāṃ śaktiṃ ca sasmāra bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ /
smṛtamātrā tadā devī svāṃśaṃ phene nyadhāpayat

vajraṃ tadāvṛtaṃ tatra cakāra harisaṃyutam /
phenāvṛtaṃ paviṃ tatra śakraścikṣepa taṃ prati

sahasā nipapātāśu vajrāhata ivācalaḥ /
vāsavastu prahṛṣṭātmā babhūva nihate tadā

ṛṣayaśca mahendraṃ tamastuvanvividhaiḥ stavaiḥ /
hataśatruḥ prahṛṣṭātmā vāsavaḥ saha daivataiḥ

devīṃ sampūjayāmāsa yatprasādāddhato ripuḥ /
prasādayāmāsa tadā stotrairnānāvidhairapi

devodyāne parāśakteḥ prāsādamakaroddhariḥ /
padmarāgamayīṃ mūrtiṃ sthāpayāmāsa vāsavaḥ

trikālaṃ mahatīṃ pūjāṃ cakruḥ sarve'pi nirjarāḥ /
tadāprabhṛti devānāṃ śrīdevī kuladaivatam

viṣṇuṃ tribhuvanaśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayāmāsa vāsavaḥ /
tato hate mahāvīrye vṛtre devabhayaṅkare

pravavau ca śivo vāyurjahṛṣurdevatāstathā /
hate tasminsagandharvā yakṣarākṣasakinnarāḥ

itthaṃ vṛtraḥ parāśaktipraveśayutaphenataḥ /
tayā kṛtavimohācca śakreṇa sahasā hataḥ

tato vṛtranihantrīti devī lokeṣu gīyate /
śakreṇa nihatatvācca śakreṇa hata ucyate

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryā saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhaskandhe chadmenendreṇa
phenad‌vārā parāśaktismaraṇamūrvakaṃ vṛtrahananavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ