Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 7.7
revatasya revatīvarārthaṃ brahmalokagamanavarṇanam
vyāsa uvāca -
datte grahe tu rājendra vāsavaḥ kupitau bhṛśam /
provāca cyavanaṃ tatra darśayanbalamātmanaḥ
mā brahmabandho maryādāmimāṃ tvaṃ karttumarhasi /
vadhiṣyāmi dviṣantaṃ tvāṃ viśvarūpamivā'param
cyavana uvāca -
māvamaṃsthā mahātmānau rūpadraviṇavarcasā /
yau cakraturmāṃ maghavan vṛndārakamivāparam
ṛte tvāṃ vibudhāścānye kathaṃ vādadate graham /
aśvināvapi devendra devau viddhi parantapau
indra uvāca -
bhiṣajau nārhataḥ kāmaṃ grahaṃ yajñe kathañcana /
yadi ditsasi mandātman śiraśchetsyāmi sāmpratam
vyāsa uvāca
anādṛtya tu tadvākyaṃ vāsavasya ca bhārgavaḥ /
grahaṃ tu grāhayāmāsa bhartsayanniva taṃ bhṛśam
somapātraṃ yadā tābhyāṃ gṛhītaṃ tu pipāsayā /
samīkṣya balabhiddeva idaṃ vacanamabravīt
ābhyamarthāya somaṃ tvaṃ grāhayiṣyasi cetsvayam /
vajraṃ tu prahariṣyāmi viśvarūpamivāparam
vāsavenaivamuktastu bhārgavaścātigarvitaḥ /
jagrāha vidhivatsomamaśvibhyāmatimanyumān
indro'pi prākṣipatkopādvajramasmai svamāyudham /
paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham
preritaṃ cāśaniṃ prekṣya cyavanastapasā tataḥ /
stambhayāmāsa vajraṃ sa śakrasyāmitatejasaḥ
kṛtyayā sa mahābāhurindraṃ hantumihodyataḥ /
juhāvāgnau śrutaṃ havyaṃ mantreṇa munisattamaḥ
tatra kṛtyā samutpannā cyavanasya tapobalāt /
prabalaḥ puruṣaḥ krūro bṛhatkāyo mahāsuraḥ
mado nāma mahāghoro bhayadaḥ prāṇināmiha /
śarīre parvatākārastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro mayānakaḥ
catasraścāyatā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃ śatam /
itare tvasya daśanā babhūvurdaśayojanāḥ
bāhū parvatasaṃkāśāvāyatau krūradarśanau /
jihvā tu bhīṣaṇā krūrā lelihānā nabhastalam
grīvā tu giriśṛṅgābhā kaṭhinā bhīṣaṇā bhṛśam /
nakhā vyāghranakhaprakhyāḥ keśāścātīvabhīṣaṇāḥ
śarīraṃ kajjalābhaṃ ca tasya cāsyaṃ bhayānakam /
netre dāvānalaprakhye bhīṣaṇe'tibhayānake
hanurekā sthitā tasya bhūmāvekā divaṃ gatā /
evaṃvidhaḥ samutpanno mado nāma bṛhattanuḥ
taṃ vilokya surāḥ sarve bhayamājagmuraṃhasā /
indro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto yuddhāya na mano dadhe
daityo'pi vadane kāmaṃ vajramādāya saṃsthitaḥ /
vyāptaṃ nabho ghoradṛṣṭirgrasanniva jagattrayam
sa bhakṣyayiṣyansaṃkruddhaḥ śatakratumupādravat /
cakruśuśca surāḥ sarve hā hatāḥ smeti saṃsthitāḥ
indraḥ stambhitabāhustu mumukṣurvajramantikāt /
na śaśāka paviṃ tasminprahartuṃ pākaśāsanaḥ
vajrahastaḥ sureśānastaṃ vīkṣya kālasannibham /
sasmāra manasā tatra guruṃ samayakovidam
smaraṇādājagāmāśu bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ /
gurustatsamayaṃ dṛṣṭvā vipattisadṛśaṃ mahat
vicārya manasā kṛtyaṃ tamuvāca śacīpatim /
duḥsādhyo'yaṃ mahāmantraistvayaṃ vajreṇa vāsava
asuro madasaṃjñastu yajñakuṇḍātsamutthitaḥ /
tapobalamṛṣeḥ samyak cyavanasya mahābalaḥ
anivāryo hyayaṃ śatrustvayā devaistathā mayā /
śaraṇaṃ yāhi deveśa cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ
sa nivārayitā nūnaṃ kṛtyāmātmakṛtāṃ kila /
na nivārayituṃ śaktāḥ śaktibhaktaruṣaṃ kvacit
vyāsa uvāca -
ityukto guruṇā śakrastadāgacchanmuniṃ prati /
praṇamya śirasā namraḥ tamuvāca bhayānvitaḥ
kṣamasva muniśārdūla śamayāsuramudyatam /
prasanno bhava sarvajña vacanaṃ te karomyaham
somārhāvaśvināvetāvadyaprabhṛti bhārgava /
bhaviṣyataḥ satyametadvaco vipra prasīda me
mithyā te nodyamo hyeṣa bhavatyeva tapodhana /
jāne tvamapi dharmajña mithyā naiva kariṣyasi
somapāvaśvināvetau tvatkṛtau ca sadaive hi /
bhaviṣyataśca śaryāteḥ kīrtistu vipulā bhavet
mayā yaddhi kṛtaṃ karma sarvathā munisattama /
parīkṣārthaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ tava vīryaprakāśanam
prasādaṃ kuru me brahman madaṃ saṃhara cotthitam /
kalyāṇaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tathā bhūyo vidhīyatām
evamuktastu śakreṇa cyavanaḥ paramārthavit /
saṃjahāra tapaḥ kopaṃ samutpannaṃ virodhajam
devamāśvāsya saṃvignaṃ bhārgavastu madaṃ tataḥ /
vyabhajatstrīṣu pāneṣu dyūteṣu mṛgayāsu ca
madaṃ vibhajya devendramāśvāsya cakitaṃ bhiyā /
saṃsthāpya ca surānsarvānmakhaṃ tasya nyavartayat
tatastu saṃskṛtaṃ somaṃ vāsavāya mahātmane /
aśvibhyāṃ sarvadharmātmā pāyayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ
evaṃ tau cyavanenāryāvaśvinau raviputrakau /
vihitau somapau rājan sarvathā tapaso balāt
sarastadapi vikhyātaṃ jātaṃ yūpavimaṇḍitam /
āśramastu muneḥ samyak pṛthivyāṃ viśruto'bhavat
śaryātirapi santuṣṭo hyabhavattena karmaṇā /
yajñaṃ samāpya nagare jagāma sacivairvṛtaḥ
rājyaṃ cakāra dharmajño manuputraḥ pratāpavān /
ānartastasya putro'bhūdānartādrevato'bhavat
so'ntaḥsamudre nagarīṃ vinirmāya kuśasthalīm /
āsthito'bhuṅkta viṣayānānartādīnarindamaḥ
tasya putraśataṃ jajñe kakudmijyeṣṭhamuttamam /
putrī ca revatī nāmnā sundarī śubhalakṣaṇā
varayogyā yadā jātā tadā rājā ca revataḥ /
cintayāmāsa rājendro rājaputrānkulodbhavān
raivataṃ nāma ca girimāśritaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ /
cakāra rājyaṃ balavānānarteṣu narādhipaḥ
vicintya manasā rājā kasmai deyā mayā sutā /
gatvā pṛcchāmi brahmāṇaṃ sarvajñaṃ surapūjitam
iti sañcintya bhūpālaḥ sutāmādāya revatīm /
brahmalokaṃ jagāmāśu praṣṭukāmaḥ pitāmaham
yatra devāśca yajñāśca chandāṃsi parvatāstathā /
abdhayaḥ siddhagandharvāḥ divyarūpadharāḥ sthitāḥ
ṛṣayaḥ siddhagandharvāḥ pannagāścāraṇāstathā /
tasthuḥ prāñjalayaḥ sarve stuvantaśca purātanāḥ
iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ
saṃhitāyāṃ saptamaskandhe revatasya revatīvarārthaṃ
brahmalokagamanavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
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