Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.11

bhuvanakośavarṇane bhāratavarṣavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
bhāratākhye ca varṣe'sminnahamādijapūruṣaḥ /
tiṣṭhāmi bhavatā caiva stavanaṃ kriyate'niśam

nārada uvāca
ॐ namo bhagavate upaśamaśīlāyoparatānātmyāya
namo'kiñcanavittāya ṛṣiṛṣabhāya naranārāyaṇāya
paramahaṃsaparamagurave ātmārāmādhipataye namo nama iti /
kartāsya sargādiṣu yo na badhyate
na hanyate dehagato'pi daihikaiḥ /
draṣṭurna dṛśyasya guṇairvidūṣyate
tasmai namo'saktaviviktasākṣiṇe

idaṃ hi yogeśvarayoganaipuṇaṃ
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāñjagāda yat /
yadantakāle tvayi nirguṇe mano
bhaktyā dadhītojjhitaduṣkalevaraḥ

yathaihikāmuṣmikakāmalampaṭaḥ
suteṣu dāreṣu dhaneṣu cintayan /
śaṅketa vidvān kukalevarātyayā-
dyastasya yat‍naḥ śrama eva kevalam

tannaḥ prabho tvaṃ kukalevarārpitāṃ
tvaṃ māyayāhaṃ mamatāmadhokṣaja /
bhindyāma yenāśu vayaṃ sudurbhidāṃ
vidhehi yogaṃ tvayi naḥ svabhāvajam

evaṃ stauti sadā devaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
nārado muniśārdūlaḥ prajñātākhilasāradṛk

asmin vai bhārate varṣe saricchailāstu santi hi /
tānpravakṣyāmi devarṣe śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ

malayo maṅgalaprastho mainākaśca trikūṭakaḥ /
ṛṣabhaḥ kūṭakaḥ kollaḥ sahyo devagiristathā

ṛṣyamūkaśca śrīśailo vyaṅkaṭādrirmahendrakaḥ /
vāridhāraśca vindhyaśca muktimānṛkṣaparvataḥ

pāriyātrastathā droṇaścitrakūṭagiristathā /
govardhano raivatakaḥ kakubho nīlaparvataḥ

gauramukhaścendrakīlo giriḥ kāmagiristathā /
ete cānye'pyasaṃkhyātā girayo bahupuṇyadāḥ

etadutpannasaritaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ /
pānāvagāhanasnānadarśanotkīrtanairapi

nāśayanti ca pāpāni trividhāni śarīriṇām /
tāmraparṇī candravaśā kṛtamālā vaṭodakā

vaihāyasī ca kāverī veṇā caiva payasvinī /
tuṅgabhadrā kṛṣṇaveṇā śarkarāvartakā tathā

godāvarī bhīmarathī nirvindhyā ca payoṣṇikā /
tāpī revā ca surasā narmadā ca sarasvatī

carmaṇvatī ca sindhuśca andhaśoṇau mahānadau /
ṛṣikulyā trisāmā ca vedasmṛtirmahānadī

kauśikī yamunā caiva mandākinī dṛṣadvatī /
gomatī sarayū rodhavatī saptavatī tathā

suṣomā ca śatadruśca candrabhāgā marud‌vṛdhā /
vitastā ca asiknī ca viśvā ceti prakīrtitāḥ

asminvarṣe labdhajanmapuruṣaiḥ svasvakarmabhiḥ /
śuklalohitakṛṣṇākhyairdivyamānuṣanārakāḥ

bhavanti vividhā bhogāḥ sarveṣāṃ ca nivāsinām /
yathā varṇavidhānenāpavargo bhavati sphuṭam

etadeva ca varṣasya prādhānyaṃ kāryasiddhitaḥ /
vadanti munayo vedavādinaḥ svargavāsinaḥ

aho amīṣāṃ kimakāri śobhanaṃ
prasanna eṣāṃ sviduta svayaṃ hariḥ /
yairjanma labdhaṃ nṛṣu bhāratājire
mukundasevaupayikaṃ spṛhā hi naḥ

kiṃ duṣkarairnaḥ kratubhistapovratai-
rdānādibhirvā dyujayena phalgunā /
na yatra nārāyaṇapadapaṅkaja-
smṛtiḥ pramuṣṭātiśayendriyotsavāt

kalpāyuṣāṃ sthānajayātpunarbhavā-
tkṣaṇāyuṣāṃ bhāratabhūjayo varam /
kṣaṇena martyena kṛtaṃ manasvinaḥ
saṃnyasya saṃyāntyabhayaṃ padaṃ hareḥ

na yatra vaikuṇṭhakathāsudhāpagā
na sādhavo bhāgavatāstadāśrayāḥ /
na yatra yajñeśamakhā mahotsavāḥ
sureśaloko'pi na vai sa sevyatām

prāptā nṛjātiṃ tviha ye ca jantavo
jñānakriyādravyakalāpasambhṛtām /
na vai yateranna punarbhavāya te
bhūyo vanaukā iva yānti bandhanam

yaiḥ śraddhayā barhiṣi bhāgaśo havi-
rniruptamiṣṭaṃ vidhimantravastutaḥ /
ekaḥ pṛthaṅnāmabhirāhuto mudā
gṛhṇāti pūrṇaḥ svayamāśiṣāṃ prabhuḥ

satyaṃ diśatyarthitamarthito nṛṇāṃ
naivārthado yatpunararthitā yataḥ /
svayaṃ vidhatte bhajatāmanicchatā-
micchāpidhānaṃ nijapādapallavam

(yadyatra naḥ svargasukhāvaśeṣitaṃ
sviṣṭasya pūrtasya kṛtasya śobhanam /
tenābjanābhe smṛtimajjanma naḥ syā-
dvarṣe harirbhajatāṃ śaṃ tanoti //)
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
evaṃ svargagatā devāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ /
pravadanti ca māhātmyaṃ bhāratasya suśobhanam

jambudvīpasya cāṣṭau hi upadvīpāḥ smṛtāḥ pare /
hayamārgānviśodhad‌bhiḥ sāgaraiḥ parikalpitāḥ

svarṇaprasthaścandraśukra āvartanaramāṇakau /
mandaropākhyahariṇaḥ pāñcajanyastathaiva ca

siṃhalaścaiva laṅketi upadvīpāṣṭakaṃ smṛtam /
jambudvīpasya mānaṃ hi kīrtitaṃ vistareṇa ca

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi plakṣādidvīpaṣaṭkakam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
bhuvanakośavarṇane bhāratavarṣavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ