Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.13
bhuvanakośavarṇane krauñcaśākapuṣkaradvīpavarṇanam
nārada uvāca
śiṣṭadvīpapramāṇaṃ ca vada sarvārthadarśana /
yena vijñātamātreṇa parānandamayo bhavet
śrīrānārāyaṇa uvāca
kuśadvīpasya parito ghṛtodāvaraṇaṃ mahat /
tato bahiḥ krauṃcadvīpo dviguṇaḥ syātsvamānataḥ
kṣīrodenāvṛto bhāti yasminkrauṃcādrirasti ca /
nāmanirvartakaḥ so'yaṃ dvīpasya parivartate
yo'sau guhasya śaktyā ca bhinnakukṣiḥ purābhavat /
kṣīrodenāsicyamāno varuṇena ca rakṣitaḥ
ghṛtapṛṣṭho nāma yasya vibhāti kila nāyakaḥ /
priyavratātmajaḥ śrīmān sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
svadvīpaṃ tu vibhajyaiva saptadhā svātmajāndadau /
putranāmasu varṣeṣu varṣapānsanniveśayan
svayaṃ bhagavatastasya śaraṇaṃ sañjagāma ha /
āmo madhuruhaścaiva meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmakaḥ
bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇaśca vanaspatiritīva ca /
nagā nadyaśca saptaiva vikhyātā bhuvi sarvataḥ
śuklo vai vardhamānaśca bhojanaścopabarhaṇaḥ /
nandaśca nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti kīrtitāḥ
abhayā amṛtaughā cāryakā tīrthavatīti ca /
vṛttirūpavatī śuklā pavitravatikā tathā
etāsāmudakaṃ puṇyaṃ cāturvarṇyena pīyate /
puruṣaṛṣabhau tadvad draviṇākhyaśca devakaḥ
ete caturvarṇajātāḥ puruṣā nivasanti hi /
tatratyāḥ puruṣā āpomayaṃ devamapāṃ patim
pūrṇenāñjalinā bhaktyā yajante vividhakriyāḥ /
āpaḥ puruṣavīryāḥ stha punantīrbhūrbhuvaḥ svaraḥ
tā naḥ punītāmīvaghnīḥ spṛśatāmātmanā bhuvaḥ /
iti mantrajapānte ca stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ
evaṃ parastātkṣīrodātparitaścopaveśitaḥ /
dvātriṃśallakṣasaṃkhyākayojanāyāmamāśritaḥ
svamānena ca dvīpo'yaṃ dadhimaṇḍodakena ca /
śākadvīpo viśiṣṭo'yaṃ yasmicchāko mahīruhaḥ
svakṣetravyapadeśasya kāraṇaṃ sa hi nārada /
praiyavrato'dhipastasya medhātithiriti smṛtaḥ
vibhajya sapta varṣāṇi putranāmāni teṣu ca /
sapta putrānnijān sthāpya svayaṃ yogagatiṃ gataḥ
purojavo manaḥpūrvajavo'tha pavamānakaḥ /
dhūmrānīkaścitrarepho bahurūpo'tha viśvadhṛk
maryādāgirayaḥ sapta nadyaḥ saptaiva kīrtitāḥ /
īśāna ūruśṛṅgo'tha balabhadraḥ śatakeśaraḥ
sahasrasrotako devapālo'pyante mahāśanaḥ /
ete'drayaḥ sapta coktāḥ sarinnāmāni sapta ca
anaghā prathamā''yurdā ubhayaspṛṣṭireva ca /
aparājitā pañcapadī sahasraśrutireva ca
tato nijadhṛtiścoktāḥ sapta nadyo mahojjvalāḥ /
tadvarṣapuruṣāḥ sarve satyavratakratuvratau
dānavratānuvratau ca caturvarṇā udīritāḥ /
bhagavantaṃ prāṇavāyuṃ prāṇāyāmena saṃyutāḥ
yajanti nirdhūtarajastamasaḥ paramaṃ harim /
antaḥ praviśya bhūtāni yo bibhartyātmaketubhiḥ
antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣātpātu no yadvaśe idam /
parastāddadhimaṇḍodāttatastu bahuvistaraḥ
puṣkaradvīpanāmāyaṃ śākadvīpadvisaṃguṇaḥ /
svasamānena svādūdakenāyaṃ pariveṣṭitaḥ
yatrāste puṣkaraṃ bhrājadagnicūḍānibhāni ca /
patrāṇi viśadānīha svarṇapatrāyutāyutam
śrīmadbhagavataścedamāsanaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ /
kalpitaṃ lokaguruṇā sarvalokasisṛkṣayā
taddvīpa eka evāyaṃ mānasottaranāmakaḥ /
arvācīnaparācīnavarṣayoravadhirgiriḥ
ucchrāyāyāmayoḥ saṃkhyāyutayojanasammitā /
yatra dikṣu ca catvāri catasṛṣu purāṇi ha
indrādilokapālānāṃ yaduparyarkanirgamaḥ /
meruṃ pradakṣiṇīkurvan bhānuḥ paryeti yatra hi
saṃvatsarātmakaṃ cakraṃ devāhorātrato bhraman /
praiyavrato'dhipo vītihotraḥ svātmajakadvayam
varṣadvaye paristhāpya varṣanāmadharaṃ kramāt /
ramaṇo dhātakiścaiva tattadvarṣapatī ubhau
kṛtāḥ svayaṃ pūrvajavadbhagavadbhaktitatparāḥ /
tadvarṣapuruṣā brahmarūpiṇaṃ parameśvaram
sakarmakena yogena yajanti pariśīlitāḥ /
yattatkarmamayaṃ liṅga brahmaliṅgaṃ jano'rcayet /
ekāntamadvayaṃ śāntaṃ tasmai bhagavate namaḥ
iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
bhuvanakośavarṇanaṃ krauñcaśākapuṣkaradvīpavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ
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