Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.17

dhruvamaṇḍalasaṃsthānavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
atharṣimaṇḍalādūrdhvaṃ yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ /
lakṣaistrayodaśamitaiḥ paramaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam

mahābhāgavataḥ śrīmān vartate lokavanditaḥ /
auttānapādirindreṇa vahninā kaśyapena ca

dharmeṇa saha caivāste samakālayujā dhruvaḥ /
bahumānaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ kurvad‌bhiḥ prekṣakaiḥ sadā

ājīvyaḥ kalpajīvināmupāste bhagavatpadam /
jyotirgaṇānāṃ sarveṣāṃ grahanakṣatrabhādinām

kālenānimiṣeṇāyaṃ bhrāmyatāṃ vyaktaraṃhasā /
avaṣṭambhasthāṇuriva vihitaśceśvareṇa saḥ

bhāsate bhāsayanbhāsā svīyayā devapūjitaḥ /
meḍhistambhe yathā yuktāḥ paśavaḥ karṣaṇārthakāḥ

maṇḍalāni carantīme savanatritayena ca /
evaṃ grahādayaḥ sarve bhagaṇādyā yathākramam

antarbahirvibhāgena kālacakre niyojitāḥ /
dhruvamevāvalambyāśu vāyunodīritāśca te

ākalpāntaṃ ca kramanti khe śyenādyāḥ khagā iva /
karmasārathayo vāyuvaśagāḥ sarva eva te

evaṃ jyotirgaṇāḥ sarve prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca /
saṃyogānugṛhītāste bhūmau na nipatanti ca

jyotiścakraṃ kecidetacchiśumārasvarūpakam /
sopayogaṃ bhagavato yogadhāraṇakarmaṇi

yasyārvāk‌śirasaḥ kuṇḍalībhūtavapuṣo mune /
pucchāgre kalpito yo'yaṃ dhruva uttānapādajaḥ

lāṅgūle'sya ca samproktaḥ prajāpatirakalmaṣaḥ /
agnirindraśca dharmaśca tiṣṭhante surapūjitāḥ

dhātā vidhātā pucchānte kaṭyāṃ saptarṣayastataḥ /
dakṣiṇāvartabhogena kuṇḍalākāramīyuṣaḥ

uttarāyaṇabhānīha dakṣapārśve'rpitāni ca /
dakṣiṇāyanabhānīha savye pārśve'rpitāni ca

kuṇḍalābhogaveśasya pārśvayorubhayorapi /
samasaṃkhyāścāvayavā bhavanti kajanandana

ajavīthī pṛṣṭhabhāge ākāśasaridaudare /
punarvasuśca puṣyaśca śroṇyau dakṣiṇavāmayoḥ

ārdrāśleṣe paścimayoḥ pādayordakṣavāmayoḥ /
abhijiccottarāṣāḍhā nāsayordakṣavāmayoḥ

yathāsaṃkhyaṃ ca devarṣe śrutiśca jalabhaṃ tathā /
kalpite kalpanāvid‌‍bhirnetrayordakṣavāmayoḥ

dhaniṣṭhā caiva mūlaṃ ca karṇayordakṣavāmayoḥ /
maghādīnyaṣṭabhānīha dakṣiṇāyanagāni ca

yuñjīta vāmapārśvīyavaṃkriṣu kramato mune /
tathaiva mṛgaśīrṣādīnyudagbhāni ca yāni hi

dakṣapārśve vaṃkrikeṣu prātilomyena yojayet /
śatatārā tathā jyeṣṭhā skandhayordakṣavāmayoḥ

agastiścottarahanāvadharāyāṃ hanau yamaḥ /
mukheṣvaṅgārakaḥ prokto mandaḥ prokta upasthake

bṛhaspatiśca kakudi vakṣasyarko grahādhipaḥ /
nārāyaṇaśca hṛdaye candro manasi tiṣṭhati

stanayoraśvinau nābhyāmuśanāḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
budhaḥ prāṇāpānayośca gale rāhuśca ketavaḥ

sarvāṅgeṣu tathā romakūpe tārāgaṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /
etad‍bhagavato viṣṇoḥ sarvadevamayaṃ vapuḥ

sandhyāyāṃ pratyahaṃ dhyāyetprayato vāgyato muniḥ /
nirīkṣamāṇaścottiṣṭhenmantreṇānena dhīśvaraḥ

namo jyotirlokāya kālāyānimiṣāṃ
pataye mahāpuruṣāyābhidhīmahīti

graharkṣatārāmayamādhidaivikaṃ
pāpāpahaṃ mantrakṛtāṃ trikālam /
namasyataḥ smarato vā trikālaṃ
naśyeta tatkālajamāśu pāpam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
dhruvamaṇḍalasaṃsthānavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ