Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 8.18
rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
adhastātsavituḥ proktamayutaṃ rāhumaṇḍalam /
nakṣatravaccarati ca saiṃhikeyo'tadarhaṇaḥ
sūryācandramasoreva mardanaḥ siṃhikāsutaḥ /
amaratvaṃ ca kheṭatvaṃ lebhe yo viṣṇvanugrahāt
yadadastaraṇerbimbaṃ tapato yojanāyutam /
tacchādako'suro jñeyo'pyarkasāhasravistaram
trayodaśasahasraṃ tu somasyācchādako grahaḥ /
yaḥ parvasamaye vairānubandhī chādako'bhavat
sūryācandramasordūrādbhavecchādanakārakaḥ /
tanniśamyobhayatrāpi viṣṇunā preritaṃ svakam
cakraṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma jvālāmālātibhīṣaṇam /
tattejasā duḥsahena samantātparivāritam
muhūrto dvijamānastu dūrāccakitamānasaḥ /
ārānnivartate so'yamuparāga itīva ha
ucyate lokamadhye tu devarṣe avabudhyatām /
tato'dhastātsamākhyātā lokāḥ paramapāvanāḥ
siddhānāṃ cāraṇānāṃ ca vidyādhrāṇāṃ ca sattama /
yojanāyutavikhyātā lokāḥ puṇyaniṣevitāḥ
tato'pyadhastāddevarṣe yakṣāṇāṃ ca sarakṣasām /
piśācapretabhūtānāṃ vihārājiramuttamam
antarikṣaṃ ca tatproktaṃ yāvadvāyuḥ pravāti hi /
yāvanmeghāstatodyanti tatproktaṃ jñānakovidaiḥ
tato'dhastādyojanānāṃ śataṃ yāvad dvijottama /
pṛthivī parisaṃkhyātā suparṇaśyenasārasāḥ
haṃsādayaḥ protpatanti pārthivāḥ pṛthivībhavāḥ /
bhūsanniveśāvasthānaṃ yathāvadupavarṇitam
adhastādavaneḥ sapta devarṣe vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ /
ekaikaśo yojanānāmāyāmocchrāyataḥ punaḥ
ayutāntaravikhyātāḥ sarvartusukhadāyakāḥ /
atalaṃ prathamaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyaṃ vitalaṃ tathā
tṛtīyaṃ sutalaṃ proktaṃ caturthaṃ vai talātalam /
mahātalaṃ pañcamaṃ ca ṣaṣṭhaṃ proktaṃ rasātalam
saptamaṃ vipra pātālaṃ saptaite vivarāḥ smṛtāḥ /
eteṣu bilasvargeṣu divo'pyadhikameva ca
kāmabhogaiśvaryasukhasamṛddhabhuvaneṣu ca /
nityodyānavihāreṣu sukhāsvādaḥ pravartate
daityāśca kādraveyāśca dānavā balaśālinaḥ /
nityapramuditā raktāḥ kalatrāpatyabandhubhiḥ
suhṛdbhiranujīvādyaiḥ saṃyutāśca gṛheśvarāḥ /
īśvarādapratihatakāmā māyāvinaśca te
nivasanti sadā hṛṣṭāḥ sarvartusukhasaṃyutāḥ /
mayena māyāvibhunā yeṣu yeṣu ca nirmitāḥ
puraḥ prakāmaśo bhaktā maṇipravaraśālinaḥ /
vicitrabhavanāṭṭālagopurādyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
sabhācatvaracaityādiśobhāḍhyāḥ suradurlabhāḥ /
nāgāsurāṇāṃ mithunaiḥ sapārāvatasārikaiḥ
kīrṇakṛtrimabhūmiśca vivareśagṛhottamaiḥ /
alaṅkṛtāścakāsanti udyānāni mahānti ca
manaḥprasannakārīṇi phalapuṣpaviśālibhiḥ /
lalanānāṃ vilāsārhasthānaiḥ śobhitabhāñji ca
nānāvihaṃgamavrātasaṃyuktajalarāśibhiḥ /
svacchārṇapūritahradaiḥ pāṭhīnasamalaṅkṛtaiḥ
jalajantukṣubdhanīranīrajātairanekaśaḥ /
kumudotpalakahlāranīlaraktotpalaistathā
teṣu kṛtaniketānāṃ vihāraiḥ saṅkulāni ca /
indriyotsavakāraiśca tathaiva vividhaiḥ svaraiḥ
amarāṇāṃ ca paramāṃ śriyaṃ cātiśayanti ca /
yatra naiva bhayaṃ kvāpi kālāṅgairdinarātribhiḥ
yatrāhipravarāṇāṃ ca śiraḥsthairmaṇiraśmibhiḥ /
nityaṃ tamaḥ prabādhyeta sadā prasphuṭakāntibhiḥ
na vā eteṣu vasatāṃ divyauṣadhirasāyanaiḥ /
rasānnapānasnānādyairnādhayo na ca vyādhayaḥ
valīpalitajīrṇatvavaivarṇyasvedagandhatāḥ /
anutsāhavayo'vasthā na bādhante kadācana
kalyāṇānāṃ sadā teṣāṃ na ca mṛtyubhayaṃ kutaḥ /
bhagavattejaso'nyatra cakrāccaiva sudarśanāt
yasminpraviṣṭe daiteyavadhūnāṃ garbharāśayaḥ /
prāyo bhayātpatantyeva sravanti brahmaputraka
iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmaṣṭamaskandhe
rāhumaṇḍalādyavasthānavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
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