Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.23

śaṅ‌khacūḍavadhavarṇanam
śivastattvaṃ samākarṇya tattvajñānaviśāradaḥ /
yayau svayaṃ ca samare svagaṇaiḥ saha nārada

śaṅ‌khacūḍaḥ śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimānādavaruhya ca /
nanāma parayā bhaktyā śirasā daṇḍavad‌bhuvi

taṃ praṇamya ca vegena vimānamāruroha saḥ /
tūrṇaṃ cakāra sannāhaṃ dhanurjagrāha durvaham

śivadānavayoryuddhaṃ pūrṇamabdaśataṃ purā /
na babhūvaturanyonyaṃ brahmañjayaparājayau

nyastaśastraśca bhagavān nyastaśastraśca dānavaḥ /
rathasthaḥ śaṅ‌khacūḍaśca vṛṣastho vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

dānavānāṃ ca śatakamuddhṛtaṃ ca babhūva ha /
raṇe ye ye mṛtāḥ śambhurjīvayāmāsa tānvibhuḥ

etasminnantare vṛddhabrāhmaṇaḥ paramāturaḥ /
āgatya ca raṇasthānamuvāca dānaveśvaram

vṛddhabrāhmaṇa uvāca
dehi bhikṣāṃ ca rājendra mahyaṃ viprāya sāmpratam /
tvaṃ sarvasampadāṃ dātā yanme manasi vāñchitam

nirīhāya ca vṛddhāya tṛṣitāya ca sāmpratam /
paścāttvāṃ kathayiṣyāmi puraḥ satyaṃ ca kurviti

omityuvāca rājendraḥ prasannavadanekṣaṇaḥ /
kavacārthī janaścāhamityuvācātimāyayā

tacchrutvā kavacaṃ divyaṃ jagrāha harireva ca /
śaṅ‌khacūḍasya rūpeṇa jagāma tulasīṃ prati

gatvā tasyāṃ māyayā ca vīryādhānaṃ cakāra ha /
atha śambhurhareḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha dānavaṃ prati

grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍapralayāgniśikhopamam /
durnivāryaṃ ca durdharṣamavyarthaṃ vairighātakam

tejasā cakratulyaṃ ca sarvaśastrāstrasārakam /
śivakeśavayoranyairdurvahaṃ ca bhayaṅ‌karam

dhanuḥsahasraṃ dairghyeṇa prasthena śatahastakam /
sajīvaṃ brahmarūpaṃ ca nityarūpamanirdiśam

saṃhartuṃ sarvabrahmāṇḍamalaṃ yatsvīyalīlayā /
cikṣepa tolanaṃ kṛtvā śaṅ‌khacūḍe ca nārada

rājā cāpaṃ parityajya śrīkṛṣṇacaraṇāmbujam /
dhyānaṃ cakāra bhaktyā ca kṛtvā yogāsanaṃ dhiyā

śūlaṃ ca bhramaṇaṃ kṛtvā papāta dānavopari /
cakāra bhasmasāttaṃ ca sarathaṃ cātha līlayā

rājā dhṛtvā divyarūpaṃ kiśoraṃ gopaveṣakam /
dvibhujaṃ muralīhastaṃ rat‍nabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

rat‍nendrasāranirmāṇaṃ veṣṭitaṃ gopakoṭibhiḥ /
golokādāgataṃ yānamāruroha puraṃ yayau

gatvā nanāma śirasā sa rādhākṛṣṇayormune /
bhaktyā ca caraṇāmbhojaṃ rāse vṛndāvane vane

sudāmānaṃ ca tau dṛṣṭvā prasannavadanekṣaṇau /
kroḍe cakraturatyantaṃ premṇātiparisaṃyutau

atha śalaṃ ca vegena prayayau taṃ ca sādaram /
asthibhiḥ śaṅ‌khacūḍasya śaṅ‌khajātirbabhūva ha

nānāprakārarūpeṇa śaśvatpūtā surārcane /
praśastaṃ śaṅ‌khatoyaṃ ca devānāṃ prītidaṃ param

tīrthatoyasvarūpaṃ ca pavitraṃ śambhunā vinā /
śaṅ‌khaśabdo bhavedyatra tatra lakṣmīḥ susaṃsthirā

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu yaḥ snātaḥ śaṅ‌khavāriṇā /
śaṅ‌kho hareradhiṣṭhānaṃ yatra śaṅ‌khastato hariḥ

tatraiva vasate lakṣmīrdūrībhūtamamaṅ‌galam /
strīṇāṃ ca śaṅ‌khadhvanibhiḥ śūdrāṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

bhītā ruṣṭā yāti lakṣmīstatsthalādanyadeśataḥ /
śivo'pi dānavaṃ hatvā śivalokaṃ jagāma ha

prahṛṣṭo vṛṣabhārūḍhaḥ svagaṇaiśca samāvṛtaḥ /
surāḥ svaviṣayaṃ prāpuḥ paramānandasaṃyutāḥ

nedurdundubhayaḥ svarge jagurgandharvakinnarāḥ /
babhūva puṣpavṛṣṭiśca śivasyopari santatam /
praśaśaṃsuḥ surāstaṃ ca munīndrapravarādayaḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
navamaskandhe śaṅ‌khacūḍavadhavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviśo'dhyāyaḥ