Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.3

brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarādidevatotpattivarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
atha ḍimbho jale tiṣṭhanyāvadvai brahmaṇo vayaḥ /
tataḥ sa kāle sahasā dvidhābhūto babhūva ha

tanmadhye śiśurekaśca śatakoṭiraviprabhaḥ/
kṣaṇaṃ rorūyamāṇaśca stanāndhaḥ pīḍitaḥ kṣudhā

pitrā mātrā parityakto jalamadhye nirāśrayaḥ/
brahmāṇḍāsaṃkhyanātho yo dadarśordhvamanāthavat

sthūlāsthūlatamaḥ so'pi nāmnā devo mahāvirāṭ/
paramāṇuryathā sūkṣmātparaḥ sthūlāttathāpyasau

tejasā ṣoḍaśāṃśo'yaṃ kṛṣṇasya paramātmanaḥ/
ādhāraḥ sarvaviśvānāṃ mahāviṣṇuśca prākṛtaḥ

pratyekaṃ lomakūpeṣu viśvāni nikhilāni ca/
asyāpi teṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇo vaktuṃ nahi kṣamaḥ

saṃkhyā ced‌rajasāmasti viśvānāṃ na kadācana/
brahmaviṣṇuśivādīnāṃ tathā saṃkhyā na vidyate

prativiśveṣu santyevaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ/
pātālād‌ brahmalokāntaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ parikīrtitam

tata ūrdhvaṃ ca vaikuṇṭho brahmāṇḍād‌ bahireva saḥ/
tata ūrdhvaṃ ca golokaḥ pañcāśatkoṭiyojanaḥ

nityaḥ satyasvarūpaśca yathā kṛṣṇastathāpyayam/
saptadvīpamitā pṛdhvī saptasāgarasaṃyutā

ūnapañcāśadupadvīpāsaṃkhyaśailavanānvitā /
ūrdhvaṃ sapta svargalokā brahyalokasamanvitāḥ

pātālāni ca saptādhaścaivaṃ brahmāṇḍameva ca/
ūrdhvaṃ dharāyā bhūrloko bhuvarlokastataḥ param

tataḥ paraśca svarloko janalokastathā paraḥ /
tataḥ parastapolokaḥ satyalokastataḥ paraḥ

tataḥ paraṃ brahmalokastaptakāñcanasannibhaḥ /
evaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtrimaṃ ca bāhyābhyantarameva ca

tadvināśe vināśaśca sarveṣāmeva nārada /
jalabud‌budavatsarvaṃ viśvasaṃghamanityakam

nityau golokavaikuṇṭhau proktau śaśvadakṛtrimau /
pratyekaṃ lomakūpeṣu brahmāṇḍaṃ pariniścitam

eṣāṃ saṃkhyāṃ na jānāti kṛṣṇo'nyasyāpi kā kathā /
pratyekaṃ pratibrahmāṇḍaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ

tisraḥ koṭyaḥ surāṇāṃ ca saṃkhyā sarvatra putraka/
digīśāścaiva dikpālā nakṣatrāṇi grahādayaḥ

bhuvi varṇāśca catvāro'pyadho nāgāścarācarāḥ /
atha kāle'tra sa virāḍūrdhvaṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ punaḥ

ḍimbhāntare ca śūnyaṃ ca na dvitīyaṃ ca kiñcana /
cintāmavāpa kṣudyukto ruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ

jñānaṃ prāpya tadā dadhyau kṛṣṇaṃ paramapūruṣam/
tato dadarśa tatraiva brahmajyotiḥ sanātanam

navīnajaladaśyāmaṃ dvibhujaṃ pītavāsasam /
sasmitaṃ muralīhastaṃ bhaktānugrahakātaram

jahāsa bālakastuṣṭo dṛṣṭvā janakamīśvaram /
varaṃ tadā dadau tasmai vareśaḥ samayocitam

matsamo jñānayuktaśca kṣutpipāsādivarjitaḥ /
brahmāṇḍāsaṃkhyanilayo bhava vatsa layāvadhi

niṣkāmo nirbhayaścaiva sarveṣāṃ varado bhava /
jarāmṛtyurogaśokapīḍādivarjito bhava

ityuktvā tasya karṇe sa mahāmantraṃ ṣaḍakṣaram /
triḥkṛtvaśca prajajāpa vedāṅ‌gapravaraṃ param

praṇavādicaturthyantaṃ kṛṣṇa ityakṣaradvayam /
vahnijāyāntamiṣṭaṃ ca sarvavighnaharaṃ param

mantraṃ dattvā tadāhāraṃ kalpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ/
śrūyatāṃ tad‌ brahmaputra nibodha kathayāmi te

prativiśvaṃ yannaivedyaṃ dadāti vaiṣṇavo janaḥ /
tatṣoḍaśāṃśo viṣayiṇo viṣṇoḥ pajvadaśāsya vai

nirguṇasyātmanaścaiva paripūrṇatamasya ca /
naivedye caiva kṛṣṇasya na hi kiñcitprayojanam

yadyaddadāti naivedyaṃ tasmai devāya yo janaḥ /
sa ca khādati tatsarvaṃ lakṣmīnātho virāṭ tathā

taṃ ca mantravaraṃ dattvā tamuvāca punarvibhuḥ /
varamanyaṃ kimiṣṭaṃ te tanme brūhi dadāmi ca

kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā tamuvāca virāḍ vibhuḥ /
kṛṣṇaṃ taṃ bālakastāvadvacanaṃ samayocitam

bālaka uvāca
varo me tvatpadāmbhoje bhaktirbhavatu niścalā/
satataṃ yāvadāyurme kṣaṇaṃ vā suciraṃ ca vā

tvad‍bhaktiyuktaloke'smiñjīvanmuktaśca santatam/
tvad‍bhaktihīno mūrkhaśca jīvannapi mṛto hi saḥ

kiṃ tajjapena tapasā yajñena pūjanena ca/
vratena copavāsena puṇyena tīrthasevayā

kṛṣṇabhaktivihīnasya mūrkhasya jīvanaṃ vṛthā /
yenātmanā jīvitaśca tameva na hi manyate

yāvadātmā śarīre'sti tāvatsa śaktisaṃyutaḥ /
paścādyānti gate tasminsvatantrāḥ sarvaśaktayaḥ

sa ca tvaṃ ca mahābhāga sarvātmā prakṛteḥ paraḥ /
svecchāmayaśca sarvādyo brahmajyotiḥ sanātanaḥ

ityuktvā bālakastatra virarāma ca nārada /
uvāca kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuktiṃ madhurāṃ śrutisundarīm

"śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
suciraṃ susthiraṃ tiṣṭha yathāhaṃ tvaṃ tathā bhava /
brahmaṇo'saṃkhyapāte ca pātaste na bhaviṣyati

aṃśena pratibrahmāṇḍe tvaṃ ca kṣudravirāḍ bhava /
tvannābhipadmād‌ brahmā ca viśvasraṣṭā bhaviṣyati

lalāṭe brahmaṇaścaiva rudrāścaikādaśaiva te /
śivāṃśena bhaviṣyanti sṛṣṭisaṃharaṇāya vai

kālāgnirudrasteṣveko viśvasaṃhārakārakaḥ/
pātā viṣṇuśca viṣayī rudrāṃśena(kṣudrāṃśena) bhaviṣyati

mad‍bhaktiyuktaḥ satataṃ bhaviṣyasi vareṇa me /
dhyānena kamanīyaṃ māṃ nityaṃ drakṣyasi niścitam

mātaraṃ kamanīyāṃ ca mama vakṣaḥsthalasthitām/
yāmi lokaṃ tiṣṭha vatsetyuktvā so'ntaradhīyata

gatvā svalokaṃ brahmāṇaṃ śaṅ‌karaṃ samuvāca ha/
sraṣṭāraṃ sraṣṭumīśaṃ ca saṃhartuṃ caiva tatkṣaṇam

"śrībhagavānuvāca
sṛṣṭiṃ sraṣṭuṃ gaccha vatsa nābhipadmod‍bhavo bhava /
mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe kṣudrasya ca vidhe śṛṇu

gaccha vatsa mahādeva brahmabhālod‍bhavo bhava/
aṃśena ca mahābhāga svayaṃ ca suciraṃ tapa

ityuktvā jagatāṃ nātho virarāma vidheḥ suta/
jagāma brahmā taṃ natvā śivaśca śivadāyakaḥ

mahāvirāḍ lomakūpe brahmāṇḍagolake jale /
babhūva ca virāṭ kṣudro virāḍaṃśena sāmpratam

śyāmo yuvā pītavāsāḥ śayāno jalatalpake /
īṣaddhāsyaḥ prasannāsyo viśvavyāpī janārdanaḥ

tannābhikamale brahmā babhūva kamalod‍bhavaḥ /
sambhūya padmadaṇḍe ca babhrāma yugalakṣakam

nāntaṃ jagāma daṇḍasya padmanālasya padmajaḥ /
nābhijasya ca padmasya cintāmāpa pitā tava

svasthānaṃ punarāgamya dadhyau kṛṣṇapadāmbujam /
tato dadarśa kṣudraṃ taṃ dhyānena divyacakṣuṣā

śayānaṃ jalatalpe ca brahmāṇḍagolakāplute /
yallomakūpe brahmāṇḍaṃ taṃ ca tatparamīśvaram

śrīkṛṣṇaṃ cāpi golokaṃ gopagopīsamanvitam /
taṃ saṃstūya varaṃ prāpa tataḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ

babhūvurbrahmaṇaḥ putrā mānasāḥ sanakādayaḥ /
tato rudrakalāścāpi śivasyaikādaśa smṛtāḥ

babhūva pātā viṣṇuśca kṣudrasya vāmapārśvataḥ/
caturbhujaśca bhagavān śvetadvīpe sa cāvasat

kṣudrasya nābhipadme ca brahmā viśvaṃ sasarja ha/
svargaṃ martyaṃ ca pātālaṃ trilokīṃ sacarācarām

evaṃ sarvaṃ lomakūpe viśvaṃ pratyekameva ca /
prativiśve kṣudravirāḍ brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ brahman kṛṣṇasaṅ‌kīrtanaṃ śubham/
sukhadaṃ mokṣadaṃ brahmankiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe
brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarādidevatotpattivarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ