Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.31

yamāṣṭakavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
śakterutkīrtanaṃ śrutvā sāvitrī yamavaktrataḥ /
sāśrunetrā sapulakā yamaṃ punaruvāca sā

sāvitryuvāca
śakterutkīrtanaṃ dharma sakaloddhārakāraṇam /
śrotṝṇāṃ caiva vaktṝṇāṃ janmamṛtyujarāharam

dānavānāṃ ca siddhānāṃ tapasāṃ ca paraṃ padam /
yogānāṃ caiva vedānāṃ kīrtanaṃ sevanaṃ vibho

muktitvamamaratvaṃ ca sarvasiddhitvameva ca /
śrīśaktisevakasyaiva kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm

bhajāmi kena vidhinā vada vedavidāṃvara /
śubhakarmavipākaṃ ca śrutaṃ nṝṇāṃ manoharam

karmāśubhavipākaṃ ca tanme vyākhyātumarhasi /
ityuktvā ca satī brahman bhaktinamrātmakandharā

tuṣṭāva dharmarājaṃ ca vedoktena stavena ca /
sāvitryuvāca
tapasā dharmamārādhya puṣkare bhāskaraḥ purā

dharmaṃ sūryaḥ sutaṃ prāpa dharmarājaṃ namāmyaham /
samatā sarvabhūteṣu yasya sarvasya sākṣiṇaḥ

ato yannāma śamanamiti taṃ praṇamāmyaham /
yenāntaśca kṛto viśve sarveṣāṃ jīvināṃ param

kāmānurūpaṃ kālena taṃ kṛtāntaṃ namāmyaham /
bibharti daṇḍaṃ daṇḍāya pāpināṃ śuddhihetave

namāmi taṃ daṇḍadharaṃ yaḥ śāstā sarvajīvinām /
viśvaṃ ca kalayatyeva yaḥ sarveṣu ca santatam

atīva durnivāryaṃ ca taṃ kālaṃ praṇamāmyaham /
tapasvī brahmaniṣṭho yaḥ saṃyamī sañjitendriyaḥ

jīvānāṃ karmaphaladastaṃ yamaṃ praṇamāmyaham /
svātmārāmaśca sarvajño mitraṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ bhavet

pāpināṃ kleśado yastaṃ puṇyamitraṃ namāmyaham /
yajjanma brahmaṇoṃ'śena jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā

yo dhyāyati paraṃ brahma tamīśaṃ praṇamāmyaham /
ityuktvā sā ca sāvitrī praṇanāma yamaṃ mune

yamastāṃ śaktibhajanaṃ karmapākamuvāca ha /
idaṃ yamāṣṭakaṃ nityaṃ prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet

yamāttasya bhayaṃ nāsti sarvapāpātpramucyate /
mahāpāpī yadi paṭhennityaṃ bhaktisamanvitaḥ /
yamaḥ karoti saṃśuddhaṃ kāyavyūhena niścitam

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
navamaskandhe yamāṣṭakavarṇanaṃ nāmekatriśo'dhyāyaḥ