Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.36
devapūjanāt sarvāriṣṭanivṛttivarṇanam
sāvitryuvāca
dharmarāja mahābhāga vedavedāṅgapāraga /
nānāpurāṇetihāse yatsāraṃ tatpradarśaya
sarveṣu sārabhūtaṃ yatsarveṣṭaṃ sarvasammatam /
karmacchedabījarūpaṃ praśastaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām
sarvapradaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ sarvamaṅgalakāraṇam /
bhayaṃ duḥkhaṃ na paśyanti yena vai sarvamānavāḥ
kuṇḍāni te na paśyanti teṣu naiva patanti ca /
na bhavedyena janmādi tatkarma vada sāmpratam
kimākārāṇi kuṇḍāni tāni vā nirmitāni ca /
ke ca kenaiva rūpeṇa tatra tiṣṭhanti pāpinaḥ
svadehe bhasmasādbhūte yāti lokāntaraṃ naraḥ /
kena dehena vā bhogaṃ karoti ca śubhāśubham
suciraṃ kleśabhogena kathaṃ deho na naśyati /
deho vā kiṃvidho brahmaṃstanme vyākhyātumarhasi
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
sāvitrīvacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājo hariṃ smaran /
kathāṃ kathitumārebhe karmabandhanikṛntanīm
dharmarāja uvāca
vatse caturṣu vedeṣu dharmeṣu saṃhitāsu ca /
purāṇeṣvitihāseṣu pāñcarātrādikeṣu ca
anyeṣu dharmaśāstreṣu vedāṅgeṣu ca suvrate /
sarveṣṭaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca pañcadevānusevanam
janmamṛtyujarāvyādhiśokasantāpanāśanam /
sarvamaṅgalarūpaṃ ca paramānandakāraṇam
kāraṇaṃ sarvasiddhīnāṃ narakārṇavatāraṇam /
bhaktivṛkṣāṅkurakaraṃ karmavṛkṣanikṛntanam
vimokṣasopānamidamavināśapadaṃ smṛtam /
sālokyasārṣṭisārūpyasāmīpyādipradaṃ śubham
kuṇḍāni yamadūtaiśca rakṣitāni sadā śubhe /
na hi paśyanti svapne ca pañcadevārcakā narāḥ
devībhaktivihīnā ye te paśyanti mamālayam /
yānti ye haritīrthaṃ vā śrayanti harivāsaram
praṇamanti hariṃ nityaṃ haryarcāṃ kalpayanti ca /
na yānti te'pi ghorāṃ ca mama saṃyaminīṃ purīm
trisandhipūtā viprāśca śuddhācārasamanvitāḥ /
nivṛttiṃ naiva lapsyanti devīsevāṃ vinā narāḥ
svadharmaniratācārāḥ svadharmaniratāstathā /
gacchanto mṛtyulokaṃ ca durdṛśā mama kiṅkarāḥ
bhītāḥ śivopāsakebhyo vainateyādivoragāḥ /
svadūtaṃ pāśahastaṃ ca gacchantaṃ vārayāmyaham
yāsyanti te ca sarvatra haridāsāśramaṃ vinā /
kṛṣṇamantropāsakācca vainateyādivoragāḥ
devīmantropāsakānāṃ nāmnāñcaiva nikṛntanam /
karoti nakhalekhanyā citraguptaśca bhītavat
madhuparkādikaṃ teṣāṃ kurute ca punaḥ punaḥ /
vilaṅghya brahmalokaṃ ca lokaṃ gacchanti te sati
duritāni ca naśyanti yeṣāṃ saṃsparśamātrataḥ /
te mahābhāgyavanto hi sahasrakulapāvanāḥ
yathā ca prajvaladvahnau śuṣkāni ca tṛṇāni ca /
prāpnoti mohaḥ sammohaṃ tāṃśca dṛṣṭvā ca bhītavat
kāmaśca kāminaṃ yāti lobhakrodhau tataḥ sati /
mṛtyuḥ pralīyate rogo jarā śoko bhayaṃ tathā
kālaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ karma harṣo bhogastathaiva ca /
ye ye na yānti tāṃ pīḍāṃ kathitāste mayā sati
śṛṇu dehavivaraṇaṃ kathayāmi yathāgamam /
pṛthivī vāyurākāśastejastoyamiti sphuṭam
dehināṃ dehabījaṃ ca sraṣṭṛsṛṣṭividhau param /
pṛthivyādipañjabhūtairyo deho nirmito bhavet
sa kṛtrimo naśvaraśca bhasmasācca bhavediha /
baddho'ṅguṣṭhapramāṇaśca yo jīvaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛtaḥ
bibharti sūkṣmaṃ dehaṃ taṃ tadrūpaṃ bhogahetave /
sa deho na bhavedbhasma jvaladagnau mamālaye
jalena naṣṭo dehī vā prahāre suciraṃ kṛte /
na śastreṇa na vāstreṇa sutīkṣṇakaṇṭake tathā
taptadrave taptalohe taptapāṣāṇa eva ca /
prataptapratimāśleṣe yatpūrvapatane'pi ca
na dagdho na ca bhagnaḥ sa bhuṅkte santāpameva ca /
kathito dehavṛttāntaḥ kāraṇaṃ ca yathāgamam /
kuṇḍānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ sarvaṃ bodhāya kathayāmi te
iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ navamaskandhe
nārāyaṇanāradasaṃvāde devapūjanāt sarvāriṣṭanivṛttivarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ
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