Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 9.41

śrīlakṣmyupākhyānavarṇanam
śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca
hariṃ dhyātvā harirbrahman jagāma brahmaṇaḥ sabhām /
bṛhaspatiṃ puraskṛtya sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha

śīghraṃ gatvā brahmalokaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca kamalod‍bhavam /
praṇemurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ sahendrā guruṇā saha

vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa surācāryo vidhiṃ prati /
prahasyovāca tacchrutvā mahendraṃ kamalāsanaḥ

brahmovāca
vatsa madvaṃśajāto'si prapautro me vicakṣaṇaḥ /
bṛhaspateśca śiṣyastvaṃ surāṇāmadhipaḥ svayam

mātāmahaśca dakṣaste viṣṇubhaktaḥ pratāpavān /
kulatrayaṃ yasya śuddhaṃ kathaṃ so'haṅkṛto bhavet

mātā pativratā yasya pitā śuddho jitendriyaḥ /
mātāmaho mātulaśca kathaṃ so'haṅ‌kṛto bhavet

janaḥ paitṛkadoṣeṇa doṣānmātāmahasya ca /
gurudoṣāttribhirdoṣairharidoṣī bhaved‌ dhruvam

sarvāntarātmā bhagavān sarvadeheṣvavasthitaḥ /
yasya dehātsa prayāti sa śavastatkṣaṇaṃ bhavet

mano'hamindriyeśaṃ ca jñānarūpo hi śaṅ‌karaḥ /
viṣṇuprāṇā ca prakṛtirbuddhirbhagavatī satī

nidrādayaḥ śaktayaśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteḥ kalāḥ /
ātmanaḥ pratibimbaśca jīvo bhogaśarīrabhṛt

ātmanīśe gate dehātsarve yānti sasambhramāḥ /
yathā vartmani gacchantaṃ naradevamivānugāḥ

ahaṃ śivaśca śeṣaśca viṣṇurdharmo mahāvirāṭ /
yūyaṃ yadaṃśā bhaktāśca tatpuṣpaṃ nyakkṛtaṃ tvayā

śivena pūjitaṃ pādapadmaṃ puṣpeṇa yena ca /
tatra durvāsasā dattaṃ daivena nyakkṛtaṃ tvayā

tatpuṇyaṃ mastake yasya kṛṣṇapādābjapracyutam /
sarveṣāṃ ca surāṇāṃ ca tatpūjāpurato bhavet

daivena vañcitastvaṃ hi daivaṃ ca balavattaram /
bhāgyahīnaṃ janaṃ mūḍhaṃ ko vā rakṣitumīśvaraḥ

sā śrīrgatādhunā kopātkṛṣṇanirmālyavarjanāt /
adhunā gaccha vaikuṇṭhaṃ mayā ca guruṇā saha

niṣevya tatra śrīnāthaṃ śriyaṃ prāpsyati madvarāt /
evamuktvā ca sa brahmā sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ saha

tatra gatvā parabrahma bhagavantaṃ sanātanam /
dṛṣṭvā tejaḥsvarūpaṃ taṃ prajvalantaṃ svatejasā

grīṣmamadhyāhnamārtaṇḍaśatakoṭisamaprabham /
śāntamanādimadhyāntaṃ lakṣyīkāntamanantakam

caturbhujaiḥ pārṣadaiśca sarasvatyā yutaṃ prabhum /
bhaktyā caturbhirvedaiśca gaṅ‌gayā pariveṣṭitam

taṃ praṇemuḥ surāḥ sarve mūrdhnā brahmapurogamāḥ /
bhaktinamrāḥ sāśrunetrāstuṣṭuvuḥ parameśvaram

vṛttāntaṃ kathayāmāsa svayaṃ brahmā kṛtāñjaliḥ /
rurudurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ svādhikārāccutāśca tāḥ

sa dadarśa suragaṇaṃ vipad‌grastaṃ bhayākulam /
rat‍nabhūṣaṇaśūnyaṃ ca vāhanādivivarjitam

śobhāśūnyaṃ hataśrīkaṃ niṣprabhaṃ sabhayaṃ param /
uvāca kātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayabhītivibhañjanaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca
mā bhairbrahman he surāśca bhayaṃ kiṃ vo mayi sthite /
dāsyāmi lakṣmīmacalāṃ paramaiśvaryavardhinīm

kiñca madvacanaṃ kiñcicchrūyatāṃ samayocitam /
hitaṃ satyaṃ sārabhūtaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham

janāścāsaṃkhyaviśvasthā madadhīnāśca santatam /
yathā tathāhaṃ mad‍bhaktaparādhīno'svatantrakaḥ

yaṃ yaṃ ruṣṭo hi mad‍bhakto matparo hi niraṅ‌kuśaḥ /
tad‌gṛhe'haṃ na tiṣṭhāmi padmayā saha niścitam

durvāsāḥ śaṅ‌karāṃśaśca vaiṣṇavo matparāyaṇaḥ /
tacchāpādāgato'haṃ ca salakṣmīko hi vo gṛhāt

yatra śaṅ‌khadhvanirnāsti tulasī na śivārcanam /
na bhojanaṃ ca viprāṇāṃ na padmā tatra tiṣṭhati

mad‍bhaktānāṃ ca me nindā yatra brahman bhavetsurāḥ /
mahāruṣṭā mahālakṣmīstato yāti parābhavam

mad‍bhaktihīno yo mūḍho bhuṅkte yo harivāsare /
mama janmadine vāpi yāti śrīstad‌gṛhādapi

mannāmavikrayī yaśca vikrīṇāti svakanyakām /
yatrātithirna bhuṅ‌kte ca matpriyā yāti tad‌gṛhāt

yo vipraḥ puṃścalīputro mahāpāpī ca tatpatiḥ /
pāpino yo gṛhaṃ yāti śūdraśrāddhānnabhojakaḥ

mahāruṣṭā tato yāti mandirātkamalālayā /
śūdrāṇāṃ śavadāhī ca bhāgyahīno dvijādhamaḥ

yāti ruṣṭā tad‌gṛhācca devāḥ kamalavāsinī /
śūdrāṇāṃ sūpakārī yo brāhmaṇo vṛṣavāhakaḥ

tattoyapānabhītā ca kamalā yāti tad‌gṛhāt /
aśuddhahṛdayaḥ krūro hiṃsako nindako dvijaḥ

brāhmaṇaḥ śūdrayājī ca yāti devī ca tad‌gṛhāt /
avīrānnaṃ ca yo bhuṅ‌kte tasmādyāti jagatprasūḥ

tṛṇaṃ chinatti nakharaistairvā yo vilikhenmahīm /
nirāśo brāhmaṇo yatra tad‌gṛhādyāti matpriyā

sūryodaye dvijo bhuṅ‌kte divāsvāpī ca brāhmaṇaḥ /
divā maithunakārī ca yastasmādyāti matpriyā

ācārahīno vipro yo yaśca śūdrapratigrahī /
adīkṣito hi yo mūḍhastasmādvai yāti matpriyā

snigdhapādaśca nagno hi yaḥ śete jñānadurbalaḥ /
śaśvadvadati vācālo yāti sā tad‌gṛhātsatī

śirasnātastu tailena yo'nyāṅ‌gaṃ samupaspṛśet /
svāṅ‌gaṃ ca vādayedvādyaṃ ruṣṭā sā yāti tad‌gṛhāt

vratopavāsahīno yaḥ sandhyāhīno'śucirdvijaḥ /
viṣṇubhaktivihīnastu tasmādyāti ca matpriyā

brāhmaṇaṃ nindayedyo hi taṃ ca yo dveṣṭi santatam /
jīvahiṃsro dayāhīno yāti sarvaprasūstataḥ

yatra yatra harerarcā harerutkīrtanaṃ tathā /
tatra tiṣṭhati sā devī sarvamaṅ‌galamaṅ‌galā

yatra praśaṃsā kṛṣṇasya tad‍bhaktasya pitāmaha /
sā ca kṛṣṇapriyā devī tatra tiṣṭhati santatam

yatra śaṅ‌khadhvaniḥ śaṅ‌khaḥ śilā ca tulasīdalam /
tatsevā vandanaṃ dhyānaṃ tatra sā paritiṣṭhati

śivaliṅ‌gārcanaṃ yatra tasya cotkīrtanaṃ śubham /
durgārcanaṃ tad‌guṇāśca tatra padmanivāsinī

viprāṇāṃ sevanaṃ yatra teṣāṃ ca bhojanaṃ śubham /
arcanaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tatra padmamukhī satī

ityuktvā ca surānsarvān ramāmāha ramāpatiḥ /
kṣīrodasāgare janma kalayākalayeti ca

ityuktvā tāṃ jagannātho brahmāṇaṃ punarāha ca /
mathitvā sāgaraṃ lakṣmīṃ devebhyo dehi padmaja

ityuktvā kamalākānto jagāmāntaḥpuraṃ mune /
devāścireṇa kālena yayuḥ kṣīrodasāgaram

manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā kūrmaṃ kṛtvā ca bhājanam /
kṛtvā śeṣaṃ manthapāśaṃ mamanthurasurāḥ surāḥ

dhanvantariṃ ca pīyūṣamuccaiḥśravasamīpsitam /
nānārat‍naṃ hastirat‍naṃ prāpurlakṣmīṃ sudarśanam

vanamālāṃ dadau sā ca kṣīrodaśāyine mune /
sarveśvarāya ramyāya viṣṇave vaiṣṇavī satī

devaiḥ stutā pūjitā ca brahmaṇā śaṅ‌kareṇa ca /
dadau dṛṣṭiṃ suragṛhe brahmaśāpavimocanāt

prāpurdevāḥ svaviṣayaṃ daityagrastaṃ bhayaṅ‌karam /
mahālakṣmīprasādena varadānena nārada

ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ lakṣmyupākhyānamuttamam /
sukhadaṃ sārabhūtaṃ ca kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
navamaskandhe śrīlakṣmyupākhyānavarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ