Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 1 — Chapter 3
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पुराणवर्णनपूर्वकतत्तद्युगीयव्यासवर्णनम् सूत उवाच शृण्वन्तु सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि पुराणानि मुनीश्वराः । यथाश्रुतानि तत्त्वेन व्यासात्सत्यवतीसुतात्
purāṇavarṇanapūrvakatattadyugīyavyāsavarṇanam sūta uvāca śṛṇvantu sampravakṣyāmi purāṇāni munīśvarāḥ | yathāśrutāni tattvena vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt
[Chapter: the description of the Purāṇas, followed by the description of the Vyāsa of each respective age.] Sūta said: Listen, lords among sages, I shall fully declare the Purāṇas as I heard them in their truth from Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī.
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मद्वयं भद्वयं चैव ब्रत्रयं वचतुष्टयम् । अनापलिंगकूस्कानि पुराणानि पृथक्पृथक्
madvayaṃ bhadvayaṃ caiva bratrayaṃ vacatuṣṭayam | anāpaliṃgakūskāni purāṇāni pṛthakpṛthak
Two beginning with 'ma', two with 'bha', three with 'bra', four with 'va', and (those beginning with) a, nā, pa, liṅga, ga, kū and ska — such are the Purāṇas, each separately.
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DB 1 3.3
चतुर्दशसहस्रं च मत्स्यमाद्यं प्रकीर्तितम् । ॥ तथा ग्रहसहस्रं तु मार्कण्डेयं महाद्भुतम् पुराणवर्णनपूर्वकतत्तद्युगीयव्यासवर्णनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः
caturdaśasahasraṃ ca matsyamādyaṃ prakīrtitam | || tathā grahasahasraṃ tu mārkaṇḍeyaṃ mahādbhutam purāṇavarṇanapūrvakatattadyugīyavyāsavarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ
The Matsya, the first, is declared to have fourteen thousand (verses); likewise the greatly wondrous Mārkaṇḍeya has nine thousand. [End of the third chapter, called 'the description of the Purāṇas followed by the description of the Vyāsa of each age'.]
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चतुर्दशसहस्राणि तथा पञ्चशतानि च । ॥ भविष्यं परिसंख्यातं मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः
caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañcaśatāni ca | || bhaviṣyaṃ parisaṃkhyātaṃ munibhistattvadarśibhiḥ
The Bhaviṣya has been reckoned by the truth-seeing sages at fourteen thousand five hundred.
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DB 1 3.5
अष्टादशसहस्रं वै पुण्यं भागवतं किल । तथा चायुतसंख्याकं पुराणं ब्रह्मसंज्ञकम्
aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ vai puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ kila | tathā cāyutasaṃkhyākaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmasaṃjñakam
The holy Bhāgavata is indeed eighteen thousand; and the Purāṇa named Brahma is of ten thousand in number.
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DB 1 3.6
द्वादशैव सहस्राणि ब्रह्माण्डं च शताधिकम् । तथाष्टादशसाहस्रं ब्रह्मवैवर्तमेव च
dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi brahmāṇḍaṃ ca śatādhikam | tathāṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ brahmavaivartameva ca
The Brahmāṇḍa is twelve thousand and a hundred more; and the Brahmavaivarta likewise eighteen thousand.
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DB 1 3.7
अयुतं वामनाख्यं च वायव्यं षट्शतानि च । चतुर्विंशतिसंख्यातः सहस्राणि तु शौनक
ayutaṃ vāmanākhyaṃ ca vāyavyaṃ ṣaṭśatāni ca | caturviṃśatisaṃkhyātaḥ sahasrāṇi tu śaunaka
The one called Vāmana is ten thousand, and the Vāyavya six hundred (over) — reckoned at twenty-four thousand, O Śaunaka.
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त्रयोविंशतिसाहस्रं वैष्णवं परमाद्भुतम् । चतुर्विंशतिसाहस्रं वाराहं परमाद्भुतम्
trayoviṃśatisāhasraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ paramādbhutam | caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ paramādbhutam
The Vaiṣṇava, most wonderful, is twenty-three thousand; the Vārāha, most wonderful, twenty-four thousand.
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षोडशैव सहस्राणि पुराणं चाग्निसंज्ञितम् । पञ्चविंशतिसाहस्रं नारदं परमं मतम्
ṣoḍaśaiva sahasrāṇi purāṇaṃ cāgnisaṃjñitam | pañcaviṃśatisāhasraṃ nāradaṃ paramaṃ matam
The Purāṇa named after Agni is sixteen thousand; the Nārada, held supreme, twenty-five thousand.
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पञ्चपञ्चाशत्साहस्रं पद्माख्यं विपुलं मतम् । एकादशसहस्राणि लिङ्गाख्यं चातिविस्मृतम्
pañcapañcāśatsāhasraṃ padmākhyaṃ vipulaṃ matam | ekādaśasahasrāṇi liṅgākhyaṃ cātivismṛtam
The one called Padma, held to be extensive, is fifty-five thousand; and the one called Liṅga, much forgotten, eleven thousand.
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एकोनविंशत्साहस्रं गारुडं हरिभाषितम् । सप्तदशसहस्रं च पुराणं कूर्मभाषितम्
ekonaviṃśatsāhasraṃ gāruḍaṃ haribhāṣitam | saptadaśasahasraṃ ca purāṇaṃ kūrmabhāṣitam
The Gāruḍa, spoken by Hari, is nineteen thousand; and the Purāṇa spoken by the Tortoise is seventeen thousand.
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DB 1 3.12
एकाशीतिसहस्राणि स्कन्दाख्यं परमाद्भुतम् । पुराणाख्या च संख्या च विस्तरेण मयानघाः
ekāśītisahasrāṇi skandākhyaṃ paramādbhutam | purāṇākhyā ca saṃkhyā ca vistareṇa mayānaghāḥ
The most wonderful one called Skanda is eighty-one thousand. Thus the names of the Purāṇas and their extent (have been told) by me at length, O sinless ones.
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DB 1 3.13
तथैवोपपुराणानि शृण्वन्तु ऋषिसत्तमाः । सनत्कुमारं प्रथमं नारसिंहं ततः परम्
tathaivopapurāṇāni śṛṇvantu ṛṣisattamāḥ | sanatkumāraṃ prathamaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ tataḥ param
Now hear likewise of the secondary Purāṇas, O best of sages: the Sanatkumāra first, then after that the Nārasiṃha.
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DB 1 3.14
नारदीयं शिवं चैव दौर्वाससमनुत्तमम् । कापिलं मानवं चैव तथा चौशनसं स्मृतम्
nāradīyaṃ śivaṃ caiva daurvāsasamanuttamam | kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathā cauśanasaṃ smṛtam
The Nāradīya, the Śiva, the unsurpassed Daurvāsasa, the Kāpila, the Mānava, and likewise the Auśanasa are recorded.
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DB 1 3.15
वारुणं कालिकाख्यं च साम्बं नन्दिकृतं शुभम् । सौरं पाराशरप्रोक्तमादित्यं चातिविस्तरम्
vāruṇaṃ kālikākhyaṃ ca sāmbaṃ nandikṛtaṃ śubham | sauraṃ pārāśaraproktamādityaṃ cātivistaram
The Vāruṇa, the one called Kālikā, the auspicious Sāmba composed by Nandin, the Saura declared by Parāśara, and the very extensive Āditya;
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माहेश्वरं भागवतं वासिष्ठं च सविस्तरम् । एतान्युपपुराणानि कथितानि महात्मभिः
māheśvaraṃ bhāgavataṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ ca savistaram | etānyupapurāṇāni kathitāni mahātmabhiḥ
the Māheśvara, the Bhāgavata, and the Vāsiṣṭha, in full extent — these secondary Purāṇas have been told by the great souls.
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DB 1 3.17
अष्टादश पुराणानि कृत्वा सत्यवतीसुतः । भारताख्यानमतुलं चक्रे तदुपबृंहितम्
aṣṭādaśa purāṇāni kṛtvā satyavatīsutaḥ | bhāratākhyānamatulaṃ cakre tadupabṛṃhitam
Having made the eighteen Purāṇas, the son of Satyavatī composed the unequalled narrative called the Bhārata, expanded out of them.
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DB 1 3.18
मन्वन्तरेषु सर्वेषु द्वापरे द्वापरे युगे । प्रादुःकरोति धर्मार्थी पुराणानि यथाविधि
manvantareṣu sarveṣu dvāpare dvāpare yuge | prāduḥkaroti dharmārthī purāṇāni yathāvidhi
In all the Manu-periods, in each and every Dvāpara age, he, desiring dharma, brings forth the Purāṇas according to rule.
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DB 1 3.19
द्वापरे द्वापरे विष्णुर्व्यासरूपेण सर्वदा । वेदमेकं स बहुधा कुरुते हितकाम्यया
dvāpare dvāpare viṣṇurvyāsarūpeṇa sarvadā | vedamekaṃ sa bahudhā kurute hitakāmyayā
In each Dvāpara age Viṣṇu, always in the form of Vyāsa, makes the one Veda into many, out of a wish for (the world's) welfare.
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DB 1 3.20
अल्पायुषोऽल्पबुद्धींश्च विप्रान्ज्ञात्वा कलावथ । पुराणसंहितां पुण्यां कुरुतेऽसौ युगे युगे
alpāyuṣo'lpabuddhīṃśca viprānjñātvā kalāvatha | purāṇasaṃhitāṃ puṇyāṃ kurute'sau yuge yuge
And knowing the brahmins in the Kali age to be short-lived and of little intelligence, he makes the holy Purāṇa collection in age after age.
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स्त्रीशूद्रद्विजबन्धूनां न वेदश्रवणं मतम् । तेषामेव हितार्थाय पुराणानि कृतानि च
strīśūdradvijabandhūnāṃ na vedaśravaṇaṃ matam | teṣāmeva hitārthāya purāṇāni kṛtāni ca
For women, śūdras, and the lesser kinsmen of the twice-born, the hearing of the Veda is not approved; and it is precisely for their benefit that the Purāṇas were composed.
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मन्वन्तरे सप्तमेऽत्र शुभे वैवस्वताभिधे । अष्टाविंशतिमे प्राप्ते द्वापरे मुनिसत्तमाः
manvantare saptame'tra śubhe vaivasvatābhidhe | aṣṭāviṃśatime prāpte dvāpare munisattamāḥ
Here in the seventh, auspicious Manu-period named after Vaivasvata, when the twenty-eighth Dvāpara had arrived, O best of sages—
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व्यासः सत्यवतीसूनुर्गुरुर्मे धर्मवित्तमः । एकोनत्रिंशत्संप्राप्ते द्रौणिर्व्यासो भविष्यति
vyāsaḥ satyavatīsūnurgururme dharmavittamaḥ | ekonatriṃśatsaṃprāpte drauṇirvyāso bhaviṣyati
—Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, my teacher, the foremost knower of dharma (was Vyāsa); when the twenty-ninth arrives, Droṇa's son will be Vyāsa.
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अतीतास्तु तथा व्यासाः सप्तविंशतिरेव च । पुराणसंहितास्तैस्तु कथितास्तु युगे युगे
atītāstu tathā vyāsāḥ saptaviṃśatireva ca | purāṇasaṃhitāstaistu kathitāstu yuge yuge
And thus the past Vyāsas are twenty-seven in number, and by them the Purāṇa collections were recited in age after age.
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DB 1 3.25
ऋषय ऊचुः ब्रूहि सूत महाभाग व्यासाः पूर्वयुगोद्भवाः । वक्तारस्तु पुराणानां द्वापरे द्वापरे युगे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ brūhi sūta mahābhāga vyāsāḥ pūrvayugodbhavāḥ | vaktārastu purāṇānāṃ dvāpare dvāpare yuge
The sages said: Tell (us), Sūta, greatly fortunate one, of the Vyāsas who arose in former ages, the speakers of the Purāṇas in each Dvāpara age.
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सूत उवाच द्वापरे प्रथमे व्यस्ताः स्वयं वेदाः स्वयम्भुवा । प्रजापतिर्द्वितीये तु द्वापरे व्यासकार्यकृत्
sūta uvāca dvāpare prathame vyastāḥ svayaṃ vedāḥ svayambhuvā | prajāpatirdvitīye tu dvāpare vyāsakāryakṛt
Sūta said: In the first Dvāpara the Vedas were divided by the Self-existent One himself; in the second Dvāpara Prajāpati did the work of Vyāsa.
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तृतीये चोशना व्यासश्चतुर्थे तु बृहस्पतिः । पञ्चमे सविता व्यासः षष्ठे मृत्युस्तथापरे
tṛtīye cośanā vyāsaścaturthe tu bṛhaspatiḥ | pañcame savitā vyāsaḥ ṣaṣṭhe mṛtyustathāpare
In the third Uśanas was Vyāsa, and in the fourth Bṛhaspati; in the fifth Savitā was Vyāsa, and in the sixth, the next, Mṛtyu.
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मघवा सप्तमे प्राप्ते वसिष्ठस्त्वष्टमे स्मृतः । सारस्वतस्तु नवमे त्रिधामा दशमे तथा
maghavā saptame prāpte vasiṣṭhastvaṣṭame smṛtaḥ | sārasvatastu navame tridhāmā daśame tathā
When the seventh came, Maghavan; in the eighth Vasiṣṭha is recorded; in the ninth Sārasvata, and likewise Tridhāman in the tenth.
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एकादशेऽथ त्रिवृषो भरद्वाजस्ततः परम् । त्रयोदशे चान्तरिक्षो धर्मश्चापि चतुर्दशे
ekādaśe'tha trivṛṣo bharadvājastataḥ param | trayodaśe cāntarikṣo dharmaścāpi caturdaśe
Then in the eleventh Trivṛṣa, after that Bharadvāja; and in the thirteenth Antarikṣa, and Dharma in the fourteenth.
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त्रय्यारुणिः पञ्चदशे षोडशे तु धनञ्जयः । मेधातिथिः सप्तदशे व्रती ह्यष्टादशे तथा
trayyāruṇiḥ pañcadaśe ṣoḍaśe tu dhanañjayaḥ | medhātithiḥ saptadaśe vratī hyaṣṭādaśe tathā
Trayyāruṇi in the fifteenth, and in the sixteenth Dhanañjaya; Medhātithi in the seventeenth, and likewise Vratī in the eighteenth.
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अत्रिरेकोनविंशेऽथ गौतमस्तु ततः परम् । उत्तमश्चैकविंशेऽथ हर्यात्मा परिकीर्तितः
atrirekonaviṃśe'tha gautamastu tataḥ param | uttamaścaikaviṃśe'tha haryātmā parikīrtitaḥ
Then Atri in the nineteenth, and after that Gautama; then Uttama in the twenty-first, and Haryātmā is proclaimed (next).
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वेनो वाजश्रवाश्चैव सोमोऽमुष्यायणस्तथा । तृणबिन्दुस्तथा व्यासो भार्गवस्तु ततः परम्
veno vājaśravāścaiva somo'muṣyāyaṇastathā | tṛṇabindustathā vyāso bhārgavastu tataḥ param
Vena, and Vājaśravas, and Soma Amuṣyāyaṇa likewise; then Tṛṇabindu as Vyāsa, and after that Bhārgava.
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ततः शक्तिर्जातुकर्ण्यः कृष्णद्वैपायनस्ततः । अष्टाविंशतिसंख्येयं कथिता या मया श्रुता
tataḥ śaktirjātukarṇyaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanastataḥ | aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyeyaṃ kathitā yā mayā śrutā
Then Śakti, Jātukarṇya, and then Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana: this reckoning of twenty-eight has been told by me as I heard it.
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कृष्णद्वैपायनात्प्रोक्तं पुराणं च मया श्रुतम् । श्रीमद्भागवतं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखौघनाशनम्
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanātproktaṃ purāṇaṃ ca mayā śrutam | śrīmadbhāgavataṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaughanāśanam
And the Purāṇa spoken by Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana was heard by me: the holy Śrīmad Bhāgavata, destroyer of the whole flood of sorrows,
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कामदं मोक्षदं चैव वेदार्थपरिबृंहितम् । सर्वागमरसारामं मुमुक्षूणां सदा प्रियम्
kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva vedārthaparibṛṃhitam | sarvāgamarasārāmaṃ mumukṣūṇāṃ sadā priyam
granting desires and granting liberation, swelled out with the meaning of the Vedas, a pleasure-grove of the essence of all scriptures, ever dear to those who seek release.
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DB 1 3.36
व्यासेन कृत्वातिशुभं पुराणं शुकाय पुत्राय महात्मने यत् । वैराग्ययुक्ताय च पाठितं वै विज्ञाय चैवारणिसम्भवाय
vyāsena kṛtvātiśubhaṃ purāṇaṃ śukāya putrāya mahātmane yat | vairāgyayuktāya ca pāṭhitaṃ vai vijñāya caivāraṇisambhavāya
This most auspicious Purāṇa, having been composed by Vyāsa, was taught by him to his noble son Śuka, who was endowed with detachment—having recognised (his fitness), to him who was born from the fire-drill.
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DB 1 3.37
श्रुतं मया तत्र तथा गृहीतं यथार्थवद्व्यासमुखान्मुनीन्द्राः । पुराणगुह्यं सकलं समेतं गुरोः प्रसादात्करुणानिधेश्च
śrutaṃ mayā tatra tathā gṛhītaṃ yathārthavadvyāsamukhānmunīndrāḥ | purāṇaguhyaṃ sakalaṃ sametaṃ guroḥ prasādātkaruṇānidheśca
There I heard it, and grasped it just as it is, from Vyāsa's own mouth, O lords of sages — the whole secret Purāṇa in its entirety, by the grace of my teacher, who is a treasury of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 3.38
सूतेन पृष्टः सकलं जगाद द्वैपायनस्तत्र पुराणगुह्यम् । अयोनिजेनाद्भुतबुद्धिना वै श्रुतं मया तत्र महाप्रभावम्
sūtena pṛṣṭaḥ sakalaṃ jagāda dvaipāyanastatra purāṇaguhyam | ayonijenādbhutabuddhinā vai śrutaṃ mayā tatra mahāprabhāvam
Questioned by the Sūta, Dvaipāyana there declared the whole secret Purāṇa; heard by me there from him of wondrous intellect, who was not born from a womb, (it is) of great power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 1 3.39
श्रीमद्भागवतामरांघ्रिपफलास्वादादरः सत्तमाः संसारार्णवदुर्विगाह्यसलिलं सन्तर्तुकामः शुकः । नानाख्यानरसालयं श्रुतिपुटैः प्रेम्णाशृणोदद्भुतं तच्छ्रुत्वा न विमुच्यते कलिभयादेवंविधः कः क्षितौ
śrīmadbhāgavatāmarāṃghripaphalāsvādādaraḥ sattamāḥ saṃsārārṇavadurvigāhyasalilaṃ santartukāmaḥ śukaḥ | nānākhyānarasālayaṃ śrutipuṭaiḥ premṇāśṛṇodadbhutaṃ tacchrutvā na vimucyate kalibhayādevaṃvidhaḥ kaḥ kṣitau
O best of the good, Śuka, having a relish for tasting the fruit of the immortal wish-tree that is the glorious Bhāgavata, wishing to cross the ocean of worldly existence whose waters are hard to traverse, listened with love, through the cups of his ears, to that wondrous (Purāṇa), the abode of the savour of manifold tales. Who on earth, having heard it, is not freed from the fear of the Kali age?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 3.40
पापीयानपि वेदधर्मरहितः स्वाचारहीनाशयो ॥ व्याजेनापि शृणोति यः परमिदं श्रीमत्पुराणोत्तमम् । भुक्त्या भोगकलापमत्र विपुलं देहावसानेऽचलं योगिप्राप्यमवाप्नुयाद्भगवतीनामाङ्कितं सुन्दरम्
pāpīyānapi vedadharmarahitaḥ svācārahīnāśayo || vyājenāpi śṛṇoti yaḥ paramidaṃ śrīmatpurāṇottamam | bhuktyā bhogakalāpamatra vipulaṃ dehāvasāne'calaṃ yogiprāpyamavāpnuyādbhagavatīnāmāṅkitaṃ sundaram
Even a very sinful man, devoid of the Vedic law, whose disposition is bereft of good conduct — whoever listens to this supreme, glorious, best of Purāṇas, even under a pretext — having here enjoyed an abundant mass of pleasures, at the end of the body he would attain that unshakable, beautiful (state) marked with the Goddess's name, attainable (only) by yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 3.41
या निर्गुणा हरिहरादिभिरप्यलभ्या विद्या सतां प्रियतमाथ समाधिगम्या । सा तस्य चित्तकुहरे प्रकरोति भावं यः संशृणोति सततं तु सतीपुराणम्
yā nirguṇā hariharādibhirapyalabhyā vidyā satāṃ priyatamātha samādhigamyā | sā tasya cittakuhare prakaroti bhāvaṃ yaḥ saṃśṛṇoti satataṃ tu satīpurāṇam
That knowledge which is beyond the qualities, unattainable even by Hari, Hara and the rest, dearest to the good, and reached (only) through deep meditation — it produces its presence in the cave of the heart of him who constantly listens to the Purāṇa of the Chaste Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 3.42
सम्प्राप्य मानुषभवं सकलाङ्गयुक्तं पोतं भवार्णवजलोत्तरणाय कामम् । सम्प्राप्य वाचकमहो न शृणोति मूढः स वञ्चितोऽत्र विधिना सुखदं पुराणम्
samprāpya mānuṣabhavaṃ sakalāṅgayuktaṃ potaṃ bhavārṇavajalottaraṇāya kāmam | samprāpya vācakamaho na śṛṇoti mūḍhaḥ sa vañcito'tra vidhinā sukhadaṃ purāṇam
Having obtained human birth complete in all its limbs, a ship, indeed, for crossing the waters of the ocean of existence, and having obtained a reciter — alas, the fool does not listen! He has been cheated in this world by fate of the joy-giving Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 1 3.43
यः प्राप्य कर्णयुगलं पटुमानुषत्वे रागी शृणोति सततं च परापवादान् । सर्वार्थदं रसनिधिं विमलं पुराणं नष्टः कुतो न शृणुते भुवि मन्दबुद्धिः
yaḥ prāpya karṇayugalaṃ paṭumānuṣatve rāgī śṛṇoti satataṃ ca parāpavādān | sarvārthadaṃ rasanidhiṃ vimalaṃ purāṇaṃ naṣṭaḥ kuto na śṛṇute bhuvi mandabuddhiḥ
He who, having obtained a pair of ears in the state of a capable human being, passionately listens always to slanders of others, and does not listen to the pure Purāṇa, giver of all aims, a treasury of savour — that dull-witted man on earth is lost; why (does he not listen)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain