Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 12 — Chapter 14
DB 12 14.1
श्रीमद्देवीभागवतमहापुराण-श्रवणफलवर्णनम् सूत उवाच अर्धश्लोकात्मकं यत्तु देवीवक्त्राब्जनिर्गतम् । श्रीमद्भागवतं नाम वेदसिद्धान्तबोधकम्
śrīmaddevībhāgavatamahāpurāṇa-śravaṇaphalavarṇanam sūta uvāca ardhaślokātmakaṃ yattu devīvaktrābjanirgatam | śrīmadbhāgavataṃ nāma vedasiddhāntabodhakam
The description of the fruit of hearing the Śrīmad Devībhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa. Sūta said: That which, consisting of half a verse, came forth from the lotus mouth of the Goddess, named the Śrīmad Bhāgavata, teaching the settled doctrine of the Vedas —
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DB 12 14.2
उपदिष्टं विष्णुवे यद्वटपत्रनिवासिने । शतकोटिप्रविस्तीर्णं तत्कृतं ब्रह्मणा पुरा
upadiṣṭaṃ viṣṇuve yadvaṭapatranivāsine | śatakoṭipravistīrṇaṃ tatkṛtaṃ brahmaṇā purā
which was taught to Viṣṇu as he lay on the banyan leaf — that was formerly made by Brahmā, extended to a hundred crores (of verses).
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DB 12 14.3
तत्सारमेकतः कृत्वा व्यासेन शुकहेतवे । अष्टादशसहस्रं तु द्वादशस्कन्धसंयुतम्
tatsāramekataḥ kṛtvā vyāsena śukahetave | aṣṭādaśasahasraṃ tu dvādaśaskandhasaṃyutam
Bringing its essence together into one, for Śuka's sake, Vyāsa (composed) the eighteen thousand (verses) joined with twelve books;
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DB 12 14.4
देवीभागवतं नाम पुराणं ग्रथितं पुरा । अद्यापि देवलोके तद्बहुविस्तीर्णमस्ति हि
devībhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ grathitaṃ purā | adyāpi devaloke tadbahuvistīrṇamasti hi
the Purāṇa named Devībhāgavata was thus composed of old; and even today, in the world of the gods, that (work) exists in its greatly extended form.
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DB 12 14.5
नानेन सदृशं पुण्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । पदे पदेऽश्वमेधस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः
nānena sadṛśaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam | pade pade'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ
There is nothing equal to this in merit, in purity, in destroying sin; at every step a man obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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DB 12 14.6
पौराणिकं पूजयित्वा वस्त्राद्याभरणादिभिः । व्यासबुद्ध्या तन्मुखात्तु श्रुत्वैतत्समुपोषितः
paurāṇikaṃ pūjayitvā vastrādyābharaṇādibhiḥ | vyāsabuddhyā tanmukhāttu śrutvaitatsamupoṣitaḥ
Having honoured the reciter of the Purāṇa with clothes, ornaments and the like, and regarding him as Vyāsa, having heard this from his mouth while keeping a fast —
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DB 12 14.7
लिखित्वा निजहस्तेन लेखकेनाथवा मुने । प्रौष्ठपद्यां पौर्णमास्यां हेमसिंहसमन्वितम्
likhitvā nijahastena lekhakenāthavā mune | prauṣṭhapadyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ hemasiṃhasamanvitam
having written it with one's own hand, or by a scribe, O sage, on the full-moon day of Bhādrapada, (the book) set upon a golden lion-seat,
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DB 12 14.8
दद्यात्पौराणिकायाथ दक्षिणां च पयस्विनीम् । सालङ्कृतां सवत्सां च कपिलां हेममालिनीम्
dadyātpaurāṇikāyātha dakṣiṇāṃ ca payasvinīm | sālaṅkṛtāṃ savatsāṃ ca kapilāṃ hemamālinīm
one should then give it to the reciter of the Purāṇa, and as his fee a milch cow, adorned, with her calf, a tawny cow with a golden garland.
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DB 12 14.9
भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणानन्तेऽप्यध्यायपरिसम्मितान् । सुवासिनीस्तावतीश्च कुमारीर्बटुकैः सह
bhojayedbrāhmaṇānante'pyadhyāyaparisammitān | suvāsinīstāvatīśca kumārīrbaṭukaiḥ saha
At the end one should feed brahmins numbering as many as the chapters, and as many married women, and young girls together with young boys.
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DB 12 14.10
देवीबुद्ध्या पूजयेत्तान्वसनाभरणादिभिः । पायसान्नवरेणापि गन्धस्रक्कुसुमादिभिः
devībuddhyā pūjayettānvasanābharaṇādibhiḥ | pāyasānnavareṇāpi gandhasrakkusumādibhiḥ
One should worship them, regarding them as the Goddess, with garments, ornaments and the like, and also with excellent milk-rice food, with fragrances, garlands, flowers and so on.
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DB 12 14.11
पुराणदानेनैतेन भूदानस्य फलं लभेत् । इहलोके सुखी भूत्वाप्यन्ते देवीपुरं व्रजेत्
purāṇadānenaitena bhūdānasya phalaṃ labhet | ihaloke sukhī bhūtvāpyante devīpuraṃ vrajet
By this gift of the Purāṇa one obtains the fruit of the gift of land; being happy in this world, at the end one goes to the city of the Goddess.
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DB 12 14.12
नित्यं यः शृणुयाद्भक्त्या देवीभागवतं परम् । न तस्य दुर्लभं किञ्चित्कदाचित्क्वचिदस्ति हि
nityaṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā devībhāgavataṃ param | na tasya durlabhaṃ kiñcitkadācitkvacidasti hi
He who daily hears with devotion the supreme Devībhāgavata — for him there is nothing hard to obtain, at any time or anywhere.
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DB 12 14.13
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रान्धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् । विद्यार्थी प्राप्नुयाद्विद्यां कीर्तिमण्डितभूतलः
aputro labhate putrāndhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt | vidyārthī prāpnuyādvidyāṃ kīrtimaṇḍitabhūtalaḥ
One without a son obtains sons; one who desires wealth would gain wealth; one who desires learning would attain learning, adorning the earth with his fame.
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DB 12 14.14
वन्ध्या वा काकवन्ध्या वा मृतवन्ध्या च याङ्गना । श्रवणादस्य तद्दोषान्निवर्तेत न संशयः श्रीमद्देवीभागवतमहापुराण-श्रवणफलवर्णनं नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः
vandhyā vā kākavandhyā vā mṛtavandhyā ca yāṅganā | śravaṇādasya taddoṣānnivarteta na saṃśayaḥ śrīmaddevībhāgavatamahāpurāṇa-śravaṇaphalavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Whatever woman is barren, or bears only one child, or bears dead children — by hearing this she would be freed from that defect, there is no doubt. (Thus ends) the fourteenth chapter, named the Description of the Fruit of Hearing the Śrīmad Devībhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa.
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DB 12 14.15
यद्गेहे पुस्तकं चैतत्पूजितं यदि तिष्ठति । तद्गेहं न त्यजेन्नित्यं रमा चैव सरस्वती
yadgehe pustakaṃ caitatpūjitaṃ yadi tiṣṭhati | tadgehaṃ na tyajennityaṃ ramā caiva sarasvatī
In whatever house this book stands duly honoured, that house Ramā (Lakṣmī) and Sarasvatī never abandon.
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DB 12 14.16
नेक्षन्ते तत्र वेतालडाकिनीराक्षसादयः । ज्वरितं तु नरं स्पृष्ट्वा पठेदेतत्समाहितः
nekṣante tatra vetālaḍākinīrākṣasādayaḥ | jvaritaṃ tu naraṃ spṛṣṭvā paṭhedetatsamāhitaḥ
There vetālas, ḍākinīs, rākṣasas and the like do not look (upon that house). And having touched a man stricken with fever, one should recite this with a collected mind.
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DB 12 14.17
मण्डलान्नाशमाप्नोति ज्वरो दाहसमन्वितः । शतावृत्त्यास्य पठनात्क्षयरोगो विनश्यति
maṇḍalānnāśamāpnoti jvaro dāhasamanvitaḥ | śatāvṛttyāsya paṭhanātkṣayarogo vinaśyati
Within a maṇḍala (period of forty days) the fever, together with its burning, comes to destruction; by reciting this a hundred times, consumption is destroyed.
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DB 12 14.18
प्रतिसन्ध्यं पठेद्यस्तु सन्ध्यां कृत्वा समाहितः । एकैकमस्य चाध्यायं स नरो ज्ञानवान्भवेत्
pratisandhyaṃ paṭhedyastu sandhyāṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ | ekaikamasya cādhyāyaṃ sa naro jñānavānbhavet
He who, having performed the twilight rite, recites at each twilight with a collected mind one chapter of this at a time—that man becomes possessed of knowledge.
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DB 12 14.19
शकुनांश्चैव वीक्षेत कार्याकार्येषु चैव हि । तत्प्रकारः पुरस्तात्तु कथितोऽस्ति मया मुने
śakunāṃścaiva vīkṣeta kāryākāryeṣu caiva hi | tatprakāraḥ purastāttu kathito'sti mayā mune
And one should observe the omens in matters to be done and not to be done; the manner of that has been told by me earlier, O sage.
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DB 12 14.20
नवरात्रे पठेन्नित्यं शारदीयेऽतिभक्तितः । तस्याम्बिका तु सन्तुष्टा ददातीच्छाधिकं फलम्
navarātre paṭhennityaṃ śāradīye'tibhaktitaḥ | tasyāmbikā tu santuṣṭā dadātīcchādhikaṃ phalam
During the autumnal Navarātra one should recite (it) daily with great devotion; Ambikā, well pleased with him, grants a reward exceeding his wish.
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DB 12 14.21
वैष्णवैश्चैव शैवैश्च रमोमा प्रीयते सदा । सौरैश्च गाणपत्यैश्च स्वेष्टशक्तेश्च तुष्टये
vaiṣṇavaiścaiva śaivaiśca ramomā prīyate sadā | sauraiśca gāṇapatyaiśca sveṣṭaśakteśca tuṣṭaye
Ramā and Umā are ever pleased by Vaiṣṇavas and by Śaivas; and by Sauras and Gāṇapatyas (it is to be recited) for the satisfaction of one's own chosen Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 12 14.22
पठितव्यं प्रयत्नेन नवरात्रचतुष्टये । वैदिकैर्निजगायत्रीप्रीतये नित्यशो मुने
paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena navarātracatuṣṭaye | vaidikairnijagāyatrīprītaye nityaśo mune
It is to be recited with effort in the four Navarātras; by followers of the Veda, constantly, for the pleasure of their own Gāyatrī, O sage.
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DB 12 14.23
पठितव्यं प्रयत्नेन विरोधो नात्र कस्यचित् । उपासना तु सर्वेषां शक्तियुक्तास्ति सर्वदा
paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena virodho nātra kasyacit | upāsanā tu sarveṣāṃ śaktiyuktāsti sarvadā
It is to be recited with effort; there is here no conflict for anyone; for the worship of all is always joined with Śakti.
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DB 12 14.24
तच्छक्तेरेव तोषार्थं पठितव्यं सदा द्विजैः । स्त्रीशूद्रो न पठेदेतत्कदापि च विमोहितः
tacchaktereva toṣārthaṃ paṭhitavyaṃ sadā dvijaiḥ | strīśūdro na paṭhedetatkadāpi ca vimohitaḥ
For the pleasing of that very Śakti it should always be recited by the twice-born; a woman or a śūdra should never recite this, being deluded.
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DB 12 14.25
शृणुयाद्द्विजवक्त्रात्तु नित्यमेवेति च स्थितिः । किं पुनर्बहुनोक्तेन सारं वक्ष्यामि तत्त्वतः
śṛṇuyāddvijavaktrāttu nityameveti ca sthitiḥ | kiṃ punarbahunoktena sāraṃ vakṣyāmi tattvataḥ
But he may hear it from the mouth of a twice-born—daily, indeed: such is the rule. What more with much speaking? I shall state the essence as it truly is.
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DB 12 14.26
वेदसारमिदं पुण्यं पुराणं द्विजसत्तमाः । वेदपाठसमं पाठे श्रवणे च तथैव हि
vedasāramidaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | vedapāṭhasamaṃ pāṭhe śravaṇe ca tathaiva hi
This meritorious Purāṇa is the essence of the Veda, O best of the twice-born; in reciting and likewise in hearing it is equal to the recitation of the Veda.
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DB 12 14.27
सच्चिदानन्दरूपां तां गायत्रीप्रतिपादिताम् । नमामि ह्रींमयीं देवीं धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
saccidānandarūpāṃ tāṃ gāyatrīpratipāditām | namāmi hrīṃmayīṃ devīṃ dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt
I bow to that Goddess, whose form is being-consciousness-bliss, who is set forth by the Gāyatrī, who consists of (the syllable) hrīṃ—she who impels our thoughts.
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DB 12 14.28
इति सूतवचः श्रुत्वा नैमिषीयास्तपोधनाः । पूजयामासुरत्युच्चैः सूतं पौराणिकोत्तमम्
iti sūtavacaḥ śrutvā naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ | pūjayāmāsuratyuccaiḥ sūtaṃ paurāṇikottamam
Having heard these words of the Sūta, the sages of Naimiṣa, rich in austerity, honoured most highly the Sūta, best of the Purāṇa-reciters.
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DB 12 14.29
प्रसन्नहृदयाः सर्वे देवीपादाम्बुजार्चकाः । निर्वृतिं परमां प्राप्ताः पुराणस्य प्रभावतः
prasannahṛdayāḥ sarve devīpādāmbujārcakāḥ | nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ prāptāḥ purāṇasya prabhāvataḥ
All of them, with hearts gladdened, worshippers of the Goddess's lotus feet, attained the highest bliss through the power of the Purāṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 12 14.30
नमश्चक्रुः पुनः सूतं क्षमाप्य च मुहुर्मुहुः । संसारवारिधेस्तात प्लवोऽस्माकं त्वमेव हि
namaścakruḥ punaḥ sūtaṃ kṣamāpya ca muhurmuhuḥ | saṃsāravāridhestāta plavo'smākaṃ tvameva hi
Again they bowed to the Sūta and, begging his pardon again and again (said): "Dear one, you alone are our raft across the ocean of saṃsāra."
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DB 12 14.31
इति स मुनिवराणामग्रतः श्रावयित्वा सकलनिगमगुह्यं दौर्गमेतत्पुराणम् । नतमथ मुनिसङ्घं वर्धयित्वाऽऽशिषाम्बा- चरणकमलभृङ्गो निर्जगामाथ सूतः
iti sa munivarāṇāmagrataḥ śrāvayitvā sakalanigamaguhyaṃ daurgametatpurāṇam | natamatha munisaṅghaṃ vardhayitvā''śiṣāmbā- caraṇakamalabhṛṅgo nirjagāmātha sūtaḥ
Thus, having caused this Durgā-Purāṇa, the secret of all the Vedas, to be heard before the best of sages, and having then gladdened with blessings the bowing assembly of sages, the Sūta—a bee at the lotus feet of the Mother—departed.
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