श्रुत्वा परिमलो राजा प्रेमविह्वलगद्गदः
Hearing this, King Parimala was overcome with love and spoke in a trembling voice.
तदा तु देवकी देवी नृपतिं प्रेमतत्परम्
Then Queen Devakī, filled with affection, addressed the king.
भवता संपरित्यक्ता विचरामोऽन्यभूपतिम्
Having been abandoned by you, we wander to another king.
इति श्रुत्वा च नृपतिः परमा नंदनिर्भरः स्वकीयं लक्षसैन्यं च तत्पतिश्चोदयः कृतः
Hearing this, the king, overwhelmed with supreme joy, ordered his own hundred-thousand-strong army to be mobilized.
ततः पंचदिनान्ते तु महीराजस्समागतः तयोश्चासीन्महयुद्धं मासमात्रं भयानकम्
Then, after five days, the king of the earth arrived, and between the two there was a great and terrible battle that lasted for a month.
प्रभाते विमले जाते कृष्णांशो लक्षसैन्यपः चिच्छेद च शिरस्तेषां चामुंडानां पृथक्पृथक्
At dawn, when the sky was clear, Krishnaamsha, with his army of a hundred thousand, severed the heads of the Chamuṇḍas, each one separately.
छिन्ने शिरसि ते सर्वे लक्षवीरा बभूविरे
When their heads were cut off, all those hundred thousand warriors became alive again.
विस्मितश्चैव कृष्णांशो भयभीतस्तदा मुने
Krishnaamsha was astonished and, at that moment, filled with fear, O sage.
कृष्णांश उवाच त्वया ततमिदं विश्वं शब्दमात्रनिरंतरम्
Krishnaamsha said: "This universe, pervaded by you, is nothing but continuous sound."
रक्तबीजविनाशाय चामुंडारूपधारिणि 3.3.27.
O you who have assumed the form of Chamuṇḍā for the destruction of Raktabīja!
इति श्रुत्वा स्तवं देवी वरदा सर्वकारिणी
Hearing this hymn, the goddess, the granter of boons and accomplisher of all, [was pleased].
भस्मीभूते लक्षरिपौ चामुण्डो भूमिमागतः भूमिराजस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा भयभीतः समागतः उवाच वचनं राजा क्षमस्व मम दुष्कृतम्
When the hundred-thousand-fold enemy was reduced to ashes, Chamuṇḍa came to the earth; the king of the earth, hearing this, came in fear and said these words: "Forgive my wrongdoing."
महीपतेश्च वचनान्महद्भयमुपागतम् भवांश्च मम संबन्धी वयं वै तव किंकराः
Because of the king's words, great fear arose; and he said, "You are related to me, and we are indeed your servants."
इति श्रुत्वा परिमलो राजानमिदमब्रवीत् शरण्यं शरणं याहि विष्णुभक्तं दयापरम्
Hearing this, Parimala said to the king: "Go for refuge to the compassionate devotee of Vishnu, who is the giver of shelter."
इति श्रुत्वा भूमिराजो द्विजरूपधरो बली
Hearing this, the king of the earth, powerful and assuming the form of a twice-born, [acted accordingly].
तदा तु लक्षणो वीरः कृत्वा स्नेहं नृपोपरि
Then Lakṣaṇa, the hero, showed affection toward the king.
फाल्गुने मासि संप्राप्ते सर्वे स्वंस्वं गृहं ययुः
When the month of Phālguna arrived, everyone returned to their own homes.
बलखानेर्गयाश्राद्धमचीकरदविप्लुतः ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास सहस्रं वेदतत्परान्
Balakhāna, overwhelmed, performed the ancestral rites at Gayā, and fed a thousand Brahmins devoted to the Vedas.
कार्तिक्यामिंदुवारे च कृत्तिकाव्यतिपातभे
In the month of Kārtika, on a Monday, under the conjunction of Kṛttikā and Vyatipāta—
कृष्णांशोऽयुतसेनाढ्यः स्वर्णवत्या समन्वितः
Krishnaamsha, possessing an army of a hundred thousand, accompanied by Svarṇavatī—
पवित्रमुत्पलारण्यं वाल्मीकिमुनिसेवितम्
The sacred Utpalāraṇya, served by the sage Vālmīki—
तत्र गत्वा स शुद्धात्मा पुष्पवत्या समन्वितः
There, having gone, he who was pure in heart, together with Puṣpavatī—
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता म्लेच्छजातिसमुद्भवा
Meanwhile, those born of the mleccha race arrived.
सा ददर्श परं रम्यं कृष्णाशं पुरुषोत्तमम्
She beheld the supremely beautiful, supreme person, the portion of Krishna.
मूर्च्छितां तां समालोक्य कृष्णांशः सर्वमोहनः
Seeing her unconscious, Krishna's portion, the enchanter of all, gazed upon her.
अष्टादश पुराणानि केन प्रोक्तानि किं फलम्
By whom were the eighteen Purāṇas spoken, and what is their fruit?
इति श्रुत्वा वचो रम्यं विद्वांसः शास्त्रकोविदाः
Hearing this delightful question, the learned, skilled in the scriptures,
पराशरेण रचितं पुराणं विष्णुदैवतम् 3.3.28.
The Purāṇa composed by Parāśara is dedicated to Viṣṇu as its deity.
शुकप्रोक्तं भागवतं ब्राह्मं वै ब्रह्मणा कृतम्
The Bhāgavata was spoken by Śuka; the Brahma Purāṇa was made by Brahmā.
मत्स्यः कूर्मो नृसिंहश्च वामनः शिव एव च
Matsya, Kūrma, Narasiṃha, Vāmana, and also Śiva—