SHRIMAD DEVI BHAGAVATAM PURANA
Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam Purāṇa for all Devi bhaktas, devotees of Divine Mother. This is the most important and ancient Purāṇa for all Śaktas.
Śrīmad Devī Bhāgavatam Purāṇa is considered a Mahā Purāṇa for Devī worshippers. It consists of 12 cantos (sections) with 318 chapters.
Along with Devī Māhātmya, it is one of the most important works in Śaktism, a tradition within Hinduism that reveres Devī or Śakti (the Divine Mother of all) as the primordial creator of the universe and the Ultimate Truth and Reality.
Devī Bhāgavatam celebrates the Divine Mother as the origin of all existence, the creator, the preserver and the destroyer of everything, as well as the one who empowers spiritual liberation.
Here you can read online Devī Bhāgavatam, translated by Swami Vijñanananda.
A lot work has been done to proofread the old translation, make sure all Sanskrit terms and mantras are written correct and to give some styling for more convenient reading. I believe it is the most complete edition of Devi Bhagavatam Purana online as far I know.
I BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The questions asked by Śaunaka and others | |
Chapter II | The questions asked by Śaunaka and other Rishis. | |
Chapter III | Praising of the Purāṇas and about each Vyāsa of every Dvāpara Yuga | |
Chapter IV | The Excellency of the Devī | |
Chapter V | The story about Hayagrīva | |
Chapter VI | About the preparation for war by Madhu Kaiṭabha | |
Chapter VII | Brahma Praising the Devī | |
Chapter VIII | About deciding who is to be worshipped | |
Chapter IX | About the killing of Madhu Kaiṭabha | |
Chapter X | About Śiva’s granting boons | |
Chapter XI | About the birth of Buddha | |
Chapter XII | About the birth of Pururavā | |
Chapter XIII | About Urvaśī and Pururavā | |
Chapter XIV | About the birth of Śūka Deva and the duties of householders | |
Chapter XV | About the dispassion of Śūka and the instructions of Bhagavatī to Hari | |
Chapter XVI | How Śūka wanted to go to Mithilā to see Janaka | |
Chapter XVII | About Śūka’s displaying his self-control amidst the women of the palace of Mithilā | |
Chapter XVIII | Janaka’s teachings to Śūka Deva | |
Chapter XIX | Description of the marriage of Śūka | |
Chapter XX | How Vyāsa was doing his duties |
II BOOK | ||
Chapter I | About the birth of Matsyagandhā | |
Chapter II | About the birth of Vyāsa Deva | |
Chapter III | Description of the curse on Gangā, Mahābhiṣa and Vasus | |
Chapter IV | The birth of the Vasus | |
Chapter V | The marriage of Satyavatī | |
Chapter VI | The birth of the Pānḍavas | |
Chapter VII | About showing the departed ones | |
Chapter VIII | The extinction of the family of Yadu and the story about Parīksit | |
Chapter IX | The story about Rurū | |
Chapter X | The death of king Parīksit | |
Chapter XI | About the Sarpa Yajña | |
Chapter XII | About the birth of Āstika |
III BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The questions asked by Janamejaya | |
Chapter II | About Rudras going towards the heavens in the celestial car | |
Chapter III | About seeing the Devī | |
Chapter IV | The hymns to the Great Devī by Viṣṇu | |
Chapter V | The chanting of hymns by Hara and Brahmā | |
Chapter VI | Description of the Devī’s Vibhūtis (powers) | |
Chapter VII | About the creation and the Tattvas and their presiding deities | |
Chapter VIII | About the Guṇas and their forms | |
Chapter IX | The characteristics of the Guṇas | |
Chapter X | The story of Satyavrata | |
Chapter XI | About the merits of the Devī in the story of Satyavrata | |
Chapter XII | About the Ambā Yajña rules | |
Chapter XIII | About the Devī Yajña by Śrī Viṣṇu | |
Chapter XIV | The story about the glories of Devī | |
Chapter XV | The battle between Yudhājit and Vīrasena | |
Chapter XVI | The glory of the Devī | |
Chapter XVII | The story about Viśvāmitra | |
Chapter XVIII | The Svayamvara of Śaśikalā | |
Chapter XIX | How Svayamvara went to assembly of Sudarśana | |
Chapter XX | About the Svayamvara hall and the king’s conversation there | |
Chapter XXI | How the king of Benares fulfilled the advice of his daughter | |
Chapter XXII | About the marriage of Sudarśana | |
Chapter XXIII | The killing of the enemy of Sudarśana in the great war | |
Chapter XXIV | The installation of Durgā Devī in the city of Benares | |
Chapter XXV | The installation of the Devī in Ayodhyā and Benares | |
Chapter XXVI | What should be practiced in Navarātri | |
Chapter XXVII | Which virgins are fit to be worshipped and the Glory of the Devī | |
Chapter XXVIII | The incidents connected with Navarātri | |
Chapter XXIX | The stealing of Sītā and the sorrows of Rāma | |
Chapter XXX | The story about Navarātra ceremony by Nārada and the performance of that by Rāma Chandra |
IV BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The questions of Janamejaya about the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa | |
Chapter II | About the supremacy of the effects of Karma | |
Chapter III | About the former curse of Vāsudeva and Devakī | |
Chapter IV | About Adharma | |
Chapter V | The dialogues of Nara Nārāyaṇa | |
Chapter VI | About the origin of Urvaśī | |
Chapter VII | About Ahaṁkāra | |
Chapter VIII | About visiting Tīrthas | |
Chapter IX | The fight between the Riṣis and Prahlāda | |
Chapter X | How Viṣṇu was cursed by Bhrigu | |
Chapter XI | How Śukra went to Mahādeva to get the Mantra | |
Chapter XII | The Bhrigu’s curse and the dialogue between Śukrāchārya and the Daityas | |
Chapter XIII | About cheating the Daityas | |
Chapter XIV | How the Daityas got back their Śukrāchārya | |
Chapter XV | About the truce between the Daityas and the Devas | |
Chapter XVI | About the Birth of the several Avatāras of Viṣṇu and their deeds | |
Chapter XVII | The questions asked by Janamejaya | |
Chapter XVIII | How Devī Earth went to the Heavens | |
Chapter XIX | How to chant hymns to the Devī | |
Chapter XX | About Devakī’s marriage | |
Chapter XXI | The killing of the sons of Devakī | |
Chapter XXII | About the partial incarnations of several Devas | |
Chapter XXIII | The birth of Śrī Kṛṣṇa | |
Chapter XXIV | How Pradyumna was stolen | |
Chapter XXV | About the Devī’s Highest Supremacy |
V BOOK | ||
Chapter I | About the superiority of Rudra over Viṣṇu | |
Chapter II | The birth of Dānava Mahiṣa | |
Chapter III | Daitya armies preparing for a war | |
Chapter IV | The war counsels given by Indra | |
Chapter V | The defeat of the Dānava forces of Mahiṣa | |
Chapter VI | The war between Devas and Dānavas | |
Chapter VII | Devas going to Kailāśa for help | |
Chapter VIII | The origin and the form of the Devī | |
Chapter IX | How gods were worshipping Devī | |
Chapter X | Messenger of Devas delivers ultimatum to Mahiṣa | |
Chapter XI | How Dānava Tāmra appeared in front of Devī | |
Chapter XII | The holding of counsel by Mahiṣāsura | |
Chapter XIII | The killing of Vāskala and Durmukha | |
Chapter XIV | The killing of Tāmra and Chikṣura | |
Chapter XV | The slaying of Vidālākṣa and Asilomā | |
Chapter XVI | The conversation between the Devī and Mahiṣāsura | |
Chapter XVII | Stories of Mandodarī | |
Chapter XVIII | The killing of the Dānava Mahiṣāsura | |
Chapter XIX | The prayer and hymns to the Devī | |
Chapter XX | The Age of peace in the world | |
Chapter XXI | The conquest of the Heavens by Śumbha and Niśumbha | |
Chapter XXII | The eulogising of the Devī by the Devas | |
Chapter XXIII | The prowess of Kauśikī | |
Chapter XXIV | Dhūmralochana giving the news | |
Chapter XXV | How Dhūmralochana was killed | |
Chapter XXVI | The killing of Chaṇḍa and Muṇḍa | |
Chapter XXVII | Description of the war of Raktavīja | |
Chapter XXVIII | How Goddesses were fighting with Demons | |
Chapter XXIX | The killing of Raktavīja | |
Chapter XXX | The killing of Niśumhha | |
Chapter XXXI | The death of Śumbha | |
Chapter XXXII | King Suratha going to the forest for Wisdom | |
Chapter XXXIII | The greatness of the Devī | |
Chapter XXXIV | How to worship the Devī | |
Chapter XXXV | King Suratha and the Vaiśya Samādhi receiving boons from Devī |
VI BOOK | ||
Chapter I | About Triśirā’s austerities | |
Chapter II | The birth of Vritrāsura | |
Chapter III | About the Deva defeat and About Vritra’s tapasyā | |
Chapter IV | About the defeat of the Devas by Vritra | |
Chapter V | About praising the Devī | |
Chapter VI | The slaying of Vritrāsura | |
Chapter VII | How Indra was living under disguise in the Mānas Lake | |
Chapter VIII | How Śachī was praising the Devī | |
Chapter IX | How Indra received the fruits of Brahmāhatyā and the fall of king Nahuṣa | |
Chapter X | About the phases of Karma | |
Chapter XI | About the ascertainment of Dharma | |
Chapter XII | About the cause of the war between Ādi and Baka | |
Chapter XIII | Description of the battle between Ādi and Baka after the discourse about Śunahśepha | |
Chapter XIV | The birth of Vaṣiṣṭha from Mitrā Varuṇa | |
Chapter XV | How Nimi received another body and the beginning of the story of Haihayas | |
Chapter XVI | About the incidents preliminary to the Haihaya and Bhārgava affairs | |
Chapter XVII | About the continuance of the family of Bhrigu | |
Chapter XVIII | About the origin of the Haihaya Dynasty | |
Chapter XIX | About the origin of Haihayas from a mare | |
Chapter XX | About the son born of mare by Hari | |
Chapter XXI | About the installation of Ekavīra and the birth of Ekāvalī | |
Chapter XXII | The story how Haihaya stole Ekāvalī | |
Chapter XXIII | The battle of Haihaya and Kālaketu | |
Chapter XXIV | Description of Vikṣepa Śakti | |
Chapter XXV | The cause of Moha of Vyāsa Deva asked before Nārada | |
Chapter XXVI | Nārada describing his own Moha | |
Chapter XXVII | The marriage of Nārada and why his face was transformed into a face of monkey | |
Chapter XXVIII | How Nārada got the feminine form | |
Chapter XXIX | How Nārada got again his male form | |
Chapter XXX | The glory of Mahā Māyā | |
Chapter XXXI | The glory of Māyā |
VII BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The history of Solar and Lunar Kings | |
Chapter II | About the piercing of the eyes of Chyavana Muni | |
Chapter III | How King Śaryāti gave his daughter to Chyavana Muni as a wife | |
Chapter IV | The conversation between the two Aśvīns and the Princess Sukanyā | |
Chapter V | How Chyavana Muni miraculously got back his youth | |
Chapter VI | How the right to drink the Soma juice was granted to Aśvīns | |
Chapter VII | How the twin Aśvīns were allowed to drink the Soma Cup | |
Chapter VIII | About the King Revata and the Solar Dynasty | |
Chapter IX | The story about Kākutstha and the origin of Māndhātā | |
Chapter X | The story about Satyavrata | |
Chapter XI | The story about Triśanku | |
Chapter XII | Description of Vaṣiṣṭha’s curse on Triśanku | |
Chapter XIII | Viśvāmitra visiting Triśanku | |
Chapter XIV | How Triśanku went to Heavens and the beginning of Hariśchandra’s story | |
Chapter XV | The story about King Hariśchandra | |
Chapter XVI | The story about Śunahśepha | |
Chapter XVII | The freeing of Śunahśepha and the curing of Hariśchandra | |
Chapter XVIII | How the quarrel between Hariśchandra and Viśvāmitra started | |
Chapter XIX | How Hariśchandra was deprived of his Kingdom | |
Chapter XX | About the earnestness of Hariśchandra to pay off the Dakṣiṇā | |
Chapter XXI | Description of the sorrows of Hariśchandra | |
Chapter XXII | How the wife of Hariśchandra was sold | |
Chapter XXIII | How the King Hariśchandra agreed to be a slave of Chāṇḍāla | |
Chapter XXIV | The work of Hariśchandra in the burning ground | |
Chapter XXV | The quarrels between Hariśchandra and Viśvāmitra | |
Chapter XXVI | The sorrows of Hariśchandra described | |
Chapter XXVII | How Hariśchandra went to the Heavens | |
Chapter XXVIII | The glory of the Śatākṣī Devī | |
Chapter XXIX | About the birth of the Bhagavatī in the house of Dakṣa | |
Chapter XXX | The birth of Gaurī, the seats of the Deity, and the distraction of Śiva | |
Chapter XXXI | The Birth of Pārvatī in the House of Himālayās | |
Chapter XXXII | About Self-realization, Spoken by the World Mother | |
Chapter XXXIII | About the Devī’s Virāt Rūpa | |
Chapter XXXIV | About the Knowledge and Final Emancipation | |
Chapter XXXV | About the Yoga and Mantra Siddhi | |
Chapter XXXVI | About the Highest Knowledge of Brahmā | |
Chapter XXXVII | About Bhakti Yoga | |
Chapter XXXVIII | The Vows and the Sacred Places of the Devī | |
Chapter XXXIX | The Worship of the World Mother | |
Chapter XL | The External Worship of the Devī |
VIII BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The description of the worlds | |
Chapter II | The uplifting of the Earth by the Sacrificial Boar | |
Chapter III | Description of the family of Manu | |
Chapter IV | The story about the family of Priyavrata | |
Chapter V | Description of the receptacle of beings and holy mountains and the origin of rivers | |
Chapter VI | The holy rivers, Śumeru and other holy mountains | |
Chapter VII | About the Ganges and the Varṣas | |
Chapter VIII | Description of Īlāvrita | |
Chapter IX | Description of the origin of continents | |
Chapter X | Description of Bhuvanakoṣa | |
Chapter XI | Description of the continents and of Bhāratvarṣa | |
Chapter XII | The story about Plakṣa, Śālmala and Kuśa Dvīpas | |
Chapter XIII | Description of the remaining Dvīpas | |
Chapter XIV | Description of the Lokāloka space | |
Chapter XV | About the motion of the Sun | |
Chapter XVI | About the motion of the planets | |
Chapter XVII | About the Dhruva Maṇḍalam | |
Chapter XVIII | The story of Rāhu Maṇḍalam | |
Chapter XIX | The story about Atala, etc. | |
Chapter XX | The story about Talātala | |
Chapter XXI | Description of hells | |
Chapter XXII | Description of the sins leading to hells | |
Chapter XXIII | Description of the remaining hells | |
Chapter XXIV | How to worship Devī |
IX BOOK | ||
Chapter I | Description of the Prākriti | |
Chapter II | The origin of Prakriti and Puruṣa | |
Chapter III | The origin of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Maheśa and others | |
Chapter IV | The hymn, worship and Kavācha of Saraswatī Devī | |
Chapter V | Saraswatī stotra by Yājñyavalkya | |
Chapter VI | How Lakṣmī, Gangā and Saraswatī incarnated in this world | |
Chapter VII | About the curses of Gangā, Saraswatī and Lakṣmī | |
Chapter VIII | About the greatness of Kālī | |
Chapter IX | About the origin of the Śaktī of the Earth | |
Chapter X | The offences caused to the Earth and punishments for it | |
Chapter XI | How the River Gangā originated | |
Chapter XII | About the origin of Gangā | |
Chapter XIII | The story about Gangā | |
Chapter XIV | How Gangā became the wife of Nārāyaṇa | |
Chapter XV | The story about Tulasī | |
Chapter XVI | The incarnation of Mahā Lakṣmī in the house of Kuśadhvaja | |
Chapter XVII | The story about Tulasī | |
Chapter XVIII | The union of Śankhachūḍa with Tulasī | |
Chapter XIX | How the Devas went to Vaikuṇṭha after Tulasī’s marriage with Śankhachūḍa | |
Chapter XX | The preparations for a war between Śankhachūḍa and Devas | |
Chapter XXI | About the meeting of Mahādeva and Śankhachūḍa for an encounter in conflict | |
Chapter XXII | The fight between the Devas and Śankhachūḍa | |
Chapter XXIII | How Śankhachūḍa was killed | |
Chapter XXIV | About the glory of Tulasī | |
Chapter XXV | How to worship Tulasī Devī | |
Chapter XXVI | The story about Sāvitrī | |
Chapter XXVII | The birth and life of Sāvitrī | |
Chapter XXVIII | The story about Sāvitrī | |
Chapter XXIX | The story about Sāvitrī, gifts and the effects of Karmas | |
Chapter XXX | The conversation between Sāvitrī and Yama and about the fruition of Karmas | |
Chapter XXXI | How Yama gave the Śaktī Mantra to Sāvitrī | |
Chapter XXXII | Various hells for sinners described in detail | |
Chapter XXXIII | Description of the destinies of different sinners in different hells | |
Chapter XXXIV | Description of the various hells | |
Chapter XXXV | Description of the various hells for the various sinners | |
Chapter XXXVI | Those who worship the Five Devatās don’t have to fear from Yama | |
Chapter XXXVII | The eighty-six Kuṇḍas and their characteristics | |
Chapter XXXVIII | The glories of the Devī and the nature of Bhakti | |
Chapter XXXIX | The story about Mahā Lakṣmī | |
Chapter XL | About the birth of Lakṣmī in the discourse of Nārada and Nārāyaṇa | |
Chapter XLI | About the churning of the ocean and how Lakṣmī appeared | |
Chapter XLII | Dhyānam and Stotra of Mahā Lakṣmī | |
Chapter XLIII | The story about Svāhā | |
Chapter XLIV | The story of Svadhā Devī told by Nārada and Nārāyaṇa | |
Chapter XLV | The story about Dakṣiṇā | |
Chapter XLVI | The story about Ṣaṣṭhī Devī | |
Chapter XLVII | Manasā’s story | |
Chapter XLVIII | The story about Manasā | |
Chapter XLIX | The story about Surabhi | |
Chapter L | The Glory of Śaktī |
X BOOK | ||
Chapter I | The story about Svāyambhūva Manu | |
Chapter II | The conversation between Nārada and the Vindhya Mountain | |
Chapter III | Vindhya Mountain trying to obstruct the course of the Sun | |
Chapter IV | Devas visiting Mahā Deva | |
Chapter V | Devas visiting Viṣṇu | |
Chapter VI | Devas praying to the Muni Agastya | |
Chapter VII | About the checking of the rise of the Vindhya Range | |
Chapter VIII | The origin of Manu | |
Chapter IX | The story about Chākṣuṣa Manu | |
Chapter X | The story about King Suratha | |
Chapter XI | The killing of Madhu Kaiṭabha | |
Chapter XII | The story about Sāvarṇi Manu | |
Chapter XIII | The story of Bhrāmarī Devī |
XI BOOK | ||
Chapter I | What should be done in the morning | |
Chapter II | How to cleanse several parts of the body | |
Chapter III | The glories of the Rudrākṣa beads | |
Chapter IV | The greatness of the Rudrākṣa | |
Chapter V | About the Rudrākṣam rosaries | |
Chapter VI | The greatness of Rudrākṣas | |
Chapter VII | About the greatness of one faced, etc., Rudrākṣam | |
Chapter VIII | About Bhūta Śuddhi | |
Chapter IX | The rules of Śirovrata | |
Chapter X | On the subject of Gauṇa Bhaṣma | |
Chapter XI | The greatness of the three kinds of Bhaṣmas | |
Chapter XII | The greatness of holding the Tripuṇḍra and Bhaṣma | |
Chapter XIII | The greatness of Bhaṣma | |
Chapter XIV | The greatness of holding the Vibhuti | |
Chapter XV | How to use Tripuṇḍra and Ūrdhapuṇḍra marks | |
Chapter XVI | Description of Sandhyā Upāsānā | |
Chapter XVII | Description of Sandhyā and other daily practices | |
Chapter XVIII | The Greatness of the Devī Puja | |
Chapter XIX | The midday Sandhyā | |
Chapter XX | Description of Brahmā Yajña, Sandhyās, etc. | |
Chapter XXI | Gāyatrī Puraścharaṇam | |
Chapter XXII | The rules of Vaiśvadeva | |
Chapter XXIII | The Tapta Krichchhra vrata and others | |
Chapter XXIV | About Sadāchāra |
XII BOOK | ||
Chapter I | Description of Gāyatrī | |
Chapter II | Description of the Śaktis, etc., of the syllables of Gāyatrī | |
Chapter III | Description of the Kavācha of Śrī Gāyatrī Devī | |
Chapter IV | Gāyatrī Hridaya | |
Chapter V | Gāyatrī Stotra | |
Chapter VI | The one thousand and eight names of the Gāyatrī | |
Chapter VII | The Dīkṣā vidhi or the rules of Initiation | |
Chapter VIII | The appearance of the Highest Śaktī | |
Chapter IX | About the cause of Śraddhā in other Devas than the Devī Gāyatrī | |
Chapter X | Description of Maṇi Dvīpa | |
Chapter XI | Description of the enclosure walls built of Padmarāga maṇi, etc., of the Maṇi Dvīpa | |
Chapter XII | Description of Maṇi Dvīpa | |
Chapter XIII | Description of Janamejaya’s Devī Yajña | |
Chapter XIV | The fruits of Devī Bhāgavatam Purāṇa recitation |