Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1.29

sautiruvāca //
dadarśāśramamāścaryyaṃ devarṣirnāradastathā //
ṛṣirnārāyaṇasyaiva badarīvanasaṃyutam

nānāvṛkṣaphalākīrṇaṃ puṃskokilarutaśrutam //
śarabhendraiḥ kesarīndrairvyāghraughaiḥ pariveṣṭitam

ṛṣīndrasya prabhāveṇa hiṃsābhayavivarjitam //
mahāraṇyamagamyaṃ ca svargādapi manoharam

siddhendrāṇāṃ munīndrāṇāmāśramāṇāṃ trikoṭibhiḥ //
āvṛtaṃ candanāraṇyaiḥ pārijātavanānvitam

dadarśa tamṛṣīndraṃ ca sabhāmadhye manoharam //
ratnasiṃhāsanasthaṃ ca vasantaṃ yogināṃ gurum

japantaṃ paramaṃ brahma kṛṣṇamātmānamīśvaram //
praṇanāma ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmaputraśca śaunaka

utthāya sahasā''liṅgya yuyuje paramāśiṣam //
papraccha kuśalaṃ snehāccakārātithipūjanam

ratnasiṃhāsane ramye vāsayāmāsa nāradam //
nivasannāsane ramye vartmaśramavivarjitaḥ

uvāca tamṛṣiśreṣṭhaṃ bhagavantaṃ sanātanam //
adhītya vedānsarvāṃśca pituḥ sthāne sudurgamān

jñānaṃ samprāpya yogīndrānmantraṃ vai śaṅkarādvibho //
mano me na hi tṛpnoti durnivāraṃ ca caṃcalam

dṛṣṭaṃ mayā tvatpadābjaṃ manasā preritena ca //
kiṃcijjñānaviśeṣaṃ ca labdhumicchāmi sāmpratam

yatra kṛṣṇaguṇākhyānaṃ janmamṛtyujarāpaham

brahmaviṣṇuśivādyāśca surendraśca surā vibho //
kaṃ cintayanti munayo manavaśca vicakṣaṇāḥ

kasmātsṛṣṭiśca bhavati kutra vā saṃpralīyate//
ko vā sarveśvaro viṣṇuḥ sarvakāraṇakārakaḥ

tasyeśvarasya kiṃ rūpaṃ karma vā kiṃ jagatpate //
vicāryya manasā sarvaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati

nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā prahasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ//
kathāṃ kathitumārebhe puṇyāṃ bhuvanapāvanīm

iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṇḍe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde nārāyaṇaṃ prati nāradapraśno nāmaikonatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ