Mahabharata · Chapter 1.22
nāgāśca saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā kartavyamiti tadvacaḥ /
niḥsnehā vai dahenmātā asamprāptamanorathā //
prasannā mokṣayedasmāṃstasmācchāpācca bhāminī /
kṛṣṇaṃ pucchaṃ kariṣyāmasturagasya na saṃśayaḥ //
iti niścitya te tasya kṛṣṇā vālā iva sthitāḥ / etasminnantare te tu sapatnyau paṇite tadā //
tataste paṇitaṃ kṛtvā bhaginyau dvijasattama /
jagmatuḥ parayā prītyā paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ //
kadrūśca vinatā caiva dākṣāyaṇyau vihāyasā /
ālokayantyāvakṣobhyaṃ samudraṃ nidhimambhasām //
vāyunā'tīva sahasā kṣobhyamāṇaṃ mahāsvanam /
timingilasamākīrṇaṃ makarairāvṛtaṃ tathā //
saṃyutaṃ bahusāhasraiḥ satvairnānāvidhairapi /
ghorarghoramanādhṛṣyaṃ gambhīramatibhairavam //
ākaraṃ sarvaratnānāmālayaṃ varuṇasya ca /
nāgānāmālayaṃ cāpi suramyaṃ saritāṃ patim //
pātālajvalanāvāsamasurāṇāṃ tathālayam /
bhayankarāṇāṃ sattvānāṃ payaso nidhimavyayam //
śubhraṃ divyamamartyānāmamṛtasyākaraṃ param /
aprameyamacintyaṃ ca supumyajalasammitam //
mahānadībhirbahvībhistatra tatra sahasraśaḥ /
āpūryamāṇamatyarthaṃ nṛtyantamiva cormibhiḥ //
ityevaṃ taralatarormisankulaṃ te gambhīraṃ vikasitamambaraprakāśam /
pātālajvalanaśikhāvidīpitāṅgaṃ garjantaṃ drutamabhijagmatustataste //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0