Mahabharata · Chapter 12.331

kathaṃ vyāsasya dharmātmā śuko jajñe mahātapāḥ /
siddhiṃ ca paramāṃ prāptastanme brūhi pitāmaha //

kasyāṃ cotpādayāmāsa śukaṃ vyāsastapodhanaḥ /
na hyasya jananīṃ vidmo janma cāgryaṃ mahātmanaḥ //

kathaṃ ca bālasya sataḥ sūkṣmajñāne ratā matiḥ /
yathā nānyasya loke'smindvitīyasyeha kasyacit //

etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ vistareṇa mahāmate /
na hi me tṛptirastīha śṛṇvato'mṛtamuttamam //

māhātmyamātmayogaṃ ca vijñānaṃ ca śukasya ha /
yathāvadānupūrvyeṇa tanme brūhi pitāmaha //
bhīṣma uvāca /

na hāyanairna palitairna vittairna ca bandhubhiḥ /
ṛṣayaścakrire dharmaṃ yo'nūcānaḥ sa no mahān //

tapomūlamidaṃ sarvaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava /
tadindriyāṇi saṃyamya tapo bhavati nānyathā //

indriyāṇāṃ prasaṅgena doṣamṛcchatyasaṃśayam /
sanniyamya tu tānyeva siddhimāpnoti mānavaḥ //

aśvamedhasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca /
yogasya kalayā tāta na tulyaṃ vidyate phalam //

atra te vartayiṣyāmi janmayogaphalaṃ tathā /
śukasyāgryāṃ gatiṃ caiva durvidāmakṛtātmabhiḥ //

meruśṛṅge kila purā karṇikāravanāyute /
vijahāra mahādevo bhīmairbhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ //

śailarājasutā caiva devī tatrābhavatpurā /
tatra divyaṃ tapasteṣe kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ //

yogenātmānamāviśya yogadharmaparāyaṇaḥ /
dhārayansa tapastepe putrārthaṃ kurusattama //

agnerbhūmerapāṃ vāyorantarikṣasya vā vibho /
vīryeṇa sammitaḥ putro mama bhūyāditi sma ha //

sankalpenātha maunena duṣprāpamakṛtātmabhiḥ /
varayāmāsa deveśamāsthitastapa uttamam //

atiṣṭhanmārutāhāraḥ śataṃ kila samāḥ prabhuḥ ārādhayanmahādevaṃ bahurūpamumāpatim //

tatra brahmarṣayaścaiva sarve devarṣayastathā /
lokapālāśca lokeśaṃ sādhyāśca vasubhiḥ saha //

ādityāścaiva rudrāśca divākaraniśākarau /
māruto marutaścaiva sāgarāḥ saritastathā //

aśvinau devagandharvāstathā nāradaparvatau /
viśvāvasuśca gandharvaḥ siddhāścāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ //

tatra rudro mahādevaḥ karṇikāramayīṃ śubhām /
dhārayāṇaḥ srajaṃ bhāti jyotsnāmiva niśākaraḥ //

tasmindivye vane ramye devadevarṣisankule /
āsthitaḥ paramaṃ yogamṛṣiḥ putrārthamacyutaḥ //

na cāsya hīyate prāṇo na glānirupajāyate /
trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat //

jaṭāśca tejasā tasya vaiśvānaraśikhopamāḥ /
prajvalantyaḥ sma dṛśyante yuktasyāmitatejasaḥ //

mārkaṇḍeyo hi bhagavānetadākhyātavānmama /
sa devacaritānīha kathayāmāsa me tadā //

etā adyāpi kṛṣṇasya tapasā tena dīpitāḥ /
agnivarṇā jaṭāstāta prakāśante mahātmanaḥ //

evaṃvidhena tapasā tasya bhaktyā ca bhārata /
maheśvaraḥ prasannātmā cakāra manasā matim //

tatastasya mahādevo darśayāmāsa sāmbikaḥ / uvāca caivaṃ bhagavāṃkhyambakaḥ prahasanniva /
evaṃvidhaste tanayo dvaipāyana bhaviṣyati //

yathā hyagniryathā vāyuryathā bhūmiryathā jalam /
yathā'kārāstathā śuddho bhavitā te suto mahān //

tadbhāvabhāvī tadbuddhistadā'tmā tadapāśrayaḥ /
tejasā'vṛtya lokāṃstrīnyaśaḥ prāpsyati te sutaḥ //