Mahabharata · Chapter 12.332
sa labdhvā paramaṃ devādvaraṃ satyavatīsutaḥ /
araṇīṃ tu tato gṛhya mamanthāgnicikīrṣayā //
atha rūpaṃ paraṃ rājanbibhratīṃ svena tejasā /
ghṛtācīṃ nāmāpsarasamapaśyadbhagavānṛṣiḥ //
ṛṣirapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā kāmamohitaḥ /
abhavadbhagavānvyāso vane tasminyudhiṣṭhira //
sā ca dṛṣṭvā tadā vyāsaṃ kāmasaṃvignamānasam /
śukī bhūtvā mahārāja ghṛtācī samupāgamat //
sa tāmapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpeṇānyena saṃvṛtām /
śarīrajenānugataḥ sarvagātrātigena ha //
sa tu dhairyeṇa mahatā nigṛhṇanhṛcchayaṃ muniḥ / na śaśāka niyantuṃ tadvyāsaḥ pravisṛtaṃ manaḥ /
bhāvitvāccaiva bhāvasya ghṛtācyā vapuṣā hṛtaḥ //
yatnānniyacchatastasya muneragnicikīrṣayā /
araṇyāmeva sahasā tasya śukramavāpatat //
so'viśaṅkena manasā tathaiva dvijasattamaḥ /
araṇīṃ mamantha brahmarṣistasyāṃ jajñe śuko nṛpa //
śukre nirmathyamāne sa śuko jajñe mahātapāḥ /
paramarṣirmahāyogī araṇīgarbhasambhavaḥ //
yathā'dhvare samiddho'gnirbhāti havyamudāvahan /
tathārūpaḥ śuko jajñe prajvalanniva tejasā //
vibhratpituśca kauravya rūpavarṇamanuttamam /
babhau tadā bhāvitātmā vidhūmo'gnirivajvalan //
taṃ gaṅgā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā merupṛṣṭhe janeśvara /
svarūpiṇī tadā'bhyetya snāpayāmāsa vāriṇā //
antarikṣācca kauravya daṇḍaḥ kṛṣṇājinaṃ ca ha /
papāta bhuvi rājendra śukasthārthe mahātmanaḥ //
jegīyante sma gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ /
devadundubhayaścaiva prāvādyanta sahasraśaḥ //
viśvāsuśca gandharvastathā tumburunāradau /
hāhā hūhūśca gandharvau tuṣṭuvuḥ śukasambhavam //
tatra śakrapurogāśca lokapālāḥ samāgatāḥ /
devā devarṣayaścaiva tathā brahmarṣayo'pi ca //
divyāni sarvapuṣpāṇi pravavarṣa ca mārutaḥ /
jaṅgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ caiva prahṛṣṭamabhavajjagat //
taṃ mahātmā svayaṃ prītyā devyā saha mahādyutiḥ /
jatāmātraṃ muneḥ putraṃ vidhinopānayattadā //
tasya deveśvaraḥ śakro divyamadbhutadarśanam /
dadau kamaṇḍaluṃ prītyā devavāsāṃsi cābhibho //
haṃsāśca śatapatrāśca sārasāśca sahasraśaḥ /
pradakṣiṇamavartanta śukāścāṣāśca bhārata //
āraṇeyastato divyaṃ prāpya janma mahādyutiḥ /
tatraivovāsa medhāvī brahmacārī samāhitaḥ //
utpannamātraṃ taṃ vedāḥ sarahasyāḥ sasangrahāḥ /
upatasthurmahārāja yathā'sya pitaraṃ tathā //
bṛhaspatiṃ ca vavre sa vedavedāṅgabhāṣyavit /
upādhyāyaṃ mahārāja dharmamevānucintayan //
so'dhītya nikhilānvedānsarahasyānsasangrahān /
itihāsaṃ ca kārtsnyena dharmaśāstrāṇi cābhibho //
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvṛtto mahāmuniḥ /
ugraṃ tapaḥ samārebhe brahmacārī samāhitaḥ //
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca bālye'pi sa mahātapāḥ /
sammantraṇīyo mānyaśca jñānena tapasā tathā //
na tvasya ramate buddhirāśrameṣu narādhipa /
triṣu gārhasthyamūleṣu mokṣadharmānudarśinaḥ //
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