Mahabharata · Chapter 12.340
giriśṛṅgaṃ samāruhya suto vyāsasya bhārata /
same deśe vivikte sa niḥśalāka upāviśat //
dhārayāmāsa cātmānaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yathāvidhi /
pādaprabhṛtigātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit //
tataḥ sa prāṅbhukho vidvānāditye nācirodite /
pāṇipādaṃ samādhāya vinītavadupāviśat //
na tatra pakṣisampāto na śabdo nāpi darśanam /
yatra vaiyāsakirdhīmānyoktuṃ samupacakrame //
sa dadarśa tadā'tmānaṃ sarvasaṅgaviniḥsṛtam /
prajahāsa tato hāsaṃ śukaḥ samprekṣya tatparam //
sa punaryogamāsthāya mokṣamārgopalabdhaye /
mahāyogeśvaro bhūtvā so'tyakrāmadvihāyasam //
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā devarṣi nāradaṃ tataḥ /
nivedayāmāsa ca taṃ svaṃ yogaṃ paramarṣaye //
śuka uvāca /
dṛṣṭo mārgaḥ pravṛttosmi svasti te'stu tapodhana /
tvatprasādādgamiṣyāmi gatimiṣṭāṃ mahādyute //
nāradenābhyanujñātaḥ śuko dvaipāyanātmajaḥ /
abhivādya punaryogamāsthāyākāśamāviśat //
kailāsapṛṣṭhādutpatya sa papāta divaṃ tadā /
antarikṣacaraḥ śrīmānvyāsaputraḥ suniścitaḥ //
tamudyantaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ vainateyasamadyutim /
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni mano'mārutaraṃhasam //
vyavasāyena lokāṃstrīnsarvānso'tha vicintayan /
āsthito divyamadhvānaṃ pāvakārkasamaprabhaḥ //
tamekamanasaṃ yāntamavyagramakutobhayam /
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni jaṅgamānītarāṇi ca //
yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ pūjayāñcakrire tadā /
puṣpavarṣeśca divyaistamalañcakrurdivaukasaḥ //
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ /
ṛṣayaścaiva saṃsiddhāḥ paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ //
antarikṣagataḥ ko'yaṃ tapasā siddhimāgataḥ /
adhaḥ kāyordhvavakraśca netraiḥ samativāhyate //
tataḥ paramadharmātmā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ / bhāskaraṃ samudīkṣansa prāṅbhukho vāgyato'gamat /
śabdenākāśamakhilaṃ pūrayanniva sarvaśaḥ //
tamāpatantaṃ sahasā dṛṣṭvā sarvāpsarogaṇāḥ / sambhrāntamanaso rājannāsanparamavismitāḥ /
pañcacūḍāprabhṛtayo bhṛśamutphullalocanāḥ //
daivataṃ katamaṃ hyetaduttamāṃ gatimāsthitam /
suniścitamihāyāti vimuktamiva niḥspṛham //
tataḥ samabhicakrāma malayaṃ nāma parvatam /
urvaśī pūrvacittiśca yaṃ nityamupasevataḥ //
tasya brahmarṣiputrasya vismayaṃ yayatuḥ param /
aho buddhisamādhānaṃ vedābhyāsarate dvije //
acireṇaiva kālena nabhaścarati candravat /
pitṛśuśrūṣayā buddhiṃ samprāpto'yamanuttamām //
pitṛbhakto dṛḍhatapāḥ pituḥ sudayitaḥ sutaḥ /
ananyamanasā tena kathaṃ pitrā visarjitaḥ //
urvaśyā vacanaṃ śrutvā śukaḥ paramadharmavit /
udaikṣata diśaḥ sarvā vacane gatamānasaḥ //
so'ntarikṣaṃ mahīṃ caiva saśailavanakānanām /
vilokayāmāsa tadā sarāṃsi saritastathā //
tato dvaipāyanasutaṃ bahumānātsamantataḥ /
kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarvā nirīkṣante sma devatāḥ //
abravīttāstadā vākyaṃ śukaḥ paramadharmavit /
pitā yadyanugacchenmāṃ krośamāna śuketi vai //
tasya prativaco deyaṃ sarvaireva samāhitaiḥ /
etanme snehanaḥ sarve vacanaṃ kartumarhatha //
śukasya vacana śrutvā diśaḥ sajalakānanāḥ /
samudrāḥ saritaḥ śailāḥ pratyūcustaṃ samantataḥ //
yathā jñāpayase vipra bāḍhamevaṃ bhaviṣyati /
ṛṣervyāharato vākyaṃ prativakṣyāmahe vayam //
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