Mahabharata · Chapter 13.117
surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ ca pitāmaha /
prabhuḥ sraṣṭā ca bhagavānmunibhiḥ stūyate bhuvi //
tasyopari kathaṃ hyeṣa golokaḥ sthānatāṃ gataḥ /
saṃśayo me mahāneṣa tanme vyākhyātumarhasi //
bhīṣma uvāca /
manovāgbuddhayastāvadekasthāḥ kurusattama /
tato me śṛṇu kārtsnyena gomahābhāgyamuttamam //
puṇyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ tathā svastyayanaṃ mahat /
kīrtirviharatā loke gavāṃ yo goṣu bhaktimān //
śrūyate hi purāṇeṣu maharṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām /
saṃsthāne sarvalokānāṃ devānāṃ cāpi sambhave //
devatārthe'mṛtārthe ca yajñārthe caiva bhārata /
surabhirnāma vikhyātā rohiṇī kāmarūpiṇī //
saṅkalpya manasā pūrvaṃ rohiṇī hyamṛtātmanā /
ghoraṃ tapaḥ samāsthāya nirmitī visvakarmaṇā //
puruṣaṃ cāsṛjadbhūstejasā tapasā ca ha /
dedīpyamānaṃ vapuṣā samiddhamiva pāvakam //
so'paśyadiṣṭarūpāṃ tāṃ surabhiṃ rohiṇīṃ tadā /
dṛṣṭvaiva cātivimanāḥ so'bhavatkāmamohitaḥ //
taṃ kāmārtamatho jñātvā svayambhūrlokabhāvanaḥ /
mā'rto bhava tathā caiṣa bhagavānabhyabhāṣata //
tataḥ sa bhagavāṃstatra mārtāṇḍa iti viśrutaḥ /
cakāra nāma taṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyārtībhāvamuttamam //
so'dadādbhagavāṃstasmai mārtāṇḍāya mahātmane /
surūpāṃ surabhiṃ kanyāṃ tapastejomayīṃ śubhām //
yathā mayaiṣa codbhūtastvaṃ caivaṣā ca rohiṇī /
maithunaṃ gatavantau ca tathā cotpatsyati prajā //
prajā bhaviṣyate puṇyā pavitraṃ paramaṃ ca vām /
na cāpyagamyāgamanāddoṣaṃ prāpsyasi karhicit //
tvatprajāsambhavaṃ kṣīraṃ bhaviṣyati paraṃ haviḥ /
yajñeṣu cājyabhāgānāṃ tvatprajāmūlajo vidhiḥ //
prajāśuśrūṣavaścaiva ye bhaviṣyanti rohiṇi /
tava tenaiva puṇyeni golokaṃ yāntu mānavāḥ //
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramamṛṣabhaṃ nāma karhicit /
yadvai jñātvā dvijā loke mokṣyante yonisaṅkarāt //
etatkriyāḥ pravartante mantrabrāhmaṇasaṃskṛtāḥ /
devatānāṃ vitṝṇāṃ ca havyakavyapurogamāḥ //
tata etena puṇyena prajāstava tu rohiṇi /
ūrdhvaṃ mamāpi lokasya vatsyante nirupadravāḥ //
bhadraṃ tebhyaśca bhadraṃ te ye prajāsu bhavanti vai /
yugandharāśca te putrāḥ santu lokasya dhāraṇe //
yānyānkāmayase lokāṃstām̐llokānanuyāsyasi / sarvadevagaṇaścaiva tava yāsyanti putratām /
tava stanasamudbhūtaṃ pibanto'mṛtamuttamam //
evametānvarānsarvānagṛhṇātsurabhistadā /
bruvataḥ sarvalokeśānnirvṛtiṃ cāgamatparām //
sṛṣṭvā prajāśca vipulā lokasandhāraṇāya vai /
brahmaṇā samanujñātā surabhirlokamāviśat //
evaṃ varapradānena svayambhoreva bhārata / upariṣṭādgavāṃ lokaḥ proktaste sarvamāditaḥ //
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