Mahabharata · Chapter 3.115
tataḥ prayātaḥ kauśikyāḥ pāṇḍavo janamejaya /
ānupūrvyeṇa sarvāṇi jagāmāyatanānyatha //
sa sāgaraṃ samāsādya gaṅgāyāḥ sangame nṛpa /
nadīśatānāṃ pañcānāṃ madhye cakre samāplavam //
tataḥ samudratīreṇa jagāma vasudhādhipaḥ /
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vīraḥ kaliṅgānprati bhārata //
lomaśa uvāca /
ete kaliṅgāḥ kaunteya yatra vaitaraṇī nadī /
yatrāyajata dharmopi devāñśaraṇametya vai //
ṛṣibhiḥ samupāyuktaṃ yajñiyaṃ giriśobhitam /
uttaraṃ tīrametaddhi satataṃ dvijasevitam //
samena devayānena pathā svargamupeyuṣaḥ /
atravai ṛṣayo'nye'pi purā kratubhirījire //
atraiva rudro rājendra paśumādattavānmakhe /
paśumādāya rājendra bhāgoyamiti cābravīt //
hṛte paśau tadā devāstamūcurbharatarṣabha /
mā parasvamabhidrogdhā mādharmyānnīnaśaḥ pathaḥ //
svayaṃ yajñeśvaro bhūtvā karmaṇāṃ phaladāyakaḥ /
yajñaṃ vihantuṃ bhagavānnārhase jagadīśvara //
itikalyāṇarūpābhirvāgbhiste rudramastuvan /
iṣṭyā cainaṃ tarpayitvā mānayāñcakrire tadā //
tataḥ sa paśumutsṛjya devayānena jagmivān /
tatrānuvaṃśo rudrasyataṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira //
ayātayāmaṃ sarvebhyo bhāgebhyo bhāgamuttamam /
devāḥ sankalpayāmāsurbhayādrudrasya śāśvatam //
imāṃ gāthāmatra gāyannapaḥ spṛśati yo naraḥ /
devayāno'sya panthāśca cakṣuṣā'bhiprakāśate //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tato vaitaraṇīṃ sarve pāṇḍavā draupadī tathā /
avatīrya mahābhāgāstarpayāñcakrire pitṛn //
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /
upaspṛśyeha vidhivadasyāṃ nadyāṃ tapobalāt /
mānuṣādasmi viṣayādapetaḥ paśya lomaśa //
sarvāllom̐kānprapaśyāmi prasādāttava suvrata /
vaikhānasānāṃ japatāmeṣa śabdo mahātmanām //
lomaśa uvāca /
triśataṃ vai sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
yatradhvaniṃ śṛṇoṣyenaṃ tūṣṇīmāssva viśāmpate //
etatsvayambhuvo rājanvanaṃ divyaṃ prakāśate /
yatrāyajata rājendra viśvakarmā pratāpavān //
yasminyajñe hi bhūrdattā kaśyapāya mahātmane /
saparvatavanoddeśā dakṣiṇārthe svayambhuvā //
avāsīdacca kaunteya dattamātrā mahī tadā /
uvāca cāpi kupitā lokaśvaramidaṃ prabhum //
na māṃ martyāya bhagavankasmaiciddātumarhasi /
pradānaṃ moghametatte yāsyāmyeṣā rasātalam //
viṣīdantīṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kaśyapo bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
prasādayāmbabhūvātha tato bhūmiṃ viśāmpate //
tataḥ prasannā pṛthivī tapasā tasya pāṇḍava /
punarunnahya salilāddedīrūpāsthitā babhau //
saiṣā prakāśate rājanvedīsaṃsthānalakṣaṇā /
āruhyātra mahārāja vīryavānvai bhaviṣyasi //
saiṣā sāgaramāsrādya rājanvedī samāśritā /
etāmāruhya bhadraṃ te tvamekastara sāgaram //
ahaṃ ca te svastyayanaṃ prayokṣye yathā tvamenāmadhirohase'dya /
spṛṣṭā hi martyena tataḥ samudra- meṣā vedī praviśatyājamīḍha //
onnamo viśvaguptāya namo viśvaparāya te /
sānnidhyaṃ kuru deveśa sāgare lavaṇāmbhasi //
agnirmitro yonirāpo'tha devyo viṣṇo retastvamamṛtasya nābhiḥ /
evaṃ bruvanpāṇḍava satyavākyaṃ vedīmimāṃ tvaṃ tarasā'dhiroha //
agniśca te yoniriḍā ca deho retodhā viṣṇoramṛtasya nābhiḥ /
evaṃ bruvanpāṇḍava satyavākyaṃ tato'vagāheta patiṃ nadīnām //
anyathā hi kuruśreṣṭha devayonirapāmpatiḥ /
kuśāgreṇāpi kaunteya na spraṣṭavyo mahodadhiḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tataḥ kṛtasvastyayano mahātmā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sāgaramabhyagacchat /
kṛtvā ca tacchāsanamasya sarvaṃ mahendramāsādya niśāmuvāsa //
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