Mahabharata · Chapter 3.85

tānsarvānutsukāndṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāndīnacetasaḥ /
aśvāsayaṃstathā dhaumyo bṛhaspatisamo'bravīt //

brāhmaṇānumatānpuṇyānāśramānbharatarṣabha /
diśastīrthāni śailāṃśca śṛṇu me vadato'nagha //

yāñśrutvā gadato rājanviśoko bhavitāsi ha /
draupadyā cānayā sārdhaṃ bhrātṛbhiśca nareśvara //

śravaṇāccaiva teṣāṃ tvaṃ puṇyamāpsyasi pāṇḍava /
gatvā śataguṇaṃ caiva tebhya eva narottama //

śṛṇu pūrvāṃ diśaṃ rājandevarṣigaṇasevitām /
ramyāṃ te kathayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira yathāsmṛti //

tasyāṃ radevarṣijuṣṭāyāṃ naimiṣaṃ nāma bhārata /
yatratīrthāni devānāṃ puṇyāni ca pṛthak pṛthak //

yatra sā gomatī puṇyā ramyā devarṣisevitā /
yajñabhūmiśca devānāṃ śāmitraṃ ca vivasvataḥ //

tasyāṃ girivaraḥ puṇyo gayo rājarṣisatkṛtaḥ /
śivaṃ brahmasaro yatrasevitaṃ tridaśarṣibhiḥ //

yadarthe puruṣavyāghra kīrtayanti purātanāḥ /
eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyekopi gayāṃ vrajet //

gaurīṃ vā varayetkanyāṃ nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet /
uttārayati santatyā daśa pūrvāndaśāvarān //

mahānadī ca tatraiva tathā gayaśiro nṛpa /
yatrāsau kīrtyate viprairakṣayyakaraṇo vaṭaḥ //

yatradattaṃ pitṛbhyo'nnamakṣayyaṃ bhavati prabho /
sā ca puṇyajalā tatra phalgunāmā mahānadī //

bahumūlaphalā cāpi kauśikī bharatarṣabha /
viśvāmitro'dhyagādyatra brāhmaṇatvaṃ tapodhanaḥ //

gaṅgā yatranadī puṇyā yasyāstīre bhagīrathaḥ /
ayajattatrabahubhiḥ kratubhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ //

pāñcāleṣu ca kauravya kathayantyutpalāvatam /
viśvāmitro'yajadyatra śakreṇa saha kauśikaḥ //

yatrānuvaṃśaṃ bhagavāñjāmadagnyastathā jagau /
viśvāmitrasya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cibhūtimatimānuṣīm //

kānyakubje'pibatsomamindreṇa saha kauśikaḥ /
tataḥ kṣatrādapākrāmadbrāhmaṇosmīti cābravīt //

pavitramṛṣibhirjuṣṭaṃ puṇyaṃ pāvanamuttamam /
gaṅgāyamunayorvīra sangamaṃ lokaviśrutam //

yatrāyajata bhūtātmā pūrvameva pitāmahaḥ /
prayāgamiti vikhyātaṃ tasmādbharatasattama //

agastyasya tu rājendra tatrāśramavaro nṛpa /
tattathā tāpasāraṇyaṃ tāpasairupaśobhitam //

hiraṇyabinduḥ kathito girau kālañjare mahān /
āgastyaparvatorabhyaḥ puṇyo girivaḥ śivaḥ //

mahendro nāma kauravya bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ /
ayajattatrakaunteya pūrvameva pitāmahaḥ //

yatrabhāgīrathī puṇyāṃ sarasyāsīdyudhiṣṭhira / yatra sā brahmaśāleti puṇyākhyātā viśāmpate /
dhūtapāpmabhirākīrṇā puṇyaṃ tasyāśca darśanam //

pavitro maṅgalīyaśca khyāto loke sanātanaḥ /
kedāraśca mataṅgasya mahānāśrama uttamaḥ //

kuṇḍodaḥ parvato ramyo bahumūlaphalodakaḥ /
naiṣadhastṛṣito yatra jalaṃ śarma ca labdhavān //

yatra devavanaṃ puṇyaṃ tāpasairupaśobhitam /
bāhudā ca nadī yatranandā ca girimūrdhani //

tīrthāni saritaḥ śailāḥ puṇyānyāyatanāni ca /
prācyāṃ diśi mahārāja kīrtitāni mayā tava //

tisṛṣvanyāsu puṇyāni dikṣu tīrthāni me śṛṇu / saritaḥ parvatāṃścaiva puṇyānyāyatanāni ca //