Mahabharata · Chapter 3.86
dakṣiṇasyāṃ tu puṇyāni śṛṇu tīrthāni bhārata /
vistareṇa yathābuddhi kīrtyamānāni tāni vai //
yasyāmākhyāyate puṇyā diśi godāvarī nadī /
bahvārāmā bahujalā tāpasācaritā śivā //
veṇā bhīmarathī caiva nadyau pāpabhayāpahe /
mṛgadvijasamākīrṇe tāpasālayabhūṣite //
rājarṣestas ca sarinnṛgasya bharatarṣabha /
ramyatīrthā bahujalā payoṣṇī dvijasevitā //
api cātra mahāyogī mārkaṇḍeyo mahāyaśāḥ /
anuvaṃśyāṃ jagau gāthāṃ nṛgasya dharaṇīpateḥ //
nṛgas yajamānasya pratyakṣamiti naḥ śrutam /
marutaḥ pariveṣṭāraḥ sadasyāśca divaukasaḥ //
payoṣṇyāṃ yajamānasya vārāhe tīrtha uttame / uddhṛtaṃ bhūtalasthaṃ vāvāyunā samudīritam /
payoṣṇyā harate toyaṃ pāpamāmaraṇāntikam //
svargāduttuṅgamamalaṃ viṣāṇaṃ yatra śūlinaḥ /
svamātmavihitaṃ dṛṣṭvā martyaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet //
ekataḥ saritaḥ sarvā gaṅgādyāḥ saliloccayāḥ /
payoṣṇī caikataḥ puṇyā tīrthebhyo hi matā mama //
māṭharasya vanaṃ puṇyaṃ bahumūlaphalaṃ śivam /
yūpaśca bharataśreṣṭha varuṇasrotase girau //
praveṇyuttarapārsve tu puṇye kaṇvāśrame tathā /
tāpasānāmaraṇyāni kīrtitāni yathāśruti //
vedī śūrpārake tāta jamadagnermahātmanaḥ /
ramyā pāṣāṇatīrthā ca puraścandrā ca bhārata //
aśokatīrthaṃ tatraiva kaunte ya bahulāśramam /
agastyatīrthaṃ pāṇḍyeṣu vāruṇaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira //
kumāryaḥ kathitāḥ puṇyāḥ pāṇḍyeṣveva nararṣabha /
tāmraparṇī tu kaunteya kīrtayiṣyāmi tāṃ śṛṇu //
yatra devaistapastaptaṃ mahadicchadbhirāśrame /
gokarṇamiti vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhārata //
śītatoyo bahujalaḥ puṇyastāta śivaśca saḥ /
hradaḥ paramaduṣprāpo mānuṣairakṛtātmabhiḥ //
tatra vṛkṣatṛṇādyaiśca sampannaḥ phalamūlavān /
āśramo'gastyaśiṣyasya puṇyo devasahe girau //
vaiḍūryaparvatastatra śrīmānmaṇimayaḥ śivaḥ /
agastyasyāśramaścaiva bahumūlaphalodakaḥ //
surāṣṭreṣvapi vakṣyāmi puṇyānyāyatanāni ca /
āśramānsaritaścaiva sarāṃsi ca narādhipa //
camasodbhedanaṃ viprāstatrāpi kathayantyuta /
prabhāsaṃ codadhau tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam //
tatra piṇḍārakaṃ nāma tāpasācaritaṃ śivam /
ujjayantaśca śikharī kṣipraṃ siddhikaro mahān //
tatra devarṣivīreṇa nāradenānukīrtitaḥ /
purāṇaḥ śrūyate ślokastaṃ nibodha yudhiṣṭhira //
puṇye girau surāṣṭreṣu mṛgapakṣiniṣevite /
ujjayante sma taptāṅgo nākapṛṣṭhe mahīyate //
eṣa nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānkṣīrārṇavaniketanaḥ /
nāgaparyaṅkamutsṛjyahyāgato madhurāṃ purīm //
puṇyā dvāravatī tatrayatrāsau madhusūdanaḥ /
sākṣāddevaḥ purāṇosau sa hi dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ //
ye ca kavedavido viprā ye cādhyātmavido janāḥ /
te vadanti mahātmānaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ dharmaṃ sanātanam //
pavitrāṇāṃ hi govindaḥ pavitraṃ paramucyate / puṇyānāmapi puṇyosau maṅgālānāṃ ca maṅgalam /
trailokye puṇḍarīkākṣo devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ //
avyayātmā vyayātmā ca kṣetrajñaḥ parameśvaraḥ / āste hariracintyātmā tatraiva madhusūdanaḥ //
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