Mahabharata · Chapter 9.50
indratīrthaṃ tato gatvā yadūnāṃ pravaro balī /
viprebhyo dhanaratnāni dadau snātvā yathāvidhi //
tatra hyamararājo vai īje kratuśatena ha /
bṛhaspateśca deveśaḥ pradadau vipulaṃ dhanam //
anargalānsajārūthyānsarvānvividhadakṣiṇān /
ājahara kratūṃstatra yathoktaṃ vedapāragaiḥ //
tānkratūnbharataśreṣṭha śatakṛtvo mahādyutiḥ /
pūrayāmāsa vidhivattataḥ khyātaḥ śatakratuḥ //
tasya nāmnā tu tattīrthaṃ śivaṃ puṇyaṃ sanātanam /
indratīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam //
upaspṛśya ca tatrāpi vidhivanmusalāyudhaḥ /
brāhmaṇānpūjayitvā ca pānācchādunabhojanaiḥ //
śubhaṃ tīrthavaraṃ tasmādrāmatīrthaṃ jagāma ha /
yatra rāmo mahābhāgo bhārgavaḥ sumahātapāḥ //
asakṛtpṛthivīṃ kṛtvā hatakṣatriyapuṅgavām /
upādhyāyaṃ puraskṛtya kāśyapaṃ munisattamam //
ayajadvājapeyena so'śvamedhaśatena ca /
pradadau dakṣiṇārthaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ sāgarāmbarām //
rāmo dattvā dhanaṃ tatra dvijebhyo janamejaya /
upaspṛśya yathānyāyaṃ pūjayitvā tathā dvijān //
puṇyatīrthe śubhe deśe vasu dattvā halāyudhaḥ / munīṃścaivābhivādyātha yamunātīrthamāgamat /
yatrānayāmāsa tadā rājasūyamapāmpatiḥ //
diteḥ sutānmahābhāgo varuṇo vai sitaprabhaḥ / yatra nirjitya saṅgrāme mānuṣāndānavāṃstathā /
gandharvānrākṣasāṃścaiva varuṇaḥ paravīrahā //
tasminkratuvare vṛtte saṅgrāmaḥ samajāyata /
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca trailokyasya bhayāvahaḥ //
rājasūye kratuśreṣṭhe nivṛtte janamejaya /
jāyate sumahāghoraḥ sankṣayaḥ kṣatriyānprati //
halāyudhastadā rāmastasmiṃstīrthavare śubhe /
tatrasnātvā ca dattvā ca dvijebhyo vasu mādhavaḥ //
vanamālī tato hṛṣṭaḥ stūyamāno dvijātibhiḥ /
tasmādādityatīrthaṃ ca jagāma kamalekṣaṇaḥ //
yatreṣṭvā bhagavāñjyotirbhāskaro rājasattama /
jyotiṣāmādhipatyaṃ ca prabhāvaṃ cābhyapadyata //
tasyā nadyāstu tīre vai sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ /
viśvedevāḥ samaruto gandharvāpsarasaśca ha //
dvaipāyanaḥ śukaścaiva kṛṣṇaśca madhusūdanaḥ /
yakṣāśca rākṣasāścaiva piśācāśca viśāmpate //
ete cānye ca bahavo yogasiddhāḥ sahasraśaḥ /
tasmiṃstīrthe sarasvatyāḥ śive puṇye parantapa //
tatra hatvā purā viṣṇurasurau madhukaiṭabhau /
āplutya bharataśreṣṭha tīrthapravara uttame //
dvaipāyanaśca dharmātmā tatraivāplutya bhārata /
samprāptaḥ paramaṃ yogaṃ siddhiṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ //
asito devalaścaiva tasminneva mahātapāḥ /
paramaṃ yogamāsthāya ṛṣiryogamavāptavān //
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