Matsya Purana · Chapter 117
ālokayannadīṃ puṇyāṃ tatsamīrahṛtaśramaḥ
sa gacchanneva dadṛśe himavantaṃ mahāgirim //
khamullikhadbhirbahubhir vṛtaṃ śṛṅgaistu pāṇḍuraiḥ
pakṣiṇāmapi saṃcārair vinā siddhagatiṃ śubhām //
nadīpravāhasaṃjāta mahāśabdaiḥ samantataḥ
asaṃśrutānyaśabdaṃ taṃ śītatoyaṃ manoramam //
devadāruvanairnīlaiḥ kṛtādhovasanaṃ śubham
meghottarīyakaṃ śailaṃ dadṛśe sa narādhipaḥ //
śvetameghakṛtoṣṇīṣaṃ candrārkamukuṭaṃ kvacit
himānuliptasarvāṅgaṃ kvaciddhātuvimiśritam //
candanenānuliptāṅgaṃ dattapañcāṅgulaṃ yathā
śītapradaṃ nidāghe 'pi śilāvikaṭasaṃkaṭam
sālaktakairapsarasāṃ mudritaṃ caraṇaiḥ kvacit //
kvacitsaṃspṛṣṭasūryāṃśuṃ kvacic ca tamasāvṛtam
darīmukhaiḥ kvacidbhīmaiḥ pibantaṃ salilaṃ mahat //
kvacidvidyādharagaṇaiḥ krīḍadbhirupaśobhitam
upagītaṃ tathā mukhyaiḥ kiṃnarāṇāṃ gaṇaiḥ kvacit //
āpānabhūmau galitair gandharvāpsarasāṃ kvacit
puṣpaiḥ saṃtānakādīnāṃ divyaistam upaśobhitam //
suptotthitābhiḥ śayyābhiḥ kusumānāṃ tathā kvacit
mṛditābhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ gandharvāṇāṃ manoramam //
niruddhapavanairdeśair nīlaśādvalamaṇḍitaiḥ
kvacic ca kusumairyuktam atyantaruciraṃ śubham //
tapasviśaraṇaṃ śailaṃ kāmināmatidurlabham
mṛgairyathānucaritaṃ dantibhinnamahādrumam //
yatra siṃhaninādena trastānāṃ bhairavaṃ ravam
dṛśyate na ca saṃśrāntaṃ gajānāmākulaṃ kulam //
taṭāśca tāpasairyatra kuñjadeśairalaṃkṛtāḥ
ratnairyasya samutpannais trailokyaṃ samalaṃkṛtam //
ahīnaśaraṇaṃ nityam ahīnajanasevitam
ahīnaḥ paśyati girim ahīnaṃ ratnasampadā //
alpena tapasā yatra siddhiṃ prāpsyanti tāpasāḥ
yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvakalmaṣanāśanam //
mahāprapātasampāta prapātādigatāmbubhiḥ
vāyunītaiḥ sadā tṛpti kṛtadeśaṃ kvacitkvacit //
samālabdhajalaiḥ śṛṅgaiḥ kvacic cāpi samucchritaiḥ
nityārkatāpaviṣamair agamyairmanasā yutam //
devadārumahāvṛkṣa vrajaśākhānirantaraiḥ
vaṃśastambavanākāraiḥ pradeśairupaśobhitam //
himachattramahāśṛṅgaṃ prapātaśatanirjharam
śabdalabhyāmbuviṣamaṃ himasaṃruddhakandaram //
dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ cārunitambabhūmiṃ mahānubhāvaḥ sa tu madranāthaḥ
babhrāma tatraiva mudā sametaḥ sthānaṃ tadā kiṃcidathāsasāda //
Original text: Matsyapurāṇa, 1-176 · Edition: Calcutta: Caukhamba Vidyabhavan, 1954. · Data entry Oliver Hellwig · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0