Narada Purana · Chapter 1.58

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne dvitīyapāde saṅkṣiptacchandovarṇanaṃ nāma saptapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
nārada uvāca
anūcānaprasaṃgena vedāṅgānyakhilāni ca /
śrutāni tvanmukhāṃbhojātsamāsavyāsayogataḥ

śukotpattiṃ samācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate /
sanandana uvāca
meruśṛṅge kila purā karṇikāravanāyate

vijahāra mahodevo bhaumaibhūtagaṇaivṛtaḥ /
śailarājasutā caiva devī tatrābhavatpurā

tatra divyaṃ tapastepe kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaḥ prabhuḥ /
yogenātmānamāviśya yogadharmaparāyaṇaḥ

dhārayansa tapastepe putrārthaṃ sunisaṃttamaḥ /
agnerbhūmestathā vāyorantarikṣasya cābhitaḥ

vīryeṇa saṃmataḥ putro mama bhūyāditi sma ha /
saṃkalpenātha so 'nena duṣprāpamakagṛtātmabhiḥ

varayāmāsa deveśamāsthitastapa uttamam /
atiṣṭanmārutāhāraḥ śataṃ kila samāḥ prabhuḥ

ārādhayanmahādevaṃ bahurūpamumāpatim /
tatra brahmarṣayaścaiva sarve devarṣayastathā

lokapālāśca sādhyāśca vasubhiścāṣṭabhiḥ saha /
ādityāścaiva rudrāśca divākaraniśākarau

viśvā vasuśca gandharvaḥ siddhāścāpsarāsāṃgaṇāḥ /
tatra rudro mahādevaḥ karṇikāramayīṃ śubhām

dhārayānaḥ srajaṃ bhāti śāradīva niśākaraḥ /
tasnin divye vane ramye devadevarṣisaṃkule

āsthitaḥ paramaṃ yogaṃ vyāsaḥ putrārthamudyataḥ /
na cāsya hīyate varṇo na glānirupajāyate

trayāṇāmapilokānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat /
jaṭāśca tejasā tasya vaiśvānaraśikhopamāḥ

prajvalantyaḥ sma dṛśyante yuktasyāmitatejasaḥ /
evaṃ vidhena tapasā tasya bhaktyā ca nārada

maheśvaraḥ prasannātmā cakāra manasā matim /
uvāca cainaṃ bhagavāṃstryaṃbakaḥ prahasanniva

yathā hyagniyathā vāyuryathā bhūmiryathā jalam /
yathā khe ca tathā śuddho bhaviṣyati sutastaṃva

tadbhāvabhāgī tadbuddhistadātmā tadupāśrayaḥ /
tejasā tasya lokāṃstrīnyaśaḥ prāpsyati kevalam

evaṃ labdhvā varaṃ devo vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ /
araṇiṃ tvatha saṃgṛhya mamanthāgnicikīrṣayā

atha rūpaṃ paraṃ vipra bibhratīṃ svena tejasā /
ghṛtācīṃ nāmāpsarasaṃ dadarśa bhagavānnṛṣiḥ

sa tāmapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā kāmamohitaḥ /
abhavadbhagavānvyāso vane tasminmunīśvara

sā tu kṛtvā tadā vyāsaṃ kāmasaṃvignamānasam /
śukībhūyā mahāramyā ghṛtācī samupāgamat

sa tāmapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpeṇānyenasaṃvṛtām /
smararājenānugataḥ sarvagātrātigena ha

sa tu mahatā nigṛhṇan hṛcchayaṃ muniḥ /
na śaśāka niyantuṃ taṃ vyāsaḥ pravisṛtaṃ manaḥ

bhāvitvāñcaiva bhāvyasya ghṛtācyā vapuṣā /
hṛtam yatnānniyacchataścāpi mune etañcikīrṣayā

araṇyāmeva sahasā tasya śukramavāpatat /
śukre nirmathyamāne 'syāṃ śuko jajñe mahātapāḥ

paramarṣirmahāyogī araṇīgarbhasaṃbhavaḥ /
yathaiva hi samiddho 'gnirbhāti havyamupāttavān

tathā rūpaḥ śuko jajñe prajvalanniva tejasā /
bibhrañcitraṃ ca viprendra rūpavarṇamanuttamam

taṃ gaṅgāṃ saritāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ merupṛṣṭhe svarūpiṇīm /
abhyetya snāpayāmāsa vāriṇā svena nārada

kṛṣṇājinaṃ cāntarikṣācchukārthe bhuvyavāpatat /
jagīyanta ca gandharvā nanṛtuñcāpsarogaṇāḥ

devadundubhayaścaiva prāvādyanta mahāsvanāḥ /
viśvāvasuśca gandharvastathā tuṃburunāradau

hāhāhūhūśca gandharvauṃ tuṣṭuvuḥ śukasaṃbhavam /
tatra śakrapurogāśca lokapālāḥ samāgatāḥ

devā devarṣathayaścaṭaiva tathā brahmarṣayo 'pi ca /
divyāni sarvapuṣpāṇi pravavarṣa ca mārutaḥ

jaṅgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ caiva prahṛṣṭamabhavajjagat /
taṃ mahātmā svayaṃ prītyā devyā saha mahādyutiḥ

jātamātraṃ muneḥ putraṃ vidhinopānayattadā /
tasya deveśvaraḥ śakto divyamadbhutadarśanam

dadau kamaṇḍaluṃ prītyā devā vāsāṃsi cābhitaḥ /
haṃsāśca śatapatrāśca sārasāśca sahasraśaḥ

pradakṣiṇamavartanta śukāścāṣāśca nārada /
āraṇe yastadā divyaṃ prāpya janma mahāmuniḥ

tatraivovāsa medhāvī vratacārī samāhitaḥ /
utpannamātraṃ taṃ vedāḥ sarahasyāḥ sasaṃgrahāḥ

upatasthurmuniśreṣṭhaṃ yathāsya pitaraṃ tathā /
bṛhaspatiṃ sa vavre ca vedavedāṅgabhāṣyavit

upādhyāyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha dharmamevānucintayan /
so 'dhītya vedānakhilānsarahasyānsasaṃgrahān

itihāsaṃ ca kārtsnyena vedaśāstrāṇi cābhitaḥ /
gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvṛtto mahāmuniḥ

ugraṃ tapaḥ samārebhe brahmacārī samāhitāḥ /
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca bālye 'pi sumahātapāḥ

saṃmatraṇīyo janyaśca jñānena tapasā tathā /
na tvasya ramate buddhi rāśrameṣu munīśvara

triṣu gārhasthyamūleṣu mokṣadharmānudarśinaḥ /
sa mokṣamanucintyaiva śukaḥ pitaramabhyagāt

prāhābhivādya ca tadā śreyor'thī vinayānvitaḥ /
mokṣadharmeṣu kuśalo bhagavān prabravītu me

yathaiva manasaḥ śāntiḥ paramā saṃbhavenmune /
śṛtvā putrasya vacanaṃ paramarṣiruvāca tam

adhīṣva mokṣaśāstraṃ vai dharmāṃśca vividhānapi /
piturnideśājjagrāha śuko brahmavidāṃ varaḥ

yogaśāstraṃ ca nikhilaṃ kāpilaṃ caiva nārada /
śataṃ brāhmyā śriyā yuktaṃ brahmatulyaparākramam

mene putraṃ yathā vyāso mokṣaśāstraviśāradam /
uvāca gaccheti tadā janakaṃ mithileśvaram

sa te vakṣyati mokṣārthaṃ nikhilena narādhipaḥ /
piturniyogādagamajjanakaṃ methakhilaṃ nṛpam

praṣṭuṃ dharmasya niṣṭāṃ vai mokṣasya ca parāyaṇam /
uktaśca mānuṣeṇa tvaṃ tathā gacchetyavismitaḥ

na prabhāveṇa gantavyamantarikṣacareṇa vai /
ārjavenaiva gantavyaṃ na sukhāya kṣaṇāttvayā

na draṣṭavyā viśeṣā hi viśeṣā hi prasaṃginaḥ /
ahṝṅkāro na kartavyo yājye tasminnarādhipe

sthātavyaṃ vasathe tasya sa te chetsyati saṃśayam /
sa dharmakuśalo rājā mokṣaśāstraviśāradaḥ

yathā yathā ca te brūyāttatkāryamaviśaṅkayā /
evamuktaḥ sa dharmātmā jagāma mithilāṃ muniḥ

pabhdyāṃ śaktontarikṣeṇa krāntuṃ bhūmiṃ sasāgarām /
sagirīṃ ścāpyatikramya bhārataṃ varṣamāsadat

sa deśānvividhānsphītānatikramya mahāmuniḥ /
videhānvai samāsādya janakena samāgamat

rājadvāraṃ samāsādya dvārapālairnivāritaḥ //ṭa
tasthau tatra mahāyogī kṣutpipāsādivarjitaḥ

ātape glānirahito dhyānayuktaśca nārada /
teṣāṃ tu dvārapālānāmekastatra vyavasthitaḥ

madhyaṅgatamivādityaṃ dṛṣṭvā śukamavasthitam /
jūjayitvā yathānyāyamabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ

prāveśayattataḥ kakṣaāṃ dvitīyāṃ rājaveśmanaḥ /
tatrāntaḥpurasaṃbaddhaṃ mahaccaitragthopamam

suvibhaktajalākrīḍaṃ ramyaṃ puṣpitapādapam /
darśayitvāsane sthāpya rājānaṃ ca vyajijñapat

śrutvā rājā śukaṃ prāptaṃ vārastrīḥ sa nyayuṅkta ca /
sevāyai tasya bhāvasya jñānāya munisatama

taṃ cārukeśyaḥ śuśreṇyastaruṇyaḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
sūkṣmaraktāṃbaradharāstaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ

saṃlāpālāpakuśālā bhāvajñāḥ sarvakovidāḥ /
paraṃ pañcāśatastasya pādyādīni vyakalpayan

deśa kālopapannena sādhvannenāpyatarpayan /
tasya bhuktavatastāta tāstataḥ purakānanam

suramyaṃ darśayāmāsurekaikatvena nārada /
krīḍantyaśca hasaṃtyaśca gāyantyaścaiva tāḥ śukam

udārasatvaṃ satvajñāḥsarvāḥ paryyacaraṃstadā /
āraṇeyastu śuddhātmā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ

dhyānastha eva satataṃ na hṛṣyati na kupyati /
pādaśaucaṃ tu kṛtvā vai śukaḥ saṃdhyāmupāsya ca

niṣasādāsane puṇye tamevārthaṃ vyacintayat /
pūrvarātre tu tatrāsau bhūtvā dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ

madhyarātre yathānyāyyaṃ nidrāmāhārayatprabhuḥ /
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya kṛtvā śaucamanantaram

strībhiḥ parivṛtto dhīmāndhyānamevānvapadyata /
anena vidhinā tatra tadahaḥśeṣamapyuta

tāṃ ca rātriṃ nṛpakule vartayāmāsa nārada