Narada Purana · Chapter 1.62

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne dvitīyapāde ekaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
etacchrṛtvā tu vacanaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ /
punaḥ papraccha taṃ vipra śukābhipatanaṃ munim

nārada uvāca
bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ tvayātikaruṇātmanā /
yacchrṛtvā mānasaṃ me 'dya śāntimagryāmupāgatam

punaśca mokṣaśāstraṃ me tvamādiśa mahāmune /
nahi sampūrṇatāmeti tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇaguṇārṇave

ye tu saṃsāranirmuktā mokṣa śāstraparāyaṇāḥ /
kutra te nivasaṃtīha saṃśayo me mahānayam

taṃ chindhi sumahābhāgatvatto nānyo vidāṃvaraḥ /
sanaṃ.u
dhārayāmāsa cātmānaṃ yathāśāstraṃ mahāmuniḥ

pādātprabhṛti gātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit /
tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvānādityena virocite

pāṇipādaṃ samādhāya vinītavadupāviśat /
na tatra pakṣisaṃghāto na śabdo na ca darśanam

yatra vaiyāsakirddhāmni yoktuṃ samupacakrame /
sa dadarśa tadātmānaṃ sarvasaṃgaviniḥsṛtaḥ

prajahāsa tato hāsaṃ śukaḥ samprekṣya bhāskaram /
sa punaryogamāsthāya mokṣamārgopalabdhaye

mahāyogīśvaro bhūtvā so 'tyakrāmadvihāyasam /
antarīkṣacaraḥ śrīmānvyāsaputraḥ suniścitaḥ

tamundyantaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ vainateyasamadyutim /
dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni manomārutaraṃhasam

yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ pūjayāñcakrire tathā /
puṣpa varṣaiśca divyaistamavacakrurdivaukasaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ /
ṛṣayaścaiva saṃsiddhāḥ ko 'yaṃ siddhimupāgataḥ

tato 'sau svāhrayaṃ tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa nārada /
uvāca ca mahātejāstānṛṣīnsaṃpraharṣitaḥ

pitā yadyanugacchenmāṃ krośamānaḥ śuketi vai /
tasmai prativacodeyaṃ bhavadbhistu samāhitaiḥ

bāḍhamuktastatastaistu lokānhitvā caturvidhān /
tamo hyaṣṭavidhaṃ tyaktvā jahau pañcavidhaṃ rajaḥ

tataḥ satvaṃ jahau dhīmāṃstadadbhutamivābhavat /
tatastasminpade nitye nirguṇe liṅgapūjite

tataḥ sa śṛṅge 'pratime himavanmerusannibhe /
saṃśliṣṭe śvetapīte ca rukmarūpyamaye śubhe

śatayojanavistāre tiryāgūrddhca nārada /
so 'viśaṅkena manasā tathaivābhyapatacchukaḥ

te śṛṅge 'tyantasaṃśliṣṭe sahasaiva dvidhākṛte /
adṛśyetāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tadadbhutamivābhavat

tataḥ parvataśṛṅgābhyāṃ sahasaiva viniḥsṛtaḥ /
na ca pratijaghānāsya sa gatiṃ parvatottamaḥ

tato mandākinīṃ divyā mupariṣṭādabhivrajan /
śuko dadarśa dharmātmā puṣpitadrumakānanam

tasyāṃ krīḍāsu niratāḥ snānti caivāpsarogaṇāḥ /
nirākāraṃ tu sākārādadṛśustaṃ vivāsasaḥ

taṃ prakramantamājñāya pitā snehasamanvitaḥ /
uttamāṃ gatimāsthāya pṛṣṭato 'nusasāra ha

śukastu mārutādūrddhvaṃ gatiṃ kṛtvāṃ tarikṣagām /
darśayitvā prabhāvaṃ svaṃ sarvabhūto 'bhavattadā

atha yogagatiṃ vyāsaḥ samāsthāya mahātapāḥ /
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śukābhipatanaṃ yayau

sa dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgraṃ gataṃ śukam /
śaśaṃsurmunayaḥ siddhā gatiṃ tasmai sutasya tām

tataḥ śuketiśabdena dīrgheṇa kranditaṃ tadāḥ /
svayaṃ pitrā svareṇoñcaistrīṃllokānanunādya vai

śukaḥ sarvagatirbhūtvā sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ /
pratyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhoḥ śabdenānunādayan

tata ekākṣaraṃ nādaṃ bhorityevamudīrayan /
pratyāharajjagatsarvamuñcaiḥ sthāvarajaṅgamam

tataḥ prabhṛti vādyāpi śabdānuñcāritānpṛthak /
girigahvarapṛṣṭeṣu vyājahāra śukaṃ prati

antarhitaprabhāvaṃ taṃ darśayitvā śukastadā /
guṇānsaṃtyajya sattvādīnpadamadhyagamatparam

mahimānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putrasyāmitatejasaḥ /
so 'nunīto bhagavatā vyāso rudreṇa nārada

kimu tvaṃ tāmyasi mune putraṃ prati samākulaḥ /
paśyasi vipra nāyāntaṃ brahmabhūtaṃ nijāntire

ityevamanunīto 'sau vyāsaḥ punaruprāvrajat /
śvāśramaṃ sa śuko brahmabhūto lokāṃścacāra ha

tata kālāntare brahmanvyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ /
naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ yayau badarikāśramam

tatra dṛṣṭvā tu tau devau tapyamāno mahattapaḥ /
svayaṃ ca tatra tapasi sthitaḥ śukamanusmaran

yāvattatra sthito vyāsaḥ śukaḥ paramayogavit /
śvetadvīpaṃ gatastāta yatra tvamagamaḥ purā

tatra dṛṣṭaprabhāvastu śrīmānnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
dṛṣṭaḥ śrutivimṛgyo hi devadevo janārdanaḥ

stutaśca śukadevena prasannaḥ prāha nārada /
śrībhagavānuvāca
tvayā dṛṣṭo 'smi yogīndra sarvadevarahaḥsthitaḥ

sanatkumārādiṣṭena siddho yogena vāḍava /
tvaṃ sadāgatimārgastho lokānpaśya yathecchayā

ityukto vāsudevena taṃ natvāraṇisaṃbhavaḥ /
vaikuṇṭhaṃ prayayau vipra sarvalokanamaskṛtam

vaimānikaiḥ surairjuṣṭaṃ virajāpariceṣṭitam /
yaṃ bhāntamanubhāntyete lokāḥ sarve 'pi nārada

yatra vidumasopānāḥ svarṇaratnavicitritāḥ /
vāpya utpalaṃsaṃchannāḥ surastrīkrīḍanākulāḥ

divyairhaṃsakulairghuṣṭāḥ svacchāṃbunibhṛtāḥ sadā /
tatra dvāḥsthaiścaturhastenārnābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ

viṣvaksenānugaiḥ siddhaiḥ kumudādyairavā ritaḥ /
praviśyābhyāntaraṃ tatra devadevaṃ caturbhujam

śāntaṃ prasannavadanaṃ pītakauśeyavāsasam /
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmairmūrtimadbhirupāsitam

vakṣasthalasthayā lakṣmyā kaustubhena virājitam /
kaṭīsūtrabrahmasūtrakaṭakāṅgadabhūṣitam

bhrājatkirīṭavalayaṃ maṇinūpuraśobhitam /
dadarśa siddhani karaiḥ sevyamānamaharniśam

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktibhāvena tuṣṭāva madhusūdanam /
śuka uvāca
namaste vāsudevāya sarvalokaikasākṣiṇe

jagadbījasvarūpāya pūrṇāya nibhṛtātmane /
haraye vāsukisthāya śvetadvīpanivāsine

haṃsāya matsyarūpāya vārāhatanudhāriṇe /
nṛsiṃhāya dhruvejyāya sāṃkhyayogeśvarāya ca

catuḥsanāya kūrmāya pṛthave svasuravātmane /
nābheyāya jagaddhātre vidhātreṃ'takāraya ca

bhārgavendrāya rāmāya rāghavāya parāya ca /
kṛṣṇāya vedakartre ca buddhakalkisvarūpiṇe

caturvyuhāya vedyāya dhyeyāya paramātmane /
naranārāyaṇākhyāya śiṣiviṣṭāya viṣṇave

ṛtadhāmne vidhāmne ca suparṇāya svarociṣe /
ṛbhave suvratākhyāya sudhāmne cājitāya ca

viśvarūpāya viśvāya sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇe /
yajñāya yajñabhokte ca sthaviṣṭhāyāṇave 'rthine

ādityasomanetrāya sahaojobalāya ca /
ījyāya sākṣiṇe 'jāyabahuśīrṣāṅghribāhave

śrīśāya śrīnivāsāya bhaktavaśyāya śārṅgiṇe /
aṣṭaprakṛtyadhīśāya brahmaṇe 'nantasaktaye

bṛhadāraṇyavedyāya hṛṣīkeśāya vedhase /
puṇḍarīkanibhākṣāya kṣetrajñāya vibhāsine

govindāya jagatkartre jagannāthāya yogine /
satyāya satyasaṃdhāya vaikuṇṭhāyācyutāya ca

adhokṣajāya dharmāya vāmanāya tridhātave /
ghṛtārciṣe viṣṇave te 'nantāya kapilāyaya ca

viriñcaye trikakude ṛgyajuḥsāmarūpiṇe /
ekaśṛṅgāya ca śuciśravase śāstrayonaye

vṛṣākapaya ṛddhāya prabhave viśvakarmaṇe /
bhūrbhuvuḥsvaḥsvarūpāya daityaghne nirguṇāya ca

nirañjanāya nityāya hyavyayāyākṣarāya ca /
namaste pāhi māmīśa śaraṇāgatavatsala

iti stutaḥ sa bhagavāñcchaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
āraṇeyamuvācedaṃ bhṛśaṃ praṇatavatsalaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca
vyāsaputra mahābhāga prīto 'smi tava suvrata /
vidyāmāpnuhi bhaktiṃ ca jñānī tvaṃ mama rūpadhṛk

yadrūpaṃ mama dṛṣṭaṃ prāk śvetadvīpe tvayā dvija /
so 'hamevāvatārārthaṃ sthito viśvaṃbharātmakaḥ

siddho 'si tvaṃ mahābhāga mokṣadharmānunucintayā /
varalokānyathā vāyuryathā ravaṃ savitā tathā

nityamuktasvarūpastvaṃ pūjyamānaḥ surairnaraiḥ /
bhaktirhi durlabhā loke mayi sarvaparāyaṇe

tāṃ labdhvā nāparaṃ kiñcillabdhavyamavaśiṣyate /
ākalpāntaḥ tapaḥ saṃsthau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī

tayornideśato vyāso janaka stava suvrataḥ /
kartā bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ tadadhīṣva bhuvaṃ vraja

sa tapyati tapastvadya parvate gandhamādane /
tvadviyogena khinnātmā taṃ prasādaya matpriyam

evamuktaḥ śuko vipra namaskṛtya caturbhujam /
yathāgataṃ nivṛtto 'sau piturantikamāgamat

atha taṃ svantike dṛṣṭvā pārāśaryyaḥ pratāpavān /
putraṃ prāpya prahṛṣṭātmā tapaso nivavarta ha

nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam /
āraṇeyasamāyuktaḥ svāśramaṃ samupāgamat

nārāyaṇaniyogāttu tvanmukhena munīśvara /
cakāra saṃhitāṃ divyāṃ nānākhyānasamanvitām

vedatulyāṃ bhāgavatīṃ haribhaktivivarddhinīm /
nivṛttinirataṃ putraṃ śukamadhyāpayañca tām

ātmārāmo 'pi bhagavānpārāśaryātmajaḥ śukaḥ /
adhītavānsaṃhitāṃ vai nityaṃ viṣṇujanapriyām

evamete samākhyātā mokṣadharmāstavānadha /
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi haribhaktivivarddhanāḥ