Vishnu Purana · Chapter 4.21
iti śrīviṣṇumahāpurāṇe caturthāṃśe viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ (20 )
śrīparāśara uvāca
ataḥ paraṃ bhaviṣyānahaṃ bhūpālānkīrtayiṣyāmi
yo 'yaṃ sāṃpratamavanīpatiḥ parīkṣittasyāpi janamejayaśrutasenograsenabhīmasenāścatvāraḥ putrā bhaviṣyanti
janamejayasyāpi śatānīko bhaviṣyati
yo 'sau yājñavalkyādvedamadhītya kṛpādastrāmyavāpya viṣamaviṣayaviraktacittavṛttiś ca śaunakopadeśādātmajñānapravīṇaḥ paraṃ nirvāṇamavāpsyati
śatānīkādaśvamedhadatto bhavitā
tasmādapyacadhisīmakṛṣṇaḥ
adhisīmakṛṣṇānnicaknuḥ
yo gaṅgayāpahṛte hastinapure kauśāṃbyāṃ nivatsyati
tasyā pyuṣmaḥ putro bhavitā
uṣṇādvicitrarathaḥ
tataḥ śucirathaḥ
tasmādvṛṣṇimāṃstataḥsuṣeṇastasyāpi sunīthaḥsunīthānnṛpacakṣustasmādapi sukhibalastasya ca pāriplavastataś ca sunayastasyāpi medhāvī
medhāvino ripuñjayastatorvastasmācca tigmastasmādbṛhadrathaḥ bṛhadrathādvasudāsaḥ
tato 'paraḥ śatanīkaḥ
tasmāccodayana udayanādvihīnarastataścadaṇḍapāṇistato nimittaḥ
tasmācca kṣemakaḥ
atrāyaṃ ślokaḥ
brahmakṣatrasya yo yo nirvaṃśo devarṣisatkṛtaḥ /
kṣemakaṃ prāpya rājānaṃ saṃsthānaṃ prāpyate kalau
Original text: Viṣṇupurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press 1910 · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0