 | Book 12 Chapter 320
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ brahmarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ
prātiṣṭhata śukaḥ siddhiṃ hitvā lokāṃś caturvidhān
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| 2 | tamo hy aṣṭavidhaṃ hitvā jahau pañcavidhaṃ rajaḥ
tataḥ sattvaṃ jahau dhīmāṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 3 | tatas tasmin pade nitye nirguṇe liṅgavarjite
brahmaṇi pratyatiṣṭhat sa vidhūmo 'gnir iva jvalan
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| 4 | ulkāpātā diśāṃ dāhā bhūmikampās tathaiva ca
prādurbhūtāḥ kṣaṇe tasmiṃs tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 5 | drumāḥ śākhāś ca mumucuḥ śikharāṇi ca parvatāḥ
nirghātaśabdaiś ca girir himavān dīryatīva ha
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| 6 | na babhāse sahasrāṃśur na jajvāla ca pāvakaḥ
hradāś ca saritaś caiva cukṣubhuḥ sāgarās tathā
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| 7 | vavarṣa vāsavas toyaṃ rasavac ca sugandhi ca
vavau samīraṇaś cāpi divyagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ
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| 8 | sa śṛṅge 'pratime divye himavan merusaṃbhave
saṃśliṣṭe śvetapīte dve rukmarūpyamaye śubhe
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| 9 | śatayojanavistāre tiryag ūrdhvaṃ ca bhārata
udīcīṃ diśam āśritya rucire saṃdadarśa ha
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| 10 | so 'viśaṅkena manasā tathaivābhyapatac chukaḥ
tataḥ parvataśṛṅge dve sahasaiva dvidhākṛte
adṛśyetāṃ mahārāja tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 11 | tataḥ parvataśṛṅgābhyāṃ sahasaiva viniḥsṛtaḥ
na ca pratijaghānāsya sa gatiṃ parvatottamaḥ
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| 12 | tato mahān abhūc chabdo divi sarvadivaukasām
gandharvāṇām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca ye ca śailanivāsinaḥ
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| 13 | dṛṣṭvā śukam atikrāntaṃ parvataṃ ca dvidhākṛtam
sādhu sādhv iti tatrāsīn nādaḥ sarvatra bhārata
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| 14 | sa pūjyamāno devaiś ca gandharvair ṛṣibhis tathā
yakṣarākṣasasaṃghaiś ca vidyādharagaṇais tathā
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| 15 | divyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ samākīrṇam antarikṣaṃ samantataḥ
āsīt kila mahārāja śukābhipatane tadā
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| 16 | tato mandākinīṃ ramyām upariṣṭād abhivrajan
śuko dadarśa dharmātmā puṣpitadrumakānanām
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| 17 | tasyāṃ krīḍanty abhiratāḥ snānti caivāpsarogaṇāḥ
śūnyākāraṃ nirākārāḥ śukaṃ dṛṣṭvā vivāsasaḥ
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| 18 | taṃ prakramantam ājñāya pitā snehasamanvitaḥ
uttamāṃ gatim āsthāya pṛṣṭhato 'nusasāra ha
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| 19 | śukas tu mārutād ūrdhvaṃ gatiṃ kṛtvāntarikṣagām
darśayitvā prabhāvaṃ svaṃ sarvabhūto 'bhavat tadā
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| 20 | mahāyogagatiṃ tv agryāṃ vyāsotthāya mahātapāḥ
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śukābhipatanaṃ yayau
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| 21 | sa dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgraṃ śukaṃ gatam
śaśaṃsur ṛṣayas tasmai karma putrasya tat tadā
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| 22 | tataḥ śuketi dīrgheṇa śaikṣeṇākranditas tadā
svayaṃ pitrā svareṇoccais trīṃl lokān anunādya vai
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| 23 | śukaḥ sarvagato bhūtvā sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ
pratyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhoḥśabdenānunādayan
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| 24 | tata ekākṣaraṃ nādaṃ bho ity eva samīrayan
pratyāharaj jagat sarvam uccaiḥ sthāvarajaṅgamam
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| 25 | tataḥ prabhṛti cādyāpi śabdān uccāritān pṛthak
girigahvarapṛṣṭheṣu vyājahāra śukaṃ prati
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| 26 | antarhitaḥ prabhāvaṃ tu darśayitvā śukas tadā
guṇān saṃtyajya śabdādīn padam adhyagamat param
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| 27 | mahimānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putrasyāmitatejasaḥ
niṣasāda giriprasthe putram evānucintayan
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| 28 | tato mandākinītīre krīḍanto 'psarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
āsādya tam ṛṣiṃ sarvāḥ saṃbhrāntā gatacetasaḥ
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| 29 | jale nililyire kāś cit kāś cid gulmān prapedire
vasanāny ādaduḥ kāś cid dṛṣṭvā taṃ munisattamam
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| 30 | tāṃ muktatāṃ tu vijñāya muniḥ putrasya vai tadā
saktatām ātmanaś caiva prīto 'bhūd vrīḍitaś ca ha
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| 31 | taṃ devagandharvavṛto maharṣigaṇapūjitaḥ
pinākahasto bhagavān abhyāgacchata śaṃkaraḥ
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| 32 | tam uvāca mahādevaḥ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
putraśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ tadā
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| 33 | agner bhūmer apāṃ vāyor antarikṣasya caiva ha
vīryeṇa sadṛśaḥ putras tvayā mattaḥ purā vṛtaḥ
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| 34 | sa tathālakṣaṇo jātas tapasā tava saṃbhṛtaḥ
mama caiva prabhāvena brahmatejomayaḥ śuciḥ
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| 35 | sa gatiṃ paramāṃ prāpto duṣprāpām ajitendriyaiḥ
daivatair api viprarṣe taṃ tvaṃ kim anuśocasi
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| 36 | yāvat sthāsyanti girayo yāvat sthāsyanti sāgarāḥ
tāvat tavākṣayā kīrtiḥ saputrasya bhaviṣyati
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| 37 | chāyāṃ svaputrasadṛśīṃ sarvato 'napagāṃ sadā
drakṣyase tvaṃ ca loke 'smin matprasādān mahāmune
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| 38 | so 'nunīto bhagavatā svayaṃ rudreṇa bhārata
chāyāṃ paśyan samāvṛttaḥ sa muniḥ parayā mudā
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| 39 | iti janma gatiś caiva śukasya bharatarṣabha
vistareṇa mayākhyātaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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| 40 | etad ācaṣṭa me rājan devarṣir nāradaḥ purā
vyāsaś caiva mahāyogī saṃjalpeṣu pade pade
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| 41 | itihāsam imaṃ puṇyaṃ mokṣadharmārthasaṃhitam
dhārayed yaḥ śamaparaḥ sa gacchet paramāṃ gatim
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