bhAgIrathIgadyaM
atha bhAgIrathIgadyaM
shrIshuka uvAcha
tatra bhagavataH sAkShAd yaj~naliMgasya viShNorvikramato |
vAmapA-dAMguShThanakhanirbhinnordhvAMDakaTAhavivareNa |
aMtaHpraviShTA yA bAhyajaladhArA |
tachcharaNapaMkajAvanejanAruNakiMjalkoparaMjita-akhilajagadaghamalApahA |
upasparshanAmalA sAkShAt bhagavatpadItya-nupalakShitavachobhirabhidhIyamAnA|
 atimahatA kAlena yuga-sahastropalakShaNena divo mUrdhanyavatatAra yattadviShNupadamAhuH ||
 yatra ha vAva vIravrata auttAnapAdiH paramabhAgavataH|
 asmatkula-devatAcharaNAraviMdodakaM iti|
 yAM anusavanamutkR^iShyamANa-bhagavadbhaktiyogena dR^iDhaM klidyamAnAMtarhR^idaya|
 autkaMThyavivashAmIlitalochanayugalakuDmalavigalitAmalabAShpakalayA|
 abhivyajyamAna-romapulakakulaka|
 adhunApi paramAdareNa shirasA bibharti ||1||
tatra saptaR^iShayastatprabhAvaj~nA nanu (iyaM nu) tapasa AtyaMtikI siddhiretAvatIti |
bhagavati sarvAtmani vAsudeve anavaratabhaktiyoga-lAbhenaiva |
upekShitAnyArthAtmagatayo|
muktimivAgatAM mumukShavaH sabahumAnamenAmadyApi jaTAjUTairudvahaMti ||2||
tataH anekasahasrakoTivimAnAnIkasaMkuladevayAnena avataraMtI|
 iMdumaMDalamAplAvya brahmasadane nipatati|
 tatra chaturdhA bhidyamAnA chaturbhirnAmabhishchaturdishamabhisyaMdatI|
 nadanadIpatimevAbhinivishate|
 ‘sItA alakanaMdA chakShuH bhadrA’ iti ||3||
sItA tu brahmasadanAt kesarAdrishikharebhyo.adho.adhaHpataMtI<
 gaMdhamAdanamUrdhni patitvAMtareNa bhadrAshvaM varShaM prAchyAM dishi kShArasamudraM pravishati|
 evaM mAlyavachChikharAnniShpataMtI anuparatavegA|
 ketumAlamabhi chakShuH pratIchyAM dishi saritpatiM pravishati |
bhadrA chottarato merushiraso nipatitA girishikharAt girishikharamatihAya|
 shR^iMgavataH shR^iMgAdabhisyaMdamAnA uttarAMstu kurUn atikramya |
udIchyAM dishi lavaNArNavaM pravishati |
tathaivAlakanaMdA dakShiNena tu brahmasadanAd bahUni girikUTAnyatikramya|
 hemakUTahimakUTAni atitararabhasaraMhasA luThaMtI|
 bhAratameva varShaM dakShiNasyAM dishi jaladhiM pravishati || 4||
|| iti bhAgavate paMchamaskaMdhe bhAgIrathIgadyaM ||