Padma Purana · Chapter 1.20

bhīṣma uvāca/
atyāścaryavatī ramyā katheyaṃ pāpanāśinī/
vistareṇa ca me brūhi yāthātathyena pṛcchataḥ

māhātmyaṃ madhyamasyāpi ṛṣibhiḥ parikīrtitam/
phalaṃ cānnasya kathitaṃ māhātmyaṃ ca damasya tu

viṣṇunā ca padanyāsaḥ kṛto yatra mahāmune/
kanīyasastathotpattiryathābhūtā vadasva me

pulastya uvāca/
purā rathaṃtare kalpe rājāsītpuṣpavāhanaḥ/
nāmnā lokeṣu vikhyātastejasā sūryasannibhaḥ

tapasā tasya tuṣṭena caturvaktreṇa bhārata/
kamalaṃ kāṃcanaṃ dattaṃ yathākāmagamaṃ nṛpa

saptadvīpāni lokaṃ ca yatheṣṭaṃ vicaratsadā/
kalpādau tu samaṃ dvīpaṃ tasya puṣkaravāsinā

lokena pūjitaṃ tasmātpuṣkaradvīpamucyate/
tadeva brahmaṇā dattaṃ yānamasya tatoṃbujam

puṣpavāhana ityāhustasmāttaṃ devadānavāḥ/
naupamyamastīha jagattrayepi brahmāṃbujasthasya ca tasya rājñaḥ

taponubhāvādatha tasya rājñī nārī sahasrairabhivaṃdyamānā/
nāmnā ca lāvaṇyavatī babhūva yā pārvatīveṣṭatamā bhavasya

tasyātmajānāmayutaṃ babhūva dharmātmanāmagryadhanurdharāṇām/
tadātmajāṃstānabhivīkṣya rājā muhurmuhurvismayamāsasāda

sobhyāgataṃ pūjya munipravīraṃ pracetasaṃ vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe/
kasmādvibhūtiracalāmaramartyapūjā jātā kathaṃ kamalajā sadṛśī surājñī

bhāryā mayālpatapasā paritoṣitena dattaṃ mamāṃbujagṛhaṃ ca munīṃdra dhātrā/
yasminpraviṣṭamapi koṭiśataṃ nṛpāṇāṃ sāmātyakuṃjararathaughajanāvṛtānāṃ

nālakṣyate kvagatamambaragāmibhiśca tārāgaṇeṃduraviraśmibhirapyagamyam/
tasmātkimanyajananījaṭharodbhavena dharmādikaṃ kṛtamaśeṣajanātigaṃ yat

sarvairmayātha tanayairatha vānayāpi sadbhāryayā tadakhilaṃ kathaya pracetaḥ/
sopyabhyadhādatha bhavāṃtaritaṃ nirīkṣya pṛthvīpate śṛṇu tadadbhutahetuvṛttam

janmābhavattava tu lubdhakulepi ghoraṃ jātastvamapyanudinaṃ kila pāpakārī/
vapurapyabhūttava punaḥ puruṣāṃgasaṃdhidurgaṃdhisattvakunakhābharaṇaṃ samaṃtāt

na ca te suhṛnna sutabaṃdhujano na tādṛknaivasvasā na jananī ca tadābhiśastā/
atisaṃmatā paramabhīṣṭatamābhimukhī jātā mahī śatavayoṣidiyaṃ surūpā

abhūdanāvṛṣṭiratīva raudrā kadācanāhāranimittamasyāṃ/
kṣutpīḍitena bhavatā tu yadā na kiṃcidāsāditaṃ vanyaphalādi bhakṣyaṃ

athābhidṛṣṭaṃ mahadaṃbujāḍhyaṃ sarovaraṃ paṃkaparītarodhaḥ/
padmānyathādāya tato bahūni gataḥ puraṃ vaidiśa nāmadheyaṃ

tanmūlyalābhāya puraṃ samastaṃ bhrāṃtaṃ tvayāśeṣamahastadāsīt/
kretā na kaścitkamaleṣu jātaḥ klāṃtaḥ paraṃ kṣutparipīḍitaśca

upaviṣṭastvamekasminsabhāryo bhavanāṃgaṇe/
tato rātrau bhavāṃstatra aśrauṣīnmaṃgaladhvaniṃ

sabhāryastatra gatavānyatrāsau maṃgaladhvaniḥ/
tatra maṃḍalamadhyasthā viṣṇorarcāvilokitā

veśyānaṃgavatī nāma bibhratī dvādaśīvrataṃ/
samāpya māghamāsasya dvādaśyāṃ lavaṇācalaṃ

nyavedayattu gurave śayyāṃ copaskarānvitām/
alaṃkṛtya hṛṣīkeśaṃ sauvarṇaṃ samamādarāt

sā tu dṛṣṭā tatastābhyāmidaṃ ca pariciṃtitaṃ/
kimebhiḥ kamalaiḥ kāryaṃ varaṃ viṣṇuralaṃkṛtaḥ

iti bhaktistadā jātā daṃpatyostu nareśvara/
tatprasaṃgātsamabhyarcya keśavaṃ lavaṇācalaṃ

śayyā ca puṣpaprakaraiḥ pūjitābhūcca sarvaśaḥ/
athānaṃgavatī tuṣṭā tayordhānyaśatatrayam

dīyatāmādideśātha kaladhautapalatrayaṃ/
na gṛhītaṃ tatastābhyāṃ mahāsatvāvalaṃbanāt

anaṃgavatyā ca punastayorannaṃ caturvidhaṃ/
ānīya vyāhṛtaṃ cānnaṃ bhujyatāmiti bhūpate

tābhyāṃ ca tadapi tyaktaṃ bhokṣyāvaḥ śvo varānane/
prasaṃgādupavāso nau tavādyāstu śubhāvahaḥ

janmaprabhṛti pāpiṣṭhāvāvāṃ devi dṛḍhavrate/
tvatprasaṃgādbhavadgehe dharmaleśostu nāviha

iti jāgaraṇaṃ tābhyāṃ tatprasaṃgādanuṣṭhitaṃ/
prabhāte ca tayā dattā śayyā salavaṇācalā

grāmaśca gurave bhaktyā viprebhyo dvādaśaiva tu/
vastrālaṃkārasaṃyuktā gāvaśca kanakānvitāḥ

bhojanaṃ ca suhṛnmitradīnāṃdhakṛpaṇaiḥ saha/
tacca lubdhakadāṃpatyaṃ pūjayitvā visarjitam

sa bhavānlubdhako jātaḥ sapatnīko nṛpeśvaraḥ/
puṣkaraprakarāttasmātkeśavasya tu pūjanāt

vinaṣṭāśeṣapāpasya tava puṣkaramaṃdiraṃ/
tasya satyasya māhātmyādalobhatapasā nṛpa

prādātkāmagamaṃ yānaṃ lokanāthaścaturmukhaḥ/
saṃtuṣṭastava rājeṃdra puṣkaraṃ tvaṃ samāśraya

kalpaṃ satvaṃ samāsādya vibhūtidvādaśīvrataṃ/
kuru rājeṃdra nirvāṇamavaśyaṃ samavāpsyasi

etaduktvā tu sa munistatraivāṃtaradhīyata/
rājā yathoktaṃ ca punarakarotpuṣpavāhanaḥ

idamācarato rājannakhaṃḍavratatā bhavet/
yathākathaṃcitkālena dvādaśadvādaśīrnṛpa

kartavyā śaktito deva viprebhyo dakṣiṇā nṛpa/
jyeṣṭhe gāvaḥ pradātavyā madhyame bhūmiruttamā

kaniṣṭhe kāṃcanaṃ deyamityeṣā dakṣiṇā smṛtā/
prathamaṃ brahmadaivatyaṃ dvitīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tathā

tṛtīyaṃ rudradaivatyaṃ trayo devāstriṣu sthitāḥ/
iti kaluṣavidāraṇaṃ janānāṃ paṭhati ca yastu śṛṇoti cāpi bhaktyā

matimapi ca sa yāti devaloke vasati ca romasamāni vatsarāṇi/
athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi vratānāmuttamaṃ vrataṃ

kathitaṃ tena rudreṇa mahāpātakanāśanam/
naktamabdaṃ caritvā tu gavāsārdhaṃ kuṭuṃbine

haimaṃ cakraṃ triśūlaṃ ca dadyādviprāya vāsasī/
evaṃ yaḥ kurute puṇyaṃ śivaloke sa modate

etadeva vrataṃ nāma mahāpātakanāśanam/
yasvekabhaktena kṣipeddhenuṃ vṛṣasamanvitām

dhenuṃ tilamayīṃ dadyātsa padaṃ yāti śāṃkaram/
etadrudravrataṃ nāma bhayaśokavināśanam

yaśca nīlotpalaṃ haimaṃ śarkarāpātrasaṃyutam/
ekāṃtaritanaktāśī samāṃte vṛṣasaṃyutam

vaiṣṇavaṃ sa padaṃ yāti nīlavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
āṣāḍhādicaturmāsamabhyaṃgaṃ varjayennaraḥ

bhojanopaskaraṃ dadyātsa yāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ/
janaprītikaraṃ nṝṇāṃ prītivratamihocyate ५०

varjayitvā madhau yastu dadhikṣīraghṛtaikṣavam/
dadyādvastrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi rasapātreṇa saṃyutam

saṃpūjya vipramithunaṃ gaurī me prīyatāmiti/
etadgaurīvrataṃ nāma bhavānīlokadāyakam

puṣyādau yastrayodaśyāṃ kṛtvā naktamatho punaḥ/
aśokaṃ kāṃcanaṃ dadyādikṣuyuktaṃ daśāṃgulam

viprāya vastrasaṃyuktaṃ pradyumnaḥ prīyatāmiti/
kalpaṃ viṣṇupure sthitvā viśokassyātpunarnṛpa

etatkāmavrataṃ nāma sadā śokavināśanam/
āṣāḍhādi vrate yastu varjayedyaḥ phalāśanam

cāturmāsye nivṛtte tu ghaṭaṃ sarpirguḍānvitam/
kārtikyāṃ tatpunarhaimaṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet

sa rudralokamāpnoti śivavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
varjayedyastu puṣpāṇi hemaṃte śiśirāvṛte

puṣpatrayaṃ ca phālgunyāṃ kṛtvā śaktyā ca kāṃcanam/
dadyāddvikālavelāyāṃ prīyetāṃ śivakeśavau

datvā paraṃ padaṃ yāti saumyavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
phālgunādi tṛtīyāyāṃ lavaṇaṃ yastu varjayet

samāṃte śayanaṃ dadyādgṛhaṃ copaskarānvitam/
saṃpūjya vipramithunaṃ bhavānī prīyatāmiti

gaurīloke vasetkalpaṃ saubhāgyavratamucyate/
saṃdhyāmaunaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā samāṃte ghṛtakuṃbhakam

vastrayugmaṃ tilānghaṃṭāṃ brāhmaṇāya nivedayet/
lokaṃ sārasvataṃ yāti punarāvṛttidurlabham

etatsārasvataṃ nāma rūpavidyāpradāyakam/
lakṣmīmabhyarcya paṃcamyāmupavāsī bhavennaraḥ

samāṃte hemakamalaṃ dadyāddhenusamanvitam/
sa vai viṣṇupadaṃ yāti lakṣmīḥ syājjanmajanmani

etallakṣmīvrataṃ nāma duḥkhaśokavināśanam/
kṛtvopalepanaṃ śaṃbhoragrataḥ keśavasya ca

yāvadabdaṃ punardeyā dhenurjalaghaṭastathā/
janmāyutaṃ sa rājā syāttataḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet

etadāyurvrataṃ nāma sarvakāmapradāyakam/
aśvatthaṃ bhāskaraṃ gaṃgāṃ praṇamyaikāgramānasaḥ

ekabhaktaṃ naraḥ kuryādabdamekaṃ vimatsaraḥ/
vratāṃte vipramithunaṃ pūjyaṃ dhenutrayānvitam

vṛkṣaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ dadyātsośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet/
etatkīrtivrataṃ nāma bhūtikīrtiphalapradam

ghṛtena snapanaṃ kṛtvā śaṃbhorvā keśavasya vā/
akṣatābhiḥ sapuṣpābhiḥ kṛtvā gomayamaṃḍalam

samāṃte hemakamalaṃ tiladhenusamanvitam/
śūlamaṣṭāṃgulaṃ dadyācchivaloke mahīyate

sāmagāyanakaṃ caiva sāmavratamihocyate/
navamyāmekabhaktaṃ tu kṛtvā kanyāśca śaktitaḥ

bhojayitvā samaṃ dadyāddhemakaṃcukavāsasī/
haimaṃ siṃhaṃ ca viprā yadadyācchivapadaṃ vrajet

janmārbudaṃ surūpaḥ syācchatrubhiścāparājitaḥ/
etadvīravrataṃ nāma narāṇāṃ ca sukhapradam

caitrādi caturomāsāñjalaṃ dadyāddayānvitaḥ/
vratāṃte maṇikaṃ dadyādannaṃ vastrasamanvitam

tilapātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca brahmaloke mahīyate/
kalpāṃte bhūtijananamānaṃdavratamucyate

paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ kṛtvā saṃvatsaraṃ vibhoḥ/
vatsarāṃte punardadyāddhenuṃ paṃcāmṛtānvitāṃ

viprāya dadyācchaṃkhaṃ ca sapadaṃ yāti śāṃkaram/
rājā bhavati kalpāṃte dhṛtivratamidaṃ smṛtam

varjayitvā pumānmāṃsaṃ vratāṃte goprado bhavet/
tadvaddhemamṛgaṃ dadyātsośvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

ahiṃsāvratamityuktaṃ kalpāṃte bhūpatirbhavet/
kalyamutthāya vai snānaṃ kṛtvā dāṃpatyamarcayet

bhojayitvā yathāśakti mālyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ/
sūryaloke vasetkalpaṃ sūryavratamidaṃ smṛtam

āṣāḍhādi caturmāsaṃ prātaḥsnāyī bhavennaraḥ/
viprāya bhojanaṃ datvā kārtikyāṃ goprado bhavet

sa vaiṣṇavapadaṃ yāti viṣṇuvratamidaṃ smṛtam/
ayanādayanaṃ yāvadvarjayetpuṣpasarpiṣī

tadaṃte puṣpamannāni ghṛtadhenvā sahaiva tu/
datvā śivapadaṃ yāti viprāya ghṛtapāyasam

etacchīlavrataṃ nāma śīlārogyaphalapradam/
yāvatsamaṃ bhavedyastu paṃcadaśyāṃ payovrataḥ

samāṃte śrāddhakṛddadyādgāśca paṃca payasvinīḥ/
vāsāṃsi ca piśaṃgāni jalakuṃbhayutāni ca

sa yāti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tārayecchatam

kalpāṃte rājarājeṃdra pitṛvratamidaṃ smṛtam/
saṃdhyādīpa prado yastu ghṛtaistailaṃ vivarjayet

samāṃte dīpakaṃ dadyāccakraṃ śūlaṃ ca kāṃcanam/
vastrayugmaṃ ca viprāya sa tejasvī bhavennaraḥ

rudralokamavāpnoti dīptivratamidaṃ smṛtam/
kārtikādi tṛtīyāyāṃ prāśya gomūtra yāvakam

naktaṃ caredabdamekamabdānte goprado bhavet/
gaurīloke vasetkalpaṃ tato rājā bhavediha

etadrudravrataṃ nāma sadā kalyāṇakārakam/
varjayeccaturo māsānyastu gandhānulepanam

śuktigandhākṣatāndadyādviprāya sitavāsasī/
vāruṇaṃ padamāpnoti dṛḍhavratamidaṃ smṛtam

vaiśākhe puṣpalavaṇaṃ varjayedatha gopradaḥ/
bhūtvā viṣṇupade kalpaṃ sthitvā rājā bhavediha

etacchāntivrataṃ nāma kīrtikāmaphalapradam/
brahmāṇḍaṃ kāñcanaṃ kṛtvā tilarāśi samanvitam

ghṛtenānyaprado bhūtvā vahniṃ saṃtarpya sadvijam/
saṃpūjya vipradāṃpatyaṃ mālyavastravibhūṣaṇaiḥ

śaktitastripalādūrdhvaṃ viśvātmā prīyatāmiti/
puṇye'hni dadyādapare brahma yātyapunarbhavam

etadbrahmavrataṃ nāma nirvāṇaphaladaṃ nṛṇām/
yaścobhayamukhīṃ dadyātprabhūtasakalānvitām

dinaṃ payovrataṃ tiṣṭhetsa yāti paramaṃ padam/
etadvai suvrataṃ nāma punarāvṛttidurlabham

tryahaṃ payovrataḥ sthitvā kāñcanaṃ kalpapādapam/
palādūrdhvaṃ yathāśakti taṇḍulaprasthasaṃyutam१००

dattvā brahmapadaṃ yāti bhīmavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
māsopavāsī yo dadyāddhenuṃ viprāya śobhanām

sa vaiṣṇavapadaṃ yāti bhīmavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
dadyādviṃśatpalādūrdhvaṃ mahīṃ kṛtvā tu kāñcanīm

dinaṃ payovratastiṣṭhedrudraloke mahīyate/
dhanapradamidaṃ proktaṃ saptakalpaśatānugam

māghemāsyatha caitre vā guḍadhenuprado bhavet/
guḍavrataṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ gaurīloke mahīyate

mahāvratamidaṃ nāma paramānandakārakam/
pakṣopavāsī yo dadyādviprāya kapilādvayam

sa brahmalokamāpnoti devāsurasupūjitaḥ/
kalpānte sarvarājā syātprabhāvratamidaṃ smṛtam

vatsaraṃ tvekabhaktāśī sabhakṣyajalakuṃbhadaḥ/
śivaloke vasetkalpaṃ prāptivratamidaṃ smṛtam

naktāśī tvaṣṭamīṣu syādvatsarāṃte tu dhenudaḥ/
pauraṃdaraṃ puraṃ yāti sugativratamucyate

iṃdhanaṃ yo dadedvipre varṣādīṃścaturastvṛtūn/
ghṛtadhenupradoṃte ca sa paraṃ brahma gacchati

vaiśvānaravrataṃ nāma sarvapāpapraṇāśanam/
ekādaśyāṃ tu naktāśī yaścakraṃ vinivedayet

kṛtvā samāṃte sauvarṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ padamavāpnuyāt/
etatkṛṣṇavrataṃ nāma kalpāṃte rājyalābhakṛt

pāyasāśī samāṃte tu dadyādviprāya goyugam/
lakṣmīloke vasetkalpametaddevīvrataṃ smṛtaṃ

saptamyāṃ naktabhugdadyātsamāpte gāṃ payasvinīṃ/
sūryalokamavāpnoti bhānuvratamidaṃ smṛtam

caturthyāṃ naktabhugdadyāddhemaṃte goyugaṃ tathā/
etadvaināyakaṃ nāma śivalokaphalapradam

mahāphalāni yastyaktvā cāturmāsye dvijātaye/
haimāni kārtikedadyāddhomānte goyugaṃ tathā

etatsauravrataṃ nāma sūryalokaphalapradam/
dvādaśādvādaśīryastu samāpyopoṣaṇe nṛpa

govastrakāṃcanairviprānpūjayecchaktito naraḥ/
paraṃ padamavāpnoti viṣṇuvratamidaṃ smṛtam

caturdaśyāṃ tu naktāśī samānte goyugapradaḥ/
śaivaṃ padamavāpnoti traiyaṃbakamidaṃ smṛtam

saptarātroṣito dadyādghṛtakuṃbhaṃ dvijātaye/
varavratamidaṃ prāhurbrahmalokaphalapradam

asau kāśīṃ samāsādya dhenuṃ datte payasvinīm/
śakraloke vasetkalpamidaṃ maṃtravrataṃ smṛtam

mukhavāsaṃ parityajya samāṃte goprado bhavet/
vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnoti vāruṇavratamucyate

cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryāddhaimaṃ caṃdraṃ nivedayet/
caṃdravratamidaṃ proktaṃ caṃdralokaphalapradam

jyeṣṭhe paṃcatapā yoṃte hemadhenuprado divam/
yātyaṣṭamīcaturdaśyo rudravratamidaṃ smṛtam

sakṛdvidhānakaṃ kuryāttṛtīyāyāṃ śivālaye/
samāpte dhenudo yāti bhavānīvratamucyate

māghe niśyārdravāsāḥ syātsaptamyāṃ goprado bhavet/
divikalpaṃ vasitveha rājā syātpavanavratam

trirātropoṣito dadyātphālgunyāṃ bhavanaṃ śubham/
ādityalokamāpnoti dhāmavratamidaṃ smṛtam

trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjya dāṃpatyamupavāsī vibhūṣaṇaiḥ/
dadanmokṣamavāpnoti mokṣavratamidaṃ smṛtam

dattvāsitadvitīyāyāmiṃdau lavaṇabhājanam/
samāpte goprado yāti viprāya śivamaṃdiram

kāṃsyaṃ savastraṃ rājendra dakṣiṇāsahitaṃ tathā/
samāpte gāṃ ca yo dadyātsa yāti śivamaṃdiram

kalpāṃte rājarājassyātsomavratamidaṃ smṛtam/
pratipatsvekabhaktāśī samāpte ca phalapradaḥ

vaiśvānarapadaṃ yāti śikhivratamidaṃ smṛtam/
haimaṃ paladvayādūrddhvaṃ rathamaśvayugānvitam

dadyātkṛtopavāsaḥ sa divi kalpaśataṃ vaset/
tadaṃte rājarājassyādaśvavratamidaṃ smṛtam

tadvaddhemarathaṃ dadyātkaribhyāṃ saṃyutaṃ punaḥ/
satyaloke vasetkalpaṃ sahasramapi bhūmipaḥ

bhavedihāgato bhūmyāṃ karivratamidaṃ smṛtam/
daśamyāmekabhaktāśī samāpte daśadhenudaḥ

dīpaṃ ca kāṃcanaṃ dadyādbrahmāṇḍādhipatirbhavet/
etadviśvavrataṃ nāma mahāpātakanāśanam

kanyādānaṃ tu kārtikyāṃ puṣkare yaḥ kariṣyati/
ekaviṃśadguṇopeto brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyati

kanyādānātparaṃ dānaṃ naiva cāstyadhikaṃ kvacit/
puṣkare tu viśeṣeṇa kārtikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ

viprāya vidhivaddeyaṃ teṣāṃ lokokṣayo bhavet/
tilapiṣṭamayaṃ kṛtvā gajaṃ ratnasamanvitam

viprāya ye prayacchaṃti jalamadhye sthitā narāḥ/
teṣāṃ caivākṣayo loko bhavitā bhūtasaṃplavam

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi vrataṣaṣṭhimanuttamām/
manvaṃtaraśataṃ sopi gaṃdharvādhipatirbhavet

ṣaṣṭhivrataṃ bhārata puṇyametattavoditaṃ viśvajanīnamadya/
śrotuṃ yadīcchā tavarājarāja śṛṇu dvijāteḥ karaṇīyametat

nairmalyaṃ bhāvaśuddhiścavināsnānaṃ na vidyate/
tasmānmanoviśuddhyarthaṃ snānamādau vidhīyate

anuddhṛtairuddhṛtairvā jalaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret/
tīrthaṃ prakalpayedvidvānmūlamaṃtreṇa maṃtravit

namo nārāyaṇāyeti mūlamaṃtra udāhṛtaḥ/
sadarbhapāṇirvidhinā ācāṃtaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ

caturhastasamāyuktaṃ caturaśraṃ samaṃtataḥ/
prakalpyāvāhayedgaṃgāmebhirmaṃtrairvicakṣaṇaḥ

viṣṇoḥ pādaprasūtāsi vaiṣṇavī viṣṇudevatā/
trāhi nastvenasastasmādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt

tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt/
divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni te saṃti jāhnavi

naṃdinītyeva te nāma deveṣu nalinīti ca/
dakṣā pṛthvī ca subhagā viśvakāyā śivāsitā

vidyādharī suprasannā tathā lokaprasādinī/
kṣemā ca jāhnavī caiva śāṃtā śāṃtipradāyinī

etāni puṇyanāmāni snānakāle prakīrttayet/
bhavetsannihitā tatra gaṃgā tripathagāminī१५०

saptavārābhijaptena karasaṃpuṭayojitam/
mūrdhni kuryājjalaṃ bhūyastricatuḥpaṃcasaptadhā

snānaṃ kuryānmṛdātadvadāmaṃtrya tu vidhānataḥ/
aśvakrāṃte rathakrāṃte viṣṇukrāṃte vasuṃdhare

mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam/
uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa kṛṣṇena śatabāhunā

namaste sarvalokānāṃ prabhavoraṇi suvrate/
evaṃ snātvā tataḥ paścādācamya tu vidhānataḥ

utthāya vāsasī śubhre śuddhe tu paridhāya vai/
tatastu tarpaṇaṃ kuryāttrailokyāpyāyanāya vai

brahmāṇaṃ tarpayetpūrvaṃ viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ prajāpatīn/
devāyakṣāstathā nāgā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

krūrāssarpāḥ suparṇāśca taravo jaṃbhakādayaḥ/
vidyādharā jaladharāstathaivākāśagāminaḥ

nirādhārāśca ye jīvā pāpadharmaratāśca ye/
teṣāmāpyāyanāyaitaddīyate salilaṃ mayā

kṛtopavīto devebhyo nivītī ca bhavettataḥ/
manuṣyāṃstarpayedbhaktyā ṛṣiputrānṛṣīṃstathā

sanakaśca sanaṃdaśca tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ/
kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikhastathā

sarve te tṛptimāyāṃtu maddattenāṃbunā sadā/
marīcimatryaṃgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum

pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca/
devabrahmaṛṣīnsarvāṃstarpayetsākṣatodakaiḥ

apasavyaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā savyaṃ jānu ca bhūtale/
agniṣvāttāṃstathā saumyānhaviṣmaṃtastathoṣmapān

sukālino barhiṣadastathā caivājyapānpunaḥ/
saṃtarpayetpitṝnbhaktyā satilodakacaṃdanaiḥ

sadarbhapāṇirvidhinā pitṝṃnsvāṃstarpayetattaḥ/
pitrādīnnāmagotreṇa tathā mātāmahānapi

saṃtarpya vidhivadbhaktyā imaṃ maṃtramudīrayet/
yo bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye yenyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ

te tṛptimakhilāyāṃ tu yepyasmattoyakāṃkṣiṇaḥ/
ācamya vidhinā samyagālikhetpadmamagrataḥ

sākṣatādbhissapuṣpābhiḥ satilāruṇacaṃdanaiḥ/
arghyaṃ dadyātprayatnena sūryanāmānukīrtanaiḥ

namaste viśvarūpāya namaste viṣṇurūpiṇe/
sarvadevanamastestu prasīda mama bhāskara

divākara namastestu prabhākara namostu te/
evaṃ sūryaṃ namaskṛtya triḥ kṛtvā ca pradakṣiṇam

dvijaṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā spṛṣṭvā gṛhaṃ vrajet/
svagehasthāṃ tataḥ puṇyāṃ pratimāṃ cāpi pūjayet

bhojanaṃ ca tataḥ paścāddvijapūrvaṃ ca kārayet/
anena vidhinā sarvaṝṣayaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ

iti śrī padmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe snānavidhirnāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ