Padma Purana · Chapter 1.23

bhīṣma uvāca
vaiṣṇavā ye tu vai dharmā yānrudraḥ proktavāniha
tānme kathaya vipreṃdra kīdṛśāste phalaṃ tu kim

pulastya uvāca
purā rathantare kalpe paripṛṣṭo mahātmanā
mandarastho mahādevaḥ pinākī brahmaṇā svayam

kathamārogyamaiśvaryamanaṃtamamareśvara
alpena tapasā deva bhavenmokṣaḥ sadā nṛṇāṃ

kiṃ tajjñānaṃ mahādeva tvatprasādādadhokṣaja
alpakenāpi tapasā mahāphalamihocyate

iti pṛṣṭassa viśvātmā brahmaṇā lokabhāvanaḥ
umāpatiruvācedaṃ manasaḥ prītikārakam

īśvara uvāca
asmādrathaṃtarātkalpādbhūyo viñśatimo yadā
vārāho bhavitā kalpastadā manvantare śubhe

vaivasvatākhye samprāpte saptame saptalokadhṛk
dvāparākhyaṃyugaṃ tasminsaptaviṃśatimaṃ yadā

tasyāṃ te tu mahātejā vāsudevo janārdanaḥ
bhārāvataraṇārthāya tridhā viṣṇurbhaviṣyati

dvaipāyana ṛṣistatra rauhiṇeyotha keśavaḥ
kaṃsāriḥ keśimathanaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ

purīṃ dvāravatīṃ nāma sāmprataṃ yā kuśasthalī
divyānubhāvasaṃyuktāmadhivāsāya śārṅgiṇaḥ

tvaṣṭā tadājñayā brahmankariṣyati jagatpateḥ
tasyāṃ kadācidāsīnaḥ sabhāyāṃ so'mitadyutiḥ

bhāryābhirvṛṣṇividvadbhibhūribhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
kurubhirdevagandharvairanvitaḥ kaiṭabhārdanaḥ

pravṛttāsu purāṇāsu dharmasambandhadhinīṣu ca
kathāsu bhīmasenena paripṛṣṭaḥ pratāpavān

tvayā pṛṣṭasya dharmasya vakṣyatyasya ca bhedadṛk
bhavitā sa tadā brahmankartā caiva vṛkodaraḥ

pravartako'sya dharmasya pāṇḍusūnurmahābalaḥ
yasya tīkṣṇo vṛko nāma jaṭhare havyavāhanaḥ

sambhāṣyate sa dharmātmā tena cāsau vṛkodaraḥ
atīva svādaśīlaśca nāgāyuta balo mahān

dhārmikasyāpyaśaktasya tīvrāgnitvādupoṣaṇe
idaṃ vratamaśeṣāṇāṃ vratānāmadhikaṃ yataḥ

kathayiṣyati viśvātmā vāsudevo jagadguruḥ
aśeṣayajñaphaladamaśeṣāghavināśanam

aśeṣaduṣṭaśamanamaśeṣasurapūjitam
pavitrāṇāṃ pavitraṃ yanmagalānāṃ ca maṅgalam
bhaviṣyaṃ ca bhaviṣyāṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ purātanam

vāsudeva uvāca
yadyaṣṭamī caturddaśyordvādaśīṣu ca bhārata
anyeṣvapi dinarkṣeṣu naśaktastvamupoṣitum

tatastvagryāmimāṃ bhīma tithiṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm
upoṣya vidhinānena gaccha viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padaṃ

māghamāsasya daśamī yadā śuklā bhavettadā
ghṛtenābhyaṃjanaṃ kṛtvā tilaiḥ snānaṃ samācaret

tathaiva viṣṇumabhyarcennamo nārāyaṇāya ca
kṛṣṇāya pādau saṃpūjya śiraḥkṛṣṇātmaneti ca

vaikuṇṭhāyeti vaikuṇṭhamuraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe
śaṅkhine gadine caiva cakriṇe varadāya vai

sarvaṃ nārāyaṇantvevaṃ sampūjyāvāhanakramāt
dāmodarāyetyudaraṃ kaṭiṃ pañcajanāya vai

ūrūsaubhāgyanāthāya jānunī bhūtadhāriṇe
namo nīlāya vai jaṅghe pādau viśvabhuje punaḥ

namo devyai namaḥ śāṃtyai namo lakṣmyai namaḥ śriyai
namastuṣṭyai namaḥ puṣṭyai dhṛtyai vyuṣṭyai namo namaḥ

namo vihaṅganāthāya vāyuvegāya pakṣiṇe
viṣapramathanāyeti garuḍaṃ cābhipūjayet

evaṃ sampūjya govindamumāpativināyakau
gandhairmālyaistathā dhūpairbhakṣyairnānāvidhairapi

gavyena payasā siktāṃ kṛsarāmatha pāyasam
sarpiṣā saha bhuktvā tu gatvā sthānāṃtaraṃ punaḥ

naiyagrodhaṃ dantakāṣṭhamathavā khādiraṃ budhaḥ
gṛhītvā dhāvayeddantānācāntaḥ prāgudaṅmukhaḥ

brūyātsāyantanīṃ kṛtvā sandhyāmastamite ravau
namo nārāyaṇāyeti tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya ca keśavam
tāṃ rātriṃ sakalāṃ sthitvā śeṣaparyaṃkaśāyinam

sarpiṣā viśvadahanaṃ hutvā brāhmaṇapuṅgavaiḥ
sahaiva puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ dvādaśyāṃ kṣīrabhojanam

kariṣyāmi yathātmānaṃ nirvighnenāstu tacca me
evamuktvā svapedbhūmāvitihāsakathāṃ punaḥ

śrutvā prabhāte sañjāte nadīṃ gatvā viśāmpate
snānaṃ kṛtvā mudā tadvatpāṣaṇḍānabhivarjayet

upāsya sandhyāṃ vidhivatkṛtvā ca pitṛtarpaṇam
praṇamya ca hṛṣīkeśaṃ śeṣaparyaṅkaśāyinam

gṛhasya purato bhaktyā maṇḍapaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ
caturhastāṃ śubhāṃ kuryādvedīmariniṣūdana

caturhastapramāṇaṃ tu vinyasettatra toraṇam
madhye ca kalaśaṃ tatra māṣamātreṇa sañyutam

chidreṇa jalasampūrṇamadhaḥ kṛṣṇājine sthitaḥ
tasya dhārāṃ ca śirasā dhārayetsakalāṃ niśām

dhārābhirbhūribhirbhūri phalaṃ vedavido viduḥ
yasmāttasmātkuruśreṣṭha kārayetprayato dvijaḥ

dakṣiṇe cārdhacandraṃ tu paścime vartulaṃ tathā
aśvatthapatrākāraṃ ca uttareṇa tu kārayet

madhye tu padmākāraṃ ca kārayedvaiṣṇavo dvijaḥ
pūrvato vedikāṃ stho na stho na yāmye ca kalpayet

pānīyadhārāṃ śirasi dhārayedviṣṇutatparaḥ
dvitīyā vedī devasya tatra padmaṃ sakarṇikam

tasya madhye sthitaṃ devaṃ kuryādvai puruṣottamam
hastamātraṃ ca tatkuṇḍaṃ kṛtvā tatra trimekhalam

yonivaktraṃ tatastasminbrāhmaṇairyavasarpiṣī
tilāñśca viṣṇudevatyairmaṃtrairevānale hunet

kṛtvā tu vaiṣṇavaṃ samyagyāgaṃ tatra prakalpayet
ājyadhārā madhyame tu kuṃḍe dadyāttu yatnataḥ

kṣīradhārāṃ devadeve vāridhārātmanopari
niṣpāvārdhapramāṇāṃ vai dhārāmājyasya pātayet

svecchayā kṣīrajalayoravicchinnāṃ ca śarvarīṃ
jalakumbhānmahāvīrya sthāpayitvā trayodaśa

bhakṣyairnānāvidhairyuktānsitavastrairalaṅkṛtān
pratānaudumbaraiḥ pātraiḥ pañcaratnasamanvitaiḥ

caturbhirbahvṛcairhomaḥ kāryastatra udaṅmukhaiḥ
rudrajāpyaścaturbhiśca yajurvedaparāyaṇaiḥ

vaiṣṇavāni ca sāmāni caturbhiḥ sāmavedibhiḥ
evaṃ dvādaśa vai viprānvastramālyānulepanaiḥ

pūjayedaṅgulīyaiśca kaṭakairhemasūtrakaiḥ
vāsobhiḥ śayanīyaiśca vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ

evaṃ kṣapātivāhyā vai gītamaṅgalaniḥsvanaiḥ
upādhyāyasya ca punardviguṇaṃ sarvameva tu

tataḥ prabhāte vimale samutthāya trayodaśa
gāvo deyāḥ kuruśreṣṭha sauvarṇaśṛṅgasaṃvṛtāḥ

payasvinyaḥ śīlavatyaḥ kāṃsyadohasamanvitāḥ
raupyakhurāḥ savatsāśca candanenābhibhūṣitāḥ

tāstu teṣāṃ tato datvā bhakṣyabhojyena tarpitān
kṛtvā vai brāhmaṇānsarvānchatrairnānāvidhaistathā

bhuktvā cākṣāralavaṇamātmanā ca visarjayet
anugamya padānyaṣṭau putrabhāryāsamanvitaḥ

prīyatāmatra deveśaḥ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ
evaṃ gurvājñayā kumbhāngāścaiva śayanāni ca

vāsāṃsi caiva sarveṣāṃ gṛhāṇi prāpayedbudhaḥ
abhāve bahuśayyānāmekāmapi susaṃskṛtām

śayyāṃ dadyādgṛhī bhīma sarvopaskarasaṃyutām
itihāsapurāṇāni vācayitvā tu vāhayet

taddinaṃ kuruśārdūla ya icchedvipulāṃ śriyam
tasmāttvaṃ sattvamālaṃbya bhīmasena vimatsaraḥ

kuru vratamidaṃ samyaksnehādguhyaṃ mayoditam
tvayā kṛtamidaṃ vīra tvannāmnā ca bhaviṣyati

sā bhīmadvādaśī hyeṣā sarvapāpaharā śubhā
yā tu kalyāṇinī nāma purā kalpeṣu paṭhyate

tvaṃ cādikartā bhava saukaresminkalpe mahāvīra varapradhāna
yasyāḥ smṛteḥ kīrtanatopyaśeṣaṃ pāpaṃ praṇaṣṭaṃ tridaśādhipasya

dṛṣṭvā ca tāmapsarasāmabhīṣṭāṃ veśyākṛtāmanyabhavāntareṣu/
ābhīrakanyā hi kutūhalena saivorvaśī samprati nākapṛṣṭhe

jātā'tha sā vaiśyakulodbhavāpi pulomakanyā puruhūtapatnī//
tatrāpi tasyāḥ paricārikeyaṃ mama priyā samprati satyabhāmā

kṛtaṃ purā maṃgalametadeva dvijātmajā vedavatī babhūva

asyāṃ ca kalyāṇatithau vivasvānsahasradhāreṇa sahasraraśmiḥ
snātaḥ purā maṇḍalametya tadvattejomayaṃ kheṭapatirbabhūva

idamevakṛtaṃ maheṃdramukhyairbahubhirdevasurārikoṭibhiśca
phalamasyeha na śakyate hi vaktuṃ yadi jihvāyutakoṭayo mukhe syuḥ

kalikaluṣavidāriṇīmanantāmapi kathayiṣyati yādaveṃdrasūnuḥ
atha narakagatānpitṝnathaiṣā hyalamuddhartumihaiva yaḥ karoti

idamanaghaśṛṇoti vakti bhaktyā paripaṭhatīha paropakārahetoḥ
iha paṃkajanābhabhaktimānbhavedatha śakrasya sapūjyatāmupaiti

kalyāṇinī nāma purā visarge yā dvādaśī māghasitebhipūjyā
sā pāṇḍuputreṇa kṛtā bhaviṣyatyaṃnatapuṇyānaghabhīmapūrvā

brahmovāca
varṇāśramāṇāṃ prabhavaḥ purāṇeṣu mayā śrutaḥ
sadācāraśca bhagavāndharmaśāstrāṃgavistaraiḥ

paṇyastrīṇāṃ samācāraṃ śrotumicchāmi tatvataḥ
īśvara uvāca
tasminneva pure brahmansahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa

vāsudevasya nārīṇāṃ bhaviṣyaṃtyaṃbujodbhava
tābhirvasaṃtasamaye kokilālikulākule

puṣpitopavane phullakalhārasarasastaṭe
nirbharaṃ sahapatnībhiḥ praśastābhiralaṃkṛtaḥ

ramayiṣyati viśvātmā kṛṣṇo yadukulodvahaḥ
kuraṃganayanaḥ śrīmānmālatīkṛtaśekharaḥ

gacchansamīpamārgeṇa sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ
sākṣātkaṃdarparūpeṇa sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

anaṃgaśarataptābhiḥ sābhilāṣamavekṣitaḥ
prabuddho manmathastāsāṃ bhaviṣyati yadātmani

tadavekṣya jagannāthassarvajño dhyānacakṣuṣā
svayaṃprabhurvakṣyati tā vo hariṣyaṃti dasyavaḥ

aparokṣaṃ yatastvevaṃ snigdhametadviciṃtitam
tataḥ prasādito deva idaṃ vakṣyati śārṅgabhṛt

tābhiḥ śāpābhitaptābhirbhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ
uttarāśritadāśānāmuddhartā brāhmaṇapriyaḥ

upadekṣyatyanaṃtātmā bhāvi kalyāṇakārakam
bhavatīnāmṛṣirdālbhyo yadvrataṃ kathayiṣyati

ityuktvā tāḥ parityajya gatontardhānamīśvaraḥ
tataḥ kālena mahatā bhārāvataraṇe kṛte

nivṛtte mausale tadvatkeśave divamāgate
śūnye yadukule sarve corairapi jiterjune

hṛtāsu kṛṣṇapatnīṣu dāśabhogyāsu cārbude
tiṣṭhaṃtīṣu ca daurgatyasaṃtaptāsu caturmukha

āgamiṣyati yogātmā dālbhyonāma mahātapāḥ
tāstamarghyeṇa saṃpūjya praṇipatya punaḥpunaḥ

lālapyamānā bahuśo vāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ
smaraṃtyo vividhānbhogāndivyamālyānulepanān

bharttāraṃ jagatāmīśamanaṃtamaparājitam
divyānubhāvāṃ ca purīṃnānāratnagṛhāṇi ca

dvārakāvāsinaḥ sarvāndevarūpānkumārakān
praśnametaṃ kariṣyaṃti munerabhimukhaṃsthitāḥ

dasyumirbhagavansarvāḥ paribhuktā vayaṃ balāt
svadharmaścyāvitosmākamasminnaḥ śaraṇaṃ bhavān

ādiṣṭosi purā brahmankeśavena ca dhīmatā
kasmādīśena saṃyogaṃ prāpya veśyātvamāgatāḥ

veśyānāmapi yo dharmastaṃ no brūhi tapodhana
kathayiṣye vadattāsāṃ yaddālbhyaścaikitāyanaḥ

dālbhya uvāca
jalakrīḍāvihāreṣu purā sarasi mānase
bhavatīnāṃ sagarvāṇāṃ nāradobhyāśamāgataḥ

hutāśanasutāḥ sarvā bhavatyopsarasaḥ purā
apraṇamyāvalepena paripṛṣṭaḥ sa yogavit

kathaṃ nārāyaṇosmākaṃ bharttā syādityupādiśa
tasmādvarapradānaṃ ca śāpaścāyamabhūtpurā

śayyādvayapradānena madhumādhavamāsayoḥ
suvarṇopaskarotsaṃgaṃ dvādaśyāṃ śuklapakṣataḥ

bhartā nārāyaṇo nūnaṃ bhaviṣyatyanyajanmani
yadakṛtvā praṇāmaṃ me rūpasaubhāgyamatsarāt

paripṛṣṭosmi tenāśu viyogo vo bhaviṣyati
corairapahṛtāḥ sarvā veśyātvaṃ samavāpsyatha

evaṃ nāradaśāpena keśavasya ca śāpataḥ
veśyātvamāgatāḥ sarvā bhavatyaḥ kāmamohitāḥ

idānīmapi yadvakṣye tacchraṇudhvaṃ varāṃganāḥ
purā daivāsure yuddhe hateṣu śataśaḥ suraiḥ

dānavāsuradaityeṣu rākṣaseṣu tatastataḥ
teṣāṃ dārasahasrāṇi śataśotha sahasraśaḥ

pariṇītāni yāni syurbalādbhuktāni yāni vai
tāni sarvāṇi deveśaḥ provāca vadatāṃ varaḥ

veśyādharmeṇa vartadhvamadhunā nṛpamaṃdire
bhaktimatyo varārohāstathā devakuleṣu ca

rājataḥ svāminaścāpi jīvikāṃ ca pralapsyatha
bhaviṣyati ca saubhāgyaṃ sarvāsāmapi śaktitaḥ

yaḥ kaścicchulkamādāya gṛhameṣyati vaḥ sadā
niśchadmanaivopacaryaḥ prītibhāvairadāṃbhikaiḥ

devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca puṇyehni samupasthite
gobhūhiraṇyadhānyāni pradeyāni ca śaktitaḥ

yadvrataṃ copadekṣyāmi tatkurudhvaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
saṃsārottāraṇāyālametadvedavido viduḥ

yadā sūryadine hastaḥ puṣyo vātha punarvasuḥ
bhavetsarvauṣadhisnānaṃ samyaknārī samācaret

tadā paṃcaśarātmā tu harissannidhimeṣyati
arcayetpuṃḍarīkākṣamanaṃgasyānukīrtanaiḥ

kāmāya pādau saṃpūjya jaṃghe vai mohakāriṇe
meḍhraṃ kaṃdarpanidhaye kaṭiṃ prītimate namaḥ

nābhiṃ saukhyasamudrāya vāmanāya tathodaram
hṛdayaṃ hṛdayeśāya stanāvāhlādakāriṇe

utkaṃṭhāyeti vai kaṃṭhamāsyamānaṃdakāriṇe
vāmāṃsaṃ puṣpacāpāya puṣpabāṇāya dakṣiṇam

mānasāyeti vai māli vilolāyeti mūrddhajam
sarvātmane śirastadvaddevadevasya pūjayet

namaḥ śivāya śāṃtāya pāśāṃkuśadharāya ca
gadine pītavastrāya śaṃkhacakradharāya ca

namo nārāyaṇāyeti kāmadevātmane namaḥ
namaḥ śāṃtyai namaḥ prītyai namāretyai namaḥ śriyai

namaḥ puṣṭyai namastuṣṭyai namaḥ sarvārthasaṃpade
evaṃ saṃpūjya goviṃdamanaṃgātmakamīśvaram

gaṃdhamālyaistathā dhūpairnaivedyena ca bhāminī
tata āhūya dharmajñaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam

avyaṃgamatha saṃpūjya gaṃdhapuṣpārcanādibhiḥ
śāleyataṃḍulaprasthaṃ ghṛtapātreṇa saṃyutam

tasmai viprāya vai dadyānmādhavaḥ prīyatāmiti
yatheṣṭāhārasaṃbhuktamenaṃ dvijamanuttamam

ratyarthaṃ kāmadevoyamiti citte ca dhārayet
yadyadicchati vipreṃdrastattatkuryādvilāsinī

sarvabhāvena cātmānamarpayetsmitabhāṣiṇī
evamādityavāreṇa sarvametatsamācaret

taṃḍulaprasthadānaṃ ca yāvanmāsāstrayodaśa
tatastrayodaśe māsi saṃprāpte cāsya bhāminī

viprasyopaskarairyuktāṃ śayyāṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇā
sopadhānāṃ savinyāsāṃ svāstarāvaraṇāṃ śubhām

dīpikopānahacchatra pādukāsanasaṃyutām
sapatnīkamalaṃkṛtya hemasūtrāṃgulīyakaiḥ

sūkṣmavastraiḥ sakaṭakairdhūpamālyānulepanaiḥ
kāmadevaṃ sapatnīkaṃ guḍakumbhoparisthitam

tāmrapātrāsanagataṃ hemanetrapaṭāvṛtam
sukāṃsyabhājanopetamikṣudaṃḍasamanvitam

dadyādanena mantreṇa tathaikāṃ gāṃ payasvinīm
yathāṃtaraṃ na paśyāmi kāmakeśavayoḥ sadā

tathaiva sarvakāmāptirastu vipra sadā mama
tathā ca kāṃcanaṃ devaṃ pratigṛhya dvijottamaḥ

kodātkāmodāditi vaidikaṃ maṃtramudīrayet
tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya visṛjya dvijapuṃgavam

śayyāsanādikaṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇasya gṛhaṃ nayet
tataḥ prabhṛti yo'nyopi ratyarthaṃ gehamāgataḥ

sammānya sūryavāreṇa sa saṃpūjyo bhavetsadā
evaṃ trayodaśaṃ yāvanmāsamekaṃ dvijottamam

tarpayitvā yathākāmaṃ preṣayeccaiva maṃdiram
tadanujñayā rūpavaṃtaṃ yāvadasyāgamo bhavet

ātmanopi yadā vighnaṃ garbhasūtakarājakam
daivaṃ vā mānuṣaṃ vā syāduparāgeṇa vā tataḥ

sāvārā naṣṭapaṃcāśadyathāśakti samarpayet
etaddhi kathitaṃ samyagbhavatīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ

svadharmoyaṃ yato bhāvyo veśyānāmiha sarvadā
śayyayā tyajyate deva na kadācidyathā bhavān

śayyā mamāpyaśūnyeyaṃ tathāstu madhusūdana
gītavāditranirghoṣaṃ devadevasya kārayet

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ veśyādharmamaśeṣataḥ
puruhūtena yatproktaṃ dānavīṣu purā mayā

tadidaṃ sāṃprataṃ sarvaṃ bhavatīṣvapi yujyate
sarvapāpapraśamanamanaṃtaphaladāyakam

kalyāṇinīnāṃ kathitaṃ tadetadduścaraṃ vratam
karoti yā'śeṣamudagrametatkalyāṇinī mādhavalokasaṃsthā

sā pūjitā devagaṇairaśeṣairānaṃdakṛtsthānamupaiti viṣṇoḥ
tapodhanaḥ sopyabhidhāya caitadanaṃgadānavratamaṃganānām

svasthānameṣyaṃti samastamitthaṃ vrataṃ kariṣyaṃti ca devayone

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṇḍe veśyāvratakathanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ(२३)