Padma Purana · Chapter 1.24

brahmovāca/
bhagavanpuruṣasyeha striyāśca varadāyakam/
śokavyādhibhayaṃ duḥkhaṃ na bhavedyena tadvada

śaṃkara uvāca/
śrāvaṇasya dvitīyāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ madhusūdanaḥ/
kṣīrārṇave sapatnīkaḥ sadā vasati keśavaḥ

tasyāṃ saṃpūjya goviṃdaṃ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt/
gobhūhiraṇyadānādi saptakalpaśatānugam

āvāhanādikāṃ pūjāṃ pūrvavatparikalpayet/
aśūnyaśayanā nāma dvitīyāsau prakīrtitā

tasyāṃ saṃpūjayedviṣṇumebhirmaṃtrairvidhānataḥ/
śrīvatsadhārinśrīkāṃta śrīpate śrīdharāvyaya

gārhasthyaṃ mā praṇāśaṃ me yātu dharmārthakāmadaṃ/
agnayo mā praṇaśyaṃtu devatāḥ puruṣottama

pitaro mā praṇaśyaṃtu mama dāṃpatyabhedataḥ/
lakṣmyā viyujyate devo na kadācidyathā hariḥ

tathā kalatrasaṃbaṃdho deva mā me viyujyatāṃ/
lakṣmyā na śūnyaṃ varada yathā te śayanaṃ sadā

śayyā mamāpyaśūnyāstu tathaiva madhusūdana/
gītavāditranirghoṣāndevadevasya kārayet

ghaṃṭā bhavedaśaktasya sarvavādyamayo yataḥ/
evaṃ saṃpūjya goviṃdamaśnīyāttailavarjitam

naktamakṣāralavaṇaṃ yāvattu syāccatuṣṭayaṃ/
tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte lakṣmīpatisamanvitām

dīpānnabhājanairyuktāṃ śayyāṃ dadyādvilakṣaṇām/
pādukopānahacchatra cāmarāsana saṃyutām

abhīṣṭopaskarairyuktāṃ śuklapuṣpāṃbarāvṛtām/
avyaṃgāya ca viprāya vaiṣṇavāya kuṭuṃbine

dātavyā vedaviduṣe na vaṃdhyāpataye kvacit/
tatropaveśya dāṃpatyamalaṃkṛtya vidhānataḥ

patnyāstu bhājanaṃ dadyādbhakṣyabhojyasamanvitam/
brāhmaṇasyāpi sauvarṇīmupaskarasamanvitām

pratimāṃ devadevasya sodakuṃbhāṃ nivedayet/
evaṃ yastu pumānkuryādaśūnyaśayanaṃ hareḥ

vittaśāṭhyena rahito nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ/
na tasya patnyā virahaḥ kadācidapi jāyate

nārī vā vidhavā brahmanyāvaccaṃdrārkatārakaṃ/
na virūpau na śokārtau daṃpatī bhavataḥ kvacit

na putrapaśuratnāni kṣayaṃ yāṃti pitāmaha/
saptakalpasahasrāṇi saptakalpaśatāni ca

kurvannaśūnyaśayanaṃ viṣṇuloke mahīyate/
brahmovāca/
kathamārogyamaiśvaryaṃ matirdharmasthitissadā

avyaṃgātha pare bhaktirviṣṇau cāpi bhavetkatham/
īśvara uvāca/
sādhu brahmaṃstvayā pṛṣṭamidānīṃ kathayāmi te

virocanasya saṃvādaṃ bhārgavasya ca dhīmataḥ/
prahlādasya sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā dviraṣṭaparivatsaram

tasya rūpamidaṃ brahmansohasadbhṛgunaṃdanaḥ/
sādhusādhu mahābāho virocana śivaṃ tava

tattathā hasitaṃ tasya papraccha surasūdanaḥ/
brahmankimarthametatte hāsyaṃ vai māmakaṃ kṛtam

sādhusādhviti māmevamuktavāṃstvaṃ vadasva me/
tamevaṃ vādinaṃ yuktamuvāca vadatāṃ varaḥ

vismayādvratamāhātmyāddhāsyametatkṛtaṃ mayā/
purā dakṣavināśāya kupitasya triśūlinaḥ

apatadbhīmavaktrasya svedabiṃdurlalāṭajaḥ/
bhitvā sa saptapātālānadahatsaptasāgarān

anekavaktranayanojvalajjvalana bhīṣaṇaḥ/
vīrabhadra iti khyātaḥ karapādāyutairyutaḥ

kṛtvā sa yajñamathanaṃ punarbhūtasya saṃplavaḥ/
trijagaddahanādbhūyaḥ śivena vinivāritaḥ

kṛtaṃ tvayā vīrabhadra dakṣayajñavināśanaṃ/
idānīmalametena lokadāhena karmaṇā

śāṃtipradānātsarveṣāṃ grahaṇāṃ prathamo bhava/
prahṛṣṭābhijanāḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti kṛtātmanaḥ

aṃgāraka iti khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi dharātmaja/
devaloke dvitīyaṃ ca tava rūpaṃ bhaviṣyati

ye ca tvāṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti caturthyāṃ tu dine narāḥ/
rūpamārogyamaiśvaryaṃ teṣvanaṃtaṃ bhaviṣyati

evamuktastataḥ śāṃtimagamatkāmarūpadhṛt/
sa jātastatkṣaṇādrājangrahatvamagamatpunaḥ

sa kadācidbhavāṃstasya pūjārghādikamuttamaṃ/
dṛṣṭavānkriyamāṇaṃ ca śūdreṇa tvaṃ vyavasthitaḥ

tena tvaṃ rūpavānjāto suraḥ śatrukulāśaniḥ/
vividhā ca rucirjātā yasmāttava vidūragā

virocana iti prāhustasmāt tvāṃ devadānavāḥ/
śūdreṇa kriyamāṇasya vratasya tava darśanāt

īdṛśī rūpasaṃpattiriti vismitavānaham/
sādhusādhviti tenoktamaho māhātmyamuttamaṃ

paśyatopi bhavedrūpamaiśvaryaṃ kimu kurvataḥ/
yasmācca bhaktyā dharaṇīsutasya viniṃdyamānena gavādidānam

ālokitaṃ tena surārigarbhe saṃbhūtireṣā tava daitya jātā/
atha tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ

prahlādanaṃdano vīraḥ punaḥ papraccha bhārgavam/
virocana uvāca/
bhagavaṃstadvrataṃ samyakśrotumicchāmi tatvataḥ

dīyamānaṃ tu yaddānaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ bhavāṃtare/
māhātmyaṃ ca vidhiṃ tasya yathāvadvaktumarhasi

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vipraḥ provāca sādaraṃ/
caturthyaṃgārakadine yadā bhavati dānava

mṛdāsnānaṃ tadā kuryātpadmarāgavibhūṣitaḥ/
agnirmūrddhādivo maṃtraṃ japetsnāta udaṅmukhaḥ

śūdrastūṣṇīṃ smaranbhaumamāstāṃ bhogavivarjitaḥ/
athāstamita āditye gomayenānulepayet

prāṃgaṇaṃ puṣpamālābhirakṣatādbhiḥ samaṃtataḥ/
tadabhyarcyālikhetpadmaṃ kuṃkumenāṣṭapatrakam

kuṃkumasyāpyabhāvena raktacaṃdanamiṣyate/
catvāraḥ karakāḥ kāryāḥ bhakṣyabhojyasamanvitāḥ

taṃḍulai raktaśāleyaiḥ padmarāgaiśca saṃyutāḥ/
catuḥkoṇeṣu tānkṛtvā phalāni vividhāni ca

gaṃdhamālyādikaṃ sarvaṃ tathaiva viniveśayet/
suvarṇaśṛṃgāṃ kapilāmathārcya raupyaiḥ khuraiḥ kāṃsyadohāṃ savastrām

dhuraṃdharaṃ raktakhuraṃ ca saumyaṃ dhānyāni saptāṃbarasaṃyutāni/
aṃguṣṭhamātraṃ puruṣaṃ tathaiva sauvarṇamapyāyatabāhudaṃḍam

caturbhujaṃ hemamayaṃ ca tāmrapātre guḍasyopari sarpiyuktam/
sāmasvarajñāya jiteṃdriyāya vāgrūpaśīlānvayasaṃyutāya

dātavyametatsakalaṃ dvijāya kuṭumbine naiva tu daṃbhayukte/
bhūmiputra mahābhāga svedodbhava pinākinaḥ

rūpārthī tvāṃ prapannohaṃ gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te/
maṃtreṇānena datvārghyaṃ raktacaṃdanavāriṇā

tatorcayedvipravaraṃ raktamālyāṃbarādibhiḥ/
dadyāttenaiva maṃtreṇa bhaumaṃ gomithunānvitam

śayyāṃ ca śaktimāndadyātsarvopaskarasaṃyutām/
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccāsya dayitaṃ gṛhe

tattadguṇavate deyaṃ dattasyākṣayamicchatā/
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā visṛjya dvijasattamam

naktaṃ kṣīrāśanaṃ kuryādevaṃ cāṃgārakāṣṭakam/
caturo vātha vātasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadvadāmi te

rūpasaubhāgyasaṃpannaḥ pumānjanmani janmani/
viṣṇau vātha śive bhaktaḥ saptadvīpādhipo bhavet

saptakalpasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate/
tasmātvamapi daityeṃdra vratametatsamācara

ityevamukto bhugunaṃdanena cakāra sarvaṃ vratameva daityaḥ/
tvaṃ cāpi rājankuru sarvametadyatokṣayaṃ vedavido vadaṃti

śṛṇoti yaścainamananyacetāstasyāpi sarvaṃ bhagavānvidhatte

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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe aṃgārakacaturthīvrataṃ nāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ