Padma Purana · Chapter 1.50

bhīṣma uvāca-/
yatpuṇyamadhikaṃ loke sarvadā sarvasaṃmatam/
tadvadasvecchayā vipra yatkṛtaṃ pūrvapūrvakaiḥ

pulastya uvāca-/
ekadā tu dvijāḥ sarve vyāsaśiṣyāssahādarāt/
vyāsaṃ praṇamya papracchu dharmaṃ māṃ ca yathā bhavān

dvijā ūcuḥ-/
puṇyātpuṇyatamaṃ loke sarvadharmeṣu cottamam/
kiṃ kṛtvā mānavā svargaṃ bhuṃjate cākṣayaṃ vada

labhyaṃ cākaṣṭakaṃ śuddhaṃ varṇānāṃ martyavāsinām/
gurūṇāṃ ca laghūnāṃ ca sādhyamekaṃ kratuṃ vada

yadyatkṛtvā ca devānāṃ pūjyo nāke bhavennaraḥ/
tattadvada ca no brahmanprasādī bhava dharmataḥ

vyāsa uvāca-/
paṃcākhyānaṃ vadiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ tatra pūrvataḥ/
paṃcānāmekakaṃ kṛtvā viṃdenmokṣaṃ divaṃ yaśaḥ

pitrorarcā'tha patyuśca sāmyaṃ sarvajaneṣu ca/
mitrādroho viṣṇubhaktirete paṃca mahāmakhāḥ

prākpitrorarcayā viprā yaddharmaṃ sādhayennaraḥ/
na tatkratuśataireva tīrthayātrādibhirbhuvi

pitā dharmaḥ pitā svargaḥ pitā hi paramaṃ tapaḥ/
pitari prītimāpanne prīyaṃte sarvadevatāḥ

pitaro yasya tṛpyaṃti sevayā ca guṇena ca/
tasya bhāgīrathī snānamahanyahani vartate

sarvatīrthamayī mātā sarvadevamayaḥ pitā/
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva yastu kuryātpradakṣiṇam

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā/
jānunī ca karau yasya pitroḥ praṇamataḥ śiraḥ

nipataṃti pṛthivyāṃ ca sokṣayaṃ labhate divaṃ/
tayoścaraṇayoryāvadrajaścihnāni mastake

pratīke ca vilagnāni tāvatpūtaḥ sutastayoḥ/
pādāraviṃdasalilaṃ yaḥ pitroḥ pibate sutaḥ

tasya pāpakṣayaṃ yāti janmakoṭiśatārjitaṃ/
dhanyosau mānavo loke pūtosau sarvakalmaṣāt

vināyakatvamāpnoti janmanaikena mānavaḥ/
pitarau laṃghayedyastu vacobhiḥ puruṣādhamaḥ

niraye ca vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasaṃplavaṃ/
pitroranarcanaṃ kṛtvā bhuṃkte yastu sutādhamaḥ

krimikūpetha narake kalpāṃtamupatiṣṭhati/
rogiṇaṃ cāpi vṛddhaṃ ca pitaraṃ vṛttikarśitam

vikalaṃ netrakarṇābhyāṃ tyaktvā gacchecca rauravam/
aṃtyajātiṣu mleccheṣu cāṃḍāleṣvapi jāyate

pitrorapoṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sarvapuṇyakṣayo bhavet/
nārādhya pitarau putrastīrthadevānbhajannapi

tayorna phalamāpnoti kīṭavadramate mahīm/
kathayāmi purāvṛttaṃ viprāḥ śṛṇuta yatnataḥ

yaṃ śrutvā na punarmohaṃ prayāsyatha punarbhuvi/
purāsīcca dvijaḥ kaścinnarottama iti smṛtaḥ

svapitarāvanādṛtya gatosau tīrthasevayā/
tataḥ sarvāṇi tīrthāni gacchato brāhmaṇasya ca

ākāśe snānacelāni praśuṣyaṃti dine dine/
ahaṃkāro'viśattasya mānase brāhmaṇasya ca

matsamo nāsti vai kaścitpuṇyakarmā mahāyaśāḥ/
ityukte cānane tasya ahadacca bakastadā

krodhāccaiveritastasya sa śaśāpa dvijo bakam/
papāta ca bakaḥ pṛthvyāṃ sa bhasmībhūtavigrahaḥ

bhīrdvijeṃdraṃ mahāmohaḥ prāviśaccāṃtakarmaṇi/
tataḥ pāpācca viprasya celaṃ khaṃ ca na gacchati

viṣādamagamatsadyastataḥ khaṃ tamuvāca ha/
gaccha bāḍava cāṃḍālaṃ mūkaṃ paramadhārmikam

tatra dharmaṃ ca jānīṣe kṣemaṃ te tadvaco bhavet/
khācca tadvacanaṃ śrutvā gatosau mūkamaṃdiram

śuśrūṣaṃtaṃ ca pitarau sarvāraṃbhāndadarśa saḥ/
dadataṃ śītakāle ca samyaguṣṇaṃ jalaṃ tayoḥ

tailatāpanatāṃbūlaṃ tathā tūlavatīṃ paṭīm/
nityāśanaṃ ca miṣṭānnaṃ dugdhakhaṃḍaṃ tathaiva ca

dāpayaṃtaṃ vasaṃte ca madhumālāṃ sugaṃdhikāṃ/
anyāni yāni bhogyāni kṛtyāni vividhāni ca

uṣṇe cāvījayatsopi nityaṃ ca pitarāvapi/
tatastayoḥ pracaryāṃ ca kṛtvā bhuṃktetha sarvadā

śramasya vāraṇaṃ kuryātsaṃtāpasya tathaiva ca/
ebhiḥ puṇyaiḥ sthito viṣṇustasya gehodare ciram

aṃtarikṣe ca krīḍaṃtamādhārastaṃbhavarjite/
tasyāpi bhavane nityaṃ sthitaṃ tribhuvaneśvaraṃ

viprarūpadharaṃ kāṃtaṃ nānyairbhūtaṃ ca satparam/
tejomayaṃ mahāsatvaṃ śobhayaṃtaṃ ca maṃdiraṃ

dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpanno vipraḥ provāca mūkakam/
vipra uvāca-/
āsannaṃ ca mamāgaccha tvayaivecchāmi śāśvataṃ

hitaṃ me sarvalokānāṃ tatvato vaktumarhasi/
mūka uvāca-/
pitrorarcāṃ karomyadya kathamāyāmi teṃtikaṃ

arcayitvā tu pitarau kṛtyaṃ te karavāṇi vai/
tiṣṭha me dvāradeśe ca ātithyaṃ te karomyaham

ityukte caiva cāṃḍāle cukopa brāhmaṇastadā/
brāhmaṇaṃ māṃ parityajya kiṃ kāryamadhikaṃ tava

mūka uvāca-/
kiṃ kupyasi vṛthā vipra na bakohaṃ tavādhunā/
kopassiddhyati te tāvadbakenānyatra kiṃcana

gagane snānaśāṭī te na śuṣyati na tiṣṭhati/
vacanaṃ khāttataḥ śrutvā madgṛhaṃ cāgato bhavān

tiṣṭha tiṣṭha vadiṣyāmi nocedgaccha pativratāṃ/
tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā dvijaśreṣṭha dayitaṃ te phaliṣyati

tatastasyagṛhādviṣṇurdvijarūpadharo vibhuḥ/
vinissṛtya dvijaṃ prāha gehaṃ tasyāḥ prayāmyahaṃ

sa vimṛśya dvijaśreṣṭhastena sārdhaṃ cacāla ha/
gacchaṃtaṃ tamuvācedaṃ hariṃ vipreti vismitaḥ

kirthaṃ ca tvayā vipra cāṃḍālasya gṛhodare/
sadā saṃsthīyate tāta yoṣājanavṛte mudā

hariruvāca-/
idānīṃ mānasaṃ śuddhaṃ na bhūtaṃ bhavato dhruvam/
pativratādikaṃ dṛṣṭvā paścājjñāsyasi māṃ kila

vipra uvāca-/
pativratā ca kā tāta kiṃ vā tasyāśśrutaṃ mahat/
yenāhaṃ tatra gacchāmi kāraṇaṃ vada me dvija

hariruvāca-/
nadīnāṃ jāhnavī śreṣṭhā pramadānāṃ pativratā/
manuṣyāṇāṃ prajāpālo devānāṃ ca janārdanaḥ

pativratā ca yā nāri patyurnityaṃ hite ratā/
kuladvayasya puruṣānuddharetsā śataṃ śataṃ५०

svargaṃ bhunakti tāvacca yāvadābhūtasaṃplavaṃ/
svargādbhraṣṭo bhavedvāsyāḥ sārvabhaumo nṛpaḥ patiḥ

asyaiva mahiṣī bhūtvā sukhaṃ viṃdedanaṃtaraṃ/
punaḥ punaḥ svargarājyaṃ tasya tasyā na saṃśayaḥ

evaṃ janmaśataṃ prāpya aṃte mokṣo bhaveddhruvam/
vipra uvāca-/
pativratā bhavetkāvā tasyāḥ kiṃ vā ca lakṣaṇaṃ

brūhi me dvijaśārdūla yathā jānāmi tattvataḥ/
hariruvāca-/
putrācchataguṇaṃ snehādrājānaṃ ca bhayādatha

ārādhayetpatiṃ śauriṃ yā paśyetsā pativratā/
kārye dāsī ratau veśyā bhojane jananīsamā

vipatsu maṃtriṇī bhartuḥ sā ca bhāryā pativratā/
bharturājñāṃ na laṃghedyā mano vākkāyakarmabhiḥ

bhukte patyau sadā cātti sā ca bhāryā pativratā/
yasyāṃ yasyāṃtu śayyāyāṃ patiḥ svapiti yatnataḥ

tatra tatra ca sābharturarcāṃ karoti nityaśaḥ/
naiva matsaramāyāti na kārpaṇyaṃ na māninī

māne'māne samānaṃ ca yā paśyetsā pativratā/
suveṣaṃ yā naraṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ pitaraṃ sutaṃ

manyate ca paraṃ sādhvī sā ca bhāryā pativratā/
tāṃ gaccha dvijaśārdūla vadakāmaṃ yathā tava

tasya patnyo'ṣṭa tiṣṭhaṃti tanmadhye varavarṇinī/
rūpayauvanasaṃpannā dayāyuktā yaśasvinī

śubhā nāmeti vikhyātā gatvā tāṃ pṛccha te hitaṃ/
evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtaradhīyata

tasyaivādṛśyatāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitobhūddvijastadā/
sa ca sādhvīgṛhaṃ gatvā papracchātha pativratāṃ

atithervacanaṃśrutvāgṛhānniḥsṛtyasaṃbhramāt/
dṛṣṭvā dvijaṃ satī tatra dvāradeśe sthitābhavat

tāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā dvijaśreṣṭha uvāca vacanaṃ mudā/
priyaṃ mamahitaṃ brūhi yathādṛṣṭaṃ tvameva hi

pativratovāca-/
sāṃprataṃ patyurarcāsti na cāsmākaṃ svataṃtratā/
paścātkāryaṃ kariṣyāmi gṛhāṇātithyamadya vai

vipra uvāca-/
mama dehe kṣudhā nāsti pipāsādya na ca śramaḥ/
abhīṣṭaṃ vada kalyāṇi nocecchāpaṃ dadāmi te

tamuvāca tadā sāpi na bakohaṃ dvijottama/
gaccha dharmatulādhāraṃ pṛccha taṃ te hitaṃ dvija

ityuktvā sā mahābhāgā prayayau ca gṛhodaram/
tatrāpaśyaddvijo vipraṃ yathā cāṃḍālaveśmani

vimṛśya vismayāpannastena sārdhaṃ yayau dvijaḥ/
tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ ca dvijaṃ taṃ ca sopaśyaddhṛṣṭamānasam

sa covāca mudā vipraṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ tāṃ satīṃ ca saḥ/
deśāṃtare ca yadvṛttaṃ tayā ca kathitaṃ kila

kathaṃ jānāti madvṛttaṃ cāṃḍālopi pativratā/
ato me vismayastāta kimāścaryaṃ paraṃ mahat

hariuvāca-/
jñāyate kāraṇaṃ tāta sarveṣāṃ bhūtabhāvanaiḥ/
atipuṇyātsadācārādyatastvaṃ vismayaṃ gataḥ

kimuktaśca tayā tvaṃ ca vada tatsāṃprataṃ mune/
vipra uvāca-/
praṣṭuṃ dharmatulādhāraṃ sā ca māṃ samupādiśat

hariruvāca-/
āgaccha muniśārdūla ahaṃ gacchāmi taṃ prati/
gacchaṃtaṃ ca hariṃ prāha tulādhāraḥ kva tiṣṭhati

hariruvāca-/
janānāṃ nikaro yatra bahudravyasuvikraye/
vikrīṇāti ca krīṇāti tulādhārastatastataḥ

jano yavānrasaṃ snehaṃ kūṭamannasya saṃcayaṃ/
sarvaṃ tasya mukhādeva gṛhṇāti ca dadātyapi

satyaṃ tyaktvānṛtaṃ kiṃcitprāṇāṃte samupasthite/
noktaṃ naravaraśreṣṭhastenadharmatulādharaḥ

ityukte tu tamadrākṣīdvikrīṇaṃtaṃ rasānbahūn/
malapaṃkadharaṃ martyaṃ daṃtakuḍmalapaṃkilam

tatra vastudhanotthāṃ ca bhāṣaṃtaṃ vividhāṃ giram/
vṛtaṃ bahuvidhairmartyaiḥ strībhiḥ puṃbhiśca sarvataḥ

kathaṃ kathamiti prāha sa taṃ madhurayā girā/
dharmasya me samuddeśaṃ vada prāptoṃ'tikaṃ hi te

tulādhāra uvāca-/
yāvajjanāḥ pratiṣṭhaṃti mamaiva sannidhau dvija/
tāvanme svasthatā nāsti yāvacca rātriyāmakaḥ

taccopadeśamādāya gaccha dharmākaraṃ prati/
bakasya maraṇe doṣaṃ khe ca vastrāviśoṣaṇam

sarvaṃ tatra ca jānīṣe sajjanādrohakaṃ vraja/
tatra tasyopadeśena tava kāmaḥ phaliṣyati

ityuktvā tulādhāraḥ karoti krayavikrayau/
tathā tāta gamiṣyāmi sajjanādrohakaṃ prati

tulādhārasamuddeśānna jānāmi tadālayam/
hariruvāca-/
ehyāgaccha gamiṣyāmi tvayā sārddhaṃ ca tadgṛham

atha vartmani gacchaṃtamuvāca brāhmaṇo hariṃ/
vipra uvāca-/
tulādhāre ca na snānaṃ na devapitṛtarpaṇam

maladigdhaṃ ca gātraṃ tu sarvaṃ celamalakṣaṇam/
kathaṃ jānāti madvṛttaṃ deśāṃtarasamudbhavam

ato me vismayastāta sarvaṃ tvaṃ vada kāraṇam/
hariruvāca-/
satyena samabhāvena jitaṃ tena jagattrayam

tenātṛpyaṃta pitaro devā munigaṇaiḥ saha/
bhūtabhavya pravṛttaṃ ca tena jānāti dhārmikaḥ

nāsti satyātparo dharmo nānṛtātpātakaṃ param/
viśeṣe samabhāvasya puruṣasyānaghasya ca

arau mitrepyudāsīne mano yasya samaṃ vrajet/
sarvapāpakṣayastasya viṣṇusāyujyatāṃ vrajet

evaṃ yo vartate nityaṃ kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet/
satyaṃ damaḥ śamaścaiva dhairyaṃ sthairyamalobhatā

anāścaryamanālasyaṃ tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam/
tena vai devalokasya naralokasya sarvaśaḥ

vṛttaṃ jānāti dharmajñastasyadehe sthito hariḥ/
loke tasya samo nāsti samaḥ satyārjaveṣu ca

sa ca dharmamayaḥ sākṣāttenaiva dhāritaṃ jagat/
dvija uvāca-/
jñātaṃ me tvatprasādācca tulādhārasya kāraṇam

adrohakasya yadvṛttaṃ tadbrūhi tvaṃ yadīcchasi/
hariruvāca-/
puraiva rājaputrasya kulastrīnavayauvanā

patnīva kāmadevasya śacīva vāsavasya ca/
tasya prāṇasamā bhāryā sundarī nāma sundarī

akasmātpārthivasyaiva kārye gantuṃ samudyataḥ/
manasālocitaṃ tena prāṇebhyopi garīyasīm

kasminsthāne sthāpayāmi yato rakṣā bhaveddhruvam/
ityālocyaiva sahasā tvāgatosya gṛhaṃ prati १००

uktaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā sa vismayaṃgataḥ/
na tātaste na ca bhrātā na cāhaṃ tava bāndhavaḥ

pitṛmātṛkulasyaiva tasyā na hi suhṛjjanaḥ/
kathaṃ ca madgṛhe tāta sthityā svastho bhaviṣyasi

etasminnantare tena coktaṃ vākyaṃ yathocitam/
loke tvatsadṛśo nāsti dharmajño vijitendriyaḥ

sa cāha taṃ ca sarvajñaṃ vaktuṃ nārhasi dūṣaṇam/
trailokyamohinīṃ bhāryāṃ kaḥ pumānrakṣituṃ kṣamaḥ

rājaputra uvāca-/
dharaṇyāṃ parivijñāya tvāgatohaṃ tavāntikam/
eṣā tiṣṭhatu te'gāre vrajāmi nijamandiram

ityukte sa punaḥ prāha nagare'sminpraśobhane/
bahukāmuka saṃpūrṇe kathaṃ rakṣā bhavetstriyāḥ

sa covāca punastaṃ ca kuru rakṣāṃ vrajāmyaham/
gṛhasthassaṅkaṭādāha dharmasya rājaputrakam

karomyanucitaṃ kāryaṃ svadāsyamucitaṃ hitam/
sadā caivedṛśī bhāryā sthātavyā madgṛhe pitaḥ

arakṣārakṣaṇe deva vadābhīṣṭaṃ kuru priyam/
mama talpe mayā sārdhaṃ śayānaṃ bhāryayā saha

manyase daivataṃ svaṃ cettiṣṭhennocettu gacchatu/
kṣaṇaṃ vimṛśya taṃ prāha rājaputraḥ punastadā

bāḍhametadvacastāta yathābhīṣṭaṃ tathā kuru/
tato bhāryāṃ jagādātha asya vākyācchivāśivam

kartavyaṃ ca na te doṣa ājñayā mama suṃdari/
etaduktvā gataḥ sopi bhūpateḥ śāsanātpituḥ

anaṃtaraṃ kṣapāyāṃ ca yaduktaṃ ca tathākṛtam/
yoṣitormadhyagaḥ sopi nityaṃ svapiti dhārmikaḥ

dharmānna calate sopi svabhāryāparabhāryayoḥ/
saṃsparśātsvastriyaścāsya kāmābhilaṣitaṃ manaḥ

tasyāḥ saṃsargataścaiva duhitaiva pramanyate/
stanau tasyāstu pṛṣṭhe ca lagantau ca punaḥpunaḥ

bālakasyeva putrasya stanau mātuḥ samanyate/
tasyā aṃgāni cāṃgeṣu lagaṃti ca punaḥpunaḥ

tato mātussutasyeva somanyata dine dine/
tasya yoṣāsusaṃsargo nivṛttastvabhavattataḥ

evaṃ saṃvatsarasyārddhe tatpatiścāgataḥ puraṃ/
apṛcchattaṃ ca lokeṣu tasyā vṛttamathoditam

kecidbhadraṃ bodhayanto yuvānopi suvismitāḥ/
kecidāhustvayā dattā tayā sārddhaṃ svapityasau

strīpuṃsorekasaṃsargātśāṃtatā tu kathaṃ bhavet/
tasyāṃ yasyābhilāṣosti na pṛṣṭassa vadedyuvā

lokānāṃ kuśrutirvārtā tena puṇyabalācchrutā/
janāpavādamokṣārthaṃ buddhistasyābhavacchubhā

dārūṇi svayamāhṛtyājijvalatsa mahānalam/
etasminnaṃtare tāta rājaputraḥ pratāpavān

āgamattadgṛhaṃ sadyaḥ sopaśyattaṃ ca yoṣitam/
protphullavadanāṃ nārīṃ praviṣādagataṃ naraṃ

anayormānasaṃ jñātvā rājaputrovadadvacaḥ/
kiṃ na saṃbhāṣase māṃ ca mitrakaṃ ciramāgatam

abravītsopi dharmātmā rājaputramanaṣṭadhīḥ/
yatkṛtaṃ duṣkaraṃ karma mayā tvaddhitakāraṇāt

sarvaṃ vyarthamahaṃ manye janānāṃ ca pravādataḥ/
adya vahnimahaṃ yāsye prapaśyaṃtu narāssurāḥ

ityuktvā sa mahābhāgaḥ praviveśa hutāśanam/
viśatastasya vahnau na kusumaṃ cikurālaye

nāṃgamasyānalodhākṣīnna ca vastraṃ na kuṃtalam/
khe ca devā mudā sarvesādhusādhviti cābruvan

apatanpuṣpavarṣāṇi tasya mūrdhni samaṃtataḥ/
yairyaiśca duṣkṛtaṃ vākyaṃ gaditaṃ tāvubhau prati

teṣāṃ mukhe prajāyaṃte kuṣṭhāni vividhāni ca/
tatrāgatya ca devāśca vahnerākṛṣyataṃ mudā

apūjayansupuṣpaiśca munayo vismayaṃ gatāḥ/
sarvairmunivarairevaṃ manuṣyairvividhaistadā

arcyate tu mahātejāḥ sa ca sarvānapūjayat/
sajjanādrohakaṃ nāma kṛtaṃ devāsurairnṛbhiḥ

tasya pādarajaḥ pūtā sasyapūrṇā dharābhavat/
surāścāhuśca taṃ tatra bhāryā te saṃpragṛhyatām

etasya sadṛśo loke na bhūto na bhaviṣyati/
nāstīti sāṃprataṃ pṛthvyāṃ kāmalobhājitaḥ pumān

devāsuramanuṣyāṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ mṛgapakṣiṇām/
kīṭādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kāma eṣa sudurjayaḥ

kāmāllobhāttathākrodhānnityaṃ sattveṣu jāyate/
saṃsārabaṃdhakaḥ kāmo hyakāmo na kvacidbhavet

anenaiva jitaṃ sarvaṃ bhuvanāni caturdaśa/
amuṣya hṛdaye nityaṃ vāsudevo mudāsthitaḥ

evaṃ spṛṣṭvātha dṛṣṭvā taṃ manuṣyāḥ sarvakalmaṣāt/
pūyaṃte hyanaghāścaiva labhaṃte cākṣayāṃ divam

evamuktvā gatā devā vimānaiśca divaṃ mudā/
manuṣyāḥ prayayustuṣṭā daṃpatī svagṛhaṃ tathā

divyaṃ cakṣustadā tasya cāsīddevānsa paśyati/
trailokyasya ca vārttāṃ ca jānāti līlayā bhṛśam

tatastasya ca vīthyāṃ ca dṛṣṭastena sahaiva saḥ/
sa papraccha mudā taṃ ca dharmoddeśaṃ hitaṃ vada

sajjanādroha uvāca-/
gaccha bāḍava dharmajña vaiṣṇavaṃ puruṣottamam/
taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tvabhīṣṭaṃ te sāṃprataṃ ca phaliṣyati

bakasya nidhanaṃ yadvā vastrasyāśoṣaṇaṃ tathā/
jānīṣe cāparo yaśca kāmaste'sti hṛdisthitaḥ

etacchrutvā tu vacanamāgato vaiṣṇavaṃ prati/
viṣṇurūpadvijenaiva sārddhaṃ tena mudā yayau

apaśyatpuruṣaṃ śuddhaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ ca puraḥsthitam/
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ dīpyamānaṃ svatejasā

abravītsa ca dharmātmā dhyānasthaṃ ca hareḥ priyam/
vadano yadyadvṛttaṃ vai dūrāttvāṃ cāgato hyaham

vaiṣṇava uvāca-/
prasannaste suraśreṣṭho dānavārīśvaraḥ sadā/
dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ ca mano'smākaṃ hṛṣyatīvādhunā dvija

kalyāṇaṃ cātulaṃ tedya phaliṣyati manorathaḥ/
suravartmani te nityaṃ celaṃ śuṣyati nānyathā

dṛṣṭvā devaṃ suraśreṣṭhaṃ mama gehe hariṃ sthitam/
ityukte vaiṣṇavenātha sa tu taṃ punabravīt

kvāsau viṣṇuḥ sthito nityaṃ darśayādya prasādataḥ/
vaiṣṇava uvāca-/
asmindevagṛhe ramye praviśya parameśvaram१५०

taṃ dṛṣṭvā kilbiṣāddhorānmucyase janmabaṃdhānat/
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā praviśya sadanaṃ prati

apaśyattaṃ dvijaṃ viṣṇuṃ tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ padmatalpake/
śirasaiva pravaṃdyātha jagrāha caraṇau mudā

prasādī bhava deveśa na jñātastvaṃ purā mayā/
ihāmutra ca deveśa tavāhaṃ kiṃkaraḥ prabho

anugrahaśca me dṛṣṭo bhavato madhusūdana/
rūpaṃ te draṣṭumicchāmi yadi cāsti kṛpā mayi

viṣṇuruvāca-/
asti me tvayi bhūdeva priyatvaṃ ca sadaiva hi/
snehātpuṇyavatāmeva darśanaṃ kāritaṃ mayā

darśanātsparśanāddhyānātkīrtanādbhāṣaṇāttathā/
sakṛtpuṇyavatāmeva svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute

nityameva tu saṃsargātsarvapāpakṣayo bhavet/
bhuktvā sukhamanaṃta ca maddehe pravilīyate

snātvā ca puṇyatīrtheṣu dṛṣṭvā māṃ caiva sarvataḥ/
dṛṣṭvā puṇyavatāṃ deśānmama dehe vilīyate

kathayitvā kathāṃ puṇyāṃ lokānāmagrataḥ sadā/
sa caiva naraśārdūla maddehe pravilīyate

upoṣya vāsaresmākaṃ śrutvā maccaritaṃ dhruvam/
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā maddehe pravilīyate

atyaṃtaghoṣaṇo nṛtyagītavādyādikaissadā/
nāmasmarandvijaśreṣṭha maddehe pravilīyate

madbhaktastīrthabhūtaśca tvameva bakamāraṇāt/
yatpāpaṃ tasya mokṣāya sakhe sthitvā uvāca ha

gaccha mūkaṃ mahātmānaṃ tīrthaṃ puṇyavatāṃ varam/
mūkasya darśanāttāta sarve dṛṣṭā mahājanāḥ

teṣāṃ ca darśanādeva tathā saṃbhāṣaṇānmama/
mamasaṃparkabhāvācca madgṛhaṃ cāgato bhavān

janmakoṭisahasrebhyo yasya pāpakṣayo bhavet/
sa māṃ paśyati dharmajño yathā tena prasannatā

mamaivānugrahādvatsaahaṃdṛṣṭastvayānagha/
tasmādvaraṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ yatte manasi vartate

vipra uvāca-/
asmākaṃ sarvathā nātha mānasaṃ tvayi tiṣṭhatu/
tvadṛte sarvalokeśa kadācinna tu rocatām

mādhava uvāca-/
yasmādetādṛśī buddhiḥ sphurate te sadānagha/
tasmānmatsadṛśānbhogānmadgehe saṃpralapsyase

kiṃtu te pitarau pūjāmāpnuto na tvayānagha/
pūjayitvā tu pitarau paścādyāsyasi mattanum

tayorniśśvāsavātena manyunā ca bhṛśaṃ punaḥ/
tapaḥ kṣarati te nityaṃ tasmātpūjaya tau dvija

manyurnipatate yasminputre pitrośca nityaśaḥ/
tannirayaṃ nābādhehaṃ na dhātā na ca śaṃkaraḥ

tasmāttvaṃ pitarau gaccha kuru pūjāṃ prayatnataḥ/
tatastvaṃ hitayoreva prasādānmatpadaṃ vraja

ityukte tu dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ punarāha jagadgurum/
prasanno yadi me nātha rūpaṃ svaṃ darśayācyuta

tato dvijapraṇayataḥ prasannahṛdayo vaśī/
rūpaṃ svaṃ darśayāmāsa brahmaṇyo brahmakarmaṇe

śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadhāraṇaṃ puruṣottamam/
kāraṇaṃ sarvalokasya tejasā pūrayajjagat

praṇamya daṃḍavadvipra uvāca punaracyutam/
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me cakṣuṣī śive

adya me ca karau ślāghyau dhanyohaṃ jagadīśvara/
adya me puruṣā yāṃti brahmalokaṃ sanātanam

naṃdaṃti bāṃdhavā medya tvatprasādājjanārdana/
idānīṃ ca prasiddhā me sarve caiva manorathāḥ

kiṃtu me vismayo nātha mūkādi jñānino bhṛśam/
kathaṃ jānaṃti madvṛttaṃ deśāṃtaramupasthitam

tasya gehodarākāśe sthito viprotiśobhanaḥ/
tathā pativratā gehe tulādhāraśirasyapi

tathā mitrādrohakasya tvaṃ ca vaiṣṇavamaṃdire/
anugrahācca me vipra tattvato vaktumarhasi

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
pitrorbhaktaḥ sadā mūkaḥ pativratā śubhā ca sā/
satyavādī tulādhāraḥ samaḥ sarvajaneṣu ca

lobhakāmajidadroho madbhakto vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ/
saṃprītohaṃ guṇaireṣāṃ tiṣṭhāmyāvasathe mudā

bhāratīkamalābhyāṃ ca sahito dvijasattama/
vipra uvāca-/
mahāpātakisaṃsargānnarāścaivātipātakāḥ

iti jalpaṃti dharmajñāḥ smṛtiśāstreṣu sarvadā/
purāṇāgamavedeṣu kathaṃ tvaṃ tiṣṭhase gṛhe

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
kalyāṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ karttā mūko jagattraye/
vṛttastho yopi cāṇḍālastaṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ

mūkasya sadṛśo nāsti lokeṣu puṇyakarmataḥ/
pitrorbhaktipare nityaṃ jitaṃ tena jagattrayam

tayorbhaktyā tvahaṃ tuṣṭaḥ sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha/
tiṣṭhāmi dvijarūpeṇa tasya gehodare ca khe

tathā pativratā gehe tulādhārasya maṃdire/
adrohakasya bhavane vaiṣṇavasya ca veśmani

sadā tiṣṭhāmi dharmajña muhūrtaṃ na tyajāmyaham/
tena paśyaṃti māṃ nityaṃ ye tvanye pāpakṛjjanāḥ

puṇyatvācca tvayā dṛṣṭo mamānugrahakāraṇāt/
pitrorbhaktiparaḥ śuddhaścāṃḍālo devatāṃ gataḥ

tasmāttena saha prītyā tiṣṭhāmi tasya maṃdire/
punaḥ punaḥ kathālāpaṃ karomi dvijanaṃdana

tasya vai mānase nityaṃ varte'hatabhāvanaḥ/
sa tajjānāti tvadvṛttaṃ tathā pativratādayaḥ

teṣāṃ vṛttaṃ vadiṣyāmi śṛṇu tvaṃ cānupūrvaśaḥ/
yacchrutvā sarvathā martyo mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt

piturmātuḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ devadeveṣu naiva hi/
pitrorarcā kṛtā yena sa eva puruṣottamaḥ

pitrorājñā ca devasya gurorājñā samaṃ phalaṃ/
ārādhanāddivo rājyaṃ bādhayā rauravaṃ vrajet

sa cāsmākaṃ hṛdistho'pi tasyāhaṃ hṛdaye sthitaḥ/
āvayoraṃtaraṃ nāsti paratreha ca matsamaḥ

madagre matpure ramye sarvaiśca bāṃdhavaiḥ saha/
sabhuṃjītākṣayaṃ bhogamaṃte mayi ca līyate

ataeva hi mūkosau vārttāṃ trailokyasaṃbhavām/
jānāti naraśārdūla eṣa te vismayaḥ kutaḥ

dvija uvāca-/
mohādajñānato vāpi na kṛtvā piturarcanaṃ/
jñātvā vā kiṃ ca kartavyaṃ sadasajjagadīśvara२००

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
dinaikaṃ māsapakṣau vā pakṣārdhaṃ vātha vatsaraṃ/
pitrorbhaktiḥ kṛtā yena sa ca gacchenmamālayaṃ

kārayitvā manaḥ kaṣṭamavaśyaṃ narakaṃ vrajet/
na kṛtā vākṛtā vā syātpitrorarcā paraṃ purā

vṛṣotsargaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā pitṛbhakti phalaṃ labhet/
annaṃ vastraṃ tathā gavyaṃ sāmiṣaṃ ca nirāmiṣam

sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ jñātibhyo yatpradīyate/
sarvasvena kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yena putreṇa dhīmatā

jātismaratvaṃ prāpnoti pitṛbhaktiphalaṃ labhet/
śrāddhātparo mahāyajñastrailokye tu na vidyate

atra yaddīyate kiṃcitsarvaṃ cākṣayamaśnute/
anyasmiṃścāyutaṃ viddhi jñātibhyo lakṣamucyate

piṇḍe koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ dvijāyānantamucyate/
gaṃgājale gayāyāṃ ca prayāge puṣkare tathā

vārāṇasyāṃ siddhakuṃḍe gaṃgāsāgara saṃgame/
annapiṃḍaṃ pradadyādyastasya muktirbhaveddhruvam

pitaraścākṣayaṃ svargaṃ labhaṃte janmanaḥ phalam/
bhāgīrathyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yastu dadyāttilodakam

muktimārgaṃ sa cāpnoti piṃḍadāne tu kiṃ punaḥ/
nadītīreṣu sāhasraṃ nade tvayutamiṣyate

sāmānyaphalasaṃsargācchrāddhaṃ śataguṇaṃ bhavet/
amāyāṃ ca yugādyāyāṃ grahaṇe sūryacaṃdrayoḥ

pārvaṇaṃ kurute yastu sokṣayaṃ lokamaśnute/
pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti sarve samāyutaṃ prati

āśiṣaṃ dayitaṃ datvā bhogyaṃ cānaṃtamātmaje/
tataḥ parvaṇi putraiśca karttavyaṃ pārvaṇaṃ mudā

pitroryajñamimaṃ kṛtvā mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt/
ahanyahani yacchrāddhaṃ nityaśrāddhamiti smṛtam

śraddhayā kārayedyastu so'kṣayaṃ lokamaśnute/
tathaivāparapakṣe ca kāmyaśrāddhaṃ vidhānataḥ

kṛtvā kāmaṃ sa cāpnoti yadvā manasi vartate/
āṣāḍhīmavadhiṃ kṛtvā yastu pakṣastu paṃcamaḥ

tatra śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta kanyāṃ gacchatu vā na vā/
kanyāṃ gate savitari yānyahāni tu ṣoḍaśa

kratubhistāni tulyāni samāpta varadakṣiṇaiḥ/
kāmyaśrāddhaṃ mahāpuṇyamidaṃ tasyāgataṃ śivam

abhāvātkṛṣṇapakṣādau tulāyāṃ kartumarhati/
amāvṛścikamāyāti nairāśyaṃ pitaro gatāḥ

punaḥsvabhavanaṃ yāṃti śāpaṃ datvā sudāruṇam/
pitṛśāpena putrasya naṣṭaṃ sarvamiti smṛtam

dhanaṃ putrā yaśaḥ kāmyamabhīṣṭamāyureva ca/
sarvāṇyetāni labhyaṃte janmajanmasu mānavaiḥ

pitṝṇāṃ ca vareṇaiva tasmānmainaṃ parityajet/
vivāhavratayajñādau kṛtvā nāṃdīmukhaṃ dvijaḥ

akṣayaṃ labhate puṇyaṃ gotraṃ tasya pravarddhate/
etadviparyayo yasya sa yāti narakaṃ naraḥ

kulakṣayo bhavettasya sa jīvo duḥkhito bhavet/
tatastu pūjayedagre gaṇeśaṃ śaṃbhunaṃdanam

paraṃ ṣoḍaśamātṝśca tatpaścātpitṛsaṃcayam/
nāṃdīmukheṣu sarveṣu prapitāmahapūrvakam

nāṃdīmukhe dvijānsarvānsthāpayetprāṅmukhānsudhīḥ/
uccārayennamovākyaṃ svadhā cānyatra yojayet

grahaṇe caṃdrasūryasya datvā piṃḍodakaṃ naraḥ/
akṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ pitṝṇāṃ puṣṭivarddhanam

tatra snānaṃ na kuryādyaḥ śaktyā piṃḍodakaṃ naraḥ/
na dadāti pitṝṇāṃ tu cāṃḍālatvaṃ sa gacchati

sarvaṃ bhūmisamaṃ dānaṃ sarve vyāsasamā dvijāḥ/
sarvaṃ gaṃgāsamaṃ toyaṃ rāhugraste niśākare

iṃdorlakṣaguṇaṃ proktaṃ daśalakṣaṃ tu bhāskare/
gaṃgātoye tu saṃprāpta iṃdoḥ koṭī raverdaśa

gavāṃ śatasahasrasya samyagdattasya yatphalam/
tatphalaṃ jāhnavīsnāne rāhugraste niśākare

caṃdrasūryagrahe caiva avagāhati jāhnavīṃ/
sa snātassarvatīrtheṣu kimarthamaṭate mahīm

sūryagrahaḥ sūryavāre some somagrahastathā/
cūḍāmaṇiriti khyātastatrānaṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam

samupoṣya tayoḥ pūrve puṇyatīrthe tu yaḥ pumān/
datvā piṃḍodakaṃ dānaṃ satyaloke pratiṣṭhitaḥ

dvija uvāca-/
pitureva mahāyajñaḥ śrāddhaṃ ca bhavateritaṃ/
tātā paścimakālādau kiṃ karttavyaṃ sutena hi

kiṃ kṛtvā ca paraṃ śreyo janmajanmasu labhyate/
putreṇa dhīmatā deva yatnato vaktumarhasi

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
pūrve vayasi saṃprāpte pitā putra iti smṛtaḥ/
uttare ca sutastātaḥ pālanānna tu pūjanāt

devavatpūjayettātaṃ snehaṃ kuryācca putravat/
na laṃghayedvacastasya manasāpi kadācana

āturasya pituḥ putro yastu kuryātpratikriyāṃ/
sokṣayaṃ labhate svargaṃ sadā devaiḥ prapūjyate

mumūrṣorapitā tasya paśyato mṛtyulakṣaṇam/
kṛtvā ca yajanaṃ putro devānāṃ tulyatāṃ vrajet

vidhinānaśane naiva pituḥ svargaṃ dadāti yaḥ/
putrasya tasya dhīrasya śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yadguṇam

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca/
bhavedanaśane puṇyaṃ tīrthakoṭiguṇaṃ tayoḥ

bhāgīrathyā jale caiva yo mṛtaḥ puruṣottamaḥ/
payodhararasaṃ māturna pibenmuktatāṃ vrajet

vārāṇasyāṃ tyajedyastu prāṇāṃścaiva yadṛcchayā/
abhīṣṭaṃ ca phalaṃ bhuktvā maddehe pravilīyate

yā gatiryogayuktānāṃ munīnāmūrddhvaretasāṃ/
sā gatistyajataḥ prāṇānbrahmaputreṣu saptasu

lohitasya viśeṣeṇa tīrottarasamāśritaḥ/
vidhinā yastyajetprāṇānsa ca matsamatāṃ vrajet

tasyaiva corvaśīkeśe puṇyatīrthe dvijottama/
mṛtotpannaḥ samāpnoti sarvaṃ doṣairna lipyate

gṛhasyābhyaṃtare yasya prāṇatyāgo bhaveddhruvam/
yāvadgraṃthirgṛhe tiṣṭhettāvadbaṃdho bhave tanau

hāyanehāyane cāpi ekaikaṃ parihīyate/
paśyatāṃ putrabaṃdhūnāṃ vaṃdhane nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ

parvate kānane durge sthāne vā jalavarjite/
mṛto durgatimāpnoti kīṭādau jāyate punaḥ २५०

saṃskāraśca bhavedyasya mṛtasya paravāsare/
ṣaṣṭirvarṣasahasrāṇi kuṃbhīpāke pratiṣṭhati

aspṛśyasparśanādeva ucchiṣṭaḥ patito mṛtaḥ/
suciraṃ narake sthitvā mlecchajātiṣu jāyate

tathaiva bahukīṭeṣu jāyate sattvajātiṣu/
tasmānna cirakāleṣu jānīyātpuṇyapātakam

puṇyātpuṇyaprayogaiśca sarveṣāṃ martyavāsinām/
maraṇe yā gatiḥ puṃsāṃ gatirbhavati tādṛśī

puṇyatīrthe mṛto yastu viṣṇornāmāni ciṃtayan/
pāpātpūto vrajetsvargaṃ sarvadoṣairna lipyate

piturmṛtasya dehaṃ tu vahedyastu suto balī/
padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

prākcitau ca piturdehe mukhāgniṃ kārayetsutaḥ/
vidhinā maṃtrapūtena paścāddehaṃ dahetpunaḥ

lobhamohasamāyuktaṃ pāpapuṇyasamāvṛtam/
daheyaṃ sarvagātrāṇi divyānlokānsa gacchatu

dagdhvā ca laṃghayetputropyasthisaṃcayanaṃ prati/
daśāhe samanuprāpte cārdravastraṃ parityajet

chitvā ca lohitaṃ celaṃ vahnau cātha jale kṣipet/
tataścaikādaśāhe ca śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ

pretasya dehapuṣṭyarthaṃ brāhmaṇaikaṃ tu bhojayet/
dānaṃ dadyācca vidhivadvastraṃ pīṭhaṃ ca pādukām

sarvopakaraṇaistulyaṃ dharādigajavājikam/
kṛṣṇāṃ gāṃ ca pradadyāttu sarvapāpavimuktaye

caturthāhe tripakṣe ca ṣaṇmāse cābdike tathā/
dvādaśa pratimāsyāni śrāddhānye tāni ṣoḍaśa

yasyaitāni na saṃtīha yathāśakti ca śraddhayā/
piśācatvaṃ sthiraṃ tasya dattaiḥ śrāddhaśatairapi

abdamaṃbughaṭaṃ dadyādannaṃ cāmiṣasaṃyutaṃ/
nityānityamabhāvācca kṣapanmāsaṃ kṣamāpayet

sapiṃḍīkaraṇaśrāddhaṃ gate saṃvatsare budhaḥ/
pārvaṇasya vidhānena kārayeddvijasattamaḥ

piturabdamaśaucaṃ syānmātuḥ ṣaṇmāsameva ca/
trimāsaṃ tu striyaścaiva tadarddhaṃ bhrātṛputrayoḥ

sapiṃḍānāmaśaucaṃ syādyāvadgehe sa tiṣṭhati/
putrasya yanniṣiddhaṃ tu śṛṇu tāta vadāmyaham

brahmacārī sadācārī na gacchecca striyaṃ kvacit/
saptaghaṭyāḥ paraṃ caiva navaghaṭyāśca pūrvataḥ

sa kālaḥ kutapo jñeyaḥ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam/
śrāddhe trīṇi pavitrāṇi dauhitraṃ kutapastilāḥ

trīṇi cātra praśaṃsaṃti satyamakrodhamatvarām/
sāyaṃ saṃdhyāṃ parānnaṃ ca punarbhojanamaithunam

dānaṃ pratigrahaṃ caiva śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vivarjayet/
akartavyaśataṃ kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ

tacca kartavyatāmeti svayamuktaṃ viriṃcinā/
śṛṇu putra purāvṛttaṃ bahūnāṃ ca vadāmyaham

gurorgohananaṃ kṛtvā daduḥ śrāddhaṃ yayurdivam/
teṣāṃ ca kīrttanādeva śrāddhaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ śiṣyā brāhmaṇāssapta suvratāḥ/
pitṛśrāddhe samāyāte homadhenuṃ guroḥ priyām

prārthayitvā gṛhaṃ nītvā saptabhirbhrātṛbhirmudā/
gavyārthaṃ pitṛyajñe tāṃ dhenuṃ hatvā vimṛśya ca

dadurmāṃsaṃ ca vipre ca śeṣaṃ viprāṃstvabhojayan/
samāpya pitṛkarmāṇi vatsaṃ saṃgṛhyate dvijāḥ

gurau samarpayāmāsurdhenurvyāghreṇa bhakṣitā/
tatastaporbalādeva jñātvā teṣāṃ ca kāraṇam

sa śaśāpa tataḥ śiṣyāṃścāḍālāśca bhaviṣyatha/
vepamānāstato viprāḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ sthitāḥ

dhenormāṃsaṃpradātāraḥ pitṛkṛtye sadānagha/
akartavyasahasrāṇi mahāṃti pātakāni ca

kurvaṃtaḥ pitṛkāryeṣu pāpātpūtā divaṃ gatāḥ/
śrutaṃ bahuvidhaṃ nātha mukhātte ca purātanam

kṣaṃtumarhasi dharmajña śāpasyāṃto vidhīyatām/
vasiṣṭha uvāca-/
śāpo votha yathā pāpmā na tu dharmavicāraṇāt

cāṃḍālādau samutpannāḥ purāvṛttaṃ smariṣyatha/
na ca vo jñānalopaśca smṛtiśāstramanaṣṭakam

pāpayoniṃ samuttīrya paścānmokṣaṃ gamiṣyatha/
tataḥ prāṇānparityajya guruśāpāttu te dvijāḥ

jātāścāṃḍālayonau tu sarve jñānasamanvitāḥ/
stanyaṃ taistu na pītaṃ vai smaradbhiḥ pūrvajanma tat

mṛtā jātā mṛgāḥ sarve cakravākāḥ punarvane/
haṃsāstu mānase tīrthe śuklā jātāḥ punardvijāḥ

mumūrṣavo mahābhāgā mṛtāste khedakāraṇāt/
tasminkāle mahārājo dharmaketuriti smṛtaḥ

yayau snātuṃ tatastīrthaṃ sadāraḥ saparicchadaḥ/
tato haṃsāstrayo mohādrājyaṃ bhogyaṃ tu yoṣitaḥ

bhakṣyāṇi ciṃtayaṃtaśca lokāṃtaramayustadā/
jñātvā vedaṃ ca vedāṃgaṃ mokṣaṃ yāsyāmahe vayam

ciṃtayaṃto gatā anye tato lokāṃtaraṃ prati/
atha trayo nṛpā jātāścatvāro viprasattamāḥ

kurukṣetre tato vedānvedāṃgāni samaṃtataḥ/
tapobalādvidaṃti sma vārtāṃ cāmutra ceha ca

trayo rājakule jātā rājāno madamohitāḥ/
jñānalopātparaṃ lokaṃ na jānaṃti hitāhitam

te ca viprāśca saṃdehādāhūya ceṭakaṃ svakam/
rājño gaccha svakārpaṇyātpatraṃ dehi ca saṃbhramāt

sapta vyādhā daśārṇeṣu mṛgāḥ kālaṃjare girau/
cakravākāḥ śaradvīpe haṃsāḥ sarasi mānase

tepi jātāḥ kurukṣetre brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ/
prasthitā dūtamadhvānaṃ yūyaṃ kimavasīdatha

gṛhītvā ceṭako lekhaṃ rājñastu samadarśayat/
dṛṣṭvā lekhaṃ tu rājāno rājyaṃ tyaktvā yayurdvijān

śrutvā vākyaṃ tatasteṣāṃ gatāste ca tapodhanāḥ/
acireṇaiva kālena mokṣaṃ yātāśca taissaha

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyācchrāddhe saptavyādhādikaṃ dvija/
akṣayaṃ cānnapānaṃ ca pitṝṇāmupatiṣṭhati

dvija uvāca-/
vittahīnasya viprasya pitṛkāryaṃ kathaṃ bhavet/
tapasvino vanasthasya gṛhasthasya ca keśava

bhagavānuvāca-/
tṛṇakāṣṭhārjanaṃ kṛtvā prārthayitvā varāṭakam/
karoti pitṛkāryāṇi tato lakṣaguṇaṃ bhavet ३००

akartavyaṃ śataṃ kṛtvā pitṛśrāddhaṃ karoti yaḥ/
sarvapāpakṣayastasya svargaṃ yāti ca mānavaḥ

sarvābhāve pitṛtithau gobhyo ghāsaṃ dadāti yaḥ/
phalaṃ ca piṃḍadānasya saṃprāpnotyadhikaṃ naraḥ

purā vairāṭaviṣaye rurodātīva dīnakaḥ/
pitṛtithau svayaṃ prāpte sarvābhāvācca roditi

ruditvā suciraṃ sopi papraccha kovidaṃ dvijaṃ/
brahmanpitṛtithāvadya kiṃsvitkṛtvā hitaṃ bhavet

varāṭakaśca me nāsti dhanaṃ brahmavidāṃvara/
upadeśaṃ ca me dehi yena dharme sthito hyaham

dvija uvāca-/
gaccha śīghraṃ vane tāta muhūrte kutape'dhunā/
ghāsaṃ pitaramuddiśya gave dehīti satvaram

tatastasyopadeśena gṛhītvā ghāsapūlakam/
gave datvā yathāhṛṣṭaḥ puṣṭyarthaṃ pitureva ca

etatpuṇyaprasādena gatosau suramaṃdiram/
svargaṃ ca suciraṃ bhuktvā utpanno dhanināṃ kule

dhanavānsa purā puṇyātpitṛyajñasya kāraṇāt/
sa dadāti pituḥ piṃḍaṃ sarvasvena dhanena ca

tatraikajanmanobhyāsādgatosau viṣṇumaṃdiram/
bhuktvānantasukhaṃ tatra sārvabhaumobhavannṛpaḥ

pitṛyajñātparo yasmāddharmo nāsti kathaṃcana/
tasmātsarvaprayatnena śaktyā kuryādamatsaraḥ

yaḥ paṭheddharmasaṃtānaṃ janānāmagrato naraḥ/
viṣṇupadyā jale snānaṃ prati loke ca labhyate

janmajanmakṛto yena mahāpātakasaṃcayaḥ/
tatsarvaṃ pralayaṃ yāti sakṛduccarite śrute

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe paṃcākhyānonāma paṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ