Padma Purana · Chapter 1.57
saptapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ/
dvijā ūcuḥ-
kīrtirdharmotha lokeṣu sarvāṇi pravarāṇi ca/
vada no muniśārdūla yadi no'sti tvanugrahaḥ
vyāsa uvāca-
yasya khāte vane gāvastṛpyaṃti māsameva ca/
yadvā saptadinātpūtaḥ sarvadevaiḥ sa pūjitaḥ
puṣkariṇyā viśeṣeṇa pūtā yā yajñakarmaṇā/
yatphalaṃ jaladānena sarvamatrāsyi(?) tacchṛṇu
hāyane hāyane caiva kalpaṃ kalpaṃ vidhīyate/
dānātsvargamavāpnoti toyadaḥ sarvado bhuvi
meghe varṣati khāte ca jāyaṃte ye tu śīkarāḥ/
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi divamaśnāti mānavaḥ
toyairannādipākaiśca prasanno mānavo bhavet/
prāṇānāṃ ca vinānnaiśca dhāraṇannaiva jāyate
pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ śaucaṃ rūpaṃ vai gaṃdhyanāśanam/
bījaṃ tvihārjitaṃ sarvaṃ sarvaṃ toye pratiṣṭhitam
vastrasya dhāvanaṃ rucyaṃ bhājanānāṃ tathaiva ca/
tenaiva sarvakāryaṃ ca pānīyaṃ medhyameva ca
tasmātsarvaprayatnena vāpīkūpataṭākakam/
kārayecca balaiḥ sarvaistathā sarvadhanena ca
tato vinirjale deśo(deśe?) yo dadāti jalāśayam/
vāsare vāsare tasya kalpaṃ svargaṃ vinirdiśet
triviṣṭapāccyuto vipro vedaśāstrārthapāragaḥ/
lokabaṃdhuḥ sa dharmātmā tapastaptvā divaṃ vrajet
evaṃ janmāṣṭakaṃ prāpya ekasyākṣayamiṣyate/
kṣattriyāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ sārvabhaumo bhavennṛpaḥ
viśo'kṣayaṃ dhanaṃ vidyājjanmajanmasu yatpriyam/
śūdrādayontyajāścānye labhaṃte svargatiṃ muhuḥ
caturhastapramāṇaṃ tu kūpaṃ khanati yaḥ pumān/
paropakārakaṃ nityaṃ kalpaṃ svargaṃ tu hāyane
dviguṇe dviguṇaṃ vidyācchataṃ caiva caturguṇe/
viṃśatkiṣkupramāṇāṃ tu dadyātpuṣkariṇīṃ tu yaḥ
viṣṇordhāma labhetsopi divyabhogaṃ tathaiva ca/
anaṃtaraṃ nṛpo jāto dhanī vāgīśvaro bhavet
evaṃ dvistriścaturvāpi guṇato bhogyamiṣyate/
vistīrṇe pracuraṃ viddhi sahasreṇācyuto divaḥ
sahasrāddviguṇenaiva surapūjyo bhavennaraḥ/
jaṃtavastatra ye saṃti yāvaṃto jīvanaṃ yayuḥ
tatsaṃkhyākā janāstasya kiṃkarāḥ pṛṣṭalagnakāḥ/
bhavaṃti satataṃ gehe pure janapadeṣu ca
vihāya pitaraṃ bhogyā dhane kṣīṇe yathā vanam/
pakṣiṇassūkaraścaiva mahiṣī kariṇī tathā
upadeṣṭā ca karttā ca ṣaḍete svargagāminaḥ/
divyaṃ ca pakṣiṇāṃ caiva śataṃ svargaṃ vinirdiśet
kroḍo varṣasahasraṃ tu mahiṣyayutahāyanam/
devarūpaṃ samāsthāya kariṇyā lakṣamucyate
koṭyekamupadeṣṭuśca karturakṣayameva ca/
purā dhanisutenaiva kṛtaḥ khyāto jalāśayaḥ
ayutadhanavyayenaiva prāṇenaiva balena ca/
sarvasatvopakārāya śivaśraddhāyutena ca
kālena kiyatā cāpi kṣīṇavitto'bhavatkila/
kaścidarthī dhanī tasya mūlyadānāya codyataḥ
vimṛśya dhaninā coktaṃ vyāhāraṃ śṛṇutādhunā/
dīnārasyāyutaṃ vā te dāsyāmyasyāśca kāraṇāt
labdhaṃ te puṣkariṇyāśca puṇyaṃ lābhātpramanyase/
śaktyā datvātha mūlyaṃ tāṃ svīyāṃ kartuṃ vyavasthitaḥ
evamukte sa taṃ prāha vāsarepyayutaṃ punaḥ/
phalaṃ bhavati vai nityaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyavido viduḥ
etasminnirjale deśe śivaṃ khātaṃ kṛtaṃ ca me/
snānapānādikaṃ karma sarve kurvaṃtyabhīṣṭataḥ
tasmānmepyayutārthasya naityakaṃ phalamiṣyate/
tatastasyābhavaddhāsyaṃ tathaiva ca sabhāsadām
hriyā ca pīḍitaḥ sopi vākyametaduvāca ha/
satyametadvacosmākaṃ parīkṣāṃ kuru dharmataḥ
matsarātsa tu taṃ prāha śṛṇu me vacanaṃ pitaḥ/
dīnārāyuta me tatte datvā cānīya prastaram
pātayiṣyāmi te khāte yathāyogaṃ pramajjatu/
unmajjati ca yatkāle prastaraḥ saṃtaratyapi
kṣayaṃ yāsyati no vittaṃ nocenme dharmato hi sā/
bāḍhamuktvāyutaṃ tasya gṛhītvā svagṛhaṃ gataḥ
sākṣiṇāmagratastena prastaraḥ pātitastathā/
puṣkariṇyāṃ mahatyāṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ narasurāsuraiḥ
tato dharmatulāyāṃ tu tulitaṃ dharmasākṣiṇā/
dīnārāyutadānasya puṣkariṇyā jalasya tu
na samaṃ tu dinaikaṃ tu jalasya dharmato bhṛśam/
dhanino mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ moghārthaṃ ca pare'hani
śiloccayo'bhavattīrṇo dvīpavacca jalopari/
tataḥ kolāhalaḥ śabdo janānāṃ samupasthitaḥ
tacchrutvādbhutavākyaṃ ca mudā tau cāgatau tataḥ/
dṛṣṭvā śailaṃ tathābhūtaṃ kṛtaṃ tenāyutaṃ tathā
tataḥ khātādhipenaiva śailaṃ dūre nipātitam/
puṇyaṃ khātasya cotkhāte praluptasya sutena hi
sopi nākaṃ samāruhya janmajanmasu nirvṛtaḥ/
gotramātṛgaṇānāṃ ca nṛpāṇāṃ suhṛdāṃ tathā
sakhīnāṃ copakartṝṇāṃ khātaṃ khātvā'kṣayaṃ phalam/
tapasvināmanāthānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ
khātaṃ tu janayitvā tu svargaṃ cākṣayamaśnute/
tasmātkhātādikaṃ viprāḥ śaktito yaḥ kariṣyati
sarvapāpakṣayātpuṇyaṃ mokṣaṃ yāyānna saṃśayaḥ/
ya idaṃ śrāvayelloke dharmākhyānaṃ mahotkaṭam
sarvakhātapradānasya phalamaśnāti dhārmikaḥ/
grahaṇe bhāskarasyaiva bhāgīrathyāṃ taṭe vare
gavāṃ koṭipradānasya phalaṃ śrutvā labhennaraḥ/
na ca dāridratāmeti na śokaṃ vyādhisaṃcayam
asaṃmānaṃ mahadduḥkhamubhayornādhigacchati/
iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe khātādikīrtanaṃnāma saptapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ
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