Padma Purana · Chapter 1.58

aṣṭapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ/
vyāsa uvāca-
śākhināmeva sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ vakṣyāmi yādṛśam/
tacchṛṇudhvaṃ mahābhāgā ropaṇe ca pṛthakpṛthak

yastu ropayate tīre puṇyavṛkṣānsamaṃtataḥ/
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ jñātuṃ kathituṃ naiva śakyate

anyatra ropaṇaṃ kṛtvā śākhināṃ yatphalaṃ labhet/
tato jalasamīpe tu lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

svayaṃ puṣkariṇī tīre tvanaṃtaṃ phalamaśnute/
tasmācchataguṇaṃ brūmaḥ śākhināṃ puṇyakāriṇām

aśvattharopaṇaṃ kṛtvā jalāśayasamīpataḥ/
yatphalaṃ labhate martyo na tatkratuśatairapi

pataṃti yāni patrāṇi jale parvaṇi parvaṇi/
tāni piṃḍasamānīha pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ yayuḥ

khādaṃti patagāstatra phalāni kāmato dhruvam/
brahmabhakṣyasamaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

aśvatthenaiva bhakṣyeṇa ropaṇenaiva yatphalam/
tadvai kratuśatairnaiva putraireva śatairapi

uṣṇecchāyāṃ pragṛhṇaṃti gāvo devadvijātayaḥ/
kartuḥ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca svargo bhavati cākṣayaḥ

kartuṃ svasthasya vai vighnamakṣayatvānna śakyate/
tasmātsarvaprayatnena ropayedvṛkṣamādhavam

ekaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāropya naraḥ svargānna hīyate/
tasmādeva mahāvṛkṣaṃ ropayadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ

jalānāṃ nikaṭe ramye rasānāṃ krayavikraye/
mārge jalāśaye vṛkṣānropayedyo mahāśayaḥ

aśvatthādīnsamāropya svargaṃ yāti manoramam/
arcayitvā tu yatpuṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvijātayaḥ

snātvāśvatthaṃ spṛśedyastu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate/
asnāto yaḥ spṛśenmartyo labhate snānajaṃ phalam

dṛṣṭvā ca nāśayetpāpaṃ spṛṣṭvā lakṣmīṃ prapadyate/
pradakṣiṇe bhavedāyuḥ sadāśvattha namostu te

caladdalāya vṛkṣāya sadā viṣṇusthitāya ca/
bodhisatvāya yogyāya sadāśvattha namostu te

aśvatthāya tu havyaṃ tu payo naivedyameva ca/
puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpakaṃ ca datvā svargānna hīyate

saputraṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi dhanavṛddhiyaśaskaram/
vijayaṃ mānadaṃ bhadramaśvatthasya prapūjanam

yajjaptaṃ ca hutaṃ stotraṃ yantramaṃtrādikaṃ ca yat/
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ mūle caladalasya ca

yasya mūle sthito viṣṇurmadhye tiṣṭhati śaṃkaraḥ/
agrabhāge sthito brahmā kastaṃ jagati nārcayet

somavāre tvamāyāṃ ca snānaṃ yanmauninā kṛtam/
dānasya gosahasrasya phalaṃ cāśvatthavaṃdane

saptapradakṣiṇenaiva gavāmayutajaṃ phalam/
pracurāllakṣakoṭiśca tasmātkāryā hi sā sadā

yatkiṃciddīyate tatra phalamūlajalādikam/
sarvaṃ taccākṣayaphalaṃ janmajanmasu jāyate

ahośvatthasamo nāsti vṛkṣarūpī harirbhuvi/
yathā pūjyo dvijo loke yathā gāvo yathāmarāḥ

tathāśvatthavṛkṣarūpī devaḥ pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ/
ropaṇe rakṣaṇe sparśe pūjākarmaṇi vai sadā

dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca svargaṃ mokṣaṃ punaḥ kramāt/
kiṃcicchedaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādaśvatthasya tanau naraḥ

kalpaikaṃ nirayaṃ bhuktvā cāṃḍālādau prajāyate/
mūlacchedena tasyaiva sa ca yātyapunarbhavam

puruṣāstasya tiṣṭhaṃti raurave ghoradarśane/
aśvatthasyaikavṛkṣasya ropaṇe yatphalaṃ bhavet

tathaiva caṃpakerke ca trayāṇāṃ ropaṇepi ca/
aṣṭau bilvasya vṛkṣāśca nyagrodhāścaiva sapta ca

niṃbasya daśavṛkṣāśca phalaṃ caiṣāṃ samaṃ bhavet/
ekaikasya phalaṃ coktaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ ropaṇe dvijāḥ

evaṃ budhvā tu dharmātmā yaḥ kuryātkṛtrimaṃ vanam/
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca

nākameti sa cūtasya samāropya sahasrakam/
tato dvitriguṇenaiva nyūne vā pracurepi vā

bhuṃkte bhuktvā punaḥ kuryānnṛpo vātha sadīśvaraḥ/
svargaṃ bhogyaṃ tato rājyaṃ kalyāṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ śubham

ārogyaṃ śauryasaṃpannamārāmādeva jāyate/
phalāni yasya khādaṃti jaṃtavotha sahasraśaḥ

āśritā vihagāḥ kīṭāḥ patagāḥ śalabhādayaḥ/
chāyāśritāśca ye satvāstatsaṃkhyātāḥ pṛthagjanāḥ

tasya kiṃkaratāṃ yāṃti śataśo devatārcitāḥ/
ye ca vṛkṣā mahāsatvāssarve te devarūpiṇaḥ

tadarcā pitṛvatkāryā śuśrūṣāṃ jalapiṃḍakam/
martyaloke ca te putrāstasya janmani janmani

surūpāḥ suvinītāśca sadāpuṇyakriyā śubhāḥ/
evaṃ gaṇeśatāṃ yāṃti jaṃtavaścūtalagnakāḥ

dhātrī harītakī cānye kaṭutiktāmlasaṃbhavāḥ/
sarve cārāmataḥ śuddhāḥ phaladāḥ śivadāḥ sadā

prāsādā yatra sauvarṇāḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitāḥ/
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktā vimānāścānilopamāḥ

śātakuṃbhamayā vṛkṣāḥ sadaiva sarvadāyinaḥ/
sarvartusukhadāḥ saumyakanyakā apsarassamāḥ

gītanṛtyaparādhīrāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti vṛkṣadāḥ/
puṣkariṇyo viśeṣeṇa khātānyanyāni yāni ca

śuddhopalāṃtaracitā nadyaḥ pāyasakarddamāḥ/
punardugdhasaphenāśca annādiṣaḍrasānvitāḥ

martyaloke yathā bhogyaṃ punaḥ svarge punarbhuvi/
punareva tadabhyāsātkhātamārāmakaṃ punaḥ

yathā puṇyādikaṃ kṛtvā svargamartyādhipaḥ pumān/
aśaktastu prapāṃ kṛtvā puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet

prapāyā lakṣaṇaṃ cātra sarvapāpaharaṃ paraṃ/
sarvabhogapradaṃ śuddhaṃ svargāpavargadaṃ sthiraṃ

lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi prapāyāḥ kīrtivardhanam/
nirjale'dhvani pṛkte ca sthāne kṛtvā ca maṃḍapam

bahupānthe samāyāte grīṣmavarṣāśaratsvapi/
agarukādi saugaṃdhyaṃ jalaṃ pūgaṃ sacaṃdrakam

āsanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ datvā svargānna hīyate/
evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet

svargāccaivācyuto martyo devairapi prapūjyate/
māsamekaṃ tu yo dadyātprapāṃ grīṣmetha nirjale५०

kalpaikaṃ tu vasetsvarge svargādbhraṣṭo mahīyate/
prapādāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti yatra puṣkariṇīpradāḥ

noceddharmaghaṭo deyaḥ puṇyaḥ pāpakṣayāya ca/
eṣa dharmaghaṭo jñeyo brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ

tavaprasādātsaphalāḥ mama saṃtu manorathāḥ/
svarṇamāṣaṃ caturbhāgaṃ dakṣiṇārthaṃ ghaṭasya ca

evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva prapādānaphalaṃ labhet/
yaḥ paṭhecchrāvayedvāpi puṣkariṇyādijaṃ phalam

sākṣātpāpādbhavenmuktastatprasādāttu sadgatiḥ/
janeṣu śrāvayedyastu puṇyākhyānamidaṃ śubham

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi suraloke sa tiṣṭhati

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe puṣkariṇyādidharmakīrtanaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśattamo/
'dhyāyaḥ