Padma Purana · Chapter 1.77

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca-
prabhavatyayamākāśe nityaṃ dvijavara prabho/
ko'yaṃ ko vā prabhāvosya kutra jāto ghṛṇīśvaraḥ

kiṃ karoti hi kāryaṃ vai yato raśmimayo bhṛśam/
devairmunivaraissiddhaiścāraṇairdaityarākṣasaiḥ

nikhilairmānuṣaiḥ pūjyaḥ sadaiva brāhmaṇādibhiḥ/
vyāsa uvāca-/
paramaṃ brahmaṇastejo brahmadehādvinissṛtam

sākṣādbrahmamayaṃ viddhi dharmakāmārthamokṣadam/
mayūkhairnirmalaiḥ kūṭamaticaṃḍaṃ suduḥsaham

dṛṣṭvā pradudruvurlokāḥ karaiścaṃḍaiḥ prapīḍitāḥ/
tataśca sāgarāḥ sarve varanadyo nadādayaḥ

śuṣyaṃti jaṃtavastatra mriyaṃte cāturā janāḥ/
atha śakrādayo devā brahmāṇaṃ samupāgatāḥ

imamarthaṃ tadā procurdevāṃśca vidhirabravīt/
ādirbrahmatanordevāḥ sattvago janakaḥ prabhuḥ

ayaṃ rajomayaḥ sākṣātsudhāṃśustanumadhyagaḥ/
etābhyāṃ pālitā lokāstrailokye sacarācarāḥ

divyopapādakā devā ye vātraiva jarāyujāḥ/
aṃḍajāḥ svedajāścaiva ye vātraivodbhijjādayaḥ

sūryasyāsya prabhāvaṃ tu vaktumeva na śaknumaḥ/
anena rakṣitā lokā janitāḥ pālitā dhruvam

asyaiva sadṛśo nāsti sarveṣāṃ parirakṣaṇāt/
yaṃ ca dṛṣṭvāpyuṣaḥkāle pāparāśiḥ pralīyate

tamārādhya janā mokṣaṃ sādhayaṃti dvijātayaḥ/
saṃdhyopāsanakāle tu viprā brahmavidaḥ kila

udbāhavo bhavaṃtyeva te ca devaprapūjitāḥ/
asyaiva maṃḍalasthāṃ ca devīṃ saṃdhyāsvarūpiṇīṃ

samupāsya dvijāssarve labhaṃte svargamokṣakau/
dharāyāṃ patitocchiṣṭāḥ pūtāste cāsya raśmibhiḥ

saṃdhyopāsanamātreṇa kalmaṣātpūtatāṃ vrajet/
dṛṣṭvā cāṃḍālakaṃ goghnaṃ patitaṃ kuṣṭhasaṃgatam

mahāpātakasaṃkīrṇamupapātakasaṃvṛtam/
paśyaṃti ye narāssūraṃ te pūtā gurukilbiṣāt

asyopāsanamātreṇa sarvarogātpramucyate/
nāṃdhatvaṃ na ca dāridryaṃ duḥkhaṃ na ca śocyatām

labhate ca ihāmutra samupāsya virocanam/
adṛṣṭā naiva lokaiśca devā hariharādayaḥ

dhyānarūpapragamyāste dṛṣṭo devo hyayaṃ smṛtaḥ/
devā ūcuḥ/
astu prasādanārādhyaścāstūpāsanapūjanam

asyaiva darśanaṃ brahmanpralayānalasaṃmitam/
sarve narādayassatvā mṛtāvasthāṃ gatā bhuvi

asya tejaḥprabhāveṇa praṇaṣṭāssāgarādayaḥ/
na samarthā vayaṃ soḍhuṃ kathamanye pṛthagjanāḥ

tasmāttavaprasādācca pūjayāmo yathā ravim/
yajaṃti ca narā bhaktyā tadupāyo vidhīyatām

devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā gato brahmakhageśvaram/
gatvā stotuṃ samārebhe sarvalokahitāya vai

devatvaṃ sarvalokasya cakṣurbhūto nirāmayaḥ/
brahmarūpadharaḥ sākṣādduṣprekṣyaḥ pralayānalaḥ

sarvadevasthitastvaṃ hi sadā vāyusakhastanau/
annādipācanaṃ tvatto jīvanaṃ ca bhaveddhruvam

utpattipralayau deva tvameko bhuvaneśvaraḥ/
tvadṛte sarvalokānāṃ dinaikaṃ nāsti jīvanam

prabhustvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ trātā goptā pitā prasūḥ/
carācarāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ tvatprasādāddhṛtaṃ jagat

deveṣu tvatsamo nāsti bhagavaṃstvakhileṣu ca/
sarvatra te'sti sadbhāvastvayaiva dhāritaṃ jagat

rūpagaṃdhādikārī tvaṃ rasānāṃ svādutā tvayā/
evaṃ viśveśvaraḥ sūro nikhilasthitikārakaḥ

tīrthānāṃ puṇyakṣetrāṇāṃ makhānāṃ jagataḥ prabho/
tvamekaḥ prayato hetussarvasākṣī guṇākaraḥ

sarvajñaḥ sarvakartā ca hartā pātā sadotsukaḥ/
dhvāṃtapaṃkāmayaghnaśca dāridryaduḥkhanāśanaḥ

pretyeha ca paro baṃdhuḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvalocanaḥ/
tvadṛte sarvalokānāmupakārī na vidyate

āditya uvāca-/
pitāmaha mahāprājña viśveṃdra viśvabhāvaka/
brūhi śīghraṃ paraṃ yatte kariṣyāmi mataṃ vidhe

brahmovāca-/
mayūkhastvaticaṃḍaśca lokānāmatiduḥsahaḥ/
yathaiva mṛdutāmeti tathā kuru sureśvara

āditya uvāca-/
kiraṇāḥ koṭikoṭirme lokanāśakarāḥ parāḥ/
na cābhīṣṭakarā loke prayogācchindhi tānprabho

tato viriṃcinā tūrṇaṃ ravivākyavaśāddhruvaṃ/
āhūya viśvakarmāṇaṃ kṛtvā vajramayīṃ bhrami

ciccheda ca raverbhānūnpralayānalasannibhān/
taireva racitaṃ tatra viṣṇoścakraṃ sudarśanam

amoghaṃ yamadaṃḍaṃ ca śūlaṃ paśupatestathā/
kālasya ca paraḥ khaḍgaśśaktirgurupramodinī

caṃḍikāyāḥ paraṃ śastraṃ vicitraṃ śūlakaṃ tathā/
cakre brahmājñayā śīghraṃ tenaiva viśvakarmaṇā

sahasrakiraṇaṃ śiṣṭamanyaccaiva praśātitam/
ajanopāyabhāvena punaśca kaśyapānmune

aditergarbhasaṃjāta āditya iti vai smṛtaḥ/
ayaṃ carati viśvāṃte meruśṛṃgaṃ bhramatyapi

sadordhvaṃ dinarātraṃ ca dharaṇyā lakṣayojane/
grahāścaṃdrādayastatra caraṃti vidhinoditāḥ

sūraḥ saṃcarate māsāndvādaśadvādaśātmakaḥ/
saṃkramādasya saṃkrāṃtiḥ sarvaireva pratīyate

tāsu yadvā phalaṃ brūmo lokānāṃ nikhilaṃ mune/
dhanurmithunamīneṣu kanyāyāṃ ṣaḍaśītayaḥ

vṛṣavṛścikakuṃbheṣu siṃhe viṣṇupadī smṛtā/
tarpaṇaṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi dānaṃ devārcanaṃ tathā

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi ṣaḍaśītau phalaṃ bhavet/
viṣṇupadyāṃ tu lakṣaṃ tu ayane koṭikoṭakaṃ

viṣṇupadyāṃ tu yaddānamakṣayaṃ parikīrtitaṃ/
dāturvadāmi sānnidhyaṃ sadā janmanijanmani

śīte tūlapaṭīdānānna duḥkhaṃ jāyate tanau/
tulādāne talpadāne dvayorevākṣayaṃ phalaṃ

sarvopakaraṇāṃ śayyāṃ yo dadāti vimatsaraḥ/
varṇamukhyāya viprāya sa rājapadavīṃ labhet

tathaivāgniṃ jalaṃ datvā nadītīre pathiprage/
datvā ca tailatāṃbūlamūrvyā adhipatirbhavet५०

satyabhāvāddvijaṃ natvā dhanī cākṣayatāṃ vrajet/
māghe māsyasite pakṣe paṃcadaśyāmaharmukhe

pitṝṃstilajalaireva tarpayitvākṣayo divi/
sulakṣaṇāṃ ca gāṃ datvā hemaśṛṃgāṃ maṇiprabhām

raupyakhurapradeśāṃ ca tathā kāṃsyasudohanām/
etāṃ datvā dvijāgryāya sārvabhaumo bhavennṛpaḥ

datvānnābharaṇaṃ rājā maṃḍaleśo dhanīśvaraḥ/
tiladhenuṃ tu yo dadyātsarvopaskaraṇānvitām

saptajanmārjitātpāpānmukto nāke'kṣayo bhavet/
bhojyānnaṃ brāhmaṇe datvā akṣayaṃ svargamaśnute

dhānyaṃ vastraṃ tathā bhṛtyaṃ gṛhapīṭhādikaṃ ca yat/
yo dadāti dvijāgryāya taṃ ca lakṣmīrna muṃcati

yatkiṃciddīyate dānaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu/
akṣayaṃ paralokeṣu yugādyāsu tathaiva ca

yadvā devārcanaṃ stotraṃ dharmākhyānapratiśravaḥ/
punāti sarvapāpebhyo divi pūjyo bhavatyasau

tṛtīyā māghamāsasya sitā manvaṃtarā smṛtā/
tasyāṃ yaddīyate dānaṃ sarvamakṣayamucyate

dhanaṃ bhogyaṃ tathā rājyaṃ nākaṃ kalpāṃtarasthitam/
tasmāddānaṃ satāṃ pūjā pretyānaṃtaphalapradā

manvaṃtarā tu māghe syātsaptamī yā śitītarā/
tithiḥ puṇyatamā proktā purāṇairabhirakṣitā

māghamāse site pakṣe saptamī koṭibhāskarā/
tāmupoṣya naraḥ puṇyāṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

sūryagrahaṇatulyā hi śuklā māghasya saptamī/
aruṇodayavelāyāṃ tasyāṃ snānaṃ mahāphalam

yacca tatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ mayā saptasu janmasu/
tanme rogaṃ ca śokaṃ ca bhāskarī haṃtu saptamī

jananī sarvabhūtānāṃ saptamī saptasaptike/
saptamyāmudite devi namaste ravimaṃḍale

arkapatraṃ yavāḥ puṣpaṃ sugaṃdhaṃ badarīphalam/
tatpatre tāmrapātre vā yuktamānīya taṇḍulam

yajñasūtraṃ sasiṃdūraṃ datvā cārghaṃ suśobhanam/
sarvapāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti saptajanmakṛtaṃ ca yat

narakaiḥ pīḍyate tāvadrogaiḥ pāpaiśca duḥkhadaiḥ/
haviṣyaṃ bhojayedannaṃ śuddhamātapataṃḍulaiḥ

varjayecca śilāghṛṣṭaṃ śṛṃgaberaṃ tu śākakam/
koradūṣakapatraṃ ca raṃbhācchāgīghṛtaṃ tathā

keśakīṭādikaṃ varjyamuṣṇodasnānameva ca/
alpabījādikaṃ sarvaṃ vrate sūrasya varjayet

anyacca nācarettatra dharmaciṃtāṃ vinā vratī/
sauravrataṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ purāṇairabhinaṃditam

varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi varṣakoṭiśatāni ca/
ādityasya samaṃ bhogyaṃ labhate divi śāśvatam

evaṃ svargakṣayādeva rājā bhūmau mahādhanī/
martyaloke purābhyāsātkaroti bhāskaravratam

tathā svayaṃ sukhaṃ bhogyaṃ labhate divi śāśvatam/
ārogyaṃ saṃpadaṃ janmī bhāskarasya prasādataḥ

ravivāre bhavedyā ca saptamī māghaśuklake/
mahājayeti vikhyātā anyatra vijayā smṛtā

vijayā koṭilakṣaṃ syādanaṃtaṃ syānmahājayā/
tatraikena vratenaiva mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt

aśvaratnaṃ suvarṇaṃ ca raktavastraṃ ca dhānyakam/
dadāti bhāskara prītyā svarga martyapatiḥ kramāt

eṣāṃ bhedaṃ pravakṣyami śṛṇu vipra yathārthavat/
uttamābharaṇairyuktaṃ sadvāhaṃ yo dadāti ha

samudraissaptabhirjuṣṭāṃ bhūmimetyārivarjitām/
labhedbhavāṃtare martyamekenaikādhipo bhavet

aśvahīnaṃ ca patrāṃgaṃ vṛṣabhairvāpyalaṃkṛtam/
hemamāṣaṃ dvimāṣaṃ vā dakṣiṇā vihitā budhaiḥ

ratnabhāṃḍaṃ mahārthaṃ ca haimaireva kṛtaṃ ca yat/
svarṇaṃ vā kevalaṃ datvā triviṣṭapadhaneśvaraḥ

raktavastraṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca śaktito yaḥ prayacchati/
svargorvyorīśatāmeti na taṃ lakṣmīrvimuṃcati

arogī suprasannātmā dasyujetā pratāpavān/
yāvatprabhāsate bhānustāvatpūjyatamo hi saḥ

māghādau dvādaśīṃmāyāṃ saptamīṃ kārayetsa tu/
ihābhīṣṭaphalaṃ bhuktvā suraiścaiva prapūjyate

arkāṅgasaptamī vrataṃ kṛtvā ca vidhivadbudhaḥ/
pāpātpūta ihābhīṣṭaṃ saṃprāpya muktimāpnuyāt

lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi māsi māsi ca yo vidhiḥ/
vratasyāsya prasādācca surāṇāmarcito divi

śuklapakṣe ravidine pravṛtte cottarāyaṇe/
puṃnāmadheyanakṣatre gṛhṇīyātsaptamīvratam

hasto maitraṃ tathā puṣyaḥ śravo mṛga punarvasu/
puṃnāmadheya nakṣatrāṇyetānyāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

paṃcamyāmekabhaktaṃ tu ṣaṣṭhyāṃ naktaṃ prakīrtitam/
saptamyāmupavāsaṃ ca aṣṭamyāṃ pāraṇaṃ bhavet

arkāgraṃ śucigomayaṃ sumaricaṃ toyaṃ phalaṃ cāśnute /
mūlaṃ naktamupoṣaṇaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvaikabhaktaṃ tathā/
kṣīraṃ vāpyaśanaṃ ghṛtāktamiti ca proktāḥ krameṇāmunā/
kṛtvā vāsarasaptamīṃ dinakṛtaḥ prāpnotyabhīṣṭaṃ phalaṃ

arkāgraṃ grāmātpūrvottaradiggatārkaviṭapasya śākhāgrasthitaṃ/
viśiṣṭaṃ sūkṣmapatradvayaṃ satoyaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ/
śucigomayaṃ bhūmāvapatitaṃ madyāṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ palamātraṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam/
sumaricamavraṇamapurātanaṃ sthūlamavaśuṣkamekaṃ dantairaspṛṣṭaṃ satoyaṃ pātavyam/
toyaṃ brahmapitraṅgulīmūlaprasaraṃ pātavyamphalaṃ kharjūranārikelānāmanyatamaṃ daṃtairaspṛṣṭaṃ pātavyaṃ ghṛtāktamiti cāhāraṃ mayūraḍiṃbhaparimāṇaṃ/
ghṛtamapi tatparimāṇam

ātmano dviguṇāṃ chāyāṃ yadā kurvīta bhāskaraḥ/
tadā naktaṃ vijānīyānna naktaṃ niśibhojanaṃ

prathamaṃ pūjayeddevaṃ phalapuṣpādimaṃtrakaiḥ/
annadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādvidhyuktaparimāṇakaṃ

tato dhyānam-/
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaṃ/
dvibhujaṃ raktavarṇaṃ ca raktapaṃkajadhṛtkaraṃ

tejobiṃbaṃ bahujalamadhyasthaṃ saparicchadaṃ/
padmāsanagataṃ devaṃ raktagaṃdhānulepanaṃ

ādityaṃ ciṃtayeddevaṃ pūjākāle viśeṣataḥ/
atha maṃtraścāyaṃ-/
bhāskarāya vidmahe sahasraraśmaye dhīmahi tannaḥ sūryaḥ pracodayāt

japya eṣa paraḥ proktaḥsaptamyāṃ vijayāvahaḥ/
karavīraiḥ karaṃjaiśca raktakuṃkumasannibhaiḥ

paścācca pāraṇā kāryā tathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ/
aṣṭamyāmeva kartavyaṃ navamyāṃ naiva pāraṇaṃ

vrate phalaṃ na cāpnoti navamyāṃ pāraṇe kṛte/
pāraṇaṃ tvaparāhṇe tu kaṭutiktāmlavarjitaṃ

taṃḍulaṃ śodhayedyatnāttṛṇabījādikaṃ tyajet/
mudga māṣa tilādīni ghṛtaṃ ca parivarjayet१००

brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā śaktaḥ kṣīrādihavyakaiḥ/
yathāśaktyannapānaiśca vyaṃjanaiśca nirāmiṣaiḥ

viprāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādvibhajya cānurūpataḥ/
imāmanaṃtaphaladāṃ yaḥ kuryātsaptamīṃ naraḥ

sarvapāpapraśamanīṃ dhanaputravivardhanīm/
māsi māsi dvijaśreṣṭha vrataṃ kṛtvārkatuṣṭaye

yaḥ kuryātpāraṇaṃ bhaktyā sūryalokaṃ sa gacchati/
kalpakoṭiṃ vasetsvarge tato yāti parāṃ gatiṃ

idameva paraṃ guhyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ śaṃbhunā purā/
śravaṇātsatataṃ tasya vratasya paripālanāt/
śrāvayedvāpi lokasya phalaṃ tulyaṃ prakīrtitaṃ

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe arkāṅgasaptamīvrataṃnāma/
saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ