Padma Purana · Chapter 2.124

sūta uvāca-
aṃtarddhānaṃ gate viṣṇau veno rājā mahāmatiḥ /
kva gato devadeveśa iti ciṃtāparo'bhavat

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaściṃtayitvā nṛpottamaḥ /
samāhūya nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ taṃ pṛthuṃ madhurākṣaraiḥ

tamuvāca mahātmānaṃ harṣeṇa mahatā tadā /
tvayā putreṇa bhūrloke tāritosmi supātakāt

nīta ujjvalatāṃ vatsa vaṃśo me sāṃprataṃ pṛtho /
mayā vināśito doṣaistvayā guṇaiḥ prakāśitaḥ

yajehamaśvamedhena dāsye dānānyanekaśaḥ /
viṣṇulokaṃ vrajāmyadya sakāyaste prasādataḥ

saṃbharasva mahābhāga saṃbhārāṃstvaṃ nṛpottama /
āmaṃtraya mahābhāga brāhmaṇānvedapāragān

evaṃ pṛthuḥ samādiṣṭo venenāpi mahātmanā /
pratyuvāca mahātmā sa venaṃ pitaramādarāt

kuru rājyaṃ mahārāja bhuṃkṣva bhogānmanonugān /
divyānvā mānuṣānpuṇyānyajñairyaja janārdanam

evamuktvā praṇamyaiva pitaraṃ jñānatatparam /
dhanurādāya pṛthvīśaḥ sabāṇaṃ yatnapūrvakam

ādideśa bhaṭānsarvānghoṣadhvaṃ bhūtale mama /
pāpameva na kartavyaṃ karmaṇā trividhena vai

kariṣyaṃti ca yatpāpaṃ ājñāṃ venasya bhūpateḥ /
ullaṃghya vadhyatāṃ so hi yāsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

dānameva pradātavyaṃ yajñaiścaiva janārdanam /
yajadhvaṃ mānavāḥ sarve tanmanaskā vimatsarāḥ

evaṃ śikṣāṃ pradatvāsau rājyaṃ bhṛtyeṣu venajaḥ /
niḥkṣipya ca gato viprāstapasorthe tapovanam

sarvāndoṣānparityajya saṃyamya viṣayendriyān /
śatavarṣapramāṇaṃ vai nirāhāro babhūva ha

tapasā tasya vai tuṣṭo brahmā pṛthumuvāca ha /
tapastapasi kasmāttvaṃ tanme tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada

pṛthuruvāca-
vena eṣa mahāprājñaḥ pitā me kīrtivarddhanaḥ /
samācarati yaḥ pāpamasya rājye narādhamaḥ

śiraśchettā bhavatveṣa tasya devo janārdanaḥ /
adṛṣṭaiśca mahācakrairhariḥ śāstā bhavetsvayam

manasā karmaṇā vācā kartuṃ vāṃchati pātakam /
teṣāṃ śirāṃsi truṭyaṃtu phalaṃ pakvaṃ yathā drumāt

etadeva varaṃ manye tvattaḥ śṛṇu sureśvara /
prajānāṃ doṣabhāvena na lipyati pitā mama

tathā kuruṣva deveśa varaṃ dātuṃ yadīcchasi /
dadasva uttamaṃ kāmaṃ caturmukhanamo'stu te

brahmovāca-
evamastu mahābhāga pitā te pūtatāṃ gataḥ /
viṣṇunā śāsito vatsa putreṇāpi tvayā pṛtho

evaṃ pṛthuṃ samuddiśya varaṃ datvā gato vibhuḥ /
pṛthureva samāyāto rājyakarmaṇi saṃsthitaḥ

vainyasya rājye viprendrāḥ pāpaṃ kaścinna cācaret /
yastu ciṃtayate pāpaṃ trividhenāpi karmaṇā

śiraśchedo bhavettasya yathācakrairnikṛṃtitaḥ /
tadāprabhṛti vai pāpaṃ naiva kopi samācaret

ityājñā vartate tasya vainyasyāpi mahātmanaḥ /
sarvalokāḥ samācāraiḥ parivartaṃti nityaśaḥ

dānabhogaiḥ pravartaṃte sarvadharmaparāyaṇāḥ /
sarvasaukhyaiḥ pravarddhaṃte prasādāttasya bhūpateḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne caturviṃśatyadhika śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ