Padma Purana · Chapter 2.125

sūta uvāca-
venasyājñāṃ susaṃprāpya pṛthuḥ paramadhārmikaḥ /
saṃbabhre sarvasaṃbhārānnānāpuṇyānnṛpātmajaḥ

nimaṃtrya brāhmaṇānsarvānnānādeśodbhavānapi /
atha vena iyājāsāvaśvamedhena bhūpatiḥ

dānānyadādbrāhmaṇebhyo nānārūpāṇyanekaśaḥ /
jagāma vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sakāyo jagatīpatiḥ

viṣṇunā saha dharmātmā nityameva pravartate /
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ caritraṃ tasya bhūpateḥ

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam /
pṛthureva sa dharmātmā rājā pṛthvīṃ praśāsati

trailokyena samaṃ pṛthvīṃ dudoha nṛpasattamaḥ /
prajāstu raṃjitāstena puṇyadharmānukarmabhiḥ

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ bhūmikhaṇḍamanuttamam /
prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṃḍaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ bhūmikhaṃḍakam

bhūmikhaṃḍasyamāhātmyaṃ kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ /
asya khaṃḍasya vai ślokaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ

dinasyaikasya vai pāpaṃ tasya caiva praṇaśyati /
yo naro bhāvasaṃyukto'dhyāyaṃ saṃśṛṇute sudhīḥ

tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ /
dattasya gosahasrasya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suparvaṇi

yatphalaṃ tatprajāyeta viṣṇustasya prasīdati /
asya padmapurāṇasya paṭhamānasya nityaśaḥ

kalauyuge tu vighnāśca na jāyaṃte narasya vai /
vyāsa uvāca-
kasmātkalau na jāyaṃte śṛṇvānasya ca padmaja

narasya puṇyayuktasya nānā vighnāḥ sudāruṇāḥ /
brahmovāca-
makhasyāpyaśvamedhasya yatphalaṃ parikathyate

tatphalaṃ dṛśyate tāta purāṇe padmasaṃjñake /
aśvamedhamakhaḥ puṇyaḥ kalau naiva pravartate

purāṇaṃ cāpi yattadvadaśvamedhasamaṃ kila /
aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam

na bhuṃjaṃti narāḥ pāpāḥ pāpamārgeṣu saṃsthitāḥ /
purāṇasyāsya puṇyasya padmasaṃjñasya sattama

aśvamedhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ na bhuṃjaṃti kalau narāḥ /
kalau yuge naraiḥ pāpairgaṃtavyaṃ narakārṇavam

kasmācchroṣyaṃti tatpuṇyaṃ caturvargaprasādhanam /
yena śrutamidaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñakam

sarvaṃ hi sādhitaṃ tena caturvargasya sādhanam /
aśvamedhādayo yajñāstasmānnaṣṭā mahāmate

kalau yuge gatāḥ svarge savedāḥ sāṃgasasvarāḥ /
yaḥ kopi satvasaṃpannaḥ śraddhāvānbhagavatparaḥ

śrotumicchati dharmātmā saputro bhāryayā saha /
śravaṇārthaṃ mahāśraddhā pūrvaṃ tasya prajāyate

śṛṇvānasya narasyāpi mahāvighno na saṃcaret /
aśraddhā jāyate pūrvaṃ pāṭhakasya narasya ca

lobhaśca jāyate tasya śṛṇvānasya dvijottama /
preṣito viṣṇudevena mahāmohaḥ sa dāruṇaḥ

akarotsa vināśaṃ tu śṛṇvataścāsya nityaśaḥ /
dūṣakāḥ kutsakāḥ pāpāḥ saṃbhavaṃti dine dine

jñātavyaṃ tu subuddhena vighnarūpaṃ mamādhunā /
saṃjātaṃ dṛśyate vyāsa tathā homaṃ samācaret

vaiṣṇavaiśca mahāmaṃtrairviṣṇusūktaiḥ supuṇyadaiḥ /
viṣṇorarāṭamaṃtreṇa sahasraśīrṣakeṇa ca

idaṃ viṣṇu sumaṃtreṇa ābrahmeṇa punaḥ punaḥ /
tryaṃbakena ca maṃtreṇa homamevaṃ samācaret

bṛhatsāmnā sumaṃtreṇa dvādaśākṣarakeṇa ca /
yasya devasya yo homastasya maṃtreṇa homayet

aṣṭottaratilājyaiśca pālāśaiḥ samidhairapi /
grahāṇāmapi karttavyaṃ sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ dvija

vighneśaṃ pūjayettatra śāradāṃ ca sureśvarīm /
jātavedāṃ mahāmāyāṃ caṃḍikāṃ kṣetranāyakam

tilaiśca taṃdulairājyaisteṣāṃ maṃtrasamudyataiḥ /
evaṃ homaḥ prakarttavyo brāhmaṇebhyo dadeddhanam

yathāsaṃbhāvikāṃ tāta dakṣiṇāṃ dhenusaṃyutām /
tato vighnāḥ praṇaśyaṃti purāṇaṃ siddhimāpnuyāt

evaṃ na kurute yo hi tasya vighnaṃ vadāmyaham /
tasyāṃge jāyate rogo bahupīḍāpradāyakaḥ

bhāryā śokaḥ putraśoko dhanahāniḥ prajāyate /
nānāvidhānmahārogānbhuṃjate nātra saṃśayaḥ

yasya gehe nāsti vittamupavāsaṃ samācaret /
ekādaśīṃ susaṃprāpya pūjayenmadhusūdanam

ṣoḍaśaiścopacāraiśca bhāvayuktena cetasā /
brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyathāvittānusārataḥ

keśavāya tato datvā saṃkalpaṃ haviṣānvitam /
svayaṃ kuryāttataḥ prājño bhojanaṃ saha bāṃdhavaiḥ

putraistu bhāryayā yuktastataḥ siddhimavāpnuyāt /
purāṇasaṃhitāpūrṇā śrotavyā dharmatatparaiḥ

caturvargasya vai siddhirjāyate tasya nānyathā /
sapādaṃ lakṣamekaṃ tu brahmākhyaṃ puṣkaraṃ śṛṇu

kṛte yuge tu niṣpāpāḥ śṛṇvaṃti manujā dvija /
lakṣasyārddhaṃ tataḥ kṛtsnaṃ purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñakam

ślokānāṃ tu sahasrābhyāṃ dvābhyāmeva tathādhikam /
tretāyuge tathā prāpte yadā śroṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

caturvargaphalaṃ bhuktvā te yāsyaṃti hariṃ punaḥ /
dvāviṃśatisahasrāṇi saṃhitāpadmasaṃjñitā

dvāpare kathitā vipra brahmaṇā paramātmanā /
dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇāṃ padmākhyā sā tu saṃhitā

kalau yuge paṭhiṣyaṃti mānavā viṣṇutatparāḥ /
ekorthaścaikabhāvaśca caturṣvapi pravartitaḥ

saṃhitāsveva vipreṃdra śeṣākhyānapravistaraḥ /
dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti sattama

kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte prathamaṃ hi bhaviṣyati /
bhūmikhaṃḍaṃ naraḥ śrutvāsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

mucyate sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ sarvarogaiḥ pramucyate /
anyatsarvaṃ parityajya japaṃ dānaṃ tathā śrutam

śrotavyaṃ hi prayatnena padmākhyaṃ pāpanāśanam /
prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṃḍaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ bhūmikhaṃḍakam

tṛtīyaṃ svargakhaṃḍaṃ ca pātālaṃ tu caturthakam /
paṃcamaṃ cottaraṃ khaṃḍaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṃcakhaṃḍānyanukramāt /
gopradānasahasrasya mānavo labhate phalam

mahābhāgyena labhyaṃte paṃcakhaṃḍāni bhūsurāḥ /
śrutāni mokṣadāni syuḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ venopākhyāne paṃcaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ