Padma Purana · Chapter 2.14

somaśarmovāca-
evaṃvidhaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ dharmavyākhyānamuttamam /
kathaṃ jānāsi bhadre tvaṃ kasmāccaiva tvayā śrutam

sumanovāca-/
bhārgavāṇāṃ kule jātaḥ pitā mama mahāmate /
cyavano nāma vikhyātaḥ sarvajñānaviśāradaḥ

tasyāhaṃ priya kanyā vai prāṇādapi ca vallabhā /
yatrayatra vrajatyeṣa tīrthārāmeṣu suvrata

sabhāsu ca munīnāṃ tu devatāyataneṣu ca /
tena sārddhaṃ vrajāmyekā krīḍamānā sadaiva hi

kauśikānvayasaṃbhūto vedaśarmā mahāmatiḥ /
piturmama sakhā daivādaṭamānaḥ samāgataḥ

duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭaściṃtayāno muhurmuhuḥ /
samāgataṃ mahātmānaṃ tamuvāca pitā mama

bhavaṃtaṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptamiti jānāmi suvrata /
kasmādduḥkhī bhavāñjātastasmāttvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada

etadvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā cyavanasya mahātmanaḥ /
tamuvāca mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ mama suvrataḥ

vedaśarmā mahāprājña sarvaduḥkhasya kāraṇam /
mama bhāryā mahāsādhvī pātivratyaparāyaṇā

aputrā sā hi saṃjātā mama vaṃśo na vidyate /
etatte kāraṇaṃ proktaṃ praśnitosmi yatastvayā

etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ kaścitsiddhaḥ samāgataḥ /
mama pitrā tathā tena hyutthāya vedaśarmaṇā

dvābhyāmapi ca siddhosau pūjito bhaktipūrvakaiḥ /
upahāraissa bhojyānnairvacanairmadhurākṣaraiḥ

dvābhyāmantargataṃ pṛṣṭaṃ pūrvoktaṃ ca yathā tvayā /
ubhau tau prāha dharmātmā sasakhaṃ pitaraṃ mama

dharmasya kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ mayoktaṃ te tathā kila /
dharmeṇa prāpyate putro dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā striyaḥ

tatastena kṛtaṃ dharmaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ vedaśarmaṇā /
tasmāddharmātsusaṃjātaṃ mahatsaukhyaṃ saputrakam

tena saṃgaprasaṃgena mamaiṣa matiniścayaḥ /
yathā kāṃta tava proktaṃ mayaiva ca paraṃ śubham

tasmācchrutaṃ mahāsiddhātsarvasaṃdehanāśanam /
vipradharmaṃ samāśritya anuvarttasva sarvadā

somaśarmovāca-
dharmeṇa kīdṛśo mṛtyurjanma caiva vadasva me /
ubhayorlakṣaṇaṃ kāṃte tatsarvaṃ hi vadasva me

sumanovāca-
satya śauca kṣamā śāṃti tīrthapuṇyādikaistathā /
dharmaśca pālito yena tasya mṛtyuṃ vadāmyaham

rogo na jāyate tasya na ca pīḍā kalevare /
na śramo vai na ca glānirna ca svedo bhramastathā

divyarūpadharā bhūtvā gaṃdharvā brāhmaṇāstathā /
vedapāṭhasamāyuktā gītajñānaviśāradāḥ

tasya pārśvaṃ samāyāṃti stutiṃ kurvaṃti cātulām /
svastho hi āsane yukto devapūjārataḥ kila

tīrthaṃ ca labhate prājñaḥ snānārthaṃ dharmatatparaḥ /
agnyāgāre ca gosthāne devatāyataneṣu ca

ārāme ca taḍāge ca yatrāśvattho vaṭastathā /
brahmavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya śrīvṛkṣaṃ ca tathā punaḥ

aśvasthānaṃ samāśritya gajasthānagato naraḥ /
aśokaṃ cūtavṛkṣaṃ ca samāśritya yadāsthitaḥ

saṃnidhau brāhmaṇānāṃ ca rājaveśmagatothavā /
raṇabhūmiṃ samāśritya pūrvaṃ yatra mṛto bhavet

mṛtyusthānāni puṇyāni kevalaṃ dharmakāraṇam /
gograhaṃ tu susaṃprāpya tathā cāmarakaṃṭakam

śuddhadharmakaro nityaṃ dharmato dharmavatsalaḥ /
evaṃ sthānaṃ samāpnoti yadā mṛtyuṃ samāśritaḥ

mātaraṃ paśyate puṇyaṃ pitaraṃ ca narottamaḥ /
bhrātaraṃ śreyasā yuktamanyaṃ svajanabāṃdhavam

baṃdījanaistathā puṇyaiḥ stūyamānaṃ punaḥpunaḥ /
pāpiṣṭhaṃ naiva paśyeta mātṛpitrādikaṃ punaḥ

gītaṃ gāyaṃti gaṃdharvāḥ stuvaṃtistāvakāḥ stavaiḥ /
maṃtrapāṭhaistathā viprā mātā snehena pūjayet

pitāsvajanavargāśca dharmātmānaṃ mahāmatim /
evaṃ dūtāḥ samākhyātāḥ puṇyasthānāni te vibho

pratyakṣānpaśyate dūtānhāsyasnehasamāvilān /
na ca svapnena mohena kledayuktena naiva saḥ

dharmarājo mahāprājño bhavaṃtaṃ tu samāhvayet /
ehyehi tvaṃ mahābhāga yatra dharmaḥ sa tiṣṭhati

tasya moho na ca bhrāṃtirna glāniḥ smṛtivibhramaḥ /
jāyate nātra saṃdehaḥ prasannātmā sa tiṣṭhati

jñānavijñānasaṃpannaḥ smarandevaṃ janārdanam /
taiḥ sārddhaṃ tu prayātyevaṃ saṃtuṣṭo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ

ekatvaṃ jāyate tatra tyajataḥ svaṃkalevaram /
daśamadvāramāśritya ātmā tasya sa gacchati

śibikā tasya āyāti haṃsayānaṃ manoharam /
vimānameva cāyāti hayo vā gaja uttamaḥ

chatreṇa dhriyamāṇena cāmarairvyajanaistathā /
vījyamānaḥ sa puṇyātmā puṇyairevaṃ samaṃtataḥ

gīyamānastu dharmātmā stūyamānastu paṃḍitaiḥ /
baṃdibhiścāraṇairdivyairbrāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ

sādhubhiḥ stūyamānastu sarvasaukhyasamanvitaḥ /
yathādānaprabhāveṇa phalamāpnoti tatra saḥ

ārāmavāṭikāmadhye sa prayāti sukhena vai /
apsarobhiḥ samākīrṇo divyābhirmaṃgalairyutaḥ

devaiḥ saṃstūyamānastu dharmarājaṃ prapaśyati /
devāśca dharmasaṃyuktā jagmuḥ saṃmukhameva tam

ehyehi vai mahābhāga bhuṃkṣva bhogānmanonugān /
evaṃ sa paśyate dharmaṃ saumyarūpaṃ mahāmatim

svasya puṇyaprabhāveṇa bhuṃkte ca svargameva saḥ /
bhogakṣayātsadharmātmā punarjanma prayāti vai

nijadharmaprasādātsa kulaṃ puṇyaṃ prayāti vai /
brāhmaṇasya supuṇyasya kṣatriyasya tathaiva ca

dhanāḍhyasya supuṇyasya vaiśyasyaiva mahāmate /
dharmeṇa modate tatra punaḥ puṇyaṃ karoti saḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe aiṃdre sumanopākhyāne caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ