Padma Purana · Chapter 2.17

somaśarmovāca-
sarvaṃ devi samākhyātaṃ dharmasaṃsthānamuttamam /
kathaṃ putramahaṃ viṃdyāṃ sarvajñaṃ guṇasaṃyutam

vada tvaṃ me mahābhāge yadi jānāsi suvrate /
dānadharmādikaṃ bhadre paratreha na saṃśayaḥ

sumanovāca-
vasiṣṭhaṃ gaccha dharmajñaṃ taṃ prārthaya mahāmunim /
tasmātprāpsyasi vai putraṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmavatsalam

sūta uvāca-
evamukte tayā vākye somaśarmā dvijottamaḥ /
evaṃ kariṣye kalyāṇi tava vākyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

evamuktvā jagāmāśu somaśarmā dvijottamaḥ /
vasiṣṭhaṃ sarvavettāraṃ divyaṃ taṃ tapatāṃ varam

gaṃgātīre sthitaṃ puṇyamāśramasthaṃ dvijottamam /
tejojvālāsamākīrṇaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram

rājamānaṃ mahātmānaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ ca dvijottamam /
bhaktyā praṇamya vipreśaṃ daṃḍavacca punaḥ punaḥ

tamuvāca mahātejā brahmasūnurakalmaṣaḥ /
upāviśāsane puṇye sukhena sumahāmate

evamuktvā sa yogīṃdraḥ punaḥ prāha tapodhanam /
gṛhe putreṣu te vatsa dārabhṛtyeṣu sarvadā

kṣemamasti mahābhāga puṇyakarmasu cāgniṣu /
nirāmayosi cāṃgeṣu dharmaṃ pālayase sadā

evamuktvā mahāprājñaḥ punaḥ prāha suśarmaṇam /
kiṃ karomi priyaṃ kāryaṃ supriyaṃ te dvijottama

evaṃ saṃbhāṣitaṃ vipraṃ virarāma sa kuṃbhajaḥ /
tasminnukte mahābhāge vasiṣṭhe munipuṃgave

sa hovāca mahātmānaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ tapatāṃ varam /
bhagavañchrūyatāṃ vākyaṃ suprasannena cetasā

yadi me supriyaṃ kāryaṃ tvayaiva munipuṃgava /
mama praśnārthasaṃdehaṃ vicchedaya dvijottama

dāridryaṃ kena pāpena putrasaukhyaṃ kathaṃ nahi /
etanme saṃśayaṃ tāta kasmātpāpādvadasva me

mahāmohena saṃmugdhaḥ priyayā bodhito dvija /
tayāhaṃ preṣitastāta tava pārśvaṃ samāturaḥ

tatsarvaṃ hi samācakṣva sarvasaṃdehanāśakam /
muktidātā bhavasva tvaṃ mamasaṃsārabaṃdhanāt

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
putrā mitrāṇyatha bhrātā anye svajanabāṃdhavāḥ /
paṃcabhedāstu saṃbhedātpuruṣasya bhavaṃti te

te te sumanayā proktāḥ pūrvameva tavāgrataḥ /
ṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinaḥ sarve te kuputrā dvijottama

putrasya lakṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ tavāgre pravadāmyaham /
puṇyaprasakto yasyātmā satyadharmarataḥ sadā

śuddhivijñānasaṃpannastapasvī vāgvidāṃ varaḥ /
sarvakarmasusaṃdhīro vedādhyayanatatparaḥ

sa sarvaśāstravettā ca devabrāhmaṇapūjakaḥ /
yājakaḥ sarvayajñānāṃ dātā tyāgī priyaṃvadaḥ

viṣṇudhyānaparo nityaṃ śāṃto dāṃtaḥ suhṛtsadā /
pitṛmātṛparonityaṃ sarvasvajanavatsalaḥ

kulasya tārako vidvānkulasya paripoṣakaḥ /
evaṃ guṇaiśca saṃyuktaḥ saputraḥ sukhadāyakaḥ

anye saṃbaṃdhasaṃyuktāḥ śokasaṃtāpadāyakāḥ /
etādṛśena kiṃ kāryaṃ phalahīnena tena ca

āyāṃti yāṃti te sarve tāpaṃ datvā sudāruṇam /
putrarūpeṇa te sarve saṃsāre dvijasattama

pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ yattvayā paripālitam /
tatsarvaṃ hi pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāmadbhutaṃ punaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
bhavāñchūdro mahāprājña pūrvajanmani nānyathā /
kṛṣikarttā jñānahīno mahālobhena saṃyutaḥ

ekabhāryā sadā dveṣī bahuputro hyadattavān /
dharmaṃ naiva vijānāsi satyaṃ naiva pariśrutam

dānaṃ naiva tvayā dattaṃ śāstraṃ naiva pratiśrutam /
kṛtā naiva tvayā tīrthe yātrā caiva mahāmate

evaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā vipra kṛṣimārgaṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
paśūnāṃ pālanaṃ sarva gavāṃ caiva dvijottama

mahiṣīṇāṃ tathā'śvānāṃ pālanaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ /
evaṃ pū rvaṃkṛtaṃ karma tvayaiva dvijasattama

vipulaṃ ca dhanaṃ tadvallobhena parisaṃcitam /
tasya vyayaṃ supuṇyena na kṛtaṃ tu tvayā kadā

pātre dānaṃ na dattaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā durbalameva ca /
kṛpāṃ kṛtvā na dattaṃ tu bhavatā dhanameva ca

gomahiṣyādikaṃ sarvaṃ paśūnāṃ saṃcitaṃ tvayā /
vikrīya ca dhanaṃ vipra saṃcitaṃ vipulaṃ tvayā

takraṃ ghṛtaṃ tathā kṣīraṃ vikrayitvā tato dadhi /
duṣkālaṃ ciṃtitaṃ vipra mohito viṣṇumāyayā

kṛtaṃ mahārghamevātra annaṃ brāhmaṇasattama /
nirdayena tvayā dānaṃ na dattaṃ tu kadācana

devānāṃ pūjanaṃ vipra bhavatā na kṛtaṃ kadā /
prāpya parvāṇi viprebhyo dravyaṃ na ca samarpitam

śrāddhaṃkālaṃtusaṃprāpyaśraddhayānakṛtaṃtvayā /
bhāryā vadati te sādhvī dinamenaṃ samāgatam

śvaśurasya śrāddhakālaḥ śvaśrvāścaiva mahāmate /
tvaṃ śrutvā tadvacastasyā gṛhaṃ tyaktvā palāyase

dharmamārgaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ te śrutaṃ naiva kadā tvayā /
lobho mātāpitā bhrātā lobhaḥ svajanabāṃdhavāḥ

pālitaṃ lobhamevaikaṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ sadaiva hi /
tasmādduḥkhī bhavāñjāto daridreṇātipīḍitaḥ

dinedine mahātṛṣṇā hṛdaye te pravarddhate /
yadāyadā gṛhe dravyaṃ vṛddhimāyāti te tadā

tṛṣṇayā dahyamānastu tayā tvaṃ vahnirūpayā /
rātrau vā suprasuptastu niścito hi praciṃtasi

dinaṃ prāpya mahāmohairvyāpitosi sadaiva hi /
sahasraṃ lakṣaṃ me koṭiḥ kadā arbudameva ca

bhaviṣyati kadā kharvo nikharvaścātha me gṛhe /
evaṃ sahasraṃ lakṣaṃ ca koṭirarbudameva ca

kharvo nikharvaḥ saṃjātastṛṣṇā naiva pragacchati /
tava kāyaṃ parityajya vṛddhimāyāti sarvadā

naiva dattaṃ hutaṃ vipra bhuktaṃ naiva kadā tvayā /
khanitaṃ bhūmimadhye tu kṣiptaṃ putrānajānate

anyamevamupāyaṃ tu dravyāgamanakāraṇāt /
kuruṣe sarvadā vipra lokānpṛcchasi buddhimān

khanitramaṃjanaṃ vādaṃ dhātuvādamataḥ param /
pṛcchamāno bhramasyekastṛṣṇayā parimohitaḥ

sparśaṃciṃtayasenityaṃkalpānsiddhipradāyakān /
praveśaṃ vivarāṇāṃ tu ciṃtamānaḥ su pṛcchasi

tṛṣṇānalena dagdhena sukhaṃ naiva pragacchasi /
tṛṣṇānalena saṃdīpto hāhābhūto vicetanaḥ

evaṃ mugdhosi vipreṃdra gatastvaṃ kālavaśyatām /
dārāputreṣu taddravyaṃ pṛcchamāneṣu vai tvayā

kathitaṃ naiva vṛttāṃtaṃ prāṇāṃstyaktvā gato yamam /
evaṃ sarvaṃ mayā khyātaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tava pūrvakam

anena karmaṇā vipra nirdhanosi daridravān /
saṃsāre yasya satputrā bhaktimaṃtaḥ sadaiva hi

suśīlā jñānasaṃpannāḥ satyadharmaratāḥ sadā /
saṃbhavaṃti gṛhe tasya yasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati

dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ kalatraṃ tu putrapautramanaṃtakam /
sa bhuṃkte martyaloke vai yasya viṣṇuḥ prasannavān

vinā viṣṇoḥ prasādena dārāputrānna cāpnuyāt /
sujanma ca kulaṃ vipra tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇebhūmikhaṃḍeeṃdre sumanopākhyānesaptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ