Padma Purana · Chapter 2.18

somaśarmovāca-
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tvayākhyātaṃ ca me mune /
śūdratvena tu viprendra mayaiva parivarjitam

vipratvaṃ hi mayā prāptaṃ tatkathaṃ dvijasattama /
tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi jñānavijñānapaṃḍita

vasiṣṭha uvāca-/
yattvayā ceṣṭitaṃ pūrvaṃ karmadharmāśritaṃdvija /
tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ yadi manyase

brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidanaghaḥ sadācāraḥ supaṃḍitaḥ /
viṣṇubhaktastu dharmātmā nityaṃ viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ

yātrāvyājena tīrthānāṃ bhramatyekaḥ samedinīm /
aṭamānaḥ samāyātastava gehaṃ mahāmatiḥ

yācitaṃ sthānamekaṃ vai vāsārthaṃ dvijasattama /
tavaiva bhāryayā dattaṃ tvayā ca saha putrakaiḥ

eyatāmeyatāṃ brahmansukhena sugṛhe mama /
vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ puṇyamityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ

sukhena sthīyatāmatra gṛhoyaṃ tava suvrata /
adya dhanyosmyahaṃ puṇyamadya tīrthamahaṃ gataḥ

adya tīrthaphalaṃ prāptaṃ tavāṃghridvayadarśanāt /
gavāṃ sthānaṃ varaṃ puṇyaṃ nivāsāya niveditam

aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ kṛtvā pādau caiva pramarditau /
kṣālitau capunastoyaiḥ snātaḥ pādodakena hi

sadyo ghṛtaṃ dadhikṣīramannaṃ takraṃ pradattavān /
tasmai ca brāhmaṇāyaiva bhavānitthaṃ mahātmane

evaṃ saṃtoṣito viprastvayā ca saha bhāryayā /
putraiḥ sārdhaṃ mahābhāgo vaiṣṇavo jñānapaṃḍitaḥ

atha prabhāte saṃprāpte dine puṇye subhāgyade /
āṣāḍhasya tu śuddhasyaikādaśī pāpanāśanī

tasmindine susaṃprāptā sarvapātakanāśinī /
yasyāṃ devo hṛṣīkeśo yoganidrāṃ pragacchati

tāṃ prāpya ca tato lokāstatyajurbuddhipaṃḍitāḥ /
gṛhasya sarvakarmāṇi viṣṇudhyānaratā dvija

utsavaṃ paramaṃ cakrurgītamaṃgalavādanaiḥ /
stuvaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vedaiḥ stotraiḥ sumaṃgalaiḥ

evaṃ mahotsavaṃ prāpya sa ca brāhmaṇasattamaḥ /
tasmindine sthitastatra saṃprāptaṃ samupoṣaṇam

ekādaśyāstu māhātmyaṃ paṭhitaṃ brāhmaṇena vai /
bhāryā putraiḥ sutaiḥ sārddhaṃ śrutaṃ dharmamanuttamam

śrute tasminmahāpuṇye bhāryā putraistu preritaḥ /
saṃsargādasya viprasya vratametatsamācara

tadākarṇya mahadvākyaṃ sarvapuṇyapradāyakam /
vratametaṃ kariṣyāmi iti niścitamānasaḥ

bhāryā putraiḥ samaṃ gatvā nadyāṃ snānaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā /
hṛṣṭena manasā vipra pūjito madhusūdanaḥ

sarvopahāraiḥ puṇyaiśca gaṃdhadhūpādibhistathā /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nṛtyagītādibhistathā

brāhmaṇasya prasaṃgena nadyāṃ snānaṃ punaḥ kṛtam /
pūjito devadeveśaḥ puṣpadhūpādimaṃgalaiḥ

bhaktyā praṇamya goviṃdaṃ snāpayitvā punaḥ punaḥ /
nirvāpaṃ tādṛśaṃ dattaṃ brāhmaṇāya mahātmane

bhaktyā praṇamya taṃ vipraṃ dattā tasmai sudakṣiṇā /
kṛtavānpāraṇaṃ vipra putrairbhāryādibhiḥ samam

preṣito bhaktipūrveṇa sadbhāvena tvayaiva saḥ /
evaṃ vrataṃ samācīrṇaṃ tvayā vai dvijasattama

saṃgatyā brāhmaṇasyaiva viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ /
bhavānbrāhmaṇatāṃ prāptaḥ satyadharmasamanvitaḥ

tasya vratasya bhāvena tvayā prāptaṃ mahatkulam /
bhūsurāṇāṃ mahāprājñaṃ satyadharmasamāvilam

tasmai tu brāhmaṇāyaiva vaiṣṇavāya mahātmane /
śraddhayā satyabhāvena dattamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam

tasya dānasya bhāvena miṣṭānnamupatiṣṭhati /
mahāmohaiḥ pramugdho hi tṛṣṇayā vyāpitaṃ manaḥ

pūrvajanmani te vipra arthameva prasaṃcitam /
na dattaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo hi dīneṣvanyeṣu vai tvayā

dāreṣu putralobhena mriyamāṇena vai tadā /
tasya pāpasya bhāvena dāridraṃ tvāmupāviśat

putralobhaṃ parityajya snehaṃ tyaktvā pradūrataḥ /
aputravānbhavāñjātastasya pāpasya vai phalam

suputraṃ ca kulaṃ vipra dhanadhānyavarastriyaḥ /
sujanmamaraṇaṃ caiva subhogāḥ sukhameva ca

rājyaṃ svargaśca mokṣaśca yadyaddurlabhameva ca /
prasādāttasya devasya viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ

tasmādārādhya govindaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
prāpsyasi tvaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

suputra tvaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ subhogānsukhameva ca /
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yattvayā pariceṣṭitam

tanmayā kathitaṃ vipra tavāgre pariniṣṭhitam /
evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga nārāyaṇaparo bhava

brahmātmajenāpi mahānubhāvaḥ sa vipravaryaḥ paribodhito hi /
harṣeṇayuktaḥ sa mahānubhāvo bhaktyā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya tatra

āmaṃtrya vipraṃ sa jagāma gehaṃ tāṃ prāpya bhāryāṃ sumanāṃ praharṣaḥ /
sarvaṃ hi vṛttaṃ mamapūrvaceṣṭitaṃ tenaiva vipreṇa tava prasādāt

bhadre vasiṣṭhena vikāśanītamadyaiva mohaṃ parināśitaṃ me /
ārādhayiṣye madhusūdanaṃ hi yāsyāmi mokṣaṃ paramaṃ padaṃ tat

ākarṇya vākyaṃ paramaṃ mahāṃtaṃ sumaṃgalaṃ maṃgaladāyakaṃ hi /
harṣeṇa yuktā tamuvāca kāṃtaṃ puṇyosi vipreṇa vibodhito'si

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ bhūmikhaṃḍe-/
aiṃdre sumanopākhyāne aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ