Padma Purana · Chapter 2.4

sūta uvāca-
gateṣu teṣu golokaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tamasaḥ param /
śivaśarmā mahāprājñaḥ kaniṣṭhaṃ vākyamabravīt

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
somaśarmanmahāprājña tvaṃ piturbhaktitatparaḥ /
amṛtasya mahākuṃbhaṃ rakṣa dattaṃ mayādhunā

tīrthayātrāṃ prayāsyāmi anayā bhāryayā saha /
evamastu mahābhāga kariṣye rakṣaṇaṃ śubham

kuṃbhaṃ datvā sa medhāvī tasya haste mahātmanaḥ /
daśavarṣapramāṇaṃ tu tapastepe niraṃtaram

kuṃbhaṃ rakṣati dharmātmā divārātramataṃdritaḥ /
punaḥ sa hi samāyātaḥ śivaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ

māyāṃ kṛtvā mahāprājño bhāryayā saha taṃ sutam /
kuṣṭharogāturo bhūtvā tasya bhāryā ca tādṛśī

māṃsapiṃḍopamau jātau dvāvetau māyayā kṛtau /
saṃnidhiṃ tasya ghorasya viprasya somaśarmaṇaḥ

samāgatau hi tau dṛṣṭvā sarvato hi suduḥkhitau /
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭaḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ

tayoḥ pādaṃ namaskṛtya bhaktyā namitakaṃdharaḥ /
bhavādṛśau na paśyāmi tapasābhisamanvitam

guṇavrātaiḥ supuṇyaiśca kimidaṃ vartitaṃ tvayi /
dāsavaddevatāḥ sarvā vartaṃte sarvadā tava

ādeśaṃ prāpya vipreṃdra ākṛṣṭāstejasā tava /
tavāṃge kena pāpena gadoyaṃ vedanānvitaḥ

saṃjāto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tanme kathaya kāraṇam /
iyaṃ puṇyavatī mātā mahāpuṇyā pativratā

yā hi bhartṛprasādena trailokyaṃ kartumicchati /
sā kathaṃ duḥkhamāpnoti kiṃ nāsti tapasaḥ phalam

rāgadveṣau parityajya vividhenāpi karmaṇā /
yā ca śuśrūṣate kāṃtaṃ devavadguruvatsalā

sā kathaṃ duḥkhamāpnoti kuṣṭharogaṃ suduḥkhadam /
śivaśarmovāca-
mā śucastvaṃ mahābhāga bhujyate karmajaṃ phalam

nareṇa karmayuktena pāpapuṇyamayena hi /
śodhanaṃ ca kuruṣva tvamubhayo rogayuktayoḥ

śuśrūṣaṇaṃ mahābhāga yadi puṇyamihecchasi /
evamukte śubhe vākye somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ

śuśrūṣāṃ vā kariṣyāmi yuvayoḥ puṇyayuktayoḥ /
mayā pāpena duṣṭena kṛpaṇena dvijottama

kiṃ kartavyamihādyaiva yo guruṃ na hi pūjayet /
evamābhāṣya duḥkhādvā tayorduḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ

śleṣmamūtrapurīṣaṃ ca ubhayoḥ paryaśodhayat /
pādaprakṣālanaṃ cakre aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ tathā

snānasthānādikaṃ sopi tayorbhaktyānvitaḥ svayam /
dvāvetau hi gurū vipraḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ

tīrthaṃ nayati dharmātmā skaṃdhamāropya sattamaḥ /
dvāvetau hi svahastena snāpayitvā tu maṃgalaiḥ

sumaṃtrairvedaviccaiva snānasya vidhipūrvakam /
tarpaṇaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tu devatānāṃ tu pūjanam

dvābhyāmapi sa dharmātmā sa kārayati nityaśaḥ /
svayaṃ homaṃ dadātyagnau pacatyannamanuttamam

saṃjñāpayati suprītau dvāvetau ca mahāgurū /
śayyāsane ca tau vipraḥ prasvāpayati nityaśaḥ

vastrapuṣpādikaṃ sarvaṃ tābhyāṃ nityaṃ prayacchati /
tāṃbūlaṃ bahugaṃdhāḍhyamubhayorarpayetsa tu

somaśarmā mahābhāgastābhyāmapi ca pūrayet /
mūlaṃ payaḥ subhakṣyādyaṃ nityameva dadātyasau

tayostu vāṃchitaṃ nityaṃ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ /
anena kramayogena nityameva prasādayet

somaśarmā sudharmātmā pitarau paripūjayet /
somaśarmāṇamāhūya pitā kutsati niṣṭhuraḥ

niṃditairniṣṭhurairvākyaistāḍayenmunisannidhau /
kṛtakārye kṛte puṇye nityameva sute punaḥ

na kṛtaṃ śobhanaṃ mahyaṃ tvayaiva kulapāṃsana /
evaṃ nānāvidhairvākyairniṣṭhurairduḥkhadāyakaiḥ

atāḍayaddaṃḍaghātaiḥ śivaśarmā sadāturaḥ /
evaṃ kṛtepi dharmātmā naiva kupyati karhicit

manasā vacasā caiva karmaṇā trividhena ca /
saṃtuṣṭaḥ sarvadā sopi pitaraṃ paripūjayet

tadvatsa somaśarmā vai mātaraṃ ca dinedine /
yajjñātvā śivaśarmā ca caritaṃ svīyamīkṣate

amṛtaṃ matkṛte cāpi ānītaṃ viṣṇuśarmaṇā /
puṇyayuktaḥ sa dharmātmā pitṛbhaktiparaḥ sadā

evaṃ bahutithe kāle śatasaṃkhye gate sati /
śivaśarmā pitasyaiva bhaktiṃ dṛṣṭvā viciṃtya vai

mayā vai pūrvamityuktaṃ suputraṃ yajñasaṃjñakam /
mātṛkhaṃḍānimānputra yatra tatra kṣipasva hi

madvākyaṃ pālitaṃ tena kṛtā na mātari kṛpā /
etatsvalpataraṃ duḥkhaṃ nirjīve ghātamicchataḥ

sāhasaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tena putreṇa vedaśarmaṇā /
asyādhikamahaṃ manye yato'yaṃ calate na ca

nimeṣamātramevāpi sāhasaṃ kārayetpunaḥ /
aparaṃ satyasaṃpannaṃ prabhāvaṃ tapasaḥ punaḥ

nityaṃ samārādhanepi adhikaṃ cāsya dṛśyate /
tasmādasya parīkṣā ca samaye tapasaḥ kṛtā

bhaktibhāvāttathā satyānnaiva putraḥ praṇaśyati /
māyayā ca nijāṃge'pi kuṣṭharogo nidarśitaḥ

śleṣmamūtramalānāṃ ca ghṛṇāṃ naiva karoti ca /
vraṇānviśodhayennityaṃ svahastena mahāyaśāḥ

pādasaṃvāhanaṃ dadyācchaucaṃ caiva mahāmatiḥ /
duḥsahaṃ vacanaṃ mahyaṃ dāruṇaṃ sahate sadā

bhartsane tāḍane caiva sadābhīṣṭapravācakaḥ /
evaṃ duḥkhasamācāro mama putro mahāmatiḥ

duḥkhānāṃ sāgaraṃ manye bahukleśaistu kleśitaḥ /
apaneṣyāmyahaṃ duḥkhaṃ viṣṇoścaiva prasādataḥ

vicārya manasā vipraḥ śivaśarmā mahāmatiḥ /
punarmāyāṃ cakārātha kuṃbhādapahṛtaṃ payaḥ

paścāttaṃ ca samāhūya somaśarmāṇamabravīt /
tava haste mayā dattamamṛtaṃ vyādhināśanam

tanme śīghraṃ prayacchasva yathā pānaṃ karomyaham /
yena nīrugbhavāmyadya prasādādviṣṇuśarmaṇaḥ

evamukte tadā vākye ṛṣiṇā śivaśarmaṇā /
samutthāya tvarāyuktaḥ somaśarmā kamaṃḍalum

taṃ ca riktaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā hyamṛtena vinā kṛtam /
kasya pāpasya vai karma kena me vipriyaṃ kṛtam

iti ciṃtāparo bhūtvā somaśarmā suduḥkhitaḥ /
pituragre ca vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ yadā

tataḥ kopaṃ prayāsyeta gururme vyādhipīḍitaḥ /
suciraṃ ciṃtayitvā tu somaśarmā mahāmatiḥ

yadi me satyamastīti guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ yadi /
tapastaptaṃ mayāpūrvaṃ nirvyalīkena cetasā

damaśaucādibhiḥ satyaṃ dharmameva prapālitam /
tadā ghaṭo'mṛtayuto bhavatveṣa na saṃśayaḥ

yāvadeva mahābhāgaściṃtayitvā vilokayet /
tāvaccāmṛtapūrṇastu punarevābhavadghaṭaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣasaṃyuktaḥ somaśarmā mahāyaśāḥ /
gatvā guruṃ namaskṛtya kuṃbhamādāya satvaram

gṛhāṇa tvaṃ pitaścemaṃ payaḥ kuṃbhaṃ samāgatam /
pānaṃ kuru mahābhāga gadānmukto bhavāciram

etadvākyaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ satyadharmārthakaṃ punaḥ /
śivaśarmā sutasyāpi śrutvā ca madhurākṣaram

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭa idaṃ vacanamabravīt

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