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Padma Purana · Chapter 2.59

2.59.1

viṣṇuruvāca-
kṛkalaḥ sarvatīrthāni sādhayitvā gṛhaṃ prati /
prasthitaḥ sārthavāhena mahānaṃdasamanvitaḥ

2.59.2

evaṃ ciṃtayate nityaṃ saṃsāraḥ saphalo mama /
tṛptāḥ svargaṃ prayāsyaṃti pitaro mama nānyathā

2.59.3

tāvatpratyakṣarūpeṇa baddhvā tasya pitāmahān /
puratastasya saṃbrūte nahi te puṇyamuttamam

2.59.4

divyarūpo mahākāyaḥ kṛkalaṃ vākyamabravīt /
tava tīrthaphalaṃ nāsti śramameva vṛthā kṛthāḥ

2.59.5

svayaṃ saṃtoṣamāpnoṣi nahi te puṇyamuttamam /
evaṃ śrutvā tato vaiśyaḥ kṛkalo duḥkhapīḍitaḥ

2.59.6

bhavānkaḥ saṃvadasyevaṃ kasmādbaddhāḥ pitāmahāḥ /
kena doṣaprabhāveṇa tanmetvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada

2.59.7

kasmāttīrthaphalaṃ nāsti mama yātrā kathaṃ nahi /
sarvameva samācakṣva yadi jānāsi saṃsphuṭam

2.59.8

dharma uvāca-
pūtāṃ puṇyatamāṃ svīyāṃ bhāryāṃ tyaktvā prayāti yaḥ /
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ sarvaṃ vṛthā bhavati nānyathā

2.59.9

dharmācāraparāṃ puṇyāṃ sādhuvrataparāyaṇām /
pativrataratāṃ bhāryāṃ suguṇāṃ puṇyavatsalām

2.59.10

tāmevāpi parityajya dharmakāryaṃ prayāti yaḥ /
vṛthā tasya kṛtaḥ sarvo dharmo bhavati nānyathā

2.59.11

sarvācāraparā bhavyā dharmasādhanatatparā /
pativrataratā nityaṃ sarvadā jñānavatsalā

2.59.12

evaṃ guṇā bhavedbhāryā yasya puṇyā mahāsatī /
tasya gehe sadā devāstiṣṭhaṃti ca mahaujasaḥ

2.59.13

pitaro gehamadhyasthāḥ śreyo vāṃchaṃti tasya ca /
gaṃgādyāḥ puṇyanadyaśca sāgarāstatra nānyathā

2.59.14

puṇyā satī yasya gehe vartate satyatatparā /
tatra yajñāśca gāvaśca ṛṣayastatra nānyathā

2.59.15

tatra sarvāṇi tīrthāni puṇyāni vividhāni ca /
bhāryāyogena tiṣṭhaṃti sarvāṇyetāni nānyathā

2.59.16

puṇyabhāryāprayogeṇa gārhasthyaṃ saṃprajāyate /
gārhasthyātparamo dharmo dvitīyo nāsti bhūtale

2.59.17

gṛhasthasya gṛhaḥ puṇyaḥ satyapuṇyasamanvitaḥ /
sarvatīrthamayo vaiśya sarvadevasamanvitaḥ

2.59.18

gārhasthyaṃ ca samāśritya sarve jīvaṃti jaṃtavaḥ /
tādṛśaṃ naiva paśyāmi anyamāśramamuttamam

2.59.19

maṃtrāgnihotraṃ devāśca sarve dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ /
dānācārāḥ pravartaṃte yasya puṃsaśca vai gṛhe

2.59.20

evaṃ yo bhāryayā hīnastasyagehaṃ vanāyate /
yajñāśca vai na sidhyaṃti dānāni vividhāni ca

2.59.21

bhāryāhīnasya puṃsopi na sidhyati mahāvratam /
dharmakarmāṇi sarvāṇi puṇyāni vividhāni ca

2.59.22

nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ dharmasādhanahetave /
śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ gṛhasthasya nānyo dharmo jagattraye

2.59.23

yatra bhāryā gṛhaṃ tatra puruṣasyāpi nānyathā /
grāme vāpyathavāraṇye sarvadharmasya sādhanam

2.59.24

nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ sukham /
nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ puṇyaṃ tāraṇāya hitāya ca

2.59.25

dharmayuktāṃ satīṃ bhāryāṃ tyaktvā yāsi narādhama /
gṛhaṃ dharmaṃ parityajya kvāste dharmasya te phalam

2.59.26

tayā vinā yadā tīrthe śrāddhadānaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā /
tena doṣeṇa vai baddhāstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ

2.59.27

bhavāṃścauro hyamī caurā yaistu bhuktaṃ sulolupaiḥ /
tvayā dattasya śrāddhasya annamevaṃ tayā vinā

2.59.28

suputraḥ śraddhayā yuktaḥ śrāddhadānaṃ dadāti yaḥ /
bhāryā dattena piṃḍena tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham

2.59.29

yathā'mṛtasya pānena nṛṇāṃ tṛptirhi jāyate /
tathā pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhena satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham

2.59.30

gārhasthyasya ca dharmasya bhāryā bhavati svāminī /
tvayaiṣā vaṃcitā mūḍha caurakarmakṛtaṃ vṛthā

2.59.31

amī pitāmahāścaurā yairbhuktaṃ tu tayā vinā /
bhāryā pacati cedannaṃ svahastenāmṛtopamam

2.59.32

tadannamevabhuṃjaṃti pitaro hṛṣṭamānasāḥ /
tenaiva tṛptimāyāṃti saṃtuṣṭāśca bhavaṃti te

2.59.33

tasmādbhāryāṃ vinā dharmaḥ puruṣasya na sidhyati /
nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ puṃsāṃ sugatidāyakam

2.59.34

bhāryāṃ vinā ca yo dharmaḥ sa eva viphalo bhavet

2.59.59

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne sukalācaritre ekonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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