Padma Purana · Chapter 2.67

yayātiruvāca-
asmadbhāgyaprasaṃgena bhavato darśanaṃ mama /
saṃjātaṃ śakrasaṃvāha etacchreyo mamātulam

mānavā martyaloke ca pāpaṃ kurvaṃti dāruṇam /
teṣāṃ karmavipākaṃ ca mātale vada sāṃpratam

mātaliruvāca-
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi pāpācārasya lakṣaṇam /
śrute sati mahajjñānamatraloke prajāyate

vedaniṃdāṃ prakurvaṃti brahmācārasya kutsanam /
mahāpātakamevāpi jñātavyaṃ jñānapaṃḍitaiḥ

sādhūnāmapi sarveṣāṃ yaḥ pīḍāṃ hi samācaret /
mahāpātakamevāpi prāyaścitte na hi vrajet

kulācāraṃ parityajya anyācāraṃ vrajaṃti ca /
etacca pātakaṃ ghoraṃ kathitaṃ kṛtyavedibhiḥ

mātāpitrośca yo niṃdāṃ tāḍanaṃ bhaginīṣu ca /
pitṛsvasṛniṃdanaṃ ca tadeva pātakaṃ dhruvam

saṃprāpte śrāddhakālepi paṃcakrośāṃtaresthitam /
jāmātaraṃ parityajya tathā ca duhituḥ sutam

svasāraṃ caiva svasrīyaṃ parityajya pravartate /
kāmātkrodhādbhayādvāpi anyaṃ bhojayate yadā

pitaro naiva bhuṃjaṃti devāścaiva na bhuṃjate /
etacca pātakaṃ tasya pitṛghātasamaṃ kṛtam

dānakālepi saṃprāpte āgate brāhmaṇe kila /
bhūridānaṃ parityajya katibhyo hi pradīyate

ekasmai dīyate dānamanyebhyopi na dīyate /
etacca pātakaṃ ghoraṃ dānabhraṃśakaraṃ smṛtam

yajamānagṛhe sevā saṃsthitānbrāhmaṇānnijān /
parityajya hi yaddānaṃ na dānasya ca lakṣaṇam

samāśritaṃ hi yaṃ vipraṃ dharmācārasamanvitam /
sarvopāyaiḥ supuṣyettaṃ sudānairbahubhirnṛpa

na gaṇayenmūrkhaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ poṣyo vipraḥ sadā bhavet /
sarvaiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāyuktaṃ sudānairbahubhirnṛpa

taṃ samabhyarcya vidvāṃsaṃ prāptaṃ vipraṃ sadārhayet /
taṃ hi tyaktvā dadeddānamanyasmai brāhmaṇāya vai

dattaṃ hutaṃ bhavettasya niṣphalaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdraścāpi caturthakaḥ

puṇyakāleṣu sarveṣu saṃśritaṃ pūjayeddvijam /
mūrkhaṃ vāpi hi vidvāṃsaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ tasya prajāyate /
kasmāddhikāraṇādrājañchakyaṃ prāpya na kārayet

anyo vipraḥ samāyātastatkālaṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi /
ubhau tau pūjayettatra bhojanācchādanaistataḥ

tāṃbūladakṣiṇābhiśca pitarastasya harṣitāḥ /
śrāddhabhuktāya dātavyaṃ sadā dānaṃ ca dakṣiṇā

na dadecchrāddhakartā yo gohatyādi samaṃ bhavet /
dvāvetau pūjayettasmācchraddhayā nṛpasattama

nirddhanatva prabhāvādvai tamekaṃ hi prapūjayet /
vyatīpātepi saṃprāpte vaidhṛtau ca nṛpottama

amāvāsyāṃ tathā rājankṣayāhe parapakṣake /
śrāddhamevaṃ prakartavyaṃ brāhmaṇādi trivarṇakaiḥ

yajñe tathā mahārāja ṛtvijaśca prakārayet /
tathā viprāḥ prakartavyāḥ śrāddhadānāya sarvadā

avijñātaḥ prakartavyo brāhmaṇo naiva jānatā /
yasyāpi jñāyate vaṃśaḥ kulaṃ tripuruṣaṃ tathā

ācāraśca tathā rājaṃstaṃ vipraṃ sannimaṃtrayet /
kulaṃ na jñāyate yasya ācāreṇa vicārayet

śrāddhadāne prakartavye viśuddho mūrkha eva hi /
avijñāto bhavedvipro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ

śrāddhadānaṃ prakartavyaṃ tasmādvipraṃ nimaṃtrayet /
ātithyaṃ tu prakartavyamapūrvaṃ nṛpasattama

anyathā kurute pāpī sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam /
tasmādvipraḥ prakartavyo dāne śrāddhe ca parvasu

ādau parīkṣayedvipraṃ śrāddhe dāne prakārayet /
nāśnaṃti tasya vai gehe pitaro vipravarjitāḥ

śāpaṃ dattvā tato yāṃti śrāddhādvipravivarjitāt /
mahāpāpī bhavetsopi brahmaṇaḥ sadṛśo yadi

paitrācāraṃ parityajya yo varteta narottama /
mahāpāpī sa vijñeyaḥ sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

ye tyajaṃti śivācāraṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ bhogadāyakam /
niṃdaṃti brāhmaṇaṃ dharmaṃ vijñeyāḥ pāpavarddhanāḥ

ye tyajaṃti śivācāraṃ śivabhaktāndviṣaṃti ca /
hariṃ niṃdaṃti ye pāpā brahmadveṣakarāḥ sadā

ācāraniṃdakā ye te mahāpātakakṛttamāḥ /
ādyaṃ pūjyaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā

vaiṣṇavaṃ harivaṃśaṃ vā matsyaṃ vā kūrmameva ca /
pādmaṃ vā ye pūjayaṃti teṣāṃ śreyo vadāmyaham

pratyakṣaṃ tena vai devaḥ pūjito madhusūdanaḥ /
tasmātprapūjayejjñānaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ viṣṇuvallabham

devasthāne ca nityaṃ vai vaiṣṇavaṃ pustakaṃ nṛpa /
tasminprapūjite vipra pūjitaḥ kamalāpatiḥ

asaṃpūjya harerjñānaṃ ye gāyaṃti likhaṃti ca /
ajñāya tatprayacchaṃti śṛṇvaṃtyuccārayaṃti ca

vikrīḍaṃti ca lobhena kujñāna niyamena ca /
asaṃskṛtapradeśeṣu yatheṣṭaṃ sthāpayaṃti ca

harijñānaṃ yathākṣemaṃ pratyakṣācca prakāśayet /
adhīte ca samarthaśca yaḥ pramādaṃ karoti ca

aśuciścāśucau sthāne yaḥ pravakti śṛṇoti ca /
iti sarvaṃ samāsena jñānaniṃdā samaṃ smṛtam

gurupūjāmakṛtvaiva yaḥ śāstraṃ śrotumicchati /
na karoti ca śuśrūṣāmājñābhaṃgaṃ ca bhāvataḥ

nābhinaṃdati tadvākyamuttaraṃ saṃprayacchati /
gurukarmaṇi sādhye ca tadupekṣāṃ karoti ca

gurumārtamaśaktaṃ ca videśaṃ prasthitaṃ tathā /
aribhiḥ paribhūtaṃ vā yaḥ saṃtyajati pāpakṛt

paṭhamānaṃ purāṇaṃ tu tasya pāpaṃ vadāmyaham /
kuṃbhīpāke vasettāvadyāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

paṭhamānaṃ guruṃ yo hi upekṣayati pāpadhīḥ /
tasyāpi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ ciraṃ narakadāyakam

bhāryāputreṣu mitreṣu yaścāvajñāṃ karoti ca /
ityetatpātakaṃ jñeyaṃ gurunindāsamaṃ mahat

brahmahā svarṇasteyī ca surāpī gurutalpagaḥ /
mahāpātakinaścaite tatsaṃyogī ca paṃcamaḥ

krodhāddveṣādbhayāllobhādbrāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ /
marmātikṛntako yaśca brahmaghnaḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ

brāhmaṇaṃ yaḥ samāhūya yācamānamakiṃcanam /
paścānnāstīti yo brūyātsa ca vai brahmahā nṛpa

yastu vidyābhimānena nistejayati vai dvijam /
udāsīnaṃ sabhāmadhye brahmahā sa prakīrtitaḥ

mithyāguṇairathātmānaṃ nayatyutkarṣatāṃ punaḥ /
guruṃ virodhayedyastu sa ca vai brahmahā smṛtaḥ

kṣuttṛṣātaptadehānāmannabhojanamicchatām /
yaḥ samācarate vighnaṃ tamāhurbrahmaghātakam

piśunaḥ sarvalokānāṃ raṃdhrānveṣaṇatatparaḥ /
udvejanakaraḥ krūraḥ sa ca vai brahmahā smṛtaḥ

devadvija gavāṃ bhūmiṃ pūrvadattāṃ harettu yaḥ /
pranaṣṭāmapi kālena tamāhurbrahmaghātakam

dvijavittāpaharaṇaṃ nyāsena samupārjitam /
brahmahatyāsamaṃ jñeyaṃ tasya pātakamuttamam

agnihotraṃ parityajya paṃcayajñīyakarmaṇi /
mātāpitrorgurūṇāṃ ca kūṭasākṣyaṃ ca yaścaret

apriyaṃ śivabhaktānāmabhakṣyāṇāṃ ca bhakṣaṇam /
vane niraparādhānāṃ prāṇināṃ ca pramāraṇam

gavāṃ goṣṭhe vane cāgneḥ pure grāme ca dīpanam /
iti pāpāni ghorāṇi surāpānasamāni tu

dīnasarvasvaharaṇaṃ parastrīgajavājinām /
gobhūrajatavastrāṇāmoṣadhīnāṃ rasasya ca

caṃdanāgurukarpūra kastūrī paṭṭa vāsasām /
paranyāsāpaharaṇaṃ rukmasteyasamaṃ smṛtam

kanyāyā varayogyāyā adānaṃ sadṛśe vare /
putramitrakalatreṣu gamanaṃ bhaginīṣu ca

kumārīsāhasaṃ ghoramaṃtyajastrīniṣevaṇam /
savarṇāyāśca gamanaṃ gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam

mahāpātakatulyāni pāpānyuktāni yāni tu /
tāni pātakasaṃjñāni tannyūnamupapātakam

dvijāyārthaṃ pratijñāya na prayacchati yaḥ punaḥ /
tatra vismarate viprastulyaṃ tadupapātakam

dvijadravyāpaharaṇaṃ maryādāyā vyatikramam /
atimānātikopaśca dāṃbhikatvaṃ kṛtaghnatā

anyatra viṣayāsaktiḥ kārparṇyaṃ śāṭhyamatsaram /
paradārābhigamanaṃ sādhvīkanyābhidūṣaṇam

parivittiḥ parivettā yayā ca parividyate /
tayordānaṃ ca kanyāyāstayoreva ca yājanam

putramitrakalatrāṇāmabhāve svāminastathā /
bhāryāṇāṃ ca parityāgaḥ sādhūnāṃ ca tapasvinām

gavāṃ kṣatriyavaiśyānāṃ strīśūdrāṇāṃ ca ghātanam /
śivāyatanavṛkṣāṇāṃ puṇyārāma vināśanam

yaḥ pīḍāmāśramasthānāmācaredalpikāmapi /
tadbhṛtyaparivargasya paśudhānyavanasya ca

karṣa dhānya paśusteyamayājyānāṃ ca yājanam /
yajñārāmataḍāgānāṃ dārāpatyasya vikrayaḥ

tīrthayātropavāsānāṃ vratānāṃ ca sukarmaṇām /
strīdhanānyupajīvaṃti strībhagātyaṃtajīvitā

svadharmaṃ vikrayedyastu adharmaṃ varṇate naraḥ /
paradoṣapravādī ca paracchidrāvalokakaḥ

paradravyābhilāṣī ca paradārāvalokakaḥ /
ete goghnasamānāśca jñātavyā nṛpanaṃdana

yaḥ kartā sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ gohartā gośca vikrayī /
nirdayo'tīva bhṛtyeṣu paśūnāṃ damakaśca yaḥ

mithyā pravadate vācamākarṇayati yaḥ paraiḥ /
svāmidrohī gurudrohī māyāvī capalaḥ śaṭhaḥ

yo bhāryāputramitrāṇi bālavṛddhakṛśāturān /
bhṛtyānatithibaṃdhūṃśca tyaktvāśnāti bubhukṣitān

ye tu mṛṣṭaṃ samaśnaṃti no vāṃcchaṃtaṃ dadaṃti ca /
pṛthakpākī sa vijñeyo brahmavādiṣu garhitaḥ

niyamānsvayamādāya ye tyajaṃtyajiteṃdriyāḥ /
pravrajyāgamitā yaiśca saṃyuktā ye ca madyapaiḥ

ye cāpi kṣayarogārtāṃ gāṃ pipāsā kṣudhāturām /
na pālayaṃti yatnena te goghnā nārakāḥ smṛtāḥ

sarvapāparatā ye ca catuṣpātkṣetrabhedakāḥ /
sādhūnviprāngurūṃścaiva yaśca gāṃ hi pratāḍayet

ye tāḍayaṃtyadoṣāṃ ca nārīṃ sādhupadesthitām /
ālasyabaddhasarvāṃgo yaḥ svapiti muhurmuhuḥ

durbalāṃśca na puṣṇaṃti naṣṭānnānveṣayaṃti ca /
pīḍayaṃtyatibhāreṇa sakṣatānvāhayaṃti ca

sarvapāparatā ye ca saṃyuktā ye ca bhuṃjate /
bhagnāṃgīṃ kṣatarogārtāṃ gorūpāṃ ca kṣudhāturām

na pālayaṃti yatnena te janā nārakāḥ smṛtāḥ /
vṛṣāṇāṃ vṛṣaṇau ye ca pāpiṣṭhā ghātayaṃti ca

bādhayaṃti ca govatsānmahānārakiṇo narāḥ /
āśayā samanuprāptaṃ kṣuttṛṣāśramapīḍitam

ye cātithiṃ na manyaṃte te vai nirayagāminaḥ /
anāthaṃ vikalaṃ dīnaṃ bālaṃ vṛddhaṃ bhṛśāturam

nānukaṃpaṃti ye mūḍhāste yāṃti narakārṇavam /
ajāviko māhiṣiko yaḥ śūdrā vṛṣalīpatiḥ

śūdro viprasya kṣatrasya ya ācāreṇa vartate /
śilpinaḥ kāravo vaidyāstathā devalakā narāḥ

bhṛtakāmātyakarmāṇaḥ sarve nirayagāminaḥ /
yaścoditamatikramya svecchayā āharetkaram

narakeṣu sa pacyeta yaśca daṃḍaṃ vṛthā nayet /
utkocakairadhikṛtaistaskaraiśca prapīḍyate

yasya rājñaḥ prajā rājye pacyate narakeṣu saḥ /
ye dvijāḥ pratigṛhṇaṃti nṛpasya pāpavartinaḥ

prayāṃti tepi ghoreṣu narakeṣu na saṃśayaḥ /
pāradārikacaurāṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ pārthivasya ca

bhavatyarakṣato ghoro rājñastasya parigrahaḥ /
acauraṃ cauravadyaśca cauraṃ cācauravatpunaḥ

avicārya nṛpaḥ kuryātso'pi vai narakaṃ vrajet /
ghṛtatailānnapānādi madhumāṃsa surāsavam

guḍekṣukṣīraśākādi dadhimūlaphalāni ca /
tṛṇakāṣṭhaṃ puṣpapatraṃ kāṃsyabhājanameva ca

upānacchatrakaṭaka śibikāmāsanaṃ mṛdu /
tāmraṃ sīsaṃ trapukāṃsyaṃ śaṃkhādyaṃ ca jalodbhavam

vāditraṃ veṇuvaṃśādyaṃ gṛhopaskaraṇāni ca /
ūrṇākārpāsakauśeya raṃgapadmodbhavāni ca

tūlaṃ sūkṣmāṇivastrāṇi ye lobhena haraṃti ca /
evamādīni cānyāni dravyāṇi vividhāni ca

narakeṣu drutaṃ gacchedapahṛtyālpakānyapi /
yadvā tadvā paradravyamapi sarṣapamātrakam

apahṛtya naro yāti narake nātra saṃśayaḥ /
bahvalpakādyapi tathā parasya mamatākṛtam

apahṛtya naro yāti narake nātra saṃśayaḥ /
evamādyairnaraḥ pāpairutkrāṃtisamanaṃtaram

śarīraghātanārthāya pūrvākāramavāpnuyāt /
yamalokaṃ vrajaṃtyete śarīrasthā yamājñayā

yamadūtairmahāghorairnīyamānāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ /
devatiryaṅmanuṣyāṇāmadharmaniyatātmanām

dharmarājaḥ smṛtaḥ śāstā sughorairvividhairvadhaiḥ /
vinayācārayuktānāṃ pramādānmalinātmanām

prāyaścittairguruḥ śāstā na ca tairīkṣyate yamaḥ /
pāradārikacaurāṇāmanyāyavyavahāriṇām

nṛpatiḥ śāsakaḥ proktaḥ pracchannānāṃ ca dharmarāṭ /
tasmātkṛtasya pāpasya prāyaścittaṃ samācaret

nābhuktasyānyathā nāśaḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi /
yaḥ karoti svayaṃ karma kārayedvānumodayet

kāyena manasā vācā tasya cādhogatiḥ phalam /
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktāḥ pāpabhedāstridhādhunā

kathyaṃte gatayaścitrā narāṇāṃ pāpakarmaṇām /
etatte nṛpate dharma phalaṃ proktaṃ suvistarāt

anyatkiṃte pravakṣyāmi tanme brūhi narottama /
adharmasya phalaṃ proktaṃ dharmasyāpi vadāmyaham

ityuktvā mātalistatra rājānaṃ sarvavatsalam /
tasmindharmaprasaṃgena ityākhyātaṃ mahātmanā

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne pitṛtīrthavarṇane yayāticaritre saptaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ