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Padma Purana · Chapter 2.69

2.69.1

mātaliruvāca-
atha dharmāḥ śivenoktāḥ śivadharmāgamottamāḥ /
jñeyā bahuvidhāste ca karmayogaprabhedataḥ

2.69.2

hiṃsādidoṣanirmuktāḥ kleśāyāsavivarjitāḥ /
sarvabhūtahitāḥ śuddhāḥ sūkṣmāyāsā mahatphalāḥ

2.69.3

anaṃtaśākhākalitāḥ śivamūlaikasaṃśritāḥ /
jñānadhyānasupuṣpāḍhyāḥ śivadharmāḥ sanātanāḥ

2.69.4

dhārayaṃti śivaṃ yasmāddhāryate śivabhāṣitaiḥ /
śivadharmāḥ smṛtāstasmātsaṃsārārṇavatārakāḥ

2.69.5

tathā'hi sā kṣamā satyaṃ hrīḥ śraddhendriyasaṃyamaḥ /
dānamijyātapodānaṃ daśakaṃ dharmasādhanam

2.69.6

atha vyastaiḥ samastairvā śivadharmairanuṣṭhitaiḥ /
śivaikarasya saṃprāptairgatirekaiva kalpitā

2.69.7

yathā bhūḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sthānaṃ sādhāraṇaṃ smṛtam /
tattathā śivabhaktānāṃ tulyaṃ śivapuraṃsmṛtam

2.69.8

yatheha sarvabhūtānāṃ bhogāḥ sātiśayāḥ smṛtāḥ /
nānāpuṇyaviśeṣeṇa bhogāḥ śivapure tathā

2.69.9

śubhāśubhaphalaṃ cāpi bhujyate sarvadehibhiḥ /
śivadharmasya caikasya phalaṃ tatropabhujyate

2.69.10

yasya yādṛgbhavetpuṇyaṃ śraddhāpātraviśeṣataḥ /
bhogāḥ śivapure tasya jñeyāḥ sātiśayāḥ śubhāḥ

2.69.11

sthānaprāptiḥ paraṃ tulyā bhogāḥ śāṃtimayāḥ sthitāḥ /
kuryātpuṇyaṃ mahattasmānmahābhogajigīṣayā

2.69.12

sarvātiśayamevaikaṃ bhāvitaṃ ca surottamaiḥ /
ātmabhogādhipatyaṃ syācchivaḥ sarvajagatpatiḥ

2.69.13

kecittatraiva mucyaṃte jñānayogaratā narāḥ /
āvartaṃte punaścānye saṃsāre bhogatatparāḥ

2.69.14

tasmādvimuktimicchaṃstu bhogāsaktiṃ ca varjayet /
viraktaḥ śāṃtacittātmā śivajñānamavāpnuyāt

2.69.15

ye cāpīśānyahṛdayā yajaṃtīśaṃ prasaṃgataḥ /
teṣāmapi dadātīśaḥ sthānaṃ bhāvānurūpataḥ

2.69.16

tatrārcayaṃti ye rudraṃ sakṛducchinnakalmaṣāḥ /
teṣāṃ piśācalokeṣu bhogānīśaḥ prayacchati

2.69.17

saṃtaptā duḥkhabhāreṇa mriyaṃte sarvadehinaḥ /
annadaḥ puṇyadaḥ proktaḥ prāṇadaścāpi sarvadaḥ

2.69.18

tasmādannapradānena sarvadānaphalaṃ labhet /
trailokye yāni ratnāni bhogastrīvāhanāni ca

2.69.19

annadānapradaḥ sarvamihāmutra phalaṃ labhet /
yasyānnapānapuṣṭāṃgaḥ kurute puṇyasaṃcayam

2.69.20

annapradātustasyārdhaṃ kartuścārdhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dehaḥ paramasādhanam

2.69.21

sthitistasyānnapānābhyāmatastatsarvasādhanam /
annaṃ prajāpatiḥ sākṣādannaṃ viṣṇuḥ śivaḥ svayam

2.69.22

tasmādannasamaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati /
trayāṇāmapi lokānāmudakaṃ jīvanaṃ smṛtam

2.69.23

pavitramudakaṃ divyaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvarasāyanam /
annapānāśva go vastra śayyā sūtrāsanāni ca

2.69.24

pretaloke praśastāni dānānyaṣṭau viśeṣataḥ /
evaṃ dānaviśeṣeṇa dharmarājapuraṃ naraḥ

2.69.25

yasmādyāti sukhenaiva tasmāddharmaṃ samācaret /
ye punaḥ krūrakarmāṇaḥ pāpādānavivarjitāḥ

2.69.26

bhuṃjate dāruṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ narake nṛpanaṃdana /
tathā sukhaṃ prabhuṃjaṃti dānakartāra eva tu

2.69.27

teṣāṃ tu saṃbhavetsaukhyaṃ karmayogaratātmanām /
aprameyaguṇairdivyairvimānaiḥ sarvakāmakaiḥ

2.69.28

asaṃkhyaistatpuraṃ vyāptaṃ prāṇināmupakārakaiḥ /
sahasrasomadivyaṃ vā sūryatejaḥ samaprabham

2.69.29

rudralokamiti proktamaśeṣaguṇasaṃyutam /
sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktānāṃ tatpuraṃ parikīrtitam

2.69.30

rudrakṣetre mṛtānāṃ ca jaṃgamasthāvarātmanām /
apyekadivasaṃ bhaktyā yaḥ pūjayati śaṃkaram

2.69.31

sopi yāti śivasthānaṃ kiṃ punarbahuśorcayan /
vaiṣṇavā viṣṇubhaktāśca viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ

2.69.32

tepi gacchaṃti vaikuṃṭhe samīpaṃ devacakriṇaḥ /
brahmavādī ca dharmātmā brahmalokaṃ prayāti saḥ

2.69.33

puṇyakartā supuṇyena puṇyalokaṃ prayāti ca /
tasmādīśe sadā bhaktiṃ bhāvayedātmanātmani

2.69.34

harau vāpi mahārāja yuktātmā jñānavānsvayam /
tasmātsarvavicāreṇa bhāvadoṣavicārataḥ

2.69.35

evaṃ viṣṇuprabhāveṇa viśiṣṭenāpi karmaṇā /
naraḥ sthānamavāpyetadeśabhāvānurūpataḥ

2.69.36

ityetadaparaṃ proktaṃ śrīmacchivapuraṃ mahat /
dehināṃ karmaniṣṭhānāṃ punarāvarttakaṃ smṛtam

2.69.37

ūrdhvaṃ śivapurājjñeyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamuttamam /
vaiṣṇavā mānavā yāṃti viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇāḥ

2.69.38

brāhmaṇā brahmalokaṃ tu sadācārā narottamāḥ /
prayāṃti yajvinaḥ sarve purīṃ tāṃ tattvakovidāḥ

2.69.39

aiṃdraṃ lokaṃ tathā yāṃti kṣatriyā yuddhaśālinaḥ /
anye ca puṇyakarttāraḥ puṇyalokānprayāṃti te

2.69.69

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne pitṛtīrthe yayāticarite ekonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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