Padma Purana · Chapter 3.62
sūta uvāca-
evaṃ yanmahimā loke lokanistārakāraṇam /
tasya viṣṇoḥ pareśasya nānāvigrahadhāriṇaḥ
ekaṃ purāṇaṃ rūpaṃ vai tatra pādmaṃ paraṃ mahat /
brāhmaṃ mūrdhā harereva hṛdayaṃ padmasaṃjñitam
vaiṣṇavaṃ dakṣiṇo bāhuḥ śaivaṃ vāmo maheśituḥ /
ūrū bhāgavataṃ proktaṃ nābhiḥ syānnāradīyakam
mārkaṃḍeyaṃ ca dakṣāṃghrirvāmo hyāgneyamucyate /
bhaviṣyaṃ dakṣiṇo jānurviṣṇoreva mahātmanaḥ
brahmavaivartasaṃjñaṃ tu vāmajānurudāhṛtaḥ /
laiṃgaṃ ha gulphakaṃ dakṣaṃ vārāhaṃ vāmagulphakam
skāṃdaṃ purāṇaṃ lomāni tvagasya vāmanaṃ smṛtam /
kaurmaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ samākhyātaṃ mātsyaṃ medaḥ prakīrtitam
majjā tu gāruḍaṃ proktaṃ brahmāṃḍamasthi gīyate /
evamevābhavadviṣṇuḥ purāṇāvayavo hariḥ
hṛdayaṃ tatra vai pādmaṃ yacchrutvāmṛtamaśnute /
pādmametatpurāṇaṃ tu svayaṃ devobhavaddhariḥ
yasyaikādhyāyamadhyāpya sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate /
tatrādimaṃ svargamidaṃ sarvapādmaphalapradam
svargakhaṃḍaṃ samākarṇya mahāpātakinopi ye /
mucyaṃte tepi pāpebhyastvaco jīrṇādyathoragāḥ
api cetsudurācāraḥ sarvadharmmabahiṣkṛtaḥ /
ādisvargaṃ samākarṇya yatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt
ādisvargamidaṃ śrutvā tatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ /
māghemāse prayāge tu snātvā pratidinaṃ naraḥ
yathā pāpātpramucyeta tathā hi śravaṇādbhavet /
dattā tena svarṇatulā dattā caiva dharākhilā
kṛtaṃ vitaraṇaṃ tena draridre yatkṛtamṛṇam /
harernāmasahasrāṇi paṭhitāni hyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ
sarveve dāstathādhītāstattatkarmakṛtaṃ tathā /
adhyāpakāśca bahavaḥ sthāpitā vṛttidānataḥ
abhayaṃ bhayalokebhyo dattaṃ tena tathā dvijāḥ /
guṇavaṃto jñānavaṃto dharmavaṃtonumānitāḥ
meṣakarkaṭayormadhye toyaṃ dattaṃ suśītalam /
brāhmaṇārthe gavārthe ca prāṇāstyaktāśca tena hi
anyāni ca sukarmāṇi kṛtāni tena dhīmatā /
yenādikhaṃḍaṃ sadasi śrutaṃ saṃśrāvitaṃ tathā
svargakhaṃḍaṃ samādhītya nānābhogānsamaśnute /
aṃtaḥpuraganārīṇāṃ sukhasuptaḥ prabudhyate
kiṃkiṇīravasannādaistathā madhurabhāṣaṇaiḥ /
iṃdrasyārdhāsanaṃ bhuṃkte iṃdraloke vasecciram
tataḥ sūryasya bhavanaṃ caṃdralokaṃ tato vrajet /
saptarṣibhavane bhogānbhuktvā yāti tato dhruvam
tataśca brahmaṇo lokaṃ prāpya tejomayaṃ vapuḥ /
tatraiva jñānamāsādya nirvāṇaṃ paramṛcchati
sadbhiḥ saha vaseddhīmānsattīrthe snānamācaret /
kuryādeva sadālāpaṃ sacchāstraṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ
tatra pādmaṃ mahāśāstraṃ sarvāmnāyaphalapradam /
svargakhaṃḍaṃ ca tanmadhye mahāpuṇyaphalapradam
bhajadhvaṃ goviṃdaṃ namata harimekaṃ suravaraṃ gamiṣyadhvaṃ lokānativimalabhogānatitarām /
śṛṇudhvaṃ he lokā vadata harināmaikamatulaṃ yadīcchāvīcīnāṃ sukhataraṇamiṣṭāni labhata
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
saṃpūrṇamidamādikhaṇḍāparanāmakamādisvargakhaṃḍaṃ svargakhaṃḍaṃ vā /
śubhamastu śrīrastu /
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyaṃ svargakhaṇḍaṃ samāptam/
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