Padma Purana · Chapter 4.15

śaunaka uvāca/
kathayasva mahābhāga māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam /
ekādaśyāḥ phalaṃ kiṃ vā kilbiṣaṃ syādakurvataḥ

sūta uvāca/
ekādaśyāstu māhātmyaṃ kimahaṃ vacmi sāṃpratam /
śrutvā caikādaśīnāma yamadūtāśca śaṃkitāḥ

bhavaṃti nātra saṃdeho sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkarāḥ /
vratānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ caikādaśīṃ śubhām

upoṣya jāgṛyādviṣṇoḥ kuryyācca maṃḍanaṃ mahat /
tulasīdalaistu yo martyo haripūjāṃ karoti vai

dalenaikena labhate koṭiyajñaphalaṃ dvija /
agamyāgamane caiva yatpāpaṃ samudāhṛtam

tatpāpaṃ yāti vilayaṃ caikādaśyāmupoṣaṇāt /
ghṛtapūrṇaṃ pradīpaṃ yo dadyādviṣṇudine dvija

aṃte viṣṇupuraṃ yāti tamo hatvā svatejasā /
dhanyā janapadāste vai dhanyaḥ sa ca mahīpatiḥ

harerdine yasya rājye caikādaśyā mahotsavaḥ /
nārāyaṇasya śayane pārśvasya parivarttane

viśeṣeṇa prabodhinyā nirāhārā bhavaṃti ye /
madaṃti kaṃ nānayadhvaṃprāṇinaḥpuṇyabhāginaḥ

aharniśaṃ pitṛpatiḥ samādiśati dūtakān /
ekādaśī jagannātha vallabhā puṇyavardhinī

viṣṇurdehaṃ dohatyeva tasyāmannasya bhakṣaṇe /
teṣāṃ dhigjīvanaṃ saṃpatdhiksauṃdaryaṃ ca vartanam

ye'nnamaśnaṃti pāpiṣṭhāścaikādaśyāṃ hi viḍbhujaḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha bhuktimāśritya kevalam

bahūni vividhānyeva tiṣṭhaṃti duritāni ca /
amāvāsyāṃ yathā strīṇāṃ saṃgame kaluṣaṃ mahat

ekādaśyāṃ tathaivānnabhakṣaṇe vṛjinaṃ bhavet /
rogiṇaśca tathā khaṃja kāsasodarakuṣṭhakāḥ

bhavaṃti prāṇinaste vai tasyāmannasya bhakṣaṇe /
grāmaśūkaratāṃ yāṃti dāridryaṃ ca prayāṃti vai

rājabaddhā dvijaśreṣṭha tasyāmannasya bhakṣaṇe /
saṃsāre yāni pāpāni tāni vipra harerdine

bhuktimāśritya tiṣṭhaṃti jalabhakṣaṇamājñayā /
kurvatāṃ sarvapāpāni narakānniṣkṛtirbhavet

na niṣkṛtirbhavennṝṇāṃ bhuṃjatāṃ ca harerdine /
narā yāvaṃti cānnāni bhuṃjate ca harerdine

pratyannaṃ ca brahmahatyākoṭijaṃ vṛjinaṃ bhavet /
punarvacmi punarvacmi śrūyatāṃ śrūyatāṃ narāḥ

na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ harerdine /
gaṃgādiṣu ca tīrtheṣu snātvā yatphalamāpyate

caṃdrasūryoparāge ca caikādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
arcitvotpalamālābhistasyāṃ ca kamalāpatim

vidhivatpāraṇaṃ kṛtvā na māturgarbhabhājanam /
ekādaśyāṃ harergehe karoti maṃḍanaṃ dvija

paramāṃ gatimāsādya tiṣṭhedviṣṇuniketane /
ekādaśīṃ samāsādya nirāhārā bhavaṃti ye

teṣāṃ viṣṇupure śaśvannivāso'pi na saṃśayaḥ /
tulasībhaktisaṃlīnaṃ mano yeṣāṃ virājate

te yāṃti paramaṃ viṣṇoḥ sthānameva na saṃśayaḥ /
paradravyeṣvabhiruciryeṣāṃ caiva na vidyate

saṃtuṣṭamanaso ye'pi teṣāṃ viṣṇupuraṃ dhruvam /
durbhikṣakālamāsādya prāṇibhyo ye narottamāḥ

dadatyannaṃ hareḥ sadma teṣāṃ caiva na saṃśayaḥ /
gavāṃ dvijānāṃ trāṇāya svāmino yoṣitastathā

prāṇānmuṃcaṃti ye marttyāsteṣāṃ viṣṇupuraṃ dhruvam /
prāṇibhirdaśamīviddhā na copoṣyā kadācana

parihāryaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha durjanasyāṃtikaṃ yathā /
aruṇodayavelāyāṃ daśamī saṃgatā yadi

tatropoṣyā dvādaśī syāttrayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇam /
daśamīśeṣasaṃyukto yadi syādaruṇodayaḥ

vaiṣṇavena na karttavyaṃ taddinaikādaśīvratam /
catasro ghaṭikāḥ prātararuṇodaya ucyate

yatīnāṃ snānakāloyaṃ gaṃgāṃbhaḥ sadṛśaḥ smṛtaḥ /
aruṇodayakāle tu daśamī yadi dṛśyate

na tatraikādaśī kāryā dharmakāmārthanāśinī /
svalpāṃ ca daśamīviddhāṃ tyajedekādaśīṃ budhaḥ

surābiṃdostu saṃparkātghṛtakuṃbhaṃ tyajedyathā /
saṃpūrṇaikādaśī yatra dvādaśyāṃ punareva sā

uttarā yatibhiḥ kāryā pūrvāmupavasedgṛhī /
ekādaśīkalā yatra dvādaśīparato na cet

tatra kratuśataṃ puṇyaṃ trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇam /
ekādaśī viluptā cetparato dvādaśīyutā

upoṣyā dvādaśī pūrṇā yadīcchetparamāṃ gatim /
saṃpūrṇai'kādaśī yatra prabhāte punareva sā

sarvairevottarā kāryā parato dvādaśī yadi /
ekādaśīvrate yeṣāṃ manaḥ saṃlīyate nṛṇām

teṣāṃ svargo hi vāso'tha yāṃti te sadanaṃ hareḥ /
ekādaśyāḥ paraṃ nāsti paralokasya sādhanam

bahupāpasamāyuktaḥ karoti harivāsaram /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti harimaṃdiram

patisahitā yā yoṣitkaroti harivāsaram /
suputrā svāmisubhagā yāti pretya harergṛham

yo yacchati hareragre pradīpaṃ bhaktibhāvataḥ /
harerddine rdvijaśreṣṭha puṇyasaṃkhyā na vidyate

yāṃganā bhartṛsahitā kurute jāgaraṃ hareḥ /
harerniketane tiṣṭhecciraṃ patyā saha dvija

yatkiñciddharaye vastu bhaktyā yacchati yo dvija /
harerdine tasya puṇyamakṣayaṃ caiva sarvadā

purāsīdvallabho nāmnā nagare kāṃcanāhvaye /
dhanena puṣkalenāpi rājate sa dhaneśvaraḥ

tasya priyā mahārūpā nāmnā hemaprabhā dvija /
garīyānmukharastatra bādhate ca kalerguṇaḥ

sā sadā kalahaṃ kuryātpatyā saha tapodhana /
śaśvadgurujanānkāmaṃ bhartsanānnīcabhāṣayā

pākapātre sadāśnīyātguptā saikāṃtikemalā /
ucchiṣṭaṃ gurujanebhyaśca dadyādvai prativāsaram

jāre sadā sthitaṃ cittamahaṃ sādhvīti sā vadet /
svāminaḥ kalahairbrahmanmanodvegakarā sadā

ekadā cāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā cakāra bhartsanāṃ ca tām /
bharttā tasyāḥ prahāraṃ ca sarvapāpayutāṃ dvija

saiva roṣasamāyuktā gatā śūnyagṛhe tu vai /
suptā'jñātā sthitā kasminjalānnaṃ na cakhāda ha

daivāttatra dine viṣṇoḥ pārśvasya parivarttanam /
ekādaśīvrataṃ vipra sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

tataḥ prabhāte rajanī dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā /
āgatā tatra sā nārī roṣanirbharamānasā

nirāhārau kṛtau dvau ca nirmalā sā babhūva ha /
rātrau ca paṃcatāṃ yātā jayaṃtīvāsare dvija

yamājñayā tato dūtā āgatāstāṃ tathāvidhām /
netuṃ bhayaṃkarāste ca pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ

baddhvā netuṃ manaścakre kṛtāṃtasadanaṃ yadā /
tadāgatā viṣṇudūtāḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ

chittvā pāśaṃ tato divye syaṃdane tāṃ gatainasam /
te vai cārohayāmāsu nirmalāṃ bhavanaṃ hareḥ

gatā tairveṣṭitā sātha durllabhaṃ nirjaraiḥ śubham /
viṣṇordivasamāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ te dvijarṣabha

anicchayāpi yaḥ kuryātsa yāti harimaṃdiram /
ekādaśyādine martyo dīpaṃ dātuṃ harergṛhe

gacchetpratipadaṃ so'pi cāśvamedhaphalādhikam /
śṛṇvaṃti ca purāṇāni paṭhaṃti ca harerdine /
pratyakṣaraṃ labhaṃte te kapilādānajaṃ phalam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṃḍe harivāsaramāhātmyakathanaṃnāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ