Padma Purana · Chapter 4.26

śaunaka uvāca/
śrotumicchāmi te prājña kathayasva samūlakam /
pratijñāpālane puṇyaṃ khaṃḍane kiṃ ca kilbiṣam

anṛte śapathe kiṃ vā satye kiṃcidbhavenmune /
dakṣiṇaṃ kiṃkaraṃ datvā kṛpāṃ kṛtvā kṛpārṇava

sūta uvāca/
śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla kathayāmi samūlataḥ /
vaiṣṇavānāṃ tvamagryo'si sarvalokahite rataḥ

dhenūnāṃ tu śataṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ /
tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ pratijñāpālane dvija

pratijñākhaṃḍanānmūḍho nirayaṃ yāti dāruṇam /
śatamanvaṃtaraṃ yāvatpacyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

tato'tra janma cāsādya nirdhanasya niketane /
annavastrairvihīnaḥ syā kleśī cāpi svakarmaṇā

satyena śapathaṃ kuryāddevāgnigurusannidhau /
tāvaddahati vai gātraṃ viṣṇorvaṃśo na lupyate

mithyāyāṃ śapathe vipra kimahaṃ vacmi sāṃpratam /
śatamanvaṃtaraṃ vipra nirayaṃ mithyayā kimu

nirmālyaṃ śrīhareḥ spṛṣṭvā satyena munipuṃgava /
gṛhītvā puruṣānsapta pacyate niraye ciram

kadācijjanma saṃprāpya kuṣṭhī ca pratijanmani /
satyenaivaṃ bhavedvipra anṛte vai kimucyate

yo martyo dakṣiṇaṃ datvā karaṃ tatpratipālyate /
tasya prāptirbhavetkṛṣṇaḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham

karaṃ dattvā tu yo martyo vacanasya ca pālanam /
tāvanna kuryātpitaraḥ prāpnuvaṃti ca yātanām

svayaṃ tu muniśārdūla nirayaṃ cātidāruṇam /
uddhāraṃ koṭipuruṣairmṛto yāti na saṃśayaḥ

śaunaka uvāca/
kṛṣṇaprāptiḥ purā kasya karasya pratipālanāt /
dakṣiṇasya mune brūhi śrotumicchāmi sādarāt

sūta uvāca/
purā kiṃcitpure śūdro nāmnāsīdvīravikramaḥ /
bahvāśī pṛthulāṃgaśca bahuvaktātisuṃdaraḥ

dhanavānputravānsabhyo vidvānsarvajanapriyaḥ /
viprāṇāmatithīnāṃ ca pūjakaḥ sarvadaiva tu

pitṛbhakto dvijaśreṣṭha pratijñāpālakaḥ sadā /
vācāṃ gurujanānāṃ ca pālako harisevakaḥ

ekadā suṃdaro gehaṃ śvapacastasya chadmanā /
prāpto dhṛtvā brāhmaṇasya rūpaṃ vai taruṇaḥ sudhīḥ

brāhmaṇa uvāca/
śṛṇu me vacanaṃ dhīra mama jāyā mṛtā śubhā /
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathayādyānukaṃpayā

vivāhaṃ yo janaḥ kuryādbrāhmaṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
kiṃ ca dānaiḥ kiṃ ca tīrthaiḥ kiṃ yajñairvratakoṭibhiḥ

iti śrutvā tvasau vipraṃ coktavānvīravikramaḥ /
śṛṇu me vacanaṃ brahmanbālāsti mama kanyakā

yadicchā te bhavedvipra dāsyāmi vidhipūrvakam /
naya me dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ dāsyāmi cānyathā nahi

tasyaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā jagrāha dakṣiṇaṃ karam /
śvapaco harṣayukto vai provāca vacanaṃ tviti

brāhmaṇa uvāca/
kṛtvā śubha kṣaṇaṃ mahyaṃ dehi kanyāṃ śubhānvitām /
vilaṃbe bahuvighnaṃ syāditi śāstreṣu niścitam

vīravikrama uvāca/
tubhyaṃ śvaḥ kanyakāṃ brahmandāsyāmi nāsti cānyathā /
dakṣiṇaṃ ca karaṃ datvā na kuryātpuruṣādhamaḥ

sūta uvāca/
brāhmaṇaṃ kṛṣṇaśarmāṇaṃ cāhūyākathayanmune /
purohitamidaṃ sarvaṃ provāca saṃvidaṃ dvija

kathaṃ viprāya te kanyāṃ śūdrāya dātumicchasi /
ajñātāyākulīnāya na dadasva viśeṣataḥ

ūcustajjātayaḥ sarve janakādyāstapodhana /
asmākaṃ vacanaṃ tāta śṛṇuṣva vīravikrama

na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya deśagotradhanaṃ tathā /
śīlaṃ vayastasya kanyā svajanairna ca dīyate

sa uvāca dvijaśreṣṭha dattaṃ me dakṣiṇaṃ karam /
kadācidanyathākartuṃ na śaknomi ca sarvathā

ityuktvā tānsa viprāya kanyāṃ dātuṃ pracakrame /
dṛṣṭveti jñātayaḥ sarve vismayamadbhutaṃ yayuḥ

satyaṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ /
āvirbabhūva sahasā cāruhya garuḍaṃ mune

śrībhagavānuvāca/
dhanyaṃ te ca kulaṃ dharmodhanyaste jananī pitā /
dhanyaṃ te vacanaṃ satyaṃ dhanyaṃ te dakṣiṇaṃ karam

dhanyaṃ karmma ca te janma trailokye naiva vidyate /
evaṃ te karmaṇā sādho coddhāraṃ kuruṣe kulam

sūta uvāca/
evaṃ bruvati śrīkṛṣṇe vimānaṃ svarṇanirmitam /
āgataṃ harigaṇairyuktaṃ sarvatra garuḍadhvajam

sarvaṃ tasya kulaṃ brahmansa śvapākapurohitam /
rathe cāropayāmāsa śaṃkhapadmadharaḥ svayaṃ

gṛhītvā tānhariḥ sarvāngato vaikuṃṭhamaṃdiram /
tatra tasthau ciraṃ te ca kṛtvā bhogaṃ sudurllabham

vacanaṃ laṃghayedyastu yastu vā dakṣiṇaṃ karam /
sakulo nirayaṃ yāti satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham

tasyānnaṃ tu jalaṃ brahmanna grāhyaṃ pitṛdaivataiḥ /
tyaktvā dharmo gṛhaṃ tasya bhītyā yāti dvijottama

datvāśāṃ yo janaḥ kuryānnairāśyaṃ caiva mūḍhadhīḥ /
sa svakānkoṭipuruṣāngṛhītvā narakaṃ vrajet

vacanaṃ laṃghayedyastu dharmastasya vilaṃghati /
nṛpāgnitaskarairvipra satyaṃ satyaṃ suniścitam

svargottaramimaṃ samyakśrutvā svargottaraṃ vrajet /
jīvanmuktastvihāmutra kṛṣṇākhyaṃ dhāma cottamam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṃḍe sūtaśaunakasaṃvāde ṣaḍiṃvaśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

iti svargottarāparanāmakaṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ saṃpūrṇam /
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe caturthaṃ brahmakhaṇḍaṃ samāptam/