Padma Purana · Chapter 4.4

śaunaka uvāca-
jayaṃtyāḥ sūta māhātmyaṃ kadā sā kriyate janaiḥ /
kathayasva mayi tvaṃ vai potaḥ saṃsārasāgare

sūta uvāca-
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi yatpṛṣṭo munisattama /
purā brahmā nāradena pṛṣṭa etatsurālaye

nārada uvāca-
jayaṃtyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ kathayasva pitāmaha /
yacchrutvāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

brahmovāca-
śṛṇuṣvāvahito vipra tavāgre kathayāmyaham /
jayaṃtyā upavāsena viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

smaraṇātkīrtanātpāpaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ mune /
jayaṃtī dahate tacca kiṃ punaḥ sopavāsakṛt

janmāṣṭamī ca navamī caitre māsi sitā śubhā /
kṛṣṇā caturdaśī kuṃbhe meṣe śuklā caturdaśī

durgāṣṭamyāśvine śuklā dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā /
mahāpuṇyāśca śubhadā jayaṃtyaḥ ṣaṭprakīrtitāḥ

kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī pūrvā prasiddhā pāpanāśinī /
kratukoṭisamā hyeṣā tīrthānāmayutaiḥ samā

kartā gavāṃ sahasraṃ tu yo dadāti dinedine /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

hemabhārasahasraṃ tu kurukṣetre ravigrahe /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

kṛṣṇājinasahasrāṇi tiladhenuśatāni ca /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

kanyākoṭisahasrāṇāṃ dāne bhavati yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

sasāgarāmimāṃ pṛthvīṃ datvā yallabhate phalam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

vāpīkūpataḍāgadi kartavyaṃ devatālaye /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

mātāpitrorgurūṇāṃ ca bhaktiṃ yuktaḥ karoti yaḥ /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

āpadāharaṇārthāya tīrthasevākṛtātmanām /
satyavratānāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

gaṃgāyāṃ narmadāyāṃ yatpuṇyaṃ sārasvate jale /
snātvā puṇyamavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

yatpuṇyaṃ śrāddhakartṝṇāṃ pitṝṇāmiṃdusaṃkṣaye /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣaṇe

nārada uvāca-
kenakena kṛtā pūrvaṃ kathayasva pitāmaha /
brahmovāca-
kārtavīryeṇa karṇena kumāreṇa ca dhīmatā

sagareṇa dilīpena kākusthena kṛtā purā /
gautamena ca gārgyeṇa jāmadagnyena dhīmatā

vālmīkinā kṛtā pūrvaṃ draupadeyena sādhunā /
dadāti vāṃchitānkāmānbhādrapasya sitāṣṭamī

prājāpatyarkṣasaṃyuktā viśeṣeṇa matāṣṭamī /
varṣevarṣe prakartavyā prītyarthe cakrapāṇinaḥ

koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ muhūrtena vilīyate /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā niṣṭhāpūrvaṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ

gaṃdhapuṣpādinaivedyaiḥ pūjanīyaḥ pṛthakpṛthak /
evaṃ yaḥ kurute vipra jayaṃtīsamupoṣaṇam

koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ jñānato'jñānataḥ kṛtam

prasādāddevakīsūnoryāmārddhena vilīyate /
jayaṃtītithisaṃprāptau bhuṃjate ye narādhamāḥ

trailokyasaṃbhavaṃ pāpaṃ bhuṃjate te na saṃśayaḥ /
sāgarādyāni tīrthāni muktasthānāni sarvaśaḥ

gṛhe tiṣṭhaṃti sarvāṃge jayaṃtīvratakāriṇaḥ /
tasya sarvāṇi tīrthāni dehe tiṣṭhaṃti devatāḥ

karoti yo naro bhaktyā jayaṃtīṃ kṛṣṇavallabhām /
na vedena purāṇena mayā dṛṣṭaṃ mahāmune

tatsamaṃ nādhikaṃ vāpi kṛṣṇarādhāṣṭamīvratam /
na karoti naro bhaktyā sa bhavetkrūrarākṣasaḥ

yo naro'śnāti mūḍhātmā jayaṃtīvāsare dvija /
mahānarakamaśnāti yathā ca harivāsare

atītamāgataṃ yastu kulamekottaraṃ śatam /
patettu narake ghore jayaṃtyāṃ bhojanena vai

jayaṃtī budhavāre ca rohiṇyā sahitā yadā /
bhavecca muniśārdūla kiṃ kṛtairvratakoṭibhiḥ

kṛte tretāyuge caiva dvāpare ca kalau yuge /
kṛtā samyagvidhānena jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī

jāgare padmanābhasya purāṇaṃ pāṭhayettu yaḥ /
ājanmopārjitaṃ pāpaṃ dahate tūlarāśivat

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā purāṇaṃ harivāsare /
koṭijanmārjitaṃ tasya pāpaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt

vāsare padmanābhasya pūjayedvācakaṃ mune /
kulakoṭiṃ samuddhṛtya viṣṇuloke sa pūjyate

jayaṃtyāmupavāsena yo naro'tra parāṅmukhaḥ /
sarvadharmavinirmukto yātyasau narakaṃ dhruvam

gaṃdhapuṣpaiśca dhūpaiśca ghṛtapūrṇapradīpakaiḥ /
pūjayedbhaktibhāvaiśca dadyādviprāya dakṣiṇām

vidhinānena yo vipra jayaṃtīṃ prakaroti ca /
naro vai tārayedbhaktyā puruṣānekaviṃśatim

na daurbhāgyaṃ na vaidhavyaṃ na bhavetkalaho gṛhe /
saṃtaterna virodhaṃ ca na paśyati dhanakṣayam

yānyāṃścikīrṣate kāmānjayaṃtī samupoṣakaḥ /
tāṃstānprāpnoti sakalānviṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

viṣṇubhaktiparā nityaṃ jayaṃtīvrata mānasāḥ /
te dhanyāste kulīnāste īśvarāste ca paṃḍitāḥ

yāni kāni ca tīrthāni vratāni niyamāni ca /
jayaṃtīvāsarasyaiva kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm

bhādre vai cobhaye pakṣe yaḥ karoti sabhāryakaḥ /
rādhākṛṣṇāṣṭamīṃ vatsa prāpnoti harisannidhim

vrataṃ ca puṇyakāraṃ ca yaḥ karoti sadā hareḥ /
sa yāti viṣṇorvaikuṃṭhaṃ jayaṃtīsamupoṣakaḥ

ācārahīnaṃ kulabhraṣṭaṃ kīrtihīnaṃ kuyonijam /
nāśayatyāśu pāpaṃ ca jayaṃtī harivallabhā

merutulyāni pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca /
sa nirdahati sarvāṇi jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣakaḥ

putrārthī labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam /
mokṣārthī labhate mokṣaṃ jayaṃtyāṃ samupoṣakaḥ

jayaṃtīkaraṇe cittaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati tatparam /
yamo'pi śaṃkate nityaṃ te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim

sūta uvāca-
kathayitvā nāradaṃ tu yayau sa ca yathāgataḥ /
mayāpi kathitaṃ brahmanyatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayā mune

māhātmyaṃ ca jayaṃtyā ye śṛṇvaṃti bhaktibhāvataḥ /
tepi yāṃti paraṃ dhāma vimuktāḥ sarvapātakaiḥ

purāṇavācakaṃ brahmanjayaṃtīvratinaṃ tathā /
ye paśyaṃti narāḥ pāpāste yāṃti paramaṃ padam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe brahmakhaṃḍe brahmanāradasaṃvāde jayaṃtīvratamāhātmyaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ