Padma Purana · Chapter 5.102
yama uvāca-
tatastu karuṇāvārdhisteṣāṃ śokena pīḍitaḥ /
bhūpatiḥ śrīharerdūtānvinayenāha vāḍava
aiśvaryasyābhijātyasya guṇānāṃ sukṛtasya ca /
saṃtaḥ phalaṃ hi gaṇyaṃte yadbhītaparirakṣaṇam
yadyasti sukṛtaṃ kiṃcinmama tenaiva jaṃtavaḥ /
svarge gacchaṃtu muktaughāḥ sthāne teṣāṃ vasāmyaham
evaṃ bhūpavacaḥ śrutvā tasya satyavato hi te /
dhyāyaṃtaḥ satyamaudāryamabruvaṃste vaco nṛpam
dūtā ūcu-
anena tava kāruṇyakarmaṇā vacasā nṛpa /
babhūva vṛddhirdharmasya saṃcitasya viśeṣataḥ
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homastapo devārcanādikam /
kṛtaṃ yanmādhave māsi tadanaṃtaphalaṃ viduḥ
svarge yajvā ca dātā ca krīḍate tridaśaiḥ saha /
vāpīṣu hemapadmāsu kalpavṛkṣatale'pi ca
gīyamāno mudaṃ yāti gīrvāṇaramaṇīgaṇaiḥ /
jalānnadānato lokaṃ labhate vāruṇaṃ śubham
kulāni helayā sapta saṃtārayati gopradaḥ /
hayaṃ datvā raverlokaṃ yāti vidyāprado naraḥ
brahmalokaṃ tathā hemadānādyāti surālaye /
yo dadāti tathā kanyāṃ viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati
mādhavemāsi yaḥ snātvā datvā saṃpūjya mādhavam /
avāpya sakalānkāmānprayāti padamavyayam
ekato'pi tapo dāna kratu sutyādikāḥ kriyāḥ /
ekato vidhivanmāso mādhavaścarito mahān
tasya mādhavamāsasya dinaikasyāpi bhūpate /
kṛtaṃ yatsukṛtaṃ tatte sarvadānādhikaṃ purā
kāruṇyena dinaikasya puṇyaṃ dehi dharāpate /
niraye pacyamānebhyo duḥkhitebhyo dayānidhe
na dayāsadṛśo dharmo na dayāsadṛśaṃ tapaḥ /
na dayāsadṛśaṃ dānaṃ na dayāsadṛśaḥ sakhā
puṇyadaḥ puṇyamāpnoti naro lakṣaguṇaṃ sadā /
kāruṇyena viśeṣātte dharmavṛddhistato bhavet
duḥkhitānāṃ hi bhūtānāṃ duḥkhoddharttā naro hi yaḥ /
sa eva sukṛtī loke jñeyo nārāyaṇāṃśajaḥ
vaiśākhe māsi pūrṇāyāṃ snānadānādikaṃ tvayā /
yattīrthe vihitaṃ vīra sarvāghaviniṣūdanam
tadebhyo dehi vidhivatkṛtvā sākṣye hariṃ prabhum /
trivācikaṃ ca nirayādyenāmī svargamāpnuyuḥ
kapotārthaṃ svamāṃsāni kāruṇyena purā śibiḥ /
datvā dayānidhiḥ svarge rājate kīrtivāridhiḥ
dadhīcirapi rājarṣirdatvāsthi ca yamātmanaḥ /
trailokyakaumudīṃ kīrtiṃ labdhavānsvargamakṣayam
sahasrajicca rājarṣiḥ prāṇāniṣṭānmahāyaśāḥ /
brāhmaṇārthe parityajya gato lokānanuttamān
na svarge nāpavarge'pi tatsukhaṃ labhate naraḥ /
yadārtajaṃtunirvvāṇadānotthamiti no matiḥ
sarveṣu dātṛjāteṣu purā jātosi bhūpate /
karmaṇānena saṃkhyāsu dhīra dhairyaṃ niyojya ca
dṛṣṭvā tavadhiyaṃ dharma dayā dānaṃ suniścalam /
asmābhirapi tūtsāhaḥ kriyate dharmmavādibhiḥ
yadi te rocate rājanna vilaṃbatayā tataḥ /
tadebhyo dehi tatpuṇyaṃ yātanāduḥkhadāhakam
ityuktaḥ sa tadā devaṃ kṛtvā sākṣye gadādharam /
tebhyastrivācikaṃ puṇyaṃ dayāvānvidhinā dadau
datte mādhavamāsasya tasminnekadinodbhave /
svakṛte jaṃtavo yāmyayātanāparivarjitāḥ
vimānavaramārūḍhāḥ sarve te tridivaṃ yayuḥ /
praṇamaṃtaḥ stuvaṃtaśca paśyaṃtastaṃ praharṣitāḥ
nṛpeṇa dattaṃ tadavāpya puṇyaṃ vaiśākhamāsaikadinābhijātam /
sarve yayuste narakādvimuktā divaṃ vimānādhigatā hi citram
nūnaṃ vicitro bhuvi bhūtavargaḥ saṃbhūtabhāvo bahudhā vicitraḥ /
tathā vicitro'khilakarmayogastatkarmaśaktipracayo vicitraḥ
saṃstūyamāno munidevasaṃghairyastadviśeṣādhikalabdhapuṇyaḥ /
paraṃ padaṃ yogivarairalabhyaṃ yayau jagannāthagaṇābhivaṃdyaḥ
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye /
dvyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ
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