Padma Purana · Chapter 5.115

śrīrāma uvāca-
kathaṃ pātakasaṃghāta saṃkrame brāhmaṇādhame /
purāṇajñaḥ kathaṃ vyākhyāṃ cakāra dvijasattama

śaṃbhuruvāca-
adhyāpane cādhyayane jāyate cātha saṃgamaḥ /
saṃgatau vatsaraṃ rāma yāti pātaki pātakam

purāṇajñe tu kākutstha sarvatatvārthavedini /
apipātakasaṃdoha cīrṇapāpaṃ praṇaśyati

prabhūtavahnināśe hi dhūmarāśiryathaiva hi /
śalabho dīpanāśāya vahnināśāya na prabhuḥ

kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tathānyeṣāṃ nāśanāya purāṇikaḥ /
bhūtādigrastamartyānāṃ bhūtādi bhayamocakaḥ

samaṃtravānapanayedyathā na svayamāturaḥ /
paurāṇikastathā pāpaṃ na kiṃcitprāptumarhati

ātmanā ca kṛtaṃ pāpamanyairapi ca yatkṛtam /
purāṇajño nāśayati tvatiduṣṭaṃ svakarmma vā

bhavānīśe hṛṣīkeśe samavṛttirvivekavān /
lokavedakriyāvettā rudrajāpyatiniḥspṛhaḥ

tuṣṭaḥ śāṃtaḥ kriyādakṣaḥ prabhūto yogakṛdvaśī /
yathaiva te purāṇajño vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

niyogāttava bhūpāla ayodhyāyāmatiṣṭhata /
apālayadbhuvaṃ kṛtsnāṃ tvāṃ ca rakṣaḥ samāpatat

sa ca śukropadeśena rākṣasastvāmathābhyagāt /
nidrāsaktaṃ haniṣyāmi nānyathāvasarastviti

atha vipro viditvaitadvasiṣṭhastvaddhitapriyaḥ /
suptaṃ pramattaṃ kākutsthaṃ rakṣo haṃti na saṃśayaḥ

brahmāvāptavaraṃ taddhi mayā kāryaṃ nivāraṇam /
iti saṃciṃtya viprarṣiḥ senāmādāya nirgataḥ

rakṣo haṃtumaśaktastu mṛtyuhīnaṃ tato muniḥ /
svayaṃ ca rākṣaso bhūtvā vākyamāha mahāmuniḥ

kimarthamāgatosīha vanaṃ muniniṣevitam /
sa āha rājā rakṣoghnastamahaṃ haṃtumāgataḥ

munirapyāha kiṃ tena jīvitena mṛtena vā /
bhuktvāmiṣaṃ madīyaṃ tu yuddhaṃ kṛtvā jayaṃ vraja

rākṣasa uvāca-
kathaṃ tvaṃ rākṣaso mahyaṃ bhakṣaṇāya bhaviṣyasi /
vasiṣṭho'pyatha mānuṣyamāsthāya viyati sthitaḥ

niṣṭhīvya mastake tasya muṣṭinā tamatāḍayat /
tāḍito rākṣasastena vyadrāvayadṛṣiśca tam

palāyamānāvanyonyaṃ jaladhiṃ tu gatāvubhau /
tatrasthena graheṇāsau gṛhīto rākṣasastadā

muniḥ punarayodhyāyāṃ pūrvavatsamatiṣṭhata /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
tasmātsvābhimataṃ kuryātpurāṇajño vimatsaraḥ

śravaṇasya vidhānaṃ ca kathayāmi śubhaṃ śṛṇu /
śuklapakṣe dine śuddhe vāranakṣatrayogataḥ

karaṇe cāpi lagne ca grahatārābalānvite /
amūḍhena grahe bāle na ca vṛddhau gurausthite

na kṛṣṇapakṣe grahaṇe na ca nāstikasaṃnidhau /
pūrvoktalakṣaṇopetaṃ purāṇaṃ śṛṇuyāditi

śuddhagehe'thavā śuddhavedikāyāṃ maṭhetha vā /
nadītīre devagehe sabhāmaṃḍapa eva ca

rathyā maṭhetha vā ramye puṇyaśālāsu rāghava /
svayaṃ namasya vipreṃdrānpurāṇajñaṃ viśeṣataḥ

āsanaṃ kalpitaṃ kuryyādūrdhvaṃ sarvaviśeṣitam /
ehi dharmmāsanamiti vaktavyaṃ syādaniṣṭhuram

purāṇaprakramadine yatkāryaṃ tadudīrayet /
vyākhyātāraṃ purāṇasya vastrādyaiḥ paripūjayet

śubhāni datvā vastrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi ca navāni ca /
karakaṃṭhavibhūṣādi pātramāsanameva ca

gaṃdhapuṣpākṣataiḥ pūjya tāṃbūlaṃ vinivedya ca /
śuklāṃbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam

prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyetsarvavighnopaśāṃtaye /
sabhāsadaśca saṃpūjya gaṇeśaṃ prārthayettataḥ

ॐnametyādi maṃtreṇa pūjanaṃ bhāratī nutiḥ /
prātaḥkāle purāṇasya prakramaṃ prārabhediti

upakramadine rāma tripaṃcadaśa vā śubhāḥ /
ślokā dvitīye divase tato dviguṇitāḥ śubhāḥ

tṛtīye divase rāma tataścādhikamiṣyate /
dinānāmavyavacchedādvyākhyānaṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā

vyavasthitiryadā jātā tadā paurāṇikaṃ gurum /
tāṃbūlādipradāyātha paredyuḥ śṛṇuyādapi

purāṇamevaṃ śrotavyaṃ dainaṃdinamiti śrutiḥ /
vratarūpeṇa yaḥ kaścitpurāṇaṃ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ

yadaivaṃ tatpurāṇaṃ tu tatra yāti na saṃśayaḥ /
purāṇaṃ śrotukāmena ślokaścaikopi cecchrutaḥ

taddine tu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayettu na saṃśayaḥ

evaṃ purāṇaṃ śṛṇuyācca yastu sa brahmahatyākṛtapāpabaṃdhāt /
surāpītiḥ svarṇaharaśca rāma gurvaṃganāgaśca vimuktimeti

pāpāni cānyāni kṛtāni puṃbhiḥ sarvāṇi naśyaṃti purākṛtāni /
ihāpi yānyabdaśatārjitāni śroturvinaśyaṃti tathā ca vaktuḥ

kalau samastaviprāṇāṃ sarvajñatvaṃ na vidyate /
viguṇāpi tato vyākhyā phaladā dānakarmavat

purāṇānāmabhiprāyaṃ vyāso veda na cāparaḥ /
ahaṃ vedmi viśeṣeṇa vyāsādapi vidherapi

na svādhyāyastapo vāpi na maṃtro na juhotayaḥ /
phalaṃti na tathā tiṣye purāṇaśravaṇaṃ yathā

ekaikaśravaṇādeva pātakaṃ mahadeva tu /
nāśamāpnotyasaṃdehaḥ śrīśaile vartanādiva

ato guruḥ purāṇajñaḥ śrotṛvaṃdyo'ghanāśanaḥ /
na tasmādadhikaḥ kaścidgururasti gatipradaḥ

maṃtreṣu guravo ye ca vedaśāstreṣu ye matāḥ /
neśate sarvavijñānaṃ dātuṃ tasmānna bodhakāḥ

piśācāḥ prāyaśo rāma brahmarākṣasanāminaḥ /
vedamaṃtrasya vettāro dṛśyaṃte na purāṇavit

purāṇavimukho naiva sarvaḥ sarvaṃ hi paśyati /
purāṇajño hi tastasmātpāpanāśakaraḥ prabhuḥ

tatpūjā sarvapūjā syātsarvadroho'sya pīḍanam /
yathā samastadānānāṃ vidyādānaṃ praśasyate

paurāṇikastathā dhanyastatra dānaṃ mahatphalam /
rāma uvāca-/
kiṃ vā paurāṇike deyaṃ kiyatkīdṛśameva ca

purāṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ varjyaṃ varjyaḥ kīdṛkpurāṇavit /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
ṣaḍrasānannapānāni snehadravyāṇi yāni ca

gṛhaṃ sopaskaraṃ rāma purāṇajñāya dāpayet /
paryāptānyeva sarvāṇi adhikāni phalādhikāt

dadyāddravyamato bhūyaḥ sacailaṃ śobhitaṃ mṛdu /
bhūṣaṇāni yathārhāṇi svaśaktyā pratipādayet

gaṃdhapuṣpaṃ pratidinaṃ kevalaṃ gaṃdhameva ca /
kevalaṃ ca tathā puṣpaṃ phalakāle phalānyapi

tāṃbūlaṃ ca tathā dadyānnamaskuryācca bhaktitaḥ /
purāṇasya samāptau tu dadyāddānādikaṃ tathā

adhikaṃ tu tathā deyaṃ bhūhiraṇyādikaṃ nṛpa /
na ca tūṣṇīmupakramya śrotumarhati kaścana

sabhāsadbhiḥ kṛtā caiva yā pūjaikena vā kṛtā /
devasthāne yathāśakti sarvaiḥ pūjanamiṣyate

tīrthepi ca yathā rāma puṇyeṣvāyataneṣu ca /
svaśaktyā pūjanaṃ kuryātpurāṇajñāya rāghava

śrotustu lakṣaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ mayoktaṃ tu bhavennṛpa /
paurāṇikasya sarvasya lakṣaṇaṃ kathayāmi te

kulahīno mahāvyādhirmahāpāpī tiraskṛtaḥ /
śaucācāravihīnaśca vedasmṛtivivarjitaḥ

anyadevaḥ pūtivaco vyaṃgaścāpyadhikāṃgavān /
parapūrvāpatiḥ stenaḥ prāṇihaṃtā nirākṛtiḥ

atha varjyaṃ purāṇaṃ te kathayāmi nṛpottama /
pūrvajñairucyamānaṃ ca yatproktaṃ munibhiḥ paraiḥ

vyāsādayo munivarā yatprocustadudīrayet /
purāṇasthaṃ paṭhedgranthaṃ vyākhyāyeta vicārayan

yayā kayāpi vā rāma bhāṣayādeśabhāṣataḥ /
na deśabhāṣā racitaṃ graṃthaṃ śrutvā phalaṃ labhet

vyākhyā yā kāpi kākutstha purāṇasya hitā hi sā /
tasmāttvaṃ devayācasva vyākhyāsye yatpurāṇakam

śaṃbhuruvāca-
evaṃ paurāṇikenoktaṃ śrutavānapi gautamaḥ /
svayaṃ vastratrayaṃ prādādbrāhmaṇāya mahātmane

kaurmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ śrutavāniti naḥ śrutam /
dattavānsvarṇamadhikaṃ vastrāṇi ca śubhāni ca

atha laiṃgaṃ ca śuśrāva vaiṣṇavaṃ vāmanaṃ tathā /
pādmaṃ ca gāruḍaṃ caiva sauraṃ brāhmamathaiva ca

evamaṣṭa sa śuśrāva purāṇāni sa gautamaḥ /
atha rāmāyaṇaṃ caiva kaurmameva punaśca saḥ

śivanārāyaṇetyevaṃ japaṃ cakre sadaiva hi /
avāpa nidhanaṃ cāpi sa gato brahmaṇaḥ padam

brahmā saṃpūjya taṃ vipraṃ viṣṇulokamathāgamat /
viṣṇunā pūjitaḥ so'tha jagāma śivamaṃdiram

sarveṣāmeva vaṃdyo'sau gautamo munisattamaḥ /
bhārataśravaṇe cāpi niyamā ye mayeritāḥ

purā vyāsena muninā trivarṣādyatkṛtaṃ śubham /
śravaṇāttasya kṛtsnasya vyākartā bhāratasya yaḥ

na kiṃcitpraṇamedvipraṃ muktvā yoginamuttamam /
sarveṣāmeva vaṃdyosau bhārataṃ vyākaroti yaḥ

yo mahābhārataṃ nityaṃ vyākhyāsyati paṭhecca vā /
sa sarvebhyodhiko viprastārayeccaiva mānavān

vyākaroti ca parvaikaṃ sarvāṇi katicittu vā /
sarvapāpavinirmukto havye kavye viśiṣyate

tameva praṇamedvipraṃ tamevārhaṃ ca pūjayet /
tameva bhojayennityaṃ sarvaṃ tasmai nivedayet

tasya pūjāvidhiḥ prokto vyākhyānasamaye dvijaḥ /
pratipūjyo'tha vastrādyaiḥ pūjayedvidhimārgataḥ

ādiparvasamāptau ca sūkṣmavastratrayaṃ dadet /
suvarṇaṃ ca yathāśakti sabhāparvaṇi vāsasī

ānuśāsanikāraṇyasvargāroheṣu parvasu /
ādiparvaṇi pūjā yā sā pūjā nṛpapuṃgava

karṇāśvamedhavairāṭaśalyadroṇeṣu parvasu /
sūkṣmavastratrayaṃ śuddhaṃ niṣkadvayamathāpi vā

kṣudraparvasvathānyeṣu niṣkāvatha samānayet /
harivaṃśe saniṣkaṃ tu vastratritayameva tu

bhāratasyākhilasyaiva samāptau kṣetrado bhavet /
rāmāyaṇasya śravaṇe kāṃḍekāṃḍe prapūjayet

kṣetraṃ paryāptamathavā suvarṇamapi dāpayet /
vyākhyāturguruvākyasya sarvakalmaṣanāśanaḥ

arthodharmmaśca kāmaśca mokṣaśca nṛpasattama /
vyākhyāśravaṇataḥ sarve siddhayaṃti ca subuddhayaḥ

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ sarveṣāmapi nāśanam /
ekena śravaṇenāsya kiṃ narairna śrutaṃ bhuvi

yānavasusuvarṇādyairnityamenaṃ prapūjayet /
vyākhyātāraṃ yataḥ pāpasaṃdohasya vināśanam

anyānyapi purāṇāni muniproktāni tānyapi /
śrotṝṇāṃ pāpanāśāya vaktuścāpi viśeṣataḥ

yaśca sarvapurāṇāni ṣaṭtriṃśattu prakīrtayet /
śṛṇoti vā na tasyāsti cittacchedaḥ kadācana

brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ prathamaṃ dvitīyaṃ pādmamucyate /
tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ caiva caturthaṃ śaivamucyate

atha bhāgavataṃ proktaṃ paṃcamaṃ ṣaṣṭhamucyate /
bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca saptamaṃ parikīrtitam

mārkaṃḍeyamiti proktamaṣṭamaṃ navamaṃ tathā /
āgneyaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ daśamaṃ parikīrtitam

laiṃgaṃ ca vāmanaṃ caiva skāṃdaṃ mātsyamathaiva ca /
kaurmaṃ vārāhamuditaṃ gāruḍaṃ vātha kīrtitam

brahmāṃḍamityaṣṭādaśapurāṇāni vidurbudhāḥ /
tathā copapurāṇāni kathayiṣyāmyataḥ param

ādyaṃ sanatkumārākhyaṃ nārasiṃhamataḥ param /
tṛtīyamāṃḍamuddiṣṭaṃ daurvāsasamathaiva ca

nāradīyamathānyaṃ ca kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ tathā /
tadvadauśanasa proktaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ ca tataḥ param

vāruṇaṃ kālikāhvānaṃ māheśaṃ sāṃbameva ca /
sauraṃ pārāśaraṃ caiva mārīcaṃ bhārgavāhvayam

kaumāraṃ ca purāṇāni kīrtitānyaṣṭa vai daśa /
aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vyākartā tu bhavenmanuḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde purāṇamāhātmyakathanaṃnāma paṃcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ