Padma Purana · Chapter 5.85

aṃbarīṣa uvāca-
sādhusādhu muniśreṣṭha lokānugrahakāraka /
viṣṇordhyānaṃ tvayā proktaṃ saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ ca yat

adhunā lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi bhakteḥ sādhu kṛpākara /
yādṛśī kriyate yena yathā yatra yadā tathā

sūta uvāca-
ityuktamākarṇya nṛpottamasya muniḥ prahṛṣṭo nijagāda bhūpam /
śṛṇuṣva rājannikhilāghahāriṇīṃ bhaktiṃ hareste pravadāmi samyak

atha bhaktiṃ pravakṣyāmi vividhāṃ pāpanāśinīm /
vividhā bhaktiruddiṣṭā manovākkāyasaṃbhavā

laukikī vaidikī cāpi bhavedādhyātmikī tathā /
dhyānadhāraṇayā buddhyā vedānāṃ smaraṇaṃ hi yat

viṣṇuprītikarī caiṣā mānasī bhaktirucyate /
maṃtravedasamuccārairaviśrāṃtaviciṃtanaiḥ

jāpyaiścāraṇyakaiścaiva vācikī bhaktirucyate /
vratopavāsaniyamaiḥ pañceṃdriyajayena ca

kāyikī saiva nirdiṣṭā bhaktiḥ sarvārthasādhinī /
bhūṣaṇairhemaratnāṃkaiścitrābhirvāgbhireva ca

vāsaḥ pratisaraiḥ sūtraiḥ pāvakavyajanocchritaiḥ /
nṛtyavāditragītaiśca sarvabalyupahārakaiḥ

bhakṣyabhojyānnapānaiśca yā pūjā kriyate naraiḥ /
nārāyaṇaṃ samuddiśya bhaktiḥ sā laukikī matā

kāyikī saiva nirdiṣṭā bhaktiḥ sarvārthasādhikī /
ṛgyajuḥsāmajāpyāni saṃhitādhyayanāni ca

kriyaṃte viṣṇumuddiśya sā bhaktirvaidikocyate /
vedamaṃtrahaviryāgaiḥ kriyāyā vaidikī matā

darśe ca paurṇamāsyāṃ ca karttavyaṃ cāgnihotrakam /
prāśanaṃ dakṣiṇādānaṃ puroḍāśaṃ caru kriyā

iṣṭirdhṛtiḥ somapānaṃ yājñiyaṃ karma sarvaśaḥ /
agnibhūmyanilākāśa dyuti śaṃkara bhāskaram

tamuddiśyakṛtaṃ karma tatsarvaṃ viṣṇudaivatam /
ādhyātmikīti vividhā brahmabhaktisthitā nṛpa

sāṃkhyākhyāṃ yogasaṃjātāṃ śṛṇu bhūpa yathoditām /
caturviṃśati tattvāni pradhānādīni saṃkhyayā

acetanāni bhogyāni puruṣaḥ paṃcaviṃśakaḥ /
cetanaḥ sa samuddiṣṭo kartā bhoktā ca karmaṇām

ātmā nityovyayaścaiva adhiṣṭhātā prayojakaḥ /
puruṣo'vyakta nityaḥ syātkāraṇaṃ ca maheśvaraḥ

tattvasargo bhāvasargo bhūtasargaśca tattvataḥ /
saṃkhyāyāḥ parisaṃkhyāyāḥ pradhānaṃ ca guṇātmakam

jñātvā sādharmyavaidharmyaṃ pradhānaṃ ca vidharmi ca /
kāraṇaṃ brahmaṇaścaiva kāmitvamidamucyate

prayojyatvaṃ pradhānasya vaidharmyamidamucyate /
sarvatra kartṛtā brahma puruṣasyāpyakartṛtā

acetanapradhānena samatvamidamucyate /
tattvāṃtaraṃ ca tattvānāṃ kāryakāraṇameva ca

prayojanaṃ prayojyatvaṃ jñātvā tattvaprasaṃkhyayā /
saṃkhyātamucyate prājñairvijayārthaviciṃtakaiḥ

iti matvāsya sadbhāvaṃ tattvaṃ saṃkhyāṃ ca tattvataḥ /
brahmatattvādhikaṃ cāpi bhūtatattvaṃ vidurbudhāḥ

sāṃkhyaiḥ kṛtā bhaktireṣā bhaktirādhyātmikī smṛtā /
yogajāmapi te bhūpa śṛṇu bhaktiṃ vadāmyaham

prāṇāyāmaparo nityaṃ dhyānavānniyateṃdriyaḥ /
bhaikṣyabhakṣavratī cāpi sarvapratyāhṛtendriyaḥ

dhāraṇaṃ hṛdaye kṛtvā dhyāyamāno maheśvaram /
hṛtpadmakarṇikāsīnaṃ pītavastraṃ sulocanam

paśyannudyotitamukhaṃ brahmasūtrakaṭītaṭam /
śvetavarṇaṃ caturbāhuṃ varadābhayahastakam

yogajā mānasīsiddhirviṣṇubhaktiḥ parā smṛtā /
ya evaṃ bhaktimāndevaṃ viṣṇubhaktiḥ sa ucyate

evaṃ bhaktiḥ samuddiṣṭā vividhā nṛpanaṃdana /
sātvikī rājasī caiva tāmasībhedatastvimāḥ

nānāprakārā vijñeyā viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ /
yathāgniḥ susamṛddhārcciḥ karotyedhāṃsi bhasmasāt

pāpāni bhagavadbhaktistathā dahati tatkṣaṇāt

yāvajjano na śṛṇute bhuvi viṣṇubhaktiṃ sākṣātsudhārasamaśeṣarasaikasāram /
tāvajjarāmaraṇajanmaśatābhighātaduḥkhāni tāni labhate bahudehajāni

saṃkīrtitaściṃtitakīrtiraṃtaḥ śrutānubhāvo bhagavānanaṃtaḥ /
samaṃtato'ghavinihaṃti meghaṃ vāyuryathābhānurivāṃdhakāram

na dāna devārcana yāga tīrtha snāna śrutācāra tapaḥ kriyābhiḥ /
tathā viśuddhiṃ labhateṃ'tarātmā yathā hṛdisthe bhagavatyanaṃte

kathā viśuddhā naranātha tathyāstā eva pathyā harinātha tathyāḥ /
saṃkīrtitā yatra pavitramūrteḥ saṃśrūyate ca śrutasādhukīrtiḥ

dhanyosi dhīradharaṇīdhara dharmadhuryya dhyānaikatāna hṛdayaḥ puruṣottamasya /
yannaiṣṭhikīmatirasau tava saubhagaśrīḥ śrīkṛṣṇanāthasukṛtaḥ śravaṇe pravṛttā

anārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā varadaṃ viṣṇumavyayam /
kutaḥ śreyo bhavedbhūpa puruṣasyātmamāninaḥ

māyājaniramāyo'sau bhaktyā rājannamāyayā /
sādhyate sādhupuruṣaḥ svayaṃ jānāti tadbhavān

na vidyate te nṛpa dharmatattvamajñātametadvimalaṃ punarmām /
tvaṃ pṛcchase tīrthapadaṃ prasaṃgātkathārasaṃ vaiṣṇava gauraveṇa

nātaḥ paraṃ paramatoṣaviśeṣapoṣaṃ paśyāmi puṇyamucitaṃ ca paraspareṇa /
saṃtaḥ prasahya yadanaṃtaguṇānanaṃtaśreyonidhīnadhikabhāvabhujo bhujaṃti

brāhmaṇāḥ surabhī satya śraddhā yāga tapāṃsi ca /
śruti smṛti dayā dīkṣā śāṃtayastanavo hareḥ

ādityaścaṃdramā vāyurbhūmirāpoṃ'baraṃ diśaḥ /
brahmāviṣṇuśca rudraśca sarvabhūtamayo vibhuḥ

viśvarūpaḥ svayaṃ cakre jagadetaccarācaram /
svayaṃ brāhmaṇamāviśya sadānnamupabhuṃjate

tatastu tīrthāspadapādareṇūndharādharātmālaya bhūmidevān /
parātmanaḥ pūjaya puṇyalakṣmī sarvasvabhūtānakhilātmabhūtān

brāhmaṇaṃ viṣṇubuddhyyā yo vidvāṃsaṃ sādhu paśyati /
sa eva vaiṣṇavo yaśca svasvakarmaikaniṣṭhitaḥ

kiṃcidetanmayāproktaṃ rahasyaṃ samayo hi me /
snātuṃ gaṃtuṃ ca gaṃgāyāṃ na kathāvasaro'dhikaḥ

prāpto'yaṃ mādhavo māsaḥ puṇyo mādhavavallabhaḥ /
tasyāpi saptamī śuklā gaṃgāyāmatidurllabhā

vaiśākha śukla saptamyāṃ jāhnavī jahnunā purā /
krodhātpītā punastyaktā karṇaraṃdhrāttu dakṣiṇāt

tasyāṃ samarcayeddevīṃ gaṃgāṃ gaganamekhalām /
snātvā samyagvidhānena sa dhanyaḥ sukṛtī naraḥ

tasyāṃ yastarpayeddevānpitṝnmartyo yathāvidhi /
sākṣātpaśyati taṃ gaṃgā snātakaṃ gatapāpakam

na mādhava samo māso na gaṃgā sadṛśī nadī /
durllabhaḥ khalu yogo'yaṃ haribhaktyaiva labhyate

viṣṇupādodakodbhūtā brahmalokādupāgatā /
tribhiḥ srotobhiraśrāṃtā yā punāti jagattrayam

svargārohaṇaniḥśreṇī satatānaṃdakāriṇī /
anekaduritodgārahāriṇī durgatāriṇī

śrīmaheśajaṭājūṭavāsinī duḥkhanāśinī /
bhajamānajanasvāṃtakāntakeli vināśinī

sagarānvayanirvāṇakāriṇī dharmadhāriṇī /
trimārgacāriṇī devī lokālaṃkṛtikāriṇī

darśana sparśana snāna kīrttana dhyāna sevanaiḥ /
puṇyānapuṇyānpuruṣānpāvayaṃtī sahasraśaḥ

gaṃgā gaṃgeti gaṃgeti yaistrisaṃdhyamitīritam /
sudūrasthaiśca tatpāpaṃ haṃti janmatrayārjitam

yojanānāṃ sahasreṣu gaṃgāṃ yaḥ smarate naraḥ /
api duṣkṛtakarmāsau labhate paramāṃ gatim

vaiśākhe śukla saptamyāṃ durllabhā sā viśeṣataḥ /
prāpyate jagatīpāla hari vipra prasādataḥ

na mādhavasamo māso na mādhavasamo vibhuḥ /
gatohi duritāṃbhodhau majjamānajanasya yaḥ

dattaṃ japtaṃ hutaṃ snātaṃ yadbhaktyā māsi mādhave /
tadakṣayaṃ bhavedbhūpa puṇyaṃ koṭiśatādhikam

yathā deveṣu viśvātmā devo nārāyaṇo hariḥ /
yathā japyeṣu gāyatrī saritāṃ jāhnavī tathā

yathomā sarvanārīṇāṃ tapatāṃ bhāskaro yathā /
ārogyalābho lābhānāṃ dvipadāṃ brāhmaṇo yathā

paropakāraḥ puṇyānāṃ vidyānāṃ nigamo yathā /
maṃtrāṇāṃ praṇavo yadvaddhyānānāmātmaciṃtanam

satyaṃ svadharmavartitvaṃ tapasāṃ ca yathā varam /
śaucānāmarthaśaucaṃ ca dānānāmabhayaṃ yathā

guṇānāṃ ca yathā lobhakṣayo mukhyo guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
māsānāṃ pravaro māsastathāsau mādhavo mataḥ

tatra yatkriyate śrāddhaṃ yajña dānamupoṣaṇam /
tapo'dhyayanapūjādi tadakṣayaphalaṃ smṛtam

vaiśākhāṃtāni pāpāni sūryāṃtāni tamāṃsi ca /
parāpakārapaiśunya prāṃtāni sukṛtāni ca

kārtike māsi yatkiṃcittulāsaṃsthe divākare /
snānadānādikaṃ rājaṃstatparārdhaguṇaṃ bhavet

tasmātsahasraguṇitaṃ māghe makarage ravau /
tato'pi śatasaṃkhyātaṃ vaiśākhemeṣage ravau

te dhanyāste sukṛtino narā vaiśākha māsi ye /
prātaḥ snātvā vidhānena pūjayaṃti madhudviṣam

prātaḥsnānaṃ ca vaiśākhe yajñadānamupoṣaṇam /
haviṣyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam

punaḥ kaliyuge rājannetadgopyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
aśvamedhādikaṃ yasmānmāhātmyaṃ mādhavasya yat

aśvamedhamakhaḥ puṇyaḥ kalau naiva pravartate /
eṣa mādhavamāsasya hayamedha samo vidhiḥ

aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam /
na vetsyaṃti kalau pāpā janā duritabuddhayaḥ

tasminbhavairnaraiḥ pāpairgaṃtavyaṃ narakārṇave /
atastu viralastasya pracāro yena nirmitaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye paṃcāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ