Padma Purana · Chapter 5.87

saptāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ /
sūtauvāca-
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nāradasya sa bhūpatiḥ /
praṇamya vismitaḥ prāha cintayanmanasā harim

aṃbarīṣa uvāca-
kathametadvimuhyāmaḥ svalpāyāsena vai mune /
prāpyate snānamātreṇa phalaṃ caivātidurllabham

nārada uvāca-
satyamuktaṃ tvayā rājannalpāyāsena yanmahat /
phalaṃ saṃprāpyate tatra śraddhatsva vidhibhāṣitam

dharmasya gatayaḥ sūkṣmā durjñeyā hīśvarairapi /
muhyaṃte cātra vidvāṃso'ciṃtyaśakti hareḥ kṛtau

viśvāmitrādayo rājandharmādhikyena bāhujāḥ /
brāhmaṇyaṃ samupāyātāḥ sūkṣmā dharmagatistvataḥ

ajāmilo'pi bhūpāla dāsīpatiriti śrutaḥ /
dharmapatnīparityāgī nityaṃ pāpapathisthitaḥ

mriyamāṇaḥ sutasnehātprocya nārāyaṇeti ca /
taddhyānanāmagrahaṇātpadaṃ lebhe sudurllabham

anicchayāpi dahati spṛṣṭo hutavaho yathā /
tathā dahati goviṃda nāmavyājādapīritam

kānīnasya muneḥ pautrā bhrātṛjāyābhigāminaḥ /
golakasya ca vai paṃḍoḥ putrāḥ kuṃḍāḥ svayaṃ tathā

te paṃcāpi ca bhūpāla pāṃḍavā draupadīratāḥ /
teṣāṃ ca puṇyaślokatvaṃ sūkṣmādharmagatistataḥ

vicitrāṇi ca karmāṇi vicitrā bhūtabhāvanāḥ /
vicitrāṇi ca bhūtā nivicitrāḥ karmaśaktayaḥ

kadācitsukṛtaṃ karma kūṭasthaṃ yadavasthitam /
kenacitkarmaṇā bhūpa śubhena parivardhate

phalaṃ dadāti sumahatkasminnapi ca janmani /
sūkṣmo dharmo'tigahano mīyate na yathā tathā

naitasya phaladānasya śrūyate bhūpaniścayaḥ /
yatkiṃcitsukṛtaṃ karmacchannaṃ pāpāṃtarairapi

tadāgatya kutaḥ kvāpi svaṃ phalaṃ ca prayacchati /
kṛtasya neha nāśo'sti puṇyasya duritasya ca

tathāpi bahubhiḥ puṇyairduritaṃ yāti dāruṇam /
yaduktaṃ bhavatā rājannāyāsādhikyato bhavet

mahatpuṇyaṃ ca tatrāpi kāraṇaṃ me niśāmaya /
svalpāyāsamahāyāsau yadyalpatva mahattvayoḥ

mahāpuṇyāstataste syuḥ saṃtataṃ karṣakādayaḥ /
maṃtroccāraṃ ca siṃhāderāyāsaṃ bahulaṃ tvataḥ

paṃcagavyaṃ praśastaṃ hi vratāṃgatvena no bhavet /
iti kartavyabāhulyaṃ mahattvaṃ ca tadalpatā

jalāgnyādipraveśasya prasajyeta vratāṃtarāt /
idamalpaṃ mahaccaitaditi naiva niyāmakam

phalaṃ yaccoditaṃ śāstre tadeva syānmahannṛpa /
yathālpanāśo mahatā mahannāśastathālpataḥ

kiṃ tvalpavisphuliṃgena tṛṇarāśiḥ pradahyate

hatyāyutaṃ pāpasahasramugraṃ gurvaṃganākoṭiniṣevaṇaṃ ca /
steyādi pāpāni ca kṛṣṇabhaktairajñānajātāni layaṃ hriyaṃte

viṣṇubhaktimatāvīra yatkiṃcitkriyate'lpakam /
sukṛtaṃ sādhuviduṣā tadakṣayaphalaṃ labhet

saṃdeho nātra karttavyo mādhavemāsi mādhavam /
samārādhya naro bhaktyā tattadvāṃcchitamāpnuyāt

apatyaṃ draviṇaṃ ratnaṃ dārāharmyaṃ hayā gajāḥ /
sukhāni svargamokṣau ca na dūre haribhaktitaḥ

evaṃ śāstroktavidhinā svalpenāpi na saṃśayaḥ /
pāpasya mahato'pi syātkṣayo vṛddhiḥ sukarmaṇaḥ

phalādhikyaṃ bhavedbhūpa tvādhikyādbhāvakarmaṇoḥ /
sūkṣmā dharmasya vijñeyā gatistu vividhairapi

priyo mādhavamāso'yaṃ mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ /
ekopyanuṣṭhito lokaiḥ samagrepsitadāyakaḥ

puṇyena gāṃgena jalena kāle deśe'pi yaḥ snānaparo'pi bhūpa /
ājanmato bhāvahato'pi dātā na śuddhimetīti mataṃ mamaitat

gaṃgāditīrtheṣu vasaṃti jīvā devālaye pakṣigaṇāśca nityam /
vināśamāyāṃti kṛtopavāsā bhāvojjhitā naiva gatiṃ labhaṃte

bhāvaṃ tato hṛtkamale nidhāya śrīmādhavaṃ mādhavamāsi bhaktyā /
yajeta yaḥ snānaparo viśuddhaḥ puṇyaṃ na śaktā vayamasya vaktum

prajvālya vahniṃ ghṛtatailasiktaṃ pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhaṃ svakāle /
praviśya dagdhaḥ kila bhāvaduṣṭo na svargamāpnoti phalaṃ na cānyat

śraddhatsvabhūpa tasmāttvaṃ mādhavasya phalaṃ prati /
svalpaṃ cāpi śubhaṃ karma vikarmaśatanāśanam

yathā harernāmabhayena bhūpa naśyaṃti sarve duritasya vṛṃdāḥ /
nūnaṃ ravau meṣagate vibhāte snānena tīrthe ca haristavena

tejasā vainateyasya pāpmānaḥ pannagā iva /
vidravaṃti ca vaiśākhasnānenoṣasi niścitam

gaṃgāyāṃ narmadāyāṃ vā snātvā meṣagate ravau /
pāpapraśamanastotraṃ yaḥ paṭhedbhaktibhāvataḥ

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trisaṃdhyamapi bhūpate /
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

aṃbarīṣa mahatpuṇyaprāptaye kuru vīkṣaṇam /
mādhavemāsi vai snānaṃ prātarniyamasaṃsthitaḥ

yadānarttapure proktaṃ vasatāṃ varṣakoṭibhiḥ /
tatprātarmādhave māsi snānenaikena labhyate

ihārthe yatpurāvṛttaṃ tadākarṇaya bhūpate /
bhāryayā saha saṃvādaṃ devaśarmadvijanmanaḥ

revātīre supuṇye ca tīrthe cāmarakaṃṭake /
kauśikasya suto jāto devaśarmā dvijottamaḥ

dhanaputravihīnastu bahuduḥkhasamanvitaḥ /
dāridreṇa suduḥkhena sarvadaivaprapīḍitaḥ

putropāyaṃ dhanasyāpi divārātrau praciṃtayet /
ekadā tu priyā tasya sumanā nāma suvratā

bhartāraṃ ciṃtayopetamadhomukhamalakṣayat /
samālokya tadā kāṃtaṃ tamuvāca yaśasvinī

duḥkhajālairasaṃkhyaistu tava cittaṃ prakarṣitam /
vyāmohena pramūḍhosi tyaja ciṃtāṃ mahāmate

mama duḥkhaṃ samācakṣva svastho bhava sukhaṃ vraja /
nāsti ciṃtāsamaṃ duḥkhaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇameva hi

tāṃ saṃtyajya pravarteta sa sukhena pramodate /
ciṃtāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ vipra kathayasva mama prabho

nārada uvāca-/
priyāvākyaṃ sa saṃśrutya devaśarmā mahāmatiḥ /
uvāca vacanaṃ prīto duḥkhito'pi satīsakhaḥ

devaśarmovāca-/
yattvayā ciṃtitaṃ bhadre kiṃcidduḥkhasya kāraṇam /
tatsarvaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi śrutvā caivāvadhāryatām

na jāne kena pāpena dhanahīno'smi suvrate /
tathā putravihīno'smi etadduḥkhasya kāraṇam

sumanovāca-/
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi sarvasaṃdehanāśanam /
svarūpamupadeśasya sarvavijñānadarśanam

saṃtoṣa eva paramaṃ puṇyaṃ saukhyādikāraṇam /
asaṃtoṣaḥ paraṃ pāpamityāha bhagavānhariḥ

lobhaḥ pāpasya bījo'yaṃ moho mūlaṃ ca tasya vai /
asatyaṃ tasya hi skaṃdho mahāśākhā suvistarāt

madakauṭilya patrāṇi kubuddhyā puṣpitaḥ sadā /
anṛtaṃ tasya saugaṃdhyamajñānaṃ phalameva ca

kuḍyaṃ pāṣaṃḍacaurāśca krūrāḥ kūṭāśca pāpinaḥ /
pakṣiṇo mohavṛkṣasya mahāśākhāsamāśritāḥ

ajñānaṃ suphalaṃ tasya raso dharmaṃ phalasya hi /
bhāvodakena saṃvṛddhistasya śraddhā kratu priyā

adharmeṣu rasastasya utkledairmadhurāyate /
tādṛśaiśca phalaiścaivasaphalo lobhapādapaḥ

tasyacchāyāṃ samāśritya yo naraḥ parivartate /
phalāni tasya so'śnāti svapakvāni dinedine

phalānāṃ ca rasenāpi adharmeṇa tu poṣitaḥ /
sa saṃpuṣṭo bhavenmartyaḥ patanāya prayacchati

tasmācciṃtāṃ pariśritya svāmi lobhaṃ na kārayet /
dhanaputrakalatrāṇāṃ ciṃtāmetāṃ na kārayet

yo hi vidvānnacetkāṃta mūrkhāṇāṃ pathameva hi /
mṛṣā ciṃtayate nityaṃ divārātrau vimohitaḥ

śubhārthaṃ ca praviṃdāmi kathaṃ putrānahaṃ labhe /
evaṃ ciṃtayate nityaṃ divārātrau vimohitaḥ

kṣaṇamekaṃ prapaśyetsa ciṃtāmadhye mahatsukham /
punaścaitanyamāyāti mahāduḥkhena pīḍyate

ciṃtāmohau parityajya anuvartasva taṃ dvija /
saṃsāre nāsti saṃbaṃdhaḥ kena sārdhaṃ mahāmate

mitrāśca bāṃdhavāḥ putrāḥ pitāmātā sutāstathā /
svasaṃbaṃdhā bhavaṃtyete kalatrādi tathaiva ca

devaśarmovāca-/
saṃbaṃdhaḥ kīdṛśo bhadre tanme vistarato vada /
yena jāyaṃti te sarve dhanaputrādi bāṃdhavāḥ

sumanovāca-/
bhartaḥ paṃcavidhāḥ putrā jāyaṃte tānvadāmyaham /
nyāsāpahārakaṃ caikamṛṇasaṃbaṃdhinaṃ param

ripuṃ labhyamudāsīnamiti kāṃta bhavaṃti te /
lakṣaṇāni pravakṣyāmi teṣāmīśa pṛthakpṛthak

putrā mitrāḥ priyā bhāryā pitā mātā ca bāṃdhavāḥ /
svenasvena hi jāyaṃte saṃbaṃdhena mahītale

nyāsāpahārabhāvena yasya yena hṛtaṃ bhuvi /
nyāsasvāmī bhavetputro guṇavānrūpavānbhuvi

yena hyapahṛtaṃ nyāsaṃ tasya gehe na saṃśayaḥ /
nyāsāpahāraṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ sa dattvā dāruṇaṃ gataḥ

nyāsasvāmī suputro'bhūnnyāsāpahārakasya ca /
guṇavānrūpavāṃścaiva sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ

bhaktiṃ ca darśayettasya putro bhūtvā dinedine /
priyavāṅmadhurovāgmī bahusnehaṃ vidarśayet

svīyaṃ dravyaṃ samudgrāhya prītimutpādya cātulām /
yathā tena pradattaṃ tannyāsāpaharaṇātparam

duḥkhamevaṃ mahābhāga dāruṇaṃ prāṇanāśanam /
tādṛśaṃ tasya so dadyātputro bhūtvā mahāguṇaḥ

alpāyuṣastathā bhūtvā maraṇaṃ copagacchati /
duḥkhaṃ datvā prayātyevaṃ prahṛtyaivaṃ punaḥpunaḥ

yadāha putraputreti pralāpaṃ hi karoti yaḥ /
tadā hāsyaṃ karotyeṣa kastu putro hi kasya ca

anenāpahṛtaṃ nyāsaṃ madīyaṃ pāpacāriṇā /
dravyāpahāraṇenāpi mama prāṇāgatāḥ kila

duḥkhena mahatā caiva asahyena ca vai purā /
tadā duḥkhaṃ mayā datvādravyamudgrāhyamuttamam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāhātmye saptāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ