Padma Purana · Chapter 5.90
devaśarmovāca-
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tvayākhyātaṃ mamaiva tat /
śūdratvena hi vipreṃdra mayaivaṃ dhanamarjitam
vipratvaṃ hi mayā prāptaṃ tatkathaṃ dvijasattama /
tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi jñānavijñānapaṃḍita
durllabhaṃ bhārate varṣe janma tasmānmanuṣyatā /
mānuṣye brāhmaṇatvaṃ ca sutarāṃ satkuloditam
tatrāpīdṛgvidhā bhāryā sarvajñā priyavādinī /
satī sarvaguṇopetā durlabhā sā kuto'bhavat
vasiṣṭha uvāca-/
yattvayā ceṣṭitaṃ pūrvaṃ dharmakarmakṛtaṃ dvija /
tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ yadi manyase
brāhmaṇaikaḥ sudharmātmā sadācāraḥ supaṃḍitaḥ /
viṣṇubhaktastu dharmātmā nityaṃ viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ
snānārthamapi tīrthānāṃ bhramatyekaḥ sa medinīm /
aṭamānaḥ samāyātastava gehe mahāmatiḥ
tasya darśanamātreṇa samutpanna sudhīstava /
yato dharmagate gehe satāmāgamanaṃ bhavet
kiṃkiṃ na labhyate vipra vipravaiṣṇavasevayā /
durllabhaṃ yacca loke syānmokṣasthānamapi sthiram
yācitaṃ sthānamekaṃ vai vāsārthaṃ tena sattama /
tavaiva bhāryayā dattaṃ tvayā ca saha putrakaiḥ
eyatāmeyatāṃ brahmansukhena ca gṛhe mama /
vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ puṇyamityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ
sukhena sthīyatāmatra gṛho'yaṃ tava suvrata /
adya dhanyo'smyahaṃ puṇyo adya tīrthamahaṃ gataḥ
adyatīrthaphalaṃ prāptaṃ mayā te vipra darśanāt /
gavāṃ sthānaṃ paraṃ puṇyaṃ vāsasthānaṃ pradarśitam
aṃgasaṃvāhanaṃ samyakpādau caiva pramarditau /
kṣālitau ca punastoyaiḥ snātaḥ pādodakena hi
sadyo ghṛtaṃ dadhikṣīramanyamanyaṃ pradattavān /
brāhmaṇāya tadā tasmai tvaṃ tathā'dṛṣṭanoditaḥ
evaṃ saṃtoṣito viprastvayaiva saha bhāryayā /
putraiḥ sārdhaṃ mahābhāgo vaiṣṇavo jñānapaṃḍitaḥ
atha prabhāte vimale snānārthaṃ māsi mādhave /
gaṃgāyāṃ gacchatā tena tuṣṭena dayayādhipam
vaiśākhasnānamāhātmyamupadiṣṭaṃ tavāgrataḥ /
kāritastu yathānyāyaṃ sabhāryā tanayo bhavān
yathā na vāridhi samo loke kopi jalāśayaḥ /
tathā māso na vaiśākhasadṛśo mādhavapriyaḥ
tāvatpāpāni tiṣṭhaṃti niṣpratyūhaṃ kalevare /
yāvatkila maladhvaṃsī māso naiti sa mādhavaḥ
tasya vākyaṃ samākarṇya vaiśākhe sevanaṃ kṛtam /
tuṣṭena manasā vipra pūjito madhusūdanaḥ
avaśiṣṭadinānyeva paṃcamāsasya tasya vai /
ekādaśīṃ samārabhya snānaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtam
brāhmaṇasya prasaṃgena revāṃ cānudine tvayā /
prātaḥsnānaṃ kṛtaṃ vipra vaiśākhe māsi tāvatā
pūjito devadeveśo madhuhā parameśvaraḥ /
naivāptaḥ sakalo māsaḥ snānārthaṃ tava pūrvataḥ
evaṃ snānaṃ tvayā cīrṇamapi paṃcadinātmakam /
tena puṇyena saṃgatyā brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ
goviṃdasya prasādena tvaṃ tu brāhmaṇatāṃ gataḥ /
tvayā tanmāsayogena prāptametanmahatkulam
durllabhaṃ bhūmidevānāṃ satyadharmasamanvitam /
bhāryāpi susatī prāptā sādhvī sarvaguṇānvitā
cyavanasya gṛhotpannā sarvajñā brahmavādinī /
rūpameva paraṃ strīṇāṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ ca mahāmune
śīlameva dvitīyaṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ satyameva ca /
sadāryatvaṃ caturthaṃ tu paṃcamaṃ puṇyamuttamam
madhuratvaṃ tathā ṣaṣṭhaṃ śuddhatvaṃ saptamaṃ mahat /
bāhyāṃtaḥ satataṃ strīṇāṃ sarvābharaṇasaptamam
aṣṭamaṃ tu patau bhāvaḥ śuśrūṣā navamaṃ kila /
sahiṣṇutā ca daśamaṃ ratirekādaśaṃ tathā
pativratatvaṃ vipreṃdra dvādaśaṃ yoṣitāṃ smṛtam /
etaiḥ saṃbhūṣitā bhāryā sādhvī te brahmavādinī
vaiśākhasnānayogena labdhā puṇyena sādaram /
kiṃkiṃ na durllabhataraṃ prāpyate māsi mādhave
snānena parameśasya pūjanena yathāvidhi /
atha mohapramugdhosi tṛṣṇayā vyāpitaṃ manaḥ
pūrvajanmani te vipra dravyameva prasaṃcitam /
na dattaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo hi dīneṣvanyeṣu vai tvayā
na baṃdhuvargo no putradāreṣu ca kathaṃcana /
mriyamāṇena bhavatā lobha eva hi ciṃtitaḥ
na dattaṃ na hutaṃ japtaṃ na tīrthe maraṇaṃ kṛtam /
na hi nārāyaṇo devo dhyānenākhila pāpahā
dravyeṣu vidyamāneṣu kṛpaṇo jāyate naraḥ /
adatvā mriyate yastu tato duḥkhataraṃ nukim
tīrthasnānādi tapasā kule janmaiva labhyate /
no dattena vinā vipra kiṃcidevopatiṣṭhati
tasya pāpasya bhāvena daridratvamupāgatam /
aputravānbhavāñjātaḥ satataṃ duḥkhapīḍitaḥ
vaiśākhasnānamāhātmyādapi paṃcadinātmakāt /
tadaiva haripūjāyāḥ saṃgatyā brāhmaṇasya ca
labdhaṃ janma kule vipra vipratvamapi durllabham /
suputraśca kulaṃ vipraṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ varastriyaḥ
sujanmamaraṇaṃ caiva subhogaḥ sukhameva ca /
sadā dāne'dhikābuddhiraudāryaṃ dhairyamuttamam
prasādāttasya devasya viṣṇoścaiva mahātmanaḥ /
nārāyaṇasya jāyaṃte siddhayo vipravāñchitāḥ
ūrjje māsi tapo māsi mādhave mādhavapriye /
snātvā dāmodaraṃ bhaktyā mādhavaṃ madhusūdanam
viśeṣeṇa samabhyarcya datvā dānāni bhaktitaḥ /
ehikaṃ sukhamāsādya jano yāti tato harim
anekajanmārjitapātakāvalī vilīyate mādhavamajjanena /
sūryodaye vipra yathā tamisrā vacaḥ svayaṃbhūridamādideśa
cakāra viṣṇurvimalaṃ vicāraṃ māsaṃ vidhiṃ mādhavamekamādau /
yamasya guptaṃ manasā viciṃtya manuṣyalokairgamituṃ ca nāke
tasmādasminsamāyāte mādhave māsi mādhave /
snātvā puṇyajale tīrthe ravāvanudite'dhunā
pūjayitvā vidhānena mukuṃdaṃ madhusūdanam /
putrapautradhanaṃ śreyo vāṃchitāni sukhāni ca
anubhūya tatastvaṃte svargamakṣayamāpsyasi /
pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yattvayā pariceṣṭitam
tanmayā kathitaṃ vipra tavāgre pariceṣṭitam /
evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga vaiśākhe ca viśeṣataḥ
snātvā samyagvidhānena madhusūdanamarcaya /
devamārādhya goviṃdaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam
prāpsyasi tvaṃ sukhaṃ putraṃ dhanāni harimavyayam
nārada uvāca-
brahmātmajenāpi mahānubhāvaḥ sa vipravaryaḥ paribodhito hi /
harṣeṇayuktaḥ sa mahānubhāvo bhaktyā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya tatra
āmaṃtrya vipraṃ sa jagāma gehaṃ tāṃ prāha bhāryāṃ sumanāṃ maharṣiḥ /
sarvaṃ hivṛttaṃ mamapūrvaceṣṭitaṃ tenaiva vipreṇa tavaprasādāt
bhadre vasiṣṭhena vikāśanītamadyaiva mohaḥ parināśito me /
ārādhayiṣyemadhusūdanaṃtuśrīmādhavemāsinimajjyabhaktyā
nārada uvāca-
ākarṇya vākyaṃ paramaṃ pavitraṃ sumaṃgalaṃ maṃgalahetumuccaiḥ /
harṣeṇa yuktā tamuvāca kāṃtaṃ dhanyosi vipreṇa vibodhitastvam
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye devaśarmopākhyāne navatitamo'dhyāyaḥ
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