Padma Purana · Chapter 5.96

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ -
sūtasūtamahāprājña jīvajīva śataṃsamāḥ /
yadvayaṃ puṇyasamayaṃ śrāvitā jagato hitam

vada bhūyo'pi bhūyiṣṭhaṃ pibāmastāvakaṃ vacaḥ /
pāyaṃpāyaṃ na tṛpyāmo vayaṃ sūta taduttamam

sūta uvāca-
atrāpyudāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
saṃvādamādilokasya jagatāṃ jagadīśituḥ

ṣaṭsahasrāṇicocchrāyo vistāreṇa punastrayam /
evaṃ navasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ vidhāya ca

vāmayā daṃṣṭrayā gṛhya uddhṛtādau vasuṃdharā /
divyavarṣasahasraṃ vai daṃṣṭrayā dhāritā mahī

dharmākhyānaprasaṃgena sovāca vinayādvibhum /
pṛthivyuvāca-
ete dvādaśa māsā vai ṣaṣṭirdinaśatatrayam

eṣāṃ kimuttamaṃ puṇyaṃ priyaṃ ca tava keśava /
pavitraḥ kārtiko māsastulāsaṃsthe divākare

makarasthe ravau māsaḥ purāṇe pāvanaḥ smṛtaḥ /
meṣasthe mādhavo māso bhāskare paṭhyate budhaiḥ

mārgaśīrṣo'pi māsānāṃ pāvanaḥ parikīrtitaḥ /
evaṃ māsāḥ pavitrāste vāsarāḥ kepi kīrtitāḥ

yugādayo yugāṃtāśca tathā kalpādayo'pi ca /
sarvebhyo'pyadhikaṃ māsametebhyo vada pāvanam

sarvayajñamaya śrīmannekaṃ niścitya me vada /
varāha uvāca-
vidhināvidhinācaiva ye yajaṃti narādhamāḥ

mādhave māsi māṃ bhaktyā taiśca pūjyo'smyahaṃ sadā /
hiraṇyākṣo varārohe mādhave tu madhurhata

ādidaityāvubhāvetau hatvā tvaṃ tu samuddhṛtā /
tretāyuge trayī dharmo jñānavarṇavyavasthitiḥ

mādhave māsi saṃbhūtā tena me mādhavaḥpriyaḥ /
tretāyugaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ śuklāyāṃ māsi mādhave

pravṛttaṃ ca trayī dharmāḥ pravṛttāste pravarddhitāḥ /
akṣayā socyate loke tṛtīyā harivallabhā

snāne dānārcane śrāddhe jape pūrvajatarppaṇe /
ye'rcayaṃti yavairviṣṇuṃ śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃti yatnataḥ

teṣāṃ dadāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yanmano'bhīṣṭamuttamam /
ye dadaṃtyapi dānāni dhanyāste dhārmikā narāḥ

ye yajaṃti harernityamadhvarairvividhairapi /
mādhave yajate yo māṃ tebhyastadadhikaṃ phalam

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homastapo yajña vratādikam /
vaiśākhe yatkṛtaṃ devi tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

manvaṃtarāṇāṃ koṭyastu daśapaṃca ca sapta ca /
matsānnidhyagatāstepi tiṣṭhaṃti bhayavarjitāḥ

yadyapi syurgrahāḥ sarve krūrā janmavyayāṣṭakāḥ /
prātaḥsnānena vaiśākhe sarve saumyā bhavaṃti te

vaiśākhe māsi yo viprānbhojayedbhaktitatparaḥ /
sikthesikthe bhavettṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ yugasaṃkhyayā

yacchaṃti tatra madhurādhikabhojanāni ye vāyavāśana tilodaka bhojanāni /
chatrāṃbarāṇi caraṇocitarakṣaṇāni dhanyāsta eva paritoṣakarāhi viṣṇoḥ

viśeṣādiha dātavyāstilā madhusamanvitāḥ /
dharmāya bṛhate dīrgha duritakṣaya hetave

evaṃkṛte tu yatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate manujaiśca taiḥ /
tatkairgaṇayituṃ śakyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi

putrapautrādisaṃpatti dīrghāyūṃṣi yathepsitam /
ihāpnoti paratrāpi māmeva pratipadyate

anekajanmārjita pātakāvalī vilīyate mādhava majjanena /
janasya tatroṣasi puṇyatīrthe yathāvidhānaṃ śrayate tathā vā

yaḥ parityajya vaiśākhaṃ vratamanyadupācaret /
sa karasthaṃ mahāratnaṃ hitvā loṣṭaṃ hi yācate

sūtauvāca-
evaṃ sa bhagavānpūrvamādidevo vadadvibhuḥ /
mādhavaṃ māsamuddiśya jagatyāṃ jagatīdharaḥ

kimatra bahunoktena na tadasti mahīsurāḥ /
yadaprāpyaṃ bhavenmāsi mādhave mādhavārcanāt

śṛṇudhvaṃ ca purāvṛttamihārthe paramādbhutam /
brāhmaṇasya ca saṃvādaṃ yamasya ca mahātmanaḥ

madhyadeśe mahāgrāmo brāhmaṇānāṃ babhūva ha /
gaṃgāyamunayormadhye yāmunasya gireradhaḥ

vidvāṃsastatra bhūyiṣṭhā brāhmaṇāścāvasaṃstadā /
atha prāha yamaḥ kaṃcitpuruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam

raktākṣamūrddhvaromāṇaṃ kākajaṃghākṣināsikam /
gaccha tvaṃ bho mahāgrāmaṃ gatvā brāhmaṇamānaya

vasiṣṭhagotrasaṃbhūtaṃ nāmato yajñadattakam /
śame niviṣṭaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ yajñakarmaviśāradam

nacānyamānayethāstvaṃ sagotraṃ tasya pārśvataḥ /
sahitādṛgguṇastena tulyo'dhyayana janmanā

ākṛtyā ca tathā cihnaiḥ samastenaiva sattamaḥ /
tamānaya yathoddiṣṭā pūjā kāryā hi tasya me

sa gatvā pratikūlaṃ tu cakāra yamaśāsanam /
tameva mānayāmāsa pratiṣiddho yamena yaḥ

tasmai yamaḥ samutthāya pūjāṃ kṛtvā ca dharmavit /
provāca nīyatāmeṣa so'nya ānīyatāmiti

sūta uvāca-
evamukte tu vacane dharmarājena sa dvijaḥ /
uvāca dharmarājaṃ taṃ nirviṇṇo gamanāya vai

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
kasmādahamihānītaḥ kasmātprerayase punaḥ /
gaṃtuṃ naivotsahe tatra martyalokaṃ punaḥ prabho

yama uvāca-
iha kṣīṇāyuṣāṃ puṃsāṃ vāsaḥ puṇyavatāṃ bhavet /
ayaṃ vai dharmarājasya loko dharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

saukhyabhūmiriyaṃ sarvā dharmarājo'hamīśvaraḥ /
puṇyāpuṇyānusāreṇa jaṃtūnāṃ sukhaduḥkhadaḥ

pāpināṃ yamarūpo'smi nṛṇāṃ nirayadāyakaḥ /
tathā puṇyavatāṃ saukhya svargado dharma mūrtimān

gaccha vipra tvamadyaiva nilayaṃ svaṃ yathāgataḥ /
adyāpi daśavarṣāṇāmāyuste parivartate

kṣaye tavāyuṣaḥ prāptirlokasyāsya bhaviṣyati /
praṣṭavyaṃ ca tvayā hyanyatpṛcchasva prabravīmi te

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
yatkṛtvā sumahatpuṇyaṃ svargaḥ syādbrūhi tanmama /
sarvasya hi pramāṇaṃtvaṃ dharmādharmaviniścaye

yadi deva mayā samyaggaṃtavyaṃ nijamaṃdire /
tadbrūhi karmaṇā kena pataṃti narake narāḥ

vrajaṃti kena vai svargaṃ tatsarvaṃ kṛpayā vada /
yama uvāca-
karmaṇā manasā vācā ye dharmavimukhā narāḥ

viṣṇubhaktivihīnā ye te vai nirayagāminaḥ /
paśyaṃti bhedabuddhyā ye brahmāṇaṃ śaṃkaraṃ harim

viraktā viṣṇuvidyāsu narā nirayagāminaḥ /
kuladeśocitaṃ karma yastyaktvānyatsamācaret

kāmādvā yadi vā mohātsa yāti narakaṃ naraḥ /
ayājyayājakaścaiva yājyānāṃ ca vivarjakaḥ

virato viṣṇuvidyāsu sa bhuṃkte narakānbahūn /
adatvā pitṛdevebhyo viprebhyo martyabaṃdhuṣu

sadhano mriyate pāpaḥ sa yāti narakānbahūn /
sarvāṇyannāni siddhāni pākabhedaṃ karoti yaḥ

avaiśvadevaṃ bhuṃjīta sa yāti narakaṃ ciram /
bahudroheṇa bhūtānāṃ ye'jayaṃti dhanaṃ dvija

dhanavaṃto nirayagā dāṃbhikā duḥkhabhāginaḥ /
nāstikyādatha vā lobhānmohātkāle yathodite

bhaktyā na śrāddhadā ye syuḥ pacyaṃte narakeṣu te /
dīyamānasya vittasya brāhmaṇebhyastu pāpakṛt

vighnamācarate yo'sau naro nirayago bhavet /
sāmānya dakṣiṇāṃ labdhvā gṛhṇātyeko vimohataḥ

nāstikyabhāvanirato naraḥ syānnarakālaye /
asahiṣṇutayā tasya guṇānāṃ kāraṇaṃ bhavet

mahatpāpaṃ samutpannaṃ kāraṇaṃ narakasya tat /
nirdoṣāṃ suhṛdāṃ bhāryāṃ tyajankālena yāti yaḥ

na vaheta yaśasteṣāṃ sa naro narake patet /
adharmaṃ dharmamiti yo vadanmohavaśaṃ gataḥ

haituko nāstiko yastu sa naro nirayālayaḥ /
manasā yo'nyabhāvena vacasā cānyathā vadet

hṛdayaṃ kaluṣaṃ kuryātsa naro narake vaset /
avamanya ca ye yāṃti bhagavatkīrtanaṃ narāḥ

te yāṃti narakaṃ ghoraṃ tena pāpena karmaṇā /
paśyaṃto bhagavaddvāraṃ nāmaśāstra paricchadam

akṛtvā tatpraṇāmādi te yāṃti narakaukasaḥ /
vināparādhena narāḥ kṛtvā patnyadhivedanam

tyajaṃti sukalatraṃ ye te yāṃti narake narāḥ /
na śṛṇoti gurorvākyaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca yo naraḥ

pareṣāṃ cetasaḥ kleśakārī nirayago bhavet /
paśyatāṃ baṃdhu bālānāṃ prakarṣī miṣṭamaśnute

sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ kevalodarapūrakaḥ /
tulā makara meṣeṣu prātaḥ snānaṃ na yaścaret

nadyādiṣu ca nāstikyastasya syānnarakālayaḥ /
vaiṣṇavaṃ janamālokya nābhyutthānaṃ karoti yaḥ

praṇayādarato vipra sa naro narakātithiḥ /
kāṣṭhairvā śaṃkubhirvāpi śūlairaśmabhireva ca

ye mārgāṃścaiva ruṃdhaṃti te vai nirayagāminaḥ /
ādyaṃ puruṣamīśānaṃ sarvalokamaheśvaram

na cintayaṃti ye viṣṇuṃ te vai nirayagāminaḥ /
kṣetravṛtti gṛhacchedaṃ prīticchedaṃ ca ye narāḥ

āśācchedaṃ ca kurvaṃti te narā narakaukasaḥ /
āgatānbhojanārthaṃ ca brāhmaṇānvṛttikarśitān

yaḥ parīkṣeta mūḍhātmā sa jñeyo narakātithiḥ /
anāthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dīnaṃ rogārtaṃ vṛddhameva ca

nānukaṃpaṃti ye mūḍhāste vai nirayagāminaḥ /
niyamāṃstu samādāya ye paścādajiteṃdriyāḥ

vilopayaṃti tānbhūyaste vai nirayagāminaḥ /
śṛṇu vipra yathā yāṃti narāḥ svargaṃ dayālavaḥ

samāsenaiva vakṣyāmi kiṃcitte gauravādaham /
ye'rcayaṃti hariṃ devaṃjiṣṇuṃ viṣṇuṃ sanātanam

nārāyaṇamajaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ viṣvaksenaṃ caturbhujam /
dhyāyaṃti puruṣaṃ divyamacyutaṃ ye smaraṃti ca

labhaṃte te'cyutasthānaṃ śrutireṣā purātanī /
idamevahi māṃgalyamidameva dhanārjanam

jīvitasya phalaṃ caitadyaddāmodarakīrtanam /
kīrtanāddevadevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ

duritāni vilīyaṃte tamāṃsīva dinodaye /
gāthāṃ gāyaṃti ye nityaṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ

svādhyāyaniratā nityaṃ te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
sarvānkleśānparityajya viṣṇumeva stuvaṃti ye

svadharmaniratā dhīrāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
vāsudevajapāsaktānapi pāpakṛto janān

nopasarpanti tānvipra yamadūtāśca dāruṇāḥ /
nānyatpaśyanti jaṃtūnāṃ vihāya harikīrtanam

sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ prāyaścittaṃ dvijottama /
ye yācitāḥ prahṛṣyaṃti priyaṃ datvā vadaṃti ca

tyaktadānaphalā ye ca te narāḥsvargagāminaḥ /
varjayaṃti divāsvāpaṃ narāḥ sarvasahāśca ye

parvaṇyāśrayabhūtā ye te martyāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
dviṣatāmapi ye doṣānna vadaṃti kadācana

kīrtayaṃti guṇāṃścaiva te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
ye pareṣāṃ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā na vitapyaṃti matsarāt

prahṛṣṭāścābhinaṃdaṃti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca śrutiśāstroktameva ca

ādaraṃti pratītā ye te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
yasminkasminkule jātā dayāvaṃto yaśasvinaḥ

sānukrośāḥ sadācārāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
ye pūtāḥ paradārāṃśca karmaṇā manasā girā

ramayaṃti na satvasthāstenarāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
sadā karmayathoktena kurvaṃti vihitāni ca

ātmaśaktiṃ ca vijñāya te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
mano vākkāyike dharme śraddhāṃ yaḥ kurute sadā

sādhūnāṃ saṃmato yaśca sa bhaveddevatātithiḥ /
vacovegaṃ manovegaṃ yo vegamudarodbhavam

upasthavegaṃ sahate sa svargī jāyate naraḥ /
yeṣāṃ guṇeṣu saṃtoṣo vāṇī yeṣāṃ śrutaṃ prati

paramārthe matiryeṣāṃ te śiṣṭāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
vrataṃ rakṣaṃti ye kopācchriyaṃ rakṣaṃti matsarāt

vidyāṃ mānāpamānābhyāmātmānaṃ tu pramādataḥ /
matiṃ rakṣaṃti ye lobhānmano rakṣaṃti kāmataḥ

dharmaṃ rakṣaṃti duḥsaṃgātte narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ ca vidhivadupavāsaparāyaṇāḥ

śukle'site ca ye vipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
māteva sarvabālānāmauṣadhaṃ rogiṇā miva

rakṣārthaṃ sarvalokānāṃ nirmitaikādaśī tithiḥ /
ekādaśī samaṃ kiṃcitpādatrāṇaṃ na vidyate

tāmupoṣya vidhānena puruṣāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
ekādaśendriyaiḥ pāpaṃ yatkṛtaṃ bhavati dvija

naro nirddhūya tattūrṇaṃ prītaḥ svargatimānbhavet /
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca

ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm /
ekataḥ kratavaḥ sarve sarvatīrthatapāṃsi ca

mahādānādidānāni vrataṃ vaiṣṇavamekataḥ /
vaiṣṇavavratajo dharmo dharmo yajñādisaṃbhavaḥ

ekatra tulitau dhātrā tatra pūrvo bhavedguruḥ /
harivāsara bhaktānāmacyutānaṃtabhāṣiṇām

nāhaṃ śāstā viśeṣeṇa tebhyo vipra bibhemyaham /
yeṣāṃ putraśca pautraśca ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

sahātmanā sa puruṣāñchatamuddharate balāt /
upoṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuryātpakṣayorubhayorapi

ekādaśyāṃ sa puruṣo bhuktimuktyekabhājanam /
jayā ca vijayā caiva jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī

trispṛśā vaṃjulī caiva pakṣasaṃvardhinī varā /
tiladugdhā parā jñeyā akhaṃḍadvādaśī tathā

manorathākhyā ca parā bhīmadvādaśikā tathā /
ityevamādayo bhedā dvādaśyāḥ saṃtyanekaśaḥ

vrateṣveteṣu ye śaktā jñeyāste brahmaṇi sthitāḥ /
śrotāro dharmaśāstrāṇāṃ dharmapratyaya saṃgatāḥ

priyaṃkarāśca bālānāṃ svargalokaṃ vrajaṃti te /
māsimāsyekadivase darśe śrāddhavratā narāḥ

tṛpyaṃti pitaro yeṣāṃ te dhanyāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
bhojaneṣūpapanneṣu bhojyaṃ yacchaṃti sādarāt

abhinnamukharāgeṇa śiṣṭāste svargagāminaḥ

ye bhaktimaṃto madhusūdanasya nārāyaṇasyākhilanāyakasya /
satyena hīnā rajasāpi yuktā gacchaṃti te nākamanaṃtapuṇyāḥ

vitastāṃ yamunāṃ sītāṃ puṇyāṃ godāvarīṃ nadīm /
sevaṃte ye śubhācārāḥ snānadānaparāyaṇāḥ

na te paśyaṃti paṃthānaṃ narakasya kadācana /
ye narmadāyāmiha śarmadāyāṃ majjaṃti tuṣyaṃtyapi darśanena

vidhūya pāpāni maheśalokaṃ gacchaṃti te tatra ciraṃ ramaṃte

snātāścarmanadī tīre trirātraṃ niyatā narāḥ /
vyāsāśrame viśeṣeṇa te narā nākinaḥ smṛtāḥ

gaṃgājale prayāge ca kedāre puṣkare tathā /
vyāsāśrame prabhāse ca mṛtāste viṣṇugāminaḥ

dvāravatyāṃ kurukṣetre yogābhyāsena vā mṛtāḥ /
harirityakṣaraṃ vaktre yeṣāṃ te na punarbhavāḥ

trirātramapi ye vipra dvāravatyāṃ puri sthitāḥ /
majjaṃti gomatī tīre dhanyāste keśavapriyāḥ

naranārāyaṇāvāse trirātraṃ ye samāśritāḥ /
martyaloke ca naṃdāyāṃ dhanyāste keśavapriyāḥ

ṣaṇmāsamuṣitā vipra puruṣottamasaṃnidhau /
te nūnamacyutātmāno dṛṣṭvā syuraghahāriṇaḥ

aneka janmārjitapuṇyatoye majjaṃti toye maṇikarṇikāyāḥ /
namaṃti viśveśamavāpyakāśīṃ te vai mayāpīha bhavaṃti vaṃdyāḥ

pūjayitvā hariṃ ye tu bhūmau darbha tilaiḥ saha /
tilānvikīrya lohaṃ ca datvā dhenuṃ payasvinīm

ye mṛtā vidhivadvipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
utpādya putrānsaṃsthāpya pitṛpaitāmahe pade

nirmamā nirahaṃkārā ye mṛtāste'pi nākinaḥ /
stainyānnivṛttāḥ satataṃ saṃtuṣṭāḥ svadhanena ca

svabhāgyenopajīvaṃti te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
ślakṣṇāṃ vāṇīṃ nirābādhāṃ madhuropāya varjitām

svāgatenābhibhāṣaṃte te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
śubhānāmaśubhānāṃ ca karmaṇāṃ phalasaṃcaye

vipākajñāśca ye vipra te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ /
dhanadharmapravṛttānāṃ dharmamārgānuyāyinām

protsāhaṃ vardhayaṃte ye modaṃte divi te narāḥ /
hemaṃte vahnido yaśca tathā grīṣme jalapradaḥ

varṣā svāśramadātā ca sa svarge modate ciram /
puṇyakāleṣu sarveṣu nitya naimittikādiṣu

bhaktyā yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ sa nūnaṃ suralokabhāk

dānaṃ daridrasya vibhoḥ kṣamitvaṃ yūnāṃ tapo jñānavatāṃ ca maunam /
icchānivṛttiśca sukhocitānāṃ dayā ca bhūteṣu divaṃ nayaṃti

dvividhaḥ karmasaṃbaṃdhaḥ pāpapuṇyasamudbhavaḥ /
satyameva samāśritya kriyate hyatra nirṇayaḥ

tapodhyānasamāyuktaṃ tāraṇāya bhavāṃbudheḥ /
pāpaṃ tu patanāyoktaṃ satyameva na saṃśayaḥ

balena paricāreṇa śauryeṇābhiyutasya ca /
puṇyahīnasya vai puṃsastadbalādiva līyate

unnatā giri durgeṣu vṛkṣāḥ saṃti supuṣṭakāḥ /
pataṃti vātavegena samūlāstu ghanā api

satyadharmavihīnāste tathā yāṃti yamālayam /
sāmānyaṃ sarvajaṃtūṃnāṃ balaṃ dharmastu kevalaḥ

yena saṃtarate jaṃturihaloke paratra ca /
mayā sarvamidaṃ samyaksvargamārga pradāyakam

samāsena samākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāhātmye ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ