Padma Purana · Chapter 6.1

ॐ śrīviṣṇave namaḥ /
ॐ śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ /
ॐ nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam /
devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet

ajñānatimirāṃdhasya jñānāṃjanaśalākayā /
cakṣurunmīlitaṃ yena tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ -/
śrutaṃ pātālakhaṃḍaṃ ca tvayākhyātaṃ vidāṃvara /
nānākhyānasamāyuktaṃ paramānaṃdadāyakam

adhunā śrotumicchāmo bhagavadbhaktivarddhanam /
pādme yaccheṣamastīha tadbrūhi kṛpayā guro

sūta uvāca-/
śṛṇudhvaṃ munayaḥ sarve yaduktaṃ śaṃkareṇa hi /
pṛcchate nāradāyaiva vijñānaṃ pāpanāśanam

ekādā nārado lokānparyaṭanbhagavatpriyaḥ /
gato'dri maṃdaraṃ śaṃbhuṃ praṣṭuṃ kiṃcinmanogatam

tatrāsīnamumānāthaṃ praṇipatya śivājñayā /
upaviṣṭaḥ samādiṣṭa āsane'bhimukho vibhoḥ

nārada uvāca/
papraccha idameveśaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchatha sattamāḥ /
bhagavandevadeveśa pārvatīśa jagadguro

bhagavattatvavijñānaṃ yena syāttanmamādiśa /
śiva uvāca/
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
prathamottarakīrtiḥ syātparvatākhyānameva ca

jālaṃdharaṃ tathākhyānaṃ śrīśailākhyaṃ tataḥ param /
haridvārasya vyākhyānaṃ viṣṇupādodbhavāṃ tathā

prayāgatīrthaṃ te vakṣye daśāśvamedhikaṃ ca tat /
tulasīmahimācaiva śaṃkhacakragadādikam

dvārakāyāstathākhyānaṃ mahotsavavidhistataḥ /
taḍākajaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ vāpīkūpaprapādikam

gāṇapatyaṃ tato vakṣye vaiṣṇavāgamameva ca /
jīrṇoddhārasya māhātmyaṃ maṃdākinī samāgamam

sābhramatyāstu māhātmyaṃ māhātmyaṃ tīrajaṃ tathā /
strīśūdrāṇāṃ tathā dharmaṃ tathā tyājyaiśca dhāraṇam

umāmaheśasaṃvāde proktaṃ nāmasahasrakam /
kailāsāttatsamānītaṃ nāradenāgrajanmanā

lokānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kṣatriyāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
strīśūdrāṇāṃ viśeṣeṇa paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ

idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ puṇyamāyuṣyavardhanam /
paṭhitavyaṃ viśeṣeṇa viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt

viṣṇornāmasahasraṃ tatpāvanaṃ bhuvi viśrutam /
caturviṃśatimūrtīnāṃ sthānakānīha saṃvadet

teṣāṃ ca mātāpitarāvaṃtaraṃ ca bravīmyaham /
gotraṃ vedāṃścateṣāṃ vai karmāṇīha tathaiva ca

striyasteṣāṃ pravakṣyāmi yathāvijñānadarśanāt /
caturviṃśatyekādaśīnāṃ dvādaśīnāṃ prabhāvatām

godāvaryāśca māhātmyaṃ śaṃkhacakrādidhāraṇam /
brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa dhāraṇaṃ vidhipūrvakam

yamunāyāśca māhātmyaṃ gaṃḍikāyāstathā mune /
vetravatyāstu māhātmyaṃ vacmyahaṃ te na saṃśayaḥ

gillitīrthodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ śilākṣetraṃ mahacca yat /
tatsarvaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi khaṃḍe uttarasaṃjñake

arbudeśvaramāhātmyaṃ tatra tīrthādikaṃ ca yat /
sarasvatyāśca māhātmyaṃ siddhakṣetrādikaṃ ca yat

padmanābhasamutpattiṃ tulasyāścaiva dhāraṇam /
gopīcaṃdanamāhātmyaṃ paṭṭapūjāṃ tathaiva ca

niraṃjanasya māhātmyaṃ tathā vijñānadarśanam /
tatra dīpapradānaṃ ca dhūpadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ

kārtikasyātha māhātmyaṃ māhātmyaṃ māghajaṃ tathā /
sarveṣāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca māhātmyaṃ vidhipūrvakam

śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi jagannāthākhyamuttamam /
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate loko brahmahatyādipātakāt

yatra siddhaṃ tathā bhuktaṃ pāralaukikadāyakam /
brāhmaṇā yatra bhuṃjanti vedaśāstra viśāradaḥ

anyeṣāṃ caiva lokānāṃ kā kathā caiva suvrata /
paṃcaviṃśatyatra nāgā nartakyo vividhāstathā

brahmahatyā bālahatyā gavāṃhatyā tathaiva ca /
tāḥ sarvā vilayaṃ yāṃti jagannāthasya darśanāt

jagannāthetyuccarañjaṃturmahāpāpaiḥ pramucyate /
viṣṇoḥ pūjanakaṃ puṣpaistanmāhātmyamapi bruve

parvatānāṃ varṇanaṃ ca deśānāṃ varṇanaṃ tathā /
gopūjanādimāhātmyaṃ siddhānāṃ caiva pūjanam

sikthe datte tu yatpuṇyaṃ tatsarvaṃ pravadāmyaham /
kadalīgarbhadānaṃ ca vṛkṣadānaṃ tataḥ param

aśvadānaṃ hastidānaṃ japamāhātmyamuttamam /
maṃtradīkṣāgamaṃ caiva gurorlakṣaṇameva ca

śiṣyasya lakṣaṇaṃ proktaṃ yathā paurāṇikā viduḥ /
caraṇodakamāhātmyaṃ pitṛśrāddhādikaṃ ca yat

pitṛkṣayāhadānaṃ ca nīlotsargavidhistataḥ /
grahaṇaṃ caṃdrasūryasya tatra dānaṃ ca yadbhavet

śālagrāmasya dānasya māhātmyaṃ mālyagaṃdhayoḥ /
daśamyaikādaśīvedhaṃ dvādaśī harivāsaram

teṣāṃ caiva tumāhātmyaṃ rudranāmādikaṃ ca yat /
mathurāyāśca māhātmyaṃ kurukṣetrādikaṃ tathā

setubaṃdhasya cākhyānaṃ śrīrāmeśvarajaṃ tathā /
tryaṃbakasya ca māhātmyaṃ paṃcavaṭyāśca yatphalam

daṃḍakāraṇyamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇu vāḍavasattama /
daṃḍakāraṇyamāhātmyaṃ nṛsiṃhotpattikāraṇam

gītāyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ tathā bhāgavatasya ca /
kāliṃdyāścaiva māhātmyamindraprasthasya varṇanam

rukmāṃgadacaritraṃ tu mahimā vaiṣṇavasya ca /
vaiṣṇave hyekabhukte tu śṛṇu vāḍavasattama

sasāgarāṃ ca pṛthivīṃ dattvā caiva tu yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti bhukte hyeke tu vaiṣṇave

sātvikāḥ sattvasaṃpannā rājasāḥ kāmukāḥ smṛtāḥ /
tāmasā adhamāḥ proktā vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu lakṣaṇam

brāhmaṇā vaiṣṇavā ye tu vedadharmaparāyaṇāḥ /
teṣāṃ māhātmyaṃ vakṣyāmi yathoktaṃ caiva nārada

viṣṇuniṃdāratā ye vai dravyalobhena sattama /
teṣāṃ pāpaṃ tu vakṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ ṛṣisattama

jvālāmukhyāstathākhyānaṃ himaśailekṣaṇaṃ tathā /
brahmotpattistu vai yatra taṃ pradeśaṃ vadāmyaham

kāyasthānāṃ samutpatirgayāvyākhyānameva ca /
gadādharasvarūpaṃ ca phalguvarṇanameva ca

eteṣāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ pādme dṛṣṭaṃ tathā śrutam /
mahābodhasvarūpaṃ ca sakalkeryaśa eva ca

rāmagayāyā māhātmyaṃ tathā pretaśilābhavam /
brahmaṇaśca tathākhyānaṃ śilākhyānaṃ vadāmyaham

brahmayonestathākhyānamakṣayākhya vaṭasya ca /
śrāddhe tatra mahatpuṇyaṃ yattatsarvaṃ vadāmyaham

maheśvarakṛtāṃ bhaktiṃ viṣṇunā ca mahātmanā /
adyāpi kāśyāṃ japati mahārudro hyanāmayam

māhātmyaṃ ca tato vakṣye sāgarasya hi nārada /
tilatarpaṇajaṃ puṇyaṃ yavajaṃ puṇyameva ca

tulasīdalasaṃyuktaṃ tarpaṇaṃ devajaṃ tathā /
tanmāhātmyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathoktaṃ brahmaṇā mama

śaṃkhanādasya māhātmyaṃ puṇyaṃ cāsaṃkhyasaṃjñakam

ravervārasya māhātmyaṃ yogasya viṣṇusaṃjñinaḥ /
vaidhṛtasya ca māhātmyaṃ vyatīpātasya vai tathā

etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathoktaṃ caiva nārada /
annadānaṃ vastradānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ tathaiva ca

śayyādānaṃ ca godānaṃ tathā vṛṣabhameva ca /
janmāṣṭamyāśca māhātmyaṃ matsyamāhātmyameva ca

kūrmamāhātmyaṃ tatproktaṃ vārāhasya tathaiva ca /
māhātmyaṃ ca gavādīnāṃ dānānāṃ pravadāmyaham

prahlādamukhabhaktā ye ye kecidbhuvi viśrutāḥ /
tanmāhātmyaṃ tato vakṣye śṛṇu devarṣisattama

jāgare mahimā caiva dīpadāne kṛte ca yat /
prahareṣu pṛthakpūjāphalaṃ devarṣisattama

parśurāmasya cākhyānaṃ reṇukāyā vadhastathā /
brāhmaṇānāṃ bhūmidānaṃ rāmeṇaiva ca yatkṛtam

rāmasyāśramajaṃ puṇyaṃ vadāmyahamaśeṣataḥ /
narmadāyāstathākhyānaṃ puṇyapūjanayostathā

dānaṃ vedapurāṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ nirūpaṇam /
hiraṇyadānapuṇyaṃ ca brahmāṃḍadānameva ca

padmapurāṇadānaṃ ca khaṃḍānāṃ vyaktayastathā /
prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṃḍaṃ ca dvitīyaṃ bhūmikhaṃḍakam

svargakhaṃḍaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca turyaṃ pātālasaṃjñakam /
uttaraṃ paṃcamaṃ proktaṃ khaṃḍānyanukrameṇa vai

etatpadmapurāṇaṃ tu vyāsena tu mahātmanā /
kṛtaṃ lokahitārthāya brāhmaṇaśreyase tathā

śūdrāṇāṃ puṇyajananaṃ tīvradāridryanāśanam /
mokṣadaṃ sukhadaṃ cāśu kalyāṇapradamavyayam /
śrutvā dānaṃ tathā kuryādvidhinā tatra nārada

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe maheśanāradasaṃvāde bījasamuccayonāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ