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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.123

6.123.1

kārtikeya uvāca/
bhagavañcchrotumicchāmi vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam /
vidhiṃ māsopavāsasya phalaṃ cāsya yathoditam

6.123.2

yathāvidhi naraiḥ kāryā vratacaryā yathā bhavet /
ārabhyate yathāpūrvaṃ samāpyaṃ hi yathāvidhi

6.123.3

yāvatsaṃkhyaṃ tu kartavyaṃ tatprabrūhi maheśvara /
vratametatsuraśreṣṭha vistareṇa mamānagha

6.123.4

śrīrudra uvāca/
sādhu pāvaki sarvaṃ te yatpṛṣṭaṃ prabruve'nagha /
bhaktyā matimatāṃ śreṣṭha śṛṇuṣva gadato mama

6.123.5

surāṇāṃ ca yathā viṣṇustapatāṃ ca yathā raviḥ /
meruḥ śikhariṇāṃ yadvadvainateyaśca pakṣiṇām

6.123.6

tīrthānāṃ tu yathā gaṃgā prajānāṃ tu yathā vaṇik /
śreṣṭhaṃ sarvavratānāṃ tu tadvanmāsopavāsanam

6.123.7

sarvavrateṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu caiva hi /
sarvadānodbhavaṃ caiva labhenmāsopavāsakṛt

6.123.8

agniṣṭomādibhiryajñairvividhairbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ /
na tatpuṇyamavāpnoti yanmāsaparilaṃghanāt

6.123.9

tena japtaṃ hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtā svadhā /
yaḥ karoti vidhānena naro māsamupoṣaṇam

6.123.10

uddiśya vaiṣṇavaṃ yajñaṃ samabhyarcya janārdanam /
gurorājñāṃ tato labdhvā kuryānmāsopavāsanam

6.123.11

vaiṣṇavāni yathoktāni kṛtvā sarvavratāni tu /
dvādaśyādīni puṇyāni tato māsamupāvaset

6.123.12

atikṛcchṝṃ ca pārākaṃ kṛtvā cāṃdrāyaṇaṃ tataḥ /
māsopavāsaṃ kurvīta jñātvā deha balābalam

6.123.13

vānaprastho yatirvāpi nārī vā vidhavā mune /
māsopavāsaṃ kurvītagurorviprājñayā tataḥ

6.123.14

āśvinasyāmale pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
vratametattu gṛhṇīyādyāvattriṃśaddināni tu

6.123.15

vāsudevaṃ samabhyarcya kārtikaṃ sakalaṃ naraḥ /
māsaṃ copavasedyastu sa muktiphalabhāgbhavet

6.123.16

acyutasyālaye bhaktyā trikālaṃ kumudaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
mālatīṃdīvaraiḥ padmaiḥ kamalaistu sugaṃdhibhiḥ

6.123.17

kuṃkumośīrakarpūrairvilipya varacaṃdanaiḥ /
naivedyadhūpadīpādyairarcayecca janārdanam

6.123.18

manasā karmaṇā vācā pūjayedgaruḍadhvajam /
kurvannarastrīvidhavā bṛhadbhaktirjiteṃdriyaḥ

6.123.19

nāmnāmeva tathālāpaṃ viṣṇoḥ kuryādaharniśam /
bhaktyā viṣṇostutirvācyā mithyālāpavivarjitā

6.123.20

sarvasatvadayāyuktaḥ śāṃtavṛttirahiṃsakaḥ /
supto bāhyāsanastho vā vāsudevaṃ prakīrtayet

6.123.21

smṛtvālokanagaṃdhādi svāditaṃ parikīrtitam /
annasya varjayedgrāsaṃ grāsānāṃ sampramokṣaṇam

6.123.22

gātrābhyaṃgaṃ śirobhyaṃgaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ savilepanam /
vratastho varjayetsarvaṃ yaccānyacca nirākṛtam

6.123.23

na vratasthaḥ spṛśetkiṃcidvikarmasthaṃ na cālayet /
devatāyatane tiṣṭhangṛhasthaścācared vratam

6.123.24

kṛtvā māsopavāsaṃ tu yathoktavidhinā naraḥ /
nārī vā vidhavā sādhvī vāsudevaṃ samarcayet

6.123.25

anyūnādhikamevaṃ tu vrataṃ triṃśaddinairiti /
kṛtvā māsopavāsaṃ tu saṃyatātmā jiteṃdriyaḥ

6.123.26

tato'rcayedeva puṇyaṃ dvādaśyāṃ garuḍadhvajam /
pūjayetpuṣpamālābhirgaṃdhadhūpavilepanaiḥ

6.123.27

vastrālaṃkāravādyaiśca toṣayedacyutaṃ naraḥ /
saṃsnāpayeddhariṃ bhaktyā tīrthacaṃdanavāribhiḥ

6.123.28

caṃdanenānuliptāṃgaṃ dhūpapuṣpairalaṃkṛtam /
vastradānādibhiścaiva bhojayitvā dvijottamān

6.123.29

dadyācca dakṣiṇāṃ tebhyaḥ praṇipatya kṣamāpayet /
viprānkṣamāpayitvā tu visṛjyābhyarcya pūjya ca

6.123.30

evaṃ vittānusāreṇa bhaktiyuktena śaktitaḥ /
evaṃ māsopavāsānhi kṛtvābhyarca janārdanam

6.123.31

bhojayitvā dvijāṃścaiva viṣṇuloke mahīyate /
evaṃ māsopavāsāṃte vṛtvā viprāṃstrayodaśa

6.123.32

niryāpayettatastānvai vidhinā yena tacchṛṇu /
kārayedvaiṣṇavaṃ yajñamekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

6.123.33

pūjayitvā tu deveśamācāryānujñayā harim /
arcayitvā yathāśaktyā hyabhivādya guruṃ tathā

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tatonubhojayedviprānnamaskārapuraḥsaram /
viśuddhakulacāritrānviṣṇupūjanatatparān

6.123.35

pūjayitvā tathā sarvānbhojayitvā trayodaśa /
tāṃbūlavastrayugmāni bhojanācchādanāni ca

6.123.36

yogapaṭṭāni sūtrāṇi brahmasūtrāṇi caiva hi /
dattvā caiva dvijāgryebhyaḥ pūjayitvā praṇamya ca

6.123.37

tatonupūjayedbhaktyā śayyāstaraṇasaṃskṛtām /
sācchādanāṃ śubhāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ sopadhānāmalaṃkṛtām

6.123.38

kārayitvātmanomūrtiṃ kāṃcanīṃ tu svaśaktitaḥ /
nyasettasyāṃ tu śayyāyāmarcayitvā sragādibhiḥ

6.123.39

āsanaṃ pādukā chatraṃ vastrayugmamupānahau /
pavitrāṇi ca puṣpāṇi śayyāyāmupakalpayet

6.123.40

evaṃ śayyāṃ tu saṃkalpya praṇipatya ca tāndvijān /
prārthayeccānumodārthaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ vrajāmyaham

6.123.41

tato vrajennaraḥ preṣṭhaṃ viṣṇoḥ sthānamanāmayam /
maṃḍapasthāṃstu tānviprāniti vācyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ

6.123.42

maṃtrahīnaṃ bhaktihīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ dvijottamāḥ /
sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇatāṃ yātu bhavadvākyaprasādataḥ /
vidhirmāsopavāsasya yathāvatparikīrtitaḥ

6.123.123

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde māsopavāsakathanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

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