Padma Purana · Chapter 6.124

īśvara uvāca/
prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyavarddhanam /
muktidaṃ tatvabuddhīnāṃ śṛṇuṣva surasattama

tāvadgarjati senāni gaṃgā bhāgīrathī kṣitau /
yāvannāyāti pāpaghnī kārtike haribodhinī

tāvadgacchaṃti tīrthāni āsamudra sarāṃsi ca /
yāvatprabodhinī viṣṇostithirnāyāti kārtike

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca /
ekenaivopavāsena prabodhinyāṃ yathā'bhavat

durlabhaṃ caiva duṣprāpyaṃ trailokye sacarācare /
tadapi prārthitaṃ vipra dadāti pratibodhinī

aiśvaryaṃ saṃsṛtiṃ jñānaṃ rājyaṃ ca sukhasaṃpadam /
dadātyupoṣitā vipra helayā haribodhinī

merumaṃdaratulyāni pāpānyupārjitāni ca /
ekenaivopavāsena dahate haribodhinī

upavāsaṃ prabodhinyāṃ yaḥ karoti svabhāvataḥ /
vidhinā naraśārdūla yathoktaṃ labhate phalam

pūrvajanmasahasreṣu pāpaṃ yatsamupārjitam /
jāgareṇa prabodhinyāṃ dahyate tūlarāśivat

śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha vakṣyāmi jāgarasya ca lakṣaṇam /
yasya vijñānamātreṇa durlabho na janārdanaḥ

gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ ca purāṇapaṭhanaṃ tathā /
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ puṣpaṃ gaṃdhānulepanam

phalamarghyaṃ ca śraddhā ca dānamiṃdriyasaṃyamam /
satyānvitaṃ vinidraṃ ca mudāyuktaṃ kriyānvitam

sāścarcaṃ caiva sotsāhamālasyādivivarjitam /
pradakṣiṇādisaṃyuktaṃ namaskārapuraḥsaram

nīrājanasamāyuktamanirviṇṇena cetasā /
yāme yāme mahābhāga kurvannīrājanaṃ hareḥ

etairguṇaiḥ samāyuktaṃ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ vibhoḥ /
ekāgramānaso yastu na punarjāyate bhuvi

ya evaṃ kurute bhaktyā vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaiḥ /
jāgaraṃ vāsare viṣṇornīyate paramāṃ gatim

puruṣasūktena yo nityaṃ kārtike arcayeddharim /
varṣakoṭisahasrāṇi pūjitastena keśavaḥ

yathoktena vidhānena paṃcarātroditena vai /
kārtike tvarcayennityaṃ muktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ

namonārāyaṇāyeti kārtike yo'rcayeddharim /
sa mukto nārakairduḥkhaiḥ padaṃ gacchatyanāmayam

harernāmasahasraṃ ca gajarājasya mokṣaṇam /
kārtike paṭhate yastu punarjanma na viṃdati

yugakoṭisahasrāṇi manvaṃtaraśatāni ca /
dvādaśyāṃ kārtike māsi jāgarī vasate divi

kule tasya ca saṃjātāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ /
prāpnuvaṃti padaṃ viṣṇostasmātkurvīta jāgaram

kārtike paścime yāme stavaṃ gānaṃ karoti yaḥ /
śvetadvīpe tu vasate pitṛbhiḥ saha bhāmini

naivedyadānaṃ haraye kārtike dinasaṃkṣaye /
yugāni vasate svarge tāvaṃti munisattamāḥ

akṣayaṃ muniśārdūla mālatīkamalārcanam /
arcayeddevadeveśaṃ sa yāti paramaṃ padam

kārtike śuklapakṣe tu kṛtvā hyekādaśīṃ naraḥ /
prātardattvā śubhānkuṃbhānsa yāti mama maṃdiram

kārttikeya uvāca/
bhagavannucyatāṃ puṇyaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam /
kartavyaṃ kārtike māsi bhavatā bhīṣmapaṃcakam

vidhānaṃ tasya ca phalaṃ tathaiva surasattama /
kathayasva prasādānme munīnāṃ ca pitāmaha

īśvara uvāca/
pravakṣyāmi mahāpuṇyaṃ vrataṃ vidhimatāṃ varaḥ /
bhīṣmeṇaitadyataḥ prāptaṃ vrataṃ paṃcadinātmakam

sakāśādvāsudevasya tenoktaṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakam /
vratasyāsya guṇānvaktuṃ kaḥ śaktaḥ keśavādṛte

kārttike śuklapakṣe tu śṛṇu dharmaṃ purātanam /
vasiṣṭhabhṛgugargādyaiścīrṇaṃ kṛtayugādiṣu

aṃbarīṣeṇa bhogādyaiścīrṇaṃ tretāyugādiṣu /
brāhmaṇairbrahmacaryeṇa japahomakriyādibhiḥ

kṣatriyaiśca tathā vaiśyaiḥ satyaśaucaparāyaṇaiḥ /
duṣkaraṃ satyahīnānāmaśakyaṃ bālacetasām

duṣkaraṃ bhīṣmamityāhurna śakyaṃ prākṛtairnaraiḥ /
yastatkaroti vipreṃdra tena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet

vrataṃ caitanmahāpuṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam /
ato naraiḥ prayatnena karttavyaṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakam

kārtikasyāmalepakṣe snātvā samyagvidhānataḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ tu gṛhṇīyādvrataṃ paṃcadinātmakam

prātaḥ snātvā viśeṣeṇa madhyāhne ca tathā vratī /
nadyāṃ nirjharagarte vā samālabhya ca gomayam

yavavrīhitilaiḥ samyakpitṝnsaṃtarpayetkramāt /
snātvā maunaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā dhautavāsā dṛḍhavrataḥ

bhīṣmāyodakadānaṃ ca arghyaṃ caiva prayatnataḥ /
pūjā bhīṣmasya karttavyā dānaṃ dadyātprayatnataḥ

paṃcaratnaṃ viśeṣeṇa dattvā viprāya yatnataḥ /
vāsudevo'pi saṃpūjyo lakṣmīyuktaḥ sadā prabhuḥ

paṃcake pūjayitvā tu koṭikalpāni tuṣyati /
yatkiṃcitkriyate sarvaṃ paṃcadhātuprakalpayet

saṃvatsaravratānāṃ ca labhate sakalaṃ phalam /
kṛtvā tūdakadānaṃ tu tathārghyasya ca dāpanam

maṃtreṇānena yaḥ kuryānmuktibhāgī bhavennaraḥ

vaiyāghrapādagotrāya sāṃkṛte pravarāya ca /
aputrāya dadāmyetadudakaṃ bhīṣmavarmaṇe

vasūnāmavatārāya śaṃtanorātmajāya ca /
arghyaṃ dadāmi bhīṣmāya ājanmabrahmacāriṇe ४५ iti arghyamaṃtraḥ /
anena vidhinā yastu paṃcakaṃ tu samāpayet /
aśvamedhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpnotyatra na saṃśayaḥ

paṃcāhamapi kartavyaṃ niyamaṃ ca prayatnataḥ /
niyamena vinā putra na bhāvyaṃ vratakarmaṇā

uttarāyaṇahīnāya bhīṣmāya pradadau hariḥ /
uttarāyaṇahīno'pi śuddhiṃ lagnaṃ vinā śubhāḥ

tataḥ saṃpūjayeddevaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ harim /
anaṃtaraṃ prayatnena kartavyaṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakam

snāpayeta jalairbhaktyā madhukṣīraghṛtena ca /
tathaiva paṃcagavyena gaṃdhacaṃdanavāriṇā

caṃdanena sugaṃdhena kuṃkumenātha keśavam /
karpūrośīramiśreṇa lepayedgaruḍadhvajam

arcayedruciraiḥ puṣpairgaṃdhadhūpasamanvitaiḥ /
gugguluṃ ghṛtaṃsaṃyuktaṃ dahetkṛṣṇāya bhaktimān

dīpakaṃ tu divārātrau dadyātpaṃcadinādiṣu /
naivedyaṃ devadevasya paramānnaṃ nivedayet

evamabhyarcayeddevaṃ saṃsmṛtya ca praṇamya ca /
ॐ namo vāsudevāya japedaṣṭottaraṃ śatam

juhuyācca ghṛtābhyaktaistilavrīhiyavādibhiḥ /
ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa svāhākārānvitena ca

upāsya paścimāṃ saṃdhyāṃ praṇamya garuḍadhvajam /
japitvā pūrvavanmaṃtraṃ kṣitiśāyī bhavedvratī

sarvametadvidhānaṃ tu kāryaṃ paṃcadināni tu /
viśeṣo'tra vrate hyasminyadanyūnaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat

prathame'hni hareḥ pādau pūjayetkamalairvratī /
dvitīye bilvapatreṇa jānudeśaṃ samarcayet

tatonupūjayecchīrṣaṃ mālatyā cakrapāṇinaḥ /
kārtikyāṃ devadevasya bhaktyā tadgatamānasaḥ

arcitvā taṃ hṛṣīkeśamekādaśyāṃ samāsataḥ /
niṣprāśya gomayaṃ samyagekādaśyāmupāvaset

gomūtraṃ maṃtravadbhūmau dvādaśyāṃ prāśayedvratī /
kṣīraṃ caiva trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ tathā dadhi

saṃprāśya kāyaśuddhyarthaṃ laṃghayitvā caturdinam /
paṃcame divase snātvā vidhivatpūjya keśavam

bhojayedbrāhmaṇānbhaktyā tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām /
pāpabuddhiṃ parityajya brahmacaryeṇa dhīmatā

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ parityajya maithunaṃ pāpakāriṇam /
śākāhāreṇa munyannaiḥ kṛṣṇārcanaparo naraḥ

tato naktaṃ samāśnīyātpaṃcagavyapuraḥ saram /
evaṃ samyaksamāptasya yathoktaṃ phalamāpnuyāt

madyapo yatpibenmadyaṃ janmano maraṇāṃtikam /
etadbhīṣmavrataṃ kṛtvā prāpnoti paramaṃ padam

strībhirbrāhmaṇavākyena kartavyaṃ dharmavarddhanam /
vidhavābhiśca kartavyaṃ mokṣasaukhyābhivṛddhaye

sarvakāmasamṛddhyarthaṃ puṇyārthamapi pāvake /
nityasnāne tathā dāne ye kārtikamupāsate

vaiśvadevaśca kartavyo viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaiḥ /
ārogya putrado vatsa mahāpātakanāśanaḥ

tīrtheṣu kārtikaṃ kuryātsarvayatnena ṣaṇmukha /
saṃvatsaravratānāṃ tu samāptiḥ kārtike matā

pāpasya pratimā kāryā raudravastrāti bhīṣaṇā /
khaḍgahastā viniṣkrāṃtā lohadaṃṣṭrākarālinī

tilaprasthopari sthāpyā kṛṣṇavastrābhiveṣṭitā /
raktapuṣpakṛtāpīḍā jvalatkāṃcanakuṃḍalā

saṃpūjya parayā bhaktyā dharmarājasya nāmabhiḥ /
imamuccārayenmaṃtraṃ gṛhītakusumāṃjaliḥ

yadanyajanmani kṛtamiha janmani vā punaḥ /
pāpaṃ praśamamāyātu tava pādaprasādataḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivatpratimāṃ tāṃ ca kāṃcanīm /
kṛtvā pūjāṃ yathāśaktyā viprāṇāṃ vedavādinām

prītaye devadevasya kṛṣṇasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ /
brāhmaṇāya pradātavyaṃ dharmo me prīyatāmiti

vācakāya pradātavyā yathāśaktyā ca dakṣiṇā /
dadyāddhiraṇyaṃ gāścaiva kṛṣṇo me prīyatāmiti

kṛtakṛtya sthito bhūtvā viraktaḥ saṃyato bhavet /
anyeṣāmapi dātavyaṃ svaśaktyā dānamuttamam

śāṃtacitto niraparādhaḥ paraṃ padamavāpnuyāt /
nīlotpaladalaśyāmaścaturdaṃṣṭraścaturbhujaḥ

aṣṭapādaikanayanaḥ śaṃkukarṇaḥ kharasvanaḥ /
jaḍī dvijihvastāmrākṣo mṛgarājatanucchadaḥ

ciṃtanīyo mahādevo yasya rūpaṃ na vidyate /
idaṃ bhīṣmeṇa kathitaṃ śaratalpagatena me

tadetatte mayākhyātaṃ duṣkaraṃ bhīṣmapaṃcakaṃ /
dhanyaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ yudhiṣṭhira mahāvratam /
yatkṛtvā brahmahā goghnaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

yadbhīṣmapaṃcakamiti prathitaṃ pṛthivyāmekādaśīprabhṛtipaṃcadaśī niruddham /
uktaṃ na bhojanaparasya tadā niṣedhastasminvrate śubhaphalaṃ pradadāti viṣṇuḥ

sūta uvāca/
etatsarvādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ bhuvane kṛtam /
idaṃ guhyaṃ mayākhyātaṃ śāstrasārasamuccayam

surāṇāṃ gopitaṃ sarvamatiguhyaṃ ca mokṣadam /
śrutvā caikapade devi agamyāgamane ratāḥ

kanyāvikrī svasāvikrī hyubhayaṃ tu vimocayet /
mokṣadaṃ ca idaṃ śāstraṃ prakāśaṃ netare jane

śrutvā caikapade yastu mokṣaṃ gacchati mānavaḥ /
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena ye cāpi tyāgino narāḥ

na teṣāṃ kathyate puṇyaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ ca ṣaṇmukha /
ityetatsarvamākhyātaṃ kārtikasya tu yatphalam

śrīviṣṇuruvāca/
kathitaṃ devadevena putrāya hitakāmyayā /
pitustadvākyamākarṇya ṣaṇmukho harṣanirbharaḥ

ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarve taṃ devaṃ jagadāyuṣam /
kṛtakṛtyā vayaṃ jātāḥ śrutvā kārtikajaṃ phalam

aparaṃ nāsti śrotavyaṃ prāptaṃ me janmanaḥ phalam /
māhātmyametadākarṇya pūjayedyastu pāṭhakam

gobhūhiraṇyavastraiśca viṣṇutulyo yato hi saḥ /
vācake pūjite yasmādviṣṇurbhavati pūjitaḥ

tathā taṃ pūjayennityaṃ yadīcchetsaphalaṃ śubham /
dharmaśāstraṃ purāṇaṃ ca vedavidyādikaṃ ca yat

pustakaṃ vācakāyaiva dātavyaṃ dharmamicchatā /
purāṇavidyā dātāro hyanaṃtaphalabhojinaḥ

yaḥ paṭheta idaṃ bhaktyā śrutvā caivāvadhārayet /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ yaśaḥ putrānāyurārogyameva ca /
māhātmyaśravaṇādeva labhyate ca na saṃśayaḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahastrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde caturviṃśatyadhikaśatatamodhyāyaḥ