Padma Purana · Chapter 6.223

śaunaka uvāca-
sūtasūta mahābhāga dhanyosi tvaṃ bhavāṃbudhau /
yanno'tyarthaṃ nimagnānāṃ pāyayasvamṛtotkaram

sādho'tra bhavanistāra vāṃchatāṃ naḥ samādiśa /
maṃtraratnaṃ bhāvaśuddhaṃ yanmayaṃ sacarācaram

sūta uvāca-
śṛṇu śaunaka vakṣyāmi maṃtraratnaṃ mahādbhutam /
yaddilīpāya gaditaṃ vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā

ekadā tu dilīpena pṛṣṭametadguruṃ prati /
vasiṣṭhaṃ dvijaśārdūlaṃ praṇipatya yathā tvayā

dilīpa uvāca-
bhagavanbhavatā proktāssarvadharmāviśeṣataḥ /
varṇāśramayutā dharmā nityanaimittikāḥ kriyāḥ

rājadharmmāśca yajñāśca tīrthadānavratādikam /
śrutā mayā muniḥśreṣṭha akṣayya svargabhogadāḥ

adhunā śrotumicchāmi mokṣamārgaṃ sanātanam /
diṣṭyāhaṃ yena gacchāmi tadbrahmanvaktumarhasi

ko maṃtraṃ sarvamaṃtrāṇāṃ bhavarogaikabheṣajam /
sarveṣāmeva dehīnāṃ ko hi mokṣapradaḥ paraḥ

tatsamākhyāhi tattvena mayi vātsalyagauravāt

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ tvayā rājansarvalokahitaiṣiṇā /
vakṣyāmi paramaṃ guhyamekaṃ saṃsāratārakam

purā maharṣayaḥ sarve yajñadānaparāḥ śubhāḥ /
papracchurbrahmaṇaḥ putraṃ nāradaṃ munisattamam

maharṣaya ūcuḥ -
bhagavankena maṃtreṇa gacchāmaḥ paramaṃ padam /
tanno brūhi mahābhāga prasādaṃ kartumarhasi

nārada uvāca-/
pitāmahaṃ purā sarve yoginaḥ sanakādayaḥ /
papracchurekamekāṃte mokṣamārgaṃ sudurllabham

brahmovāca-/
śṛṇudhvaṃ yoginaḥ sarve rahasyamidamadbhutam

na jānaṃti surāḥ sarve ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ /
sargādau proktavāndevo mahyaṃ nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ

īśvaryā saha devyā ca samyaksaṃpūjito mayā /
tataḥ prasanno bhagavānmama nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ

prājāpatyaṃ dadau mahyaṃ śrutijaṃ sarvavāṅmayam /
prakāśakāni maṃtrāṇi vyāpakāvyāpakāni ca

tatastamabruvaṃ devaṃ purāṇapuruṣottamam /
bhagavankena maṃtreṇa saṃsārottāraṇaṃ nṛṇām

tanmamācakṣva tattvena sarvalokahitāya vai /
ko mantraḥ sarvamantrāṇāṃ puraścaraṇavarjitaḥ

sakṛduccāraṇānnṛṇāṃ dadāti paramaṃ padam /
śrībhagavānuvāca-
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ mahābhāga sarvalokahitaiṣiṇā

tasmādvakṣyāmi te guhyaṃ yena māmāpnuyurnarāḥ

sarveṣāmeva maṃtrāṇāṃ maṃtraratnaṃ śubhāvaham /
sakṛtsmaraṇamātreṇa dadāti paramaṃ padam

maṃtraratnadvayaṃ nyāsaṃ prayatiḥ śaraṇāgatiḥ /
lakṣmīnārāyaṇamiti mantraḥ sarvaphalapradaḥ

nāmāni maṃtraratnasya paryyāyeṇa nibodhata /
tasyoccāraṇamātreṇa parituṣṭosmi nityaśaḥ

kulajo vā tapasvī vā vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ /
yajñadānaparo vāpi sarvatīrthopasevakaḥ

vratī vā satyavādī vā yatirvā jñānavānapi /
mantrādhikārī na bhavettaṃ prayatnena varjayet

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā striyaḥ śūdrāstathetarāḥ /
tasyādhikāriṇaḥ sarve mama bhaktāstu te yadi

ananyaśaraṇānāṃ ca tathaivānanyasevinām /
ananyasādhakānāṃ ca vaktavyo mantra uttamaḥ

ārtānāmāśu phaladassakṛdeva kṛto hyasau /
dṛptānāmapi jantūnāṃ dehāntaranivāraṇaḥ

ārtto jijñāsurarthārthī jñānī vāpi prajāpatiḥ /
sakṛnmāṃ śaraṇaṃ yāti tataḥ kāmānavāpnuyāt

nādīkṣitāya vaktavyaṃ nābhaktāya ca mānine /
nāstikāya na lubdhāya na śraddhāvimukhāya ca

na cāśuśrūṣave vācyaṃ nāsaṃvatsaravāsine /
kāmakrodhavimuktastu daṃbhalobhavivarjitaḥ

māṃ ca yo vyabhicāreṇa bhaktiyogena sevate /
vaktavya tasya vidhivanmaṃtraratnamanuttamam

deśakālādiniyamānarimitrādi śodhanam /
nyāsamudrādikaṃ tasya puraścaraṇasaṃyutam

maccakrāṃkitadehatvaṃ madīyārādhanaṃ tathā /
mayi sanyastakarmatvaṃ madananyaśaraṇyatatā

mayi sarvaphalanyāso mahāviśvāsapūrvakam /
ananyasādhano yatnastvakiṃcanatvamātmanaḥ

avaiṣṇavānāṃ saṃbhāṣā vaṃdanādi vivarjanam /
ananyadevatānāṃ ca vandanaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā

evamādyādi niyamāṃ prapannasya prakīrtitāḥ /
ityādiguṇayuktasya vaktavyaṃ maṃtramuttamam

tasya nārāyaṇaścāhamṛṣirviṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ /
devatā ca śriyā sārddhamahaṃ vātsalyasāgaraḥ

sarvalokeśvaraḥ śrīmānsuśīlaḥ subhagastathā /
sarvajñaḥ sarvaśaktiśca sadāpūrṇamanorathaḥ

sarvagaḥ sarvabaṃdhuśca kṛpāpīyūṣasāgaraḥ /
śrīmannārāyaṇaścāhaṃ devatā samudāhṛtaḥ

chaṃdastu devī gāyatrī paṃcaviṃśākṣarātmikā /
dvissaptaṣaṭtripaṃcadviṣaḍaṃgāni niyojayet

lakṣmyā madanapāyinyā māṃ dhyāyedviśvarūpiṇam /
cakraśaṃkhagadāpadmapāṇinaṃ divyarūpiṇam

vāmāṃkasthaśriyā sārddhaṃ pūjayetprayataṃ śuciḥ /
anena maṃtraratnena gaṃdhapuṣpanivedanaiḥ /
sakṛtsaṃpūjyamāno'pi saṃtuṣṭosmi prajāpate

brahmovāca-
samyaguktaṃ tvayā nātha rahasyamidamuttamam /
maṃtraratnaprabhāvaśca sarvasiddhiprado nṛṇām

pitā tvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ mātā tvaṃ gurureva ca /
tvaṃ ca svāmī sakhā bhrātā gatistvaṃ śaraṇaṃ suhṛt

ahaṃ tu tava deveśa dāsaśśiṣyastathā suhṛt /
tasmānmama dayāsiṃdho proktavānidamuttamam

adhunā maṃtraratnasya dīkṣāṃ samyagvidhānataḥ /
brūhi sarvatra tatvena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

śrībhagavānuvāca -
śaṇu vatsa pravakṣyāmi maṃtra dīkṣāvidhiṃ param /
ācāryaṃ saṃśrayetpūrvaṃ madāśrayaṇasiddhaye

ācāryo vedasaṃpanno viṣṇubhakto vimatsaraḥ /
maṃtrajño mantrabhaktaśca sadā maṃtrāśrayaḥ śuciḥ

satsaṃpradāyasaṃyukto brahmavidyāviśāradaḥ /
ananyasādhanaścaiva tathānanyaprayojanaḥ

brāhmaṇo vītarāgaśca krodhalobhavivarjitaḥ /
sadvṛttau śāsitā caiva mumukṣuḥ paramātmavit

evamādiguṇepeta ācāryaḥ sa mudā suhṛt /
ācārāñśāsayedyastu sa ācārya itīritaḥ

yastvācāryaparādhīnassadvṛttau śāsyate yadi /
śāsane sthiravṛttaśca śiṣyaḥ sadbhirudāhṛtaḥ

evaṃ lakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ śiṣyaṃ sarvaguṇānvitam /
adhyāpayedvidhānena mantraratnanuttamam

dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇe vāpi karhicidvaiṣṇave dine /
sadācāryopasaṃprītau tatra dīkṣāṃ samācet

sudarśanaṃ pāṃcajanyaṃ suvarṇena prakārayet /
raupyeṇa vāpi tāmreṇa kāṃsyenāpi prakārayet

snāpya paṃcāmṛtaiḥ śuddhairarcayetpurato mama /
arccayedgaṃdhapuṣpādyaistanmaṃtreṇa vidhānataḥ

tatra saṃsthāpayedagni svagṛhyokta vidhānataḥ /
ācāryo juhuyādājyaṃ maṃtreṇātha dvijottamaḥ

aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vā śatamaṣṭottaraṃ tu vā /
juhuyānmaṃtraratnena tathānyairvaiṣṇavaiḥ śubhaiḥ

maṃtraiḥ puruṣasūktādyairjuhuyāghṛtapāyasam /
tasminnagnau kṣipeccakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ ca dvijattamaḥ

ṣaḍakṣareṇa juhuyādājyaṃ viṃśatisaṃkhyayā /
prataptaṃ cakramādāya maṃtraiṇaiva tathā guruḥ

śaṃkhenaivāṃkanaṃ kuryādbāhvordakṣiṇasavyayoḥ /
homaśeṣaṃ samāpyātha punaḥ pūjāṃ samācaret

tataḥ kalaśamādāya pavitrodakapūritam /
maṃtreṇaivābhimaṃtryātha tasya mūrdhnyabhiṣecayet

sitavastradharaṃ samyagācāṃtaṃ vinayānvitam /
ūrddhvapuṇḍradharaṃ śiṣyaṃ maṃtramadhyāpayedguruḥ

maṃtrārthaśca pravaktavyo vṛttiścaiva viśeṣataḥ /
labdhamaṃtrastadācāryaṃ pūjayedbhūṣaṇādibhiḥ

anena vidhinā maṃtraṃ yo'dhīte vaiṣṇavādguroḥ /
tataḥ sa vaiṣṇavaṃ yāti nānyathā surasattama

nārada uvāca-
evamukttvā vidhātāraṃ devadevo hariḥ pitā /
svacakreṇāṃkayitvā tu tasmai maṃtraṃ dadau svayam

sarvalokeśvaro devo brahmā mama pitā prabhuḥ /
mamāpi vidhivanmaṃtraṃ sa dadau munisattamāḥ

tasmādyūyaṃ muniśreṣṭhā dhārayitvā sudarśanam /
nārāyaṇapadaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ gacchadhvaṃ śaraṇaṃ dvijāḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
ityuktvā munayaḥ sarve nāradena surarṣiṇā /
dvayādhikāriṇaḥ sarve yātā viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam

tasmāttvamapi rājarṣe viṣṇusāyujyamicchasi /
dīkṣāmārgavidhānena dhārayitvā sudarśanam

nārāyaṇapadadvaṃdvaṃ tadekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja /
sarvalokeśvaraḥ sākṣādbrahmā tribhuvaneśvaraḥ

mamāpi nāradasyāpi proktavānmaṃtramuttamam /
śaunakādi maharṣīṇāṃ naimiṣāraṇyavāsinām

nāradaḥ pradadau maṃtraṃ prapattiṃ śaraṇāgatim /
etadguhyatamaṃ rājanna jānaṃti maharṣayaḥ

devātāśca na jānaṃti siddhā sādhyāśca dānavāḥ /
mayāpi prāpito maṃtraṃ śaktiputraḥ parāśaraḥ

idaṃ rahasyaṃ paramaṃ lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ dvayam /
rājaṃstavāpi vakṣyāmi prapatti śaraṇāgatim

dvayātparataraṃ mantraṃ nāsti satyaṃ bravīmi te /
asmātparataraṃ dharmmaṃ nāsti lokeṣu kiṃcana

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ brahmaṇā kathitaṃ purā /
nārāyaṇātparo devo nāsti muktiprado nṛṇām

tatsevaiva bhavenmokṣaḥ sarvakarma nikṛṃtanaḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe vasiṣṭhadilīpasaṃvāde vidyopadeśonāma trayoviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ