Padma Purana · Chapter 6.224

dilīpa uvāca-
bhagavansarvamācakṣva haribhaktisudhāmayam /
śṛṇvato naiva tṛptirme viṣṇubhaktiṃ sukhāvahām

tāpatrayamahājvālā vahnibhiḥ satataṃ nṛṇām /
saṃtaptānāṃ muniśreṣṭha viṣṇubhaktisudhārṇavam

vinā kimanyaccharaṇaṃ bhavāraṇye bhayānake /
ācakṣva vistareṇātha bhaktibhedānmahāmune /
upāsyamānānsatataṃ munibhiḥ paramātmanaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
sādhu pṛcchasi rājeṃdra saṃsārottāraṇaṃ nṝṇāṃ /
vaikuṃṭhasya pareśasya bhaktiṃ nityasukhāvahām

imamevaṃ mahāpraśnaṃ kailāsaśikhare purā /
papraccha girijādevī śaṃkaraṃ lokapūjitam

pārvatyuvāca-
devadeva mahādeva tripuraghna sureśvara /
viṣṇubhaktiṃ mamācakṣva muktidāṃ sarvadehinām

upāsyabhedānmaṃtrāṃśca tasya pūjāvidhīṃstathā /
tasya viṣṇoḥ svarūpaṃ ca tadvibhūtirguṇādikam

tasya lokasvarūpaṃ ca yaṃ prāpya na nivartate /
sargasthitilayaṃ yena karoti bhagavānhariḥ

yadgatvā na nivartaṃte taddhāmaparamaṃ hareḥ /
yena kena ca kṛtyena sādhanena paraṃ padam

prāpnuvaṃti narāḥ pāpā viṣayāsaktacetasaḥ /
vistareṇa mayi prītyā brūhi sarvamaśeṣataḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
iti pṛṣṭo mahādevyā harastripurahā tadā /
uvāca paramaprītyā namaskṛtya janārdanam

rudra uvāca-
sādhusādhu mahādevi sarvalokahitaiṣiṇi /
sādhu pṛcchasi māṃ devi śrīśamāhātmyamuttamam

dhanyāsi kṛtapuṇyāsi viṣṇubhaktāsi pārvati /
parituṣṭo'smi te bhadre śīlarūpaguṇaiḥ sadā

atha vakṣyāmi girije bhagavadbhaktimuttamām /
tanmaṃtrāṇāṃ vidhānaṃ ca svarūpaṃ tasya śārṅgiṇaḥ

tatvaṃ nārāyaṇo viṣṇurvāsudevassanātanaḥ /
paramātmā paraṃ brahma paraṃ jyotiḥ parātparaḥ

acyutaḥ puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śāśvataḥ śiva īśvaraḥ /
nityaḥ sarvagataḥ sthāṇū rudrassākṣī prajāpatiḥ

yajño yajñapatiḥ sākṣādbrahmaṇaḥ patireva ca /
hiraṇyagarbhaṃ savitā lokakṛllokabhṛdvibhuḥ

akāravācyo bhagavān śrībhū nīlāpatiḥ prabhuḥ /
utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yadannenātirohati

sahasramūrddhā viśvātmā sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt /
sa bhūmiṃ sarvataḥ spṛtvā hyatyatiṣṭhaddaśāṃgulam

anaṃtaḥ śrīpatī rāmo guṇabhṛnnirguṇo mahān /
sarvalokeśvaraḥ śrīmānsarvajñaḥ sarvatomukhaḥ

tasya lokapradhānasya jagannāthasya pārvati /
māhātmyaṃ vāsudevasya yacchakyaṃ tadbravīmi te

aśakyaṃ tanmayā vaktuṃ brahmaṇā saha daivataiḥ /
sarvopaniṣadāmarthaṃ vedāṃte pariniścitam

tasyopāsanabhedāṃśca śṛṇu vacmi punaḥ pṛthak /
ādyaṃtu vaiṣṇavaṃ proktaṃ śaṃkhacakrāṃkanaṃ hareḥ

dhāraṇaṃ cordhvarpuṃḍrāṇāṃ tanmaṃtrāṇāṃ parigrahaḥ /
arcanaṃ ca japodhyānaṃ tannāmasmaraṇaṃ tathā

kīrtanaṃ śravaṇaṃ caiva vaṃdanaṃ pādasevanam /
tatpādodakasevā ca tanniveditabhojanam

tadīyānāṃ ca sevāñca dvādaśīvrataniṣṭhitam /
tulasīropaṇaṃ viṣṇordevadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ

bhaktiḥ ṣoḍaśadhā proktā bhavabaṃdhavimuktaye /
sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ mamāpi puruṣottamaḥ

pūjanīyo harirnityaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
tasmāttu brāhmaṇo nityaṃ vidhivatpūjayeddharim

taccihnairaṃkitaḥ śrīśapadaṃprāpnotyasaṃśayam /
śaṃkhacakrāṃkanaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇo bāhumūlayoḥ

hutāgninaiva saṃtapya sarvapāpāpanuttaye /
cakraṃ vā śaṃkhacakre vā tathā paṃcāyudhāni vā

dhārayitvaiva vidhivadvrahmakarmasamārabhet /
agnitaptaṃ pavitraṃ ca dhṛtvā vai bhujamūlayoḥ

tyaktvā yamapuraṃ ghoraṃ yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /
cakracihnavihīnastu yaḥ pūjayati keśavam

tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ yāti pūjāmaṃtrajapādikam /
agnitaptena cakreṇa brāhmaṇo bāhumūlayoḥ

aṃkayitvā japanmaṃtraṃ saṃsārānmokṣamāpnuyāt /
sudarśanaṃ dhārayitvā vahnitaptaṃ dvijottamaḥ

upanīya vidhānena paścātkarmasu yojayet /
viṣṇucakravihīnaṃ tu ya śrāddhe bhojayiṣyati

vyarthaṃ bhavati tatsarvaṃ nirāśāḥ pitaro gatāḥ /
viṣṇucakrāṃkitaṃ vipraṃ pūjayecchrāddhakarmaṇi

viṣṇucakravihīnaṃ tu prayatnena vivarjayet /
dadyādgobhūhiraṇyādi cakrāṃkitabhujāya vai

yaddattaṃ cakrahīnāya tatsarvamasurāya vai /
agnitaptena cakreṇa bāhumūle tu lāṃchitāḥ

sarvapāpavinirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /
hutāgnitaptacakreṇa śarīraṃ yasya cihnitam

tasya tīrthāni yajñāśca saṃprāptā nātra saṃśayaḥ /
adhṛtvā vidhinā cakraṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prākṛto bhavet

na tasya kiṃcidaśnīyādapi kratusahasriṇaḥ /
adhṛtvā vidhinā cakraṃ brāhmaṇo jñānadurlabhaḥ

garhitassarvalokeṣu brāhmaṇyātpracyuto bhavet /
śaṅkhacakradharo devo hariḥ pūjyo yathātmabhiḥ

tathaiva sarvaissaṃpūjyo vipraścakrādicihnitaḥ /
sarvavedavido vāpi sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ

adhṛtvā vidhinā cakraṃ brāhmaṇaḥ patito bhavet /
ūrddhvapuṃḍravihīnastu śaṃkha cakravivarjitaḥ

taṃ gardabhe samāropya bahiḥ kuryātsvapattanāt /
prakṛtisparśarahito vāsudevo janārdanaḥ

tathaiva brāhmaṇo devi viṣṇucakreṇa cihnitaḥ /
tasmātprakṛtisaṃsargapāpaughadahanaṃ hareḥ

prataptaṃ bibhṛyāccakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ ca bhujamūlayoḥ /
strīśūdrāṇāṃ sadā dhāryye caṃdanena sugaṃdhinā

bāhumūle likheccakraṃ taptaṃ tu brāhmaṇasya vai /
taptenaivāṃkanaṃ kuryādbrāhmaṇasya vidhānataḥ

śrautasmārttādisiddhyarthaṃ maṃtrasiddhyai tathaiva ca /
hareḥ pūjādhikārārthaṃ cakraṃ dhāryāṃ vidhānataḥ

vaiṣṇavatvasya siddhyarthaṃ jñānasiddhyarthameva ca /
pratapeccakraśaṃṅkhābhyāṃ hutvā homaṃ vidhānataḥ

anyairna dāhayedgātraṃ brāhmaṇo harilāṃchanāt /
śaṃkhacakragadākhaḍgaśārṅgādanyairharerapi

lakṣaṇena daheddehaṃ nānyadagdhorhatikriyām /
acakradhāriṇaṃ vipraṃ dūrataḥ parivarjayet

śvapākamiva nekṣeta loke vipramavaiṣṇavam /
vaiṣṇavo varṇabāhyo'pi punāti bhuvanatrayam

tasmāttu vidhinā cakraṃ dhāryaṃ vipraiḥ śubhānane /
brāhmaṇā maṃtrasiddhyai ca jñānasiddhyai ca muktaye

aprākṛtāmahātmāno viṣṇucakreṇa lāṃcchitāḥ /
viṣṇucakravihīnāstu brāhmaṇāḥ prākṛtāḥ smṛtāḥ

sarvāśrameṣu vasatāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
vidhinā vaiṣṇavaṃ cakraṃ dhāryaṃ hi śrutinodanāt

dakṣiṇe tu bhuje vipro bibhṛyādvai sudarśanam /
vāme tu śaṃkhaṃ bibhṛyāditi brahmavido viduḥ

evammahopaniṣadi proktaṃ cakrādidhāraṇam /
tathaiva sāmni yajuṣi ṛci proktaṃ śubhānane

pra te viṣṇo abjacakre pavitre janmāmbhodhiṃ tartave carṣaṇīndrāḥ/
mūle bāhvordadhate'nye purāṇā liṅgānyenye tāvakānyarpayanti

caraṇaṃ pavitraṃ vitataṃ purāṇaṃ vāṅmayaṃ śubham /
tena cakreṇa santaptāstareyuḥ pātakāmbudhim

pavitraṃ brāhmaṇaspatyaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ haressadā /
te nātaptatanūryeṣāṃ na te yānti paraṃ padam

tena taptā tanūryeṣāṃ te prayāṃti paraṃ paradam /
pavitracaraṇaṃ nemirhareścakraṃ sudarśanam

sahasrāraṃ prākṛtaghnaṃ lokadvāraṃ mahaujasam /
nāmāni viṣṇucakrasya paryāyeṇa nibodha me

śuddhena vahnitaptena brahmatvena punīhi naḥ /
yatte pavitramarcivadagne tena punīhi naḥ

yena devāḥ pavitreṇa ātmānaṃ punate sadā /
tena sahasradhāreṇa pāvamānyaḥ punaṃtu mām

prajāpatyaṃ pavitraṃ tu śatodyāmaṃ hiraṇmayam /
vayaṃ brahmavidastena pūtaṃ brahma punīmahe

sanemicakramajaraṃ cakṣurasya mahātmanaḥ /
asminhi vidhṛte devā mahonnatapada yayau

tasmādvai vidhivaddhāryāḥ śaṃkhacakrādihetayaḥ /
brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣeṇa vaiṣṇavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

dhṛtorddhvapuṃḍraḥ kṛtacakradhārī viṣṇoḥ padaṃ dhyāyati yo mahātmā /
svareṇamaṃtreṇa sadā hṛdisthaṃ parātparaṃ yāti viśuddhacetāḥ

ye kaṃṭhalagnatulasī nalinākṣamālā ye bāhumūlaparicihnitaśaṃkhacakrāḥ /
ye vā lalāṭaphalake lasadūrdhvapuṃḍrāste vaiṣṇavā bhuvanamāśu pavitrayaṃti

divaspateḥ suvitataṃ pavitraṃ ye tu rakṣiṇaḥ /
na vahaṃti bhuje samyakna hi śocaṃti jantavaḥ

ye vahaṃti bhuje cakraṃ sasthiraṃ vidhinā drutam /
paraṃ vyomni tu te sthānamadhitiṣṭhanti tejasā

homāgnisaṃtaptapavitralāṃchitā mūle tu bāhvoḥ paramātmano hareḥ /
saṃtārayitvā bhavasāgaraṃ mahacchuddhaṃ paraṃ yāti pareśalokam

aṅkayettaptacakrādyairātmano bāhumūlayoḥ /
kalatrāpatyabhṛtyeṣu paśvādiṣu ca aṅkayet

ityevaṃ śrutayassarvāḥ kathayaṃti varānane /
tathaiva setihāseṣu purāṇeṣvapi kathyate

dvividhaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ prauktaṃ bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā /
śaṃkhacakrādibhirbāhyamāṃtaraṃ vītarāgatā

bāhyābhyaṃtarasāmyaṃ yattadvaiṣṇavamudāhṛtam /
tasmāccakrādicihnaṃ tu prathamaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ smṛtam

āṃtaraṃ smaradoṣādi vimuktaṃ svātmadarśanam /
sarvabhūtadayāśāṃtiriṃdriyārtheṣvalolatā

putradārādyasaṃgatvaṃ yogābhyāsaratistathā /
ananyabhaktiyogena pareśasyābhiṣevaṇam

tasmāccakrādihetīnāmaṃkanaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ smṛtam /
cakrādicihnahīnatvādvaiṣṇavatvaṃ na labhyate

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde sudarśanādimāhātmyaṃnāma caturviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ