Padma Purana · Chapter 6.226

śaṃkara uvāca -
nyāsevāpyarcane vāpi maṃtramekāṃtinaḥ śrayet /
avaiṣṇavopadiṣṭena maṃtreṇa na parā gatiḥ

avaiṣṇavopadiṣṭaṃcetpūrvamaṃtravaraṃdvayam /
punaśca vidhinā samyakvaiṣṇavādgrāhayedguroḥ

sahasraśākhādhyāyī vā sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ /
kule mahati jāto'pi na guruḥ syādavaiṣṇavaḥ

yastu maṃtradvayaṃ samyagadhyāpayati vaiṣṇavaḥ /
sa ācāryastu vijñeyo bhavabaṃdhavidārakaḥ

ācāryaṃ saṃśrayitvātha vatsaraṃ sevayeddivajaḥ /
tasya vṛttiṃ parijñātvā maṃtramadhyāpayedguruḥ

kṛtvā tāpādisaṃskārānpaścānmaṃtramudīrayet /
tāpaṃ puṃḍraṃ tathā nāma kṛtvā vai vidhinā guruḥ

paścādadhyāpayenmaṃtraṃ śiṣyaṃ nirmalacetasam /
cakreṇa vidhinā taptaṃ tāpa ityabhidhīyate

puṃḍramūrddhvaṃ tathā proktaṃ nāma vaiṣṇavamucyate /
tato maṃtraṃ vidhānena śiṣyamadhyāpayedguruḥ

nyāsamaṣṭākṣaraṃ maṃtramanyaṃ vā vaiṣṇavaṃ manum /
nyāsamevātra paramaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ śubhānane

tasmāttu nyāsamevaiṣāmatiriktamihocyate /
nyāsavidyāparo yastu brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭha ucyate

nyāsātparataraṃ nāsti mantraṃ satyaṃ bravīmi te /
nyāsaṃ dvayaṃ prapattiḥ syātparyāyeṇa nibodha me

dvayopadeśapūrvaṃ tu sarvakarmasamācaret /
dvayādhikārī na bhavetsarvakarmasu nārhati

tasmādvayamadhītyeva paścānmaṃtramanuttamam /
śrīmadaṣṭākṣaraṃ samyagabhyaseddivajasattamaḥ

maṃtramaṣṭākṣaraṃ proktaṃ praṇavasyaiva saṃgrahāt /
naisargapraṇavādyantu maṃtramityucyatebudhaiḥ

nānyatra sarvamaṃtreṣu praṇavasvasvabhāvataḥ /
pūrvaṃ tu sarvamaṃtrāṇāṃ yojayetpraṇavaṃ śubham

ॐkāraḥ praṇavaṃ brahma sarvamaṃtreṣu nāyakaḥ /
ādau sarvatra yuṃjīta maṃtrāṇāṃ tu śubhānane

svabhāvātpraṇavantasminmūlamaṃtre pratiṣṭhitam /
omityekākṣaraṃ pūrvaṃ dvyakṣaraṃ nama ityatha

tato nārāyaṇāyeti paṃcārṇāni yathākramam /
evamaṣṭākṣaro maṃtro jñeyaḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ

sarvaduḥkhaharaḥ śrīmānsarvamaṃtrātmakaḥ śubhaḥ /
ṛṣirnārāyaṇastasya devatā śrīśa eva ca

chaṃdastu devī gāyatrī praṇavo bījamucyate /
nityānapāyinī devī śaktiḥ śrīrucyate manoḥ

prathamaṃ padamoṅkāra dvitīyaṃ nama ucyate /
tṛtīyaṃ nārāyaṇāyeti padatrayamudāhṛtam

akāraścāpyukāraśca makāraśca tataḥ param /
vedatrayātmakaṃ proktaṃ praṇavaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam

akāreṇocyate viṣṇuḥ śrīrukāreṇa cocyate /
makārastvanayordāsaḥ paṃcaviṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

vāsudevasvarūpaṃ tadakāreṇocyatai budhaiḥ /
ukāreṇa śriyo devyā rūpaṃ munibhirucyate

makāreṇocyate jīvaḥ paṃcaviṃśoditaḥ pumān /
bhūtāni ca kavargeṇa cavargaṇendriyāṇi ca

ṭa vargeṇa tavargeṇa jñānaṃ dhādayastathā /
manaḥ pakāreṇaivoktaṃ phakāreṇa tvahaṃkṛtiḥ

bakāreṇa bhakāreṇa mahānprakṛtirucyate /
ātmā tu sa makāraḥ syātpaṃcaviṃśaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

deheṃdriyamanaḥ prāṇādibhyonyo'nanyasādhanaḥ /
bhagavaccheṣabhūto'sau makārākhyaḥ sa cetanaḥ

avadhāraṇavācyevamukāraḥ kaiściducyate /
śrītatvamapi tatpakṣe vakāreṇaiva cocyate

bhāskarasya prabhā yadvattasya nityānapāyinī /
ākāreṇocyate viṣṇuḥ kalyāṇaguṇasāgaraḥ

śrīśaḥ sarvātmanāṃ śeṣo jagadbījaṃ paraḥ pumān /
jagatkarttā jagadbharttā īśvaro lokabāṃdhavaḥ

jagatāmīśvarī nityā viṣṇoranapagāminī /
mātā sarvasya jagataḥ patnī viṣṇormanoramā

jagadādhārabhūtā śrīrukāreṇātra cocyate /
makāreṇa tayordāsaḥ kṣetrajñaḥ procyate budhaiḥ

jñānāśramo jñānaguṇaścetanaḥ prakṛteḥ paraḥ /
na jaḍo nirvikāraśca ekarūpa svarūpabhāk

aṇurnityo vyāptiśīlaścidānaṃdātmakastathā /
ahamartho'vyayaḥ kṣetrī bhinnarūpaṃ sanātanaḥ

adāhyocchedyo hyaklaidyastvaśoṣyokṣara eva ca /
evamādiguṇopetaśśeṣabhūtaḥ parasya vai

makāreṇocyate jīvaḥ kṣetrajñaḥ paravānsadā /
dāsabhūto harereva nānyasya tu kadācana

evaṃ dāsatvamevāsya madhyamevāvadhāryate /
ityevaṃ praṇavasyārtho jñātavyokto mayānaghe

vivṛtiḥ praṇavasyārtha mantraśeṣeṇa vai śubhe /
parasya dāsabhūtasya svātantryaṃ neha vidyate

tasmānmahadahaṃkārau manasā vinivarttayet /
svopāyabuddhyā yatkṛtyaṃ tadapi pratiṣidhyate

ahaṃkṛtirmakāraḥ syānnakārastanniṣedhakaḥ /
tasmāttu manasaivāsya ahaṃkāravimocanam

manasā sarvasiddhiḥ syādanyathā nāśamāpnuyāt /
namasā sahitaṃ kiṃcittadahaṃkāra ucyate

ahaṃkāreṇa yuktasya sukhaṃ kiṃcinna vidyate /
ahaṃkāravimūḍhātmā aṃdhe tamasi majjati

tasmānna manasā cātra svātaṃtryaṃ pratiṣidhyate /
bhagavatparataṃtro'sau tadāyattaśca jīvati

tasmātsādhanakartṛtvaṃ cetanasya na vidyate /
īśvarasyaiva saṃkalpādvarttate svacarācaram

tasmātsvasāmarthyavidhiṃ tyajetsarvamaśeṣataḥ /
īśvarasya tu sāmarthyānnālabhyaṃ tasya vidyate

tasminnyastabharaḥ śrīśe tatkarmaiva samācaret /
paramātmā harissvāmī svamahaṃ tasya sarvadā

icchāyā viniyoktavyastasyaivātmeśvarasya hi /
ityevaṃ manasā tyaktamahaṃtā mamatorjitam

deheṣvahaṃ matirmūlaṃ saṃsṛtau karmabaṃdhane /
tasmānmahadahaṃkārau manasā varjayedbudhaḥ

atha nārāyaṇapadaṃ vakṣyāmi giraje śubhe /
nārā ityātmanāṃ saṃghāsteṣāṃ gatirasau pumān

ta eva cāyanaṃ tasya tasmānnārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
sarvaṃ hi cidacidvastu śrūyate dṛśyate jagat

yo'sau vyāpyasthito nityaṃ sa vai nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nārāśceti sarvapuṃsāṃ samūhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ

gatirālaṃbanaṃ teṣāṃ tasmānnārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
narājjātāni tatvāni nārāṇīti vidurbudhāḥ

tānyeva cāyanaṃ tasya tena nārāyaṇassmṛtaḥ /
kalpāṃtepi jagatkṛtsnaṃ grasitvā yena dhāryate

punaḥ saṃsṛjyate yena sa vai nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
carācaraṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ nāra ityabhi dhīyate

tasya vāsaṃ gatiryena tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nāro narāṇāṃ saṃghātastasyāsāvayanaṃ gatiḥ

tenāsau munibhirnityaṃ nārāyaṇa itīritaḥ /
prabhavanti yato lokā mahābdhau pṛthuphenavat

punaryasmātpralīyante tasmānnārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
yo vai nityapade nityo nityamuktaikabhogavān

īśaḥ sarvasya jagataḥ sa vai nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃbrahma tatvaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ param

yacca kiṃcijjagatyasmindṛśyate śrūyate'pi vā /
aṃtarbaṃhiśca tatsarvaṃ vyāpya nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ

apahatapāpmā puruṣaḥ sarvabhūtāṃtarasthitaḥ /
divyaekassadā nityo harirnārāyaṇo'cyutaḥ

yastu draṣṭā ca draṣṭavyaṃ śrotā śrotavyameva ca /
spraṣṭā ca sparśitavyaśca dhyātā dhyātavyameva ca

vaktā ca vācyaṃ jñātā ca jñātavyaṃ cidacijjagat /
tacca sarvaṃ hariḥ śrīśo nārāyaṇa udāhṛtaḥ

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt /
sa lokānsarvato vyāpya atyatiṣṭhaddaśāṃgulam

yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ tatsarvaṃ nārāyaṇo hariḥ /
utāmṛtatvasyeśāno yadannena virāṭpumān

sa eva puruṣo viṣṇurvāsudevo'cyuto hariḥ /
hiraṇmayo'tha bhagavānso'mṛtaḥ śāśvataḥ śivaḥ

patirviśvasya jagataḥ sarvalokeśvaraṃ prabhuḥ /
hiraṇyagarbhāḥ savitā anaṃto'sau maheśvaraḥ

bhagavāniti śabdo'yaṃ tathā puruṣa ityapi /
varttate nirupādhiśca vāsudevo'khilātmani

īśvaro bhagavānviṣṇuḥ paramātmā jagatsuhṛt /
śāstā carācarasyaiko yatīnāṃ paramā gatiḥ

yo vedādau svaraḥ prokto vedāṃte ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
tasya prakṛtilīnasya yaḥ paraḥ sa maheśvaraḥ

yosāvakāro vai viṣṇuryo'sau nārāyaṇo hariḥ /
sa eva puruṣo nityaḥ paramātmā maheśvaraḥ

yasmādudbhūtamaiśvaryaṃ yasminkasmiṃśca vartate /
tasminnīśvaraśabdo'pi procyate munibhistathā /
nirupādhīśvaratvaṃ hi vāsudeve pratiṣṭhitam

ātmeśvara iti prokto vedavādaiḥ sanātanaiḥ /
tasmānmaheśvaratvaṃ tu vāsudeve pratiṣṭhitam

asau tripādvibhūtestu līlayā api ceśvaraḥ /
vibhūtidvayamaiśvaryaṃ tasyaiva sakalātmanaḥ

śrībhūnīlāpatiryosāvīśvarassa udāhṛtaḥ /
tasmātsarveśvaratvaṃ tu vāsudeve pratiṣṭhitam

asau yajñeśvaro yajño yajñabhukyajñakṛdvibhuḥ /
yajñabhugyajñapuruṣaḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ

yajñeśvaro havyasamastakavyabhoktā vyayātmā harirīśvaro'tra /
tatsaṃnidhānādapayāṃti sadyo rakṣāṃsyaśeṣāṇyasurāśca sarve

yo'sau virāṭtvamāpanno harirbhūto janārdanaḥ /
saṃtarpayati lokāṃstrīnsa eva parameśvaraḥ

yena pūrṇena haviṣā devā yajñamatanvata /
tasmādyajñātsamutpannā ye ke cobhayādataḥ

tasmādyajñātsarvahuta ṛcaḥ sāmāni jajñire /
tasmādaśvā ajāyaṃta gāvaśca puruṣādayaḥ

puruṣasya tanorasya sarvayajñamayasya vai /
hareḥ sarvaṃ samudbhūtaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

mukhabāhūrupādāḥ syustasya varṇā yathākramam /
padbhyāṃ tu pṛthivī tasya śirasā dyaurajāyata

manasaścaṃdramā jātaścakṣuṣaśca prabhākaraḥ /
mukhādagniḥ sahasrākṣo vāyuḥ prāṇātsadāgatiḥ

nābherviriṃcirgaganaṃ jagatsarvaṃ carācaram /
yasmātsarvaṃ samudbhūtaṃ jagadviṣṇoḥ sanātanāt

tasmātsarvamayo viṣṇurnārāyaṇa itīritaḥ /
evaṃ sṛṣṭvā jagatsarvaṃ punaḥ saṃgrasate hariḥ

nijalīlāsamudbhūtaṃ tāntavaṃ corṇanābhivat /
brahmāṇamiṃdraṃ rudraṃ ca yamaṃ varuṇameva ca

nigṛhya harate yasmāttasmāddharirahocyate /
asāvekārṇavībhūte māyāvaṭatale pumān

jagatsvajaṭhare kṛtvā śete tasminsanātanaḥ /
āsīdeko hi vai cātra viṣṇurnārāyaṇo'cyutaḥ

na brahmā na ca rudraśca na devā na maharṣayaḥ /
neme dyāvāpṛthivyau ca na somo na ca bhāskaraḥ

na nakṣatrāṇi lokāśca na cāṃḍaṃ mahadāvṛtam /
yasmājjagadvṛtaṃ tena sakalaṃ hariṇā śubhe

sṛṣṭaṃ punastathā sarge tasmānnārāyaṇassmṛtaḥ /
tasya dāsyaṃ caturthyānu maṃtre proktaṃ tu pārvati

dāsabhūtamidaṃ tasya brahmādyaṃ sakalaṃ jagat /
evamarthaṃ viditvā vai paścānmaṃtraṃ prayojayet

aviditvā tu mantrārthaṃ siddhiṃ naivādhigacchati /
na tu bhuktiṃ ca bhaktiṃ ca na ca muktiṃ varānane

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde maṃtrārthopadeśonāma ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ