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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.27

6.27.1

mahādeva uvāca-
pānīyadānaṃ paramaṃ dānānāmuttamaṃ sadā /
tasmādvāpīśca kūpāṃśca taḍāgāni ca kārayet

6.27.2

arddhaṃ pāpaṃ saṃharaṃti puruṣasya vikarmaṇaḥ /
kūpāḥ pravṛttapānīyāḥ supravṛttasya nityaśaḥ

6.27.3

sa ca tārayate vaṃśaṃ yasya khāta jalāśaye /
gāvaḥ pibaṃti viprāśca sādhavaśca narāḥ sadā

6.27.4

nidāghakāle pānīyaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati nārada /
durge viṣamakṛcchre ca na kadācidavāpyate

6.27.5

taḍāgānāṃ ca vakṣyāmi kṛtānāṃ ye guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /
triṣu lokeṣu sarvatra pūjito yastaḍāgavān

6.27.6

athavā mitrasadanaṃ mitramaitrīvivarddhanam /
kīrtisaṃjananaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ taḍāgasyopalakṣayet

6.27.7

dharmyasyārthasya kāmasya phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ /
taḍāgaṃ sukṛtaṃ deśe kṣetramadhye mahāśrayam

6.27.8

caturvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ taḍāgasyopalakṣayet /
taḍāgāni ca sarvāṇi diśaṃti śreyamuttamam

6.27.9

devāmanuṣyāgaṃdharvāḥ pitaro nāga rākṣasāḥ /
sthāvarāṇi ca bhūtāni saṃśrayaṃti jalāśayam

6.27.10

varṣāṛtau taḍāge tu salilaṃ yatra tiṣṭhati /
agnihotraphalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

6.27.11

hemaṃte śiśire caiva salilaṃ yasya tiṣṭhati /
gosahasraphalaṃ tasya labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ

6.27.12

vasaṃte'pi tathā grīṣme salilaṃ tiṣṭhate yadi /
atirātrāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

6.27.13

athaiteṣāṃ tu vṛkṣāṇāṃ ropaṇe ca guṇāñchṛṇu /
atītānāgatau cobhau pitṛvaṃśau mahāṛṣe

6.27.14

tārayedvṛkṣaropī ca tasmādvṛkṣāṃstu ropayet /
putrapautrā bhavaṃtyete pādapā nātra saṃśayaḥ

6.27.15

paralokaṃ gataḥ so'pi lokānāpnoti cākṣayān /
puṣpaiḥ suragaṇānsarvānpatraiścāpi tathā pitṝn

6.27.16

chāyayā cātithīnsarvānpūjayaṃti mahīruhāḥ /
kinnaroragarakṣāṃsi devagaṃdharvamānavāḥ

6.27.17

tathā ṛṣigaṇāścaiva saṃśrayaṃti mahīruhān /
puṣpitāḥ phalavaṃtaśca tarpayaṃtīha mānavān

6.27.18

ihaloke pare caiva putrāste dharmataḥ smṛtāḥ /
taḍāgavṛkṣaropāśca iṣṭayajñāśca ye dvijāḥ

6.27.19

ete svargānnahīyaṃte ye cānye satyavādinaḥ /
satyameva paraṃ brahma satyameva paraṃ tapaḥ

6.27.20

satyameva paro yajñaḥ satyameva paraṃ śrutam /
satyaṃ deveṣu jāgarti satyaṃ ca paramaṃ padam

6.27.21

tapo yajñāśca puṇyaṃ ca tathā devarṣipūjanam /
ādyo vidhiśca vidyā ca sarvaṃ satye pratiṣṭhitam

6.27.22

satyaṃ yajñastathā dānaṃ maṃtrā devī sarasvatī /
vratacaryā tathā satyamoṅkāraḥ satyameva ca

6.27.23

satyena vāyurabhyeti satyena tapate raviḥ /
satyena cāgnirdahati svargaḥ satyena tiṣṭhati

6.27.24

pūjanaṃ sarvadevānāṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam /
satyaṃ ca vadate loke sarvamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

6.27.25

aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam /
sarveṣāṃ sarvayajñānāṃ satyameva viśiṣyate

6.27.26

satyena devāḥ prīyaṃte pitaro ṛṣayastathā /
satyamāhuḥ paraṃ dharmaṃ satyamāhuḥ paraṃ padam

6.27.27

satyamāhuḥ paraṃ brahma tasmātsatyaṃ vadāmi te /
munayaḥ satyaniratāḥ tapastaptvā suduṣkaram

6.27.28

satyadharmaratāḥ siddhāstataḥ svargamito gatāḥ /
apsarogaṇasaṃghuṣṭairvimānaiḥ parito vṛtāḥ

6.27.29

vaktavyaṃ ca sadā satyaṃ na satyādvidyate param /
agādhe vipule siddhe sattīrthe ca śucau hṛdi

6.27.30

snātavyaṃ manasā yuktaiḥ snānaṃ tatparamaṃ smṛtam /
ātmārthe vā parārthe vā putrārthe vāpi mānavāḥ /
anṛtaṃ ye na bhāṣaṃte te narāḥ svargagāminaḥ

6.27.31

vedā yajñāstathā maṃtrāḥ saṃti vipreṣu nityaśaḥ /
na bhāṃtyujjhita satyeṣu tasmātsatyaṃ samācaret

6.27.32

nārada uvāca-/
tapasāṃ me phalaṃ brūhi punareva viśeṣataḥ /
sarveṣāṃ caiva varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapobalam

6.27.33

pravakṣyāmi tapodhyānaṃ sarvakāmārthasādhakam /
suduścaraṃ dvijātīnāṃ tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

6.27.34

tapo hi paramaṃ proktaṃ tapasā viṃdate phalam /
taporato hi yo nityaṃ modate saha daivataiḥ

6.27.35

tapasā prāpyate svargastapasā prāpyate yaśaḥ /
tapasā mokṣamāpnoti tapasā viṃdate mahat

6.27.36

jñānavijñānasaṃpattiḥ saubhāgyaṃ rūpameva ca /
tapasā labhate sarvaṃ manasā yadyadicchati

6.27.37

nātaptatapaso yāṃti brahmalokaṃ kadācana /
yatkāryaṃ kiṃcidāsthāya puruṣastapyate tapaḥ

6.27.38

tatsarvaṃ samavāpnoti paratreha ca mānavaḥ /
surāpaḥ paradārī ca brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ /
tapasā tarate sarvaṃ sarvataśca vimucyate

6.27.39

api sarveśvaraḥ sthāṇurviṣṇuścaiva sanātanaḥ /
brahmā hutāśanaḥ śakro ye cānye tapasānvitāḥ

6.27.40

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrddhvaretasām /
tapasā divi modaṃte sametā daivataiḥ saha

6.27.41

tapasā prāpyate rājyaṃ śakraḥ sarve purā surāḥ /
tapasā pālayansarvānahanyahani vṛttidāḥ

6.27.42

sūryācaṃdramasau devau sarvalokahite ratau /
tapasaiva prakāśaṃte nakṣatrāṇi grahāstathā

6.27.43

sarvaṃ ca tapasābhyeti sarvaṃ ca sukhamaśnute /
tapastapati yo'raṇye vanamūlaphalāśanaḥ

6.27.44

yo'dhīte śrutimevādau samaṃ syāttapasā mune /
śruteradhyāpanātpuṇyaṃ yadāpnoti dvijottamaḥ

6.27.45

tadadhyāyasya japyācca dviguṇaṃ phalamaśnute /
jagadyathā nirālokaṃ jāyate śaśibhāskarau

6.27.46

vinā tathā purāṇaṃ hi dhyeyamasmānmahāmune /
tapyamānastapo jñānaṃ yo dhārayati śāstrataḥ

6.27.47

saṃbodhayati lokaṃ ca tasmātpūjyatamo guruḥ /
sarveṣāṃ caiva pātrāṇāṃ śreṣṭhapātraṃ purāṇavit

6.27.48

patanāttrāyate yasmāttasmātpātramudāhṛtam /
dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ vā vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca

6.27.49

ye yacchaṃti supātrāya te yāṃti ca parāṃ gatim /
gāścaiva mahiṣīrvāpi gajānaśvāṃśca śobhanān

6.27.6.27.50

yaḥ prayacchati mukhyāya tatpuṇyasya phalaṃ śṛṇu /
akṣayaṃ sarvalokānāṃ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

6.27.51

mahīṃ dadāti yastasmai kṛṣṭāṃ phalavatīṃ śubhām /
sa tārayati vai vaṃśāndaśapūrvāndaśāparān

6.27.52

vimānena ca divyena viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati /
na yajñaistuṣṭimāyāṃti devāḥ prokṣaṇakairapi

6.27.53

balibhiḥ puṣpapūjābhiryathā pustakavācanaiḥ /
viṣṇorāyatane yastu kārayeddharmapustakam

6.27.54

devyāḥ śaṃbhorgaṇeśasya arkasya ca tathā punaḥ /
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

6.27.55

itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ puṇyaṃ pustakavācanam /
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sūryalokaṃ bhinatti saḥ

6.27.56

sūryalokaṃ ca bhittvāsau brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati /
sthitvā kalpaśatānyatra rājā bhavati bhūtale

6.27.57

aśvamedhasahasrasya yatphalaṃ samudāhṛtam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti devāgre yo jayaṃ paṭhet

6.27.58

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryaṃ pustakavācanam /
itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ viṣṇorāyatane śubham /
nānyatprītikaraṃ viṣṇostathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām

6.27.27

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṇḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde vṛkṣaprapāsarovaratapo'dhyayana dharmavyākhyāna māhātmyaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

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