Padma Purana · Chapter 6.52
yudhiṣṭhirauvāca-
āṣāḍhakṛṣṇapakṣe tu kiṃ vai ekādaśī bhavet /
kathayasva prasādena vāsudeva mamāgrataḥ
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-
vratānāmuttamaṃ rājankathayāmi tavāgrataḥ /
sarvapāpakṣayakaraṃ sarvamuktipradāyakam
āṣāḍhasyāsite pakṣe yoginī nāma nāmataḥ /
ekādaśī nṛpaśreṣṭha mahāpātakanāśinī
saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ potabhūtā sanātanī /
jagattraye sārabhūtā yoginī vratakāriṇām
kathayāmi tavāgre'haṃ kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām /
alakāyāṃ rājarājaḥ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ
tasyāsītpuṣpabaṭuko hemamālīti nāmataḥ /
tasya patnī surūpā ca viśālākṣīti nāmataḥ
sa tasyāṃ cāsaktamanā kāmapāśavaśaṃ gataḥ /
mānasātpuṣpanicayamānīya svagṛhe sthitaḥ
patnīpremarasāsakto na kuberālayaṃ gataḥ /
kubero devasadane karoti śivapūjanam
madhyāhnasamaye rājanpuṣpāgamasamīkṣakaḥ /
hemamālī svabhavane ramate kāṃtayā saha
yakṣarāṭpratyuvācātha kālātikramakopitaḥ /
kasmānnāyāti bho yakṣā hemamālī durātmavān /
niścayaḥ kriyatāmasya ityuvāca punaḥ punaḥ
yakṣā ūcuḥ -
vanitākāmuko gehe ramate svecchayā nṛpa /
teṣāṃ vākyaṃ samākarṇya kuberaḥ kopapūritaḥ
āhvayāmāsa taṃ tūrṇaṃ baṭukaṃ hemamālinam /
jñātvā kālātyayaṃ so'pi bhayavyākulalocanaḥ
asnāta eva āgatya kuberasyāgrataḥ sthitaḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā dhanadaḥ kruddhaḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
pratyuvāca ruṣāviṣṭaḥ kopaprasphuritādharaḥ /
dhanada uvāca-
āḥ pāpa duṣṭa durvṛtta kṛtavāndevahelanam
aṣṭādaśakuṣṭhavṛto viyuktaḥ kāṃtayā tayā /
asmātsthānādapadhvasto gaccha svapnamathādhama
ityukte vacane tasya tasmātsthānātpapāta saḥ /
mahāduḥkhābhibhūtaśca kuṣṭhaiḥ pīḍitavigrahaḥ
na sukhaṃ divase tasya na nidrāṃ labhate niśi /
chāyāyāṃ pīḍitatanurnidāghe'tyaṃtapīḍitaḥ
śivapūjāprabhāvena smṛtistasya na lupyate /
pātakenābhibhūto'pi pūrvaṃ karma smaratyasau
bhramamāṇastato gacchanhimādriṃ parvatottamam /
tatrāpaśyanmunivaraṃ mārkaṃḍeyaṃ taponidhim
yasyāyurvidyate rājanbrahmaṇo vayasā samam /
vavaṃde caraṇau tasya dūrataḥ pāpakarmakṛt
mārkaṃḍeyo munivaro dṛṣṭvā taṃ kaṃpitaṃ tathā /
paropakaraṇārthāya samāhūyedamabravīt
kasmātkuṣṭhābhibhūtastvaṃ kuto niṃdyataro hyasi /
ityuktaḥ sa pratyuvāca mārkaṃḍeyaṃ mahāmunim
hemamālyuvāca-
rājarājasyānucaro hemamālīti nāmataḥ /
mānasātpadmanicayamānīya pratyahaṃ mune
śivapūjanavelāyāṃ kuberāya samarpaye /
ekasmindivase caiva kālaścāvidito mayā
patnīsaukhyaprasaktena śokavyākulacetasā /
tataḥ kruddhena śapto'smi rājarājena vai mune
kuṣṭhābhibhūtaḥ saṃjāto viyuktaḥ kāṃtayā tayā /
adhunā tava sānnidhyaṃ prāpto'smi śubhakarmaṇā
satāṃ svabhāvataścittaṃ paropakaraṇe kṣamam /
iti jñātvā muniśreṣṭha māṃ praśādhi kṛtāgasam
mārkaṃḍeya uvāca-
tvayā satyamiha proktaṃ nāsatyaṃ bhāṣitaṃ yataḥ /
ato vratopadeśaṃ te kathayāmi śubhapradam
āṣāḍhe kṛṣṇapakṣe tu yoginīvratamācara /
asya vratasya puṇyena kuṣṭhaṃ yāsyati vai dhruvam
iti vākyamṛṣeḥ śrutvā daṃḍavatpatito bhuvi /
utthāpitaḥ sa muninā babhūvātīva harṣitaḥ
mārkaṃḍeyopadeśena vrataṃ tena kṛtaṃ yathā /
aṣṭādaśeva kuṣṭhāni gatāni tasya sarvaśaḥ
munervācā tataḥ samyagvrate cīrṇe'bhavatsukhī /
īdṛgvidhaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha kathitaṃ yoginīvratam
aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi dvijānbhojayate tu yaḥ /
tatsamaṃ phalamāpnoti yoginīvratakṛnnaraḥ
mahāpāpapraśamanaṃ mahāpuṇyaphalapradam /
paṭhanācchravaṇānmartyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde āṣāḍhakṛṣṇayoginyekādaśīmāhātmyaṃnāma
dvipaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ
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