Padma Purana · Chapter 6.55

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca/
śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe kiṃ nāmaikādaśībhavet /
kathayasva prasādena mamāgre madhusūdana

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājankathāṃ pāpaharāṃ parām /
yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet

dvāparasya yugasyādau purā māhiṣmatī pure /
rājā mahījidākhyāto rājyaṃ pālayati svakam

putrahīnasya tasyaiva na tadrājyaṃ sukhapradam /
aputrasya sukhaṃ nāsti ihaloke paratra ca

ciṃtayāsya sutasyaivaṃ kālo bahutaro gataḥ /
na prāptaśca suto rājñā sarvasaukhyaprado nṛṇām

dṛṣṭvātmānaṃ pravayasaṃ rājā ciṃtāparo'bhavat /
tadāgataḥ prajāmadhye idaṃ vacanamabravīt

ihajanmani bho lokā na mayā pātakaṃ kṛtam /
anyāyopārjitaṃ vittaṃ kṣiptaṃ kośe mayā na hi

brahmasvaṃ devadraviṇaṃ na gṛhītaṃ mayā kvacit /
nyāsāpahāro na kṛtaḥ parasya bahupāpadaḥ /
putravatpālito loko dharmeṇa vijitā mahī

duṣṭeṣu pātito daṃḍo baṃdhuputropameṣvapi /
śiṣṭāstu pūjitā nityaṃ na dveṣyāśca mayā janāḥ

ityevaṃ bruvato mārgaṃ dharmayuktaṃ dvijottamāḥ /
kasmānmama gṛhe putro na jātastadvimṛśyatām

iti vākyaṃ dvijāḥ śrutvā saprajāḥ sapurohitāḥ /
maṃtrayitvā nṛpahitaṃ jagmuste gahanaṃ vanam

itastataśca paśyaṃta āśramānṛṣisevitān /
nṛpaterhitamicchaṃto dadṛśurmunisattamam

tapyamānaṃ tapo ghoraṃ nirālaṃbaṃ nirāmayam /
nirāhāraṃ jitātmānaṃ jitakrodhaṃ sanātanam

lomaśaṃ dharmatatvajñaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam /
dīrghāyuṣaṃ mahātmānaṃ sakeśaṃ brahmasaṃmitam

kalpekalpe gate tasya ekaṃ loma viśīryate /
ato lomaśanāmāyaṃ trikālajño mahāmuniḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve ājagmustasya sannidhim /
yathānyāyaṃ yathārhaṃ te namaścakruryathoditam

vinayāvanatāḥ sarve ūcuste ca parasparam /
asmadbhāgyavaśādeva prāpto'yaṃ munisattamaḥ /
tāstathā sa prajā vīkṣya uvāca ṛṣisattamaḥ

lomaśa uvāca-
kimarthamiha saṃprāptaḥ kathayadhvaṃ sakāraṇam /
darśanāddhṛṣṭamanasaḥ stuvaṃtaścaiva māṃ kimu

asaṃśayaṃ kariṣyāmi bhavatāṃ yaddhitaṃ bhavet /
paropakṛtaye janma mādṛśānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ

janā ūcuḥ -
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmo vayaṃ svāgamakāraṇam /
saṃśayacchedanārthāya tava sānnidhyamāgatāḥ

padmayoneḥ paratarastvattaḥ śreṣṭho na vidyate /
ataḥ kāryavaśātprāptāḥ samīpaṃ bhavato vayam

mahījinnāma rājāsau putrahīno'sti sāṃpratam /
vayaṃ tasya prajā brahmanputravattena pālitāḥ

taṃ putrarahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ /
tapaḥ kartumihāyātā matiṃ kṛtvā tu naiṣṭhikīm

tasya bhāgyena dṛṣṭo'si hyasmābhistvaṃ dvijottama /
mahatāṃ darśanenaiva kāryasiddhirbhavennṛṇām

upadeśaṃ vada mune rājñaḥ putro yathā bhavet /
iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā muhūrttaṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ /
pratyuvāca munirjñātvā tasya janma purātanam

lomaśa uvāca-
purā janmani vaiśyo'yaṃ dhanahīno nṛśaṃsakṛt /
vāṇijyakarmanirato grāmādgrāmāṃtaraṃ bhraman

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe daśamī divase tathā /
madhyage dyumaṇau prāpte grāmasīmni jalāśayam

kūpikāṃ sajalāṃ dṛṣṭvā jalapāne manodadhe /
sadyastataḥ savatsā ca dhenustatra samāgatā

tṛṣṇāturā nidāghārtā tasyāmaṃbupapau tu sā /
pibaṃtīṃ vārayitvā tāmasau toyaṃ papau svayam

karmaṇā tena pāpena putrahīno nṛpo bhavet /
kasyāpi janmanaḥ puṇyātprāptaṃ rājyamakaṃṭakam

lokā ūcuḥ -
puṇyātpāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti purāṇe śrūyate mune /
puṇyopadeśaṃ kathaya yena pāpakṣayo bhavet /
yathā bhavatprasādena putro bhavati bhūpateḥ

lomaśa uvāca-
śrāvaṇe śuklapakṣe tu putradā nāma viśrutā /
ekādaśī vāṃcchitadā kurudhvaṃ tadvrataṃ janāḥ

iti śrutvā namaskṛtya munimetya puraṃ vratam /
yathāvidhiyathānyāyaṃ kṛtaṃ tairjāgarānvitam

tasya puṇyaṃ suvimalaṃ dattaṃ nṛpataye janaiḥ /
datte puṇye'tha sā rājñī garbhamādhatta śobhanam

prāpto prasavakāle sā suṣuve putramūrjitam /
śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe karkaṭasthe divākare

dvādaśyāṃ vāsudevāya pavitrāropaṇaṃ smṛtam /
hema raupya tāmra kṣaumaiḥ sūtraiḥ kauśeyapadmajaiḥ

kuśaiḥ kāśaiśca kārpāsairbrāhmaṇyā kartitaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
snātvā triguṇitaṃ sūtraṃ triguṇīkṛtya śodhayet

godohāṃtarite kāle pūrvedyuradhivāsanam /
brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya gurupādau praṇamya ca

gītamaṃgalanirghoṣaḥ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ /
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā bhillāḥ śūdrāstathaiva ca

svadharmāvasthitāḥ sarve bhaktyā kuryuḥ pavitrakam /
tataḥ pavitraṃ gurave dadyādvai vidhipūrvakam

brāhmaṇānvaiṣṇavāṃścaiva gaṃdhapuṣpādinārcayet /
ato deveti maṃtreṇa dvijo viṣṇau nivedayet

śūdrastu mūlamaṃtreṇa yathā viṣṇau tathā śive /
varṣevarṣe prakarttavyaṃ pavitrāropaṇaṃ naraiḥ

bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca icchadbhiḥ saṃsāre śokasāgare /
na karoti vidhānena pavitrāropaṇaṃ tu yaḥ

tasya sāṃvatsarī pūjā niṣphalā vaiṣṇavasya tu /
śrutvā māhātmyametasyā naraḥ pāpātpramucyate /
iha putrasukhaṃ prāpya paratra svargatiṃ bhavet

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitā/
yāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde śrāvaṇaśuklāpavitrāropaṇī putradaikādaśīnāma paṃcapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ