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Padma Purana · Chapter 6.61

6.61.1

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
śrutaṃ ramāyā māhātmyaṃ tvattaḥ kṛṣṇa yathātatham /
kārtike śuklapakṣe yā tāṃ me kathaya mānada

6.61.2

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-/
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi śukle corjadale tu yā /
sā yathā nārade proktā brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā

6.61.3

nārada uvāca -
prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ vada vistarato mama /
yasyāṃ jāgarti goviṃdo dharmakarmapravarttakaḥ

6.61.4

brahmovāca-
prabodhinyāśca māhātmyaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyavarddhanam /
muktipradaṃ subuddhīnāṃ śṛṇuṣva munisattama

6.61.5

tāvadgarjaṃti tīrthāni āsamudrasarāṃsi ca /
yāvatprabodhinī viṣṇostithirnāyāti kārtike

6.61.6

tāvadgarjaṃti vipreṃdra gaṃgābhāgīrathī kṣitau /
yāvannāyāti pāpaghnī kārtike haribodhinī

6.61.7

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca /
ekenaivopavāsena prabodhinyā labhennaraḥ

6.61.8

yaddurllabhaṃ yadaprāpyaṃ trailokyasya na gocaram /
tadapyaprārthitaṃ putraṃ dadāti haribodhinī

6.61.9

aiśvaryaṃ saṃpadaṃ prajñāṃ rājyaṃ ca sukhasaṃpadaḥ /
dadātyupoṣitā bhaktyā janebhyo haribodhinī

6.61.10

merumandaramātrāṇi pāpānyuktāni yāni ca /
ekenaivopavāsena dahate pāpanāśinī

6.61.11

pūrvajanmasahasreṣu yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam /
niśi jāgaraṇaṃ cāsyā dahate tūlarāśivat

6.61.12

upavāsaṃ prabodhinyāṃ yaḥ karoti svabhāvataḥ /
vidhivanmuniśārdūla yathoktaṃ labhate phalam

6.61.13

yathoktaṃ kurute yastu vidhivatsukṛtaṃ naraḥ /
svalpaṃ munivaraśreṣṭha merutulyaṃ bhavetphalam

6.61.14

vidhihīnaṃ tu yaḥ kuryātsukṛtaṃ merumātrakam /
aṇumātraṃ tadāpnoti phalaṃ dharmasya nārada

6.61.15

ye dhyāyaṃti manovṛtyā ye kariṣyaṃti bodhinīm /
vasaṃti pitaro hṛṣṭā viṣṇuloke ca tasya vai

6.61.16

vimuktā nārakairduḥkhairyāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam /
kṛtvā tu pātakaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahatyādikaṃ naraḥ

6.61.17

kṛtvā tu jāgaraṃ viṣṇorddhautapāpo bhavennaraḥ /
duṣprāpyaṃ yatphalaṃ vipra aśvamedhādikairmakhaiḥ

6.61.18

prāpyate tatsukhenaiva prabodhinyāstu jāgare /
āplutya sarvatīrtheṣu pradattvā kāṃcanaṃ mahīm

6.61.19

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yatkṛtvā jāgaraṃ hareḥ /
jātaḥ sa eva sukṛtī kulaṃ tenaiva pāvitam

6.61.20

kārtike muniśārdūla kṛtā yena prabodhinī /
yathā dhruvaṃ nṛṇāṃ mṛtyurdhanaṃ gātraṃ tathādhruvam

6.61.21

iti jñātvā muniśreṣṭha kartavyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dinam /
yāni kāni ca tīrthāni trailokye saṃbhavaṃti ca

6.61.22

tāni tasya gṛhe samyagyaḥ karoti prabodhinīm /
kiṃ tasya bahubhiḥ puṇyaiḥ kṛtā yena prabodhinī

6.61.23

putrapautrapradā hyeṣā kārtike haribodhinī /
sa jñānī ca sa yogī ca sa tapasvī jiteṃdriyaḥ

6.61.24

bhogo mokṣaśca tasyāsti upāste haribodhinīm /
viṣṇoḥ priyatarā hyeṣā dharmasārasahāyinī

6.61.25

yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā bhuktibhāksa bhavennaraḥ /
prabodhinīmupoṣitvā garbhe na viśate naraḥ

6.61.26

sarvadharmānparityajya tasmātkurvīta nārada /
karmaṇā manasā vācā pāpaṃ yatsamupārjitam

6.61.27

tatkṣālayati goviṃdaḥ prabodhinyāṃ tu jāgare /
snānaṃ dānaṃ japaḥ pūjāṃ samuddiśya janārdanam

6.61.28

naro yatkurute vatsa prabodhinyāṃ tadakṣayam /
yercayaṃti narāstasyāṃ bhaktyā devaṃ ca mādhavam

6.61.29

samupoṣya pramucyaṃte pāpaistaiḥ śatajanmajaiḥ /
mahāvratamidaṃ putra mahāpāpaughanāśanam

6.61.30

prabodhavāsaraṃ viṣṇorvidhivatsamupoṣayet /
vratenānena deveśaṃ paritoṣya janārdanam

6.61.31

virājayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ prayāti harimaṃdiram /
kartavyaiṣā prayatnena naraiḥ kāṃtidhanārthibhiḥ

6.61.32

bālye yatsaṃcitaṃ pāpaṃ yauvane vārddhake tathā /
śatajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu

6.61.33

tatkṣālayati goviṃdaścāsyāmabhyarcito nṛṇām /
dhanadhānyavahā puṇyā sarvapāpaharā parā

6.61.34

tāmupoṣya harerbhaktyā durllabhaṃ na bhavetkvacit /
caṃdrasūryoparāge ca yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam

6.61.35

tatsahasraguṇaṃ proktaṃ prabodhinyāṃ prajāgare /
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo'bhyarcanaṃ hareḥ

6.61.36

tatsarvaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ prabodhinyāṃ kṛtaṃ tu yat /
janmaprabhṛtiyatpuṇyaṃ nareṇopārjitaṃ bhavet

6.61.37

vṛthā bhavati tatsarvamakṛtvā kārtike vratam /
akṛtvā niyamaṃ viṣṇoḥ kārtikaṃ yaḥ kṣipennaraḥ

6.61.38

na janmārjitapuṇyasya phalaṃ prāpnoti nārada /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena devadevaṃ janārdanam

6.61.39

upaseveta vipreṃdra sarvakāmaphalapradam /
parānnaṃ varjayedyastu kārtike viṣṇutatparaḥ

6.61.40

parānnavarjanādvatsa cāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet /
nityaṃ śāstravinodena kārtike madhusūdanaḥ

6.61.41

sa dahetsarvapāpāni yajñāyutaphalaṃ labhet /
na tathā tuṣyate yajñairna dānairvājapādibhiḥ

6.61.42

yathā śāstrakathālāpaiḥ kārtike madhusūdanaḥ /
ye kurvaṃti kathāṃ viṣṇorye śṛṇvaṃti śubhānvitāḥ

6.61.43

ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā kārtike gośataṃ phalam /
sarvadharmānparityajya kārtike keśavāgrataḥ

6.61.44

śāstrāvadhāraṇaṃ kāryaṃ śrotavyaṃ ca mahāmune /
śreyasā lobhabuddhyā ca yaḥ karoti hareḥ kathām

6.61.45

kārtike muniśārdūla kulānāṃ tārayecchatam /
niyamena naro yastu śṛṇute vaiṣṇavīṃ kathām

6.61.46

kārtike tu viśeṣeṇa gosahasraphalaṃ labhet /
prabodhavāsare viṣṇoḥ śṛṇute yo hareḥ kathām

6.61.47

saptadvīpavatī dāne tatphalaṃ labhate mune /
śrutvā viṣṇukathāṃ divyāṃ ye'rcayaṃti kathāvidam

6.61.48

svaśaktyā muniśārdūla teṣāṃ loko'kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
gītaśāstravinodena kārtikaṃ yo nayennaraḥ

6.61.49

na tasya punarāvṛttirmayā dṛṣṭā kalipriya /
gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca bhavyāṃ viṣṇukathāṃ mune

6.61.6.61.50

yaḥ karoti sa puṇyātmā trailokyopari saṃsthitaḥ /
bahupuṣpairbahuphalaiḥ karpūrāgurukuṃkumaiḥ

6.61.51

hareḥ pūjā vidhātavyā kārtike bodhavāsare /
yasmātpuṇyamasaṃkhyātaṃ prāpyate munisattama

6.61.52

phalairnānāvidhairdravyaiḥ prabodhinyāṃ tu jāgare /
śaṃkhe toyaṃ samādāya argho deyo janārdane

6.61.53

yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvadāneṣu yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ dattvārghaṃ bodhavāsare

6.61.54

gurupūjā tataḥ kāryā bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ /
dakṣiṇābhiśca devarṣe tuṣṭyarthaṃ cakrapāṇinaḥ

6.61.55

bhāgavataṃ śṛṇute yastu purāṇaṃ ca paṭhennaraḥ /
pratyakṣaraṃ bhavettasya kapilādānajaṃ phalam

6.61.56

kārttike muniśārdūla svaśaktyā vaiṣṇavaṃ vratam /
yaḥ karoti yathoktaṃ tu muktistasya suniścalā

6.61.57

ketakyā ekapatreṇa pūjito garuḍadhvajaḥ /
samāḥ sahasraṃ suprīto bhavati madhusūdanaḥ

6.61.58

agastikusumairdevaṃ pūjayedyo janārdanam /
darśanāttasya devarṣe narakāgniḥ praṇaśyati

6.61.59

munipuṣpārcito viṣṇuḥ kārtike puruṣottamaḥ /
dadātyabhimatānkāmānśaśisūryagrahe yathā

6.61.60

vihāya sarvapuṣpāṇi munipuṣpeṇa keśavam /
kārtike yo'rcayedbhaktyā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet

6.61.61

tulasīdalāni puṣpāṇi ye yacchaṃti janārdane /
kārtike sakalaṃ vatsa pāpaṃ janmāyutaṃ dahet

6.61.62

dṛṣṭā spṛṣṭātha vā dhyātā kīrtitā nāmatastu tā /
ropitā siṃcitā nityaṃ pūjitā tulasī śubhā

6.61.63

navadhā tulasībhaktiṃ ye kurvaṃti dinedine /
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi tanvaṃti sukṛtaṃ mune

6.61.64

yāvacchākhāpraśākhābhirbījapuṣpadalairmune /
ropitā tulasī puṃbhirvarddhate vasudhātale

6.61.65

teṣāṃ vaṃśe tu ye jātā ye bhaviṣyaṃti ye gatāḥ /
ākalpavarṣasāhasraṃ teṣāṃ vāso harergṛhe

6.61.66

yatphalaṃ sarvapuṣpeṣu sarvapatreṣu nārada /
tulasīdalena caikena kārtike prāpyate tu tat

6.61.67

saṃprāptaṃ kārttikaṃ dṛṣṭvā niyamena janārdanaḥ /
pūjanīyo mahāviṣṇuḥ komalaistulasīdalaiḥ

6.61.68

iṣṭvā kratuśatairdevāndattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ /
tulasīdalaistu tatpuṇyaṃ kārtike keśavārcane

6.61.61

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde kārttike śuklaikādaśīmāhātmyaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

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