Padma Purana · Chapter 6.64

nārada uvāca-
cāturmāsyāṃ tu niyamā ye kecidbhuvi viśrutāḥ /
tānahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva maheśvara

cāturmāsye harau supte karttavyaṃ kiṃ janārdane /
ṣaḍrasānāṃ parityāge nakhakeśavidhāraṇe /
anyaiśca niyamaiḥ svāminyatphalaṃ tad bravīhi me

sūta uvāca-
etacchrutvā tvasau devaḥ prahasyotphullalocanaḥ /
provāca taṃ dvijavaraṃ nāradaṃ tapasānnidhim

mahādeva uvāca-
śṛṇu tvamiha devarṣe kathayāmi savistaram /
āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

cāturmāsyavratānīha gṛhṇīyādbhaktipūrvakam /
bhūmiśayyāsamārūḍho yoganidrāṃ gate harau

nayeta caturo māsānyāvadbhavati kārtikī /
pratiṣṭhā na pravarttaṃte tathā yajñādikāḥ kriyāḥ

vivāhavratasaṃbaṃdha anyanmāṅgalyakarma ca /
bhūpayānaṃ tathā yātrā anyāśca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ

prasupte ca jagannāthe acyute garuḍadhvaje /
vratakriyāṃ caredyastu tasya vrataphalaṃ śṛṇu

aśvamedhasahasraistu yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ /
cāturmāsyavrataiścīrṇaistatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt

mithunasthe sahasrāṃśau svāpayenmadhusūdanam /
tulārāśau gate sūrye punarutthāpayeddharim

adhimāse tu patite tadā caiṣa vidhikramaḥ /
sthāpayetpratimāṃ viṣṇoḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharīm

pītāṃbaradharāṃ saumyāṃ paryaṃke sthāpayetśucau /
śvetavastrasamācchanne sopadhāne tu nārada

itihāsapurāṇajño viṣṇubhakto'thavā punaḥ /
snāpayitvā dadhikṣīramadhulājaghṛtastathā

samālabhya śubhairgaṃdhairdhūpaiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ /
pūjitāṃ kusumaiḥ śubhrairmaṃtreṇānena vāḍava

supte tvayi jagannāthe jagatsuptaṃ bhavedidam /
vibuddhe tvayi budhyeta jagatsarvaṃ carācaram

evaṃ tāṃ pratimāṃ viṣṇoḥ sthāpayitvā tu nārada /
tasyaivāgre svayaṃ vācā gṛhṇīyānniyamaṃ tataḥ

strī vā naro vā tadbhakto dharmādharmavibhāgataḥ /
caturo vārṣikānmāsāndevasyotthāpanāvadhi

gṛhṇīyānniyamānetāndaṃtadhāvanapūrvakam /
upavāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā prabhāte vimale sati

nityaṃ karma caritvā tu viṣṇoragre jitātmavān /
teṣāṃ phalāni vakṣyāmi tatkartṝṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak

madhuratvaṃ labhedvidvānpuruṣo guḍavarjanāt /
tathaiva saṃtatiṃ dīrghāṃ tailasya varjanādyataḥ

ghṛtasya varjanādvipra suṃdarāṃgaḥ prajāyate /
kaṭutailaparityāgī śatrunāśamavāpnuyāt

sugaṃdhatailatyāgena saubhāgyamatulaṃ labhet /
puṣpabhogaparityāgī svarge vidyādharo bhavet

yogābhyāsī naro yastu sa brahmapadamāpnuyāt /
kaṭvamlamadhurakṣāratīkṣṇakāṣāya ṣaḍrasān

varjayedyastu vairūpyaṃ daurgaṃdhyaṃ nāpnuyānnaraḥ /
tāṃbūlavarjanādbhogī raktakaṃṭhastu jāyate

ghṛtatyāgācca lāvaṇyaṃ sadā snigdhatanurbhavet /
phalatyāgācca vipeṃdra bahuputraśca jāyate

palāśapatrāśanakṛdrūpavānbhogavānbhavet /
dīptimāndīptikaraṇaḥ sākṣāddravyapatirbhavet

dadhidugdhaparityāgī golokaṃ labhate naraḥ /
maunavratī bhavedyastu tasyājñā'skhalitā bhavet

iṃdrāsanamavāpnoti sthālīpākasya varjanāt /
evamādi parityāgāddharmastho dharmanaṃdanaḥ

namonārāyaṇāyeti japtvā śataguṇaṃ phalam /
eka eva sa vai svarge vidyādharapatirbhavet

puṣkarasnānamātreṇa gaṃgāyāḥ snānajaṃ phalam

bhūmau bhuṃkte sadā yastu sa pṛthivyadhipo bhavet /
viṣṇoścaiva gṛhe kuryādupalepanamārjanam

kalpasthāyī bhavedvidvanvaikuṃṭhe nātra saṃśayaḥ /
pradakṣiṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryācchatamaṣṭottaraṃ naraḥ

haṃsayuktavimānena divyena saha gacchati /
gītavādyakaro viṣṇorgāṃdharvaṃ lokamāpnuyāt

paṃcagavyāśano vidvancāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet /
nityaṃ śāstravinodena lokānyastu prabodhayet

sa vyāsarūpī viṣṇvagre tato viṣṇupadaṃ labhet /
tulasīdalapūjāṃ tu kṛtvā viṣṇupuraṃ vrajet

kṛtvā prokṣaṇakaṃ divyaṃ sthānamapsarasāṃ labhet /
śītāṃbunā gṛhe snānātnirmalaṃ dehamāpnuyāt

uṣṇodakaṃ parityajya snānaṃ vai pauṣkaraṃ labhet /
patreṣu yo naro bhuṃkte kurukṣetraphalaṃ labhet

bhuṃkte śilāyāṃ yo nityaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ prayāgajam /
dharmodayajalatyāgī na rogaiḥ paribhūyate

tāmrapātreṣu bhuṃjāno naimiṣaṃ phalamāpruyāt /
kāṃsyapātraṃ parityajya śeṣapātramupācaret

alābhe sarvapātrāṇāṃ mṛnmayaṃ pātramuttamam /
svagṛhītaiḥ kṛtairvāpi pātraiḥ pālāśasaṃbhavaiḥ

yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇa agnihotramupāsate /
pātrairvā bhojanaṃ vidvānsevate tatsamaṃ smṛtam

cāṃdrāyaṇasamaṃ proktaṃ brahmapātreṣu bhojane /
ekaikaṃ bhojanaṃ vidvanbrahmapatreṣu bhuṃjataḥ

trirātreṇa samaṃ proktaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam /
ekādaśyupavāsena yatpuṇyaṃ parikīrtitam

sarvadānaphalaṃ caiva sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet /
na cāpi narakaṃ paśyetpadmapatreṣu bhojanāt

brāhmaṇo yāti vaikuṃṭhe'nyo janaḥ svargamāpnuyāt /
eṣa brahma mahāvṛkṣaḥ pāpahā sarvakāmadaḥ

madhyamaṃ varjitaṃ patraṃ śūdrajāternṛpottama /
bhuṃjannarakamāpnoti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

varjayenmadhyamaṃ patraṃ śeṣapatreṣu bhojanam /
madhyapatre ca yaḥ śūdro bhojanaṃ kurute dvija

kapilāṃ brahmaṇe dattvā śuddhirbhavati nānyathā /
kapilāṃ dohayedyastu śūdro bhuṃkte nije gṛhe

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ /
kṛmiyonivinirmuktaḥ paśuyonimavāpnuyāt

kapilaṃ yohyanaḍvāhaṃ śūdro bhūtvātra vāhayet /
yāvaṃti tasya romāṇi tāvadvarṣāṇi nārada

kuṃbhīpākeṣu pacyeta sa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ /
ajā caiva gṛhe tasya śūdrasya ca viśeṣataḥ

tasyā vai dugdhapānena śūdro yātīha rauravam /
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha vyāpāro yasya śūdrasya dṛśyate

sa vipro vedabāhyaḥ syācchūdraḥ kaulika ucyate /
vyāpāre prerito vipraḥ śūdrājñāṃ ca karoti yaḥ

yāvatpadāni calate tāvadbhavati nārakī /
udakārthaṃ tu yo vipraḥ śūdreṇa preṣito gṛhe

tadudakaṃ madyatulyaṃ pītvā vai narakaṃ vrajet /
śūdreṇa sarvadā nityaṃ dānaṃ deyaṃ dvijanmane

teṣāṃ caiva tu vai bhaktiḥ karttavyā ca viśeṣataḥ /
ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā paralokaṃ ca gacchati

pāṃcabhautikametaddhi anarthakamudāhṛtam /
ato deyaṃ hi gurave yato'naṃtaphalaṃ labhet

asminkaliyuge ghore pāpācāre durātmanaḥ /
niṃdāṃ kurvaṃti vipreṃdra janānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām

niṃdayā labhate duḥkhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam /
nānādharmāḥ pravarttaṃte kalau caiva mahāmate

dharmo'yaṃ durllabho loke dharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ /
bhūmiśāyī bhavedyastu naraḥ ko'pi mahītale

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi na rogaiḥ paripīḍyate /
bahuputro dhanairyukto hyakuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ

naktabhojī naro yastu tīrthayātrāphalaṃ labhet /
ayācitena cāpnoti vāpīkūpakriṃyā phalam

varjayedyastu vai drohaṃ prāṇahiṃsāparāṅmukhaḥ /
ahiṃsā paramo dharma iti vedeṣu gīyate

dānaṃ dayā dama iti sarvatra hi śrutaṃ mayā /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryaṃ vai mahatāmapi

gurave ye prayacchaṃti śarīraṃ putrapautrakam /
tatra dānaprabhāvena viṣṇorvallabhatāmiyāt

śūdreṇa dīkṣito yastu śūdraḥ śūdreṇa dīkṣitaḥ /
ubhau tau pāpinau proktau yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

hiṃsāmatiṃ yadādatte śūdro vai pāpasattamaḥ /
ekaviṃśatikulaṃ tena narakaṃ pratipātyate

kalau pākhaṃḍinaḥ śūdrā dṛśyaṃte bahavo bhuvi /
teṣāṃ saṃbhāṣaṇādeva narako bhavati dvija

brahmajñānaratā ye ca gāyatrījāpino dvija /
teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā dine dine

śaṃkhacakradharā viprā viṣṇudharmeṣu saṃmatāḥ /
vedadharmaratā nityaṃ paṃktipāvanapāvanāḥ

cāturmāsyamidaṃ karma karttavyaṃ taiḥ sadā naraiḥ /
kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyobhūyaśca vāḍava

te dhanyāḥ pṛthivī madhye narā ye vaiṣṇavā bhuvi /
teṣāṃ kulaṃ dhanyatamaṃ jātirdhanyatamā smṛtā

madhu bhakṣayate yastu supte deve janārdane /
mahatpāpaṃ bhavettasya varjane yacchṛṇuṣva tat

sarvayajñaiśca vividhairyatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt /
dāḍimaṃ mātuligaṃ ca nālikeraṃ ca varjayet

devo vaimāniko bhūtvā hyaṃte viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet /
vittavānsubhagaścaiva kule śrīmati jāyate

yaḥ kṣipedekabhaktena naro māsacatuṣṭayam /
yāvaṃti ca muhūrtāni uditoditabhāskare

tādvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate /
vrīhīṃśca yavagodhūmānvarjayedyastu mānavaḥ

aśvamedhādike kṛte vidhivadvai sadakṣiṇe /
yatphalaṃ munibhiḥ proktaṃ tatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ

dhanadhānyasamāyukto bahuputraśca jāyate /
tulasītiladarbhaiśca ye kurvaṃti ca tarpaṇam

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ /
yadā supte hṛṣīkeśe kuryāccaitattrayānvitam

te'pi yugasahasrāṇi modaṃte viṣṇusaṃnidhau /
padaṃ vā padamarddhaṃ vā ṛcāṃ cārddhaṛcāṃ tathā

viṣṇvagre ye pragāyaṃti muktāste vai na saṃśayaḥ /
maithunaṃ varjayedyastu supte deve janārdane

ekamanvaṃtaraṃ so'pi viṣṇuloke mahīyate /
dadhidugdhaṃ tathā takraṃ guḍaṃ śākaṃ tathaiva ca

varjanādeva bho vipra muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ /
snānamāmalakenaiva ye kurvaṃti ca mānavāḥ

dinedine mahatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti ca te mune /
dhātrīphalaṃ pāpaharaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ

trailokyatāraṇārthāya nirmitā brāhmaṇā purā /
saṃdhyāmaunaṃ caredyastu bhuṃkte māsacatuṣṭayam

manvaṃtarāṇi catvāri vaikuṃṭhe modate punaḥ /
svayaṃpākī naro yastu bhuṃkte māsacatuṣṭayam

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi iṃdraloke mahīyate /
caturo vārṣikānmāsānmaunaṃ caiva samācaret

sa ca viṣṇupuraṃ gacchedbrāhmaṃ ca tadanaṃtaram /
maunabhojī naro yastu kadācinnāvasīdati

maunena bhuṃjamānāstu rākṣasāstridivaṃ gatāḥ /
kṛmikīṭasamāyuktaṃ pakvānnamaśucī bhavet

gavāṃ māṃsasamaṃ jñeyamannaṃ cāpi dvijottama /
tadannamaśuci jñeyaṃ grasate mānuṣo yadi

etadvai bhojanaṃ proktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ priyaṃ sadā /
toṣito hi purā brahmā tena dattaṃ mahātmanā

maunena bhojayitvā tu svargaṃ prāptā na saṃśayaḥ /
saṃjalpanbhuṃjate yastu tenānnamaśucī bhavet

pāpaṃ sa kevalaṃ bhuṃkte tasmānmaunaṃ samācaret /
upavāsasamaṃ bhojyaṃ jñeyaṃ maunena nārada

paṃcaprāṇāhutīryastu maunabhojī narottamaḥ /
paṃca vai pātakānyasya naśyaṃti nātra saṃśayaḥ

na kuryātsaṃdhitaṃ vastraṃ pitṛkarmaṇi vāḍava /
aśucyaṃge sthitaṃ caiva vastraṃ tadaśucī bhavet

kaṭipṛṣṭhasthite vastre purīṣaṃ kurute tu yaḥ /
mūtraṃ vā maithunaṃ vāpi tadvastraṃ parivarjayet

pitṛkarmaviśeṣeṇa varjanīyaṃ ca vāḍava /
sarvadā ca mune prājñairdevārcā cakrapāṇinaḥ

karttavyā ca viśeṣeṇa śucibhirvijiteṃdriyaiḥ /
saṃprasupte hṛṣīkeśe tṛṇaśākakusuṃbhikāḥ

saṃdhitāni ca vastrāṇi varjitāni prayatnataḥ /
cāturmāsye harau supte yastu etāni varjayet

narakaṃ na tu saṃgacchetyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam /
madyaṃ māṃsaṃ na bhakṣeta śāśakaṃ saukaraṃ tathā

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa supte deve janārdane /
so'pi devatvamāpnoti ahiṃsānirato naraḥ

mithyākrodhaṃ tathā raukṣyaṃ tathā parvasu maithunam /
varjitaṃ yena vipreṃdra so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

brahmacarye prajāvṛddhirāyurvṛddhistathaiva ca /
puṣpaṃ patraṃ phalaṃ śayyā abhyaṃgaṃ ca vilepanam

vṛthādugdhāni māṃsaṃ ca madyaṃ ca parivarjayet /
cāturmāsye harau supte niyataṃ yadvivarjitam

prathamaṃ tattu dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya na saṃśayaḥ /
taddhanaṃ cākṣayaṃ vidvanpradattaṃ yaddivajātaye

koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ vipra labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ /
yenakenāpi vipreṃdra niyamenārcito hariḥ

dadāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā /
cāturmāsye harau supte niyamaṃ yo na kārayet

so'pi narakamāpnoti tasya janma vṛthāgatam /
yatpumānkārayennityaṃ dvijoktaṃ vidhimuttamam

tathoktānniyamāṃścaiva sa yāti paramaṃ padam /
trivargarahitaṃ dānaṃ dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam

tasmātsarvaprayatnena devadevaṃ janārdanam /
toṣayenniyamairdānairyathāśaktyā narottamaḥ

akṛtasnānadānaṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pūjanam /
vṛthāgataṃ tu tatsarvaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa

nārada uvāca-
kīdṛśaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vada viśveśvara prabho /
yena cīrṇena goviṃdaḥ parituṣṭo bhavennṛṇām

mahādeva uvāca-
svadāranirataścaiva brahmacārī smṛto budhaiḥ /
cāṃḍālādadhiko vidvanyaḥ svabhāryāṃ parityajet

ṛtāvabhigamaṃ kṛtvā brahmacaryaṃ vidhīyate /
parityajati yo bhāryāṃ bhaktāṃ doṣavivarjitām

pāpakarmā naro loke bhrūṇahatyāmavāpnuyāt /
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca

ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm /
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaṃ devatārcanam

cāturmāsyakṛtaṃ yacca sarvaṃ hi cākṣayaṃ bhavet /
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā purāṇaṃ śṛṇute tu yaḥ

sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati /
harau supte viśeṣeṇa harernāmapaṭhanjapan

tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ labhate dvijasattama /
vaiṣṇavo brāhmaṇo yastu pūjanaṃ yaḥ karoti hi

sa eva sarvadharmātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ /
cāturmāsyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam /
śrutvā tu labhate puṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmumāpatināradasaṃvāde uttarakhaṃḍe cāturmāsyamahimānāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ