Padma Purana · Chapter 6.69

nārada uvāca-
upavāsāsamarthānāṃ sadaivāmarasattama /
ekā yā dvādaśī puṇyā tāṃ vadasva mamānagha

śiva uvāca-
māsi bhādrapade śukle dvādaśī śravaṇānvitā /
sā vai sarvapradā puṇyā hyupavāse mahāphalā

saṃgame saritaḥ snātvā dvādaśīṃ tāmupoṣitaḥ /
ayatnātsamavāpnoti dvādaśa dvādaśīphalam

budhaśravaṇasaṃyuktā yā ca vai dvādaśī bhavet /
atīva mahatī tasyāṃ kṛtaṃ sarvamathākṣayam

dvādaśī śravaṇopetā yadā bhavati nārada /
saṃgame saritāṃ snātvā labhedgodānajaṃ phalam

jalapūrṇaṃ tadā kuṃbhaṃ sthāpayitvā vicakṣaṇaḥ /
tasyopari nyasetpātraṃ sthāpayitvā janārdanam

tatastasyāgrato deyaṃ naivedyaṃ ghṛtapācitam /
sodakāṃśca navānkuṃbhāndadyācchaktyā vicakṣaṇaḥ

evaṃ saṃpūjya goviṃdaṃ jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet /
prabhāte vimale snātvā saṃpūjya garuḍadhvajam

puṣpadhūpādi naivedyaiḥ phalairvastraiḥ suśobhanaiḥ /
puṣpāṃjaliṃ tato dadyānmaṃtramenamudīrayet

namo namaste goviṃda budhaśravaṇasaṃyuta /
aghaughasaṃkṣayaṃ kṛtvā sarvasaukhyaprado bhava

annaṃ tu brāhmaṇe pūtaṃ vedavedāṃgapārage /
purāṇajñe viśeṣeṇa vidhivatsaṃpradāpayet

anena vidhinā caiva nadyāstīre narottamaḥ /
sarvaṃ nirvarttayetsamyagekacittarato'pi san

atrāpyudāharaṃtīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
mahatyaraṇye yadvṛtaṃ bhūmideva śṛṇuṣva tat

yaṃ śrutvā mānavo loke mahāduḥkhātpramucyate /
deśo dāsarako nāma tasya bhāge ca paścime

tatra vidvanmarurdeśaḥ sarvasatvabhayaṃkaraḥ /
sutaptasikatā bhūmiryatra duṣṭā mahoragāḥ

alpacchāyādrumākīrṇā mṛtaprāṇisamākulā /
śamīkhadirapālāśakarīraiḥ pīlubhiḥ saha

tatra bhīmā drumagaṇāḥ kaṃṭakairacitā dṛḍhaiḥ /
jagdhaprāṇajanākīrṇā yatra bhūrdṛśyate kvacit

tathāpi jīvā jīvaṃti sarve karmanibaṃdhanāt /
nodakaṃ nodakādhārā vidvaṃstatra balāhakāḥ

pakṣāṃtaragataiḥ kaiścicchiśubhistṛṣitaiḥ samam /
utkrāṃtajīvino vipra dṛśyaṃte nu khagottamāḥ

tasmiṃstathāvidhe deśe kaściddaivavaśādvaṇik /
nijasārthaparibhraṣṭaḥ praviṣṭo marujāṃgale

babhrāmodbhrāṃtahṛdayaḥ kṣuttṛṭbhyāṃ śramapīḍitaḥ /
kva grāmaḥ kva jalaṃ kvāhaṃ yāsyāmi na bubodha ha

atha pretāndadarśāsau kṣuttṛṣāvyākuleṃdriyān /
utkaṭānkhalino bhīmānnirmāṃsānraudradarśanān

pretaskaṃdhasamārūḍhamekaṃ vikṛtadarśanam /
dadarśa bahubhiḥ pretaiḥ samaṃtātparivāritam

agacchamānamatyugraṃ pretaśabdapuraḥsaram /
preto'pi dṛṣṭvā tāṃ ghorāmaṭavīmāgataṃ naram

pretaskaṃdhānmahīṃ gatvā tasyāṃtikamupāgamat /
praṇipatya vaṇikśreṣṭhamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

asminghoratare deśe praveśo bhavataḥ katham /
tamuvāca vaṇikdhīmānsārthabhraṣṭasya me vane

praveśo daivayogena pūrvakarmakṛtena ca /
tṛṣā me bādhate'tyarthaṃ kṣudhā caiva bhṛśaṃ tathā

prāṇāṃtikamanuprāptaṃ vacanaṃ bhramatīva me /
atropāyaṃ na paśyāmi jīveyaṃ yena kenacit

ityevamukte pretastaṃ vaṇijaṃ vākyamabravīt /
phullāṃ śamīṃ samāśritya pratīkṣa tvaṃ muhūrttakam

kṛtātithyo mayā paścādgamiṣyasi yathāsukham /
evamuktastathā cakre sa vaṇiktṛṣṇayārditaḥ

madhyāhnasamaye prāpte pretastaṃ deśamāgataḥ /
phullāṃ savṛkṣāṃ śītodāṃ vāridhānīṃ manoramām

dadhyodanasamāyuktāṃ varddhamānena saṃyutām /
avatīrya tataḥ svannaṃ prādādatithaye tadā

sa tatrāśanamātreṇa paraṃ tṛptitvamāgataḥ /
vitṛṣṇo vijvaraścaiva kṣaṇena samapadyata

tataśca pretāḥ saṃprāptāḥ so'smādbhāgaṃ kramāddadau /
dadhyodanātsapānīyātpretāstṛptiṃ parāṃ gatāḥ

atithiṃ tarpayitvā tu pretalokaṃ ca sarvataḥ /
tataḥ svayaṃ sa bubhuje bhuktaśeṣaṃ yathāsukham

tasya bhuktavataḥ svannaṃ pānīyaṃ ca kṣayaṃ yayau /
pretādhipaṃ tatastaṃ vai vaṇigvacanamabravīt

āścaryametatparamaṃ vane'sminpratibhāti me /
annaṃ pānaṃ ca paramaṃ saṃprāptaṃ ca kutastava

svalpenaiva tathānnena tvametāṃstu bahūnapi /
atarpayaḥ kathaṃ tvete nirmāṃsā bhinnakukṣayaḥ

kathamasyāṃ sughorāyāmaṭavyāṃ ca kṛtālayāḥ /
tadetatsaṃśayaṃ chiṃdhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama

evamuktaḥ sa vaṇijā preto vacanamabravīt /
vāṇijyasaktasya purā janmātīte mamānagha

sakale nagare nāsti mamānyo hi durātmakaḥ /
dhanalobhānna kasyāpi dattā bhikṣā mayā tadā

sakhā caiva tataścāsīdbrāhmaṇo guṇavānmama /
śrāvaṇadvādaśīyoge māsi bhādrapade tataḥ

sa kadācinmayā sārddhaṃ tāpīṃ nāma nadīṃ yayau /
tasyāśca saṃgamaḥ puṇyo yatrāsīccaṃdrabhāgayā

caṃdrabhāgā caṃdrasutā tāpī caivārkanaṃdinī /
tayoḥ śītoṣṇasalile praviveśa sa ha dvijaḥ

śravaṇadvādaśīyoge narāśca samupoṣitāḥ /
caṃdrabhāgā suto yena vāridhānīṃ dadurdvije

dadhyodanayutāṃ sārddhaṃ saṃpūrṇairvarddhamānakaiḥ /
chatropānadyugaṃ vastraṃ pratimāṃ ca tathā hareḥ

pradadau vipramukhyebhyo harasyāgre mahāmate /
vittasaṃrakṣaṇārthāya tasyāstīre vrate mayā

sopavāsena dattaikā vāridhānī manoramā /
tatkṛtvāhaṃ gṛhaṃ prāptaḥ tataḥ kālena kenacit

paṃcattvamahamāsādya nāstikyātpretatāṃ gataḥ /
asyāmaṭavyāṃ ghorāyāṃ yathā hyahikulaṃ tathā

śravaṇadvādaśīyoge vāridhānyarpitā mayā /
seyaṃ madhyāhnasamaye labhyate ca dinedine

brahmasvarūpiṇaḥ sarve pāpāḥ pretatvamāgatāḥ /
paradāragatāḥ kecitsvāmidroharatāśca ye

bhūtapretajarūpeṇa te jātā hyatra mānavāḥ /
deśe marusthale tvasminmamaite mitratāṃ gatāḥ

akṣayo bhagavānviṣṇuḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ /
dīyate yatsamuddiśya hyakṣayaṃ tatprakīrtanam

akṣayenāpi cānnena tṛptā ete punaḥ punaḥ /
pretatvabhāvaṃ daurbalyaṃ na vimuṃcati karhicit

pūjayitvāhamannaistvāmatithiṃ samupasthitam /
pretabhāvādvinirmukto yāsyāmi paramāṃ gatim

mayā vihīnāḥ kiṃtvete vane'sminbhṛśadāruṇe /
pīḍāmanubhaviṣyaṃti dāruṇāṃ karmayonijām

eteṣāṃ tu mahābhāga mamānugrahakāmyayā /
pratyekaṃ nāmagotrāṇi gṛhṇīṣva likhitāni ca

asti kakṣāgatā caiva tava saṃpuṭikā śubhā /
himavaṃtamathāsādya tatra tvaṃ lapsyase nidhim

gayāśīrṣaṃ tato gatvā śrāddhaṃ kuru mahāmate /
ityājñāpya sa vai preto vaṇijaṃ ca yathāsukham

visarjayāmāsa tadā sa vai prāyātsamutsukaḥ /
samāsādya gṛhaṃ tatra paścātprāyāddhimālayam

tato dṛṣṭaṃ nidhiṃ tatra gṛhītvā sa samāgataḥ /
ṣaṣṭhāṃśaṃ pratigṛhyātha gayāśīrṣaṃ tato'bhyagāt

tatra gatvā gayāyāṃ sa śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā mahāmatiḥ /
pretānāṃ tu yathoddiṣṭaṃ śrāddhaṃ samyagvidhānataḥ

pratyekaṃ nāmagotrāṇi gṛhītvā piṃḍamutsṛjat /
yasya yasya bhavecchrāddhaṃ sa karoti dine vaṇik

sa sa tasya tadā svapne darśayatyātmanastanum /
bravīti ca mahābhāga prasādādbhavato'nagha

pretabhāvaṃ mayā tyaktaṃ prāpto'smi paramāṃ gatim /
evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena gayāśīrṣaṃ mahāmanāḥ

paścājjagāma svagṛhaṃ viṣṇuṃ dhyāyanpunaḥ punaḥ /
māsi bhādrapade prāpte śuklapakṣe tathā sudhīḥ

śravaṇadvādaśīyoge saṃgame saritāṃ punaḥ /
jagāma sa mahābuddhiḥ sarvopaskarasaṃyutaḥ

saṃgame saritāṃ snātvā dvādaśīṃ tāmupoṣitaḥ /
tatra snātvāpi dattvā tu pūjayitvā janārdanam

anaṃtaraṃ brāhmaṇasya hyupahārāṃstadā dadau /
śāstroktenāpi vidhinā hyekacittarato'pi saḥ

nivarttayāmāsa tadā vaṇijo buddhimānsa vai /
varṣevarṣe tu saṃprāpte māsi bhādrapade tathā

śravaṇadvādaśīyoge saṃgame saritāṃ punaḥ /
evaṃ vai kṛtavānsarvaṃ viṣṇumuddiśya satvaram

kālena cātimahatā paṃcatvaṃ samupāgataḥ /
avāpa paramaṃ sthānaṃ durlabhaṃ sarvamānavaiḥ

krīḍate'dyāpi vaikuṃṭhe viṣṇudūtaiḥ sa sevitaḥ /
evaṃ kuru tvaṃ bho brahmanśravaṇadvādaśīvratam

sarvasaubhāgyadaṃ caiva iha loke paratra ca /
subuddhijananaṃ caiva sarvapāpaharaṃ param

śravaṇadvādaśīyoge yaḥ kuryādvratamīdṛśam /
vratasyāsya prabhāvena viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde śravaṇadvādaśīvratanāmaikonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ