Padma Purana · Chapter 6.80

śrīpārvatyuvāca-
aho viṣṇośca māhātmyaṃ vada viśveśvara prabhoḥ /
yanmāhātmyaṃ punaḥ śrutvā na bhave jāyate kvacit

mahādeva uvāca-
śṛṇu sundari vakṣyāmi viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam /
śrutvā tu labhate puṇyaṃ hyaṃte mokṣamavāpnuyāt

devavrataṃ mahāprājñaṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇam /
āśrayaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ yateṃdriyamakalmaṣam

apradhṛṣyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ devairapi savāsavaiḥ /
satyasaṃdhaṃ jitakrodhaṃ samatve pariniṣṭhitam

nārāyaṇe jagannāthe śaraṇye bhaktavatsale /
parāṃ niṣṭhāmanuprāptaṃ vāṅmanaḥ kāya karmabhiḥ

guṇanāmāśrayaṃ śāṃtaṃ bhīṣmaṃ kuru pitāmaham /
praṇamya śirasā bhūmau papracchedaṃ yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
kecidāhuḥ paraṃ dharmaṃ kecidāhuḥ paraṃ dhanam /
keciddānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti samudāyaṃ tathāpare

sāṃkhyaṃ kecitpraśaṃsaṃti yogamanye tathā param /
kecijjñānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti kecidāhuḥ paraṃ śrutam /
samyakdhyānaṃ paraṃ kecitkecidvairāgyamuttamam

agniṣṭomādikaṃ karma tathā kecitparaṃ viduḥ /
ātmajñānaṃ paraṃ kecitsamaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ

yamāṃśca niyamāṃścaiva kecidvairāgyamuttamam /
kāruṇyaṃ ca pare kecidahiṃsāṃ ca tapasvinaḥ

śaucaṃ kecitparaṃ prāhuḥ keciddevārcanaṃ narāḥ /
vyāmohaṃ cātra gacchaṃti vyāmugdhāḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ

yadeteṣu paraṃ kṛtyamanuṣṭheyaṃ mahātmabhiḥ /
vaktumarhasi dharmajña sarvaśāstrabhṛtāṃ vara

mahādeva uvāca-
bhūrloke yā kathā jātā bhaiṣmī yaudhiṣṭhirī sati /
tāmahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi lokānāṃ ca hitāya vai /
etānpraśnāṃstadā śrutvā prāha bhīṣmo yudhiṣṭhiram

bhīṣma uvāca-
śrūyatāmidamatyaṃtaṃ gūḍhaṃ saṃsāramocanam /
śrotavyaṃ yattvayā samyagjñātavyaṃ dharmanaṃdana

atraivodāharaṃtīmaṃ puṇyaṃ caiva purātanam /
puṃḍarīkasya saṃvādaṃ maharṣernāradasya ca

brāhmaṇaḥ śrutisaṃpannaḥ puṃḍarīko mahāmatiḥ /
āśrame prathame tiṣṭhangurūṇāṃ vaśagaḥ sadā

jiteṃdriyo jitakrodhaḥ saṃdhyopāsanatatparaḥ /
vedavedāṃganipuṇaḥ śāstreṣu ca vicakṣaṇaḥ

samidbhiḥ sādhuhavyena sāyaṃprātarhutānalaḥ /
dhyātvā jagatpatiṃ viṣṇuṃ samyagārādhayadvibhum

tapaḥ svādhyāyanirataḥ sākṣādbrahmasuto yathā /
udakeṃdhanapuṣpādyairasakṛtpūjayangurum

mātāpitrośca śuśrūṣurbhikṣāhārī vimatsaraḥ /
brahmavidyāmadhīyānaḥ prāṇāyāmaparāyaṇaḥ

tasya sarvātmabhūtasya saṃsāre nispṛhasya ca /
mahātmano buddhirāsītsaṃsārārṇavatāriṇī

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva bhātṝnatha suhṛjjanān /
mitrāṇi mātulāṃścaiva sakhīnsaṃbaṃdhibāṃdhavān

dhanadhānyasamṛddhaṃ ca grahaṃ vā śakrasaṃnibham /
kṣetrāṇi sumahārhāṇi sarvasasyodbhavāni ca

parityajya mahāsatvastṛṇānīva mahāsukhī /
vicacāra mahīṃ ramyāṃ śākamūlaphalāśanaḥ

gaṃgāṃ ca yamunāṃ caiva gomatīmatha gaṃḍikām /
śatadruṃ ca payoṣṇīṃ ca sarayūṃ ca sarasvatīm

prayāgaṃ narmadāṃ caiva śoṇaṃ caiva mahānadam /
prabhāsaṃ viṃdhyatīrthāni himavatprabhavāni ca

āśrameṣu ca yāni syurnaimiṣe puṣkarādiṣu /
kurukṣetre ca yāni syustathā govarddhanādiṣu

anyāni sumahātejāstīrthāni susamāhitaḥ /
vicacāra mahāyogī yathākāle yathāvidhi

kadācidātmavāndhīraḥ śālagrāmaṃ tapodhanaḥ /
puṃḍarīko mahābhāgaḥ pūrvakarmavaśānugaḥ

saṃsevyamānaṃ munibhistatvavidbhistapodhanaiḥ /
munīnāmāspadaṃ ramyaṃ purāṇeṣvapi viśrutam

bhūṣitaṃ caiva cakrādyaiścakrāṃkitaśilātalam /
ramyaṃ viviktavistīrṇaṃ sadā viṣṇuprasādakam

kiṃca cakrāṃkitāstatra prāṇinaḥ puṇyadarśanāḥ /
viciraṃti yathākāmaṃ pūṇyatīrthapradarśinaḥ

tasminkṣetre mahāpuṇye śāligrāme mahāmatiḥ /
snātvā devahde tīrthe sarasvatyāṃ ca suvrataḥ

jātismaryāṃ cakrakuṃḍe cakranadyāśriteṣu ca /
tathānyānyapi tīrthāni tasminneva cacāra saḥ

tataḥ kṣetraprabhāvena tīrthānāṃ caiva tejasā /
manaḥprasādamabhajattasminneva mahāmanāḥ

so'pi tīrthaviśuddhātmā puṃḍarīkastapodhanaḥ /
tatraiva vasatiṃ cakre dhyānayogaparāyaṇaḥ

tatraiva siddhimākāṃkṣannārādhya garuḍadhvajam /
śāstroktena vidhānena bhaktyā paramayā punaḥ

uvāsa ciramekākī nirdvaṃdvaḥ sajiteṃdriyaḥ /
śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ saṃtuṣṭaḥ samadarśanaḥ

yamaiścaniyamaiścaiva tathaivāsanabaṃdhanaiḥ /
prāṇāyāmaiśca tīrthaiśca pratyāhāraiśca saṃtataiḥ

dhāraṇābhistathā dhyānaiḥ samādhibhirataṃdritaḥ /
yogābhyāsaṃ sadā samyakcakre vigatakilbiṣaḥ

vaidikaiścāṃgikaiścaiva tathā paurāṇikairapi /
ārādhayati sarveśaṃ tataḥ śuddhimavāpa saḥ

rāgadveṣavinirmuktaḥ svadharmaiva rūpavān /
ārādhayāmāsa devaṃ tadgatenāṃtarātmanā

tutoṣa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ puṃḍarīkāyatekṣaṇaḥ /
bhagavānnāradamiti prasanno'smyasya dhīmataḥ

tataḥ kadācittaṃ deśaṃ nāradaḥ paramārthavit /
jagāma sumahātejāḥ sākṣādādityasannibhaḥ

taṃ draṣṭukāmo bhagavānpuṃḍarīkaṃ taponidhim /
viṣṇubhaktiparītātmā vaiṣṇavānāṃ hite rataḥ

sa dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ prāptaṃ tejomaṃḍalamaṃḍitam /
mahāmatirmahodāraḥ sarvavedaikabhājanam

prāṃjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā /
arghaṃ dattvā vidhānena praṇāmamakarotpunaḥ

ko'yamatyadbhutākārastejasvī hṛdyaveṣadhṛk /
ātodyahastaḥ sumukho jayamaṃḍalamaṃḍitaḥ

vivasvānathavā vahniriṃdro varuṇa eva vā /
iti saṃciṃtayansthitvā jagāda paramadyutim

puṃḍarīka uvāca-
ko bhavāniha saṃprāptaḥ kuto vā paramadyutiḥ /
tvaddarśanaṃ hi bhagavanprāyeṇa bhuvi durlabham

naiva dṛṣṭaḥ pumānvāpi mayā tava samaḥ prabho /
vaktumarhasyaśeṣeṇa yatpradiṣṭaṃ mayānagha

nārada uvāca-
nārado'haṃmanuprāptastvaddarśanakutūhalāt /
prabhāvaṃ bhagavadbhaktaṃ tvādṛśaṃ satataṃ dvija

smṛtaḥ saṃtoṣito vāpi pūjito vā dvijottamaḥ /
punāti bhagavadbhaktaścāṃḍālo'pi yadṛcchayā

dāso'haṃ vāsudevasya devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ /
śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇestrailokyasyaikacakṣuṣaḥ

ityukto nāradenāsau bhaktiparyākulātmanā /
provāca madhuraṃ vipraṃ taddarśanasuvismitaḥ

puṃḍarīka uvāca-
dhanyo'haṃ dehināṃ madhye supūjyo'haṃ surairapi /
kṛtārthāḥ pitaro me'dya saṃprāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam

anugṛhṇīṣva devarṣe tvadbhaktasya viśeṣataḥ /
taṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ vidvanbhrāmyamāṇaḥ svakarmabhiḥ

kartavyaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ upadeṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi /
tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

nārada uvāca-
anekānīha śāstrāṇi karmāṇi ca tathā dvija /
dharmavargaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tathaiva bhuvi mānasam

vailakṣaṇyaṃ ca jagatastasmādeva dvijottama /
anyathā sarvasatvānāṃ sukhaṃ vā duḥkhameva ca

vijñānamātraṃ kṣaṇikaṃ nirātmakamidaṃ jagat /
iti kaiścitparijñātaṃ bāhyārthanirapekṣakam

avyaktājjāyate nityaṃ nityānnityamidaṃ jagat /
ityevaṃ prāhurapare tatraiva layameti ca

ātmano bahavaḥ proktā nityāḥ sarvagatāstathā /
anye matimatāṃ śreṣṭhāstatvālokanatatparāḥ

yāvaccharīramātmānaṃ pratipannāstathāpare /
hastikīṭādidehe'pi mahāṃtamaṃḍameva ca

yathā'dyajagatovṛttistathā kālāṃtareṣvapi /
pravāho nityamevaiṣa kaḥ kartteti ca kecana

yadyatpratyakṣaviṣayaṃ tattadatra na vidyate /
kutaḥ svargādayaḥ saṃtītyanye vijitamānasāḥ

nirīśvaramidaṃ prāhuḥ seśvaraṃ ca tathāpare /
atyaṃtabhinnamatayaḥ paramārthaparāṅmukhāḥ

evaṃ manye'pi kuhakā yathāmati yathāśrutam /
vadaṃti vividhairbhedaiḥ svayukti sthitikārakāḥ

tarkeṣvavahito bhūtvā kathayāmi tapodhana /
paramārthamimaṃ puṇyaṃ ghoraṃ saṃsāranāśanam

tanmūlamanujānaṃti tato devādayo narāḥ /
pramāṇenopalabhyaṃte na pramāṇaṃ vimohitaiḥ

anāgatamatītaṃ ca viprakṛṣṭamatīva yat /
na gṛhītaṃ yathāśaktyā varttamānārthaniṣṭhitam

āgamo munibhiḥ prokto pūrvarūpakramāgataḥ /
pramāṇaṃ sa tu vijñeyaḥ paramārthaprasādhakaḥ

yadabhyāsabalājjñānaṃ rāgadveṣamalāpaham /
utpadyate dvijaśreṣṭha so'yamāgamasaṃjñakaḥ

phalaṃ karma ca yattatvaṃ vijñānaṃ darśanaṃ vibhum /
jātyādikalpanāhīnaṃ dvitīyāgamalakṣaṇam

ātmasaṃvedanaṃ nityaṃ sanātanamatīṃdriyam /
cinmātramamṛtaṃ jñeyamanaṃtamajamavyayam

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpeṇa vyaktasthitamanaṃjanam /
vyāptā viṣṇuriti khyātaṃ khyātabhinnamavasthitam

yogidhyeyamavijñeyaṃ paramārthaparāṅmukhaiḥ /
lakṣyate buddhibhirbhinnamabhibhinnaṃ na cātmani

śṛṇuṣvāvahitastāta kathayāmi tavānagha /
yatproktaṃ brahmaṇā pūrvaṃ pṛcchato mama suvrata

kadācidbrahmalokasthaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca pitāmaham /
praṇipatya yathānyāyamapṛcchamajamavyayam

kimu jñānaṃ paraṃ proktaṃ kaśca yogaḥ paro mataḥ /
etanme tattvato brahmansamācakṣva pitāmaha

brahmovāca-
śṛṇuṣvāvahitastāta jñānayogamanuttamam /
alpagraṃthaṃ prabhūtārthamaduḥkhopāsanakriyam

yaḥ paraṃ parayā proktaḥ puruṣaḥ paṃcaviṃśakaḥ /
sa eva sarvabhūtātmā tena ityabhidhīyate

nārāyaṇo jagaddhāma paramātmā sanātanaḥ /
jagataḥ sṛṣṭisaṃhāra paripālanatatparaḥ

trayāṇāmātmanāṃ caiko devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
ārādhyaḥ sarvadā brahmante paśyaṃti jagatpatim

yathā jagadavasthānaṃ yathā kālāṃtare punaḥ /
bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca viprakṛṣṭaṃ tathaiva ca

sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tathā cānyatpaśyaṃti jñānacakṣuṣā /
taccittāstadgataprāṇā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ

anyathā maṃdabuddhīnāṃ pratibhāti durātmanām /
kutarkajñānaduṣṭānāṃ vibhakteṃdriyavādinām

nārada uvāca-
śrūyatāmanyadapi vai kathyamānaṃ mayānagha /
brahmaṇaiva purā proktaṃ jagataḥ kāraṇātmanā

devānāmiṃdramukhyānāmṛṣīṇāṃ caiva suvrata /
hitāni kathayāmāsa pṛcchatāṃ kamalāsanaḥ

brahmovāca-
nārāyaṇaparo dharmastathālokāśca śāśvatāḥ /
nārāyaṇaparā yajñāḥ śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca

vedāḥ sāṃgāstathā cānye viṣṇurviśveśvaro hariḥ /
pṛthivyādīni vibudhāḥ paṃcabhūtāni so'vyayaḥ

sarvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ jñeyaṃ vibudhaiḥ sakalaṃ jagat /
tathāpi mānuṣāḥ pāpa na jānaṃti vimohitāḥ

tasyaiva māyayā vyāptaṃ carācaramidaṃ jagat /
tanmanāstadgataprāṇo jānāti paramārthavit

īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ viṣṇustrailokyapālakaḥ /
tasminnetajjagatsarvaṃ tiṣṭhati prabhavatyapi

jagatsaṃharate rudraḥ pālane viṣṇurucyate /
utpattau cāhamevātra tathānye lokapālakāḥ

sarvādhāro nirādhāraḥ sakalo niṣkalastathā /
aṇurmahāṃstathāpyanyattasmācca parataḥ paraḥ

tameva śaraṇaṃ yāta sarvasaṃhārakarmagam /
sa pitā janitāsmākaṃ kīrtito madhusūdanaḥ

evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve brahmaṇā padmayoninā /
praṇemuḥ sarvalokeśaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ janārdanam

tasmāttvamapi viprarṣe nārāyaṇaparo bhava /
tadanyaḥ ko mahodāraḥ prārthitaṃ dāturmahati

pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva tameva puruṣottamam /
parigṛhṇīṣva lokeśaṃ devadevaṃ jagatpatim

agnikāryeṇa vai tena tapasādhyayanena vai /
toṣayeddevadeveśaṃ guruṃ nityamataṃdritaḥ

svarge kṣayaṃ tathā bhogamanuṣṭheyaṃ tathaiva ca /
parigṛhṇīṣva viprarṣe tameva puruṣottamam

kiṃ tena maṃtrairbahubhiḥ kiṃ tena bahubhirvrataiḥ /
ॐ namonārāyaṇāyeti maṃtraḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ

cīravāsā jaṭī vipra daṃḍīmuṃḍita eva vā /
vibhūṣito vā vipreṃdra na liṃgaṃ dharmakāraṇam

ye nṛśaṃsā durātmānaḥ pāpācāraparāḥ sadā /
tepi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ

lipyaṃte na ca pāpaughairvaiṣṇavaṃ vītakilbiṣāḥ

punaṃti sakalaṃ lokaṃ ahiṃsājitamānasāḥ

kṣatrabaṃdhuriti khyāto rājā prāṇivihiṃsakaḥ /
prāptavānparamaṃ dhāma vaiṣṇavaṃ keśavālayāt

aṃbarīṣo mahāsatvo rājā paramatatvavit /
hṛṣīkeśaṃ samārādhya vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāptavān

anye brahmarṣayaḥ śāṃtā bahavaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ /
dhyātvā ca paramātmānaṃ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ

prahlādaḥ paramāhlādaḥ purā nārāyaṇaṃ harim /
sevito'bhyarcito dhyātastenaiva parirakṣitaḥ

bharato nāma tejasvī rājā paramadhārmikaḥ /
upāsyainaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ parāṃ muktimavāptavān

brahmacārī gṛhastho vā vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ /
keśavārādhanaṃ hitvā naiva yāṃti parāṃ gatim

janmāṃtarasahasreṣu yasya syānmatirīdṛśī /
dāso'haṃ viṣṇubhaktānāmiti sarvārthasādhakaḥ

sa yāti viṣṇusālokyaṃ puruṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ /
kiṃ punastadgataprāṇāḥ puruṣāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ

ananyamānasairnityaṃ dhyātavyastatvaciṃtakaiḥ /
nārāyaṇo jagadvyāpī paramātmā sanātanaḥ

bhīṣma uvāca-
ityevamuktvā devarṣistatraivāṃtaradhīyata /
paropakāranirato nāradaḥ paramārthavit

puṃḍarīko'pi dharmātmā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
ॐ namo nārāyaṇāyeti maṃtramaṣṭākṣaraṃ japan

prasīda mama viśvātmanniti vācaṃ vadansadā /
hṛtpuṃḍarīke goviṃdaṃ pratiṣṭhāpyāmṛtātmakam

tapasvī vimale saumye śālagrāme tapodhanaḥ /
uvāsa ciramekākī nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ

svapne'pi keśavānnānyatpaśyatīti mahāmatiḥ /
nidrāpi naiva tasyāsītpuruṣārthavirodhinī

tapasā brahmacaryeṇa śaucena ca viśeṣataḥ /
janmajanmāṃtarārūḍhe saṃskāre ca yathā tathā

prasādāddevadevasya sarvalokasya sākṣiṇaḥ /
avāpa paramāṃ siddhiṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ vītakilbiṣaḥ

śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ pītavāsasamacyutam /
śyāmalaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ sa dadarśa sadākṛtim

siṃhā vyāghrāstathā cānye mṛgāḥ prāṇivihiṃsakāḥ /
virodhaṃ sahajaṃ hitvā sametāstasya saṃnidhau

vicaraṃti yathākāmaṃ prasanneṃdriyavṛttayaḥ /
parasparahitaṃ ramyaṃ saṃprāptaṃ pāṃḍunaṃdana

tathā prasannaṃ salilaṃ sarasāṃ saritāmapi /
ṛtavaḥ suprannāśca vimaleṃdriyasaṃyutāḥ

mārutāśca sukhasparśā vṛkṣāḥ puṣpaphalānvitāḥ /
ānukūlyaṃ yayuḥ sarve padārthāstasya dhīmataḥ

prasannamabhavattasmai prasannaṃ sacarācaram /
prasanne devadeveśe goviṃde bhaktavatsale

tataḥ kadācidbhagavānpuṃḍarīkasya dhīmataḥ /
āvirāsījjagannāthaḥ puṃḍarīkāyatekṣaṇaḥ

śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsāḥ samujjvalaḥ /
puṃḍarīkaviśālākṣaścaṃdrabiṃbanibhānanaḥ

kiṃkiṇīkuṃḍalī hārī keyūrī kaṭisūtravān /
śrīvatsāṃkaḥ pītavāsāḥ kaustubhena vibhūṣitaḥ

vanamālāparītāṃgaḥ sphuranmukuṭakuṃḍalaḥ /
sphuratā brahmasūtreṇa muktādāmavilaṃbinā

virājamāno deveśaścāmaravyajanādibhiḥ /
devaiḥ siddhaiḥ sadeveṃdrairgaṃdharvairmunibhirvaraiḥ

yakṣairnāgavaraiścaivasevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ puṃḍarīko'naghaḥ svayam

tato buddhyā mahātmānaṃ tuṣṭāva ca janārdanam /
prāṃjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā

puṃḍarīka uvāca-
namo'stu viṣṇave tubhyaṃ sarvalokaikacakṣuṣe /
niraṃjanāya nityāya nirguṇāya mahātmane

tvamīśaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tathaiva ca nirīśvaraḥ /
tathābhayārtināśāyagoviṃdogaruḍadhvajaḥ

anugraheṇabhūtānāṃanekākāradhāriṇe /
tvayi sarvamidaṃ prāhustvanmayaṃ caiva kevalam

tvamasmājjagato bhinno nirmitaṃ ca jagattvayā /
namostu nābhiprasavanalināya namo namaḥ

namaḥ samastavedāṃtaviśrutātmavibhūtaye /
tvameva sarvadeveśa kāraṇaṃ kaiṭabhārdana

prasīda hṛdayāvāsa śaṃkhacakragadādhara /
namaḥ samastabhūtānāmādibhūtāya bhūbhṛte

anekarūparūpāya viṣṇave prabhaviṣṇave /
yasya brahmādayo devā na vidaṃti sureśvarāḥ

mahimānaṃ tapomeyaṃ tasmai tubhyaṃ namāmyaham /
vācāmagocaro yasya mahimā tava nāpyate

jātyādibhirasaṃspṛṣṭaḥ sadā dhyeyo'si tattvataḥ /
tathā vibhedarūpeṇa bhaktānāmanukaṃpayā

matsyakūrmādirūpeṇa dṛśyase puruṣottama /
bhīṣma uvāca-
puṃḍarīko jagannāthaṃ saṃstuvanpuruṣottamam

tamevālokayadvīra ciraprārthitadarśanam /
tamāha bhagavānviṣṇuḥ padmanābhastrivikramaḥ

puṃḍarīkaṃ mahābhāgaṃ tathā gaṃbhīrayā girā

śrībhagavānuvāca-
prīto'smi vatsa bhadraṃ te puṃḍarīka mahāmate /
varaṃ vṛṣṇīṣva dāsyāmi yatte manasi varttate

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ devadevasya bhāṣitam /
evaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa puṃḍarīko mahāmatiḥ

puṃḍarīka uvāca-
kvāhamatyaṃta durbuddhiḥ kva bhavaṃto hitaiṣiṇaḥ /
yaddhitaṃ mama deveśa tadājñāpaya mādhava

evamuktaḥ sa bhagavānsuprītaśca tato'bravīt /
puṃḍarīkaṃ mahābhāgaṃ kṛtāṃjalimupasthitam

āgaccha kuśalaṃ te'stu mayaiva saha suvrata /
upakārī ca nityātmā mayā tvaṃ sarvadā saha

bhīṣma uvāca-
evamuktavati prītyā śrīdhare bhaktavatsale /
divi duṃdubhayo neduḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ papāta ha

brahmādayastathā devāḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan /
jaguḥ siddhāśca gaṃdharvāḥ kinnarāśca viśeṣataḥ

tatraiva tamupādāya devadevo jagatpatiḥ /
jagāma garuḍārūḍhaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ

tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ /
taccittastadgataprāṇastadbhaktānāṃ hite rataḥ

arcayitvā yathāyogyaṃ bhajasva puruṣottamam /
śṛṇuṣva tatkathāṃ puṇyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm

yenopāyena rājeṃdra viṣṇubhaktisamanvitaḥ /
prīto bhavati viśvātmā tatkuruṣva suvistaram

aśvamedhaśatairiṣṭvā vājapeyaśatairapi /
prāpnuvaṃti narā naiva nārāyaṇaparāṅmukhāḥ

sakṛduccaritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam /
baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati

lābhasteṣāṃ jayasteṣāṃ kutasteṣāṃ parājayaḥ /
yeṣāmiṃdīvaraśyāmo hṛdayastho janārdanaḥ

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvāpi samāhitaḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

īśvara uvāca-
etadvai nāmamāhātmyaṃ śrutvā vai naganaṃdini /
dharmārthakāmamokṣāstu bhavaṃti ca na saṃśayaḥ

śukle kule'vatīrṇo yo brāhmaṇo vedatatparaḥ /
vaiṣṇavo viṣṇurūpo'sau nānyo viprastu karhicit

mukhe nāmoccaranviṣṇorhṛdaye dhyānatatparaḥ /
śaṃkhacakradharo vidvanmālāṃ tulasijāṃ dadhat

jīvanmuktaḥ sa vijñeyo bhuktvā bhogāṃstvanekaśaḥ /
ekaviṃśatikulaiḥ sārddhaṃ viṣṇuloke sa modate

puṃḍarīko yathā śaktyā mukto hyatra na saṃśayaḥ /
bhaktibhāvena goviṃdastuṣṭiṃ prāpnoti śāśvatīm

kalau vai harigītaṃ tu svagṛhe vā viśeṣataḥ /
sāmagānasamaṃ proktaṃ devārcanasamādhiṣu

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde viṣṇumahimānāmāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ