Padma Purana · Chapter 7.12

vyāsa uvāca-
phālgune brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ suravaṃditam /
pūjayedbhaktibhāvena pratyahaṃ vaiṣṇavo janaḥ

phālgune snāpayedyastu sarpiṣā devakīsutam /
phalaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi yataḥ samyaṅinaśāmaya

sarvayajñaphalaṃ prāpya sarvadānaphalaṃ tathā /
aṃte yāti hareḥ sthānaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

yugakoṭisahasrāṇi bhukttvā bhogaṃ harergṛhe /
tatraiva mokṣamāpnoti saṃprāpya jñānamuttamam

yastu yacchati kṛṣṇāya śiśire gopamūrtaye /
tilānāṃ modakaṃ divyaṃ sa gaccheddharimaṃdiram

yo dugdhalaḍḍukāndadyātkeśavāya mahātmane /
sa pibedamṛtaṃ svarge manvaṃtaraśatāvadhi

haraye lalitaṃ khaṃḍaṃ yastu yacchati jaimine /
tasya viṣṇuḥ prasannātmā chinatti bhavabaṃdhanam

vicitraṃ phalitaṃ divyaṃ dadyādbhagavate dvija /
aṃte śakrapuraṃ gatvā sa bhavetsuravaṃditaḥ

nirmalāṃ śarkarāṃ yacchedyastu kṛṣṇāya bhaktimān /
sa kiṃ na labhate vipra vāsudevaprasādataḥ

supakvaṃ phālgune māsi madhuraṃ badarīphalam /
yastu yacchati kṛṣṇāya phalaṃ tasya niśāmaya

iha bhuṅkte sukhaṃ sarvaṃ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ /
aṃte harergṛhaṃ yāti rathamāruhya śobhanam

na dadyādguḍasaṃyuktaṃ haraye badarīphalam /
ajñānādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha dadyāccennārakībhavet

phālgune māsi yo dadyāddharaye dāḍimīphalam /
supakvaṃ tatphalaṃ vipra vadato me niśāmaya

tatra yāvaṃti bījāni tiṣṭhaṃti dāḍimīphale /
tāvanmanvaṃtaraṃ viṣṇorgṛhe tiṣṭhati bhāgyavān

phālgune māsi yo dadyāddharaye guḍapiṣṭakam /
sa vijñeyo dvijaśreṣṭha vājimedhasahasrakṛt

caitre māsi dvijaśreṣṭha madhunā madhusūdanam /
snāpayellabhate martyastadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

madhunā snāpayedyastu nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
na carcā kriyate tasya kadācidravisūnunā

caitre kiṃśukapuṣpeṇa yo'rcayetkamalāpatim /
tannāma citraguptena paṃjikāyāṃ na likhyate

caitrake jagatāmīśaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tilakapuṣpakaiḥ /
pūjato nāsti vai janma punarasminmahītale

kṛṣṇavaṃjulapuṣpeṇa sarvadevaśiromaṇim /
pūjayanmanujo vipra labhate nāpadaṃ kvacit

vāsaṃtībhiḥ sugaṃdhībhirvasaṃte yastu pūjayet /
bhagavaṃtaṃ prasannātmā sa devairapi pūjyate

tathā kisalayairdivyairakhaṇḍairyo'rcayeddharim /
taṃ vaṃdate samutthāya svayaṃ pīṭhāsanopi ca

dhātrīpatrairnavairyastu komalairharimarcayet /
acireṇaiva labhate sakalaṃ vāṃchitaṃ janaḥ

śāṃḍilyā khaṃḍapatraiśca dhattūraiścārkapuṣpakaiḥ /
yo'rcayedviṣṇumīśaṃ ca sa saṃsārābdhipāragaḥ

yo dadyādviṣṇave vipra kadalīphalamuttamam /
śakrādyāstridaśāḥ sarve vaṃdaṃte tamaharniśam

yo dadyāccaitrake māsi bhaktyā gopālarūpiṇe /
godhūmapiṣṭakaṃ vipra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

āyāte mādhave māsi pavitre mādhava priye /
āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ tailaṃ viṣṇubhaktaḥ parityajet

prāptaḥ samācaretsnānaṃ mādhave māsi vaiṣṇavaḥ /
parityajetparānnaṃ ca na kuryācca dvibhojanam

prabhāte pūjayedviṣṇuṃpū rvoktavidhinā dvija /
vaiśākhe snāpayedviṣṇuṃ puṣpavāsitavāriṇā

snāpayecchītatoyeṣu saṃdhyāparyaṃtamacyutam /
trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā naivedyairvividhaiḥ prabhum

vaiśākhe damanasragbhirlakṣmīpatiralaṃkṛtaḥ /
na kiṃ dadāti viprarṣe prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ

vaiśākhe māsi yo dadyādyavānnaṃ cakrapāṇaye /
tasya puṇyāni saṃkhyātuṃ kaḥ samartho'sti paṃḍitaḥ

yatkiṃcinmādhave māsi mādhavaprītihetave /
dīyate mādhavāyaiva tatsarvamakṣayaṃ bhavet

yadanyatsukṛtaṃ karma kriyate māsi mādhave /
mādhavaprītaye vipra kṣayastasya na vidyate

vaiśākhe māsi yaḥ kuryātprapāṃ mādhavatuṣṭaye /
dinedine'śvamedhasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

vaiśākho durllabho māsaḥ sarvakarmaphalapradaḥ /
pūjitavyo haristatra hitvā karmaśatānyapi

ekāhamapi yaḥ pūjāṃ vaiśākhe kurute hareḥ /
ṣaḍvarṣaṃ hariṃ pūjitvā yatphalaṃ labhate sa tat

vaiśākhe māsi yo nityaṃ viṣṇumaśvattharūpiṇam /
caturvargaphalaprāptihetave vaiṣṇavo janaḥ

gaṇḍūṣamātrato yena kuryādyo'śvatthasevanam /
so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ vimuktaḥ koṭipātakaiḥ

aśvatthamūlaṃ viprarṣe yo badhnāti śilādibhiḥ /
aśvattharūpī bhagavānkiṃ kiṃ tasmai na yacchati

aśvatthadrumamālokya praṇāmaṃ kurute yadi /
so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānamāyurvṛddhirna saṃśayaḥ

yadaśvatthatale vipra dharmakarma karoti yaḥ /
nyūnātiriktatā na syāttasminkarmaṇi jaimine

tatra tīrthāni sarvāṇi tristrotādīni jaimine /
yatrāśvatthatarustiṣṭhedekopi śākhināṃ varaḥ

aśvatthaṃ pūjayedyastu sa eva viṣṇupūjakaḥ /
aśvatthamūrtirbhagavānsvayameva yato dvija

avajñānāddvijaśreṣṭha yo'śvatthaṃ haṃti mūḍhadhīḥ /
saṃsāre nāsti tatkarma yatkṛtvā sa ca śuddhyati

aśvattho vṛkṣarājo'yaṃ harimūrtiḥ prakīrtitaḥ /
tasmādaśvatthahaṃtṝṇāṃ trātā ko'pi na vidyate

aśvatthaṃ paśyato vipra spṛśataḥ paratastathā /
dehasthaṃ pātakaṃ sarvaṃ haretpraṇamato hariḥ

vilokyāśvatthahaṃtāraṃ yaḥ śakto na nivārayet/
tannetrayugmaṃ baḍiśairyamenotpāṭyate svayam

aśvatthacchedanaṃ mūḍho mā kurviti vadenna yaḥ /
tasya jihvāṃ churikayā svayaṃ kṛṃtati pretarāṭ

aśvatthaśākhāmekāṃ yaḥ svalpāmapi nihaṃti vai /
sa koṭibrahmahatyānāṃ phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ ५०

yatpāpaṃ brahmahatyāyāṃ gurustrīgamanena ca /
surāpāne tathāsteye nyāsāpaharaṇe'pi ca

yatpāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ gohatyāyāṃ dvijottama /
strīhatyāyāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ parastrīgamane tathā

śaraṇāgata hatyāyāṃ hatyāyāṃ suhṛdastathā /
viśvāsavākyākathane patihiṃsāvidhau ca yat

yatpāpaṃ paraniṃdāyāṃ harivāsarabhojane /
aśvatthacchedanāddhoraṃ tatpāpaṃ prāpyate janaiḥ

viṣṇumūrtterjano mohādaśvatthasya nihaṃti yaḥ /
tattulyaḥ pātakī ko'pi na śrutaḥ kṣitimaṃḍale

vadāmyaśvatthamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam /
setihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śṛṇu vatsa samāhitaḥ

pūrvaṃ dhanaṃjayo nāma brāhmaṇo haribhaktikṛt /
āsīttretāyuge vipra sarvaprāṇihite rataḥ

jñātipūjārato nityaṃ dīpadāne rataḥ sadā /
satyavādī jitakrodho hiṃsādaṃbhavivarjitaḥ

mumukṣuḥ sa dvijaśreṣṭha sarvadā parameśvaram /
pūjayāmāsa parayā bhaktyā nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum

tasya bhaktiṃ tato jñātvā mahatīṃ sudṛḍhāṃ prabhuḥ /
jahāra sakalaṃ vittaṃ hetumātreṇa kenacit

tathāpi sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ keśavasya mahātmanaḥ /
pūjāmanudine cakre bhaktyā paramayā sudhīḥ

duḥkhenopārjitaṃ vittaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ sakalaṃ dvija /
dṛṣṭvāpi tena vipreṇa duḥkhenāciṃtyacetasā

bhakṣaṇe varjanaṃ cakre sa vipraḥ paramārthavit /
mahāviṣṇusaparyāyāṃ dṛḍhaṃ baddhvā mano nijam

bhūyo'pi tasya viprasya bhaktiṃ jñātvā janārdanaḥ /
cakāra baṃdhuvicchedaṃ sudṛḍhaḥ śamadastataḥ

bāṃdhavāstasya viprasya viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ /
hiṃsāmārebhire kartuṃ sarvadaiva dvijottama

tato vipro hi nirvṛtto nirbaṃdhaiḥ puruṣottamam /
pūjayāmāsa satataṃ prītaḥ pracurabhaktitaḥ

parikalpya ca bhūdevo dhanaṃ keśavapūjane /
mādhavaṃ ca jagannāthaṃ sabaṃdhuśucamatyajat

bhūya eva mahāviṣṇuḥ kautukī tasya jaimine /
jahāra sānukaṃpo'pi putrānapi dine dine

tathāpi sa dvijaśreṣṭhaḥ keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam /
pūrvadviguṇayā bhaktyā nityaṃ viṣṇumapūjayat

tasya patnī tato vipra duḥkhaśokātiduḥkhitā /
pitṛgehaṃ gatā viṣṇormāyayā parimohitā

athaikākī sa bhūdevo viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ /
vipadaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa na kadāpi sucetasā

ekadā sa dvijaśreṣṭha viṣṇubhaktimatāṃ varaḥ /
skaṃdhe paraśumādāya kāṣṭhārthaṃ vipine yayau

vanātkāṣṭhaṃ samādāya nityameva ca sa dvijaḥ /
himāgame vastrahīnaḥ kurute śītavāraṇam

kadācidvipinaṃ gaṃtuṃ nāśaknoddvijasattamaḥ /
jaghāna prāṃgaṇasthasya śākhāmaśvatthaśākhinaḥ

atrāṃtare mahāviṣṇustasmādaśvattha pādapāt /
niścakrāma suraśreṣṭho vyathāvyathitamānasaḥ

dadarśa viṣṇuṃ purataḥ sa vipraścaturbhujaṃ padmadalāyatākṣam /
pītāṃbaraṃ kuḍalinaṃ sukeśaṃ dadhānamabjādi nijāyudhāni

parisravadvistararaktadhārā saṃdhyāsu śoṇīkṛtanavyamegham /
vibhāvasuṃ caiva sukhaṃ pareśaṃ saṃdṛśyate devagaṇairadṛśyam /
harṣāśrudhārā rucirākṣiyugmastuṣṭāva vipro mṛdulairvacobhiḥ

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
hare murāre jagadekanātha goviṃda dāmodara mādhaveti /
lakṣmīpate keśavakeśiśatro nārāyaṇānaṃta vibho prasīda

tavāvatāraṃ kimahaṃ bravīmi tvayā vinā nāsti bhuvīha ko'pi /
kiṃ vā guṇavyāptasamastalokaṃ kiṃ vā dayāṃ mitraparaikatulyām

datvā svīyāṃ kasyacidīśa viṣṇo bhaktiṃ harasya cyutadehasaṃsthām /
śriyaṃ samādāya mudaṃ pradāsye bhaktiḥ pradattāmahataḥ sudhanyā

manye mahātmānamanaṃtamūrtte pāpātmanāṃ śreṣṭhamivāniśaṃ yat /
tadarthamevāṃghriyugaṃ tvadīyaṃ na pātakī paśyati daivaciṃtyam

yadyapyahaṃ duḥkhavatāṃ variṣṭho manye tathāpīndramivādya viṣṇo /
ātmānamātmā jagatāṃ bhavaṃtaṃ sākṣātsamīkṣeyata īkṣaṇābhyām

pūjāṃ tavālpāmapi vedmi nāhaṃ dravyaṃ kadāpi na dadāmi tubhyam /
tathāpi cāgre mama mūrtimāṃstvaṃ dṛṣṭosi me keśava eka pūjyaḥ

dattastvayāyaṃ mamabhakti vṛkṣo dhamārthakāmatraya eva so'yam /
tvaddarśanāṃbho mayavṛṣṭisiktaḥ prabho'dyakaivalyaphalaṃ dadhāra

mūrdhā madīyo'khilalokamūrdhnāṃ śreṣṭho bhavetkeśavaviśvamūrteḥ /
tvatpādapāthojayugemano me saṃyāti vai saṃpratidevadeva

vyāsauvāca-
itthaṃ stutvā jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
kṛtāṃjalipunaḥprāha bhaktyā tamiti sa dvijaḥ

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
devadeva jagannātha lokānugrahakāraka /
kaśāpraharaṇairetadgātraṃ te rudhirokṣitam

sarveṣāmeva daityānāṃ yudhi vaṃśāstvayā hatāḥ /
tvāṃ haṃtuṃ kaḥ kṣamaḥ pṛthvyāṃ prabho'dbhutamidaṃ mahat

bhagavānuvāca-
vatsa satyamidaṃ proktaṃ tvayā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ /
dānavo rākṣaso vāpi māṃ haṃtuṃ ko'pi na kṣamaḥ

aśvatthamūtirevāhaṃ kuṭhāreṇa hatastvayā /
ato'jani śarīre me raktapāto'dhunā dvija

vyāsa uvāca-
tasyavākyamidaṃ śrutvā sa vipro bhayavihvalaḥ /
niniṃda svayamātmānamātmanā bahudhā dvijaḥ

dhigastu tatvato bhāgyaṃ sarvapātakināṃ varam /
trailokyādhipaterdātā hṛdaye mahatīṃ vyathām

sarvapāpaharo viṣṇuḥ samayā vyādhitaḥ kṛtaḥ /
etatpāpaṃ mayā pāraṃ kartuṃ naikena śakyate

yasmiṃstuṣṭe pāpino'pi bhavaṃti suravaṃditāḥ /
maddattayā sa vyathayā vyathito hā hato'smyaham

prasādayaṃti yaṃ devā brahmādyā atibhaktitaḥ /
aho mayā pāpavatā tasya dattā hṛdi vyathā

kiṃ tapobhirjapaiḥ kiṃ vā kiṃ gṛhairjīvanaiśca me /
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ dātaiko'yaṃ vyathāturaḥ

ityuktvā sa dvijaśreṣṭha tameva paraśuṃ nije /
dātuṃ kaṃṭhe manaścakre viṣṇuprīṇanahetave

tasyabhaktiṃ dṛḍhāṃ jñātvā dayāluḥ kamalāpatiḥ /
taddhastāttatparaṃ ninye javena bhaktavatsalaḥ

śrībhagavānuvāca-
kathaṃ tvameva kuruṣe vatsa karmātidāruṇam /
ātmahatyākṛtāṃ puṃsāṃ tuṣṭosmi na kadāpyaham

tava bhaktyātituṣṭo'smi bhītiṃ mā kurusattama /
varaṃ varaya viprendra yatte manasi vartate १००

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
mayā vyathāpradatteyaṃ mahatī parameśvara /
mā tiṣṭhatu śarīre te yāce varamimaṃ prabho

śrībhagavānuvāca-
ajñānādbhavatā vatsa karmedaṃ vihitaṃ dvija /
ato'parādho netavyo mahānapi na te yathā

nityaṃ tavānupālyo'smi bhaktaśreṣṭho yato bhavān /
bhavadīyānahaṃ manye doṣānvatsa dinedine

tathāpi mamabhaktiste vavṛdhe mahatī sadā /
tasmādvatsa tavānṛṇyaṃ gaṃtumicchāmi saṃprati

vihāya sakalāṃ bhītiṃ vaṃra vṛṇu mamāgrataḥ /
brāhmaṇa uvāca-
tvayi sarvasuraśreṣṭha mama janmanijanmani

tiṣṭhatāṃ sudṛḍhā bhaktirhare kimaparairvaraiḥ /
vyāsa uvāca-
śrutvā vākyamidaṃ tasya keśavapraṇayoditam

nijakaṇṭhasthitāṃ mālāṃ prītastasmai dadau tataḥ /
samāliṅgya tato vipraṃ pitā putramiva prabhuḥ

caturbhirbāhubhirdīrghairuvāca mṛdulaṃ vacaḥ /
śrībhagavānuvāca-
madbhakto'si yadā vipra tathā te matprasādataḥ

acireṇaiva sakalaṃ bhadraṃ vipra bhaviṣyati /
aśvattharūpaṃ māṃ nityaṃ kriyāyogena sattama

samārādhaya sarvaṃ te sādhayiṣyāmi vāṃchitam /
ityuktvā taṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ bhūyo'pyāliṅgya keśavaḥ

abhavatsahasādṛśyastatraiva karuṇālayaḥ /
viṣṇoḥ kaṃṭhasrajaṃ prāpya sa vipro vaiṣṇavottamaḥ

kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ matvā tasthau nijegṛhe /
tataḥ kubero viprarṣe tasya viprasya sadmani

svayaṃ vavarṣa vittāni bahūni keśavājñayā /
prāsādo racitastasya śilpinā viśvakarmaṇā

nārāyaṇājñayā tatra vaijayaṃta ivottamaḥ /
dāsadāsīsamāyukto nānāvastuvibhūṣitaḥ

gajāśvakoṭisaṃkīrṇaṃ vibabhau tasya mandiram /
babhuvuḥ saṃgatāstasya naṣṭā api ca bāṃdhavāḥ

kṛtāvajñā ca tatpatnī svayaṃ tadgṛhamāyayau /
mṛtaputrāpi tatpatnī keśavasyānukaṃpayā

sthiraprajābhavadvipra svāmibhaktiparāyaṇā /
ciraṃ bhuktvākhilānbhogānputrapautrasamanvitaḥ

āyuṣoṃ'te yayau mokṣaṃ sadāro viprasattamaḥ /
vyāsa uvāca-
sākṣādeva svayaṃ viṣṇuraśvattho vṛkṣasattamaḥ

tadbhaktiṃ kurvatāṃ puṃsāṃ vidyate nāśubhaṃ kvacit /
aśvatthaṃ sevate yastu viṣṇuṃ dhyātvā narottama

tasya prasanno bhagavāndadāti paramaṃ padam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre aśvatthamāhātmye dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ