Padma Purana · Chapter 7.13

vyāsa uvāca-
jyeṣṭhe māsi dvijaśreṣṭha bhagavaṃtaṃ janārdanam /
pūjayedbhaktibhāvena jalaiḥ saṃsnāpya śītalaiḥ

udvartanaṃ ca dātavyaṃ sugandhyāmalakaṃ tathā /
tailaṃ suṃgaṃdhaṃ haraye grīṣmakāle dinedine

suvāsite śītale ca mandire'timanorame /
pratyahaṃ kamalākāṃtaṃ sthāpayejjanamaṃḍape

na raudradeśe viprendra sadhūme iṃdhanālaye /
na sūtikāgṛhe caiva sthāpayetkamalāpatim

cāmarairvījitaḥ śvetaiḥ sudīrghaiḥ kamalāpatim /
jyeṣṭhe māsi dvijaśreṣṭha suprītaḥ kiṃ na yacchati

mayūrapucchavyajanairnidārghairvījito hariḥ /
dadātyabhimataṃ sarvamacireṇaiva sattama

tālavṛṃtakavātena pavitrāṃbaravāyunā /
yai grīṣme vījyate viṣṇuste sarve svargagāminaḥ

yo gātralepanaṃ kuryātsugandhīyaiśca kardamaiḥ /
grīṣme hariṃ caṃdanaiśca sa viśenmādhavīṃ tanum

uṣmāgame dvijaśreṣṭha sa mukto nātra saṃśayaḥ /
praphullakusumodyāne tulasīkānane tathā

saṃdhyāyāṃ sthāpayedviṣṇuṃ deśe dhīrasamīraṇe /
sragbhiḥ pāṭalapuṣpāṇāṃ yena viṣṇuralaṃkṛtaḥ

jyeṣṭhe māsi sa vijñeyo aśvamedhasahasrakṛt /
yastu muktāvaliṃ dadyādgrīṣme vai śrīpaterjanaḥ

bhūpālatvaṃ haristasmai yacchejjanmani janmani /
yastu maṇḍayati grīṣme śrīkṛṣṇaṃ maṇimālayā

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vipra vadato me niśāmaya /
yāvadbrahmā sṛjatyetajjaimine sakalaṃ jagat

tiṣṭhedviṣṇupure tāvanmaṇimālāvibhūṣitaḥ /
suvarṇābharaṇairyastu rajatābharaṇaistathā

kṛṣṇaṃ maṃḍayati grīṣme so'pi tatphalamāpnuyāt /
vicitraṃ yastu paryaṃkaṃ sagaṃḍūkaṃ prayacchati

haraye devadevāya na sa duḥkhī kadācana /
grīṣmakāle na deyāni gurūṇi vasanāni ca

haraye brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha deyaṃ tanvaṃśuṃkaṃ śuci /
yastvacyutaphalairdivyaiḥ sugaṃdhaiḥ pūjayeddharim

aṃte śakrapuraṃ gatvā sapibedamṛtaṃ mudā /
priyālānāṃ phalairdivyairyo'rcayetkamalāpatim

so'pi tatphalamāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ /
nidāghe haraye yastu yavāgūmatiśītalām

nānāvyaṃjanasaṃyuktāṃ śraddhayā vaiṣṇavo janaḥ /
āṣāḍhe māsi viprendra devadevaṃ jagadgurum

dadhibhiḥ snāpayitvā ca pūjayedbhaktito budhaḥ /
mātuḥ payodharapayaḥ punastena na pīyate

ghanāgame ghanaśyāmaṃ kadaṃbakusumairharim /
ārādhayati viprarṣe parāṅgatimavāpnuyāt

kadambapuṣpamālābhirmaṇḍapaṃ jvalanopamam /
yastasya brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha vājimedhaphalaṃ bhavet

sugandhaiḥ ketakīpuṣpaiḥ pūjitaḥ kamalāpatiḥ /
sarvaduḥkhaṃ haratyeva mānavānāṃ dvijottama

panasānāṃ phalairdivyaiḥ supakvairghṛtamiśritaiḥ /
pūjito bhagavānviṣṇurdadyādaiśvaryamuttamam

āṣāḍhe māsi dadhyannaṃ haraye prativāsaram /
śraddhayā vaiṣṇavo dadyānmuktimicchandvijottama

kṛṣṇāya navanītaṃ yo dadāti vaiṣṇavo janaḥ /
viśuddhaḥ sakalaiḥ pāpairbrahmalokaṃ sa gacchati

śephālikāprasūnaiśca yūthikākusumaistathā /
yo'rcayetparamātmānaṃ sagacchetparamaṃ padam

praphullamālatīpuṣpaiḥ sugandhairyo'rcayeddharim /
tatpuṇyenāsya tatpuṇyaṃ yena no bhavitā dvija

kaṃdapuṣpaiśca bakulairjagadbaṃdhuṃ janārdanam /
arcayansakalaṃ kāmaṃ prāpnoti bhuvi mānavaḥ

mahāmahāprasūnaiśca tathā kurubakairharim /
praphullaiḥ pūjayedyastu tasya tuṣṭaḥ sadā hariḥ

sairīyakaiśca yo viṣṇuṃ prasūpuṣpaiśca yo'rcayet /
karavīraprasūnaiśca sa yāti harisannidhim

śrāvaṇe caiva yo dadyāllājānghṛtasamanvitān /
haraye tasya viprarṣe gṛhe śrīḥsa rvatomukhī

bhādre māsi dvijaśreṣṭha nārāyaṇamanāmayam /
śraddhayā pūjayetprājñaścaturvargapradāyakam

nirmite nūtanāgāre sarvopadravavarjite /
sthāpayetpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ bhagavaṃtaṃ janārdanam

daṃśaiśca maśakaiścāpi prakīrṇe makṣikādibhiḥ /
hariṃ purātanāgāre sthāpayenna hi mānavaḥ

sakardame pataddvāre galadbhittau gṛhe tathā /
hariṃ na sthāpayetprājño varṣāsu parameśvaram

viṣṇvālye dvijaśreṣṭha prakuryādyastu mānavaḥ /
candrātapaṃ vicitraṃ ca candralokaṃ sa gacchati

rātrau nānāvidhairdhūpairmandire jagatīpateḥ /
daṃśāśca maśakāścaiva pūjākāle nivārayet

maṃsārikābhiḥ prāvṛtya maṃcaśāyinamacyutam /
prāvṛṣi sthāpayedviṣṇuṃ niśāyāṃ divyamaṃdire

kahlārapatrairdeveśaṃ sugaṃdhairnūtanaistathā /
mumukṣuḥ pūjayenmartyo bhādre māsi dinedine

na bhādre ketakīpuṣpaiḥ pūjitavyo janārdanaḥ /
yato bhādrapademāsi ketakī syātsurā samā

pakvaistālaphalairdivyairyo'rcayedyadunaṃdanam /
garbhavāsamahāduḥkhaṃ sa bhūyo labhate na ca

saṃyuktaṃ ghṛtadugdhābhyāṃ pakvatālaṃ murāraye /
yo dadyācchraddhayā martyaḥ sa gacchenmandiraṃ hareḥ

bhādre māsi dvijaśreṣṭha haraye tālapiṣṭakam /
saghṛtaṃ vaiṣṇavo dadyātkevalaprāptihetave

māsi bhādrapade vipra na kuryācchākabhakṣaṇam /
na rātrau bhojanaṃ kuryānmumukṣurvaiṣṇavo janaḥ

āśvine māsi viprendra keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam /
yattoyaṃ dīyate vipra pūrvāhṇe haraye janaiḥ

pīyūṣamiva tattoyaṃ gṛhṇāti kamalāpatiḥ /
madhyāhne dīyate yacca tattoyaṃ cakrapāṇaye

tattoyamiva vettavyaṃ tadgṛhṇāti dvijottama /
aparāhṇe ca yattoyaṃ govindāya pradīyate

tattoyaṃ raktatulyaṃ syānna gṛhṇāti tato hariḥ /
ataeva dvijaśreṣṭha pūrvāhṇe harimarcayet ५०

samastaṃ labhate kāmaṃ keśavasyānukaṃpayā /
ekavastreṇa viprendra na kuryātpūjanaṃ hareḥ

kuryādvāpi tathā pūjāṃ na gṛhṇāti ca keśavaḥ /
adhautena ca vastreṇa yaḥ pūjāṃ kurute hareḥ

viphalā sā ca pūjā syānna ca viṣṇuḥ prasīdati /
yaistvabaddhaśikhaiḥ pūjā kriyate cakriṇo janaiḥ

pūjāphalaṃ nāpnuvaṃti baligrāhyā ca sā bhavet /
asaṃskṛtagṛhe pūjā kriyate jagatīpateḥ

sā pūjā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha baligrāhyā bhavetkhalu /
snānaṃ devārcanaṃ caiva dānaṃ ca pitṛpūjanam

tilakena vinā vipra kurute na vicakṣaṇaḥ /
tilakānyagṛhītvā yatpuṇyakarma vidhīyate

bhasmībhavati tatsarvaṃ kartā ca nārakī bhavet /
śaṅkhacakragadāpadmairaṅkitaṃ yasya dṛśyate

śarīraṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha vijñeyaḥ so'cyutaḥ svayam /
yo likheddakṣiṇe bāhau śaṅkha padme ca vaiṣṇavaḥ

savye cakraṃ gadāṃ caiva sa viṣṇurnātra saṃśayaḥ /
paṅkajaṃ dakṣiṇe bāhau śaṅkhasyopari yo likhet

pātakaṃ sakalaṃ tasya kṣaṇādeva tu naśyati /
cakropari gadāṃ yastu likhetsavye bhuje dvija

taṃ vaṃdaṃte dvijaśreṣṭha śakrādyā api nirjarāḥ /
murāripādayugmaṃ ca svalalāṭe likhedbudhaḥ

pāpātmāpi ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā mukto bhavati pātakāt /
aṣṭākṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ matsyaṃ kūrmaṃ ca yo hṛdi

likhetsa vaiṣṇavaśreṣṭhaḥ punāti bhuvanatrayam /
kṛṣṇāyudhāṃkitaṃ yasya śarīraṃ syāddinedine

tasya kṛṣṇo jagannātho dadāti paramaṃ padam /
kṛṣṇāyudhāṃkitatanuryatkarma kurute naraḥ

śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vāpi tatsarvamakṣayaṃ bhavet /
dānavā rākṣasāścaiva bhūtavetālakāstathā

piśācāḥ pannagāścāpi yakṣavidyādharāstathā /
kinnarā guhyakāścaiva grahā bālagrahāstathā

kūṣmāṇḍāścaiva ḍākinyastathānye vighnakārakāḥ /
sarve bhītyā palāyaṃte dṛṣṭvā kṛṣṇāyudhāṅkitam

dvīpāśca dvīpinaścaiva tathānye vanavāsinaḥ /
dṛṣṭvaiva prapalāyaṃte bhayātkṛṣṇāyudhāṃkitam

kāmalādyā mahārogā dehadehāvapātinaḥ /
kṛṣṇāyudhāṃkitatanuṃ bhaktyā paśyati yo janaḥ

kṛṣṇadarśanatulyasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ /
tripatrīkṛtadūrvābhiraśvine yo'rcayeddharim

dūrvāvatsaṃtatistasya avicchinnā pravartate /
āśvine māsi yo dadyāddharaye karkaṭīphalam

śoko na jāyate tasya kadāciddhṛdaye dvija /
kārtike ca samāyāte sarvamāsottame śubhe

dāmodaraṃ devadevaṃ bhaktyā prājñaḥ prapūjayet /
kārtike māsi viprendra viṣṇuprīṇanahetave

yathoktavidhinā prājñaḥ prātaḥsnānaṃ samācaret /
āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ caiva kārtike māsi yastyajet

janmāntarārjitaiḥ pāpairmukto yāti parāṅgatim /
tulārāśigate sūrye prātaḥsnānaṃ dvijottama

haviṣyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca mahāpātakanāśanam /
āmiṣaṃ maithunaṃ caiva kārtikemāsi sevate

janmajanmani viprendra sa bhavedgrāmaśūkaraḥ /
dvibhojanaṃ parānnaṃ ca tailaṃ ca vaiṣṇavo janaḥ

āyāte kārtike māsi yatnādapi parityajet /
dāmodarāya nabhasi dīpaṃ yastu prayacchati

phalaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi samāsena śṛṇu dvija /
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairvimuktaḥ kleśadāyakaiḥ

dāmodarapuraṃ gatvā tiṣṭhetkoṭiyugāvadhi /
dīpaṃ jvalaṃtaṃ nabhasi tridaśā vāsavādayaḥ

vilokya harṣitāḥ sarve vadaṃtīti parasparam /
asau puṇyātmanāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ keśavārcanatatparaḥ

pradīpaṃ kārtike māsi yato yacchati cakriṇe /
kārtike māsi viprendra tasya tuṣṭaḥ sadā hariḥ

dadyādakṣayadīpaṃ yaḥ kārtike harimaṃdire /
dinedine'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

tulasīdalalakṣairyaḥ kārtike pūjayeddharim /
lakṣaikavājimedhasya mānavo labhate phalam

bilvasya dalalakṣeṇa yo'rcayedviṣṇumavyayam /
paramaṃ mokṣamāpnoti prasādājjagatīpate

yatkiñcitkārtikemāsi viṣṇumuddiśya dīyate /
tadakṣayaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ satyametanmayocyate

ghṛtāktaṃ surapatraṃ yaḥ kārtike māsi vaiṣṇave /
dadyāddinedine vipra tasya viṣṇoḥ pure sthitiḥ

praphullapadmapatreṇa sitenāpyasitena vā /
yo'rcayetkamalākāṃtaṃ tasya kiṃ bhuvi durllabham

dvijāgryaḥ kārtike māsi haraye yena paṅkajam /
na dattaṃ tena kiṃ vipra viṣṇave daityajiṣṇave

ekamevāṃbujaṃ hṛtvā dadāti kaiṭabhāraye /
tasmai kiṃ bhagavānviṣṇurna dadāti śriyaḥ patiḥ

kamalaiḥ kārtike māsi yena nārādhito hariḥ /
janmajanmani tadgehe kamalā na hi tiṣṭhati

padmabījāni yo dadyātkeśavāya mahātmane /
sa jāyate viprakule śuddhe ca pratijanmani

brāhmaṇasya kule jātaścaturvedasuhṛdbhavet /
dhanavānbahuputraśca kuṭuṃbānāṃ ca poṣakaḥ

nāsti padmasamaṃ puṣpaṃ jaimine satyamucyate /
yena saṃpūjya govindaṃ pāpātmāpi ca mokṣabhāk

padmapuṣpasya māhātmyaṃ viśeṣāducyate mayā /
setihāsaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha sāvadhānaṃ niśāmaya

āsīdekaḥ prajā nāma brāhmaṇaḥ sarvaśāstravit /
haripādāṃbuje yasya manobhṛṅga sadā sthitiḥ

devānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gurūṇāṃ caiva sarvadā /
kṛtā pūjā dvijaśreṣṭha kāryākāryaśatānyapi

paradravyaṃ viṣaṃ caiva parastrīṣu svamātṛvat /
kṛtaṃ tenaiva yaccaivaṃ tathā mitre ca śātrave

āyāṃtamatithiṃ dṛṣṭvā sa vipraḥ paramārthavit /
bhṛśaṃ mānaṃ na cāpnoti yācakaṃ ca dvijottamam

sarvayajñāḥ kṛtāstena vratāni sakalāni ca /
saṃsārasāgaraṃ ghoramapāraṃca titīrṣuṇā १००

ekadā sa dvijaśreṣṭho haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ /
svamṛtyuṃ ca nijāṃ jātiṃ ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā

ahaṃ pūrvaṃ sthitaḥ ko vā kiṃ vā karma kṛtaṃ purā /
kathaṃ vā janma saṃprāptaṃ gamiṣyāmi kva vā punaḥ

iti saṃciṃtya vipro'sau niḥśvasya ca punaḥ punaḥ /
vijñātuṃ pūrvavṛttāṃtaṃ śivakṣetraṃ jagāma ha

tatra baddhāñjalirvipro bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ /
tuṣṭāva śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ vācā madhurayā śivam

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
namastubhyaṃ mahādeva namaste parameśvara /
namaste śaṃkareśāna namaste varada prabho

namaste jñānarūpāya namaste jñānadāyine /
namaste sarvabhūtānāṃ hṛdambujanivāsine

jagatsraṣṭre namastubhyaṃ jagatpitre namo namaḥ /
namaḥ saṃharākartre ca paśūnāṃ pataye namaḥ

manaste vahninetrāya namaste vahnicakṣuṣe /
namaste candranetrāya sūryanetrāya vai namaḥ

namaste bhasmabhūṣāya namaste kṛttivāsase /
namo'sthimāline tubhyaṃ nīlakaṃṭhāya vai namaḥ

namaste paṃcaktrāya namaste śūlapāṇine /
kandarpadarpavidhvaṃsakāriṇe bhīmamūrtaye

namaste devadevāya namaste tripurāraye /
pārvatīpataye tubhyaṃ namaste bhīmamūrtaye

bāṇabhaktyātisaṃtuṣṭa mānasāya namostu te /
bahurūpāya vai tubhyaṃ viśvarūpāya vai namaḥ

gaṅgādharāya vai tubhyaṃ dakṣayajñavināśine /
pretānāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ pinākine

īśānāya namastubhyaṃ manīṣāya namo namaḥ /
tubhyaṃ namo'stu dṛśyāya adṛśyāya namo namaḥ /
namaścintyāya vai tubhyamacintyāya namonamaḥ

brahmā tvameva tridaśaikanāthastvameva viṣṇustapanastvameva /
tvameva somaḥ sakalārttihārī namo namaste parameśvarāya

tasyastavaṃ samākarṇya śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ /
āvirbabhūva sahasā prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ

āvirbhūtaṃ samālokya sarvadevanamaskṛtam /
vavaṃde caraṇau tasya sa vipro'tyaṃtabhaktimān

bhūyo'pi sa dvijaśreṣṭho harṣanirbharamānasaḥ /
kṛtāñjalirmahādevaṃ tuṣṭāva varadaṃ prabhum

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
yaṃ na paśyaṃti deveśaṃ devā api savāsavāḥ /
paśyāmi tamahaṃ sākṣānmahābhāgyamidaṃ mama

dhyānāvasthitacittena yo'dṛśyaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
paśyāmi tamahaṃ sākṣān sādhyaṃ kimaparaṃ mama

tvannāmasmaraṇādeva mahāpātakino'pi ca /
gacchaṃti paramaṃ sthānaṃ samīkṣe tamahaṃ prabhum

kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi kṛtārtho'smi ca bhāgyavān /
namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ prasīda parameśvara

mahādeva uvāca-/
bhavato'nena vākyena tuṣṭo'smi dvijasattama /
varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga varaṃ ditsurahaṃ khalu

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
bhavaṃtaṃ paramātmānamadṛśyaṃ daivatairapi /
sākṣātpaśyāmyahaṃ nātha kiṃ kāryamaparairvaraiḥ

tathāpi tvaṃ mahādeva varaṃ ditsuḥ kṛpāmayaḥ /
pṛcchāmi yadahaṃ kiṃcittadbrūhi parameśvara

ko'haṃ tasthau purā deva kiṃ vā kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ purā /
saṃsārasāgare nātha patito'smi kathaṃ prabho

karmaṇā prāpyate deho dehī pāpena lipyate /
punaḥ pāpaprabhāveṇa prāpyate viṣamā gatiḥ

prabhāvaiḥ karmaṇāṃ keṣāṃ janma prāptamidaṃ mayā /
nānāduḥkhapradaṃ nātha prasanno brūhi śaṃkara

pāpamūlamidaṃ janma janma duḥkhasya kāraṇam /
jñātumicchāmyahaṃ tasmātpūrvavṛttāṃtamātmanaḥ

sthito'haṃ jananī kukṣau janaṭharānalatāpitaḥ /
mūtraviṣṭhāprakīrṇe ca vipākena ca karmaṇām

garbhavāsasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ saṃsāre na hi manyate /
kathaṃ mayānubhūtaṃ tatprabho bhaktārtināśana

saṃsāre'sminmahāghore nānāduḥkhasamanvite /
asāre māyayā viṣṇormohite pātakāśraye

dustare baṃdhuhīne ca kāmakrodhādisaṃyute /
śokarogaprade caiva janmamṛtyuprade tathā

apāre jagatāmīśa patito'smi kathaṃ śiva /
etatsarvaṃ vibho brūhi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ

mahādeva uvāca-
yadyapyetaddivajaśreṣṭha guhyādguhyataraṃ mahat /
aprakāśyaṃ tathāpi tvāṃ bhaktaṃ prativadāmyaham

purā tvaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭha śabarānvayasaṃbhava /
daṇḍapāṇiriti khyātaḥ sthitaḥ sallokaduḥkhadaḥ

paralokabhayaṃ tyaktvā vivekaiḥ parivarjitaḥ /
dasyuvṛttiṃ prapannārti paramakleśadāyinīm

dasyuvṛttigataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhavaṃtamatinirdayam /
apare bhrātaraḥ sarve babhūvuste ca dasyavaḥ

teṣāṃ nāmāni viprendra bhātṝṇāṃ nigadāmyaham /
yaiḥ sārddhaṃ bhavatā pūrvaṃ bhrātṛbhirdasyutā kṛtā

daṃḍī daṃḍāyudhaścaiva dattavāndattabhūstathā /
suṃdaḍo daṃḍaketuśca bhrātaraḥ ṣaṭprakīrtitāḥ

tairbhrātṛbhirmahāghorairdayābhiḥ parivarjitaḥ /
daṃḍena bhavatā nityaṃ sarve vyagrīkṛtā janāḥ

dhanalobhena bhavatā duṣṭaistairbhrātṛbhiḥ saha /
araṇye prāṃtaro vipra hatāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

hatvā ca sāyakaistīkṣṇairvanasthena tvayā sadā /
gavāṃ kravyāṇi bhuktvā ca madirābhiḥ saha dvija

tato yānavidhiṃ sarve vaṇijastvadbhayāttathā /
tatyajurvipine tasminnanarthaḥ patitaḥ sadā

yasya vittaṃ na tadvittaṃ gṛhaṃ yasya na tadgṛham /
yasya bhāryā na tadbhāryā tvayi dasyutvamāgate

evaṃ svabhrātṛbhistaistu tasminneva mahāvane /
gato vartmaśramaśrāṃtaḥ snānārthaṃ sarasīṃ prati

tatra snānaṃ samācarya kṣudhitena dvijottama /
bhakṣitāni mṛṇālāni bhrātṛbhistairjalāni ca

atha tvayā dvijaśreṣṭha kautukāttatra sattama /
bhuktāni padmapuṣpāṇi praphullāni bahūni ca

tasminneva tataḥ kāle brāhmaṇo vipinecaraḥ /
sarvavedā iti khyātastatra snānārthamāgataḥ

tatra snātvā sa dharmātmā bhagavaṃtaṃ janārdanam /
yaṣṭuṃ tvāmakamaṃbhojaṃ yayāce vinayānvitaḥ १५०

atha tvayā ca viprendra padmamekaṃ sunirmalam /
dattaṃ paramayā bhaktyā pūjārthaṃ kamalāpateḥ

tvayā dattena padmena sa ca prīto dvijottamaḥ /
pūjayāmāsa tatraiva viṣṇuṃ sakalakārakam

viṣṇupūjā paraṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ vipraṃ sarvavedasam /
tvamapi prahasanviṣṇuṃ nanantha ca sukāmadam

athābhyarcya parātmānaṃ caturvargaphalapradam /
yathoktavidhinā vipra sa jagāma yathāgataḥ

tenāmbujapradānena praṇāmena ca sattama /
viṣṇupūjādarśanena naṣṭaṃ te sarvapātakam

tataḥ kiyadbhirdivasaistasminneva mahāvane /
saṃprāptakālaḥ paṃcatvaṃ gato'si tvaṃ dvijottama

tenaiva karmaṇā tuṣṭo bhagavānkaruṇālayaḥ /
dadau tubhyaṃ paraṃ sthānaṃ devairapi sudurllabham

manvaṃtarasahasrāṇi manvaṃtaraśatāni ca /
bhuktaṃ nānāsukhaṃ tatra kṛpayā kamalāpateḥ

tataḥ karmāvasāne tu karmabhūmimimāṃ dvija /
āgatya taiḥ puṇyaphalairjāto'si dvijasaṃtatau

brāhmaṇasya kule śuddhe janma saṃprāpya sattama /
sarvaguṇāśrayā labdhā haribhaktiracaṃcalā

ārādhito mahāviṣṇuḥ kriyāyogaistvayā prabhuḥ /
tubhyaṃ dāsyati vijñānaṃ jñānānmukto bhaviṣyati

gaccha brāhmaṇa bhadraṃ te suprīto nijamaṃdiram /
maddarśanaṃ tvayā prāptaṃ mukto'si bhavabaṃdhanāt

vyāsa uvāca-
ityuktvāṃtardadhe vipra tatraiva jagadīśvaraḥ /
kṛtārtho brāhmaṇaḥ so'pi jagāma bhavanaṃ svakam

atha sa tridinaṃ viṣṇuṃ padmapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ /
yatnādārādhayāmāsa stutyarthaṃ parameśvaram

viṣṇuṃ samārādhya ciraṃ prasuptaḥ padmaprasūnairvicitraiḥ supuṣpaiḥ /
jñānaṃ samāsādya jagāma mokṣaṃ prasādataḥ śrīgaruḍadhvajasya

anicchayāpi kamalaṃ yacchataḥ phalamīdṛśam /
viṣṇave yacchato bhaktyā na jāne kiṃ bhavediti

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyaṃ satyameva mayocyate /
kamalairharimabhyarcya prāpyate paramaṃ padam

ekamevāraviṃdaṃ yaḥ pradadāti murāraye /
tasya nāsti punarjanma saṃsāreṣu bhayāvahe

nārāyaṇaṃ ye ca praphullavārijairdayāmayaṃ kāmadamarcayaṃti /
ekāhamapyutkaṭapāpayuktāste yāṃti muktiṃ prati pāpino'pi

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ