Padma Purana · Chapter 7.25

jaiminiruvāca-
bhūya eva mahābhāga tulasyāḥ pāpanāśanam /
atitheḥ pūjanasyāpi māhātmyaṃ brūhi vistarāt

sūta uvāca-
tato vyāso mahātejāstulasyā dvijasattama /
māhātmyaṃ vaktumārebhe śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam

vyāsa uvāca-
iyaṃ sākṣānmahālakṣmīstulasī bhagavatpriyā /
tasmādimāṃ na paśyaṃti vṛkṣajñānena jaimine

sadaiva tulasīṃ martyo yathaiva bhuvi sevate /
tathaiva sendrā vibudhāḥ sevaṃte taṃ surālaye

parabrahmasvarūpeyaṃ tulasī yatra tiṣṭhati /
tatraiva kuśalaṃ sarvaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ procyate mayā

prāpnoti mṛtyukāle yastoyaṃ pātakavānapi /
tulasīpatragalitaṃ sa yāti harisannidhim

tulasīmṛttikāpuṇḍraṃ yo mṛtyusamaye vahet /
sa muktaḥ sakalaiḥ pāpaiḥ puraṃ gacchati cakriṇaḥ

yasya syāttulasīpatraṃ mukhe śirasi karṇayoḥ /
mṛtyukāle dvijaśreṣṭha tasya svāmī na bhāskariḥ

pavitranāmā sumatirbabhūva paramārthavit /
babhūva brāhmaṇī tasya bahulā nāma dhāriṇī

sadvaṃśaprabhavā sādhvī patisevāparāyaṇā /
anapatyapatirnāma tatraikosti dvijottamaḥ

sakhyaṃ tena pavitro'sau cakāra dvijasevinā /
tato'napatyapatinā kathālobhena sattamaḥ

upaviṣṭaḥ pavitro'sau snehādekavarāsane /
tatrāṃtare mahātejā lomaśo nāma sa dvijaḥ

kathayaṃtau kathāścitrāḥ samāgatya dadarśa tau /
atha taṃ lomaśaṃ vipraṃ viprāvutthāya pīṭhataḥ

pādyārghyācamanīyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsatuśca tau /
suprīto lomaśastābhyāṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ

uvāsa brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha āsane kīrtayanharim /
āsanasthaṃ mahātmānaṃ lomaśaṃ taṃ kṛtāñjalim

pavitrānāpatyamunī bhaktyā prāhaturlomaśam /
bhagavansarvadharmajña tvatpādayugalairnṛbhiḥ

sadbhirgrāhyairāśramo'yaṃ pūto'bhūnnūnamāvayoḥ /
kṛtāni yāni pāpāni āvābhyāṃ mohataḥ purā

tāni sarvāṇi naṣṭāni tvatpādayugadarśanāt /
bhavānnārāyaṇaḥ sākṣātpūjanīyo'marairapi

samyakte pūjanaṃ kartuṃ kimāvāṃ mānuṣau kṣamau /
atitheryā kṛtā pūjā te'smābhirnijaśaktitaḥ

anayā bhava suprītaḥ kṣamasva doṣamāvayoḥ /
ityuktvā tau mahātmānau tasyāgaṃtoḥ padadvaye /
nipetaturdvijaśreṣṭha vayasyau gṛhamedhinau

vyāsa uvāca-
tato bhaktyā susaṃtuṣṭo lomaśo viduṣāṃvaraḥ /
yuvāṃ vinayināṃ śreṣṭhau dvijāgryau dharmatatparau

āpyāyito'smi sutarāṃ yuvayorvinayoktibhiḥ /
sākṣādbrahmā śivo viṣṇuratithiḥ procyate budhaiḥ

tasminnetāvatībhaktiryuvayorastu maṅgalam /
ārādhito'smyahaṃsamyagatithirbhūribhojanaiḥ

vyāsa uvāca-
tata utthāya tau viprau tatpādakamaladvaye /
bhūyo'pi taṃ namaskṛtya prāhaturlomaśaṃ munim

brāhmaṇāvūcatuḥ
brahmannatithipūjāyā māhātmyaṃ vaktumarhasi /
yāṃ kṛtvā prāpyate muktirduḥkhalabhyāpi mānavaiḥ

ko'tithiḥ procyate loke tasya pūjā ca kīdṛśī /
ātitheyo'tithiścemau labhete kāmubhau gatim

lomaśa uvāca-
vānaprastho brahmacārī bhikṣuścaiṣāṃ prapūjanāt /
nirucyate gṛhaṃ śreṣṭhamāśrameṣu caturṣvapi

caturāśramamadhyeṣu pradhānā gṛhiṇo matāḥ /
taiścātithīnāṃ kartavyā pūjā bhaktisamanvitaiḥ

gṛhiṇāṃ paramo dharmaḥ proktaścātithipūjanam /
āśramācārato'bhraṣṭāstataste gṛhiṇo matāḥ

vaṃhatyatithipūjāyāṃ dakṣatāṃ gṛhiṇo yadi /
tadā prayojanaṃ teṣāṃ kimanyaiḥ puṇyakarmabhiḥ

yasya na śrūyate nāma na ca gotraṃ na ca sthitiḥ /
akasmādgṛhamāgacchetso'tithiḥ procyate budhaiḥ

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vāpi vaiśyā vā vṛṣalāstathā /
gṛhāgatāḥ pūjitāśca viṣṇuvattattvadarśibhiḥ

cāṇḍālapramukhā ye'nye hīnavarṇasamudbhavāḥ /
viṣṇuvatpūjitavyāste pādyārghyairbhūribhojanaiḥ

samāgateṣvatithiṣu prayāṇaṃ kurute gṛhī /
api sa tvarayā dadyātpādyārghyādīni ca dvijaḥ

kuryācca kuśalaṃ praśnaṃ vacanaiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ /
kārayedbhojanaṃ vāpi divyaratnairmudā gṛhī

sukhade mandire tasya śayanaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ /
prātarjigamiṣuṃ dṛṣṭvā tamāyāṃtaṃ vivarjayet

yadi karmavipākena gṛhī bhavati vittavān /
atithyenātithiḥ pūjyastadahaṃ vacmi sattamau

samāgateṣvatithiṣu bhaktyā dadyāttṛṇādikam /
tṛṇābhāvena vai brūyādbhūmau tiṣṭheti bhaktitaḥ

pādaprakṣālanārthaṃ tudadyādudakamuttamam /
ato madhurayā vācā pṛcchecca kuśalādikam

phalādikaṃ tato dadyādbhaktyā bhojanahetave /
tadabhāvena matimānmudā vipra prakāśayet

vadeccāhaṃ mahāpāpī daridra pravaro'tithe /
karttumicchāmi bhaktiṃ te daivataṃtraṃvirodhakam

anena vidhinā dīnaḥ satyaktvātithipūjanam /
svācārapatito nānyo yathoktaṃ phalamāpnuyāt

anarcito'tithiryasya gacchedvai gṛhiṇo gṛhāt /
janmakoṭyarjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tasya gacchati saṃkṣayam

eka evātithiryena bhaktibhāvena pūjyate /
harettasya hariḥ sadyo pātakaṃ koṭijanmajam

satyaṃ vacmi hitaṃ vacmi dṛḍhaṃ vacmi prayatnataḥ /
vinātithisaparyābhirgṛhiṇo nāsti vā gatiḥ

satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamāgaṃtupūjayā vinā /
gatirnāstyeva nāstyeva nāstyeva gṛhidharmiṇām

jñātidharma iti khyāto vallabho dvāpare yuge /
babhūva sarvadharmajñastasya śrīvallabhāhvayā

tena sarvāṇi karmāṇi kṛtāni jñātisevinā /
saurāṣṭre vasatiṃ cakre tayā saha sabhāryayā

tatra durgrahasaṃcārāddvādaśābdaṃ ca vāsavaḥ /
na vavarṣāṃbu tenāsīddurbhikṣaṃ sumahaddvijau

tasminmahati durbhikṣe lokāstaddeśavāsinaḥ /
babhūvurduḥkhitāḥ sarve maryādāmapi tatyajuḥ ५०

jñānabhadro mahāyogī yuge dvāpara saṃjñake /
durbhikṣahṛtasaṃpattirbabhūvātyantaduḥkhitaḥ

kṣudhākulānsutāndṛṣṭvā dārāṃśca dvijasaṃmatau /
phalamūlādanārthāya jagāmotpatyakāṃ gireḥ

girerupatyakāprāṃte cirāyuḥ sa bubhukṣitaḥ /
kūṣmāṇḍaphalamekaṃ ca lebhe brāhmaṇasattamau

samādāya phalaṃ tacca harṣito'sau nijālayam /
javairjagāma viprendro jñānabhadro mahāyaśāḥ

etasminnantare vipra meghairnnīlapadairiva /
āvṛte gagane vṛṣṭirmahāsārairbabhūva ha

sa muniśca tayā vṛṣṭyā plāvitākhilavigraha /
vanādvanacaraḥ kaścicchītārtaścāyayau gṛham

dṛṣṭvātithiṃ tu śītārtaṃ vavaṃde śirasā tataḥ /
dadau tṛṇāsanaṃ bhaktyā tasmai pādyādikaṃ tataḥ

tato madhurayā vācā tenaivātithinā saha /
tasthau svasthena manasā prajñālāpaṃ prakurvatā

gṛhiṇyā saha gopena svāmisevā sudakṣayā /
tataḥ kūṣmāṇḍakaṃ navyaṃ pakvamatyaṃta yatnataḥ

saṃprāpya harṣitā sādhvī dadau bhāgaṃ vidhāya sā /
athāsau durbalo gopo dinaviṃśamupoṣaṇāt

ātitheyo mahābhāgaṃ dadau cātithaye mudā /
tatastadgṛhiṇī sādhvī svāmibhaktiparāyaṇā

dadau sā patitaṃ bhāgaṃ tasmai cātithaye mudā /
athātithestayostatra daṃpatyoḥ sumahātmanoḥ

abhūdbhāgadvayaṃ bhuktvā suprīto dvijasattama /
viṣṇuvatpūjitastābhyāṃ so'tithirdṛḍhabhaktitaḥ

viśrāmaṃ rātrau tatraiva prātaḥ snātvā ciraṃ yayau /
gataivamupavāsena dinānāmekaviṃśatiḥ

daṃpatī tau mahātmānau paṃcatāṃ yayatustataḥ /
tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa daṃpatī tau mahāśayau

prāpaturviṣṇusāyujyaṃ durllabhaṃ yogināmapi /
tayoḥ puṇyaprabhāveṇa vihitātithipūjayā

tasminrājye tu durbhikṣaṃ vinaṣṭamabhavattataḥ /
atyaṃtasukhinolokāḥ śokavyādhivivarjitāḥ

dhanadhānyādisampannā babhūvurdharmatatparāḥ /
vinaṣṭā dasyavastatra nṛpo'bhūllokapālakaḥ

nijācāraratālokā jaladāḥ kāmavarṣiṇaḥ /
pūrvajāḥ koṭipuruṣāstathaivāparajāstayoḥ

tenaiva karmaṇā muktiṃ jagmuḥ pāpavivarjitāḥ /
nirdoṣā dhanasaṃpannāḥ sarvalokaikapūjitāḥ

śokavyādhivihīnā ca vavṛdhe saṃtatistayoḥ /
lomaśa uvāca-
āgaṃtupūjāmāhātmyaṃ setihāsaṃ mayoditam

yuvayoḥ prītayorviprau kimanyacchrotumicchatha /
vyāsa uvāca-
iti bruvati vai tasmim̐llomaśe tapasāṃ dhane

kālagrastaḥ kṛṣṇaākhustatrottasthau bilānnijāt /
tamutthitaṃ bilātkṛṣṇamūṣakaṃ krodhavihvalaḥ

pavitrastatra cottasthau vadanniti muhurmuhuḥ /
ayaṃ pāpāśayo duṣṭo mūṣako niśi cāśramam

khanate tīkṣṇadaṃtaughairgṛhadravyaṃ ca kṛṃtati /
sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ kṛpā śreṣṭhā prakīrtitā

sā ca sarveṣu kartavyā na ca duṣṭeṣu jaṃtuṣu /
ityuktvāsau mūṣikaṃ taṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kṛtainasam

nārācenātitīkṣṇena prāptakālaṃ jaghāna ha /
sravacchoṇitadhārābhiḥ plāvitāṅgaḥ sa mūṣakaḥ

papāta bhūmau viprarṣe vyathayā hatacetanaḥ /
ākhau nipatite tasmindayālurdvijasattamaḥ

hāhākāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā samuttasthau javena saḥ /
nijakarṇātsamānīya tulasīpatramuttamam

tasyākhorvadane śīrṣe karṇayośca pradattavān /
mātastu tulasīdevi govindahlādakāriṇi

asyākhoḥ kṛtapāpasya kuru tvaṃ gatimuttamām /
ityuktvā sadvijaśreṣṭha sarvalokopakārakaḥ

harenārāyaṇānanta ityuccairakaroddhvanim /
tulasīpatrasaṃsparśānmūṣako vītakalmaṣaḥ

śravaṇāddharināmnaśca mukto'bhūdbhavabaṃdhanāt /
tato dūtā mahāviṣṇoḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ

ājagmuḥ surathaiḥ śīghraṃ netuṃ taṃ gatakalmaṣam /
samāruhya rathaṃ divyaṃ viṣṇudūtagaṇairvṛtāḥ

jagāma paramaṃ sthānaṃ mūṣako dvijasattama /
yugakoṭisahasrāṇi sthitvā nārāyaṇāśrame

jñānamāsādya tatraiva mokṣamākhurjagāma saḥ /
vyāsa uvāca-
māhātmyaṃ tulasīdevyāḥ kathitaṃ te dvijottama

idānīṃ brūhi kiṃ śrotuṃ mahābhāga tvamicchasi

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre paṃcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ