Padma Purana · Chapter 7.4

jaiminiruvāca-
gaṅgādvārasya māhātmyaṃ tvatprasādācchrutaṃ mayā /
prayāgasya ca māhātmyamidānīṃ śrotumiṣyase

gaṅgābdhisaṅgamasyāpi māhātmyaṃ kathyatāṃ mune /
na samyakkathituṃ ko'pi śaknoti tvadṛte kṣitau

vyāsa uvāca-
prayāgasya phalaṃ vatsa gaṅgābdhisaṅgamasya ca /
samyagvaktuṃ na śaknomi saṃkṣepācchrūyatāṃ dvija

koṭibrahmāṇḍamadhyeṣu yāni tīrthāni vai mune /
prayāṃti tāni sarvāṇi prayāgapratimāṃ tu kim

gaṅgāyā yamunāyāśca sarasvatyāśca saṅgame /
praśaṃsaṃti surāḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ

makarasthe ravau māghe snānaṃ ye tatra kurvate /
teṣāmāgamanaṃ nāsti viṣṇulokātkadācana

gavāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi vājimedhamukhādhvarāḥ /
merutulyasuvarṇāni dānānyanyāni ca dvija

kurukṣetre puṣkare ca prabhāse ca gayāsu ca /
hutvā datvā ca viprebhyo yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ

māghe snātvā prayāge tu tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet /
tasmātsamastatīrthānāṃ prayāgaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ

siṃharāśisthite sūrye godāvaryāṃ dvijottama /
ciramugratapastaptvā snānadānavratādibhiḥ

vedāgamapurāṇoktaṃ yatpuṇyamakṣayaṃ bhavet /
māghe snātvā prayāge tu tatpuṇyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

phālgune kṛṣṇapakṣe tu caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
kāśyāṃ yatphalamāpnoti tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairvimuktaḥ sarvarūpadhṛk /
uddhṛtya koṭipuruṣāñchivena saha modate

māghemāse prayāge tu snātvā sakṛdapi dvijaḥ /
kalpakoṭiśataṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃpūjyānyatra yatphalam

ekāhamapi saṃpūjya makarasthe divākare /
satyaṃ satyamahaṃ vacmi sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet

yāvaddinaṃ māghamāse tatra tiṣṭhati mānavaḥ /
tāvatkalpaśataṃ vipra modate viṣṇunā saha

gaṅgāyamunayostoye snānaṃ yena kṛtaṃ sakṛt /
sadyastaddarśanātpāpairmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

tartuṃ yadīcchaṃti janāḥ saṃsārābdhiṃ sudustaram /
gaṅgāyamunayoḥ snātvā bhaktyā paśyaṃtu mādhavam

yajaṃti mānavāstatra yadyadiṣṭvā kalevaram /
sadyo labhaṃte viprarṣe tattadeva na saṃśayaḥ

itihāsamihaivāhaṃ kathayāmi niśāmaya /
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mukto bhavati mānavaḥ

praṇidhirnāma tatrāsīdvaiśya eko mahādhanī /
devatātithipūjāsu viprabhaktyekatatparaḥ

tasya padmāvatī nāma dharmapatnī pativratā /
cārvaṅgī śīlayuktā ca kulajā priyavādinī

strīṇāṃ yogyā guṇā ye ye sṛṣṭāḥ śrīparameṣṭhinā /
taccharīre guṇāste te nivasaṃti dvijottama

athāsaupraṇidhirvaiśyaḥ samādāyadhanaṃ bahu /
vāṇijyārthe gato vipra śubhe lagne śubhe tithau

dhanāddharmaḥ prabhavati dhanācca vipulaṃ yaśaḥ /
dhanātkulamavāpnoti bhavetkiṃ vā dhanādṛte

dhanahīnaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhāpi vā palāyate /
meghaḥśaradyaṃbuhīnaḥ khaṃḍaṃ khaṃḍaṃ nayenmahat

khādituṃ prāpyate yāvattāvadeva hi bāṃdhavāḥ /
dhanaṃ yasya kulaṃ tasya buddhistasya sa paṃḍitaḥ

arthairvihīnaḥ puruṣo jīvannapi mṛtopamaḥ /
dharmārthavidyārjanato matiryasya ni vartate

jñeyaḥ sa mūrkhaḥ sutarāmadhikasyādhikaṃ phalam /
karttavyaḥ satataṃ dharmaścārjitavyaṃ sadādhanam

śikṣitavyā sadā vidyā puṃbhireva vicakṣaṇaiḥ /
dānāddhanaṃ ca vidyā ca varddhate prativāsaram

dharmastu varddhate naiva rakṣatena vinā nṛṇām /
kāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ tuṣaṃ vāpi saṃprāpya na parityajet

pumānsaṃcayaśīlo'pi kadācinnāvasīdati /
tato'sau praṇidhirvaiśyo niyojya striyamālaye

gṛhavyāpāraniṣṇāto vāṇijyena jagāma ha /
athaikadā tasya patnī gṛhītvodvartanādikam

sakhībhiḥ saha viprarṣe jagāma snānahetave /
tato dhanurdhvajo nāma svayaṃ ca pātakāśrayaḥ

nijecchayā prakurvaṃtīṃ snānakarma dadarśa tām /
vikasatsvarṇapuṣpāḍhyāṃ praphullakamalānanām

mṛgaśāvadṛśaṃ cāru pīnonnatapayodharām /
tāṃ vaiśyapatnīmālokya śvapaco'sau smarāturaḥ

uvāca prahasanvāṇīṃ nijamūrtimaciṃtayan /
dhanurdhvaja uvāca-
kāsi kalyāṇi suśroṇi cāruhāsini sundari

mano harasi me kasmātsuyauvanarasaiḥ priye /
viśālajaghane tanvi mayā guṇavatā saha

guṇavatyā tvayā sarvaṃ sukhamatyanubhūyatām /
dhanurdhvajavacaḥ śrutvā tasyāḥ sakhyastato dvija

ūcurvākyaṃ tathā kruddhāḥ saṃdaṣṭadaśanacchadāḥ /
sakhya ūcuḥ-
are mūḍha durācāra durācārakulodbhava

pādaniṣprekṣaṇamapi naitasyāste pradīyate /
iyaṃ pativratā nārī dharmakarmaparāyaṇā

ātmānaṃ sukhamicchadbhiḥ pāpadṛṣṭyā na dṛśyate /
parastrīmukhasauṃdaryaṃ paradravyaṃ ca sarvadā

dṛṣṭvā kāmāgnisaṃkhinnā dahyaṃte mūḍhamānasāḥ /
yāhi pāpamate dūraṃ mā vadoktiṃ suduḥsahām

vayameva bhavaṃtaṃ na spṛśāmaścaraṇairapi /
dhanurdhvaja uvāca-
dhigastvamuṃ jātiśabdaṃ saṃjānannakhilaṃ guṇam

saṃbhāvito na yuṣmābhiḥ śvapacatve yato'dhunā /
kanakaṃ madirāpūrṇaṃ kalaśābhyaṃtarasthitam

saṃprāpya ko na gṛhṇāti tadguṇagrāmavitpumān /
ato'haṃ yuvatīmenāṃ yathā prāpnomi sāṃpratam

tathā kuruta he sakhyaḥ śaraṇaṃ bho gatosmi yat /
iti bruvaṃtaṃ taṃ mūḍhaṃ bhūyobhūyo dvijottama

ūcurvākyamidaṃ tāstu jātātyaṃtakutūhalāḥ /
sakhya ūcuḥ-
yadyetāṃ ramaṇīṃ nūnamicchasi tvaṃ sudurmmate

gaṅgāyamunayoḥ śīghraṃ śarīraṃ saṃgame tyaja /
mithaḥkṛtamukhālokā hasaṃtyastāstato dvija

tāṃ sādhupatnīmādāya yayurnijagṛhāṃtaram /
tato'sau śvapaco mohādbrahmahatyāsahasrakṛt ५०

gaṃgāyamunayostoye tāmiṣṭvā paṃcatāṃ gataḥ /
tatsvāmisadṛśākāraḥ samastaguṇavānbalī

sa ca eva śvapāko'sau svavṛttāṃtaṃ smarannabhūt /
tato'sau praṇidhirvaiśyastasminneva dine śubhe

kṛtvā vāṇijyamāyātaḥ svakīyaṃ nilayaṃ prati /
śvapāko'pi tato viprastasyā vāsaṃ viveśa ha

praṇidheḥ sadṛśo rūpairvayobhiśca guṇairapi /
ekākārau samālokya puraḥsthau tau guṇākarau

kasyāhaṃ dayitā ko vā mama bharttetyaciṃtayat /
tataḥ sā vismitā sādhvī vilokya tatpatidvayam

tuṣṭāva mādhavaṃ devaṃ vacanaiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ

padmāvatyuvāca-
namāmi govindamanantamūrtiṃ śakrādidevārcitapādapadmam /
yogeśvaraṃ yogavidāṃ nirīhaṃ yogapradaṃ yogibhirarcanīyam

namo'stu te kaiṭabhamarddanāya namo madhudhvaṃsakarāya tubhyam /
namo'stu kaṃsāsuranāśanāya namo'stu cāṇūranipātanāya

namo'stu vedoddharaṇāgranityaṃ namo'stu bhūmyuddharaṇāya tubhyam /
namostu pṛthvīdharaṇakṣamāya namostu daityāṃtakarāya tubhyam

gaṅgāṃbudhau tāṃghriyugāya tubhyaṃ namostu rājanyakulāṃtakāya /
namostu te rāvaṇavaṃśahaṃtre alaṃ ca daityāṃtakarāya tubhyam

namostu te cādhvaraniṃdakāya namostu te mlecchakulāṃtakāya /
namo'stu te hṛtkamalāsanāya namo'stu te sarvaripudhvajāya

prasīda gopījanavallabha prabho dhṛtaikahastācaladevadeva /
prasīda lakṣmīmukhapadmabhṛṃga prasīda viṣṇo satataṃ namaste

prasīda padmekṣaṇacakrapāṇe kaumodakīhastagadādhara tvam /
prasīda viṣṇo dhṛtapāṃcajanya namostu te padmadharāya nityam

saṃsārakautuhalamaṃdire te mohāṃdhakāre ca vivekadīpe /
saṃmohitā keśava māyayā hi tvadīyayā nityamahaṃ bhramāmi

virañci sendrārkamukhāḥ surendrā māyāṃ na jānanti tavāsurāre /
mānuṣyahaṃ kiṃ tava vedmi māyāṃ purobhramaṃ me harasānukaṃpam

vyāsa uvāca-
tasyāḥ stavaṃ samākarṇya bhagavānmādhavaḥ prabhuḥ /
samālokya jagannāthaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ

āvirbabhūva sahasā sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ /
sā mūrdhnā bhūmimālokya vavaṃde tatpadadvayam

namaste kamalākānta bhuktimuktiphalaprada /
hara me jñānahīnāyāḥ svakīya mativibhramam

śrībhagavānuvāca-
bhramaṃ jahīhi cārvaṃgi dvāvetau hi patī tava /
ekabhāvena suśroṇi kuru sevāṃ tayoḥ sadā

yaśca te praṇidhiḥ svāmī madbhaktastaruṇaḥ sudhīḥ /
bhoktuṃ sukhaphalaṃ sādhvi so'bhavaddvividhaḥ svayam

anantarūpiṇī lakṣmīryathā krīḍe mayā saha /
tathā tvamapi suśroṇi bhuṃkṣva tābhyāṃ sukhaṃ sadā

padmāvatyuvāca-
ekasyā dvau patī deva na praśaṃsanti mānavāḥ /
magnāṃ lajjābdhikallole māmuddhara dayāmaya

śrībhagavānuvāca-
yadāpakīrtitaḥ sādhvi bibheṣi tvaṃ dhruvaṃ bhuvi /
tadā matpuramāgaccha tābhyāṃ saha varānane

vimānamāgataṃ sadyastato bhagavadājñayā /
tau samādāya vaikuṇṭhaṃ sā gaṃtumupacakrame

atha sā pathigacchantī bhartṛbhyāṃ saha jaimine /
dadarśaikaṃ mahātmānaṃ rathasthaṃ strīsamanvitam

dhṛtaṃ kamalapatrākṣairatasīkusumaprabhaiḥ /
caturbhujairdūtagaṇairāsīnairgaruḍopari

viṣṇudūtāṃstatastāṃstu viṣṇurūpānvarāṃganā /
ko'yaṃ rathasthaḥ puruṣa iti papraccha sā satī

ke vā yūyaṃ mahātmānaḥ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇāḥ /
sarvepi viṣṇusadṛśāḥ śaṅkhacakrādipāṇayaḥ

tataste bhagavaddūtā viṣṇutulyaparākramāḥ /
vihasyocurmuhuḥ sarve paramāmodasaṃyutāḥ

viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ /
viṣṇudūtā vayaṃ sādhvi puṇyātmānamimaṃjanam /
samādāya padaṃ yāma udāraṃ lokamuttamam

padmāvatyuvāca-
kena puṇyaprabhāvena gato'yamīdṛśīṃ gatim /
viṣṇudūtā mahātmānaḥ kathyatāmityaho mama

viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ -
ayaṃ bṛhaddhvajo nāma rākṣaso lokaśokakṛt /
araṇyādinivāsī ca mahābalaparākramaḥ

paradāraparadravyahārako ripukodyataḥ /
gomāṃsāśī niṣṭhuroktibhāṣī ca devanindakaḥ

yadyatpāparataṃ karmma tadanena kṛtaṃ sadā /
svapne'pi na kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ na ca pativrate

ayaṃ rathaṃ samāruhya satataṃ kāmapīḍitaḥ /
parastrīharaṇārthāya suśroṇi nabhasi bhraman

yāṃ yāṃ suyauvanāṃ nārīṃ yatra yatrāyamīkṣate /
balāccāliṅgitastāṃ tu tatra tatra smarāturaḥ

athaikadā bhīmakeśa nāmno narapateḥ priyām /
dadarśa krīḍāmadhyasthāṃ suṃdarīṃ navayauvanām

athāsau tāṃ samālokya suvarṇakusumaprabhām /
ityuvāca vacaḥ premṇā kā tvamatra karoṣi kim

saivovāca tataḥ kāṃtā bhīmakeśasya bhūpateḥ /
ahaṃ surataśāstrajñā keśinī nāma bhūṣitā

ayi sarvaguṇajñāṃ māṃ premahṛṣṭāṃ na bhūpatiḥ /
svavaṃśajāṃ doṣahīnāṃ paśyati kṣaṇamapyasau

sthīyate nityamatraiva bhartrākhaṃḍitacarcayā /
mayā svakarmaśocaṃtyā virahānalataptayā

kastvaṃ kathamidaṃ prāptamudyānaṃ pratisattama /
samāyāto'si tatsarvaṃ prasanno vaktumarhasi

athāyamityāha vacaḥ pūrṇacandra nibhānane /
māyāvī rākṣaso'haṃ tvāmāliṅgitumihāgataḥ

jahīhi ruṣṭabhartāraṃ sarvadā doṣadarśinam /
tanvi māṃ bhaja sarvaṃ te dāsyāmi sukhamuttamam

tato vihasya sādhvīyaṃ rākṣasendramimaṃ mudā /
babaṃdha bāhulatayā vinyasya vadane mukham

sa tāmāliṃgya yuvatīṃ vivekodvegavihvalām /
anayā saha suśroṇi divyamārūḍhavānratham

daṃpatībhāvamāśritya tau jātāvatikautukam /
vāyuvegarathārūḍhau yātau gaganavartmani

athaināmayamityāha paśyatanvivarānane /
tvadbhartṛdeśādāyātau gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame

tato rathasthanārīyamadhigaṅgābdhisaṅgamam /
jagāma paṃcatāṃ sadyaḥ saṃdṛśyātyaṃtasādhvasaiḥ

vilapya bahudhā sādhvīṃ tatrāyamapi rākṣasaḥ /
gataprāṇāṃ samālokya sadyo mṛtyuṃ jagāma ha १००

vainateyadhvajādeśādimau galitakalmaṣau /
nayāmaḥ puṇyakarmāṇau vaikuṇṭhaṃ prati saṃprati

jalesthale cāṃtarikṣe gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame /
dehaṃ saṃtyajya gacchanti pāpino hi parāṃ gatim

trailokyadurlabhaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame /
māghe tapasi śuklāyāmekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ

tatra śuddhimavāpnoti brahmahāpi na saṃśayaḥ /
gaṅgābdhisaṅgame snātvā hariṃ dṛṣṭvā ca mādhavam

kārtikeyamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā punarjanma na vidyate /
kārtikeyo hariḥ sākṣādityabhedaḥ kṛtaḥ sadā

ye kārtiṃkeyaṃ paśyaṃti te sarve mokṣagāminaḥ /
sarvatīrthādhikaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgābdhisaṅgamaṃ śṛṇu

jale sthale cāṃtarikṣe mṛto mokṣamavāpnuyāt /
vyāsa uvāca-
ityuktvā viṣṇudūtāste tau samādāya jaimine

jagmurviṣṇugṛhaṃ sarve saha sākāśavartmani /
yā ca padmāvatī sādhvī bhartṛdvayasamanvitā

gatā sārūpyatāṃ viṣṇoścaturvargapradāyinaḥ /
tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogāndurllabhāndvijasattama

paramaṃ jñānamāsādya yayuḥ sārūpyatāṃ hareḥ /
sarvatīrthamayī gaṅgā sarvatīrthamayo hariḥ

gaṅgāyāśca hareścaiva tasmādbhaktirvidhīyate /
gaṅgābdhisaṃgame pūrvaṃ mādhavo nāma bhūbhujaḥ

taptvā tapaściraṃ tatra sadāro mokṣamāptavān

jaiminiruvāca-
tvayokto mādhavaḥ ko'sau kiṃ karma sa cakāra ha /
kathaṃ tepe tapastanme sarvaṃ kathaya sattama

vyāsa uvāca-
caritaṃ tasya viprarṣe mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ /
ākarṇaya pravakṣyāmi samāsena mahāmate

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre vyāsajaiminisaṃvāde prayāgavarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ