Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 21
PdP 4 21.1
शौनक उवाच। कथयस्व मुने सूत सर्वमासोत्तमस्य च । कार्तिकस्य विधिं सम्यङ्नियमान्वक्तुमर्हसि
śaunaka uvāca| kathayasva mune sūta sarvamāsottamasya ca | kārtikasya vidhiṃ samyaṅniyamānvaktumarhasi
Śaunaka said: Tell (it), O sage Sūta, and (tell) fully the rule of Kārtika, the best of all months; you should declare its observances.
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PdP 4 21.2
सूत उवाच। आश्विनस्य द्विजश्रेष्ठ पौर्णमास्यां समाहितः । कार्तिकस्य व्रतं कुर्याद्यावदुद्बोधिनी भवेत्
sūta uvāca| āśvinasya dvijaśreṣṭha paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ | kārtikasya vrataṃ kuryādyāvadudbodhinī bhavet
Sūta said: O best of the twice-born, on the full-moon day of Āśvina, with a concentrated mind, one should undertake the vow of Kārtika, (to last) until the Prabodhinī (eleventh) comes.
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PdP 4 21.3
दिवा विप्र नरः कुर्यान्मलमूत्रमुदङ्मुखः । भवेन्मौनी च सर्वज्ञ रात्रौ चेद्दक्षिणामुखः
divā vipra naraḥ kuryānmalamūtramudaṅmukhaḥ | bhavenmaunī ca sarvajña rātrau ceddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ
By day, O brahmin, a man should void excrement and urine facing north; and he should be silent, O all-knowing one, and at night facing south.
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PdP 4 21.4
पथ्यंभसि च गोष्ठेषु श्मशाने वल्मिके द्विज । कुर्यादुत्सर्जनं नैव व्रती मूत्रपुरीषयोः
pathyaṃbhasi ca goṣṭheṣu śmaśāne valmike dvija | kuryādutsarjanaṃ naiva vratī mūtrapurīṣayoḥ
On a road, in water, in cow-pens, in a cremation ground, on an anthill, O twice-born, the observer of the vow should never discharge urine or faeces.
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PdP 4 21.5
अत्युत्तमेषु स्थानेषु मलमूत्रं न कारयेत् । शुद्धां मृदं गृहीत्वाथ वामं प्रक्षालयेत्करम्
atyuttameṣu sthāneṣu malamūtraṃ na kārayet | śuddhāṃ mṛdaṃ gṛhītvātha vāmaṃ prakṣālayetkaram
In especially excellent places he should not void excrement and urine. Then, taking pure earth, he should wash his left hand.
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PdP 4 21.6
अद्भिर्मृदापि शुद्ध्यर्थं पूर्वं विंशतिसंख्यया । एका लिंगे गुदे पंच तथा वामकरे दश
adbhirmṛdāpi śuddhyarthaṃ pūrvaṃ viṃśatisaṃkhyayā | ekā liṃge gude paṃca tathā vāmakare daśa
With water and also with earth, for the sake of purification, first with the count of twenty: one (application) on the genitals, five on the anus, and ten on the left hand.
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PdP 4 21.7
उभयोर्दश दातव्या पादयोश्च त्रिभिस्त्रिभिः । मुखशुद्धिं ततः कुर्य्यात्संकल्पं स्नपनस्य च
ubhayordaśa dātavyā pādayośca tribhistribhiḥ | mukhaśuddhiṃ tataḥ kuryyātsaṃkalpaṃ snapanasya ca
Ten are to be applied to both (hands), and three each to the feet. Then he should perform the purification of the mouth, and the formal resolve for the bath.
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PdP 4 21.8
हृदि दामोदरं ध्यात्वा इमं मंत्रं ततो वदेत् । कार्तिकेहं करिष्यामि प्रातःस्नानं जनार्द्दन
hṛdi dāmodaraṃ dhyātvā imaṃ maṃtraṃ tato vadet | kārtikehaṃ kariṣyāmi prātaḥsnānaṃ janārddana
Having meditated on Dāmodara in his heart, he should then utter this formula: "In Kārtika I shall perform the morning bath, O Janārdana,
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PdP 4 21.9
दामोदरस्य प्रीत्यर्थं राधया पापनाशनं । नमः पंकजनाभाय श्रीकृष्णजलशायिने
dāmodarasya prītyarthaṃ rādhayā pāpanāśanaṃ | namaḥ paṃkajanābhāya śrīkṛṣṇajalaśāyine
for the pleasure of Dāmodara together with Rādhā, (a bath) that destroys sin. Homage to the lotus-naveled one, to Śrī Kṛṣṇa who lies upon the waters.
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PdP 4 21.10
नमस्ते राधया सार्द्धं गृहाणार्घं प्रसीद मे । स्नानं कुर्य्यात्ततो विप्र तिलकं तु यथाविधि
namaste rādhayā sārddhaṃ gṛhāṇārghaṃ prasīda me | snānaṃ kuryyāttato vipra tilakaṃ tu yathāvidhi
Homage to you along with Rādhā; accept the offering of water, be gracious to me." Then, O brahmin, he should bathe, and (make) the forehead mark according to rule.
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PdP 4 21.11
ऊर्ध्वपुंड्रविहीनस्तु किंचित्कर्मकरोति यः । निष्फलं कर्म तत्सर्वं सत्यमेतन्मयोच्यते
ūrdhvapuṃḍravihīnastu kiṃcitkarmakaroti yaḥ | niṣphalaṃ karma tatsarvaṃ satyametanmayocyate
But whoever performs any rite while lacking the upright (ūrdhvapuṇḍra) mark—all that rite is fruitless; this is spoken by me as the truth.
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PdP 4 21.12
यच्छरीरं मनुष्याणामूर्ध्वपुंड्रं विना कृतम् । तद्दर्शनं न कर्तव्यं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यं निरीक्षयेत्
yaccharīraṃ manuṣyāṇāmūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ vinā kṛtam | taddarśanaṃ na kartavyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaṃ nirīkṣayet
Whatever body of men is made without the upright mark, one should not look at it; having seen it, one should gaze at the sun.
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PdP 4 21.13
ऊर्ध्वपुंड्रं मृदा शुभ्रं ललाटे यस्य दृश्यते । चांडालोऽपि विशुद्धात्मा पूज्य एव न संशयः । अच्छिद्रमूर्ध्वपुंड्रं तु ये कुर्वंति नराधमाः
ūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ mṛdā śubhraṃ lalāṭe yasya dṛśyate | cāṃḍālo'pi viśuddhātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ | acchidramūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ tu ye kurvaṃti narādhamāḥ
He on whose forehead the upright mark, white with clay, is seen—even a Cāṇḍāla is of wholly purified self and is indeed to be honored, there is no doubt. But those lowest of men who make the upright mark without a gap (in the middle)—
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PdP 4 21.14
तेषां ललाटे सततं शुनःपादो न संशयः । प्रातःकालोदितं कर्म्म समाप्य हरिवल्लभाम्
teṣāṃ lalāṭe satataṃ śunaḥpādo na saṃśayaḥ | prātaḥkāloditaṃ karmma samāpya harivallabhām
—on their forehead is ever a dog's foot, no doubt of it. Having completed the rite prescribed for the morning time, (he should worship) her who is dear to Hari—
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PdP 4 21.15
पूजयेद्भक्तितो विप्र तुलसीं पापनाशिनीम् । पौराणीं तु कथां श्रुत्वा श्रीहरेः स्थिरमानसः
pūjayedbhaktito vipra tulasīṃ pāpanāśinīm | paurāṇīṃ tu kathāṃ śrutvā śrīhareḥ sthiramānasaḥ
—he should worship with devotion, O brahmin, Tulasī, the destroyer of sin; and having heard the Purāṇic story of Śrī Hari, with steady mind,
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PdP 4 21.16
ततो विप्रं व्रती भक्त्या पूजयेत्तं यथाविधि । परासनं परान्नं च परशय्यां परांगनाम्
tato vipraṃ vratī bhaktyā pūjayettaṃ yathāvidhi | parāsanaṃ parānnaṃ ca paraśayyāṃ parāṃganām
then the observer of the vow should worship a brahmin with devotion, according to rule. Another's seat, another's food, another's bed, another's wife—
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PdP 4 21.17
सर्वदा वर्जयेद्विप्र कार्त्तिके च विशेषतः । सौवीरकं तथा माषानामिषं च तथा मधु
sarvadā varjayedvipra kārttike ca viśeṣataḥ | sauvīrakaṃ tathā māṣānāmiṣaṃ ca tathā madhu
—one should always avoid, O brahmin, and especially in Kārttika: sour gruel, and beans (māṣa), and meat, and likewise honey.
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PdP 4 21.18
राजमाषादिकं नित्यं वर्जयेत्कार्तिके व्रती । जंबीरमामिषं चूर्णमन्नं पर्य्युषितं द्विज
rājamāṣādikaṃ nityaṃ varjayetkārtike vratī | jaṃbīramāmiṣaṃ cūrṇamannaṃ paryyuṣitaṃ dvija
The observer of the vow should constantly avoid in Kārtika cow-peas (rājamāṣa) and the like, citron, meat, flour, and stale food, O twice-born.
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PdP 4 21.19
धान्ये मसूरिका प्रोक्ता गवां दुग्धमनामिषम् । लवणं भूमिजं विप्र प्राण्यङ्गमामिषं खलु
dhānye masūrikā proktā gavāṃ dugdhamanāmiṣam | lavaṇaṃ bhūmijaṃ vipra prāṇyaṅgamāmiṣaṃ khalu
Among grains the lentil is declared (to be flesh); cow's milk is not flesh; salt is earth-born, O brahmin — flesh is indeed the limb of a living creature.
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PdP 4 21.20
द्विजक्रीता रसाः सर्वे जलं चाल्पसरः स्थितम् । ब्रह्मचर्यं तुर्यकाले पत्रावल्यां च भोजनम्
dvijakrītā rasāḥ sarve jalaṃ cālpasaraḥ sthitam | brahmacaryaṃ turyakāle patrāvalyāṃ ca bhojanam
All juices bought by a brahmin, and water standing in a small pond; chastity, (rising) in the last watch (of the night), and eating on a plate of leaves —
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PdP 4 21.21
कुर्याद्वै द्विजशार्दूल तैलाभ्यंगं च वर्जयेत् । छत्राकं नालिकं हिंगुं पलांडुं पूतिकादलम्
kuryādvai dvijaśārdūla tailābhyaṃgaṃ ca varjayet | chatrākaṃ nālikaṃ hiṃguṃ palāṃḍuṃ pūtikādalam
(these) one should practise, O tiger among brahmins, and one should avoid anointing with oil; mushrooms, nālika, asafoetida, onion, the pūtikā leaf,
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PdP 4 21.22
लशुनं मूलकं शिग्रुं तथैव तुंबिकाफलम् । कपित्थं चैव वृंताकं कूष्मांडं कांस्यभोजनम्
laśunaṃ mūlakaṃ śigruṃ tathaiva tuṃbikāphalam | kapitthaṃ caiva vṛṃtākaṃ kūṣmāṃḍaṃ kāṃsyabhojanam
garlic, radish, drumstick, and likewise the gourd fruit, wood-apple, eggplant, pumpkin, and eating from bronze vessels,
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PdP 4 21.23
द्विपाचितं सूतिकान्नं मत्स्यं शय्यां रजस्वलाम् । द्विस्त्रिश्चान्नं स्त्रियः संगं वर्जयेत्कार्तिकव्रती
dvipācitaṃ sūtikānnaṃ matsyaṃ śayyāṃ rajasvalām | dvistriścānnaṃ striyaḥ saṃgaṃ varjayetkārtikavratī
food cooked twice, food of a woman who has just given birth, fish, a (fine) bed, a menstruating woman, food (eaten) two or three times, and contact with women — the observer of the Kārtika vow should avoid (these).
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PdP 4 21.24
धात्रीफलं गृही विप्र रवौ तत्सर्वदा त्यजेत् । कूष्मांडे धनहानिः स्यात्बृहत्यां न स्मरेद्धरिम्
dhātrīphalaṃ gṛhī vipra ravau tatsarvadā tyajet | kūṣmāṃḍe dhanahāniḥ syātbṛhatyāṃ na smareddharim
The householder, O brahmin, should always give up the emblic myrobalan fruit on a Sunday; with pumpkin there would be loss of wealth; with the bṛhatī (eggplant) one does not remember Hari.
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PdP 4 21.25
पटोले तु न वृद्धिः स्याद्बलहानिश्च मूलके । कलंकी जायते बिल्वे तिर्यग्योनिश्च निंबुके
paṭole tu na vṛddhiḥ syādbalahāniśca mūlake | kalaṃkī jāyate bilve tiryagyoniśca niṃbuke
But with the paṭola gourd there is no increase, and with the radish loss of strength; from bilva one is born stained (with disgrace), and from the lime a birth among animals.
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PdP 4 21.26
ताले शरीरनाशः स्यान्नारिकेले च मूर्खता । तुंबी गोमांसतुल्या स्याद्गोवधं स्यात्कलिंदके
tāle śarīranāśaḥ syānnārikele ca mūrkhatā | tuṃbī gomāṃsatulyā syādgovadhaṃ syātkaliṃdake
From palm(-fruit) there would be destruction of the body, and from coconut stupidity; the gourd would be equal to cow's flesh, and from the watermelon there would be (the sin of) cow-slaughter.
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PdP 4 21.27
शिंबी पापकरा प्रोक्ता पूतिका ब्रह्मघातिका । वार्ताक्यां सुतनाशः स्याच्चिररोगी च माषके
śiṃbī pāpakarā proktā pūtikā brahmaghātikā | vārtākyāṃ sutanāśaḥ syāccirarogī ca māṣake
The bean pod is said to cause sin, the pūtikā is a slayer of a brahmin; with eggplant there would be destruction of sons, and with the māṣa bean long illness.
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PdP 4 21.28
मांसे च बहुपापं स्याद्वर्जयेत्प्रतिपदादिषु । यत्किंचिद्वर्जयेद्योऽन्नं श्रीहरे प्रीतये द्विज
māṃse ca bahupāpaṃ syādvarjayetpratipadādiṣu | yatkiṃcidvarjayedyo'nnaṃ śrīhare prītaye dvija
And with meat there would be much sin — one should avoid (these) on the first day (of the month) and the rest. Whatever food one avoids, O brahmin, for the pleasure of the blessed Hari,
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PdP 4 21.29
तत्पुनर्भूसुरे दत्वा व्रतांते तस्य भोजनम् । कार्तिकव्रतिनं विप्र यथोक्तकारिणं नरम्
tatpunarbhūsure datvā vratāṃte tasya bhojanam | kārtikavratinaṃ vipra yathoktakāriṇaṃ naram
that again, having given it to a brahmin, is his food at the end of the vow. O brahmin, the man who observes the Kārtika vow, who acts as prescribed —
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PdP 4 21.30
यमदूताः पलायंते सिंहं दृष्ट्वा यथा गजाः । श्रेष्ठं विष्णुव्रतं विप्र तत्तुल्या न शतं मखाः
yamadūtāḥ palāyaṃte siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā gajāḥ | śreṣṭhaṃ viṣṇuvrataṃ vipra tattulyā na śataṃ makhāḥ
from him Yama's messengers flee, as elephants do on seeing a lion. The vow to Viṣṇu is the best, O brahmin; a hundred sacrifices are not equal to it.
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PdP 4 21.31
कृत्वा क्रतुं व्रजेत्स्वर्गं वैकुंठं कार्तिकव्रती । यत्किंचिद्दुष्कृतं विप्र मनोवाक्कायकर्मजम्
kṛtvā kratuṃ vrajetsvargaṃ vaikuṃṭhaṃ kārtikavratī | yatkiṃcidduṣkṛtaṃ vipra manovākkāyakarmajam
Having performed a sacrifice one would go to heaven; the observer of the Kārtika vow goes to Vaikuṇṭha. Whatever evil deed there is, O brahmin, arising from acts of mind, speech and body,
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PdP 4 21.32
दृष्ट्वा तु विलयं याति कार्तिकव्रतिनं क्षणात् । कार्त्तिकव्रतिनः पुण्यं ब्रह्मा चैव चतुर्मुखः
dṛṣṭvā tu vilayaṃ yāti kārtikavratinaṃ kṣaṇāt | kārttikavratinaḥ puṇyaṃ brahmā caiva caturmukhaḥ
it goes to dissolution in an instant merely on seeing the observer of the Kārtika vow. And the merit of the observer of the Kārtika vow — even four-faced Brahmā
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PdP 4 21.33
न समर्थो भवेद्वक्तुं यथोक्तव्रतकारिणः । यत्कृत्वा कलुषं सर्वं व्रजेद्विप्र दशो दिशः
na samartho bhavedvaktuṃ yathoktavratakāriṇaḥ | yatkṛtvā kaluṣaṃ sarvaṃ vrajedvipra daśo diśaḥ
would not be able to tell it, (the merit) of one who performs the vow as prescribed. Having done which, all impurity, O brahmin, runs off in the ten directions (saying):
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PdP 4 21.34
क्व गच्छामि क्व तिष्ठामि कार्त्तिकव्रतिनो भयात् । पौर्णमास्यां यथाशक्ति चान्नवस्त्रादिकं द्विज
kva gacchāmi kva tiṣṭhāmi kārttikavratino bhayāt | paurṇamāsyāṃ yathāśakti cānnavastrādikaṃ dvija
"Where shall I go, where shall I stay?" — out of fear of the observer of the Kārtika vow. On the full-moon day, according to his means, food, clothing and the rest, O brahmin,
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PdP 4 21.35
दद्याद्वै श्रीहरेः प्रीत्यै ब्राह्मणानपि भोजयेत् । रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्यान्नृत्यगीतादिभिर्व्रती । य इदं शृणुयाद्भक्त्या तस्य पापं प्रणश्यति
dadyādvai śrīhareḥ prītyai brāhmaṇānapi bhojayet | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryānnṛtyagītādibhirvratī | ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā tasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati
he should give for the pleasure of the blessed Hari, and he should also feed brahmins; at night the observer should keep vigil with dance, song and the rest. Whoever hears this with devotion, his sin perishes.
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