Padma Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 3

PdP 4 3.1

शौनक उवाच- कार्त्तिकस्य च माहात्म्यं ब्रूहि सूत ममाग्रतः । तद्व्रतस्य फलं किं वा दोषं किं तदकुर्वतः

śaunaka uvāca- kārttikasya ca māhātmyaṃ brūhi sūta mamāgrataḥ | tadvratasya phalaṃ kiṃ vā doṣaṃ kiṃ tadakurvataḥ

Śaunaka said: Tell me too, Sūta, the greatness of (the month of) Kārttika. What is the fruit of that observance, and what the fault for one who does not perform it?

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PdP 4 3.2

सूत उवाच- पुरैकदा मुनिश्रेष्ठ व्यासं सत्यवतीसुतम् । जैमिनिः पृष्टवानेतदारेभे कथितं मुनिः

sūta uvāca- puraikadā muniśreṣṭha vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam | jaiminiḥ pṛṣṭavānetadārebhe kathitaṃ muniḥ

Sūta said: Once formerly, O best of sages, Jaimini asked this of Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī, and the sage began the telling.

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PdP 4 3.3

व्यास उवाच- तिलतैलं मैथुनं यः शुभदे कार्त्तिके त्यजेत् । बहुजन्मकृतैःपापैर्मुक्तो याति हरेर्गृहम् नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः

vyāsa uvāca- tilatailaṃ maithunaṃ yaḥ śubhade kārttike tyajet | bahujanmakṛtaiḥpāpairmukto yāti harergṛham nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Vyāsa said: He who gives up sesame oil and sexual intercourse in the auspicious month of Kārttika goes, released from the sins committed in many births, to Hari's house. [Here follows: 'thus the third chapter'.]

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PdP 4 3.4

मत्स्यं च मैथुनं यो वै कार्त्तिके न परित्यजेत् । प्रतिजन्मनि संमूढः शूकरश्च भवेद्ध्रुवम्

matsyaṃ ca maithunaṃ yo vai kārttike na parityajet | pratijanmani saṃmūḍhaḥ śūkaraśca bhaveddhruvam

He who does not give up fish and sexual intercourse in Kārttika will surely, in birth after birth, be utterly deluded and become a pig.

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PdP 4 3.5

कार्त्तिके तुलसीपत्रैः पूजयेद्वै जनार्दनम् । पत्रेपत्रेऽश्वमेधस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

kārttike tulasīpatraiḥ pūjayedvai janārdanam | patrepatre'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

In Kārttika one should worship Janārdana with tulasī leaves; with each leaf a man obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

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PdP 4 3.6

कार्त्तिके मुनिपुष्पैर्यः पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् । देवानां दुर्लभं मोक्षं प्राप्नोति कृपया हरेः

kārttike munipuṣpairyaḥ pūjayenmadhusūdanam | devānāṃ durlabhaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpnoti kṛpayā hareḥ

He who in Kārttika worships Madhusūdana with muni flowers obtains, by Hari's grace, liberation that is hard for the gods to attain.

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PdP 4 3.7

कार्त्तिके मुनिशाकं वै योऽश्नाति च नरोत्तमः । संवत्सरकृतं पापं शाकेनैकेन नश्यति

kārttike muniśākaṃ vai yo'śnāti ca narottamaḥ | saṃvatsarakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ śākenaikena naśyati

And the best of men who eats muni-greens in Kārttika — the sin done in a whole year is destroyed by that one dish of greens.

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PdP 4 3.8

फलं तस्य नरोऽश्नाति चोर्जे यो वै हरिप्रिये । प्रदत्त्वा तु हरेर्ब्रह्मन्वृजिनं कोटिजन्मजम्

phalaṃ tasya naro'śnāti corje yo vai haripriye | pradattvā tu harerbrahmanvṛjinaṃ koṭijanmajam

And the man who, in Ūrja (Kārttika), which is dear to Hari, eats its fruit — having first offered (it) to Hari, O brahmin, (his) sin born of ten million births (is destroyed).

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PdP 4 3.9

सुरसं सर्पिषायुक्तं दद्याद्यो हरयेपि च । सर्वपापैर्विनिर्मुक्तः स गच्छेद्धरिमंदिरम्

surasaṃ sarpiṣāyuktaṃ dadyādyo harayepi ca | sarvapāpairvinirmuktaḥ sa gaccheddharimaṃdiram

And whoever offers to Hari a savoury (dish) mixed with ghee, freed from all sins he goes to Hari's abode.

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PdP 4 3.10

कार्तिके यो नरो दद्यादेकपद्मं हरावपि । अंते विष्णुपदं गच्छेत्सर्वपापविवर्जितः

kārtike yo naro dadyādekapadmaṃ harāvapi | aṃte viṣṇupadaṃ gacchetsarvapāpavivarjitaḥ

The man who in Kārttika offers even a single lotus to Hari goes at the end to Viṣṇu's abode, rid of all sins.

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PdP 4 3.11

प्रातःस्नानं नरो यो वै कार्तिके श्रीहरिप्रिये । करोतिसर्वतीर्थेषुयत्स्नात्वातत्फलंलभेत्

prātaḥsnānaṃ naro yo vai kārtike śrīharipriye | karotisarvatīrtheṣuyatsnātvātatphalaṃlabhet

The man who performs the morning bath in Kārttika, dear to Śrī Hari, obtains that reward which one gets by bathing at all the sacred fords.

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PdP 4 3.12

कार्तिके यो नरो दद्यात्प्रदीपं नभसि द्विजः । विप्रहत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुक्तो गच्छेद्धरेर्गृहम्

kārtike yo naro dadyātpradīpaṃ nabhasi dvijaḥ | viprahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmukto gaccheddharergṛham

The man, the twice-born, who in Kārttika offers a lamp (raised) into the sky, freed from sins such as the killing of a brahmin, goes to Hari's house.

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PdP 4 3.13

मुहूर्तमपि यो दद्यात्कार्त्तिके प्रीतये हरेः । दीपं नभसि विप्रेन्द्र तस्मिंस्तुष्टः सदा हरिः

muhūrtamapi yo dadyātkārttike prītaye hareḥ | dīpaṃ nabhasi viprendra tasmiṃstuṣṭaḥ sadā hariḥ

Whoever, O best of brahmins, offers a lamp aloft in Kārttika, even for a moment, for Hari's pleasure — with him Hari is ever pleased.

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PdP 4 3.14

यो दद्याच्च गृहे दीपं कृष्णस्य सघृतं द्विजः । कार्तिके चाश्वमेधस्य फलं स्याद्वै दिनेदिने

yo dadyācca gṛhe dīpaṃ kṛṣṇasya saghṛtaṃ dvijaḥ | kārtike cāśvamedhasya phalaṃ syādvai dinedine

And the twice-born who in Kārttika offers in his house a lamp with ghee to Kṛṣṇa — for him there is the reward of a horse-sacrifice day after day.

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PdP 4 3.15

प्रदीपस्य च माहात्म्यं विशेषमुच्यते मया । निशामय द्विजश्रेष्ठ सेतिहासं समाहितः

pradīpasya ca māhātmyaṃ viśeṣamucyate mayā | niśāmaya dvijaśreṣṭha setihāsaṃ samāhitaḥ

And the particular greatness of the lamp is now told by me; listen, O best of the twice-born, attentively, together with its old story.

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PdP 4 3.16

पूर्वं त्रेतायुगे विप्रो वैकुंठो नामतः शुचिः । यस्य संगप्रभावेण मुक्तो भवति पातकी

pūrvaṃ tretāyuge vipro vaikuṃṭho nāmataḥ śuciḥ | yasya saṃgaprabhāveṇa mukto bhavati pātakī

Formerly, in the Tretā age, there was a pure brahmin named Vaikuṇṭha, by the power of whose company even a sinner becomes liberated.

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PdP 4 3.17

एकदा कार्तिके सोऽपि प्रदीपं पुरतो हरेः । दत्वा गृहं गतो विप्रो घृतपूर्णं द्विजर्षभः

ekadā kārtike so'pi pradīpaṃ purato hareḥ | datvā gṛhaṃ gato vipro ghṛtapūrṇaṃ dvijarṣabhaḥ

Once, in Kārttika, he too — that brahmin, that bull among the twice-born — having set a lamp filled with ghee before Hari, went home.

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PdP 4 3.18

सर्पिस्तत्स्वादितु चाखुरागतोऽपि प्रदीपतः । यावत्खादितुमारेभे बोधितोऽसौ प्रदीपकः

sarpistatsvāditu cākhurāgato'pi pradīpataḥ | yāvatkhāditumārebhe bodhito'sau pradīpakaḥ

And a mouse came to taste that ghee from the lamp; and as soon as it began to eat, that lamp was made to flare up.

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PdP 4 3.19

मूषकोऽग्निभयात्तत्र वेगेनापि पलायितः । आखोश्च सकलं पापं विनष्टं कृपया हरेः

mūṣako'gnibhayāttatra vegenāpi palāyitaḥ | ākhośca sakalaṃ pāpaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ kṛpayā hareḥ

The mouse, from fear of the fire, fled from there at speed; and all the mouse's sin was destroyed by Hari's grace.

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PdP 4 3.20

सर्पेण दंशितश्चाखुः प्राणत्यागं चकार ह । ततो यमाज्ञया दूताः पाशमुद्गरपाणयः

sarpeṇa daṃśitaścākhuḥ prāṇatyāgaṃ cakāra ha | tato yamājñayā dūtāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ

And the mouse, bitten by a snake, gave up its life. Then, by Yama's command, messengers with nooses and clubs in hand —

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PdP 4 3.21

आगतास्तं समानेतुं बबंधुश्चर्मरज्जुभिः । यावन्नेतुं मनश्चक्रुः शंखचक्रगदाधराः

āgatāstaṃ samānetuṃ babaṃdhuścarmarajjubhiḥ | yāvannetuṃ manaścakruḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharāḥ

— came to fetch it, and bound it with leather cords. Just as they set their minds on leading (it) away, the bearers of conch, discus and mace —

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PdP 4 3.22

आगता गरुडारूढा विष्णुदूताश्चतुर्भुजाः । विमानं गगने चैव राजहंसयुतं शुभम्

āgatā garuḍārūḍhā viṣṇudūtāścaturbhujāḥ | vimānaṃ gagane caiva rājahaṃsayutaṃ śubham

— Viṣṇu's four-armed messengers came, mounted on Garuḍa; and in the sky a beautiful chariot yoked with royal geese,

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PdP 4 3.23

निर्मितं कनकैः शुद्धैः कामगं कृपया हरेः । पाशं छित्वा ततो दूताः प्रोचुस्ते यमकिंकरान्

nirmitaṃ kanakaiḥ śuddhaiḥ kāmagaṃ kṛpayā hareḥ | pāśaṃ chitvā tato dūtāḥ procuste yamakiṃkarān

made of pure gold, going at will by Hari's grace. Then the messengers, cutting the noose, said to those servants of Yama:

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PdP 4 3.24

विष्णुभक्तोऽप्यसौ मूढा व्यर्थं तु बंधनं कृतम् । गच्छध्वं शमनप्रेष्या यदि वांछास्ति जीवितुम्

viṣṇubhakto'pyasau mūḍhā vyarthaṃ tu baṃdhanaṃ kṛtam | gacchadhvaṃ śamanapreṣyā yadi vāṃchāsti jīvitum

"This one is a devotee of Viṣṇu, you fools; the binding has been done in vain. Be gone, servants of Yama, if you wish to live."

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PdP 4 3.25

श्रुत्वा प्रकंपितास्ते वै पृच्छंति विनयान्विताः । केन पुण्यप्रभावेण युष्माभिर्नीयते पुरम्

śrutvā prakaṃpitāste vai pṛcchaṃti vinayānvitāḥ | kena puṇyaprabhāveṇa yuṣmābhirnīyate puram

Hearing (this) they, trembling indeed, ask with humility: "By the power of what merit is he being taken by you to (Viṣṇu's) city?

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PdP 4 3.26

असौ विष्णोर्महापापी यूयं तद्वक्तुमर्हथ । विष्णुदूता ऊचुः- पुरतो वासुदेवस्य प्रदीपबोधनं कृतम्

asau viṣṇormahāpāpī yūyaṃ tadvaktumarhatha | viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ- purato vāsudevasya pradīpabodhanaṃ kṛtam

This one is a great sinner against Viṣṇu; you ought to tell that." The messengers of Viṣṇu said: "Before Vāsudeva a lamp was kindled (by him)."

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PdP 4 3.27

तेनैव कर्मणा दूता नयामो विष्णुमंदिरम् । अनिच्छयापि यः कुर्याद्विष्णोर्दीपस्य बोधनम्

tenaiva karmaṇā dūtā nayāmo viṣṇumaṃdiram | anicchayāpi yaḥ kuryādviṣṇordīpasya bodhanam

"By that very act, O messengers, we are taking (her) to Viṣṇu's temple. Even one who, without intending it, performs the lighting of a lamp for Viṣṇu—

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PdP 4 3.28

कोटिजन्मार्जितं पापं त्यक्त्वा याति हरेर्गृहम् । भक्त्या प्रदीपं यो दद्यात्कार्तिके तु हरेर्दिनैः

koṭijanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tyaktvā yāti harergṛham | bhaktyā pradīpaṃ yo dadyātkārtike tu harerdinaiḥ

—casting off the sin amassed in ten million births, he goes to Hari's house. And whoever with devotion offers a lamp in the month of Kārttika on the days of Hari,

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PdP 4 3.29

तस्य पुण्यं समाख्यातुं न शक्तो हरिणा विना । घृतपूर्णप्रदीपं यो भक्त्या दद्याद्धरेर्गृहे

tasya puṇyaṃ samākhyātuṃ na śakto hariṇā vinā | ghṛtapūrṇapradīpaṃ yo bhaktyā dadyāddharergṛhe

his merit no one but Hari is able to declare fully. Whoever with devotion offers a lamp filled with ghee in Hari's house—

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PdP 4 3.30

अश्वमेधसहस्रेण तस्य किं वा प्रयोजनम् । अश्वमेधप्रकर्ता यः स्वर्गं याति हरेर्दिने

aśvamedhasahasreṇa tasya kiṃ vā prayojanam | aśvamedhaprakartā yaḥ svargaṃ yāti harerdine

what use has he for a thousand horse-sacrifices? He who performs a horse-sacrifice goes to heaven on Hari's day;

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PdP 4 3.31

कार्तिके दीपदाता च स गच्छेद्धरिमंदिरम् । व्यास उवाच- इति श्रुत्वा ततो दूता गतास्ते वै यथागताः

kārtike dīpadātā ca sa gaccheddharimaṃdiram | vyāsa uvāca- iti śrutvā tato dūtā gatāste vai yathāgatāḥ

but the giver of a lamp in Kārttika—he goes to Hari's temple. Vyāsa said: Having heard this, the messengers (of Yama) then went away just as they had come.

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PdP 4 3.32

विष्णुदूता रथे कृत्वा गतास्तं विष्णुमंदिरम् । विष्णुसान्निध्य एवास्य मन्वंतरशतं गतम्

viṣṇudūtā rathe kṛtvā gatāstaṃ viṣṇumaṃdiram | viṣṇusānnidhya evāsya manvaṃtaraśataṃ gatam

Viṣṇu's messengers, having placed (her) in a chariot, went to that temple of Viṣṇu. In Viṣṇu's very presence a hundred manvantaras passed for her.

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PdP 4 3.33

ततो मर्त्ये राजकन्या बभूव कृपया हरेः । पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्ता चिरं भोगं चकार सा

tato martye rājakanyā babhūva kṛpayā hareḥ | putrapautrasamāyuktā ciraṃ bhogaṃ cakāra sā

Then, by Hari's grace, she became a king's daughter in the mortal world; endowed with sons and grandsons, she enjoyed pleasures for a long time.

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PdP 4 3.34

इतः पुनर्गता सा तु गोलोकं हरिसेवया । सूत उवाच- भक्त्या शृणोति यो मर्त्यो दीपमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

itaḥ punargatā sā tu golokaṃ harisevayā | sūta uvāca- bhaktyā śṛṇoti yo martyo dīpamāhātmyamuttamam

From here she went again to Goloka, by her service to Hari. Sūta said: The mortal who with devotion hears this excellent glorification of the lamp—

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PdP 4 3.35

सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स याति विष्णुमंदिरम्

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti viṣṇumaṃdiram

freed from all sins, he goes to Viṣṇu's temple.

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