Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 115
PdP 6 115.1
सूत उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवोऽसौ सत्यभामामतिप्रियाम् । सायंसंध्यादिकं कर्तुं जगाम जननीगृहम्
sūta uvāca| ityuktvā vāsudevo'sau satyabhāmāmatipriyām | sāyaṃsaṃdhyādikaṃ kartuṃ jagāma jananīgṛham
Sūta said: Having spoken thus to Satyabhāmā, who was most dear to him, that Vāsudeva went to his mother's house to perform the evening twilight rites and the rest.
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PdP 6 115.2
एवं प्रभावः प्रोक्तोयं कार्तिकः पापनाशनः । विष्णुप्रियकरो नित्यं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः सदा
evaṃ prabhāvaḥ proktoyaṃ kārtikaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ | viṣṇupriyakaro nityaṃ bhuktimuktipradaḥ sadā
Thus has this Kārttika been declared to be of such power, destroying sin, always doing what is dear to Viṣṇu, and ever granting enjoyment and liberation.
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PdP 6 115.3
हरिजागरणं प्रातः स्नानं तुलसिसेवनम् । उद्यापनं दीपदानं व्रतान्येतानि कार्तिके
harijāgaraṇaṃ prātaḥ snānaṃ tulasisevanam | udyāpanaṃ dīpadānaṃ vratānyetāni kārtike
Keeping vigil for Hari, bathing at dawn, attending upon the tulasī, the concluding rite, and the gift of lamps — these are the observances in Kārttika.
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PdP 6 115.4
पंचकैर्व्रतकैरेभिः संपूर्णं कार्तिकव्रतम् । फलं प्राप्नोति तत्प्रोक्तं भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम्
paṃcakairvratakairebhiḥ saṃpūrṇaṃ kārtikavratam | phalaṃ prāpnoti tatproktaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam
By these five little observances the Kārttika vow is complete; (the observer) obtains that fruit which has been declared, giving the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.
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PdP 6 115.5
ऋषय ऊचुः। विष्णोः प्रियोऽतिफलदः प्रोक्तोऽयं रोमहर्षणे । कार्तिकस्य विधिः सम्यक्पावनः पापनाशनः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| viṣṇoḥ priyo'tiphaladaḥ prokto'yaṃ romaharṣaṇe | kārtikasya vidhiḥ samyakpāvanaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ
The sages said: O Romaharṣaṇa, this rule of Kārttika has been declared by you (to be) dear to Viṣṇu, granting abundant fruit, thoroughly purifying, destroying sin.
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PdP 6 115.6
अवश्यमेव कर्त्तव्यः प्राप्य दुःखनिवारणः । मोक्षार्थिभिर्नरः सम्यग्भोगकामैरथापिवा
avaśyameva karttavyaḥ prāpya duḥkhanivāraṇaḥ | mokṣārthibhirnaraḥ samyagbhogakāmairathāpivā
It must certainly be performed, once obtained, as the averting of sorrow; a man must (do it) properly, whether by those who seek liberation or by those who desire enjoyments.
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PdP 6 115.7
एवं स्थिते यथाकश्चिद्व्रतस्थः संकटे स्थितः । दुर्गारण्यस्थितो वापि व्याधिभिः परिपीडितः । कथं तेन प्रकर्तव्यं कार्तिकव्रतकं शुभम्
evaṃ sthite yathākaścidvratasthaḥ saṃkaṭe sthitaḥ | durgāraṇyasthito vāpi vyādhibhiḥ paripīḍitaḥ | kathaṃ tena prakartavyaṃ kārtikavratakaṃ śubham
This being so, if someone who is under the vow is placed in distress, or is situated in an impassable forest, or is sorely afflicted by diseases — how is the auspicious Kārttika observance to be performed by him?
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PdP 6 115.8
सूत उवाच। यस्मादत्यंतफलदं कर्तव्यं तु यथा नरैः । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्येऽहं शृणुध्वं मुनिपुंगवाः
sūta uvāca| yasmādatyaṃtaphaladaṃ kartavyaṃ tu yathā naraiḥ | tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣye'haṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ
Sūta said: Since it gives exceedingly great fruit, and as it is to be performed by men, I shall tell all that; listen, O foremost of sages.
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PdP 6 115.9
विष्णोः शिवस्य वा कुर्यादालये हरिजागरम् । शिवविष्णुग्रहाभावे सर्वदेवालयेष्वपि
viṣṇoḥ śivasya vā kuryādālaye harijāgaram | śivaviṣṇugrahābhāve sarvadevālayeṣvapi
He should keep the vigil for Hari in a temple of Viṣṇu or of Śiva; and in the absence of access to a Śiva or Viṣṇu (temple), even in the temples of any of the gods.
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PdP 6 115.10
दुर्गारण्यस्थितो यश्च यदि वा यद्गतो भवेत् । कुर्यात्तदाश्वत्थमूले तुलसीनां वनेष्वपि
durgāraṇyasthito yaśca yadi vā yadgato bhavet | kuryāttadāśvatthamūle tulasīnāṃ vaneṣvapi
And he who is situated in an impassable forest, or wherever he may have gone, should then perform it at the root of an aśvattha tree, or in groves of tulasī plants.
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PdP 6 115.11
विष्णुनामप्रधानानां गायनाद्विष्णुसन्निधौ । गोसहस्रप्रदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः
viṣṇunāmapradhānānāṃ gāyanādviṣṇusannidhau | gosahasrapradānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
By singing (songs) in which the names of Viṣṇu are foremost, in the presence of Viṣṇu, a man obtains the fruit of giving a thousand cows.
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PdP 6 115.12
वाद्यकृत्पुरुषश्चापि वाजपेयफलं लभेत् । सर्वतीर्थावगाहोत्थं नर्तकः फलमाप्नुयात्
vādyakṛtpuruṣaścāpi vājapeyaphalaṃ labhet | sarvatīrthāvagāhotthaṃ nartakaḥ phalamāpnuyāt
And the man who plays the instruments would obtain the fruit of a vājapeya sacrifice; the dancer would obtain the fruit that arises from bathing in all the sacred fords.
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PdP 6 115.13
सर्वमेतल्लभेत्पुण्यं तेषां तु द्रव्यदः पुमान् । प्रशंसादर्शनाभ्यां हि तत्षडंशमवाप्नुयात्
sarvametallabhetpuṇyaṃ teṣāṃ tu dravyadaḥ pumān | praśaṃsādarśanābhyāṃ hi tatṣaḍaṃśamavāpnuyāt
The man who supplies the materials for them obtains all this merit; and by praising and by (merely) looking on, one obtains a sixth part of that.
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PdP 6 115.14
आपद्गतो यदाप्यंभो न लभेत्स्नपनाय सः । व्याधितो वा पुनः कुर्याद्विष्णोर्नामापमार्जनम्
āpadgato yadāpyaṃbho na labhetsnapanāya saḥ | vyādhito vā punaḥ kuryādviṣṇornāmāpamārjanam
If, being in distress, he does not obtain water for bathing, or is sick, then he should perform the cleansing by the name of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 115.15
उद्यापनविधिं कर्तुं न शक्तो यो व्रते स्थितः । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या व्रतसंपूर्णहेतवे
udyāpanavidhiṃ kartuṃ na śakto yo vrate sthitaḥ | brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā vratasaṃpūrṇahetave
He who is under the vow and is unable to perform the concluding rite should feed brahmins according to his ability, for the sake of completing the vow.
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PdP 6 115.16
यस्मादत्यंतफलदो न त्याज्यः सर्वदा नरैः । अव्यक्तरूपिणो विष्णोः स्वरूपं ब्राह्मणा भुवि
yasmādatyaṃtaphalado na tyājyaḥ sarvadā naraiḥ | avyaktarūpiṇo viṣṇoḥ svarūpaṃ brāhmaṇā bhuvi
Since it gives exceedingly great fruit, it should never be abandoned by men. The brahmins on earth are the very form of Viṣṇu, whose form is unmanifest.
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PdP 6 115.17
तत्संतुष्ट्या सुसंतुष्टः सर्वदा स्यां न संशयः । अशक्तो दीपदाने तु परदीपं प्रबोधयेत्
tatsaṃtuṣṭyā susaṃtuṣṭaḥ sarvadā syāṃ na saṃśayaḥ | aśakto dīpadāne tu paradīpaṃ prabodhayet
"By their satisfaction I am always well satisfied — there is no doubt." But one unable to give lamps should kindle another's lamp.
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PdP 6 115.18
तेषां वा रक्षणं कुर्याद्वातादिभ्यः प्रयत्नतः । अभावे तुलसीनां तु पूजयेद्वैष्णवं द्विजम्
teṣāṃ vā rakṣaṇaṃ kuryādvātādibhyaḥ prayatnataḥ | abhāve tulasīnāṃ tu pūjayedvaiṣṇavaṃ dvijam
Or he should carefully guard them (the lamps) from wind and the like; but in the absence of tulasī plants he should worship a Vaiṣṇava brahmin.
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PdP 6 115.19
यस्मात्संनिहितो विष्णुः स्वभक्तेष्वेव सर्वदा । सर्वाभावे व्रती कुर्याद्ब्राह्मणानां गवामपि
yasmātsaṃnihito viṣṇuḥ svabhakteṣveva sarvadā | sarvābhāve vratī kuryādbrāhmaṇānāṃ gavāmapi
Since Viṣṇu is always present precisely among his own devotees; and in the absence of everything, the vow-keeper should render service to brahmins or even to cows.
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PdP 6 115.20
सेवां वाश्वत्थवटयोर्व्रतसंपूर्णहेतवे
sevāṃ vāśvatthavaṭayorvratasaṃpūrṇahetave
— or service of the aśvattha and the vaṭa trees, for the sake of completing the vow.
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PdP 6 115.21
ऋषय ऊचुः । कथं त्वयाश्वत्थवटौ गोब्राह्मणसमौ कृतौ । सर्वेभ्योऽपि तरुभ्यस्तौ कस्मात्पूज्यतरौ कृतौ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kathaṃ tvayāśvatthavaṭau gobrāhmaṇasamau kṛtau | sarvebhyo'pi tarubhyastau kasmātpūjyatarau kṛtau
The sages said: How have the aśvattha and the vaṭa been made equal by you to cows and brahmins? Why have those two been made more worthy of worship than all other trees?
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PdP 6 115.22
सूत उवाच। अश्वत्थरूपी भगवान्विष्णुरेव न संशयः । रुद्ररूपी वटस्तद्वत्पालाशो ब्रह्मरूपधृक्
sūta uvāca| aśvattharūpī bhagavānviṣṇureva na saṃśayaḥ | rudrarūpī vaṭastadvatpālāśo brahmarūpadhṛk
Sūta said: In the form of the aśvattha is the Lord Viṣṇu himself, there is no doubt; the vaṭa bears the form of Rudra, and likewise the palāśa bears the form of Brahmā.
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PdP 6 115.23
दर्शनं पूजनं सेवा तेषां पापहरा स्मृता । दुःखापद्व्याधिदुष्टानां विनाशकरणी ध्रुवम्
darśanaṃ pūjanaṃ sevā teṣāṃ pāpaharā smṛtā | duḥkhāpadvyādhiduṣṭānāṃ vināśakaraṇī dhruvam
The seeing, the worshipping, the serving of them is held to be sin-removing, and it surely brings about the destruction of sorrows, calamities, diseases and evil things.
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PdP 6 115.24
ऋषय ऊचुः। कथं वृक्षत्वमापन्ना ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः । एतत्कथय सर्वज्ञ संशयोऽत्र महान्हि नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ| kathaṃ vṛkṣatvamāpannā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ | etatkathaya sarvajña saṃśayo'tra mahānhi naḥ
The sages said: How did Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara come to the state of trees? Tell this, O all-knowing one, for our doubt about this is great.
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PdP 6 115.25
सूत उवाच। पार्वतीशिवयोर्देवैः सुरतं कुर्वतोः किल । अग्निर्ब्राह्मणरूपेण प्रेषितो विघ्नकृत्पुरा
sūta uvāca| pārvatīśivayordevaiḥ surataṃ kurvatoḥ kila | agnirbrāhmaṇarūpeṇa preṣito vighnakṛtpurā
Sūta said: Formerly, when Pārvatī and Śiva were making love, Agni was sent by the gods in the form of a brahmin to make an obstruction.
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PdP 6 115.26
ततः सा पार्वती क्रुद्धा शशाप त्रिदिवौकसः । रतोत्सवसुखभ्रंशात्कंपमाना रुषा तदा
tataḥ sā pārvatī kruddhā śaśāpa tridivaukasaḥ | ratotsavasukhabhraṃśātkaṃpamānā ruṣā tadā
Then that Pārvatī, angered, cursed the dwellers of the third heaven, trembling with rage at the loss of the joy of the festival of love.
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PdP 6 115.27
पार्वत्युवाच। कृमिकीटादयोप्येते जानंति सुरतं सुखम् । तद्विघ्नकरणाद्देवा ह्युद्भिज्जत्वमवाप्स्यथ
pārvatyuvāca| kṛmikīṭādayopyete jānaṃti surataṃ sukham | tadvighnakaraṇāddevā hyudbhijjatvamavāpsyatha
Pārvatī said: Even these worms and insects know the pleasure of lovemaking; therefore, since you gods made an obstruction to it, you shall attain the state of plants.
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PdP 6 115.28
सूत उवाच। एवं सा पार्वती देवानशपत्क्रुद्धमानसा । तस्माद्वृक्षत्वमापन्नाः सर्वे देवगणाः किल
sūta uvāca| evaṃ sā pārvatī devānaśapatkruddhamānasā | tasmādvṛkṣatvamāpannāḥ sarve devagaṇāḥ kila
Sūta said: Thus she, Pārvatī, with an angry mind, cursed the gods; and therefore all the hosts of gods came to the state of trees.
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PdP 6 115.29
तस्मादिमौ विष्णुमहेश्वरावुभौ बभूवतुर्बोधिवटौ मुनीश्वराः । बोधिस्त्वगादार्किदिने स्पृशत्वमस्पृश्यतामर्कजविष्टियोगात्
tasmādimau viṣṇumaheśvarāvubhau babhūvaturbodhivaṭau munīśvarāḥ | bodhistvagādārkidine spṛśatvamaspṛśyatāmarkajaviṣṭiyogāt
Therefore these two, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, became the bodhi and the vaṭa, O best of sages; and the bodhi went to touchability on Saturn's day, and to untouchability through the conjunction of the viṣṭi (karaṇa) of Saturn.
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