Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 117

PdP 6 117.1

सूत उवाच। इति सर्वं समाकर्ण्य सत्राजितसुता तदा । हरेर्वाक्यं महाभागा सत्या वचनमब्रवीत्

sūta uvāca| iti sarvaṃ samākarṇya satrājitasutā tadā | harervākyaṃ mahābhāgā satyā vacanamabravīt

Sūta said: Having heard all this, Hari's speech, the daughter of Satrājit, the greatly blessed Satyā, then spoke these words.

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PdP 6 117.2

सत्योवाच। कार्तिकस्य च माहात्म्यं न श्रुतं विस्तरात्प्रभो । सर्वेषामेव मासानां कार्तिकः प्रवरः कथम्

satyovāca| kārtikasya ca māhātmyaṃ na śrutaṃ vistarātprabho | sarveṣāmeva māsānāṃ kārtikaḥ pravaraḥ katham

Satyā said: The greatness of Kārtika has not been heard in detail, O Lord. How is Kārtika the best of all the months?

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PdP 6 117.3

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच। साधु पृष्टं त्वया सत्ये कार्तिकव्रतमादरात् । शौनकाय पुरा प्रोक्तं सूतेन सुमहात्मना

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca| sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā satye kārtikavratamādarāt | śaunakāya purā proktaṃ sūtena sumahātmanā

Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Well have you asked, Satyā, with reverence, about the Kārtika observance; it was formerly declared to Śaunaka by the Sūta, that great soul.

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PdP 6 117.4

सूत उवाच। श्रूयतां तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि एतत्प्रश्नोत्तरं शुभम् । ईश्वरेण पुरा प्रोक्तं पृच्छते षण्मुखाय वै

sūta uvāca| śrūyatāṃ tatpravakṣyāmi etatpraśnottaraṃ śubham | īśvareṇa purā proktaṃ pṛcchate ṣaṇmukhāya vai

The Sūta said: Let it be heard; I shall declare it — this auspicious answer to the question, formerly spoken by the Lord to six-faced (Kārtikeya) when he asked.

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PdP 6 117.5

कार्तिकेय उवाच। बहूनि पद्मनाभस्य रहस्यानि श्रुतानि च । यथा हि प्रोच्यमानानि वैष्णवेन त्वया प्रभो

kārtikeya uvāca| bahūni padmanābhasya rahasyāni śrutāni ca | yathā hi procyamānāni vaiṣṇavena tvayā prabho

Kārtikeya said: Many secrets of the Lotus-naveled One have been heard, just as they were being told by you, a Vaiṣṇava, O lord.

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PdP 6 117.6

संसारसागरे प्राप्ता दुःखोरुलहरीवृते । तेषामुत्तारणार्थाय कथयस्व प्रयत्नतः

saṃsārasāgare prāptā duḥkhorulaharīvṛte | teṣāmuttāraṇārthāya kathayasva prayatnataḥ

(Men) have fallen into the ocean of transmigration, which is covered with mighty waves of suffering; for the sake of ferrying them across, speak diligently.

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PdP 6 117.7

कार्तिकस्य विधिश्चैव स्नानस्य वदतां वर । येन दुःखांबुधिं तात संतरिष्यंति मानवाः

kārtikasya vidhiścaiva snānasya vadatāṃ vara | yena duḥkhāṃbudhiṃ tāta saṃtariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

(Tell) the rule of Kārtika and of the bathing, O best of speakers, by which men will cross over the ocean of suffering, dear one.

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PdP 6 117.8

फलं वैष्णवधर्मस्य कथयस्व सुविस्तरम् । येन धर्मप्रभावेन पदं गच्छति वैष्णवम्

phalaṃ vaiṣṇavadharmasya kathayasva suvistaram | yena dharmaprabhāvena padaṃ gacchati vaiṣṇavam

Tell in full detail the fruit of the Vaiṣṇava religion, by whose power of merit one goes to the Vaiṣṇava abode.

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PdP 6 117.9

दीपदानस्य माहात्म्यं मुनिपुष्पस्य सुव्रत । गोपीचंदनमाहात्म्यं तुलस्यास्तु तथा विभो

dīpadānasya māhātmyaṃ munipuṣpasya suvrata | gopīcaṃdanamāhātmyaṃ tulasyāstu tathā vibho

(Tell) the greatness of the giving of lamps, and of the sage's flower, O you of good vows; the greatness of gopī-candana, and likewise of tulasī, O mighty one.

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PdP 6 117.10

मालतीपुष्पमाहात्म्यं वारिजानां तथा वद । धात्रीफलानां माहात्म्यं तथा दमनकस्य च

mālatīpuṣpamāhātmyaṃ vārijānāṃ tathā vada | dhātrīphalānāṃ māhātmyaṃ tathā damanakasya ca

Tell the greatness of the mālatī flower, and likewise of lotuses; the greatness of dhātrī (āmalakī) fruits, and likewise of damanaka.

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PdP 6 117.11

केतकीपुष्पमाहात्म्यं नैवेद्यस्य परंतप । तीर्थोदकस्य माहात्म्यं माघस्नानफलं विभो

ketakīpuṣpamāhātmyaṃ naivedyasya paraṃtapa | tīrthodakasya māhātmyaṃ māghasnānaphalaṃ vibho

The greatness of the ketakī flower, and of food-offering, O scorcher of foes; the greatness of the water of holy places, and the fruit of bathing in Māgha, O mighty one.

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PdP 6 117.12

फलं ब्रूहि सुरश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मपत्रेषु भोजनात् । नीराजनफलं स्थाणो परदीपप्रवेधनात्

phalaṃ brūhi suraśreṣṭha brahmapatreṣu bhojanāt | nīrājanaphalaṃ sthāṇo paradīpapravedhanāt

Tell the fruit, O best of gods, of eating from brahma-leaves; the fruit of the lamp-waving ceremony, O Sthāṇu, and of kindling another's lamp.

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PdP 6 117.13

पुष्करक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यं शूकरस्य तथा विभो । शालग्रामस्य माहात्म्यं स्वस्तिकस्य विधानकम्

puṣkarakṣetramāhātmyaṃ śūkarasya tathā vibho | śālagrāmasya māhātmyaṃ svastikasya vidhānakam

The greatness of the Puṣkara region, and likewise of Śūkara (kṣetra), O mighty one; the greatness of the śālagrāma, and the ordinance of the svastika.

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PdP 6 117.14

दानानां च फलं ब्रूहि परान्नस्य च वर्जनात् । मासोपवासस्य फलं खट्वाया मोक्षणाद्विभो

dānānāṃ ca phalaṃ brūhi parānnasya ca varjanāt | māsopavāsasya phalaṃ khaṭvāyā mokṣaṇādvibho

Tell (me) also the fruit of gifts, and (that) of abstaining from another's food; the fruit of a month's fasting, and of the relinquishing of the bed, O lord.

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PdP 6 117.15

दीपावल्याश्च माहात्म्यं प्रबोधिन्याश्च सुव्रत । पंचभीष्मस्यमाहात्म्यं कथयस्व सुविस्तरात्

dīpāvalyāśca māhātmyaṃ prabodhinyāśca suvrata | paṃcabhīṣmasyamāhātmyaṃ kathayasva suvistarāt

And the greatness of the Row of Lamps (Dīpāvalī), and of the Prabodhinī (eleventh), O you of good vows; tell in full detail the greatness of the Five Bhīṣmas (Bhīṣmapañcaka).

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PdP 6 117.16

ईश्वर उवाच। साधु पृष्टं त्वया वत्स लोकोद्धरणहेतवे । कथयामि न संदेहस्त्वत्समो नास्ति वैष्णवः

īśvara uvāca| sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā vatsa lokoddharaṇahetave | kathayāmi na saṃdehastvatsamo nāsti vaiṣṇavaḥ

The Lord said: Well have you asked, child, for the sake of the deliverance of the world. I shall tell (it); there is no doubt — there is no Vaiṣṇava equal to you.

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PdP 6 117.17

सत्पुत्रेण त्वया वत्स तारितोऽहं न संशयः । निश्चला केशवे भक्तिस्त्वयि तिष्ठति सर्वदा

satputreṇa tvayā vatsa tārito'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ | niścalā keśave bhaktistvayi tiṣṭhati sarvadā

By you, a good son, child, I have been carried across — no doubt of it. Unwavering devotion to Keśava abides in you always.

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PdP 6 117.18

नरेभ्यो वैष्णवं धर्मं यो ददाति द्विजोत्तमः । ससागरमही दाने तत्पुण्यं लभते हि सः

narebhyo vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmaṃ yo dadāti dvijottamaḥ | sasāgaramahī dāne tatpuṇyaṃ labhate hi saḥ

That best of twice-born who gives to men the Vaiṣṇava dharma — he indeed obtains the merit that lies in the gift of the earth together with the ocean.

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PdP 6 117.19

कार्तिकस्य च मासस्य कोट्यंशेनापि नार्हति । एकतः सर्वतीर्थानि सर्वदानानि चैकतः

kārtikasya ca māsasya koṭyaṃśenāpi nārhati | ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni sarvadānāni caikataḥ

(Yet) it does not equal even a ten-millionth part of the month of Kārtika. On one side all the sacred fords, and on one side all the gifts;

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PdP 6 117.20

एकतो गोप्रदानानि सर्वे यज्ञाः सदक्षिणाः । एकतः पुष्करे वासं कुरुक्षेत्रे हिमालये

ekato gopradānāni sarve yajñāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ | ekataḥ puṣkare vāsaṃ kurukṣetre himālaye

on one side the gifts of cows, all the sacrifices with their priestly fees; on one side dwelling at Puṣkara, at Kurukṣetra, in the Himālaya;

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PdP 6 117.21

एकतो मथुरातीर्थे वाराणस्यां च शूकरे । एकतः कार्तिको वत्स सर्वदा केशवप्रियः

ekato mathurātīrthe vārāṇasyāṃ ca śūkare | ekataḥ kārtiko vatsa sarvadā keśavapriyaḥ

on one side (dwelling) at the ford of Mathurā, at Vārāṇasī and at Śūkara; and on one side, child, Kārtika, ever dear to Keśava.

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PdP 6 117.22

सूत उवाच। इत्युक्त्वा मुनिशार्दूल पुनर्वाक्यं जगौ हरः । कार्तिकस्नानमाहात्म्यं कथयिष्ये सुविस्तरात्

sūta uvāca| ityuktvā muniśārdūla punarvākyaṃ jagau haraḥ | kārtikasnānamāhātmyaṃ kathayiṣye suvistarāt

Sūta said: Having spoken thus, O tiger among sages, Hara uttered speech again: "I shall relate in full detail the greatness of bathing in Kārtika."

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PdP 6 117.23

ईश्वर उवाच। ब्राह्मं कृतयुगं प्रोक्तं त्रेता तु क्षत्रियं स्वयम् । द्वापरं वैश्यमित्याहुः शूद्रं कलियुगं स्मृतम्

īśvara uvāca| brāhmaṃ kṛtayugaṃ proktaṃ tretā tu kṣatriyaṃ svayam | dvāparaṃ vaiśyamityāhuḥ śūdraṃ kaliyugaṃ smṛtam

The Lord said: The Kṛta age is declared to be brahminical, the Tretā itself kṣatriya; the Dvāpara they call vaiśya, and the Kali age is held to be śūdra.

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PdP 6 117.24

कलौ वत्स मनुष्याणां शैथिल्यं स्नानकर्मणि । तथापि कथयिष्यामि स्नानं कार्तिकमाघयोः

kalau vatsa manuṣyāṇāṃ śaithilyaṃ snānakarmaṇi | tathāpi kathayiṣyāmi snānaṃ kārtikamāghayoḥ

In the Kali (age), my child, men are lax in the act of bathing; nevertheless I shall speak of the bathing in Kārtika and Māgha.

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PdP 6 117.25

यस्य हस्तौ च पादौ न वाङ्मनश्च सुसंयतम् । विद्या तपश्च कीर्तिश्च स तीर्थफलभाङ्नरः

yasya hastau ca pādau na vāṅmanaśca susaṃyatam | vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalabhāṅnaraḥ

He whose hands and feet, speech and mind are well restrained, and (who has) learning, austerity and good repute — that man partakes of the fruit of the sacred fords.

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PdP 6 117.26

अश्रद्दधानः पापात्मा नास्तिकश्छिन्नमानसः । हेतुवादी च पंचैते न तीर्थफलभागिनः

aśraddadhānaḥ pāpātmā nāstikaśchinnamānasaḥ | hetuvādī ca paṃcaite na tīrthaphalabhāginaḥ

The man without faith, the man of evil nature, the denier (of scripture), the one of divided mind, and the mere arguer — these five do not partake of the fruit of the sacred fords.

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PdP 6 117.27

प्रातरुत्थाय यो विप्रस्तीर्थस्नायी सदा भवेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति

prātarutthāya yo viprastīrthasnāyī sadā bhavet | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati

The brahmin who, rising at dawn, is always one who bathes at a sacred ford, is freed from all sins and attains the supreme brahman.

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PdP 6 117.28

स्नानं चतुर्विधं प्रोक्तं स्नानविद्भिः षडानन । वायव्यं वारुणं दिव्यं ब्राह्मं चेति तथा स्मृतम्

snānaṃ caturvidhaṃ proktaṃ snānavidbhiḥ ṣaḍānana | vāyavyaṃ vāruṇaṃ divyaṃ brāhmaṃ ceti tathā smṛtam

Bathing is declared by those who know bathing to be of four kinds, O six-faced one: the airy, the watery, the celestial, and likewise the brahmic — so it is held.

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PdP 6 117.29

वायव्यं गोरजः स्नानं वारुणं सागरादिषु । ब्राह्म्य ब्राह्मणमंत्रोक्तं दिव्यं मेघांबु भास्करम्

vāyavyaṃ gorajaḥ snānaṃ vāruṇaṃ sāgarādiṣu | brāhmya brāhmaṇamaṃtroktaṃ divyaṃ meghāṃbu bhāskaram

The airy is bathing in the dust (raised) by cows; the watery is in the ocean and the like; the brahmic is (that) enjoined with a brahmin's mantra; the celestial is rain-water while the sun shines.

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PdP 6 117.30

स्नानानां चैव सर्वेषां विशिष्टं तत्र वारुणम् । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यो मंत्रवत्स्नानमाचरेत्

snānānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tatra vāruṇam | brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyo maṃtravatsnānamācaret

And among all bathings the watery one is the most distinguished there. A brahmin, a kṣatriya, or a vaiśya should perform the bath with mantras.

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PdP 6 117.31

तूष्णीमेव हि शूद्रस्य स्त्रीणां चैव षडानन । बाला च तरुणी वृद्धा नरनारीनपुंसकाः

tūṣṇīmeva hi śūdrasya strīṇāṃ caiva ṣaḍānana | bālā ca taruṇī vṛddhā naranārīnapuṃsakāḥ

For a śūdra and for women it is (to be done) silently, O six-faced one. Girl, young woman, old woman, men, women, and eunuchs —

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PdP 6 117.32

पापैः सर्वैः प्रमुच्यंते स्नानात्कार्तिकमाघयोः । स्नाता वै कार्तिके लोकाः प्राप्नुवंतीप्सितं फलम्

pāpaiḥ sarvaiḥ pramucyaṃte snānātkārtikamāghayoḥ | snātā vai kārtike lokāḥ prāpnuvaṃtīpsitaṃ phalam

— they are released from all sins by bathing in Kārtika and Māgha. People who have bathed in Kārtika indeed obtain the fruit they desire.

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