Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 234
PdP 6 234.1
पार्वत्युवाच- भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि द्वादश्याश्च विधानकम् । विष्णोः पूजाविधानं च कर्त्तव्यं तत्र वै प्रभो
pārvatyuvāca- bhagavañchrotumicchāmi dvādaśyāśca vidhānakam | viṣṇoḥ pūjāvidhānaṃ ca karttavyaṃ tatra vai prabho
Pārvatī said: Lord, I wish to hear the rule of the twelfth (day), and also the rule of the worship of Viṣṇu that is to be performed on it, O master.
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PdP 6 234.2
एकादश्याः प्रभावं च सर्वपापहरंनृणाम् । आचक्ष्व विस्तरेणैव मयि प्रीत्या महेश्वर
ekādaśyāḥ prabhāvaṃ ca sarvapāpaharaṃnṛṇām | ācakṣva vistareṇaiva mayi prītyā maheśvara
And the power of the eleventh (day), which removes all the sins of men — tell (it) at full length, out of affection for me, O great Lord.
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PdP 6 234.3
महादेव उवाच- शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि द्वादश्याश्च विधानकम् । तस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण संतुष्टः स्याज्जनार्दनः
mahādeva uvāca- śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dvādaśyāśca vidhānakam | tasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa saṃtuṣṭaḥ syājjanārdanaḥ
Mahādeva said: Listen, O Goddess, I shall declare the rule of the twelfth (day), by the mere remembering of which Janārdana becomes well pleased.
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PdP 6 234.4
एकादश्यां तु प्राप्तायां समुपोष्येह मानवः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता यांति विष्णोः परम्पदम्
ekādaśyāṃ tu prāptāyāṃ samupoṣyeha mānavaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ parampadam
When the eleventh (day) has come, a man having fasted here — (such men,) freed from all sins, go to the highest state of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 234.5
सप्तजन्मार्जितं पाप ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतः कृतम् । क्षणादेव लयं याति द्वादश्यां हरिपूजनात्
saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpa jñānato'jñānataḥ kṛtam | kṣaṇādeva layaṃ yāti dvādaśyāṃ haripūjanāt
Sin accumulated over seven births, done knowingly or unknowingly, goes to dissolution in an instant through the worship of Hari on the twelfth (day).
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PdP 6 234.6
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च । एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca | ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
Thousands of horse-sacrifices and hundreds of vājapeya rites are not worth a sixteenth part of the fast of the eleventh (day).
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PdP 6 234.7
धर्म्मदा ह्यर्थदा चैव कामदा मोक्षदा किल । सर्व्वकामदुघा नॄणां द्वादशी वरवर्णिनी
dharmmadā hyarthadā caiva kāmadā mokṣadā kila | sarvvakāmadughā nṝṇāṃ dvādaśī varavarṇinī
There is no protection from sin at all equal to the eleventh (day); there is no observance at all equal to the eleventh (day), O fair-eyed one.
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PdP 6 234.8
एकादशी समं किंचित्पापत्राणं न विद्यते । एकादशीसमंकिचिद्व्रतं नास्ति शुभेक्षणे
ekādaśī samaṃ kiṃcitpāpatrāṇaṃ na vidyate | ekādaśīsamaṃkicidvrataṃ nāsti śubhekṣaṇe
He who, abandoning the eleventh (day), practises some other observance — he begs for alms after giving up a great kingdom that lay in his hand.
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PdP 6 234.9
एकादशीं परित्यज्य यो ह्यन्यद्व्रतमाचरेत् । स करस्थं महाराज्यं त्यक्त्वा भैक्ष्यं तु याचते
ekādaśīṃ parityajya yo hyanyadvratamācaret | sa karasthaṃ mahārājyaṃ tyaktvā bhaikṣyaṃ tu yācate
Whatever sin comes to be done through the eleven senses, O dear one, all that goes to destruction by the fast of the eleventh (day).
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PdP 6 234.10
एकादशेंद्रियैः पापं यत्कृतं भवति प्रिये । एकादश्युपवासेन तत्सर्वं विलयं व्रजेत्
ekādaśeṃdriyaiḥ pāpaṃ yatkṛtaṃ bhavati priye | ekādaśyupavāsena tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet
The Purāṇas cry out here again and again, O fair-faced one: one must not eat, one must not eat, when Hari's day has arrived.
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PdP 6 234.11
रटंतीह पुराणानि भूयोभूयो वरानने । न भोक्तव्यं न भोक्तव्यं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
raṭaṃtīha purāṇāni bhūyobhūyo varānane | na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare
It is declared always to be no-food (a day of not eating) — how much more in the bright and dark (fortnights) — for all the classes and all the stages of life, O fair-complexioned one.
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PdP 6 234.12
अभक्ष्यं सर्वदा प्रोक्तं किं पुनः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । वर्णानामाश्रमाणां च सर्वेषां वरवर्णिनी
abhakṣyaṃ sarvadā proktaṃ kiṃ punaḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ | varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ varavarṇinī
The fast of the eleventh (day) is to be performed — there is no doubt here. And when the eleventh falls on the death-day of one's mother or father,
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PdP 6 234.13
एकादश्युपवासस्तु कर्त्तव्यो नात्र संशयः । एकादश्यां च प्राप्तायां मातापित्रोर्मृतेऽहनि
ekādaśyupavāsastu karttavyo nātra saṃśayaḥ | ekādaśyāṃ ca prāptāyāṃ mātāpitrormṛte'hani
the offering is to be given on the twelfth, never on the day of fasting; for the ancestors and the dwellers in heaven do not eat food that is blameworthy.
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PdP 6 234.14
द्वादश्यां तु प्रदातव्यं नोपवासदिने क्वचित् । गर्हितान्नं न वाश्नंति पितरश्च दिवौकसः
dvādaśyāṃ tu pradātavyaṃ nopavāsadine kvacit | garhitānnaṃ na vāśnaṃti pitaraśca divaukasaḥ
On the eleventh one must not eat; nor should one ever drink liquor; nor indeed should one kill a brahmin — these three are held to be equal.
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PdP 6 234.15
एकादश्यां न भोक्तव्यं सुरां वा न पिबेत्क्वचित् । ब्राह्मणं नैव हन्यात्तु सममेतत्त्रयं मतम्
ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ surāṃ vā na pibetkvacit | brāhmaṇaṃ naiva hanyāttu samametattrayaṃ matam
Therefore one should observe the fast on a pure eleventh — (he) who in the three conditions (makes) effort with word and body and deed...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 234.16
तस्मादेकादशीं शुद्धामुपवासं समाचरेत् । अवस्थात्रितये यस्तु यत्नो वाक्कायकर्म्मभिः
tasmādekādaśīṃ śuddhāmupavāsaṃ samācaret | avasthātritaye yastu yatno vākkāyakarmmabhiḥ
But one should carefully avoid an (eleventh) mixed with the tenth; at the time of dawn it becomes 'mixed with the tenth'.
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PdP 6 234.17
दशमीमिश्रितां तां तु प्रयत्नेन विवर्ज्जयेत् । अरुणोदयवेलायां दशमीमिश्रिता भवेत्
daśamīmiśritāṃ tāṃ tu prayatnena vivarjjayet | aruṇodayavelāyāṃ daśamīmiśritā bhavet
Abandoning that, one should fast here on a pure twelfth without hesitating; when (only) a fraction (of the tithi) is present at the rising of the sun,
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PdP 6 234.18
तां त्यक्त्वा द्वादशीं शुद्धामुपोष्येहाविचारयन् । कलायां विद्यमानायां सूर्य्यस्योदयनं प्रति
tāṃ tyaktvā dvādaśīṃ śuddhāmupoṣyehāvicārayan | kalāyāṃ vidyamānāyāṃ sūryyasyodayanaṃ prati
then, O Goddess, the twelfth is found (extending) into the thirteenth; and so a pure twelfth is prescribed for the fast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 234.19
त्रयोदश्यां तथा देवि द्वादशी परिविद्यते । तथा च द्वादशी शुद्धा ह्युपवासे विधीयते
trayodaśyāṃ tathā devi dvādaśī parividyate | tathā ca dvādaśī śuddhā hyupavāse vidhīyate
And so, O goddess, on the thirteenth the twelfth is found (as an overlap); and thus a pure twelfth is what is prescribed for the fast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 234.20
अरुणोदयवेलायां कृत्यं सर्वं समाचरेत् । कलायामपि द्वादश्यां पारणं तत्र चोदितम्
aruṇodayavelāyāṃ kṛtyaṃ sarvaṃ samācaret | kalāyāmapi dvādaśyāṃ pāraṇaṃ tatra coditam
At the hour of dawn one should perform all that is to be done; even when the twelfth (tithi) lasts but a fraction (of time), the breaking of the fast is enjoined then.
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PdP 6 234.21
शुद्धामेकादशीं चापि त्यजेदत्र न संशयः । कलाप्येकादशी यत्र द्वादश्यामुदिते रवौ
śuddhāmekādaśīṃ cāpi tyajedatra na saṃśayaḥ | kalāpyekādaśī yatra dvādaśyāmudite ravau
And even a pure (unmixed) Ekādaśī one should give up in this case — of that there is no doubt — where even a fraction of Ekādaśī remains on the twelfth (day) when the sun has risen.
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PdP 6 234.22
सर्वामेकादशीं त्यक्त्वा तत्रैवोपवसेद्द्विजः । एवं विधिं विनिश्चित्य समुपोष्यं हरेर्द्दिनम्
sarvāmekādaśīṃ tyaktvā tatraivopavaseddvijaḥ | evaṃ vidhiṃ viniścitya samupoṣyaṃ harerddinam
Having given up the eleventh day entirely, the twice-born should fast on that very (twelfth); having settled the rule in this way, the day of Hari is to be duly kept as a fast.
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PdP 6 234.23
सायमाद्यंतयोरह्नोः सायंप्रातस्तु मध्यमे । तत्रोपवासं कुर्वीत त्यक्त्वा भुक्तिचतुष्टयम्
sāyamādyaṃtayorahnoḥ sāyaṃprātastu madhyame | tatropavāsaṃ kurvīta tyaktvā bhukticatuṣṭayam
In the evening on the first and the last of the days, but in the middle one both evening and morning — therein one should keep the fast, giving up the four (occasions of) eating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 234.24
दशम्यामेकभक्तस्तु नारीसंगमवर्जितः । अवनीतल्पशायी च परेऽहनि वसेच्छुचिः
daśamyāmekabhaktastu nārīsaṃgamavarjitaḥ | avanītalpaśāyī ca pare'hani vasecchuciḥ
On the tenth (day), however, (he should) eat but one meal, abstaining from intercourse with women; and sleeping on a bed on the ground, he should on the next day remain pure.
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PdP 6 234.25
धात्रीफलानुलिप्तांगः स्नानं संध्यां समाचरेत् । उपवासपरो भूत्वा रात्रौ संपूजयेद्धरिम्
dhātrīphalānuliptāṃgaḥ snānaṃ saṃdhyāṃ samācaret | upavāsaparo bhūtvā rātrau saṃpūjayeddharim
With his limbs anointed with emblic myrobalan (dhātrī) fruit, he should perform his bath and the twilight rite; and remaining intent on fasting, he should worship Hari at night.
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PdP 6 234.26
पाखंडिनं विकर्मस्थं पतितं श्वपचं तथा । नावलोकेन्न संभाषेन्न स्पृशेत्तत्र वैष्णवः
pākhaṃḍinaṃ vikarmasthaṃ patitaṃ śvapacaṃ tathā | nāvalokenna saṃbhāṣenna spṛśettatra vaiṣṇavaḥ
A heretic, one engaged in forbidden acts, an outcaste, and likewise a dog-cooker (caṇḍāla) — on that (occasion) a Vaiṣṇava should not look at, nor speak with, nor touch (them).
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PdP 6 234.27
अवैष्णवस्तु यो विप्रः स पाषण्डः प्रकीर्तितः । शिखोपवीतत्यागी च विकर्मस्थ इतीरितः
avaiṣṇavastu yo vipraḥ sa pāṣaṇḍaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | śikhopavītatyāgī ca vikarmastha itīritaḥ
But that brahmin who is not a Vaiṣṇava is declared a heretic; and one who has abandoned the tuft of hair and the sacred thread is called 'one engaged in forbidden acts'.
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PdP 6 234.28
महापापोपपापाभ्यां युक्तः पतित उच्यते । अंत्यजः श्वपचः प्रोक्तो वेदैस्तत्र सुनिर्णयः
mahāpāpopapāpābhyāṃ yuktaḥ patita ucyate | aṃtyajaḥ śvapacaḥ prokto vedaistatra sunirṇayaḥ
One who is bound up with a great sin or a lesser sin is called "fallen"; the "lowest-born" is declared to be the dog-cooker — in this matter the Vedas give the sure determination.
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PdP 6 234.29
रात्रौ संपूज्य देवेशं जागरं च समाचरेत् । गंधैः पुष्पैस्तथा दीपैर्वस्त्रैराभरणैः शुभैः
rātrau saṃpūjya deveśaṃ jāgaraṃ ca samācaret | gaṃdhaiḥ puṣpaistathā dīpairvastrairābharaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ
At night, having worshipped the Lord of the gods, one should also keep the vigil — with fragrances, flowers, and lamps, with garments and auspicious ornaments.
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PdP 6 234.30
जपैस्तोत्रैर्नमस्कारैः पूजयेन्निशि भक्तितः । ततः प्रभातसमये तुलसीमिश्रितैर्जलैः
japaistotrairnamaskāraiḥ pūjayenniśi bhaktitaḥ | tataḥ prabhātasamaye tulasīmiśritairjalaiḥ
With recitations, hymns, and prostrations one should worship (him) at night with devotion; then at daybreak, with water mixed with tulasī —
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PdP 6 234.31
स्नात्वा सम्यग्विधानेन संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । पूजयेज्जगतामीशं लक्ष्म्या सह जनार्दनम्
snātvā samyagvidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ | pūjayejjagatāmīśaṃ lakṣmyā saha janārdanam
Having bathed according to the proper rite and satisfied the ancestors and the gods (with libations), one should worship the Lord of the worlds, Janārdana, together with Lakṣmī.
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PdP 6 234.32
कोमलैस्तुलसीपत्रैः पुष्पैश्चैव सुगंधिभिः । दीपान्नीराजयेत्तत्र वारमष्टोत्तरं शतम्
komalaistulasīpatraiḥ puṣpaiścaiva sugaṃdhibhiḥ | dīpānnīrājayettatra vāramaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
With soft tulasī leaves and with fragrant flowers (he should worship them); there he should wave lamps (before them) one hundred and eight times.
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PdP 6 234.33
शतपत्रकृतां मालां ताभ्यां सम्यङिनवेदयेत् । धूपं दीपं च नैवेद्यं तांबूलं च समर्प्पयेत्
śatapatrakṛtāṃ mālāṃ tābhyāṃ samyaṅinavedayet | dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ ca samarppayet
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 6 234.34
शर्करासहितं दिव्यं पायसान्नं समर्पयेत् । कर्पूरेण च संयुक्तं तांबूलं च निवेदयेत्
śarkarāsahitaṃ divyaṃ pāyasānnaṃ samarpayet | karpūreṇa ca saṃyuktaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ ca nivedayet
(He) should offer excellent milk-rice together with sugar, and should present betel mixed with camphor.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 234.35
प्रदक्षिणे नमस्कारं कृत्वा भक्त्या समन्वितः । आज्येन जुहुयाद्वह्नौ शतमष्टोत्तरं तथा
pradakṣiṇe namaskāraṃ kṛtvā bhaktyā samanvitaḥ | ājyena juhuyādvahnau śatamaṣṭottaraṃ tathā
Having made circumambulation and obeisance, filled with devotion, he should offer one hundred and eight oblations of clarified butter into the fire.
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PdP 6 234.36
प्रत्यृचं पुरुषसूक्तेन लक्ष्मीसूक्तेन पायसम् । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेद्भक्त्या स्वयं भुंजीतवाग्यतः
pratyṛcaṃ puruṣasūktena lakṣmīsūktena pāyasam | brāhmaṇānbhojayedbhaktyā svayaṃ bhuṃjītavāgyataḥ
(He should offer oblations) verse by verse with the Puruṣa-sūkta, and with the Lakṣmī-sūkta (an oblation of) milk-rice; he should feed brahmins with devotion, and himself eat with speech restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 234.37
पुराणादि प्रपाठेन क्षपयेत्तद्दिनं महत् । क्षितिशायी ब्रह्मचारी तस्यामेव निशि स्वपेत्
purāṇādi prapāṭhena kṣapayettaddinaṃ mahat | kṣitiśāyī brahmacārī tasyāmeva niśi svapet
He should pass that great day in the recitation of the Purāṇas and the like; sleeping on the ground and observing chastity, he should sleep that very night (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 234.38
एवं संपूज्यमानं स द्वादश्यां कमलापतिः । क्षणात्प्रसन्नो भगवान्सर्वाभीष्टप्रदो ध्रुवम्
evaṃ saṃpūjyamānaṃ sa dvādaśyāṃ kamalāpatiḥ | kṣaṇātprasanno bhagavānsarvābhīṣṭaprado dhruvam
Being worshipped in this way on the twelfth (day), that Lord of Lakṣmī, the Blessed One, is pleased in an instant and surely grants everything desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 234.39
इत्येतत्कथितं देवि द्वादशीव्रतमुत्तमम् । किमन्यच्छ्रोतुकामासि तद्वक्तव्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्
ityetatkathitaṃ devi dvādaśīvratamuttamam | kimanyacchrotukāmāsi tadvaktavyaṃ bravīmyaham
Thus, O Goddess, this excellent Twelfth-day observance has been told. What else do you wish to hear? Tell me that, and I will speak it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition