Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 45
PdP 6 45.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- माहात्म्यं विजयायाश्च श्रुतं कृष्ण महत्फलम् । फाल्गुनस्यार्जुने पक्षे यन्नाम्नी तां वदाधुना
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- māhātmyaṃ vijayāyāśca śrutaṃ kṛṣṇa mahatphalam | phālgunasyārjune pakṣe yannāmnī tāṃ vadādhunā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The greatness of Vijayā, of great fruit, has been heard, O Kṛṣṇa. Now tell that (eleventh day) which is named so in the bright fortnight of Phālguna.
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PdP 6 45.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच-। धर्मपुत्र महाभाग शृणु वक्ष्यामितेऽधुना । योक्ता पृष्टेन मांधात्रा वसिष्ठेन महात्मना
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca-| dharmaputra mahābhāga śṛṇu vakṣyāmite'dhunā | yoktā pṛṣṭena māṃdhātrā vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Son of Dharma, greatly fortunate one, listen; I shall now tell you (that) which was told by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha when he was asked by Māndhātā.
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PdP 6 45.3
फाल्गुनस्य विशेषेण विशेषः कथितो नृप । आमलकीव्रतं पुण्यं विष्णुलोकफलप्रदम्
phālgunasya viśeṣeṇa viśeṣaḥ kathito nṛpa | āmalakīvrataṃ puṇyaṃ viṣṇulokaphalapradam
Of Phālguna in particular a special (rite) has been declared, O king: the meritorious observance of the āmalakī (emblic myrobalan), which yields the world of Viṣṇu as its fruit.
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PdP 6 45.4
आमलक्यास्तले गत्वा जागरं तत्र कारयेत् । कृत्वा जागरणं रात्रौ गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
āmalakyāstale gatvā jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet | kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrau gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Having gone to the foot of an āmalakī tree, one should hold a vigil there; having kept the vigil through the night, one obtains the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.
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PdP 6 45.5
मांधातोवाच - आमलकी कदा ह्येषा उत्पन्ना द्विजसत्तम । एतत्सर्वं ममाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं हि मे
māṃdhātovāca - āmalakī kadā hyeṣā utpannā dvijasattama | etatsarvaṃ mamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
Māndhātā said: When indeed did this āmalakī come into being, O best of brahmins? Tell me all this, for my curiosity is great.
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PdP 6 45.6
कस्मादियं पवित्रा च कस्मात्पापप्रणाशिनी । कस्माज्जागरणं कृत्वा गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
kasmādiyaṃ pavitrā ca kasmātpāpapraṇāśinī | kasmājjāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Why is she pure, and why the destroyer of sin? Why does one, by keeping a vigil (beneath her), obtain the fruit of a thousand cows?
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PdP 6 45.7
वसिष्ठ उवाच- कथयामि महाभाग यथेयमभवत्क्षितौ । आमलकी महावृक्षः सर्वपापप्रणाशनः
vasiṣṭha uvāca- kathayāmi mahābhāga yatheyamabhavatkṣitau | āmalakī mahāvṛkṣaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: I shall tell (you), greatly fortunate one, how she came to be upon the earth — the āmalakī, a great tree, the destroyer of all sins.
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PdP 6 45.8
एकार्णवे पुरा जाते नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे । नष्टे देवासुरगणे प्रणष्टोरगराक्षसे
ekārṇave purā jāte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame | naṣṭe devāsuragaṇe praṇaṣṭoragarākṣase
When formerly there was a single ocean, when the stationary and moving (beings) had perished, when the hosts of gods and demons had perished, when serpents and rākṣasas were destroyed —
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PdP 6 45.9
तत्र देवादिदेवेशः परमात्मा सनातनः । जगाम ब्रह्मपरममात्मनः पदमव्ययम्
tatra devādideveśaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ | jagāma brahmaparamamātmanaḥ padamavyayam
there the Lord of the first of gods, the eternal Supreme Self, went to the highest brahman, the imperishable station of the Self.
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PdP 6 45.10
ततोऽस्य जाग्रतो ब्रह्ममुखाच्छशिसमप्रभः । ष्ठीवनाद्बिंदुरुत्पन्नः स भूमौ निपपात ह
tato'sya jāgrato brahmamukhācchaśisamaprabhaḥ | ṣṭhīvanādbiṃdurutpannaḥ sa bhūmau nipapāta ha
Then, as he was waking, from Brahmā's mouth, by an act of spitting, there arose a drop with radiance equal to the moon, and it fell upon the earth.
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PdP 6 45.11
तस्माद्बिंदोः समुत्पन्नः स्वयं धात्री नगो महान् । शाखाप्रशाखाबहुलः फलभारेण नामितः
tasmādbiṃdoḥ samutpannaḥ svayaṃ dhātrī nago mahān | śākhāpraśākhābahulaḥ phalabhāreṇa nāmitaḥ
From that drop there arose of itself a great tree, the dhātrī (āmalakī), abounding in branches and twigs, bent down by the weight of its fruit.
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PdP 6 45.12
सर्वेषां चैव वृक्षाणामादिरोहः प्रकीर्तितः । ब्रह्मणाथ ततः पश्चात्संसृष्टाश्च इमाः प्रजाः
sarveṣāṃ caiva vṛkṣāṇāmādirohaḥ prakīrtitaḥ | brahmaṇātha tataḥ paścātsaṃsṛṣṭāśca imāḥ prajāḥ
It is proclaimed the first-grown of all trees; and thereafter, later, these creatures were created by Brahmā.
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PdP 6 45.13
देवदानवगंधर्वयक्षराक्षसपन्नगान् । असृजद्भगवान्देवो महर्षींश्च तथामलान्
devadānavagaṃdharvayakṣarākṣasapannagān | asṛjadbhagavāndevo maharṣīṃśca tathāmalān
The blessed god created gods, dānavas, gandharvas, yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents, and likewise the spotless great sages.
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PdP 6 45.14
आजग्मुस्तत्र देवास्ते यत्र धात्री हरिप्रिया । तां दृष्ट्वा ते महाभाग परं विस्मयमागताः
ājagmustatra devāste yatra dhātrī haripriyā | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā te mahābhāga paraṃ vismayamāgatāḥ
Those gods came there, where the dhātrī, dear to Hari, was; and on seeing it, O greatly fortunate one, they fell into utter amazement.
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PdP 6 45.15
न जानीम इमं वृक्षं चिंतयंतोऽभिसंस्थिताः । एवं चिंतयतां तेषां वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
na jānīma imaṃ vṛkṣaṃ ciṃtayaṃto'bhisaṃsthitāḥ | evaṃ ciṃtayatāṃ teṣāṃ vāguvācāśarīriṇī
"We do not know this tree" — so they stood there pondering; and as they were pondering thus, a bodiless voice spoke.
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PdP 6 45.16
आमलकी नगो ह्येष प्रवरो वैष्णवो मतः । अस्य संस्मरणादेव लभेद्गोदानजं फलम्
āmalakī nago hyeṣa pravaro vaiṣṇavo mataḥ | asya saṃsmaraṇādeva labhedgodānajaṃ phalam
"This tree is the āmalakī, held to be foremost and belonging to Viṣṇu. Merely from remembering it one would obtain the fruit born of giving a cow.
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PdP 6 45.17
स्पर्शनाद्द्विगुणं पुण्यं त्रिगुणं धारणात्तथा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन सेव्या आमलकी सदा
sparśanāddviguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ triguṇaṃ dhāraṇāttathā | tasmātsarvaprayatnena sevyā āmalakī sadā
From touching (it) the merit is doubled, and likewise tripled from holding (it); therefore with every effort the āmalakī should always be attended upon.
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PdP 6 45.18
सर्वपापहरा प्रोक्ता वैष्णवी पापनाशिनी । तस्या मूले स्थितो विष्णुस्तदूर्ध्वे च पितामहः
sarvapāpaharā proktā vaiṣṇavī pāpanāśinī | tasyā mūle sthito viṣṇustadūrdhve ca pitāmahaḥ
She is declared the remover of all sins, belonging to Viṣṇu, the destroyer of sin. At her root stands Viṣṇu, and above that the Grandfather (Brahmā).
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PdP 6 45.19
स्कंधे च भगवान्रुद्रः संस्थितः परमेश्वरः । शाखासु मुनयः सर्वे प्रशाखासु च देवताः
skaṃdhe ca bhagavānrudraḥ saṃsthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ | śākhāsu munayaḥ sarve praśākhāsu ca devatāḥ
And on the trunk the blessed Rudra, the supreme lord, is stationed; on the branches all the sages, and on the twigs the deities.
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PdP 6 45.20
पर्णेषु चासते देवाः पुष्पेषु मरुतस्तथा । प्रजानां पतयः सर्वे फलेष्वेव व्यवस्थिताः
parṇeṣu cāsate devāḥ puṣpeṣu marutastathā | prajānāṃ patayaḥ sarve phaleṣveva vyavasthitāḥ
On the leaves the gods sit, and likewise the Maruts on the flowers; all the lords of creatures are established on the fruits themselves.
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PdP 6 45.21
सर्वदेवमयी ह्येषा धात्री च कथिता मया । तस्मात्पूज्यतमा ह्येषा विष्णुभक्तिपरायणैः
sarvadevamayī hyeṣā dhātrī ca kathitā mayā | tasmātpūjyatamā hyeṣā viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaiḥ
For this dhātrī, consisting of all the gods, has been described by me; therefore she is most worthy of worship by those devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 45.22
ऋषय ऊचुः - को भवान्न हि जानीमः कस्मात्कारणतां गतः । देवो वा यदि वा चान्यः कथयस्व यथातथम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ - ko bhavānna hi jānīmaḥ kasmātkāraṇatāṃ gataḥ | devo vā yadi vā cānyaḥ kathayasva yathātatham
The sages said: Who are you? For we do not know. For what reason have you become the cause (of this)? Whether a god or someone else, tell us as it truly is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 45.23
वागुवाच - यः कर्ता सर्वभूतानां भुवनानां च सर्वशः । विस्मितान्विदुषः प्रेक्ष्य सोऽहं विष्णुः सनातनः
vāguvāca - yaḥ kartā sarvabhūtānāṃ bhuvanānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ | vismitānviduṣaḥ prekṣya so'haṃ viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ
The voice said: I, who am the maker of all beings and of the worlds entirely, seeing you learned ones amazed — I am that eternal Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 45.24
तच्छ्रुत्वा देवदेवस्य भाषितं ब्रह्मणः सुताः । अनादिनिधनं देवं स्तोतुं तत्र प्रचक्रमुः
tacchrutvā devadevasya bhāṣitaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ | anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ stotuṃ tatra pracakramuḥ
Having heard that speech of the God of gods, the sons of Brahmā began there to praise the god who has no beginning and no end.
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PdP 6 45.25
नमो भूतात्मभूताय आत्मने परमात्मने । अच्युताय नमो नित्यमनंताय नमो नमः
namo bhūtātmabhūtāya ātmane paramātmane | acyutāya namo nityamanaṃtāya namo namaḥ
Homage to him who is the self-being of beings, to the Self, to the Supreme Self; homage always to the Unfallen, homage, homage to the Endless One;
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PdP 6 45.26
दामोदराय कवये यज्ञेशाय नमो नमः । एवं स्तुतस्तु ऋषिभिस्तुतोष भगवान्हरिः
dāmodarāya kavaye yajñeśāya namo namaḥ | evaṃ stutastu ṛṣibhistutoṣa bhagavānhariḥ
homage, homage to Dāmodara, to the seer, to the lord of sacrifice. Thus praised by the sages, the blessed Hari was pleased.
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PdP 6 45.27
प्रत्युवाच महर्षींस्तानभीष्टं किं ददामि वः । ऋषय ऊचुः यदि तुष्टोऽसि भगवन्नस्माकं हितकाम्यया
pratyuvāca maharṣīṃstānabhīṣṭaṃ kiṃ dadāmi vaḥ | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ yadi tuṣṭo'si bhagavannasmākaṃ hitakāmyayā
He replied to those great sages: "What desired thing shall I give you?" The sages said: "If you are pleased, O Lord, out of a wish for our welfare,
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PdP 6 45.28
व्रतं किंचित्समाख्याहि स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदम् । धनधान्यप्रदं पुण्यमात्मनस्तुष्टिकारकम्
vrataṃ kiṃcitsamākhyāhi svargamokṣaphalapradam | dhanadhānyapradaṃ puṇyamātmanastuṣṭikārakam
"Declare to (us) some observance that yields heaven and liberation as its fruit, that bestows wealth and grain, meritorious, and productive of contentment for the self —
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PdP 6 45.29
अल्पायासं बहुफलं व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम् । कृतेन येन देवेश विष्णुलोके महीयते
alpāyāsaṃ bahuphalaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam | kṛtena yena deveśa viṣṇuloke mahīyate
of little effort and much fruit, the best of observances, by the performing of which, O lord of gods, one is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu."
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PdP 6 45.30
विष्णुरुवाच- फाल्गुने शुक्लपक्षे तु पुष्येण द्वादशी यदि । भवेत्सा च महापुण्या महापातकनाशिनी
viṣṇuruvāca- phālgune śuklapakṣe tu puṣyeṇa dvādaśī yadi | bhavetsā ca mahāpuṇyā mahāpātakanāśinī
Viṣṇu said: If in the bright fortnight of Phālguna the twelfth (falls) together with (the asterism) Puṣya, then that (day) is of great merit and destroys great sins.
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PdP 6 45.31
विशेषस्तत्र कर्त्तव्यः शृणुध्वं द्विजसत्तमाः । आमलकीं च संप्राप्य जागरं तत्र कारयेत्
viśeṣastatra karttavyaḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijasattamāḥ | āmalakīṃ ca saṃprāpya jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet
A special (rite) is to be done on it — hear (it), O best of the twice-born: having approached an āmalakī tree, one should hold a night-vigil there.
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PdP 6 45.32
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । एतद्वः कथितं विप्रा व्रतानां व्रतमुत्तमम् । अर्चयित्वाच्युतं तस्यां विष्णुलोकान्न मुच्यते
sarvapāpavinirmukto gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | etadvaḥ kathitaṃ viprā vratānāṃ vratamuttamam | arcayitvācyutaṃ tasyāṃ viṣṇulokānna mucyate
Freed from all sins, he obtains the fruit of a thousand cows. This has been told to you, O brahmins, the best observance among observances; having worshipped Acyuta on that (day), one is not released from the world of Viṣṇu (i.e. does not fall from it).
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PdP 6 45.33
ऋषय ऊचुः - व्रतस्यास्य विधिं ब्रूहि परिपूर्णं कथं भवेत् । के मंत्राः के नमस्काराः देवता का प्रकीर्तिता
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ - vratasyāsya vidhiṃ brūhi paripūrṇaṃ kathaṃ bhavet | ke maṃtrāḥ ke namaskārāḥ devatā kā prakīrtitā
The sages said: Tell (us) the procedure of this observance — how does it become complete? What are the mantras, what the salutations, which deity is proclaimed (for it)?
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PdP 6 45.34
कथं दानं कथं स्नानं कश्च पूजाविधिः स्मृतः । अर्घार्चनस्य मंत्रं तु कथयस्व यथातथम्
kathaṃ dānaṃ kathaṃ snānaṃ kaśca pūjāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ | arghārcanasya maṃtraṃ tu kathayasva yathātatham
How (is) the giving, how the bathing, and what worship-procedure is prescribed? And tell (us) exactly the mantra for the offering of the arghya and for the worship.
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PdP 6 45.35
विष्णुरुवाच- श्रूयतां यो विधिः सम्यग्व्रतस्यास्य द्विजर्षभाः । एकादश्यां निराहारः स्थित्वा चैव परेऽहनि
viṣṇuruvāca- śrūyatāṃ yo vidhiḥ samyagvratasyāsya dvijarṣabhāḥ | ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā caiva pare'hani
Viṣṇu said: Let the procedure of this observance be heard rightly, O bulls among the twice-born. On the eleventh, remaining without food, and on the next day (saying):
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PdP 6 45.36
भोक्ष्येऽहं पुंडरीकाक्ष शरणं मे भवाच्युत । इति कृत्वा तु नियमं दंतधावनपूर्वकम्
bhokṣye'haṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇaṃ me bhavācyuta | iti kṛtvā tu niyamaṃ daṃtadhāvanapūrvakam
"I shall eat, O lotus-eyed one; be my refuge, O Acyuta" — having thus made the resolve, beginning with the cleaning of the teeth,
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PdP 6 45.37
नालपेत्पतितांश्चौरांस्तथा पाषंडिनो नरान् । दुर्वृत्तान्भिन्नमर्यादान्गुरुदारप्रधर्षकान्
nālapetpatitāṃścaurāṃstathā pāṣaṃḍino narān | durvṛttānbhinnamaryādāngurudārapradharṣakān
he should not speak with outcasts, thieves, or heretical men, with the ill-behaved, those who have broken the bounds (of propriety), or those who violate the teacher's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.38
अपराह्णे ततः स्नानं विधिना कारयेद्बुधः । नद्यां तडागे कूपे वा गृहे वा नियतात्मवान्
aparāhṇe tataḥ snānaṃ vidhinā kārayedbudhaḥ | nadyāṃ taḍāge kūpe vā gṛhe vā niyatātmavān
Then in the afternoon the wise man should perform the bath according to rule — in a river, in a tank, in a well, or at home, self-restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.39
मृत्तिकालंभनं पूर्वं ततः स्नानं च कारयेत् । अश्वक्रांते रथक्रांते विष्णुक्रांते वसुंधरे
mṛttikālaṃbhanaṃ pūrvaṃ tataḥ snānaṃ ca kārayet | aśvakrāṃte rathakrāṃte viṣṇukrāṃte vasuṃdhare
First he should take up clay, and then perform the bath: "O earth, trodden by horses, trodden by chariots, trodden by Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.40
मृत्तिके हर मे पापं यन्मया दुष्कृतं कृतम्
mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam
O clay, take away my sin, whatever evil deed has been done by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.41
इति मृत्तिकामंत्रः । त्वमंबु सर्वभूतानां जीवनं तनुरक्षकम् । स्वेदजोद्भिज्जजातीनां रसानां पतये नमः
iti mṛttikāmaṃtraḥ | tvamaṃbu sarvabhūtānāṃ jīvanaṃ tanurakṣakam | svedajodbhijjajātīnāṃ rasānāṃ pataye namaḥ
This is the clay-mantra. "You, water, are the life of all beings, the protector of the body; homage to the lord of the saps of the kinds born of sweat and of those that sprout up."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.42
स्नातोऽहं सर्वतीर्थेषु ह्रदप्रस्रवणेषु च । नदीषु देवखातेषु इदं स्नानं तु मे भवेत्
snāto'haṃ sarvatīrtheṣu hradaprasravaṇeṣu ca | nadīṣu devakhāteṣu idaṃ snānaṃ tu me bhavet
"I have bathed in all the sacred fords, in lakes and springs, in rivers and in god-dug pools — may this bath be that for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.43
इति स्नानमंत्रः । जामदग्न्यं मुनिं चैव कारयित्वा हिरण्मयम् । माषकस्य सुवर्णस्य तदर्द्धार्द्धेन वा पुनः
iti snānamaṃtraḥ | jāmadagnyaṃ muniṃ caiva kārayitvā hiraṇmayam | māṣakasya suvarṇasya tadarddhārddhena vā punaḥ
This is the bathing-mantra. Having had (an image of) the sage, the son of Jamadagni, made of gold — of a māṣaka of gold, or again of half or a quarter of that —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.44
गृहमागत्य पूजायाः पूजाहोमं तु कारयेत् । ततश्चामलकीं गच्छेत्सर्वोपस्करसंयुतः
gṛhamāgatya pūjāyāḥ pūjāhomaṃ tu kārayet | tataścāmalakīṃ gacchetsarvopaskarasaṃyutaḥ
having come home he should perform the worship and the oblation of the worship. Then he should go to an āmalakī tree, provided with all the requisites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 45.45
आमलकीं ततो गत्वा परिशोध्य समंततः । स्थापयेत्सततं कुंभमव्रणं मंत्रपूर्वकम्
āmalakīṃ tato gatvā pariśodhya samaṃtataḥ | sthāpayetsatataṃ kuṃbhamavraṇaṃ maṃtrapūrvakam
Then, having gone to the āmalakī tree and cleansed (the place) all around, he should set down there, with mantras, a pot that is unbroken,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.46
पंचरत्नसमोपेतं दिव्यगंधाधिवासितम् । छत्रोपानद्युगोपेतं सितचंदनचर्चितम्
paṃcaratnasamopetaṃ divyagaṃdhādhivāsitam | chatropānadyugopetaṃ sitacaṃdanacarcitam
furnished with the five gems, perfumed with divine scents, provided with a parasol and a pair of sandals, smeared with white sandal-paste,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.47
स्रग्दामलंबितग्रीवं सर्वधूपविधूपितम् । दीपमालाकुलं कुर्यात्सर्वतः सुमनोहरम्
sragdāmalaṃbitagrīvaṃ sarvadhūpavidhūpitam | dīpamālākulaṃ kuryātsarvataḥ sumanoharam
its neck hung with strings of garlands, fumigated with every kind of incense; he should make it crowded with rows of lamps, very lovely on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.48
तस्योपरि न्यसेत्पात्रं दिव्यलाजैः प्रपूरितम् । पात्रोपरि न्यसेद्देवं जामदग्न्यं महाप्रभम्
tasyopari nyasetpātraṃ divyalājaiḥ prapūritam | pātropari nyaseddevaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahāprabham
Upon that (one) should place a vessel filled with fine parched grain; upon the vessel (one) should place the god, the son of Jamadagni, of great splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.49
विशोकाय नमः पादौ जानुनी विश्वरूपिणे । उग्राय च ततोऽप्यूरू कटी दामोदराय च
viśokāya namaḥ pādau jānunī viśvarūpiṇe | ugrāya ca tato'pyūrū kaṭī dāmodarāya ca
"Homage to the Sorrowless One" — (worship) the feet; the knees, "to him whose form is the universe"; then also the thighs, "to the Terrible One"; and the waist, "to Dāmodara."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.50
उदरं पद्मनाभाय उरः श्रीवत्सधारिणे । चक्रिणे वामबाहुं च दक्षिणं गदिने नमः 6.45.
udaraṃ padmanābhāya uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe | cakriṇe vāmabāhuṃ ca dakṣiṇaṃ gadine namaḥ 6.45.
The belly, "to the Lotus-navelled One"; the chest, "to the bearer of the Śrīvatsa"; and the left arm, "to the wielder of the discus"; the right, "homage to the bearer of the mace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.51
वैकुंठाय नमः कंठमास्यं यज्ञमुखाय वै । नासां विशोकनिधये वासुदेवाय चाक्षिणी
vaikuṃṭhāya namaḥ kaṃṭhamāsyaṃ yajñamukhāya vai | nāsāṃ viśokanidhaye vāsudevāya cākṣiṇī
"Homage to Vaikuṇṭha" — the throat; the mouth, "to him whose mouth is the sacrifice"; the nose, "to the treasury of freedom from sorrow"; and the two eyes, "to Vāsudeva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.52
ललाटं वामनायेति रामायेति भ्रुवौ नमः । सर्वात्मने तु तच्छीर्षं नम इत्यभिपूजयेत्
lalāṭaṃ vāmanāyeti rāmāyeti bhruvau namaḥ | sarvātmane tu tacchīrṣaṃ nama ityabhipūjayet
The forehead with "to Vāmana," the two brows with "homage to Rāma"; and the head with "homage to the Self of all" — thus (one) should worship (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.53
इति पूजामंत्रः । ततो देवाधिदेवाय अर्घं चैव प्रदापयेत् । फलेन चैव शुभ्रेण भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा
iti pūjāmaṃtraḥ | tato devādhidevāya arghaṃ caiva pradāpayet | phalena caiva śubhreṇa bhaktiyuktena cetasā
Thus (ends) the worship-mantra. Then (one) should have the arghya offering presented to the God of gods, along with a bright fruit and with a mind full of devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.54
ततो जागरणं कुर्याद्भक्तियुक्तेन चेतसा । नृत्यैर्गीतैश्च वादित्रैर्द्धर्माख्यानैः स्तवैरपि
tato jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādbhaktiyuktena cetasā | nṛtyairgītaiśca vāditrairddharmākhyānaiḥ stavairapi
Then (one) should keep the night vigil with a mind full of devotion, with dances, songs, and instruments, with recitals of dharma and with hymns of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.55
वैष्णवैश्च तथाख्यानैः क्षपयेत्सर्वशर्वरीम् । प्रदक्षिणां ततः कुर्याद्धात्र्या वै विष्णुनामभिः
vaiṣṇavaiśca tathākhyānaiḥ kṣapayetsarvaśarvarīm | pradakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ kuryāddhātryā vai viṣṇunāmabhiḥ
And with Vaiṣṇava tales likewise (one) should pass the whole night; then (one) should make circumambulation of the myrobalan tree with the names of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.56
अष्टाधिकं शतं चैव अष्टाविंशतिरेव वा । ततः प्रभाते समये कृत्वा नीराजनं हरेः
aṣṭādhikaṃ śataṃ caiva aṣṭāviṃśatireva vā | tataḥ prabhāte samaye kṛtvā nīrājanaṃ hareḥ
A hundred and eight (times), or else just twenty-eight; then at dawn, having performed the lamp-waving (nīrājana) of Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.57
ब्राह्मणं पूजयित्वा तु सर्वं तस्मै निवेदयेत् । जामदग्न्य घटे तत्र वस्त्रयुग्ममुपानहौ
brāhmaṇaṃ pūjayitvā tu sarvaṃ tasmai nivedayet | jāmadagnya ghaṭe tatra vastrayugmamupānahau
and having honoured a brahmin, (one) should present everything to him: the pot (dedicated) to the son of Jamadagni there, a pair of garments, sandals —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.58
जामदग्न्यस्वरूपेण प्रीयतां मम केशवः । ततश्चामलकीं स्पृष्ट्वा कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणाम्
jāmadagnyasvarūpeṇa prīyatāṃ mama keśavaḥ | tataścāmalakīṃ spṛṣṭvā kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇām
(saying) "May Keśava, in the form of the son of Jamadagni, be pleased with me." Then, having touched the myrobalan tree and made circumambulation (of it),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.59
स्नानं कृत्वा विधानेन ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः । ततश्च स्वयमश्नीयात्कुटुंबेन समावृतः
snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena brāhmaṇānbhojayettataḥ | tataśca svayamaśnīyātkuṭuṃbena samāvṛtaḥ
having bathed according to the rule, (one) should then feed brahmins; and after that (one) should eat oneself, surrounded by one's family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.60
एवं कृतेन यत्पुण्यं तत्सर्वं कथयामि ते । सर्वतीर्थेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वदानेषु यत्फलम्
evaṃ kṛtena yatpuṇyaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayāmi te | sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadāneṣu yatphalam
The whole merit (that comes) from doing thus I shall tell you: whatever merit (there is) in all the holy fords, whatever fruit in all gifts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.61
सर्वयज्ञाधिकं चैव लभते नात्र संशयः । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं व्रतानामुत्तमं व्रतम्
sarvayajñādhikaṃ caiva labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam
(one) obtains more than (that of) all sacrifices; there is no doubt here. All this has been declared to you, the highest of vows among vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.62
एतावदुक्त्वा देवेशस्तत्रैवांतरधीयत । ते चापि ऋषयः सर्वे चक्रुः सर्वमशेषतः
etāvaduktvā deveśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata | te cāpi ṛṣayaḥ sarve cakruḥ sarvamaśeṣataḥ
Having said just this much, the Lord of gods vanished right there; and all those sages too performed everything without omission.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 45.63
तथा त्वमपि राजेन्द्र कर्तुमर्हसि सत्तम । व्रतमेतद्दुराधर्षं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम्
tathā tvamapi rājendra kartumarhasi sattama | vratametaddurādharṣaṃ sarvapāpapramocanam
So you too, O best of kings, O most excellent one, ought to perform this vow, hard to assail, which releases from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition