Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 55
PdP 6 55.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच। श्रावणस्य सिते पक्षे किं नामैकादशीभवेत् । कथयस्व प्रसादेन ममाग्रे मधुसूदन
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca| śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe kiṃ nāmaikādaśībhavet | kathayasva prasādena mamāgre madhusūdana
Yudhiṣṭhira said: In the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, what would the eleventh day be called? Tell it graciously before me, O Madhusūdana.
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PdP 6 55.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्कथां पापहरां पराम् । यस्याः श्रवणमात्रेण वाजपेयफलं भवेत्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājankathāṃ pāpaharāṃ parām | yasyāḥ śravaṇamātreṇa vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Listen attentively, O king, to a supreme, sin-removing story, by the mere hearing of which the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice comes about.
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PdP 6 55.3
द्वापरस्य युगस्यादौ पुरा माहिष्मती पुरे । राजा महीजिदाख्यातो राज्यं पालयति स्वकम्
dvāparasya yugasyādau purā māhiṣmatī pure | rājā mahījidākhyāto rājyaṃ pālayati svakam
Formerly, at the beginning of the Dvāpara age, in the city of Māhiṣmatī, a king known as Mahījit was guarding his own realm.
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PdP 6 55.4
पुत्रहीनस्य तस्यैव न तद्राज्यं सुखप्रदम् । अपुत्रस्य सुखं नास्ति इहलोके परत्र च
putrahīnasya tasyaiva na tadrājyaṃ sukhapradam | aputrasya sukhaṃ nāsti ihaloke paratra ca
But for him, being without a son, that kingdom gave no happiness; for one without a son there is no happiness, in this world or beyond.
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PdP 6 55.5
चिंतयास्य सुतस्यैवं कालो बहुतरो गतः । न प्राप्तश्च सुतो राज्ञा सर्वसौख्यप्रदो नृणाम्
ciṃtayāsya sutasyaivaṃ kālo bahutaro gataḥ | na prāptaśca suto rājñā sarvasaukhyaprado nṛṇām
Thus with worry over a son much time passed for him, and the king did not obtain a son, the giver of all happiness to men.
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PdP 6 55.6
दृष्ट्वात्मानं प्रवयसं राजा चिंतापरोऽभवत् । तदागतः प्रजामध्ये इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvātmānaṃ pravayasaṃ rājā ciṃtāparo'bhavat | tadāgataḥ prajāmadhye idaṃ vacanamabravīt
Seeing himself advanced in years, the king became given over to worry; then, having come among his subjects, he spoke this speech:
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PdP 6 55.7
इहजन्मनि भो लोका न मया पातकं कृतम् । अन्यायोपार्जितं वित्तं क्षिप्तं कोशे मया न हि
ihajanmani bho lokā na mayā pātakaṃ kṛtam | anyāyopārjitaṃ vittaṃ kṣiptaṃ kośe mayā na hi
"O people, in this birth no sin has been committed by me; wealth gained by injustice has certainly not been put into the treasury by me.
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PdP 6 55.8
ब्रह्मस्वं देवद्रविणं न गृहीतं मया क्वचित् । न्यासापहारो न कृतः परस्य बहुपापदः । पुत्रवत्पालितो लोको धर्मेण विजिता मही
brahmasvaṃ devadraviṇaṃ na gṛhītaṃ mayā kvacit | nyāsāpahāro na kṛtaḥ parasya bahupāpadaḥ | putravatpālito loko dharmeṇa vijitā mahī
Brahmins' property, the wealth of the gods, has never been taken by me anywhere; no seizure of another's deposit, which gives much sin, has been done. The people have been protected like sons, the earth conquered by righteousness.
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PdP 6 55.9
दुष्टेषु पातितो दंडो बंधुपुत्रोपमेष्वपि । शिष्टास्तु पूजिता नित्यं न द्वेष्याश्च मया जनाः
duṣṭeṣu pātito daṃḍo baṃdhuputropameṣvapi | śiṣṭāstu pūjitā nityaṃ na dveṣyāśca mayā janāḥ
Punishment was inflicted upon the wicked, even upon those who were like kinsmen and sons; but the well-behaved were always honoured, and no people were hated by me.
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PdP 6 55.10
इत्येवं ब्रुवतो मार्गं धर्मयुक्तं द्विजोत्तमाः । कस्मान्मम गृहे पुत्रो न जातस्तद्विमृश्यताम्
ityevaṃ bruvato mārgaṃ dharmayuktaṃ dvijottamāḥ | kasmānmama gṛhe putro na jātastadvimṛśyatām
To me who speak thus (of my) path joined with dharma, O best of the twice-born—why has no son been born in my house? Let that be pondered.
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PdP 6 55.11
इति वाक्यं द्विजाः श्रुत्वा सप्रजाः सपुरोहिताः । मंत्रयित्वा नृपहितं जग्मुस्ते गहनं वनम्
iti vākyaṃ dvijāḥ śrutvā saprajāḥ sapurohitāḥ | maṃtrayitvā nṛpahitaṃ jagmuste gahanaṃ vanam
Having heard this speech, the twice-born, together with the subjects and with the family priest, took counsel about the king's welfare and went to a dense forest.
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PdP 6 55.12
इतस्ततश्च पश्यंत आश्रमानृषिसेवितान् । नृपतेर्हितमिच्छंतो ददृशुर्मुनिसत्तमम्
itastataśca paśyaṃta āśramānṛṣisevitān | nṛpaterhitamicchaṃto dadṛśurmunisattamam
And looking here and there at the hermitages frequented by seers, desiring the king's good, they saw the most excellent of sages—
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PdP 6 55.13
तप्यमानं तपो घोरं निरालंबं निरामयम् । निराहारं जितात्मानं जितक्रोधं सनातनम्
tapyamānaṃ tapo ghoraṃ nirālaṃbaṃ nirāmayam | nirāhāraṃ jitātmānaṃ jitakrodhaṃ sanātanam
—practising fierce austerity, without support, free of disease, without food, self-conquered, having conquered anger, everlasting;
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PdP 6 55.14
लोमशं धर्मतत्वज्ञं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । दीर्घायुषं महात्मानं सकेशं ब्रह्मसंमितम्
lomaśaṃ dharmatatvajñaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam | dīrghāyuṣaṃ mahātmānaṃ sakeśaṃ brahmasaṃmitam
Lomaśa, knower of the truth of dharma, skilled in all the scriptures, long-lived, great of soul, with (all his) hair, equal to Brahmā.
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PdP 6 55.15
कल्पेकल्पे गते तस्य एकं लोम विशीर्यते । अतो लोमशनामायं त्रिकालज्ञो महामुनिः
kalpekalpe gate tasya ekaṃ loma viśīryate | ato lomaśanāmāyaṃ trikālajño mahāmuniḥ
When each kalpa has passed, one hair of his falls away; hence this great sage, knower of the three times, has the name Lomaśa.
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PdP 6 55.16
तं दृष्ट्वा हर्षिताः सर्वे आजग्मुस्तस्य सन्निधिम् । यथान्यायं यथार्हं ते नमश्चक्रुर्यथोदितम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣitāḥ sarve ājagmustasya sannidhim | yathānyāyaṃ yathārhaṃ te namaścakruryathoditam
Seeing him, all delighted, they came into his presence, and made obeisance to him according to rule, as was fitting, as prescribed.
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PdP 6 55.17
विनयावनताः सर्वे ऊचुस्ते च परस्परम् । अस्मद्भाग्यवशादेव प्राप्तोऽयं मुनिसत्तमः । तास्तथा स प्रजा वीक्ष्य उवाच ऋषिसत्तमः
vinayāvanatāḥ sarve ūcuste ca parasparam | asmadbhāgyavaśādeva prāpto'yaṃ munisattamaḥ | tāstathā sa prajā vīkṣya uvāca ṛṣisattamaḥ
All bowed down in humility, and they said to one another: "Only by the force of our good fortune has this best of sages been found." Seeing those subjects thus, the most excellent of seers spoke.
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PdP 6 55.18
लोमश उवाच- किमर्थमिह संप्राप्तः कथयध्वं सकारणम् । दर्शनाद्धृष्टमनसः स्तुवंतश्चैव मां किमु
lomaśa uvāca- kimarthamiha saṃprāptaḥ kathayadhvaṃ sakāraṇam | darśanāddhṛṣṭamanasaḥ stuvaṃtaścaiva māṃ kimu
Lomaśa said: For what purpose have you come here? Tell (me), with the reason. Why are you glad-minded at the sight (of me) and praising me?
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PdP 6 55.19
असंशयं करिष्यामि भवतां यद्धितं भवेत् । परोपकृतये जन्म मादृशानां न संशयः
asaṃśayaṃ kariṣyāmi bhavatāṃ yaddhitaṃ bhavet | paropakṛtaye janma mādṛśānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Without doubt I shall do whatever may be for your good; the birth of ones like me is for the benefit of others—there is no doubt.
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PdP 6 55.20
जना ऊचुः - श्रूयतामभिधास्यामो वयं स्वागमकारणम् । संशयच्छेदनार्थाय तव सान्निध्यमागताः
janā ūcuḥ - śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmo vayaṃ svāgamakāraṇam | saṃśayacchedanārthāya tava sānnidhyamāgatāḥ
The people said: Let it be heard—we shall state the reason for our own coming. We have come into your presence for the sake of cutting off (our) doubt.
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PdP 6 55.21
पद्मयोनेः परतरस्त्वत्तः श्रेष्ठो न विद्यते । अतः कार्यवशात्प्राप्ताः समीपं भवतो वयम्
padmayoneḥ paratarastvattaḥ śreṣṭho na vidyate | ataḥ kāryavaśātprāptāḥ samīpaṃ bhavato vayam
There is none higher than the Lotus-born, none better than you; hence we have come near to you by force of a matter (to be done).
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PdP 6 55.22
महीजिन्नाम राजासौ पुत्रहीनोऽस्ति सांप्रतम् । वयं तस्य प्रजा ब्रह्मन्पुत्रवत्तेन पालिताः
mahījinnāma rājāsau putrahīno'sti sāṃpratam | vayaṃ tasya prajā brahmanputravattena pālitāḥ
That king named Mahījit is at present without a son; we are his subjects, O brahmin, protected by him like sons.
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PdP 6 55.23
तं पुत्ररहितं दृष्ट्वा तस्य दुःखेन दुःखिताः । तपः कर्तुमिहायाता मतिं कृत्वा तु नैष्ठिकीम्
taṃ putrarahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ | tapaḥ kartumihāyātā matiṃ kṛtvā tu naiṣṭhikīm
Seeing him without a son, pained by his pain, we have come here to perform austerity, having made a resolve that is final.
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PdP 6 55.24
तस्य भाग्येन दृष्टोऽसि ह्यस्माभिस्त्वं द्विजोत्तम । महतां दर्शनेनैव कार्यसिद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
tasya bhāgyena dṛṣṭo'si hyasmābhistvaṃ dvijottama | mahatāṃ darśanenaiva kāryasiddhirbhavennṛṇām
By his good fortune indeed you have been seen by us, O best of the twice-born; by the very sight of the great, men's purpose is accomplished.
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PdP 6 55.25
उपदेशं वद मुने राज्ञः पुत्रो यथा भवेत् । इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा मुहूर्त्तं ध्यानमास्थितः । प्रत्युवाच मुनिर्ज्ञात्वा तस्य जन्म पुरातनम्
upadeśaṃ vada mune rājñaḥ putro yathā bhavet | iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā muhūrttaṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ | pratyuvāca munirjñātvā tasya janma purātanam
"Give instruction, O sage, as to how the king may have a son." Having heard their words, he remained in meditation for a moment; and the sage, having come to know his former birth, replied.
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PdP 6 55.26
लोमश उवाच- पुरा जन्मनि वैश्योऽयं धनहीनो नृशंसकृत् । वाणिज्यकर्मनिरतो ग्रामाद्ग्रामांतरं भ्रमन्
lomaśa uvāca- purā janmani vaiśyo'yaṃ dhanahīno nṛśaṃsakṛt | vāṇijyakarmanirato grāmādgrāmāṃtaraṃ bhraman
Lomaśa said: In a former birth this man was a vaiśya, destitute of wealth, a doer of cruel deeds, engaged in the business of trade, wandering from village to village.
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PdP 6 55.27
ज्येष्ठे मासि सिते पक्षे दशमी दिवसे तथा । मध्यगे द्युमणौ प्राप्ते ग्रामसीम्नि जलाशयम्
jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe daśamī divase tathā | madhyage dyumaṇau prāpte grāmasīmni jalāśayam
In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the day of the tenth, when the sun had reached mid-heaven, (he came upon) a pool of water at the village boundary.
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PdP 6 55.28
कूपिकां सजलां दृष्ट्वा जलपाने मनोदधे । सद्यस्ततः सवत्सा च धेनुस्तत्र समागता
kūpikāṃ sajalāṃ dṛṣṭvā jalapāne manodadhe | sadyastataḥ savatsā ca dhenustatra samāgatā
Seeing a small well full of water, he set his mind on drinking water; and at once a cow with her calf came there.
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PdP 6 55.29
तृष्णातुरा निदाघार्ता तस्यामंबुपपौ तु सा । पिबंतीं वारयित्वा तामसौ तोयं पपौ स्वयम्
tṛṣṇāturā nidāghārtā tasyāmaṃbupapau tu sā | pibaṃtīṃ vārayitvā tāmasau toyaṃ papau svayam
Tormented by thirst and afflicted by the summer heat, she drank the water there; but he, having stopped her as she was drinking, drank the water himself.
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PdP 6 55.30
कर्मणा तेन पापेन पुत्रहीनो नृपो भवेत् । कस्यापि जन्मनः पुण्यात्प्राप्तं राज्यमकंटकम्
karmaṇā tena pāpena putrahīno nṛpo bhavet | kasyāpi janmanaḥ puṇyātprāptaṃ rājyamakaṃṭakam
By that sinful act the king came to be without a son; through the merit of some (former) birth he had obtained a kingdom free of thorns.
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PdP 6 55.31
लोका ऊचुः - पुण्यात्पापं क्षयं याति पुराणे श्रूयते मुने । पुण्योपदेशं कथय येन पापक्षयो भवेत् । यथा भवत्प्रसादेन पुत्रो भवति भूपतेः
lokā ūcuḥ - puṇyātpāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti purāṇe śrūyate mune | puṇyopadeśaṃ kathaya yena pāpakṣayo bhavet | yathā bhavatprasādena putro bhavati bhūpateḥ
The people said: It is heard in the Purāṇa, O sage, that sin is destroyed by merit. Tell (us) an instruction on merit by which the destruction of sin may come about, so that by your grace the king may have a son.
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PdP 6 55.32
लोमश उवाच- श्रावणे शुक्लपक्षे तु पुत्रदा नाम विश्रुता । एकादशी वांच्छितदा कुरुध्वं तद्व्रतं जनाः
lomaśa uvāca- śrāvaṇe śuklapakṣe tu putradā nāma viśrutā | ekādaśī vāṃcchitadā kurudhvaṃ tadvrataṃ janāḥ
Lomaśa said: In the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa there is the well-known (eleventh day) called Putradā; that eleventh day grants what is wished for—perform that vow, O people.
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PdP 6 55.33
इति श्रुत्वा नमस्कृत्य मुनिमेत्य पुरं व्रतम् । यथाविधियथान्यायं कृतं तैर्जागरान्वितम्
iti śrutvā namaskṛtya munimetya puraṃ vratam | yathāvidhiyathānyāyaṃ kṛtaṃ tairjāgarānvitam
Having heard this and having bowed to the sage, they went to the city and performed the vow according to rule and according to propriety, together with the night-vigil.
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PdP 6 55.34
तस्य पुण्यं सुविमलं दत्तं नृपतये जनैः । दत्ते पुण्येऽथ सा राज्ञी गर्भमाधत्त शोभनम्
tasya puṇyaṃ suvimalaṃ dattaṃ nṛpataye janaiḥ | datte puṇye'tha sā rājñī garbhamādhatta śobhanam
That very pure merit of it was given to the king by the people; and when the merit had been given, the queen conceived a fine embryo.
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PdP 6 55.35
प्राप्तो प्रसवकाले सा सुषुवे पुत्रमूर्जितम् । श्रावणस्य सिते पक्षे कर्कटस्थे दिवाकरे
prāpto prasavakāle sā suṣuve putramūrjitam | śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe karkaṭasthe divākare
When the time of delivery arrived, she bore a vigorous son, in the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, while the sun stood in Cancer.
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PdP 6 55.36
द्वादश्यां वासुदेवाय पवित्रारोपणं स्मृतम् । हेम रौप्य ताम्र क्षौमैः सूत्रैः कौशेयपद्मजैः
dvādaśyāṃ vāsudevāya pavitrāropaṇaṃ smṛtam | hema raupya tāmra kṣaumaiḥ sūtraiḥ kauśeyapadmajaiḥ
On the twelfth day the offering of the sacred thread to Vāsudeva is enjoined—with (threads) of gold, silver, copper, linen, and with threads of silk and of lotus (fibre),
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PdP 6 55.37
कुशैः काशैश्च कार्पासैर्ब्राह्मण्या कर्तितैः शुभैः । स्नात्वा त्रिगुणितं सूत्रं त्रिगुणीकृत्य शोधयेत्
kuśaiḥ kāśaiśca kārpāsairbrāhmaṇyā kartitaiḥ śubhaiḥ | snātvā triguṇitaṃ sūtraṃ triguṇīkṛtya śodhayet
with kuśa and kāśa grass and cotton, spun by a brāhmaṇa woman, auspicious ones; having bathed, one should purify the thread tripled, making it threefold.
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PdP 6 55.38
गोदोहांतरिते काले पूर्वेद्युरधिवासनम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कृत्य गुरुपादौ प्रणम्य च
godohāṃtarite kāle pūrvedyuradhivāsanam | brāhmaṇebhyo namaskṛtya gurupādau praṇamya ca
At the time measured by the milking of a cow, on the previous day, the consecration-ritual (is to be done); having bowed to the brāhmaṇas and having saluted the teacher's feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 55.39
गीतमंगलनिर्घोषः कुर्याज्जागरणं ततः । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्या भिल्लाः शूद्रास्तथैव च
gītamaṃgalanirghoṣaḥ kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ | brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyā bhillāḥ śūdrāstathaiva ca
with the sound of songs and auspicious cries one should then keep the vigil. Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, Bhillas, and śūdras likewise—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.40
स्वधर्मावस्थिताः सर्वे भक्त्या कुर्युः पवित्रकम् । ततः पवित्रं गुरवे दद्याद्वै विधिपूर्वकम्
svadharmāvasthitāḥ sarve bhaktyā kuryuḥ pavitrakam | tataḥ pavitraṃ gurave dadyādvai vidhipūrvakam
all, remaining in their own duties, should make the sacred thread with devotion; then one should give the thread to the teacher in accordance with the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.41
ब्राह्मणान्वैष्णवांश्चैव गंधपुष्पादिनार्चयेत् । अतो देवेति मंत्रेण द्विजो विष्णौ निवेदयेत्
brāhmaṇānvaiṣṇavāṃścaiva gaṃdhapuṣpādinārcayet | ato deveti maṃtreṇa dvijo viṣṇau nivedayet
One should honour brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas with perfume, flowers and the rest; with the mantra beginning 'ato deva...' a twice-born should present (it) to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.42
शूद्रस्तु मूलमंत्रेण यथा विष्णौ तथा शिवे । वर्षेवर्षे प्रकर्त्तव्यं पवित्रारोपणं नरैः
śūdrastu mūlamaṃtreṇa yathā viṣṇau tathā śive | varṣevarṣe prakarttavyaṃ pavitrāropaṇaṃ naraiḥ
But a śūdra (should do it) with the root-mantra; as with Viṣṇu, so with Śiva. Year by year the offering of the sacred thread should be performed by men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.43
भुक्तिं मुक्तिं च इच्छद्भिः संसारे शोकसागरे । न करोति विधानेन पवित्रारोपणं तु यः
bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca icchadbhiḥ saṃsāre śokasāgare | na karoti vidhānena pavitrāropaṇaṃ tu yaḥ
by those who desire enjoyment and liberation (while) in the ocean of sorrow that is saṃsāra. But he who does not perform the offering of the sacred thread according to the prescription—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.44
तस्य सांवत्सरी पूजा निष्फला वैष्णवस्य तु । श्रुत्वा माहात्म्यमेतस्या नरः पापात्प्रमुच्यते । इह पुत्रसुखं प्राप्य परत्र स्वर्गतिं भवेत्
tasya sāṃvatsarī pūjā niṣphalā vaiṣṇavasya tu | śrutvā māhātmyametasyā naraḥ pāpātpramucyate | iha putrasukhaṃ prāpya paratra svargatiṃ bhavet
his year-long worship, though he be a Vaiṣṇava, is fruitless. Having heard the greatness of this (eleventh day), a man is released from sin; here he obtains the happiness of a son, and hereafter he attains the way to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 6 55.55
यामुत्तरखंडे उमापतिनारदसंवादे श्रावणशुक्लापवित्रारोपणी पुत्रदैकादशीनाम पंचपंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
yāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde śrāvaṇaśuklāpavitrāropaṇī putradaikādaśīnāma paṃcapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ
(Thus) in the Yāma (section), in the Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the dialogue of Umā's lord and Nārada, the fifty-fifth chapter, named the Putradā Eleventh of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, on the offering of the sacred thread.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition