Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 59
PdP 6 59.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- कथयस्व प्रसादेन ममाग्रे मधुसूदन । इषस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु किं नामैकादशीभवेत्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- kathayasva prasādena mamāgre madhusūdana | iṣasya śuklapakṣe tu kiṃ nāmaikādaśībhavet
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Tell me graciously, O Madhusūdana: in the bright fortnight of Iṣa (Āśvina), what is the name of the eleventh day?
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PdP 6 59.2
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- शृणुराजेंद्र वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं पाप नाशनम् । शुक्लपक्षे चाश्विनस्य भवेदेकादशी तु या
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- śṛṇurājeṃdra vakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ pāpa nāśanam | śuklapakṣe cāśvinasya bhavedekādaśī tu yā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hear, king of kings, I shall declare the greatness that destroys sin. As for the eleventh day that falls in the bright fortnight of Āśvina —
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PdP 6 59.3
पापांकुशेति विख्याता सर्वपापहरा परा । पद्मनाभाभिधानं मां पूजयेत्तत्र मानवः
pāpāṃkuśeti vikhyātā sarvapāpaharā parā | padmanābhābhidhānaṃ māṃ pūjayettatra mānavaḥ
(That eleventh day) is renowned as "Pāpāṅkuśā" (the goad of sins), supreme, removing all sins. On it a man should worship me under the name Padmanābha.
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PdP 6 59.4
सर्वाभीष्ट फलं प्राप्तौ स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदं नृणाम् । तपस्तप्त्वा पुनस्तीव्रं चिरं सुनियतेन्द्रियः
sarvābhīṣṭa phalaṃ prāptau svargamokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām | tapastaptvā punastīvraṃ ciraṃ suniyatendriyaḥ
(It brings) the fruit of every wish, granting heaven and liberation to men. Having practiced fierce austerity again, for a long time, with senses well restrained—
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PdP 6 59.5
यत्फलं समवाप्नोति तन्न त्वा गरुडध्वजम् । कृत्वापि बहुशःपापं नरो मोह समन्वितः
yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tanna tvā garuḍadhvajam | kṛtvāpi bahuśaḥpāpaṃ naro moha samanvitaḥ
—whatever fruit one obtains, that is not (equal to worshipping) you, the Garuḍa-bannered one. Even a man who has committed many sins, filled with delusion,
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PdP 6 59.6
न याति नरकं नत्वा सर्वपापहरं हरिम् । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च
na yāti narakaṃ natvā sarvapāpaharaṃ harim | pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca
does not go to hell, having bowed to Hari, the remover of all sins. Whatever holy fords and sacred sanctuaries there are on earth—
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PdP 6 59.7
तानि सर्वाण्यवाप्नोति विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्त्तनात् । देवं शार्ङ्गधरं विष्णुं ये प्रपन्ना जनार्दनम्
tāni sarvāṇyavāpnoti viṣṇornāmānukīrttanāt | devaṃ śārṅgadharaṃ viṣṇuṃ ye prapannā janārdanam
all those he obtains through the repeated recitation of Viṣṇu's name. Those who have taken refuge in the god Viṣṇu Janārdana, bearer of the Śārṅga bow—
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PdP 6 59.8
न तेषां यमलोकस्य यातना जायते क्वचित् । उपोष्यैकादशीमेकां प्रसंगेनापि मानवः । न याति यातनां यामीं पापं कृत्वापि दारुणम्
na teṣāṃ yamalokasya yātanā jāyate kvacit | upoṣyaikādaśīmekāṃ prasaṃgenāpi mānavaḥ | na yāti yātanāṃ yāmīṃ pāpaṃ kṛtvāpi dāruṇam
for them the torment of Yama's world never arises anywhere. Having fasted on a single eleventh day, even incidentally, a man does not undergo Yama's torment, even though he has committed a terrible sin.
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PdP 6 59.9
वैष्णवः पुरुषो भूत्वा शिवनिंदां करोति यः । न विंदेद्वैष्णवं लोकं स याति नरकं ध्रुवम्
vaiṣṇavaḥ puruṣo bhūtvā śivaniṃdāṃ karoti yaḥ | na viṃdedvaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam
He who, having become a Vaiṣṇava man, reviles Śiva, would not attain the Vaiṣṇava world; he surely goes to hell.
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PdP 6 59.10
शैवः पाशुपतो भूत्वा विष्णुनिंदां करोति चेत् । रौरवे पच्यते घोरे यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
śaivaḥ pāśupato bhūtvā viṣṇuniṃdāṃ karoti cet | raurave pacyate ghore yāvadindrāścaturdaśa
If one, having become a Śaiva, a Pāśupata, reviles Viṣṇu, he is cooked in the dreadful Raurava hell for as long as fourteen Indras (reign).
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PdP 6 59.11
नेदृशं पावनं किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते । यादृशं पद्मनाभस्य व्रतं पातकनाशनम्
nedṛśaṃ pāvanaṃ kiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate | yādṛśaṃ padmanābhasya vrataṃ pātakanāśanam
There is nothing so purifying in the three worlds as the vow of Padmanābha, which destroys sin.
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PdP 6 59.12
तावत्पापानि देहेऽस्मिन्तिष्ठंति मनुजाधिपम् । यावन्नोपवसेज्जंतुः पद्मनाभदिनं शुभम्
tāvatpāpāni dehe'smintiṣṭhaṃti manujādhipam | yāvannopavasejjaṃtuḥ padmanābhadinaṃ śubham
O lord of men, sins remain in this body just so long as a creature does not fast on the auspicious day of Padmanābha.
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PdP 6 59.13
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च । एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi rājasūyaśatāni ca | ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
A thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred Rājasūyas are not worth a sixteenth part of a fast on the eleventh day.
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PdP 6 59.14
एकादशीसमं किंचिद्व्रतं लोके न विद्यते । व्याजेनापि कृता यैश्च न ते यांति हि भास्करिम्
ekādaśīsamaṃ kiṃcidvrataṃ loke na vidyate | vyājenāpi kṛtā yaiśca na te yāṃti hi bhāskarim
There is no vow in the world equal to the eleventh day; and those by whom it has been kept even on a pretext do not go to the son of the sun (Yama).
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PdP 6 59.15
स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदा ह्येषा शरीरारोग्यदायिनी । कलत्रसुतदा ह्येषा धनमित्रप्रदायिनी
svargamokṣapradā hyeṣā śarīrārogyadāyinī | kalatrasutadā hyeṣā dhanamitrapradāyinī
For this (observance) bestows heaven and liberation, and gives bodily health; it gives wife and sons, and grants wealth and friends.
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PdP 6 59.16
न गंगा न गया राजन्न च काशी च पुष्करम् । न चापि कौरवं क्षेत्रं पुण्यं भूप हरेर्दिनात्
na gaṃgā na gayā rājanna ca kāśī ca puṣkaram | na cāpi kauravaṃ kṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ bhūpa harerdināt
Neither the Ganges, nor Gayā, O king, nor Kāśī, nor Puṣkara, nor even the field of the Kurus is as holy, O lord of the earth, as the day of Hari.
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PdP 6 59.17
रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा समुपोष्य हरेर्दिनम् । अनायासेन भूपाल प्राप्यते वैष्णवं पदम्
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā samupoṣya harerdinam | anāyāsena bhūpāla prāpyate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
By keeping vigil at night and fasting on the day of Hari, O protector of the earth, the state of Viṣṇu is attained without effort.
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PdP 6 59.18
दशैव मातृके पक्षे राजेंद्र दश पैतृके । प्रियाया दशपक्षे तु पुरुषानुद्धरेन्नरः
daśaiva mātṛke pakṣe rājeṃdra daśa paitṛke | priyāyā daśapakṣe tu puruṣānuddharennaraḥ
O lord of kings, a man rescues ten (ancestors) on his mother's side, ten on his father's, and ten on his wife's side.
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PdP 6 59.19
चतुर्भुजा दिव्यरूपा नागारिकृतकेतनाः । स्रग्विणः पीतवस्त्राश्च प्रयांति हरिमंदिरम्
caturbhujā divyarūpā nāgārikṛtaketanāḥ | sragviṇaḥ pītavastrāśca prayāṃti harimaṃdiram
Four-armed, of divine form, with banners marked with the enemy of snakes (Garuḍa), wearing garlands and yellow garments, they proceed to the abode of Hari.
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PdP 6 59.20
बालत्वे यौवनत्वे च वृद्धत्वे च नृपोत्तम । उपोष्यैकादशीं नूनं नैव प्राप्नोति दुर्गतिम्
bālatve yauvanatve ca vṛddhatve ca nṛpottama | upoṣyaikādaśīṃ nūnaṃ naiva prāpnoti durgatim
In childhood, in youth, and in old age, O best of kings, by fasting on the eleventh day one certainly does not come to an evil state.
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PdP 6 59.21
पापांकुशामुपोष्यैव आश्विनस्य सिते नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो हरिलोकं स गच्छति
pāpāṃkuśāmupoṣyaiva āśvinasya site naraḥ | sarvapāpavinirmukto harilokaṃ sa gacchati
Simply by fasting on the Pāpāṅkuśā (eleventh) in the bright fortnight of Āśvina, a man is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Hari.
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PdP 6 59.22
दत्त्वा हेमतिलान्भूमिं गामन्नमुदकं तथा । उपानच्छत्रवस्त्रादीन्न पश्यति यमं नरः
dattvā hematilānbhūmiṃ gāmannamudakaṃ tathā | upānacchatravastrādīnna paśyati yamaṃ naraḥ
Having given gold, sesame, land, a cow, food and water, and also sandals, an umbrella, garments and so forth, a man does not see Yama.
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PdP 6 59.23
यस्य पुण्यविहीनानि दिनान्यायांति यांति च । स लोहकारभस्त्रेव श्वसन्नपि न जीवति
yasya puṇyavihīnāni dinānyāyāṃti yāṃti ca | sa lohakārabhastreva śvasannapi na jīvati
He whose days come and go devoid of merit — like a blacksmith's bellows, though he breathes, he does not live.
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PdP 6 59.24
अवंध्यं दिवसं कुर्याद्दरिद्रोऽपि नृपोत्तम । सदाचरन्यथाशक्ति स्नानदानादिकाः क्रियाः
avaṃdhyaṃ divasaṃ kuryāddaridro'pi nṛpottama | sadācaranyathāśakti snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ
Even a poor man, O best of kings, should make his day not barren, always performing to the best of his ability such acts as bathing and giving.
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PdP 6 59.25
होमस्नानजपध्यानसत्रादिपुण्यकर्मणाम् । कर्त्तारो नैव पश्यंति घोरां तां यमयातनाम्
homasnānajapadhyānasatrādipuṇyakarmaṇām | karttāro naiva paśyaṃti ghorāṃ tāṃ yamayātanām
Those who perform meritorious acts — oblation, bathing, muttered prayer, meditation, sacrificial rites and the rest — do not at all see that dreadful torment of Yama.
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PdP 6 59.26
दीर्घायुषो धनाढ्याश्च कुलीना रोगवर्जिताः । दृश्यंते मानवा लोके पुण्यकर्त्तार ईदृशाः
dīrghāyuṣo dhanāḍhyāśca kulīnā rogavarjitāḥ | dṛśyaṃte mānavā loke puṇyakarttāra īdṛśāḥ
Long-lived, rich in wealth, well-born, free of disease — such men are seen in the world (to be) doers of merit.
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PdP 6 59.27
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन यांत्यधर्मेण दुर्गतिम् । आरोहंति दिवं धर्मैर्नात्रकार्या विचारणा
kimatra bahunoktena yāṃtyadharmeṇa durgatim | ārohaṃti divaṃ dharmairnātrakāryā vicāraṇā
What (need is there) here of much speaking? By unrighteousness (men) go to an evil state; by righteous deeds they ascend to heaven — no deliberation need be made about this.
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PdP 6 59.28
इति ते कथितं राजन्यत्पृष्टोऽहं त्वयानघ । पापांकुशाया माहात्म्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
iti te kathitaṃ rājanyatpṛṣṭo'haṃ tvayānagha | pāpāṃkuśāyā māhātmyaṃ kimanyacchrotumicchasi
Thus, O king, has the greatness of the Pāpāṅkuśā (eleventh day) been told to you, O sinless one, about which you asked me. What else do you wish to hear?
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