Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 72
PdP 6 72.1
श्रीमहादेव उवाच- ब्राह्मणा वा क्षत्रिया वा वैश्या वा गिरिकन्यके । शूद्रा वाथ विशेषेण पठंत्यनुदिनं यदि
śrīmahādeva uvāca- brāhmaṇā vā kṣatriyā vā vaiśyā vā girikanyake | śūdrā vātha viśeṣeṇa paṭhaṃtyanudinaṃ yadi
Śrī Mahādeva said: Whether brahmins, or kṣatriyas, or vaiśyas, O daughter of the mountain, or śūdras — if they recite it every day with special care,
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PdP 6 72.2
धनधान्यसमायुक्ता यांति विष्णोः परं पदम् । श्लोकं वा श्लोकमर्द्धं वा पादं पादार्द्धमेव वा
dhanadhānyasamāyuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | ślokaṃ vā ślokamarddhaṃ vā pādaṃ pādārddhameva vā
they, endowed with wealth and grain, go to Viṣṇu's supreme abode — whether a whole verse, or half a verse, or a quarter, or even half a quarter.
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PdP 6 72.3
पठनान्मोक्षमाप्नोति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । विन्यासेन युतं देवि विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम्
paṭhanānmokṣamāpnoti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | vinyāsena yutaṃ devi viṣṇornāmasahasrakam
By reciting it one obtains liberation lasting until the dissolution of beings. This thousand of Viṣṇu's names, joined with its (ritual) placement, O goddess —
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PdP 6 72.4
ये पठंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते यांति पदमव्ययम् । एककालं द्विकालं वा त्रिकालं वाथ यः पठेत्
ye paṭhaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste yāṃti padamavyayam | ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ vātha yaḥ paṭhet
those best of men who recite it go to the imperishable state. And whoever recites it once, or twice, or three times a day —
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PdP 6 72.5
धनायुर्वर्धते तस्य यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । पुत्रान्पौत्रांस्तथालक्ष्मी संपदं विपुलां लभेत्
dhanāyurvardhate tasya yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa | putrānpautrāṃstathālakṣmī saṃpadaṃ vipulāṃ labhet
his wealth and lifespan increase for as long as the fourteen Indras (endure); he obtains sons, grandsons, and likewise Lakṣmī, and abundant prosperity.
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PdP 6 72.6
किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन भूयो भूयो वरानने । विष्णोर्नामसहस्रं तु परं निर्वाणदायकम्
kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyo bhūyo varānane | viṣṇornāmasahasraṃ tu paraṃ nirvāṇadāyakam
What else is there to say at length, again and again, O fair-faced one? Viṣṇu's thousand names is the supreme giver of extinction (final release).
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PdP 6 72.7
पूजनं प्रथमं तस्य कृतं येन नरेण तु । संपूर्णं पूजिते विष्णौ तस्य पूजा च वार्षिकी
pūjanaṃ prathamaṃ tasya kṛtaṃ yena nareṇa tu | saṃpūrṇaṃ pūjite viṣṇau tasya pūjā ca vārṣikī
By whatever man his worship is first performed, when Viṣṇu has been worshipped completely, his worship (counts as) a whole year's worship.
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PdP 6 72.8
व्यग्रत्वं च न कर्त्तव्यं पठने तु विशेषतः । यदि चेत्क्रियते पाठे ह्यायुर्वित्तं च नश्यति
vyagratvaṃ ca na karttavyaṃ paṭhane tu viśeṣataḥ | yadi cetkriyate pāṭhe hyāyurvittaṃ ca naśyati
And distraction must not be indulged in, especially during the recitation; if it is done during the reading, then lifespan and wealth are destroyed.
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PdP 6 72.9
यावंति भुवि तीर्थानि जंबुद्वीपेषु सर्वदा । तानि तीर्थानि तत्रैव विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम्
yāvaṃti bhuvi tīrthāni jaṃbudvīpeṣu sarvadā | tāni tīrthāni tatraiva viṣṇornāmasahasrakam
However many sacred fords there are on earth, always, throughout the Jambu continents — those sacred fords are right there (where) the thousand names of Viṣṇu is.
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PdP 6 72.10
तत्रैव गंगा यमुना च वेणी गोदावरी तत्र सरस्वती च । सर्वाणि तीर्थानि वसंति तत्र यत्र स्थितं नामसहस्रकं तत्
tatraiva gaṃgā yamunā ca veṇī godāvarī tatra sarasvatī ca | sarvāṇi tīrthāni vasaṃti tatra yatra sthitaṃ nāmasahasrakaṃ tat
There indeed are the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, and the Veṇī, the Godāvarī there, and the Sarasvatī; all sacred fords dwell there, where that thousand of names is present.
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PdP 6 72.11
इदं पवित्रं परमं भक्तानां वल्लभं सदा । ध्येयं हि दासभावेन भक्तिभावेन चेतसा
idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhaktānāṃ vallabhaṃ sadā | dhyeyaṃ hi dāsabhāvena bhaktibhāvena cetasā
This (hymn) is purifying, supreme, ever dear to the devotees; it is indeed to be meditated on in the attitude of a servant, with a mind full of devotion.
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PdP 6 72.12
परं सहस्रनामाख्यं ये पठंति मनीषिणः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास्ते यांति हरिसंनिधौ
paraṃ sahasranāmākhyaṃ ye paṭhaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktāste yāṃti harisaṃnidhau
Those wise men who recite the supreme (hymn) called the Thousand Names, freed from all sins, go into Hari's presence.
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PdP 6 72.13
अरुणोदयकाले तु ये पठंति जपंति च । आयुर्बलं च तेषां श्रीर्वर्द्धते च दिनेदिने
aruṇodayakāle tu ye paṭhaṃti japaṃti ca | āyurbalaṃ ca teṣāṃ śrīrvarddhate ca dinedine
And those who recite and mutter (it) at the hour of dawn — their lifespan, strength and prosperity increase day by day.
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PdP 6 72.14
रात्रौ जागरणे प्राप्ते कलौ भागवतो नरः । पठनान्मुक्तिमाप्नोति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश
rātrau jāgaraṇe prāpte kalau bhāgavato naraḥ | paṭhanānmuktimāpnoti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa
When a night vigil comes round, a man devoted to the Lord in the Kali age obtains, by reciting (this), liberation lasting as long as fourteen Indras.
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PdP 6 72.15
एकैकेन तु नाम्ना वै हरौ तुलसिकारणात् । पूजा सा चैव विज्ञेया कोटियज्ञफलाधिका
ekaikena tu nāmnā vai harau tulasikāraṇāt | pūjā sā caiva vijñeyā koṭiyajñaphalādhikā
But by each single name, through the offering of a tulasī leaf to Hari, that worship is to be known as exceeding the fruit of ten million sacrifices.
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PdP 6 72.16
मार्गे च गच्छमानास्तु ये पठंति द्विजातयः । न दोषा मार्गजास्तेषां भवंति किल पार्वति
mārge ca gacchamānāstu ye paṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ | na doṣā mārgajāsteṣāṃ bhavaṃti kila pārvati
And those twice-born who recite (it) while going along the road — for them no faults arising on the road come about, O Pārvatī.
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PdP 6 72.17
शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं केशवस्य तु । ये शृण्वंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते पुण्याः पुण्यरूपिणः
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ keśavasya tu | ye śṛṇvaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste puṇyāḥ puṇyarūpiṇaḥ
Listen, O Goddess, I shall proclaim the greatness of Keśava; those best of men who hear it are meritorious, the very embodiments of merit.
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