Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 89
PdP 6 89.1
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- ततो गुणवती श्रुत्वा रक्षसा निहतावुभौ । पितृभर्तजदुःखार्त्ता करुणं पर्यदेवयत्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- tato guṇavatī śrutvā rakṣasā nihatāvubhau | pitṛbhartajaduḥkhārttā karuṇaṃ paryadevayat
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Then Guṇavatī, hearing that both had been slain by the demon, stricken with grief for her father and her husband, lamented pitifully.
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PdP 6 89.2
गुणवत्युवाच- हा नाथ हा पितस्त्यक्त्वा गच्छतं क्व मया विना । बालाहं किं करोम्यद्य ह्यनाथा भवता विना
guṇavatyuvāca- hā nātha hā pitastyaktvā gacchataṃ kva mayā vinā | bālāhaṃ kiṃ karomyadya hyanāthā bhavatā vinā
Guṇavatī said: Alas, husband! Alas, father! Where do you two go, abandoning me, without me? I am a girl—what shall I do now, being without protector, without you?
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PdP 6 89.3
को नु मामास्थितां गेहे भोजनाच्छादनादिभिः । अकिंचित्कुशलां स्नेहात्पालयिष्यति दुःखिताम्
ko nu māmāsthitāṃ gehe bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ | akiṃcitkuśalāṃ snehātpālayiṣyati duḥkhitām
Who now, out of affection, will maintain me—unhappy, helpless in everything—as I remain in the house, with food, clothing and the rest?
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PdP 6 89.4
हतभाग्या गतसुखा हतेशा हतजीविता । शरणं कं व्रजाम्यद्य त्वन्नाथा बतबालिशा
hatabhāgyā gatasukhā hateśā hatajīvitā | śaraṇaṃ kaṃ vrajāmyadya tvannāthā batabāliśā
My fortune destroyed, my happiness gone, my lord destroyed, my life destroyed—whose shelter shall I go to now, ah, foolish girl that I am, with you as my (only) protector?
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PdP 6 89.5
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- एवं बहुविलप्याथ कुररीव भृशातुरा । पपात भूमौ विकला रंभा वातहता यथा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- evaṃ bahuvilapyātha kurarīva bhṛśāturā | papāta bhūmau vikalā raṃbhā vātahatā yathā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having thus lamented much, exceedingly stricken like an osprey, she fell to the ground, undone, like a plantain struck by the wind.
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PdP 6 89.6
चिरादाश्वस्य सा भूमौ विलप्य करुणं बहु । निमग्ना दुःखजलधौ शोकार्त्ता समवर्त्तत
cirādāśvasya sā bhūmau vilapya karuṇaṃ bahu | nimagnā duḥkhajaladhau śokārttā samavarttata
After a long while, having recovered on the ground and lamented pitifully at length, she became sunk in an ocean of sorrow, afflicted with grief.
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PdP 6 89.7
साग्रहोपस्करान्सर्वान्विक्रीय शुभकर्मकृत् । तयोश्चक्रे यथाशक्ति पारलौकिक सत्क्रियाम्
sāgrahopaskarānsarvānvikrīya śubhakarmakṛt | tayoścakre yathāśakti pāralaukika satkriyām
Selling all the household goods and implements, she, a doer of auspicious deeds, performed for the two of them, as far as she was able, the proper rites for the other world.
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PdP 6 89.8
तस्मिन्नेव पुरे वासं चक्रे प्रभृतिजीवितम् । विष्णुभक्तिपरा शांता सत्यशौचा जितेंद्रिया
tasminneva pure vāsaṃ cakre prabhṛtijīvitam | viṣṇubhaktiparā śāṃtā satyaśaucā jiteṃdriyā
In that very city she made her dwelling, living on what she had, devoted to Viṣṇu-bhakti, tranquil, truthful and pure, her senses subdued.
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PdP 6 89.9
व्रतद्वयं तया सम्यगाजन्म मरणात्कृतम् । एकादशीव्रतं सम्यक्सेवनं कार्त्तिकस्य च
vratadvayaṃ tayā samyagājanma maraṇātkṛtam | ekādaśīvrataṃ samyaksevanaṃ kārttikasya ca
Two observances were duly performed by her from birth until death: the Ekādaśī vow, and the proper service of (the month of) Kārttika.
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PdP 6 89.10
एतद्व्रतद्वयं कांते ममातीव प्रियंकरम् । भुक्तिमुक्तिकरं सम्यक्पुत्रसंपत्तिकारकम्
etadvratadvayaṃ kāṃte mamātīva priyaṃkaram | bhuktimuktikaraṃ samyakputrasaṃpattikārakam
These two observances, my dear, are exceedingly pleasing to me; they duly bring enjoyment and liberation, and bestow sons and wealth.
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PdP 6 89.11
कार्तिके मासि ये नित्यं तुलासंस्थे दिवाकरे । प्रातः स्नास्यंति ते मुक्ता महापातकिनोऽपि च
kārtike māsi ye nityaṃ tulāsaṃsthe divākare | prātaḥ snāsyaṃti te muktā mahāpātakino'pi ca
Those who in the month of Kārttika, when the sun stands in Libra, bathe daily at dawn—they are released, even great sinners.
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PdP 6 89.12
संमार्जनं गृहे विष्णोः स्वस्तिकादि निवेदनम् । विष्णुपूजां प्रकुर्वंति जीवन्मुक्ताश्च ते नराः
saṃmārjanaṃ gṛhe viṣṇoḥ svastikādi nivedanam | viṣṇupūjāṃ prakurvaṃti jīvanmuktāśca te narāḥ
Those men who perform the sweeping of Viṣṇu's house, the offering of svastikas and the like, and the worship of Viṣṇu—they are liberated while living.
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PdP 6 89.13
स्नानं जागरणं दीपं तुलसीवनसेवनम् । कार्त्तिके ये प्रकुर्वंति ते नरा विष्णुमूर्त्तयः
snānaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ dīpaṃ tulasīvanasevanam | kārttike ye prakurvaṃti te narā viṣṇumūrttayaḥ
Those men who in Kārttika perform bathing, night-vigil, the (offering of a) lamp, and the tending of a tulasī grove—those men are embodiments of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 89.14
इत्थं दिनत्रयमपि कार्तिके ये प्रकुर्वते । देवानामपि ते वंद्याः किं यैराजन्मतः कृतम्
itthaṃ dinatrayamapi kārtike ye prakurvate | devānāmapi te vaṃdyāḥ kiṃ yairājanmataḥ kṛtam
Those who do this in Kārttika even for three days are to be revered even by the gods—what then of those by whom it has been done from birth?
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PdP 6 89.15
इत्थं गुणवती सम्यक्प्रत्यब्दं प्रतिनीयते । नित्यं विष्णोः परिकरे भक्ता तत्परमानसा
itthaṃ guṇavatī samyakpratyabdaṃ pratinīyate | nityaṃ viṣṇoḥ parikare bhaktā tatparamānasā
Thus Guṇavatī properly passed each year, ever devoted, among the attendants of Viṣṇu, her mind fixed on him.
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PdP 6 89.16
कदाचिज्जरसा साथ कृशांगी ज्वरपीडिता । स्नातुं गंगां गता कांते कथंचिच्छनकैस्तथा
kadācijjarasā sātha kṛśāṃgī jvarapīḍitā | snātuṃ gaṃgāṃ gatā kāṃte kathaṃcicchanakaistathā
Once, her limbs wasted by old age and afflicted with fever, she went, my dear, somehow and slowly, to the Gaṅgā to bathe.
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PdP 6 89.17
यावज्जलांतरगता कंपिता शीतपीडिता । तावत्सा विह्वला पश्यद्विमानं प्राप्तमंबरात्
yāvajjalāṃtaragatā kaṃpitā śītapīḍitā | tāvatsā vihvalā paśyadvimānaṃ prāptamaṃbarāt
As soon as she had entered the water, trembling and tormented by the cold, then she, overcome, saw a celestial chariot arrived from the sky.
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PdP 6 89.18
शंखचक्रगदापद्महस्तैरासन्नमंबरात् । विष्णुरूपधरैः सम्यग्वैनतेयध्वजांकितैः
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmahastairāsannamaṃbarāt | viṣṇurūpadharaiḥ samyagvainateyadhvajāṃkitaiḥ
(It had) come near from the sky, with (attendants) holding conch, discus, mace and lotus in their hands, bearing the form of Viṣṇu, duly marked with the banner of Garuḍa.
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PdP 6 89.19
आरोहयन्विमानं तमप्सरोगणसेवितम् । चामरैर्वीज्यमानां तां वैकुंठमनयन्गणाः
ārohayanvimānaṃ tamapsarogaṇasevitam | cāmarairvījyamānāṃ tāṃ vaikuṃṭhamanayangaṇāḥ
The attendants made (her) mount that chariot, which was served by hosts of apsarases, and, as she was fanned with cāmaras, they led her to Vaikuṇṭha.
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PdP 6 89.20
अथ सा तद्विमानस्था ज्वलदग्निशिखोपमा । कार्त्तिकव्रतपुण्येन मत्सान्निध्यगताभवत्
atha sā tadvimānasthā jvaladagniśikhopamā | kārttikavratapuṇyena matsānnidhyagatābhavat
Then she, seated in that chariot, resembling a blazing tongue of fire, came into my presence by the merit of the Kārttika observance.
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PdP 6 89.21
अथ ब्रह्मादिदेवानां यथा प्रार्थनया भुवम् । आगच्छता गणाः सर्वे यातास्तेऽपि मया सह
atha brahmādidevānāṃ yathā prārthanayā bhuvam | āgacchatā gaṇāḥ sarve yātāste'pi mayā saha
Then, as I came to the earth at the request of Brahmā and the other gods, all (my) attendant hosts came along with me.
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PdP 6 89.22
एतेपि यादवाः सर्वे मद्गणा एव भामिनि । पिता ते देवशर्माभूत्सत्राजिदधिपो ह्ययम्
etepi yādavāḥ sarve madgaṇā eva bhāmini | pitā te devaśarmābhūtsatrājidadhipo hyayam
All these Yādavas too are none other than my own attendants, O beautiful one. Your father was Devaśarman; he is now this king Satrājit.
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PdP 6 89.23
यश्चंद्रशर्मा सोऽक्रूरस्त्वं सा गुणवती शुभे । कार्त्तिकव्रतपुण्येन बहुमत्प्रीतिवर्द्धनी
yaścaṃdraśarmā so'krūrastvaṃ sā guṇavatī śubhe | kārttikavratapuṇyena bahumatprītivarddhanī
He who was Candraśarman is Akrūra; you, auspicious one, were that Guṇavatī, who by the merit of the Kārttika observance has become one who greatly increases my love.
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PdP 6 89.24
मम द्वारे त्वया पूर्वं तुलसीवाटिका कृता । तस्मादयं कल्पवृक्षस्तवांगणतः शुभे
mama dvāre tvayā pūrvaṃ tulasīvāṭikā kṛtā | tasmādayaṃ kalpavṛkṣastavāṃgaṇataḥ śubhe
Formerly you made a tulasī garden at my door; therefore this wish-granting tree (stands) in your courtyard, auspicious one.
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PdP 6 89.25
कार्तिके दीपमानं च यत्त्वया तु कृतं पुरा । त्वद्देहगेहसंस्थेयं तस्माल्लक्ष्मी स्थिराभवत्
kārtike dīpamānaṃ ca yattvayā tu kṛtaṃ purā | tvaddehagehasaṃstheyaṃ tasmāllakṣmī sthirābhavat
And the lamp-offering that you formerly made in Kārttika—because of that Lakṣmī has become permanently established in your body and your house.
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PdP 6 89.26
यच्च व्रतादिकं सर्वं विष्णवे भर्तृरूपिणे । निवेदितवती तस्मान्मम भार्यात्वमागता
yacca vratādikaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇave bhartṛrūpiṇe | niveditavatī tasmānmama bhāryātvamāgatā
And because you offered all the observances and the rest to Viṣṇu in the form of your husband, therefore you have attained the state of being my wife.
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PdP 6 89.27
आजन्ममरणात्पूर्वं कार्त्तिके यद्व्रतं कृतम् । कदाचिदपि तेनैव मद्वियोगं न पश्यसि
ājanmamaraṇātpūrvaṃ kārttike yadvrataṃ kṛtam | kadācidapi tenaiva madviyogaṃ na paśyasi
By that very observance performed in Kārttika from birth until before death, you shall never at any time experience separation from me.
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PdP 6 89.28
एवं ये कार्त्तिके मासि नरा व्रतपरायणाः । मत्सान्निध्यं गतास्तेऽपि प्रीतिदा त्वं यथा मम
evaṃ ye kārttike māsi narā vrataparāyaṇāḥ | matsānnidhyaṃ gatāste'pi prītidā tvaṃ yathā mama
Thus, those people who in the month of Kārttika are devoted to the observance—they too come into my presence, giving (me) delight, as you do to me.
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PdP 6 89.29
यज्ञदानव्रततपः कारिणो मानवाः खलु । कार्त्तिकव्रतपुण्यस्य नाप्नुवंति कलामपि
yajñadānavratatapaḥ kāriṇo mānavāḥ khalu | kārttikavratapuṇyasya nāpnuvaṃti kalāmapi
Indeed, people who perform sacrifice, giving, observances and austerities do not attain even a fraction of the merit of the Kārttika observance.
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PdP 6 89.30
इत्थं निशम्य भुवनाधिपतेस्तदानीं प्राक्पुण्यजन्मभव वैभव जातहर्षा । विश्वेश्वरं त्रिभुवनैकनिदानभूतं कृष्णंप्रणम्य वचनं निजगाद सत्या
itthaṃ niśamya bhuvanādhipatestadānīṃ prākpuṇyajanmabhava vaibhava jātaharṣā | viśveśvaraṃ tribhuvanaikanidānabhūtaṃ kṛṣṇaṃpraṇamya vacanaṃ nijagāda satyā
Having thus heard (the words) of the lord of the world, Satyā then, joy having arisen in her at the glory of her birth (which came) from former merit, bowed to Kṛṣṇa, the lord of the universe, the one sole cause of the three worlds, and spoke these words:
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