Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 93
PdP 6 93.1
नारद उवाच- नाडीद्वयावशिष्टायां रात्रौ गच्छेज्जलाशयम् । तिलगंधाक्षतैः पुष्पैर्दीपाद्यैः सहितः शुचिः
nārada uvāca- nāḍīdvayāvaśiṣṭāyāṃ rātrau gacchejjalāśayam | tilagaṃdhākṣataiḥ puṣpairdīpādyaiḥ sahitaḥ śuciḥ
Nārada said: When only two nāḍīs of the night remain, he should go to a body of water, pure, provided with sesame, sandal paste, unbroken rice, flowers, lamps and the rest.
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PdP 6 93.2
मानुषे देवखाते च नद्यां नद्योश्च संगमे । क्रमाद्दशगुणं स्नानं तीर्थेऽनंतफलं स्मृतम्
mānuṣe devakhāte ca nadyāṃ nadyośca saṃgame | kramāddaśaguṇaṃ snānaṃ tīrthe'naṃtaphalaṃ smṛtam
In a man-made (tank), in one dug by the gods, in a river, and at the confluence of two rivers, bathing is in order tenfold (more meritorious); at a (holy) tīrtha it is held to have endless fruit.
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PdP 6 93.3
विष्णुं स्मृत्वा ततः कुर्यात्संकल्पं सवनस्य तु । तीर्थादिदेवतादिभ्यः क्रमादर्घादि दापयेत्
viṣṇuṃ smṛtvā tataḥ kuryātsaṃkalpaṃ savanasya tu | tīrthādidevatādibhyaḥ kramādarghādi dāpayet
Then, having called Viṣṇu to mind, he should make the formal resolve for the bathing; he should have the water-offering and the rest presented in order to the tīrtha and the deities and the rest.
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PdP 6 93.4
ॐनमः कमलनाभाय नमस्ते जलशायिने । नमस्तेऽस्तु हृषीकेश गृहाणार्घं नमोऽस्तु ते
oṃnamaḥ kamalanābhāya namaste jalaśāyine | namaste'stu hṛṣīkeśa gṛhāṇārghaṃ namo'stu te
Oṃ, homage to the lotus-navelled one; homage to you who lie upon the waters. Homage be to you, Hṛṣīkeśa; accept the water-offering, homage be to you.
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PdP 6 93.5
वैकुंठे च प्रयागे च तथा बदरिकाश्रमे । यतो विष्णुर्विचक्रमे त्रेधा स निदधे पदम्
vaikuṃṭhe ca prayāge ca tathā badarikāśrame | yato viṣṇurvicakrame tredhā sa nidadhe padam
In Vaikuṇṭha, in Prayāga, and likewise in the hermitage of Badarī — since Viṣṇu strode forth, he set down his foot in three (places).
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PdP 6 93.6
अतो देवा मामवंतु यतो विष्णुर्विचक्रमे । तैरेव सहितैः सर्वैर्मुनिदेवसमन्वितैः
ato devā māmavaṃtu yato viṣṇurvicakrame | taireva sahitaiḥ sarvairmunidevasamanvitaiḥ
Therefore may the gods protect me, since Viṣṇu strode forth. Together with all of them, accompanied by the sages and the gods —
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PdP 6 93.7
कार्तिकेऽहं करिष्यामि प्रातःस्नानं सुरोत्तम । प्रीत्यर्थं देवदेवेश दामोदर मया सह
kārtike'haṃ kariṣyāmi prātaḥsnānaṃ surottama | prītyarthaṃ devadeveśa dāmodara mayā saha
— in Kārtika I shall perform the morning bath, O best of the gods, for your pleasure, O lord of the gods of gods, Dāmodara, along with me (?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 6 93.8
ध्यात्वाहं त्वां च देवेश जलेऽस्मिन्स्नातुमुद्यतः । तव प्रसादात्पापं मे दामोदर विनश्यतु
dhyātvāhaṃ tvāṃ ca deveśa jale'sminsnātumudyataḥ | tava prasādātpāpaṃ me dāmodara vinaśyatu
Having meditated on you, O lord of gods, I am ready to bathe in this water; by your grace, Dāmodara, let my sin be destroyed.
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PdP 6 93.9
नित्यनैमित्तिके कृष्णे कार्तिके पापनाशने । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं राधया सहितो हरे
nityanaimittike kṛṣṇe kārtike pāpanāśane | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rādhayā sahito hare
In the regular and occasional (rite), O Kṛṣṇa, in Kārtika which destroys sin — accept the water-offering given by me, O Hari, together with Rādhā.
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PdP 6 93.10
व्रतिना कार्तिके मासि स्नातस्य विधिवन्मम । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं राधया सहितो हरे
vratinā kārtike māsi snātasya vidhivanmama | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ rādhayā sahito hare
Of me, who as an observer of the vow have bathed according to rule in the month of Kārtika, accept the water-offering given by me, O Hari, together with Rādhā.
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PdP 6 93.11
स्मृत्वा भागीरथीं विष्णुं शिवं सूर्यं जले विशेत् । नाभिमात्रे जले तिष्ठन्व्रती स्नायाद्यथाविधि
smṛtvā bhāgīrathīṃ viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ sūryaṃ jale viśet | nābhimātre jale tiṣṭhanvratī snāyādyathāvidhi
Calling to mind Bhāgīrathī, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the Sun, he should enter the water; standing in water navel-deep, the vow-keeper should bathe according to the rule.
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PdP 6 93.12
तिलामलकचूर्णेन गृही स्नानं समाचरेत् । वनस्थानां यतीनां च तुलसीमूलमृत्तिका
tilāmalakacūrṇena gṛhī snānaṃ samācaret | vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ ca tulasīmūlamṛttikā
A householder should perform the bath with powder of sesame and āmalaka; for forest-dwellers and ascetics, (the cleanser is) earth from the root of a tulasī plant.
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PdP 6 93.13
सप्तमी दर्श नवमी द्वितीया दशमीषु च । त्रयोदश्यां च न स्नायाद्धात्रीफल तिलैः सह
saptamī darśa navamī dvitīyā daśamīṣu ca | trayodaśyāṃ ca na snāyāddhātrīphala tilaiḥ saha
On the seventh, the new-moon day, the ninth, the second and the tenth, and on the thirteenth, he should not bathe with āmalaka fruit together with sesame.
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PdP 6 93.14
आदौ कुर्यान्मलस्नानं मंत्रस्नानं ततः परम् । स्त्री शूद्राणां न वेदोक्तैर्मंत्रैस्तेषां पुराणजैः
ādau kuryānmalasnānaṃ maṃtrasnānaṃ tataḥ param | strī śūdrāṇāṃ na vedoktairmaṃtraisteṣāṃ purāṇajaiḥ
First he should do the cleansing bath, and after that the bath with mantras. For women and śūdras (the bath is) not with mantras stated in the Veda; theirs are mantras drawn from the Purāṇas.
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PdP 6 93.15
स्नान मन्त्राः । त्रिधाभूद्देवकार्याय यः पुरा भक्तिभावतः । स विष्णुः सर्वपापघ्नः पुनातु कृपयात्र माम्
snāna mantrāḥ | tridhābhūddevakāryāya yaḥ purā bhaktibhāvataḥ | sa viṣṇuḥ sarvapāpaghnaḥ punātu kṛpayātra mām
The bathing mantras: He who of old became threefold out of a feeling of devotion, for the sake of the gods' business — may that Viṣṇu, slayer of all sins, purify me here out of compassion.
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PdP 6 93.16
विष्णोराज्ञामनुप्राप्य कार्तिकव्रतकारणात् । रक्षंतु देवास्ते सर्वे मां पुनंतु सदैव ते
viṣṇorājñāmanuprāpya kārtikavratakāraṇāt | rakṣaṃtu devāste sarve māṃ punaṃtu sadaiva te
Having obtained Viṣṇu's command, on account of (my) performing the Kārtika vow, may all those gods protect me, and may they ever purify me.
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PdP 6 93.17
वेदमंत्राः सबीजास्तु सरहस्याः सवीर्यकाः । कश्यपाद्याश्च मुनयो मां पुनंतु सदैव ते
vedamaṃtrāḥ sabījāstu sarahasyāḥ savīryakāḥ | kaśyapādyāśca munayo māṃ punaṃtu sadaiva te
May the Vedic mantras, with their seed-syllables, with their secret (meanings), with their potency, and the sages beginning with Kaśyapa, ever purify me.
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PdP 6 93.18
गंगाद्याः सरितः सर्वास्तीर्थानि जलदा नदाः । ससप्तसागराः सर्वे मां पुनंतु जलाशयाः
gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāstīrthāni jaladā nadāḥ | sasaptasāgarāḥ sarve māṃ punaṃtu jalāśayāḥ
May all the rivers beginning with Gaṅgā, the tīrthas, the clouds, the streams, and all the waters together with the seven seas, purify me.
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PdP 6 93.19
पतिव्रतास्त्वदित्याद्या यक्षाः सिद्धाः सपन्नगाः । ओषध्यः पर्वताश्चाशु मां पुनंतु त्रिलोकजाः
pativratāstvadityādyā yakṣāḥ siddhāḥ sapannagāḥ | oṣadhyaḥ parvatāścāśu māṃ punaṃtu trilokajāḥ
May the faithful wives beginning with Aditi, the yakṣas, the siddhas together with the serpents, the herbs and the mountains, born in the three worlds, purify me swiftly.
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PdP 6 93.20
एभिः स्नात्वा व्रती मंत्रैर्हस्तन्यस्तपवित्रकः । देवर्षीन्मानवपितॄंस्तर्पयेच्च यथाविधि
ebhiḥ snātvā vratī maṃtrairhastanyastapavitrakaḥ | devarṣīnmānavapitṝṃstarpayecca yathāvidhi
Having bathed with these mantras, the observer of the vow, with the pavitra (ring of grass) placed on his hand, should satisfy the gods, the seers, men, and the ancestors according to the prescribed manner.
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PdP 6 93.21
यावंतः कार्तिके मासि वर्तंते पितृतर्पणे । तिलास्तत्संख्यकाब्दानि पितरः स्वर्गवासिनः
yāvaṃtaḥ kārtike māsi vartaṃte pitṛtarpaṇe | tilāstatsaṃkhyakābdāni pitaraḥ svargavāsinaḥ
However many sesame seeds are used in the offering to the ancestors in the month of Kārtika, for that many years the ancestors dwell in heaven.
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PdP 6 93.22
ततो जलाद्विनिष्क्रम्य शुचिवस्त्रावृतो व्रती । प्रातःकालोदितं कर्म समाप्यार्चेद्धरिं पुनः
tato jalādviniṣkramya śucivastrāvṛto vratī | prātaḥkāloditaṃ karma samāpyārceddhariṃ punaḥ
Then, coming out of the water, clad in clean garments, the observer of the vow should complete the rite prescribed for the morning hour and again worship Hari.
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PdP 6 93.23
तीर्थादिदेवान्संस्मृत्य पुनरर्चां प्रदापयेत् । गंधपुष्पफलैर्युक्तो भक्तितत्परमानसः
tīrthādidevānsaṃsmṛtya punararcāṃ pradāpayet | gaṃdhapuṣpaphalairyukto bhaktitatparamānasaḥ
Having called to mind the deities of the sacred fords and the rest, he should have the worship offered again, provided with fragrances, flowers and fruits, his mind wholly intent on devotion.
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PdP 6 93.24
अर्घमंत्रः । व्रतिनः कार्तिके मासि स्नातस्य विधिवन्मम । गृहाणार्घ्यं मया दत्तं दनुजेंद्र निषूदन
arghamaṃtraḥ | vratinaḥ kārtike māsi snātasya vidhivanmama | gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mayā dattaṃ danujeṃdra niṣūdana
The mantra for the arghya: "Receive the arghya given by me, who am keeping the vow in the month of Kārtika and have bathed according to the rule, O slayer of the lord of the demons."
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PdP 6 93.25
ततश्च ब्राह्मणान्भक्त्या भोजयेद्वेदपारगान् । गंधपुष्पैः सतांबूलैः प्रणमेच्च पुनः पुनः
tataśca brāhmaṇānbhaktyā bhojayedvedapāragān | gaṃdhapuṣpaiḥ satāṃbūlaiḥ praṇamecca punaḥ punaḥ
And then he should with devotion feed brahmins who have mastered the Vedas, and with fragrances, flowers and betel he should bow to them again and again.
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PdP 6 93.26
तीर्थानि दक्षिणे पादे वेदाश्च मुखमाश्रिताः । सर्वांगे संस्थिता देवाः पूजिताः स्युर्द्विजार्चनात्
tīrthāni dakṣiṇe pāde vedāśca mukhamāśritāḥ | sarvāṃge saṃsthitā devāḥ pūjitāḥ syurdvijārcanāt
The sacred fords are in (the brahmin's) right foot, and the Vedas abide in his mouth; the gods are established in his whole body — (all) would be worshipped through the honouring of a brahmin.
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PdP 6 93.27
अव्यक्तरूपिणो विष्णोः स्वरूपं ब्राह्मणा भुवि । नावमान्या नो विरोध्याः कदाचिच्छुभमिच्छता
avyaktarūpiṇo viṣṇoḥ svarūpaṃ brāhmaṇā bhuvi | nāvamānyā no virodhyāḥ kadācicchubhamicchatā
Brahmins on earth are the visible form of Viṣṇu, whose form is unmanifest; by one who desires good they are never to be slighted nor opposed.
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PdP 6 93.28
तां वै हरिप्रियां देवि तुलसीमर्चयेद्व्रती । प्रदक्षिणनमस्कारान्कुर्यादेकाग्रमानसः
tāṃ vai haripriyāṃ devi tulasīmarcayedvratī | pradakṣiṇanamaskārānkuryādekāgramānasaḥ
That Tulasī, dear to Hari, O goddess, the observer of the vow should worship; with his mind one-pointed he should make circumambulations and obeisances.
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PdP 6 93.29
देवैस्त्वं निर्मिता पूर्वमर्चितासि मुनीश्वरैः । नमो नमस्ते तुलसि पापं हर हरिप्रिये
devaistvaṃ nirmitā pūrvamarcitāsi munīśvaraiḥ | namo namaste tulasi pāpaṃ hara haripriye
"You were fashioned of old by the gods, and you have been worshipped by the lords of the sages. Homage, homage to you, Tulasī; take away sin, O beloved of Hari."
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PdP 6 93.30
ततो विष्णुकथां श्रुत्वा पौराणीं स्निग्धमानसः । तं ब्राह्मणं मुनिं विप्रं पूजयेद्भक्तिमान्व्रती
tato viṣṇukathāṃ śrutvā paurāṇīṃ snigdhamānasaḥ | taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ muniṃ vipraṃ pūjayedbhaktimānvratī
Then, having heard the Purāṇic story of Viṣṇu with a tender mind, the devout observer of the vow should honour that brahmin, that sage, that learned man.
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PdP 6 93.31
एवं पूर्णविधिं सम्यक्पूर्वोक्तं भक्तिमान्नरः । करोति यः स लभते नारायणसलोकताम्
evaṃ pūrṇavidhiṃ samyakpūrvoktaṃ bhaktimānnaraḥ | karoti yaḥ sa labhate nārāyaṇasalokatām
The devout man who thus performs correctly the complete rite described above obtains a place in the same world as Nārāyaṇa.
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PdP 6 93.32
रोगापहं पापविनाशकृत्परं सद्बुद्धिदं पुत्रधनादिसाधनम् । मुक्तेर्निदानं न हि कार्तिकव्रताद्विष्णुप्रियादन्यतमं हि भूतले
rogāpahaṃ pāpavināśakṛtparaṃ sadbuddhidaṃ putradhanādisādhanam | mukternidānaṃ na hi kārtikavratādviṣṇupriyādanyatamaṃ hi bhūtale
There is indeed nothing else on earth than the Kārtika vow, dear to Viṣṇu, which removes disease, utterly destroys sin, gives right understanding, is the means to sons and wealth and the rest, and is the root cause of liberation.
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