Padma Purana — Uttara Khanda — Chapter 95
PdP 6 95.1
नारद उवाच। अथोर्जव्रतिनः सम्यगुद्यापनविधिं नृप । तच्छृणुष्व मयाख्यातं किं विधानं समासतः
nārada uvāca| athorjavratinaḥ samyagudyāpanavidhiṃ nṛpa | tacchṛṇuṣva mayākhyātaṃ kiṃ vidhānaṃ samāsataḥ
Nārada said: Now, O king, (hear) properly the rule for the concluding rite of one who keeps the Ūrja vow; hear that told by me, what the prescription is, in brief.
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PdP 6 95.2
ऊर्ज्जशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां कुर्यादुद्यापनं व्रती । व्रतसंपूर्णतार्थाय विष्णुप्रीत्यर्थमेव च
ūrjjaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ kuryādudyāpanaṃ vratī | vratasaṃpūrṇatārthāya viṣṇuprītyarthameva ca
On the fourteenth of the bright fortnight of Ūrja the keeper of the vow should perform the concluding rite, for the sake of the completeness of the vow and for the sake of Viṣṇu's pleasure.
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PdP 6 95.3
तुलस्या उपरिष्टात्तु कुर्यान्मंडपिकां शुभाम् । सुतोरणां चतुर्द्वारां पुष्पचामरशोभिताम्
tulasyā upariṣṭāttu kuryānmaṃḍapikāṃ śubhām | sutoraṇāṃ caturdvārāṃ puṣpacāmaraśobhitām
And above the tulasī he should make a fine little pavilion, with a good archway, with four doors, adorned with flowers and yak-tail fans.
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PdP 6 95.4
द्वारेषु द्वारपालांश्च पूजयेन्मृन्मयान्पृथक् । पुण्यशीलं सुशीलं च जयं विजयमेव च
dvāreṣu dvārapālāṃśca pūjayenmṛnmayānpṛthak | puṇyaśīlaṃ suśīlaṃ ca jayaṃ vijayameva ca
And at the doors he should worship the door-guardians, made of clay, each separately: Puṇyaśīla and Suśīla, and Jaya and Vijaya.
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PdP 6 95.5
तुलसीमूलदेशे च सर्वतोभद्रमालिखेत् । चतुर्भिर्वर्णकैः सम्यक्शोभाढ्यं समलंकृतम्
tulasīmūladeśe ca sarvatobhadramālikhet | caturbhirvarṇakaiḥ samyakśobhāḍhyaṃ samalaṃkṛtam
And at the place of the tulasī's root he should draw the sarvatobhadra (diagram), well filled with beauty and fully adorned with four colours.
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PdP 6 95.6
तस्योपरिष्टात्सपिधानं पंचरत्नसमन्वितम् । महाफलेन संयुक्तं कुंभं तत्र निधाय च
tasyopariṣṭātsapidhānaṃ paṃcaratnasamanvitam | mahāphalena saṃyuktaṃ kuṃbhaṃ tatra nidhāya ca
And above that, having placed there a pot with a lid, furnished with the five gems and joined with a great fruit (a coconut) —
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PdP 6 95.7
पूजयेत्तत्र देवेशं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् । कौशेयपीतवसनं युक्तं जलधिकन्यया
pūjayettatra deveśaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam | kauśeyapītavasanaṃ yuktaṃ jaladhikanyayā
he should worship there the lord of gods, bearer of conch, discus and mace, clad in yellow silk, together with the daughter of the ocean (Lakṣmī).
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PdP 6 95.8
इंद्रादिलोकपालांश्च पूजयेन्मंडले व्रती । द्वादश्यां प्रतिबुद्धः स त्रयोदश्यां यतः सुरैः
iṃdrādilokapālāṃśca pūjayenmaṃḍale vratī | dvādaśyāṃ pratibuddhaḥ sa trayodaśyāṃ yataḥ suraiḥ
And the keeper of the vow should worship in the diagram the guardians of the quarters, Indra and the rest. He was awakened on the twelfth, since on the thirteenth by the gods
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PdP 6 95.9
दृष्टोऽर्चितश्चतुर्दश्यां तस्मात्पूज्यस्तथाधिकम् । तस्यामुपवसेद्भक्त्या शांतः प्रयतमानसः
dṛṣṭo'rcitaścaturdaśyāṃ tasmātpūjyastathādhikam | tasyāmupavasedbhaktyā śāṃtaḥ prayatamānasaḥ
he was seen and worshipped on the fourteenth; therefore he is to be worshipped (on that day) all the more. On that (day) one should fast with devotion, calm, of restrained mind.
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PdP 6 95.10
पूजयेद्देवदेवेशं सौवर्णं गुर्वनुज्ञया । उपचारैः षोडशभिर्नानाभक्ष्यसमन्वितैः
pūjayeddevadeveśaṃ sauvarṇaṃ gurvanujñayā | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirnānābhakṣyasamanvitaiḥ
With the guru's permission he should worship the god of gods, (an image) made of gold, with sixteen services accompanied by various foods.
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PdP 6 95.11
रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्गीतवाद्यादि मंगलैः । गीतं कुर्वंति ये भक्त्या जागरे चक्रपाणिनः
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītavādyādi maṃgalaiḥ | gītaṃ kurvaṃti ye bhaktyā jāgare cakrapāṇinaḥ
At night he should keep vigil with auspicious things, song and instrumental music and the rest. Those who with devotion make song at the vigil of the discus-bearer —
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PdP 6 95.12
जन्मांतरशतोद्भूतैस्ते मुक्ताः पापसंचयैः । जागरे वासरे विष्णोर्गीतं नृत्यं च कुर्वताम्
janmāṃtaraśatodbhūtaiste muktāḥ pāpasaṃcayaiḥ | jāgare vāsare viṣṇorgītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kurvatām
they are freed from the heaps of sin arisen in a hundred other births. For those who make song and dance at the vigil, on the day of Viṣṇu,
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PdP 6 95.13
गोसहस्रं च ददतां तत्फलं समुदाहृतम् । गीतनृत्यादिकं कुर्वन्दर्शयेत्कौतुकानि च
gosahasraṃ ca dadatāṃ tatphalaṃ samudāhṛtam | gītanṛtyādikaṃ kurvandarśayetkautukāni ca
the fruit is declared to be that of those who give a thousand cows. While making song, dance and the rest, he should also display entertainments.
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PdP 6 95.14
पुरतो वासुदेवस्य रात्रौ यो हरिजागरे । पठन्विष्णुचरित्राणि यो रंजयति वैष्णवान्
purato vāsudevasya rātrau yo harijāgare | paṭhanviṣṇucaritrāṇi yo raṃjayati vaiṣṇavān
He who, before Vāsudeva at night, at the vigil of Hari, reciting the deeds of Viṣṇu, delights the Vaiṣṇavas,
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PdP 6 95.15
मुखेन कुरुते वाद्यं स्वेच्छालापांश्च दर्शयन् । भावैरेतैर्नरो यस्तु कुरुते हरिजागरम्
mukhena kurute vādyaṃ svecchālāpāṃśca darśayan | bhāvairetairnaro yastu kurute harijāgaram
who makes music with his mouth and displays discourse as he pleases — the man who with these dispositions keeps the vigil of Hari,
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PdP 6 95.16
दिनेदिने तस्य पुण्यं तीर्थकोटिसमं स्मृतम् । ततस्तु पौर्णिमास्यां वै सपत्नीकान्द्विजोत्तमान्
dinedine tasya puṇyaṃ tīrthakoṭisamaṃ smṛtam | tatastu paurṇimāsyāṃ vai sapatnīkāndvijottamān
day by day his merit is held equal to ten million pilgrimages. Then, on the full-moon day, the best of brahmins together with their wives —
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PdP 6 95.17
त्रिंशन्मिताननेकान्वा स्वशक्त्या वा निमंत्रयेत् । वरान्दत्त्वा यतो विष्णुर्मत्स्यरूपी अभूत्तदा
triṃśanmitānanekānvā svaśaktyā vā nimaṃtrayet | varāndattvā yato viṣṇurmatsyarūpī abhūttadā
thirty in number, or many, or according to his own capacity — he should invite; since Viṣṇu, having granted boons, then took the form of a fish (on that day),
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PdP 6 95.18
तस्यां दत्तं हुतं जप्तं तदक्षयफलं स्मृतम् । अतस्तान्भोजयेद्विप्रान्पायसान्नादिना व्रती
tasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tadakṣayaphalaṃ smṛtam | atastānbhojayedviprānpāyasānnādinā vratī
what is given, offered in fire, and muttered on that (day) is held to have imperishable fruit. Therefore the keeper of the vow should feed those brahmins with rice-milk pudding, boiled rice and the rest.
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PdP 6 95.19
अतो देवा इति द्वाभ्यां जुहुयात्तिलपायसम् । प्रीत्यर्थं देवदेवस्य देवानां च पृथक्पृथक्
ato devā iti dvābhyāṃ juhuyāttilapāyasam | prītyarthaṃ devadevasya devānāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak
With the two (verses) beginning "ato devāḥ" he should offer sesame and rice-milk pudding as oblation, for the pleasure of the god of gods and of the gods, each separately.
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PdP 6 95.20
दक्षिणां च यथाशक्ति प्रदद्यात्प्रणमेच्च तान् । पुनर्देवं समभ्यर्च्य देवांश्च तुलसीं तथा
dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśakti pradadyātpraṇamecca tān | punardevaṃ samabhyarcya devāṃśca tulasīṃ tathā
And he should give a fee according to his means, and should bow to them; then again, having worshipped the God and the gods and likewise the tulasī,
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PdP 6 95.21
ततो गां कपिलां तत्र पूजयेद्विधिवद्व्रती । गुरुं व्रतोपदेष्टारं वस्त्रालंकरणादिभिः
tato gāṃ kapilāṃ tatra pūjayedvidhivadvratī | guruṃ vratopadeṣṭāraṃ vastrālaṃkaraṇādibhiḥ
then the observer of the vow should there worship a tawny cow according to rule, and (should worship) the teacher who instructed him in the vow, with garments, ornaments and the like,
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PdP 6 95.22
सपत्नीकं समभ्यर्च्य गां च तस्मै प्रदापयेत् । युष्मत्प्रसादाद्देवेशः प्रसन्नो मे भवेत्तदा
sapatnīkaṃ samabhyarcya gāṃ ca tasmai pradāpayet | yuṣmatprasādāddeveśaḥ prasanno me bhavettadā
having worshipped him together with his wife, he should have the cow given to him (saying): "By your grace may the Lord of gods then be pleased with me;
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PdP 6 95.23
व्रतादस्माच्च यत्पापं सप्तजन्मकृतं मया । तत्सर्वं नाशमायातु स्थिरा मे चास्तु संततिः
vratādasmācca yatpāpaṃ saptajanmakṛtaṃ mayā | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyātu sthirā me cāstu saṃtatiḥ
and whatever sin has been done by me in seven births, let all that go to destruction by this vow, and let my progeny be enduring;
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PdP 6 95.24
मनोरथाश्च सफलाः संतु नित्यं ममार्चनात् । देहांते वैष्णवं स्थानं प्राप्नुयामतिदुर्लभम्
manorathāśca saphalāḥ saṃtu nityaṃ mamārcanāt | dehāṃte vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnuyāmatidurlabham
and let my heart's desires be fruitful through my constant worship; at the body's end may I reach the exceedingly hard-to-attain abode of Viṣṇu."
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PdP 6 95.25
इति क्षमाप्यतान्विप्रान्प्रसाद्य च विसर्जयेत् । तामर्चां गुरवे दद्याद्रत्नयुक्तां तदा व्रती
iti kṣamāpyatānviprānprasādya ca visarjayet | tāmarcāṃ gurave dadyādratnayuktāṃ tadā vratī
Having thus asked pardon of those brahmins and having gratified them, he should dismiss them; then the observer of the vow should give that image, set with jewels, to the teacher.
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PdP 6 95.26
तदा सुहृद्गुरुयुतः स्वयं भुंजति भक्तिमान् । कार्त्तिके वाथ तपसि विधिरेवंविधः स्मृतः
tadā suhṛdguruyutaḥ svayaṃ bhuṃjati bhaktimān | kārttike vātha tapasi vidhirevaṃvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ
Then, full of devotion, together with his friends and his teacher, he himself eats. And in Kārttika, or else in Tapas (Māgha), the procedure is held to be of just this kind.
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PdP 6 95.27
एवं यः कुरुते सम्यक्कार्तिकस्य व्रतं नरः । विपाप्मा स विनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसान्निध्यगो भवेत्
evaṃ yaḥ kurute samyakkārtikasya vrataṃ naraḥ | vipāpmā sa vinirmukto viṣṇusānnidhyago bhavet
The man who thus performs rightly the vow of Kārttika, he becomes free of sin, wholly released, and goes to the presence of Viṣṇu.
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PdP 6 95.28
सर्वव्रतैः सर्वतीर्थैःस र्वदानैश्च यत्फलम् । तत्कोटिगुणितं ज्ञेयं सम्यगस्य विधानतः
sarvavrataiḥ sarvatīrthaiḥsa rvadānaiśca yatphalam | tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ jñeyaṃ samyagasya vidhānataḥ
Whatever fruit (comes) from all vows, all sacred fords and all gifts — that is to be known as multiplied ten million times by (the performance) of this rightly according to the prescription.
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PdP 6 95.29
ते धन्यास्ते महापुण्यास्तेषां सर्वफलोदयः । विष्णुभक्तिरता ये स्युः कार्तिके व्रतकारिणः
te dhanyāste mahāpuṇyāsteṣāṃ sarvaphalodayaḥ | viṣṇubhaktiratā ye syuḥ kārtike vratakāriṇaḥ
They are fortunate, they are of great merit, theirs is the arising of every fruit — those who, devoted to devotion to Viṣṇu, are performers of the vow in Kārttika.
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PdP 6 95.30
देहस्थितानि पापानि वितर्कं यांति तद्भयात् । क्व यास्यामो वदंत्येवं यद्ययं व्रतकृन्नरः
dehasthitāni pāpāni vitarkaṃ yāṃti tadbhayāt | kva yāsyāmo vadaṃtyevaṃ yadyayaṃ vratakṛnnaraḥ
The sins residing in the body fall into perplexity out of fear of that; "Where shall we go?" they say thus, if this man is a performer of the vow.
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PdP 6 95.31
इत्यूर्जव्रतनियमान्शृणोति भक्ता ये चैतत्कथयंति चैव वैष्णवाग्रे । ते सम्यग्व्रतकरणात्फलं लभेरन्तत्सर्वं कलुषविनाशनं लभंते
ityūrjavrataniyamānśṛṇoti bhaktā ye caitatkathayaṃti caiva vaiṣṇavāgre | te samyagvratakaraṇātphalaṃ labherantatsarvaṃ kaluṣavināśanaṃ labhaṃte
Those devotees who thus hear the observances of the Kārttika vow, and who recount this before a Vaiṣṇava — they would obtain the fruit that comes from performing the vow rightly; they obtain all that, which destroys impurity.
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