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Chapter 125

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Bhūmi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 125

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सूत उवाच- वेनस्याज्ञां सुसंप्राप्य पृथुः परमधार्मिकः । संबभ्रे सर्वसंभारान्नानापुण्यान्नृपात्मजः १। निमंत्र्य ब्राह्मणान्सर्वान्नानादेशोद्भवानपि । अथ वेन इयाजासावश्वमेधेन भूपतिः २। दानान्यदाद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नानारूपाण्यनेकशः । जगाम वैष्णवं लोकं सकायो जगतीपतिः ३। विष्णुना सह धर्मात्मा नित्यमेव प्रवर्तते । एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं चरित्रं तस्य भूपतेः ४। सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वदुःखविनाशनम् । पृथुरेव स धर्मात्मा राजा पृथ्वीं प्रशासति ५। त्रैलोक्येन समं पृथ्वीं दुदोह नृपसत्तमः । प्रजास्तु रंजितास्तेन पुण्यधर्मानुकर्मभिः ६। एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं भूमिखण्डमनुत्तमम् । प्रथमं सृष्टिखंडं तु द्वितीयं भूमिखंडकम् ७। भूमिखंडस्यमाहात्म्यं कथयिष्याम्यहं पुनः । अस्य खंडस्य वै श्लोकं यः शृणोति नरोत्तमः ८। दिनस्यैकस्य वै पापं तस्य चैव प्रणश्यति । यो नरो भावसंयुक्तोऽध्यायं संशृणुते सुधीः ९। तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां द्विजसत्तमाः । दत्तस्य गोसहस्रस्य ब्राह्मणेभ्यः सुपर्वणि १०। यत्फलं तत्प्रजायेत विष्णुस्तस्य प्रसीदति । अस्य पद्मपुराणस्य पठमानस्य नित्यशः ११। कलौयुगे तु विघ्नाश्च न जायंते नरस्य वै । व्यास उवाच- कस्मात्कलौ न जायंते शृण्वानस्य च पद्मज १२। नरस्य पुण्ययुक्तस्य नाना विघ्नाः सुदारुणाः । ब्रह्मोवाच- मखस्याप्यश्वमेधस्य यत्फलं परिकथ्यते १३। तत्फलं दृश्यते तात पुराणे पद्मसंज्ञके । अश्वमेधमखः पुण्यः कलौ नैव प्रवर्तते १४। पुराणं चापि यत्तद्वदश्वमेधसमं किल । अश्वमेधस्य यत्पुण्यं स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदम् १५। न भुंजंति नराः पापाः पापमार्गेषु संस्थिताः । पुराणस्यास्य पुण्यस्य पद्मसंज्ञस्य सत्तम १६। अश्वमेधसमं पुण्यं न भुंजंति कलौ नराः । कलौ युगे नरैः पापैर्गंतव्यं नरकार्णवम् १७। कस्माच्छ्रोष्यंति तत्पुण्यं चतुर्वर्गप्रसाधनम् । येन श्रुतमिदं पुण्यं पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञकम् १८। सर्वं हि साधितं तेन चतुर्वर्गस्य साधनम् । अश्वमेधादयो यज्ञास्तस्मान्नष्टा महामते १९। कलौ युगे गताः स्वर्गे सवेदाः सांगसस्वराः । यः कोपि सत्वसंपन्नः श्रद्धावान्भगवत्परः २०। श्रोतुमिच्छति धर्मात्मा सपुत्रो भार्यया सह । श्रवणार्थं महाश्रद्धा पूर्वं तस्य प्रजायते २१। शृण्वानस्य नरस्यापि महाविघ्नो न संचरेत् । अश्रद्धा जायते पूर्वं पाठकस्य नरस्य च २२। लोभश्च जायते तस्य शृण्वानस्य द्विजोत्तम । प्रेषितो विष्णुदेवेन महामोहः स दारुणः २३। अकरोत्स विनाशं तु शृण्वतश्चास्य नित्यशः । दूषकाः कुत्सकाः पापाः संभवंति दिने दिने २४। ज्ञातव्यं तु सुबुद्धेन विघ्नरूपं ममाधुना । संजातं दृश्यते व्यास तथा होमं समाचरेत् २५। वैष्णवैश्च महामंत्रैर्विष्णुसूक्तैः सुपुण्यदैः । विष्णोरराटमंत्रेण सहस्रशीर्षकेण च २६। इदं विष्णु सुमंत्रेण आब्रह्मेण पुनः पुनः । त्र्यंबकेन च मंत्रेण होममेवं समाचरेत् २७। बृहत्साम्ना सुमंत्रेण द्वादशाक्षरकेण च । यस्य देवस्य यो होमस्तस्य मंत्रेण होमयेत् २८। अष्टोत्तरतिलाज्यैश्च पालाशैः समिधैरपि । ग्रहाणामपि कर्त्तव्यं स्थापनं पूजनं द्विज २९। विघ्नेशं पूजयेत्तत्र शारदां च सुरेश्वरीम् । जातवेदां महामायां चंडिकां क्षेत्रनायकम् ३०। तिलैश्च तंदुलैराज्यैस्तेषां मंत्रसमुद्यतैः । एवं होमः प्रकर्त्तव्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददेद्धनम् ३१। यथासंभाविकां तात दक्षिणां धेनुसंयुताम् । ततो विघ्नाः प्रणश्यंति पुराणं सिद्धिमाप्नुयात् ३२। एवं न कुरुते यो हि तस्य विघ्नं वदाम्यहम् । तस्यांगे जायते रोगो बहुपीडाप्रदायकः ३३। भार्या शोकः पुत्रशोको धनहानिः प्रजायते । नानाविधान्महारोगान्भुंजते नात्र संशयः ३४। यस्य गेहे नास्ति वित्तमुपवासं समाचरेत् । एकादशीं सुसंप्राप्य पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् ३५। षोडशैश्चोपचारैश्च भावयुक्तेन चेतसा । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्यथावित्तानुसारतः ३६। केशवाय ततो दत्वा संकल्पं हविषान्वितम् । स्वयं कुर्यात्ततः प्राज्ञो भोजनं सह बांधवैः ३७। पुत्रैस्तु भार्यया युक्तस्ततः सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । पुराणसंहितापूर्णा श्रोतव्या धर्मतत्परैः ३८। चतुर्वर्गस्य वै सिद्धिर्जायते तस्य नान्यथा । सपादं लक्षमेकं तु ब्रह्माख्यं पुष्करं शृणु ३९। कृते युगे तु निष्पापाः शृण्वंति मनुजा द्विज । लक्षस्यार्द्धं ततः कृत्स्नं पुराणं पद्मसंज्ञकम् ४०। श्लोकानां तु सहस्राभ्यां द्वाभ्यामेव तथाधिकम् । त्रेतायुगे तथा प्राप्ते यदा श्रोष्यंति मानवाः ४१। चतुर्वर्गफलं भुक्त्वा ते यास्यंति हरिं पुनः । द्वाविंशतिसहस्राणि संहितापद्मसंज्ञिता ४२। द्वापरे कथिता विप्र ब्रह्मणा परमात्मना । द्वादशैव सहस्राणां पद्माख्या सा तु संहिता ४३। कलौ युगे पठिष्यंति मानवा विष्णुतत्पराः । एकोर्थश्चैकभावश्च चतुर्ष्वपि प्रवर्तितः ४४। संहितास्वेव विप्रेंद्र शेषाख्यानप्रविस्तरः । द्वादशैव सहस्राणि नाशं यास्यंति सत्तम ४५। कलौ युगे तु संप्राप्ते प्रथमं हि भविष्यति । भूमिखंडं नरः श्रुत्वासर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ४६। मुच्यते सर्वदुःखेभ्यः सर्वरोगैः प्रमुच्यते । अन्यत्सर्वं परित्यज्य जपं दानं तथा श्रुतम् ४७। श्रोतव्यं हि प्रयत्नेन पद्माख्यं पापनाशनम् । प्रथमं सृष्टिखंडं तु द्वितीयं भूमिखंडकम् ४८। तृतीयं स्वर्गखंडं च पातालं तु चतुर्थकम् । पंचमं चोत्तरं खंडं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ४९। यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या पंचखंडान्यनुक्रमात् । गोप्रदानसहस्रस्य मानवो लभते फलम् ५०। महाभाग्येन लभ्यंते पंचखंडानि भूसुराः । श्रुतानि मोक्षदानि स्युः सत्यं सत्यं न संशयः ५१। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे भूमिखंडे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायां वेनोपाख्याने पंचविंशत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः १२५।

sūta uvāca- venasyājñāṃ susaṃprāpya pṛthuḥ paramadhārmikaḥ | saṃbabhre sarvasaṃbhārānnānāpuṇyānnṛpātmajaḥ 1| nimaṃtrya brāhmaṇānsarvānnānādeśodbhavānapi | atha vena iyājāsāvaśvamedhena bhūpatiḥ 2| dānānyadādbrāhmaṇebhyo nānārūpāṇyanekaśaḥ | jagāma vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ sakāyo jagatīpatiḥ 3| viṣṇunā saha dharmātmā nityameva pravartate | etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ caritraṃ tasya bhūpateḥ 4| sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam | pṛthureva sa dharmātmā rājā pṛthvīṃ praśāsati 5| trailokyena samaṃ pṛthvīṃ dudoha nṛpasattamaḥ | prajāstu raṃjitāstena puṇyadharmānukarmabhiḥ 6| etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ bhūmikhaṇḍamanuttamam | prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṃḍaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ bhūmikhaṃḍakam 7| bhūmikhaṃḍasyamāhātmyaṃ kathayiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ | asya khaṃḍasya vai ślokaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti narottamaḥ 8| dinasyaikasya vai pāpaṃ tasya caiva praṇaśyati | yo naro bhāvasaṃyukto'dhyāyaṃ saṃśṛṇute sudhīḥ 9| tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ | dattasya gosahasrasya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ suparvaṇi 10| yatphalaṃ tatprajāyeta viṣṇustasya prasīdati | asya padmapurāṇasya paṭhamānasya nityaśaḥ 11| kalauyuge tu vighnāśca na jāyaṃte narasya vai | vyāsa uvāca- kasmātkalau na jāyaṃte śṛṇvānasya ca padmaja 12| narasya puṇyayuktasya nānā vighnāḥ sudāruṇāḥ | brahmovāca- makhasyāpyaśvamedhasya yatphalaṃ parikathyate 13| tatphalaṃ dṛśyate tāta purāṇe padmasaṃjñake | aśvamedhamakhaḥ puṇyaḥ kalau naiva pravartate 14| purāṇaṃ cāpi yattadvadaśvamedhasamaṃ kila | aśvamedhasya yatpuṇyaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam 15| na bhuṃjaṃti narāḥ pāpāḥ pāpamārgeṣu saṃsthitāḥ | purāṇasyāsya puṇyasya padmasaṃjñasya sattama 16| aśvamedhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ na bhuṃjaṃti kalau narāḥ | kalau yuge naraiḥ pāpairgaṃtavyaṃ narakārṇavam 17| kasmācchroṣyaṃti tatpuṇyaṃ caturvargaprasādhanam | yena śrutamidaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñakam 18| sarvaṃ hi sādhitaṃ tena caturvargasya sādhanam | aśvamedhādayo yajñāstasmānnaṣṭā mahāmate 19| kalau yuge gatāḥ svarge savedāḥ sāṃgasasvarāḥ | yaḥ kopi satvasaṃpannaḥ śraddhāvānbhagavatparaḥ 20| śrotumicchati dharmātmā saputro bhāryayā saha | śravaṇārthaṃ mahāśraddhā pūrvaṃ tasya prajāyate 21| śṛṇvānasya narasyāpi mahāvighno na saṃcaret | aśraddhā jāyate pūrvaṃ pāṭhakasya narasya ca 22| lobhaśca jāyate tasya śṛṇvānasya dvijottama | preṣito viṣṇudevena mahāmohaḥ sa dāruṇaḥ 23| akarotsa vināśaṃ tu śṛṇvataścāsya nityaśaḥ | dūṣakāḥ kutsakāḥ pāpāḥ saṃbhavaṃti dine dine 24| jñātavyaṃ tu subuddhena vighnarūpaṃ mamādhunā | saṃjātaṃ dṛśyate vyāsa tathā homaṃ samācaret 25| vaiṣṇavaiśca mahāmaṃtrairviṣṇusūktaiḥ supuṇyadaiḥ | viṣṇorarāṭamaṃtreṇa sahasraśīrṣakeṇa ca 26| idaṃ viṣṇu sumaṃtreṇa ābrahmeṇa punaḥ punaḥ | tryaṃbakena ca maṃtreṇa homamevaṃ samācaret 27| bṛhatsāmnā sumaṃtreṇa dvādaśākṣarakeṇa ca | yasya devasya yo homastasya maṃtreṇa homayet 28| aṣṭottaratilājyaiśca pālāśaiḥ samidhairapi | grahāṇāmapi karttavyaṃ sthāpanaṃ pūjanaṃ dvija 29| vighneśaṃ pūjayettatra śāradāṃ ca sureśvarīm | jātavedāṃ mahāmāyāṃ caṃḍikāṃ kṣetranāyakam 30| tilaiśca taṃdulairājyaisteṣāṃ maṃtrasamudyataiḥ | evaṃ homaḥ prakarttavyo brāhmaṇebhyo dadeddhanam 31| yathāsaṃbhāvikāṃ tāta dakṣiṇāṃ dhenusaṃyutām | tato vighnāḥ praṇaśyaṃti purāṇaṃ siddhimāpnuyāt 32| evaṃ na kurute yo hi tasya vighnaṃ vadāmyaham | tasyāṃge jāyate rogo bahupīḍāpradāyakaḥ 33| bhāryā śokaḥ putraśoko dhanahāniḥ prajāyate | nānāvidhānmahārogānbhuṃjate nātra saṃśayaḥ 34| yasya gehe nāsti vittamupavāsaṃ samācaret | ekādaśīṃ susaṃprāpya pūjayenmadhusūdanam 35| ṣoḍaśaiścopacāraiśca bhāvayuktena cetasā | brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyathāvittānusārataḥ 36| keśavāya tato datvā saṃkalpaṃ haviṣānvitam | svayaṃ kuryāttataḥ prājño bhojanaṃ saha bāṃdhavaiḥ 37| putraistu bhāryayā yuktastataḥ siddhimavāpnuyāt | purāṇasaṃhitāpūrṇā śrotavyā dharmatatparaiḥ 38| caturvargasya vai siddhirjāyate tasya nānyathā | sapādaṃ lakṣamekaṃ tu brahmākhyaṃ puṣkaraṃ śṛṇu 39| kṛte yuge tu niṣpāpāḥ śṛṇvaṃti manujā dvija | lakṣasyārddhaṃ tataḥ kṛtsnaṃ purāṇaṃ padmasaṃjñakam 40| ślokānāṃ tu sahasrābhyāṃ dvābhyāmeva tathādhikam | tretāyuge tathā prāpte yadā śroṣyaṃti mānavāḥ 41| caturvargaphalaṃ bhuktvā te yāsyaṃti hariṃ punaḥ | dvāviṃśatisahasrāṇi saṃhitāpadmasaṃjñitā 42| dvāpare kathitā vipra brahmaṇā paramātmanā | dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇāṃ padmākhyā sā tu saṃhitā 43| kalau yuge paṭhiṣyaṃti mānavā viṣṇutatparāḥ | ekorthaścaikabhāvaśca caturṣvapi pravartitaḥ 44| saṃhitāsveva vipreṃdra śeṣākhyānapravistaraḥ | dvādaśaiva sahasrāṇi nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti sattama 45| kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte prathamaṃ hi bhaviṣyati | bhūmikhaṃḍaṃ naraḥ śrutvāsarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate 46| mucyate sarvaduḥkhebhyaḥ sarvarogaiḥ pramucyate | anyatsarvaṃ parityajya japaṃ dānaṃ tathā śrutam 47| śrotavyaṃ hi prayatnena padmākhyaṃ pāpanāśanam | prathamaṃ sṛṣṭikhaṃḍaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ bhūmikhaṃḍakam 48| tṛtīyaṃ svargakhaṃḍaṃ ca pātālaṃ tu caturthakam | paṃcamaṃ cottaraṃ khaṃḍaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam 49| yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṃcakhaṃḍānyanukramāt | gopradānasahasrasya mānavo labhate phalam 50| mahābhāgyena labhyaṃte paṃcakhaṃḍāni bhūsurāḥ | śrutāni mokṣadāni syuḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ 51| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ venopākhyāne paṃcaviṃśatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ 125|

English translation

Sūta said :

1-4a. Having well received the order of Vena that very religious prince, Pṛthu , collected all auspicious necessaries (for the sacrifice). Having invited all brāhmaṇas born in various countries, king Vena performed a horse-sacrifice. He gave various kinds of gifts to brāhmaṇas. The lord of the earth physically went to Viṣṇu ’s heaven. The religious-minded one eternally lives with Viṣṇu.

4b-12a. I have thus told you the entire account of that king, which terminates all sins and destroys all misery. That religious-minded king Pṛthu ruled the earth. The best king milked the earth with the three worlds. He pleased his subjects with virtuous and religious deeds. I have narrated to you the entire Bhūmikhaṇḍa. The first is the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa and the second is Bhūmikhaṇḍa. I shall again tell you the greatness of Bhūmikhaṇḍa. The sin of the best man who (just) listens to one verse of this Khaṇḍa everyday, perishes. O best: brāhmaṇas, listen to the religious merit of him who, the wise one, listens devoutly to a chapter (of this Khaṇḍa). He gets that fruit which is obtained by a gift of a thousand cows to brāhmaṇas on an auspicious parvan -day; and Viṣṇu is pleased with him. A man who everyday reads this Padma Purāṇa , will not meet with difficulties in the Kali Age.

Vyāsa said :

12b-13a. O you lotus-born one, why is it that very terrible dangers do not come to the meritorious man who listens to the Padma Purāṇa ?

Brahmā said :

13b-28. That fruit, O dear one, which is said to be the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, is seen in (the recital of or listening to) the Padma Purāṇa. That auspicious sacrifice, viz. the horse-sacrifice does not at all exist in the Kali Age. That which is (the Padma) Purāṇa is indeed equal to the horse-sacrifice. Sinful men sticking on sinful ways do not enjoy that meritorious fruit of the horse-sacrifice which gives salvation. O best brāhmaṇa , in the Kali Age, men do not enjoy the merit of this meritorious Purāṇa called Padma like the merit of the horse-sacrifice. In the Kali Age sinful men have to go to the ocean of hell. Why will they (then) listen to the meritorious (Purāṇa), accomplishing the four goals (of human life). He, who has listened to this Purāṇa called Padma, has acquired the entire means of the four goals (of human life). Therefore, sacrifices like the horse-sacrifice have disappeared in the Kali Age, O highly intelligent one. They have, with the Vedas , Vedāṅgas and their notes, gone to heaven. Great faith is produced (even) before in a pious man to listen (to the Padma Purāṇa) who, being endowed with goodness, having faith, and devoted to the lord, desires to listen to it with his sons and wife. No great danger would come to a man who listens (to it). But faithlessness is first produced in the reciter and the listener (who are impious). O best brāhmaṇa, even greed is produced in the listener. Great and terrible delusion caused by god Viṣṇu always ruins the listener. Polluters and revilers and sinners are coming up everyday. O Vyāsa , the good-minded one should realise: ‘Oh! A danger appears to have come up to me’, (and) he should perform a sacrifice. With great sacred prayers (in honour) of Viṣṇu and hymns (addressed to) Viṣṇu, which give great merit, with the hymn ‘ Viṣṇorarāṭa (from the Viṣṇu- sūkta ), with the hymn ‘ Sahasrasīrṣā (from the Puruṣasūkta ), with the good hymn ‘ Indam Viṣṇu ’, with the hymn ‘ Ā Brahma ’, with the hymn sacred to Śiva —he should thus perform a sacrifice. So also with the Bṛhat Sāman hymn and with the hymn of twelve letters (viz. Oṃ namo Bhagavate Vāsudevāya ). He should perform the sacrifice with the hymn sacred to the particular deity to whom the sacrifice is offered.

29-35a. He should perform the sacrifice with more than eight sesamum seeds, (ladles of) ghee , and sacred wood-sticks of the palāśa (tree). O brāhmaṇa, he should also install the (representations of) planets and worship them. There (i.e. in the sacrifice) he should worship ( Gaṇeśa ) the destroyer of calamities, and Śāradā —the chief goddess. He should also worship Jātaveda , Mahāmāyā Caṇḍikā , and the lord of the soil with sesamum seeds, rice and ghee and with the hymns (in honour) of those (deities). He should perform the sacrifice in this way. He should give presents to brāhmaṇas. He should give a gift along with a cow according to his capacity. Then calamities disappear and the Purāṇa would accomplish perfection. I shall tell you about the calamity of (i.e. which befalls) him who does not do like this: A disease giving great pain is produced in his body; grief due to (the death of) his wife or son takes place; so also his wealth is lost; undoubtedly he suffers from many severe diseases. He in whose house there is no wealth (to be given to brāhmaṇas) should observe a fast.

35b-41a. When Ekādaśī arrives properly, he should worship Viṣṇu with a devout mind in the sixteen ways of doing homage to a deity. According to his wealth he should then feed the brāhmaṇas. Then having offered it with a solemn vow and offerings to Viṣṇu, he should take food with relatives, sons and wife. Then he will attain perfection. Those who are devoted to Dharma should listen to the entire text of the Purāṇa. By (doing) that the four goals (of human life) are accomplished, not otherwise. Listen, O brāhmaṇa; in the Kṛta Age sinless men listened to the Purāṇa called Brahma, which consisted of one lakh and twenty-five thousand verses.

41b-49. When the Tretā Age arrived, men listened to the entire Purāṇa called Pādma , the number of verses in which was half a lakh and two thousand. Enjoying the fruit of the four goals, they would again reach Viṣṇu. O brāhmaṇa, in the Dvāpara Age, the text called Padma is said to have twentytwo thousand verses narrated by Brahmā , the highest soul. In the Kali Age, men, devoted to Viṣṇu, will read the text called Padma, consisting of twelve thousand verses only. In all these four texts there is the same import and there is the same sentiment; the remaining (portion) is simply the expansion of the account. The twelve thousand (verses) will disappear, O best one, and, when Kali Age has arrived, the first (text) will again appear. Having listened to the Bhūmikhaṇḍa, a man is free from all sins, is free from all sorrows and gets rid of all diseases. Giving up all other (activities) like the muttering of the names (of a deity), giving gifts, and (studying) sacred texts, a man should carefully listen to (the Purāṇa) called Padma. The first is Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa, the second is Bhūmikhaṇḍa, the third is Svargakhaṇḍa, the fourth Pātāla , the fifth is Uttarakhaṇḍa, destroying all sins.

50. One who devoutly listens to the five Khaṇḍas in the serial order, obtains the fruit of the gift of a thousand cows.

51. O brāhmaṇas, with great luck, the five Khaṇḍas, are obtained (by a man). They are said to give salvation. This is true, (quite) true. There is no doubt about this.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43156, revision 362768 (2022-12-03T10:35:37Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365218.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.