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Chapter 23

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व्यास उवाच- पूर्वं कोचरशोनाम राजाऽभूत्क्षितिमंडले । शांतः परमधर्मज्ञो राजनीतिविदांवरः १। सत्यवादी जितक्रोधो जितवैरि समुच्चयः । नारायणार्चनपरो हरिसेवा रतः परः २। सुप्रज्ञा नाम महिषी तस्यासीत्प्रियवादिनी । सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना पतिसेवापरायणा ३। एकादशीव्रतरता सर्वप्राणिहितैषिणी । जातिस्मरा महाभागा सुशीला वरवर्णिनी ४। स राजा दशमीं कृत्वा सदारः परमार्थवित् । एकादशीं निशीथिन्यां जागरं कर्तुमुद्यतः ५। तत्रांतरे द्विजः कश्चिच्छौरिर्नाम महीपतेः । आजगाम महातेजास्तस्य जागरमण्डपम् ६। तमायांतं स भूपालो नारायणपरायणः । पाद्याद्यैः पूजयामास सदारोऽत्यंतहर्षितः ७। तेषां मध्ये सूपविष्ठः स विप्रोऽखिलतत्ववित् । विष्णुपूजापरांस्तत्र ददर्श व्रतिनो बहून् ८। पूजयंति हरिं केचिन्नानापुष्पैर्मनोरमैः । गंधैर्धूपैस्तथादीपैरुपहारैरनुत्तमैः ९। गङ्गामृद्भूषिताकेचित्तुलसीपत्रमालया । अलंकृता हरेरग्रे नृत्यंति व्रतिनो मुदा १०। केचिद्गायंति गीतानि ललितानि हरेः पुनः । करतालं समादाय व्रतिनो भगवत्प्रियाः ११। स्तवैरनुत्तमैः केचिन्नारायणमनामयम् । स्तुवंति जगतामीशं दिव्यार्थैः कोमलाक्षरैः १२। श्वेतचामरवातेन शीतलेन जगत्पतेः । वीजयंति हरेः प्रीतिं केचिच्च महतीं तथा १३। केचिद्वीणादिकं वाद्यं ललितं शुचिमंगलम् । वादयंतो महात्मानः केचिद्गायंति केशवम् १४। स राजा राजमहिषी द्वावप्यत्यंतहर्षितौ । गायतां ललितं गीतं नृत्यतां नृत्यमुत्तमम् १५। तौ दंपती महात्मानौ नृत्यगीतादिकारिणौ । वाचा मधुरया प्राह स शौरिर्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः १६। शौरिरुवाच- धन्योऽसि त्वं महीपाल धन्या च महिषी तव । चरित्रं युवयोरेतन्मङ्गलं भुविदुर्ल्लभम् १७। त्वां वक्ष्यामि यतः कश्चिन्न दृष्टो वैष्णवोत्तमः । त्वया भूमिभुजा पृथ्वी धन्येयं नात्र संशयः १८। एकादशीव्रतमिदं पवित्रं भगवत्प्रियम् । सदारः कुरुषे भूप तस्मात्त्वं वैष्णवाग्रणीः १९। सप्तद्वीपैकनाथश्च सदारस्त्वं नृपोत्तम । नारायणाग्रतः प्रीत्या यतो नृत्यसि गायसि २०। चरित्रं युवयोरेतद्दंपत्योर्दृष्टमद्भुतम् । कस्माद्बुद्धिरियं जाता युवयोरतिनिर्मला २१। व्यास उवाच- तस्येदं वाक्यमाकर्ण्य शौरिनाम्नो द्विजन्मनः । ईषद्धास्यमुखीप्राह सुप्राज्ञा तमथो द्विजम् २२। सुप्राज्ञोवाच- एकादशीप्रभावेन पूर्वमावां द्विजोत्तम । अतिपातकिनौ मुक्तौ सूर्यजेन महात्मना २३। जातिस्मृतिप्रभावेण दिव्यमेकादशीव्रतम् । कुर्वः संप्रति विप्रेन्द्र परमस्थानकाङ्क्षया २४। शौरिरुवाच- यदि नूनं वरारोहे पूर्वां जातिं त्वमात्मनः । वेत्सि मे ब्रूहि तां श्रोतुं जायते कौतुकं हृदि २५। पूर्वं स्थिता का भवती पतिर्वा कः स्थितस्तव । कथं भास्करिणा त्यक्तौ युवां पातकिनावपि २६। सुप्राज्ञोवाच- अप्रकाश्यमिदं वाक्यं यद्यपि द्विजसत्तम । स्थितास्मि वारमुख्याऽहं रतिशास्त्रविशारदा २७। तस्मिञ्जन्मनि पापानि घोराणि सुबहूनि च । मया कृतानि विप्रेन्द्र नरकक्लेशदानि वै २८। अयं नित्योदयो नाम शूद्र स्वाःचारवर्जितः । परदारहरः क्रूरः परद्रव्यापहारकः २९। सुरापो मित्रहंता च भ्रूणहा परहिंसकः । अत्यहंकारयुक्तश्च धर्मनिंदाकरः सदा ३०। एकदा ज्ञातिभिः सर्वैः परित्यक्तो हि सद्व्रतैः । आजगाम ममागारं वेश्याविभ्रमलोलुपः ३१। युवानं सुंदरं दृष्ट्वा तमेनं द्विजसत्तम । मयापि प्रीतिमासाद्य संतुष्टः सुरतैरपि ३२। ततोऽनुभूय सुरतं मया सह तपोधन । अयमाह च मां प्रेम्णा विनयावनतो वचः ३३। अहं सुरतशास्त्रज्ञः परित्यक्तः स्वबंधुभिः । यदि त्वं मन्यसे तस्मिंस्तिष्ठाम्यत्र त्वया सह ३४। विनयावनतं वाक्यमिदं शुश्राव तद्दिवज । दंपतीभावमासाद्य सहानेन स्थितास्म्यहम् ३५। कदाचिद्दिवजशार्दूल एकादश्यां तिथौ हरेः । महद्भिः पीडिताहं च देहदेहावघातकैः ३६। तस्मिन्नेव द्विजश्रेष्ठ ज्वरजर्जरदेहया । न पीतमुदकं नान्नं भुक्तं च परया भिया ३७। ममस्नेहोदयोऽयं च तस्मिन्नेव दिने हरेः । तत्याजान्नं च तोयं च विषण्ण इव जन्मना ३८। अथ रात्रौ द्विजश्रेष्ठ दीपं प्रज्वाल्य सर्पिषा । मया कृतं जागरणं ज्वरापहतचेतसा ३९। नारायण हरेकृष्ण रक्ष मामिति जल्पता । मुहुर्मुहुरनेनापि कृतं जागरणं निशि ४०। उपवासप्रभावेण केशवोच्चारणेन च । आवयोः सकलं पापं विनष्टमभवद्दिवज ४१। ततः प्रभाते विमले भगवत्युदिते रवौ । ज्वरार्दिताहं पंचत्वं गता ब्राह्मणसत्तम ४२। संप्राप्तपंचतां दृष्ट्वा मामयं च ततः शुचिः । सहत्या मरणं भेजे निंदितः सकलैर्जनैः ४३। सूर्य्यजस्य ततः प्रेष्यैर्ज्वलदग्निनिभेक्षणैः । बद्ध्वा दृढेन पाशेन नीतौ दुर्गमवर्त्मना ४४। शुभकर्मा शुभं वापि चित्रगुप्तो यमाज्ञया । सर्वं विचारयामास मूलात्स तु विचक्षणः ४५। चित्रगुप्त उवाच- यद्यप्येतौ महाबाहो महापातकिनां वरौ । तथापि पातकैर्मुक्तौ ह्येकादश्यामुपोषणात् ४६। अनिच्छयापि यः कुर्यात्पुण्यमेकादशीव्रतम् । सोऽपि गच्छेत्परंस्थानं सर्वपापविवर्जितः ४७। इत्युक्तश्चित्रगुप्तेन धर्मराजो महायशाः । आसनात्सहसोत्थाय ववंदे ताममुंच सः ४८। सुगंधैश्चंदनैर्दिव्यैर्धूपैः पुष्पैश्च मृत्युना । सुवर्णाभरणैरेव मंडितौ पापवर्जितौ ४९। फलैर्नानाविधैस्तत्र मधुरैरमृतोपमैः । भास्करिः कारयामास प्रीत्या भोजनमावयोः ५० 7.23.50। अथ स्तुत्वा स्तवैर्दिव्यैः स्वयमावां यमः प्रभुः । समारोप्य रथे दिव्ये प्रोवाचेति कृताञ्जलि ५१। यम उवाच- युवां पुण्यवतां श्रेष्ठौ सर्वपापविवर्जितौ । यत्रास्ते भगवान्विष्णुर्गंच्छेतां तत्र संप्रति ५२। इत्युक्तौ धर्मराजेन विनयावनतेन वै । अथैतदुक्तमावाभ्यां नत्वा तत्पादपङ्कजे ५३। गंतव्यं नान्यथा देव तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् । किंत्वस्ति नरकं द्रष्टुं त्वद्गृहस्थं स्पृहावयोः ५४। यमाज्ञया ततो विप्र रथमारुह्य शोभनम् । दुष्प्रेक्ष्या निरया दृष्टा आवाभ्यां तत्र विस्तराः ५५। ब्राह्मण उवाच- तत्रावस्था पापवतां या या दृष्टाः पतिव्रते । विस्तरेण समाख्यातुं तास्ताः सर्वास्त्वमर्हसि ५६। पुण्यात्मानः पथा येन व्रजन्ति यममंदिरम् । पापात्मानश्च सुश्रोणि तन्मे कथय विस्तरात् ५७। पुण्यात्मा कीदृशं पश्येत्तत्र वैवस्वतं प्रभुम् । पुण्यात्मनां पापिनां च पंथानं सुखदुःखदम् ५८। सुप्राज्ञोवाच- आदौ ब्रवीमि पंथानं नृणां पुण्यवतामहम् । शृणुष्व द्विजशार्दूल शृण्वतां प्रीतिवर्द्धनम् ५९। प्रस्तरैर्विस्तरैर्बद्धो दिव्यवस्त्रैः समावृतः । भाति पुण्यवतां पंथाः सर्वोपद्रववर्जितः ६०। क्वचिद्गंधर्वकन्याभिर्गीयते गानमद्भुतम् । क्वचिन्मञ्जुशरीराभिरप्सरोभिश्च नृत्यते ६१। क्वचिद्वीणाक्वणं नाना वाद्यं चक्रुर्मनोरमम् । क्वचित्कुसुमवृष्टिश्च क्वचिद्वायुश्च शीतलः ६२। क्वचित्प्रपा शीततोया क्वचिच्च भुक्तिशालिकाः । क्वचिद्देवाश्च गंधर्वाः पठंति स्तवमुत्तमम् ६३। क्वचित्क्वचिद्दीर्घिकाश्च फुल्लपद्माः सुशोभनाः । सुच्छायाः पादपाः क्वापि पुष्पिता वंजुलादयः ६४। ततस्तु सुखसम्पन्नाः पथि गच्छंति मानवाः । पुण्यात्मानो द्विजश्रेष्ठ सुखमृत्युमवाप्य च ६५। केचित्तुरंगमारूढा नानालंकारभूषिताः । उद्दण्डधवलच्छत्रैर्गच्छंत्यावृत्य मस्तकम् ६६। केचिद्यांति गजारूढा रथारूढाश्च केचन । यानारूढा जनाः केचित्सुखेन यममंदिरम् ६७। केचिद्देवाङ्गना हस्त न्यस्तचामरवायुभिः । गच्छंति वीजिता मर्त्याः स्तूयमानाः सुरर्षिभिः ६८। केचिद्दिव्यायुधधराः स्रक्चन्दनविभूषिताः । भुंजंतो यांति तांबूलं पुण्यात्मानो यमालयम् ६९। निजगात्रत्विषा केचिज्ज्वालयंतो दिशो दश । व्रजंति शमनागारं जलग्रहनिवासिनः ७०। केचिच्च पायसं दिव्यं भुंजतो यांति सत्तम । सुभक्षणं प्रकुर्वंतः पथि यांतः सुखेन च ७१। केचिद्दुग्धं पिबंतश्च केचिदिक्षुरसं तथा । केचित्तक्रं पिबंतश्च गच्छंति यममंदिरम् ७२। केचिद्दधीनि भक्षंतः केचिन्नानाफलानि च । केचिन्मधुपिबंतश्च पुण्यवंतो व्रजंति वै ७३। तानागतांस्ततो दृष्ट्वा बहून्धर्मपरायणान् । भास्करीं प्रीतिमासाद्य स्वयं नारायणो भवेत् ७४। चतुर्बाहुः श्यामवर्णः प्रफुल्लकमलेक्षणः । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मधारी गरुडवाहनः ७५। स्वर्णयज्ञोपवीती च स्मरचारुमहाननः । किरीटी कुण्डली चैव वनमालाविभूषितः ७६। चित्रगुप्तो महाप्राज्ञश्चंडाद्या यमकिंकराः । सर्वे नारायणाकारा बभूवुर्मधुरोक्तयः ७७। ततः स्वयं धर्मराजस्तान्सर्वान्मनुजोत्तमान् । परमां प्रीतिमासाद्य मित्रवच्चार्चयेद्द्विज ७८। दिव्यरत्नैः फलैश्चैव तेषां पुण्यवतां नृणाम् । भोजनं कारयित्वा तु तानुवाचाथ भास्करिः ७९। यम उवाच- यूयं सर्वे महात्मानो नरकक्लेशभीरवः । निजकर्मप्रभावेण गम्यतां परमं पदम् ८०। संसारे जन्म संप्राप्य पुण्यं यः कुरुते नरः । स मे पिता स मे भ्राता स मे बंधुसमः सुहृत् ८१। इत्युक्ता धर्मराजेन ते सर्वे द्विजसत्तम । दिव्यं रथं समारुह्य नारायणपुरं गताः ८२। पुण्यात्मनां गतिः प्रोक्ता समासेन द्विजोत्तम । पापात्मनां शृणु गतिं विस्तरेण वदाम्यहम् ८३। षडशीतिसहस्राणि योजनानि दुरात्मनाम् । प्रोक्तो मार्गस्य विस्तारः सर्वदुःखान्वितः स च ८४। कुत्रचिद्वह्निवृष्टिश्च कुत्रचिच्चाश्मवर्षणम् । क्वचित्क्वचिद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ संतप्तं तप्तवालुकम् ८५। क्वचित्क्वचित्तीक्ष्णशिलाः क्वचित्तप्तशिलास्तथा । क्वचित्क्वचिच्छस्त्रवृष्टिः क्वचिदंगारवर्षणम् ८६। क्वचिदग्निरिवातीव संतप्ता वांति मारुताः । गंभीरांधकराः क्वापि तृणावर्तमुखा द्विज ८७। क्वचित्कंटकवृष्टिश्च नाराचमयकंटकैः । पाषाणश्रेणयः क्वापि दुःखरोहाः सपन्नगाः ८८। गच्छंति पापिनस्तत्र शुष्ककंठोष्ठतालुकाः । एवं बहुविधक्लेशे छायाजलविवर्जिते ८९। तस्मिन्मार्गे द्विजश्रेष्ठ पापिनो यांति दुःखिताः । नाम्ना विमुक्तकेशाश्च प्रेताकारा भयंकराः ९०। रुधिरौघप्लुताः केचित्केचित्कर्दमभूषिताः । केचित्केचिच्च कृष्णांगाः पथि गच्छंति पापिनः ९१। क्रंदंतो व्यथया केचित्स्रवद्बाष्पाकुले क्षणाः । शोचंतः स्वानि कर्माणि केचिद्गच्छंति पापिनः ९२। कस्यचिच्चर्मपाशस्य बंधनं पापिनां गले । कंकाले कस्यचिद्बद्धाः कस्यचिच्च पदद्वये ९३। गले सूचीसमुत्कीर्णे पाशं दत्वा दृढं रुषा । आकृष्यंते यमप्रेष्याः केषांचिच्च कृतैनसाम् ९४। वर्त्मस्थान्गुरुपाषाणान्वहंतः कर्णरन्ध्रकैः । अयोभारांश्च शीर्षाग्रैर्व्रजंति पथि पापिनः ९५। कांश्चिद्भुजेषु पाशेषु नयंति यमकिंकराः । ग्रीवासु पापिनः केचित्करप्रहरणैर्दृढैः ९६। क्षिप्तक्षिप्ता यमप्रेष्या नयंति यमकिंकराः । यांत्यधः शिरसः केचिदूर्ध्वपादास्तथापरे ९७। गच्छंति बाहुभिः केचिदेकपादाश्च केचन । इत्येवं विकृताकारा आर्तरावविरावणाः ९८। यमदूतैस्ताड्यमानाः पापिनो यांति तत्पथे । तेष्वागतेषु सर्वेषु पापात्मा सुरुषा यमः ९९। दिव्यां मूर्तिं परित्यज्य बभूवात्यंतभैरवः । त्रिंशद्योजनदीर्घांगो वापीसदृशलोचनः १०० 7.23.100। धूम्रवर्णो महातेजाः प्रलंबो घर्घरध्वनिः । सुदीर्घदशनश्रेणिः शूर्पोपम नखावलिः १०१। प्रचण्डमहिषारूढः संदष्टदशनच्छदः । दंडहस्तश्चर्मपाशो भ्रुकुटी कुटिलाननः १०२। चित्रगुप्तो महामायः क्रोधारुणितलोचनः । अट्टाट्टहासं कुर्वाणः समवर्ती विराजते १०३। चंडाद्याः किंकराः सर्वे पाशमुद्गरपाणयः । बभूवुर्भैरवाः क्रुद्धा गर्जंतो जलदा इव १०४। जहि जह्याशु पापिष्ठान्भिन्धि च्छिंदय विंधय । समंतादेव धावंतो वल्गंति यमकिंकराः १०५। तानाह पततः सर्वान्पापिनो धर्मराट्प्रभुः । तर्जयेत्कालदंडेन त्यजन्हुंकारनिःस्वनम् १०६। यम उवाच- रेरे पापा दुराचारा युष्माभिरविवेकिभिः । अहो कृतानि पापानि आत्मपीडाकराण्यपि १०७। मस्तकोपरि तिष्ठंतं नेक्षध्वं समवर्तिनम् । ज्ञात्वापि मां जीवितेशं युष्माभिः पातकं कृतम् १०८। पुण्यात्मनामहं बंधुरहं पापात्मनां रिपुः । इति कुत्रापि युष्माभिर्न श्रुतं श्रवणैः स्वकैः १०९। निरया दुःसहाः संति नानादुःखसमन्विताः । पापिनो भुंजते तांश्च युष्माभिर्नेति विश्रुतम् ११०। मत्वा मिथ्यैव युष्माभिश्चर्चा मम दुराशयाः । अद्य सैव स्वकैर्नेत्रैर्दृश्यतां कृतपातकाः १११। वित्तांध्येन वचो मत्ता यूयं सर्वे सदैव हि । चक्रिरे पापजालानि युष्माभिः सततं यथा ११२। तथा पापफलं दुष्टा भुंजतां क्रंदनेन किम् । सुप्राज्ञोवाच- इत्युक्त्वा भास्करिर्देवश्चित्रगुप्तमुवाच ह ११३। एतेषां पापकर्माणि महाभाग विचारय । धर्मराजवचः श्रुत्वा चित्रगुप्तो महत्तदा ११४। तेषां यावंति पापानि तावंति प्राह चोदितः । ततस्ते पापिनः सर्वे क्रंदंति द्विजसत्तम ११५। इत्यूचुः शमनं भीताश्चर्मपाशे नियंत्रिताः । पापिन ऊचुः अस्माभिर्यानि पापानि कृतानि भास्करात्मज ११६। के स्थिताः साक्षिणस्तत्र के वा यूयं निवेदिताः । अशुभं वा शुभं वापि यतोऽस्माभिः कृतं पुरा ११७। तथा च दृष्टं केनात्र पुरोऽस्माकं निगद्यताम् । ततः प्रहस्य भगवान्कोपेन महता द्विज ११८। आहूय साक्षिणः सर्वानिदं वचनमब्रवीत् । यम उवाच- यूयं सर्वे यथावृत्तं संनिधौ साक्षिणस्तथा ११९। आकाशं पृथिवीं चैव जलं च तिथयस्तथा । दिनं रात्रिरुभे संध्ये धर्मश्चैते तु साक्षिणः १२०। तेषां पापात्मनामूचुः सर्वं कर्मशुभाशुभम् । यस्य यस्य च वेलायां कर्म यद्यदिकारितम् १२१। स स साक्षी तस्य तस्य जगाद यमसन्निधौ । तच्छ्रुत्वा पापिनः सर्वे साध्वसा कृष्टमानसाः १२२। सकंपहृदयास्तस्थुर्मेघं दृष्ट्वा मृगा इव । ततस्तु दंतावलिभिः कुर्वन्कडकडध्वनिम् १२३। धर्मराट्कालदंडेन ताञ्जघान पृथक्पृथक् । ताडिता धर्मराजेन ते सर्वे कृतपातकाः १२४। क्रंदंति निजकर्माणि शोचंतः प्राप्तसाध्वसाः । ततस्तान्पापिनः सर्वान्दूताश्चंडादयो रुषा १२५। नरकेषु यमादेशाद्रौरवादिषु चिक्षिपुः । तपने चिक्षिपुः कांश्चिदवीचौ कृतपातकान् १२६। संघाते कालसूत्रे च महारौरवके तथा । संतप्ते वालुकाकुंडे कुंभीपाके तथापरान् १२७। निरुच्छ्वासे महाघोरे चिक्षिपुश्च प्रमर्द्दने । असिपत्रवने घोरे नानाभक्षेषु पापिनः १२८। वैतरण्यां तथा केऽपि चिक्षिपुर्यमकिंकराः । घोरे विष्ठाह्रदे कांश्चित्तुषांगारास्थिकंटकैः १२९। पूर्णे नितांतसंतप्ते चिक्षिपुर्यमकिंकराः । पुरीषलेपने चैव पुरीषभोजने तथा १३०। स्वमांसभोजने चैव स्थापिता यमकिंकरैः । श्लेष्माणं भुंजते केचित्केचिद्वीर्यं च भुंजते १३१। पिबंति केचिन्मूत्राणि केचिद्रक्तानि पापिनः । केषांचिद्वदनेष्वेव जलौकाः पन्नगोपमाः १३२। पूर्यंते पन्नगाश्चैव यमदूतैर्भयंकरैः । उत्पाद्यंतेऽतिसंतप्तैर्जिह्वाश्च द्विजसत्तम १३३। केषांचित्कर्णरंध्रेषु मुखेषु च कृतैनसाम् । तप्ततैलानि पूर्यंते निर्द्दयैर्यमकिंकरैः १३४। केषांचित्खङ्गधाराभिर्बाहुं च चरणं तथा । कर्णादिनासिकाश्चैव च्छिंदंति च दुरात्मनाम् १३५। शयनं कुर्वते केचिज्ज्वलदंगारसंचये । केचिन्नाराचतुल्येषु शयनं कंटकेषु च १३६। कर्दमेषु च तप्तेषु कांश्चिच्छमनकिंकराः । पातयंति द्विजश्रेष्ठ केशेष्वाकृष्य पापिनः १३७। वमनेषु च केषांचिन्नखसंधिषु पापिनाम् । तप्तसूचीसहस्राणि प्रक्षिपंति मुहुर्मुहुः १३८। संतप्तलोहशूलाग्रे कांश्चिदारोपयंति वै । क्रंदंति कंटकैस्तीक्ष्णैः केषांचिन्मस्तकानि वै १३९। गृहीत्वा हस्तपादेषु शाल्मलिद्रुमकंटकैः । निष्कुषंति रुषा कांश्चिदार्त्तरावविराविणः १४०। बद्ध्वा गलेषु पाषाणं कांश्चिच्छमनकिंकराः । रक्तगर्ते पयोगर्ते पातयंति पुनः पुनः १४१। याम्यैर्दूतैरुद्गिरंति शिरांसि पापिनां नृणाम् । चूर्णयंत्युपलैर्याम्या मुहुर्मुहुरतिक्रुधा १४२। वक्षोमध्येषु केषांचिल्लोहकीलकसंचयान् । आरोपयंति लोकानां क्रंदतां दुरितात्मनाम् १४३। चक्षूंषि बडिशैः केषामुत्पाट्यंते कृतैनसाम् । केषांचिन्नासिका एव पूर्य्यंते वृश्चिकैर्द्विज १४४। केषांचिद्वृक्षशाखायां बद्ध्वा पादांश्च पाशकैः । ज्वालयंति तले वह्निं सधूमं यमकिंकराः १४५। धूमपानं प्रकुर्वन्ति ते तत्र कृतकिल्विषाः । अधोमुखा ऊर्ध्वपादास्तस्थुराचन्द्र तारकम् १४६। मुसलैर्मुद्गरैः केचित्ताड्यमानाः पुनः पुनः । याम्यैर्दूतैरुद्गिरन्ति शोणितानि व्यथाकुलाः १४७। अन्धकारमये गेहे पूतिगन्धवति द्विज । दंशैश्च मशकैश्चैव केचित्सीदंति पापिनः १४८। भस्मानि भुञ्जते केचित्कृमीन्केचिच्च भुञ्जते । केचिद्दुर्गन्धमांसानि केचिच्च पूतिमृत्तिकाम् १४९। श्वभिर्व्याघ्रैः शृगालैश्च वज्रदन्तनखैस्तथा । ऋक्षैः केचिद्भक्ष्यमाणाः क्रंदन्ति रुधिराप्लुताः १५० 7.23.150। नितांतोग्रविषैः सर्पैर्भक्ष्यमाणास्तथापरे । अन्ये महिषशृंगाग्रनिर्भिन्नवक्षसो द्विज १५१। पतन्ति मूर्च्छिताः पृथ्वीं सिंचंतो रुधिरैर्महीम् । यमदूतधनुर्मुक्तैर्घोरैराशीविषोपमैः १५२। जर्जराखिलदेहाश्च लुठंत्यन्ये महीतले । तप्तायः पिण्डनिलयं तप्तपाषाणमेव च १५३। दंशशस्त्रेण केषांचित्कुष्णंति वदनेषु च । नासारन्ध्रेषु केषांचिद्यमदूता मुखेषु च १५४। श्वासानिलनिरोधार्थं नासारन्ध्रं वयंति वै । केषांचित्तीक्ष्णधाराभिर्यमशाक्तिभिरुद्धतैः १५५। उत्पाट्यंतेंगचर्माणि यमदूतैर्महाबलैः । कांश्चिद्गृहीत्वा केशेषु निपात्य पृथिवीतले १५६। कीलैः पादादिभिर्घातैस्ताडयंति सदैव हि । केचित्क्षारांबुधाराभिः संतप्ताः कृतपातकाः १५७। क्षारांबुपानं कुर्वंति क्रंदंतो बहुधा द्विज । पित्तपानं महाभाग केचित्कुर्वन्ति पापिनः १५८। स्नुहीक्षीराणि केचिच्च पिबंति पापिनां वराः । केषांचित्स्वपतां भूमौ वक्षःसु यमकिंकरैः १५९। दीयंते गुरुपाषाणाः संतप्ताः पर्वतोपमाः । काष्ठखंडद्वयं दत्वा ग्रीवायां च गले तथा १६०। उदग्रमुखं बध्नन्ति केषांचिद्दृढपाशकैः । आरोप्य वृक्षशाखायां कांश्चिद्भूमौ क्षिपंति च १६१। उत्थापयंति भूमौ च प्रक्षिपंति पुनः पुनः । एवं ते पापिनः सर्वे क्षुधितास्तृषितास्तथा १६२। त्राहि त्राहीति जल्पंतो रुदंति यातनागृहे । युगकल्पांतपर्यंतं भुक्त्वा निरययातनाम् १६३। नातिभुक्त्वा पापशेषे जायंते पापयोनिषु । पापयोनौ समुत्पन्ना भवंति व्याधिपीडिताः १६४। हीनांगा अधिकांगाश्च दुःखिनः पापसेवकाः । अपुत्रा अतिमूर्खाश्च परहिंसापरायणाः १६५। अल्पायुषोऽल्पमतयः कुभार्यापतयस्तथा । नित्यं पापानि कर्माणि कर्मणा मनसा गिरा १६६। पुनः पापप्रभावेन निरयं यांति पूर्ववत् । तस्मात्पापं न कर्तव्यं कदाचिदपि सत्तमैः १६७। नराणां कृतपापानां नरकान्नास्ति निष्कृतिः । संक्षेपात्पापिनां दुःखं निरुक्तं द्विजसत्तम १६८। सम्यग्वक्तुं कः क्षमोस्ति वर्षायुतशतैरपि । दुर्गतीनां ततो दृष्ट्वा मनुजानां कृतैनसाम् १६९। आवां विमानमारुह्य नारायणपुरं गतौ । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि भुक्त्वा भोगान्हरेर्गृहे १७०। जातौ वै राजवंशेऽस्मिन्विशुद्धे द्विजसत्तम । अत्र भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगान्सर्वसंपत्समन्वितान् १७१। सुखमृत्युं समासाद्य गंतव्यं परमं पदम् । एकादशीव्रतसमं व्रतं नास्ति जगत्त्रये १७२। अनिच्छयापि यत्कृत्वा गतिरेवंविधाऽवयोः । एकादशीव्रतं ये तु भक्तिभावेन कुर्वते १७३। न जाने किं भवेत्तेषां वासुदेवानुकम्पया । इति ते कथितं सर्वं पृष्टं ब्राह्मणसत्तम १७४। विष्णोर्दिवसमाहात्म्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि । व्यास उवाच- तस्यैतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स विप्रः परमार्थवित् १७५। एकादशीव्रते चित्तं चकार सुदृढं निजम् । स राजा राजमहिषी चिरं भुक्त्वा वसुंधराम् १७६। अंते विष्णुपुरं गत्वा प्राप्तवंतौ परं पदम् । व्रतराजस्य माहात्म्यं ये शृण्वंति पठंति च १७७। पापजालैर्विनिर्मुक्ता लभंते हरिसन्निधौ १७८। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे क्रियायोगसारे एकादशीमाहात्म्ये त्रयोविंशतितमोऽध्यायः २३ ।

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stavairanuttamaiḥ kecinnārāyaṇamanāmayam | stuvaṃti jagatāmīśaṃ divyārthaiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ 12| śvetacāmaravātena śītalena jagatpateḥ | vījayaṃti hareḥ prītiṃ kecicca mahatīṃ tathā 13| kecidvīṇādikaṃ vādyaṃ lalitaṃ śucimaṃgalam | vādayaṃto mahātmānaḥ kecidgāyaṃti keśavam 14| sa rājā rājamahiṣī dvāvapyatyaṃtaharṣitau | gāyatāṃ lalitaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyatāṃ nṛtyamuttamam 15| tau daṃpatī mahātmānau nṛtyagītādikāriṇau | vācā madhurayā prāha sa śaurirbrāhmaṇottamaḥ 16| śauriruvāca- dhanyo'si tvaṃ mahīpāla dhanyā ca mahiṣī tava | caritraṃ yuvayoretanmaṅgalaṃ bhuvidurllabham 17| tvāṃ vakṣyāmi yataḥ kaścinna dṛṣṭo vaiṣṇavottamaḥ | tvayā bhūmibhujā pṛthvī dhanyeyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ 18| ekādaśīvratamidaṃ pavitraṃ bhagavatpriyam | sadāraḥ kuruṣe bhūpa tasmāttvaṃ vaiṣṇavāgraṇīḥ 19| saptadvīpaikanāthaśca sadārastvaṃ nṛpottama | nārāyaṇāgrataḥ prītyā yato nṛtyasi gāyasi 20| caritraṃ yuvayoretaddaṃpatyordṛṣṭamadbhutam | kasmādbuddhiriyaṃ jātā yuvayoratinirmalā 21| vyāsa uvāca- tasyedaṃ vākyamākarṇya śaurināmno dvijanmanaḥ | īṣaddhāsyamukhīprāha suprājñā tamatho dvijam 22| suprājñovāca- ekādaśīprabhāvena pūrvamāvāṃ dvijottama | atipātakinau muktau sūryajena mahātmanā 23| jātismṛtiprabhāveṇa divyamekādaśīvratam | kurvaḥ saṃprati viprendra paramasthānakāṅkṣayā 24| śauriruvāca- yadi nūnaṃ varārohe pūrvāṃ jātiṃ tvamātmanaḥ | vetsi me brūhi tāṃ śrotuṃ jāyate kautukaṃ hṛdi 25| pūrvaṃ sthitā kā bhavatī patirvā kaḥ sthitastava | kathaṃ bhāskariṇā tyaktau yuvāṃ pātakināvapi 26| suprājñovāca- aprakāśyamidaṃ vākyaṃ yadyapi dvijasattama | sthitāsmi vāramukhyā'haṃ ratiśāstraviśāradā 27| tasmiñjanmani pāpāni ghorāṇi subahūni ca | mayā kṛtāni viprendra narakakleśadāni vai 28| ayaṃ nityodayo nāma śūdra svāḥcāravarjitaḥ | paradāraharaḥ krūraḥ paradravyāpahārakaḥ 29| surāpo mitrahaṃtā ca bhrūṇahā parahiṃsakaḥ | atyahaṃkārayuktaśca dharmaniṃdākaraḥ sadā 30| ekadā jñātibhiḥ sarvaiḥ parityakto hi sadvrataiḥ | ājagāma mamāgāraṃ veśyāvibhramalolupaḥ 31| yuvānaṃ suṃdaraṃ dṛṣṭvā tamenaṃ dvijasattama | mayāpi prītimāsādya saṃtuṣṭaḥ suratairapi 32| tato'nubhūya surataṃ mayā saha tapodhana | ayamāha ca māṃ premṇā vinayāvanato vacaḥ 33| ahaṃ surataśāstrajñaḥ parityaktaḥ svabaṃdhubhiḥ | yadi tvaṃ manyase tasmiṃstiṣṭhāmyatra tvayā saha 34| vinayāvanataṃ vākyamidaṃ śuśrāva taddivaja | daṃpatībhāvamāsādya sahānena sthitāsmyaham 35| kadāciddivajaśārdūla ekādaśyāṃ tithau hareḥ | mahadbhiḥ pīḍitāhaṃ ca dehadehāvaghātakaiḥ 36| tasminneva dvijaśreṣṭha jvarajarjaradehayā | na pītamudakaṃ nānnaṃ bhuktaṃ ca parayā bhiyā 37| mamasnehodayo'yaṃ ca tasminneva dine hareḥ | tatyājānnaṃ ca toyaṃ ca viṣaṇṇa iva janmanā 38| atha rātrau dvijaśreṣṭha dīpaṃ prajvālya sarpiṣā | mayā kṛtaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ jvarāpahatacetasā 39| nārāyaṇa harekṛṣṇa rakṣa māmiti jalpatā | muhurmuhuranenāpi kṛtaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ niśi 40| upavāsaprabhāveṇa keśavoccāraṇena ca | āvayoḥ sakalaṃ pāpaṃ vinaṣṭamabhavaddivaja 41| tataḥ prabhāte vimale bhagavatyudite ravau | jvarārditāhaṃ paṃcatvaṃ gatā brāhmaṇasattama 42| saṃprāptapaṃcatāṃ dṛṣṭvā māmayaṃ ca tataḥ śuciḥ | sahatyā maraṇaṃ bheje niṃditaḥ sakalairjanaiḥ 43| sūryyajasya tataḥ preṣyairjvaladagninibhekṣaṇaiḥ | baddhvā dṛḍhena pāśena nītau durgamavartmanā 44| śubhakarmā śubhaṃ vāpi citragupto yamājñayā | sarvaṃ vicārayāmāsa mūlātsa tu vicakṣaṇaḥ 45| citragupta uvāca- yadyapyetau mahābāho mahāpātakināṃ varau | tathāpi pātakairmuktau hyekādaśyāmupoṣaṇāt 46| anicchayāpi yaḥ kuryātpuṇyamekādaśīvratam | so'pi gacchetparaṃsthānaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ 47| ityuktaścitraguptena dharmarājo mahāyaśāḥ | āsanātsahasotthāya vavaṃde tāmamuṃca saḥ 48| sugaṃdhaiścaṃdanairdivyairdhūpaiḥ puṣpaiśca mṛtyunā | suvarṇābharaṇaireva maṃḍitau pāpavarjitau 49| phalairnānāvidhaistatra madhurairamṛtopamaiḥ | bhāskariḥ kārayāmāsa prītyā bhojanamāvayoḥ 50 7.23.50| atha stutvā stavairdivyaiḥ svayamāvāṃ yamaḥ prabhuḥ | samāropya rathe divye provāceti kṛtāñjali 51| yama uvāca- yuvāṃ puṇyavatāṃ śreṣṭhau sarvapāpavivarjitau | yatrāste bhagavānviṣṇurgaṃcchetāṃ tatra saṃprati 52| ityuktau dharmarājena vinayāvanatena vai | athaitaduktamāvābhyāṃ natvā tatpādapaṅkaje 53| gaṃtavyaṃ nānyathā deva tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | kiṃtvasti narakaṃ draṣṭuṃ tvadgṛhasthaṃ spṛhāvayoḥ 54| yamājñayā tato vipra rathamāruhya śobhanam | duṣprekṣyā nirayā dṛṣṭā āvābhyāṃ tatra vistarāḥ 55| brāhmaṇa uvāca- tatrāvasthā pāpavatāṃ yā yā dṛṣṭāḥ pativrate | vistareṇa samākhyātuṃ tāstāḥ sarvāstvamarhasi 56| puṇyātmānaḥ pathā yena vrajanti yamamaṃdiram | pāpātmānaśca suśroṇi tanme kathaya vistarāt 57| puṇyātmā kīdṛśaṃ paśyettatra vaivasvataṃ prabhum | puṇyātmanāṃ pāpināṃ ca paṃthānaṃ sukhaduḥkhadam 58| suprājñovāca- ādau bravīmi paṃthānaṃ nṛṇāṃ puṇyavatāmaham | śṛṇuṣva dvijaśārdūla śṛṇvatāṃ prītivarddhanam 59| prastarairvistarairbaddho divyavastraiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | bhāti puṇyavatāṃ paṃthāḥ sarvopadravavarjitaḥ 60| kvacidgaṃdharvakanyābhirgīyate gānamadbhutam | kvacinmañjuśarīrābhirapsarobhiśca nṛtyate 61| kvacidvīṇākvaṇaṃ nānā vādyaṃ cakrurmanoramam | kvacitkusumavṛṣṭiśca kvacidvāyuśca śītalaḥ 62| kvacitprapā śītatoyā kvacicca bhuktiśālikāḥ | kvaciddevāśca gaṃdharvāḥ paṭhaṃti stavamuttamam 63| kvacitkvaciddīrghikāśca phullapadmāḥ suśobhanāḥ | succhāyāḥ pādapāḥ kvāpi puṣpitā vaṃjulādayaḥ 64| tatastu sukhasampannāḥ pathi gacchaṃti mānavāḥ | puṇyātmāno dvijaśreṣṭha sukhamṛtyumavāpya ca 65| kecitturaṃgamārūḍhā nānālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ | uddaṇḍadhavalacchatrairgacchaṃtyāvṛtya mastakam 66| kecidyāṃti gajārūḍhā rathārūḍhāśca kecana | yānārūḍhā janāḥ kecitsukhena yamamaṃdiram 67| keciddevāṅganā hasta nyastacāmaravāyubhiḥ | gacchaṃti vījitā martyāḥ stūyamānāḥ surarṣibhiḥ 68| keciddivyāyudhadharāḥ srakcandanavibhūṣitāḥ | bhuṃjaṃto yāṃti tāṃbūlaṃ puṇyātmāno yamālayam 69| nijagātratviṣā kecijjvālayaṃto diśo daśa | vrajaṃti śamanāgāraṃ jalagrahanivāsinaḥ 70| kecicca pāyasaṃ divyaṃ bhuṃjato yāṃti sattama | subhakṣaṇaṃ prakurvaṃtaḥ pathi yāṃtaḥ sukhena ca 71| keciddugdhaṃ pibaṃtaśca kecidikṣurasaṃ tathā | kecittakraṃ pibaṃtaśca gacchaṃti yamamaṃdiram 72| keciddadhīni bhakṣaṃtaḥ kecinnānāphalāni ca | kecinmadhupibaṃtaśca puṇyavaṃto vrajaṃti vai 73| tānāgatāṃstato dṛṣṭvā bahūndharmaparāyaṇān | bhāskarīṃ prītimāsādya svayaṃ nārāyaṇo bhavet 74| caturbāhuḥ śyāmavarṇaḥ praphullakamalekṣaṇaḥ | śaṅkhacakragadāpadmadhārī garuḍavāhanaḥ 75| svarṇayajñopavītī ca smaracārumahānanaḥ | kirīṭī kuṇḍalī caiva vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ 76| citragupto mahāprājñaścaṃḍādyā yamakiṃkarāḥ | sarve nārāyaṇākārā babhūvurmadhuroktayaḥ 77| tataḥ svayaṃ dharmarājastānsarvānmanujottamān | paramāṃ prītimāsādya mitravaccārcayeddvija 78| divyaratnaiḥ phalaiścaiva teṣāṃ puṇyavatāṃ nṛṇām | bhojanaṃ kārayitvā tu tānuvācātha bhāskariḥ 79| yama uvāca- yūyaṃ sarve mahātmāno narakakleśabhīravaḥ | nijakarmaprabhāveṇa gamyatāṃ paramaṃ padam 80| saṃsāre janma saṃprāpya puṇyaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ | sa me pitā sa me bhrātā sa me baṃdhusamaḥ suhṛt 81| ityuktā dharmarājena te sarve dvijasattama | divyaṃ rathaṃ samāruhya nārāyaṇapuraṃ gatāḥ 82| puṇyātmanāṃ gatiḥ proktā samāsena dvijottama | pāpātmanāṃ śṛṇu gatiṃ vistareṇa vadāmyaham 83| ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanāni durātmanām | prokto mārgasya vistāraḥ sarvaduḥkhānvitaḥ sa ca 84| kutracidvahnivṛṣṭiśca kutraciccāśmavarṣaṇam | kvacitkvaciddvijaśreṣṭha saṃtaptaṃ taptavālukam 85| kvacitkvacittīkṣṇaśilāḥ kvacittaptaśilāstathā | kvacitkvacicchastravṛṣṭiḥ kvacidaṃgāravarṣaṇam 86| kvacidagnirivātīva saṃtaptā vāṃti mārutāḥ | gaṃbhīrāṃdhakarāḥ kvāpi tṛṇāvartamukhā dvija 87| kvacitkaṃṭakavṛṣṭiśca nārācamayakaṃṭakaiḥ | pāṣāṇaśreṇayaḥ kvāpi duḥkharohāḥ sapannagāḥ 88| gacchaṃti pāpinastatra śuṣkakaṃṭhoṣṭhatālukāḥ | evaṃ bahuvidhakleśe chāyājalavivarjite 89| tasminmārge dvijaśreṣṭha pāpino yāṃti duḥkhitāḥ | nāmnā vimuktakeśāśca pretākārā bhayaṃkarāḥ 90| rudhiraughaplutāḥ kecitkecitkardamabhūṣitāḥ | kecitkecicca kṛṣṇāṃgāḥ pathi gacchaṃti pāpinaḥ 91| kraṃdaṃto vyathayā kecitsravadbāṣpākule kṣaṇāḥ | śocaṃtaḥ svāni karmāṇi kecidgacchaṃti pāpinaḥ 92| kasyaciccarmapāśasya baṃdhanaṃ pāpināṃ gale | kaṃkāle kasyacidbaddhāḥ kasyacicca padadvaye 93| gale sūcīsamutkīrṇe pāśaṃ datvā dṛḍhaṃ ruṣā | ākṛṣyaṃte yamapreṣyāḥ keṣāṃcicca kṛtainasām 94| vartmasthāngurupāṣāṇānvahaṃtaḥ karṇarandhrakaiḥ | ayobhārāṃśca śīrṣāgrairvrajaṃti pathi pāpinaḥ 95| kāṃścidbhujeṣu pāśeṣu nayaṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ | grīvāsu pāpinaḥ kecitkarapraharaṇairdṛḍhaiḥ 96| kṣiptakṣiptā yamapreṣyā nayaṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ | yāṃtyadhaḥ śirasaḥ kecidūrdhvapādāstathāpare 97| gacchaṃti bāhubhiḥ kecidekapādāśca kecana | ityevaṃ vikṛtākārā ārtarāvavirāvaṇāḥ 98| yamadūtaistāḍyamānāḥ pāpino yāṃti tatpathe | teṣvāgateṣu sarveṣu pāpātmā suruṣā yamaḥ 99| divyāṃ mūrtiṃ parityajya babhūvātyaṃtabhairavaḥ | triṃśadyojanadīrghāṃgo vāpīsadṛśalocanaḥ 100 7.23.100| dhūmravarṇo mahātejāḥ pralaṃbo ghargharadhvaniḥ | sudīrghadaśanaśreṇiḥ śūrpopama nakhāvaliḥ 101| pracaṇḍamahiṣārūḍhaḥ saṃdaṣṭadaśanacchadaḥ | daṃḍahastaścarmapāśo bhrukuṭī kuṭilānanaḥ 102| citragupto mahāmāyaḥ krodhāruṇitalocanaḥ | aṭṭāṭṭahāsaṃ kurvāṇaḥ samavartī virājate 103| caṃḍādyāḥ kiṃkarāḥ sarve pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ | babhūvurbhairavāḥ kruddhā garjaṃto jaladā iva 104| jahi jahyāśu pāpiṣṭhānbhindhi cchiṃdaya viṃdhaya | samaṃtādeva dhāvaṃto valgaṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ 105| tānāha patataḥ sarvānpāpino dharmarāṭprabhuḥ | tarjayetkāladaṃḍena tyajanhuṃkāraniḥsvanam 106| yama uvāca- rere pāpā durācārā yuṣmābhiravivekibhiḥ | aho kṛtāni pāpāni ātmapīḍākarāṇyapi 107| mastakopari tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ nekṣadhvaṃ samavartinam | jñātvāpi māṃ jīviteśaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ pātakaṃ kṛtam 108| puṇyātmanāmahaṃ baṃdhurahaṃ pāpātmanāṃ ripuḥ | iti kutrāpi yuṣmābhirna śrutaṃ śravaṇaiḥ svakaiḥ 109| nirayā duḥsahāḥ saṃti nānāduḥkhasamanvitāḥ | pāpino bhuṃjate tāṃśca yuṣmābhirneti viśrutam 110| matvā mithyaiva yuṣmābhiścarcā mama durāśayāḥ | adya saiva svakairnetrairdṛśyatāṃ kṛtapātakāḥ 111| vittāṃdhyena vaco mattā yūyaṃ sarve sadaiva hi | cakrire pāpajālāni yuṣmābhiḥ satataṃ yathā 112| tathā pāpaphalaṃ duṣṭā bhuṃjatāṃ kraṃdanena kim | suprājñovāca- ityuktvā bhāskarirdevaścitraguptamuvāca ha 113| eteṣāṃ pāpakarmāṇi mahābhāga vicāraya | dharmarājavacaḥ śrutvā citragupto mahattadā 114| teṣāṃ yāvaṃti pāpāni tāvaṃti prāha coditaḥ | tataste pāpinaḥ sarve kraṃdaṃti dvijasattama 115| ityūcuḥ śamanaṃ bhītāścarmapāśe niyaṃtritāḥ | pāpina ūcuḥ asmābhiryāni pāpāni kṛtāni bhāskarātmaja 116| ke sthitāḥ sākṣiṇastatra ke vā yūyaṃ niveditāḥ | aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ vāpi yato'smābhiḥ kṛtaṃ purā 117| tathā ca dṛṣṭaṃ kenātra puro'smākaṃ nigadyatām | tataḥ prahasya bhagavānkopena mahatā dvija 118| āhūya sākṣiṇaḥ sarvānidaṃ vacanamabravīt | yama uvāca- yūyaṃ sarve yathāvṛttaṃ saṃnidhau sākṣiṇastathā 119| ākāśaṃ pṛthivīṃ caiva jalaṃ ca tithayastathā | dinaṃ rātrirubhe saṃdhye dharmaścaite tu sākṣiṇaḥ 120| teṣāṃ pāpātmanāmūcuḥ sarvaṃ karmaśubhāśubham | yasya yasya ca velāyāṃ karma yadyadikāritam 121| sa sa sākṣī tasya tasya jagāda yamasannidhau | tacchrutvā pāpinaḥ sarve sādhvasā kṛṣṭamānasāḥ 122| sakaṃpahṛdayāstasthurmeghaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgā iva | tatastu daṃtāvalibhiḥ kurvankaḍakaḍadhvanim 123| dharmarāṭkāladaṃḍena tāñjaghāna pṛthakpṛthak | tāḍitā dharmarājena te sarve kṛtapātakāḥ 124| kraṃdaṃti nijakarmāṇi śocaṃtaḥ prāptasādhvasāḥ | tatastānpāpinaḥ sarvāndūtāścaṃḍādayo ruṣā 125| narakeṣu yamādeśādrauravādiṣu cikṣipuḥ | tapane cikṣipuḥ kāṃścidavīcau kṛtapātakān 126| saṃghāte kālasūtre ca mahārauravake tathā | saṃtapte vālukākuṃḍe kuṃbhīpāke tathāparān 127| nirucchvāse mahāghore cikṣipuśca pramarddane | asipatravane ghore nānābhakṣeṣu pāpinaḥ 128| vaitaraṇyāṃ tathā ke'pi cikṣipuryamakiṃkarāḥ | ghore viṣṭhāhrade kāṃścittuṣāṃgārāsthikaṃṭakaiḥ 129| pūrṇe nitāṃtasaṃtapte cikṣipuryamakiṃkarāḥ | purīṣalepane caiva purīṣabhojane tathā 130| svamāṃsabhojane caiva sthāpitā yamakiṃkaraiḥ | śleṣmāṇaṃ bhuṃjate kecitkecidvīryaṃ ca bhuṃjate 131| pibaṃti kecinmūtrāṇi kecidraktāni pāpinaḥ | keṣāṃcidvadaneṣveva jalaukāḥ pannagopamāḥ 132| pūryaṃte pannagāścaiva yamadūtairbhayaṃkaraiḥ | utpādyaṃte'tisaṃtaptairjihvāśca dvijasattama 133| keṣāṃcitkarṇaraṃdhreṣu mukheṣu ca kṛtainasām | taptatailāni pūryaṃte nirddayairyamakiṃkaraiḥ 134| keṣāṃcitkhaṅgadhārābhirbāhuṃ ca caraṇaṃ tathā | karṇādināsikāścaiva cchiṃdaṃti ca durātmanām 135| śayanaṃ kurvate kecijjvaladaṃgārasaṃcaye | kecinnārācatulyeṣu śayanaṃ kaṃṭakeṣu ca 136| kardameṣu ca tapteṣu kāṃścicchamanakiṃkarāḥ | pātayaṃti dvijaśreṣṭha keśeṣvākṛṣya pāpinaḥ 137| vamaneṣu ca keṣāṃcinnakhasaṃdhiṣu pāpinām | taptasūcīsahasrāṇi prakṣipaṃti muhurmuhuḥ 138| saṃtaptalohaśūlāgre kāṃścidāropayaṃti vai | kraṃdaṃti kaṃṭakaistīkṣṇaiḥ keṣāṃcinmastakāni vai 139| gṛhītvā hastapādeṣu śālmalidrumakaṃṭakaiḥ | niṣkuṣaṃti ruṣā kāṃścidārttarāvavirāviṇaḥ 140| baddhvā galeṣu pāṣāṇaṃ kāṃścicchamanakiṃkarāḥ | raktagarte payogarte pātayaṃti punaḥ punaḥ 141| yāmyairdūtairudgiraṃti śirāṃsi pāpināṃ nṛṇām | cūrṇayaṃtyupalairyāmyā muhurmuhuratikrudhā 142| vakṣomadhyeṣu keṣāṃcillohakīlakasaṃcayān | āropayaṃti lokānāṃ kraṃdatāṃ duritātmanām 143| cakṣūṃṣi baḍiśaiḥ keṣāmutpāṭyaṃte kṛtainasām | keṣāṃcinnāsikā eva pūryyaṃte vṛścikairdvija 144| keṣāṃcidvṛkṣaśākhāyāṃ baddhvā pādāṃśca pāśakaiḥ | jvālayaṃti tale vahniṃ sadhūmaṃ yamakiṃkarāḥ 145| dhūmapānaṃ prakurvanti te tatra kṛtakilviṣāḥ | adhomukhā ūrdhvapādāstasthurācandra tārakam 146| musalairmudgaraiḥ kecittāḍyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ | yāmyairdūtairudgiranti śoṇitāni vyathākulāḥ 147| andhakāramaye gehe pūtigandhavati dvija | daṃśaiśca maśakaiścaiva kecitsīdaṃti pāpinaḥ 148| bhasmāni bhuñjate kecitkṛmīnkecicca bhuñjate | keciddurgandhamāṃsāni kecicca pūtimṛttikām 149| śvabhirvyāghraiḥ śṛgālaiśca vajradantanakhaistathā | ṛkṣaiḥ kecidbhakṣyamāṇāḥ kraṃdanti rudhirāplutāḥ 150 7.23.150| nitāṃtograviṣaiḥ sarpairbhakṣyamāṇāstathāpare | anye mahiṣaśṛṃgāgranirbhinnavakṣaso dvija 151| patanti mūrcchitāḥ pṛthvīṃ siṃcaṃto rudhirairmahīm | yamadūtadhanurmuktairghorairāśīviṣopamaiḥ 152| jarjarākhiladehāśca luṭhaṃtyanye mahītale | taptāyaḥ piṇḍanilayaṃ taptapāṣāṇameva ca 153| daṃśaśastreṇa keṣāṃcitkuṣṇaṃti vadaneṣu ca | nāsārandhreṣu keṣāṃcidyamadūtā mukheṣu ca 154| śvāsānilanirodhārthaṃ nāsārandhraṃ vayaṃti vai | keṣāṃcittīkṣṇadhārābhiryamaśāktibhiruddhataiḥ 155| utpāṭyaṃteṃgacarmāṇi yamadūtairmahābalaiḥ | kāṃścidgṛhītvā keśeṣu nipātya pṛthivītale 156| kīlaiḥ pādādibhirghātaistāḍayaṃti sadaiva hi | kecitkṣārāṃbudhārābhiḥ saṃtaptāḥ kṛtapātakāḥ 157| kṣārāṃbupānaṃ kurvaṃti kraṃdaṃto bahudhā dvija | pittapānaṃ mahābhāga kecitkurvanti pāpinaḥ 158| snuhīkṣīrāṇi kecicca pibaṃti pāpināṃ varāḥ | keṣāṃcitsvapatāṃ bhūmau vakṣaḥsu yamakiṃkaraiḥ 159| dīyaṃte gurupāṣāṇāḥ saṃtaptāḥ parvatopamāḥ | kāṣṭhakhaṃḍadvayaṃ datvā grīvāyāṃ ca gale tathā 160| udagramukhaṃ badhnanti keṣāṃciddṛḍhapāśakaiḥ | āropya vṛkṣaśākhāyāṃ kāṃścidbhūmau kṣipaṃti ca 161| utthāpayaṃti bhūmau ca prakṣipaṃti punaḥ punaḥ | evaṃ te pāpinaḥ sarve kṣudhitāstṛṣitāstathā 162| trāhi trāhīti jalpaṃto rudaṃti yātanāgṛhe | yugakalpāṃtaparyaṃtaṃ bhuktvā nirayayātanām 163| nātibhuktvā pāpaśeṣe jāyaṃte pāpayoniṣu | pāpayonau samutpannā bhavaṃti vyādhipīḍitāḥ 164| hīnāṃgā adhikāṃgāśca duḥkhinaḥ pāpasevakāḥ | aputrā atimūrkhāśca parahiṃsāparāyaṇāḥ 165| alpāyuṣo'lpamatayaḥ kubhāryāpatayastathā | nityaṃ pāpāni karmāṇi karmaṇā manasā girā 166| punaḥ pāpaprabhāvena nirayaṃ yāṃti pūrvavat | tasmātpāpaṃ na kartavyaṃ kadācidapi sattamaiḥ 167| narāṇāṃ kṛtapāpānāṃ narakānnāsti niṣkṛtiḥ | saṃkṣepātpāpināṃ duḥkhaṃ niruktaṃ dvijasattama 168| samyagvaktuṃ kaḥ kṣamosti varṣāyutaśatairapi | durgatīnāṃ tato dṛṣṭvā manujānāṃ kṛtainasām 169| āvāṃ vimānamāruhya nārāyaṇapuraṃ gatau | kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi bhuktvā bhogānharergṛhe 170| jātau vai rājavaṃśe'sminviśuddhe dvijasattama | atra bhuktvākhilānbhogānsarvasaṃpatsamanvitān 171| sukhamṛtyuṃ samāsādya gaṃtavyaṃ paramaṃ padam | ekādaśīvratasamaṃ vrataṃ nāsti jagattraye 172| anicchayāpi yatkṛtvā gatirevaṃvidhā'vayoḥ | ekādaśīvrataṃ ye tu bhaktibhāvena kurvate 173| na jāne kiṃ bhavetteṣāṃ vāsudevānukampayā | iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇasattama 174| viṣṇordivasamāhātmyaṃ kimanyacchrotumarhasi | vyāsa uvāca- tasyaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa vipraḥ paramārthavit 175| ekādaśīvrate cittaṃ cakāra sudṛḍhaṃ nijam | sa rājā rājamahiṣī ciraṃ bhuktvā vasuṃdharām 176| aṃte viṣṇupuraṃ gatvā prāptavaṃtau paraṃ padam | vratarājasya māhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti paṭhaṃti ca 177| pāpajālairvinirmuktā labhaṃte harisannidhau 178| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre ekādaśīmāhātmye trayoviṃśatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 23 |

English translation

Vyāsa said :

1-2. Formerly on the earth there was a king named Kocaraśa. He was calm. He knew the excellent ways of life. He was the best among those who know statesmanship. He, the great one, spoke the truth. He had conquered his anger. He had vanquished the multitude of his enemies. He was very much devoted to Nārāyaṇa ’s worship. He was engrossed in the service of Hari .

3-4. His queen was Suprajñā by name, who spoke pleasing words, was endowed with all (good) characteristics, and was absorbed in serving her husband. She was engaged in (observing) the Ekādaśī vow, and desired the good of all living beings. She remembered her (past) births. She was noble and of an excellent complexion.

5-6. That king who knew the highest truth, having observed the Daśami (vow), was along with his wife engrossed in keeping awake at night on the Ekādaśī day. In the meantime a certain brāhmaṇa named Śauri , who was very lustrous, came to the king’s pavilion where people kept awake.

7-8. The king, highly devoted to Viṣṇu , seeing him coming, was highly delighted and honoured him by offering him water for washing his feet etc. The brāhmaṇa, knowing the entire truth, and comfortably seated among them, saw there many observers (of the Ekādaśī vow) engaged in Viṣṇu’s worship.

9-14. Some worshipped Viṣṇu with many lovely flowers, sandal, incense, lamps and excellent presents. Some observers of the vow decorated with the clay from Gaṅgā , and adorned with garlands of tulasī leaves, gladly danced in front of (the image of) Viṣṇu. (Some) observers of the vow, dear to the lord, sang, keeping rhythm with clapping their hands, charming songs about Viṣṇu. Some (others) praised Anāmaya, Viṣṇu, the lord of the worlds, with excellent hymns having divine meanings and containing pleasing letters. Some fanned (the image of) Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, with white chowries to his great delight. Some played upon the charming, pure, auspicious musical instruments like the lute. Some noble ones sang (songs) to (i.e. in honour of) Viṣṇu.

15-16. The two—the king and the queen—being very much delighted, sang a charming song, and danced an excellent dance. That best brāhmaṇa, Śauri, spoke with gentle words to the noble couple, dancing and singing:

Śauri said :

17-20. O king, you are fortunate, so also is your queen fortunate. This auspicious behaviour of you two is difficult to be found on the earth. I shall speak something to you, since I have not seen an excellent devotee of Viṣṇu (like you). There is no doubt that the earth, with you as the king, is blessed. O king, along with your wife you are observing this pure Ekādaśī vow, dear to the lord. Therefore, you are the chief among Viṣṇu’s devotees, since, O best king, you, the only lord of (the earth with) the seven islands, are, along with your wife, joyfully dancing and singing before (the image of) Viṣṇu.

21. This behaviour of you, the couple, is seen to be wonderful. For what reason such an extremely pure thought has arisen in(the mind of) you?

Vyāsa said :

22. Having heard these words of that brāhmaṇa, Śauri, Suprajñā, with a face having a slight smile on it, spoke to the brāhmaṇa:

Suprajñā said :

23-24. O best brāhmaṇa, we two, very great sinners, were formerly freed by the noble ( Yama ), the son of the Sun, due to the efficacy of the Ekādaśī (vow). O best brāhmaṇa, due to (my) power of recollecting (the past) existences, we two are now observing this divine Ekādaśī vow with a desire for (reaching) the highest place.

Śauri said :

25-26. O beautiful lady, if you know your former birth, then tell me (about it). In my heart a great curiosity is produced to listen to it. Who were you formerly? Who was your husband? How was it that you, though sinners, were released by Yama?

Suprajñā said :

27-28. Though these words are not to be divulged (I shall tell you), O best brāhmaṇa. I, proficient in the science of love, was the chief prostitute. O best brāhmaṇa, in that existence, I committed very many fearful sins, giving torment in hell.

29-30. This (king) was a śūdra named Nityodaya, who had given up the practices of his own (caste), who, the cruel one, kidnapped other’s wives and snatched other’s wealth. He drank liquor, killed his friends, caused abortions, harmed others, was very proud, and always censured the prescribed course of conduct.

31-33. Once he, abandoned by all his kinsmen of good vows, and longing for the amorous movements of prostitutes, came to my house. O best brāhmaṇa, seeing this handsome youth, I too, having love for him, pleased him with sexual unions (with him). Then, O you rich in penance, he, having had sexual union with me, being humble with modesty, spoke to me (these) words with love:

34. “I am proficient in the science of sexual union. I am abandoned by my relatives. If you agree about it (i.e. the sexual union), then I shall stay here with you.”

35-40. Hearing these polite words, O brāhmaṇa, I forming the relation of a couple, stayed with him. O best brāhmaṇa, once on a day of (i.e. sacred to) Viṣṇu, I was tormented by major (diseases) harming the body. On that (day) only, O best brāhmaṇa, I, with my body dull by fever, did not drink water, nor did I eat food due to great fear. This one, in whom love for me was begotten, abandoned food and water on the same day, and was as it were unhappy with existence. Then, O best brāhmaṇa, I, with my mind smitten with fever, burnt a lamp with ghee , and kept awake. He too, repeatedly saying, ‘Nārāyaṇa, Hari, Kṛṣṇa ,’ kept awake during the night.

41. O brāhmaṇa, due to the efficacy of the fast, and the utterance of (the name) Keśava , all our sin perished.

42-43. Then, O best brāhmaṇa, when the morning dawned, and the sun rose, I, oppressed by fever, expired. Then he, seeing me dead, and censured by all people, resorted to death with me.

44-45. Then we two, after being bound with a strong noose by the servants of Yama, whose eyes were like blazing fire, were taken (to him) along a difficult path. That wise Citragupta considered, from the beginning, all our good and evil acts by Yama’s order.

Citragupta said :

46-49. O you large-armed one, even though these two are the greatest sinners, yet they are freed from sins due to their fasting on the Ekādaśī day. Even he who would observe the meritorious Ekādaśī vow unintentionally would, being free from all sins, go to the highest place.

The very glorious Dharmarāja , thus addressed by Citragupta, suddenly rose from his seat, and saluted her and him. The two, free from sins, were adorned with fragrant sandal, divine incense, and flowers, so also with golden ornaments by Yama.

50-51. Then the Sun’s son affectionately fed us with various kinds of fruits, sweet and resembling nectar. Then lord Yama himself praised us with divine eulogies and having put us in a divine chariot said to us with the palms of his hands joined:

Yama said :

52. You are the greatest among the meritorious. You are free from sins. Now go there where Viṣṇu dwells.

53-54. When we two were thus addressed by Yama, humble with modesty, we, bowing at his lotus-like feet, said to him: “O god, we would not go anywhere (else). (We would go to) the highest position of Viṣṇu. But we have a desire to see the hell situated in your dwelling.”

55. Then, O brāhmaṇa, by Yama’s order we two got into a beautiful chariot and we two saw there extensive hells, difficult to be seen.

The brāhmaṇa said :

56-58. O you chaste lady, please tell (me) in detail all the conditions of the sinners which you saw there. O you beautiful lady, tell me in detail by which path the meritorious ones go to Yama’s house, and by which way the sinners go. How would a pious soul see there lord Yama and the paths of the pious and of the sinners, giving pleasure and pain (respectively)?

Suprajñā said :

59-64. I shall first describe the path of the pious men, which increases the pleasure of the meritorious. O best brāhmaṇa, listen. The path of the pious, built with big stones and covered with divine pieces of cloth, appears to be free from all troubles. At places wonderful songs are sung by gandharva -maidens. At places celestial nymphs of beautiful bodies dance. At places they produce the sound of the lute and the charming (sound) of various musical instruments. At places there is a shower of flowers; at places cold breezes blow. At places there are stalls where water is distributed to travellers, at places there are houses for eating. At places god and gandharvas recite excellent eulogies. At places there are very beautiful lakes with fully bloomed lotuses. At places there are very shady trees like blossomed aśoka trees.

65-73. From there, O best brāhmaṇa, the pious men endowed with happiness, and meeting with a happy death, go along the path. Some are mounted on horses; some are decorated with various ornaments. They go covering their heads with white umbrellas with their handles raised. Some mounted on elephants, some mounted on chariots, some having got into vehicles, happily go to Yarna’s abode. Some men, fanned with breezes from the chowries placed in the hands of divine ladies, and praised by great sages, go (to Yama’s abode). Certain pious men, holding divine weapons, adorned with garlands and sandal and eating tāmbūla go to Yama’s abode. Some living in houses built near water, blazing the ten quarters with the lustre of their bodies go to Yama’s abode. O best one, certain (men), enjoying rice boiled in milk, and eating well go happily to Yama’s abode. Some drinking milk, some drinking sugarcane juice, also some drinking butter-milk go to Yama’s abode. Some meritorious ones eating curd, some eating various fruits, some drinking spirituous liquor go (to Yama’s abode).

74-76. Seeing many (such) pious men, securing Yama’s love and coming there, Viṣṇu would himself appear there. He has four arms; his complexion is dark; his eyes are like full-blown lotuses. He holds a conch, a disc, a mace and a lotus. His vehicle is Garuḍa . His sacred thread is golden. His great face is lovely like that of Cupid. He puts on a crown and ear-rings. He is adorned with a garland of wood flowers.

77-79. All like the very wise Citragupta, Yama’s servants like Caṇḍa , speaking sweetly have the forms of Viṣṇu. O brāhmaṇa, then Yama himself, having great affection, would worship all those excellent men. Having (honoured) the pious men with divine gems (and) fed them fruits the Sun’s son (i.e. Yama) said:

Yama said :

80-81. O you noble ones afraid of the torment in the hell, you (will) go to the highest position due to the efficacy of your acts. The man who, being born in the world, does (acts of) merit, is my father, my brother, and is my friend and like my kinsmen.

82. O best brāhmaṇa, all those, thus addressed by Yama, got into a divine chariot and went to Viṣṇu’s city.

83-98. O best brāhmaṇa, I have told you in brief (about) the fate of the meritorious. Listen to the fate of sinners. I shall tell it in detail. The expanse of the path, full of all afflictions, of the wicked ones, is said to be eighty-six thousand yojanas . At places there is a shower of fire. At places there is a shower of stones, and O best brāhmaṇa, at places there is hot sand. At places there are sharp stones. At places there are hot stones. At places there is a shower of weapons. At places there is a shower of burning charcoals. At places breezes, very hot like fire, blow. At places are deep places of darkness with their openings covered with grass, O brāhmaṇa. At places there is a shower of thorns, along with thorny arrows. At places there are rows of rocks, difficult to climb, along with serpents. The sinners, with their throats and palates parched up, go there. O best brāhmaṇa, the unhappy sinners go along that path full of various kinds of sufferings and without shade or water. The sinners named Vimuktakeśa, some of the form of goblins, fierce, wet with steams of blood, some adorned (i.e. smeared) with mud, some with dark bodies, go along the path. Some sinners waiting with agony, some with their eyes full of tears that are trickling, some repenting for their deeds, go along the path. Round the neck of some sinner a hide-noose is tied. (Chains) are bound round someone’s skeleton and someone’s both feet. Yama’s servants, angrily putting a noose round the sinners’ necks pierced with needles, drag them. The sinners carrying in the cavities of their ears heavy stones lying on the path, and (carrying) iron-loads on the tops of their heads, go along the path. Yama’s servants take some sinners after putting nooses round their arms and (after keeping) strong weapons on their necks. By tossing the sinners Yama’s servants take them. Some walk with their heads down, and some with their feet up. Some walk on their hands; some walk on one foot. Thus they are deformed, and cry piteously.

99-102. The sinners, being beaten by Yama’s messengers go along that path. When they had come, evil-minded Yama, angrily gave up his divine form and became very fierce. His body was thirty yojanas long, and his eyes resembled wells. His complexion was smoky. He was very lustrous. He was prominent. His sound was gurgling. He had rows of very long teeth. His rows of nails resembled winnowing baskets. He was mounted on a strong he-buffalo. He bit his lips. He had a staff in his hand. He had a noose of hide. His face had curved eyebrows.

103. With him shone Citragupta who had great illusory power, whose eyes were red due to anger, and who was laughing loudly.

104-105. All (Yama’s) servants, with nooses and mallets in their hands, who were fierce and angry, thundered like clouds. Yama’s servants, running from every side said boastfully: “Quickly kill the most sinful ones. Break them, cut them, pierce them.”

106. Lord Yama threatened all the sinners that were running, giving out a ‘hum’ sound with these words:

Yama said :

107-113a. O sinners,O wicked ones, you thoughtless ones have committed sins which trouble yourselves. You do not see me remaining over your heads. Even knowing me, the lord of life, (to be observing your deeds), you committed sins. Nowhere have you heard with your own ears that I am the brother of the meritorious and the enemy of sinners. Hells are unbearable; they are full of various afflictions. The sinners experience them (i.e. undergo tortures there). Have younot heard this? O you wicked-hearted ones, you regarded my inquiry to be just untrue. O you who have committed sins, today see it with your own eyes. In the blindness due to wealth, all of you being insolent, never followed my words. You always committed heaps of sins. In accordance with that (heap of sins), O wicked ones, experience the fruit of your sins. What is the use of crying?

Suprajñā said :

113b-116a. Speaking (to them) like this, Yama said to Citragupta: “O you noble one, take into account the sinful deeds of these.”

Hearing those great words of Yama, Citragupta being (thus) directed (by Yama) told as many sins of them (as they had committed). Then, O best brāhmaṇa, all the sinners waited. They, who were frightened, and who were controlled with a noose of hide (said):

The sinners said :

116b-119a. O Sun’s son, who were the witness presented by you to the sins which we had committed. Tell us who witnessed the good or evil deeds that we did formerly.

Then, O brāhmaṇa, Yama having laughed spoke these words very angrily after summoning all the witnesses:

Yama said :

119b-120. You were all nearby and witnesses to whatever took place. The sky, the earth, so also the water, the dates, the day, the night, both the twilights and Dharma —these are the witnesses.

121-122. They narrated all the good and evil deeds of the sinners, and the deed of each one of them and the time when it was done. Each witness told (the deeds) in Yama’s presence. Hearing them, the minds of all sinners were overpowered by fright.

123-125a. They stood with their hearts trembling as deer (remain) on seeing a cloud. Then making a ‘ Kaḍa Kaḍa’ sound with the rows of his teeth (i.e. gnawing his teeth),Yama separately struck them with his fatal staff. All those sinners, struck separately by Dharmarāja (i.e. Yama) wailed over their deeds and being alarmed lamented.

125b-132. Then, Caṇḍa and others, the messengers of Yama, threw, by Yama’s order, all those sinners into hells. They dropped some sinners into (the hell called) Tapana , and some into (the hell called) Avīci . (They threw others) into Saṃghāta , Kālasūtra , Mahāraurava , into a hot basin containing sand, and into Kumbhīpāka . They threw the sinners into (hells like) Pramardana which was breathless (i.e. where breathing was not possible) and which was very fierce; so also in the fearful (hell called) Asipatravana , and into (hells) containing various kinds of foods. Certain servants of Yama similarly threw (some) sinners into Vaitaraṇā. Yama’s servants threw some sinners into a fierce pool of feces; some (sinners) into (a hell) full of thorns along with bones and chaff-fire, and extremely hot; so also Yama’s servants threw them into hells where smearing was done with feces, where the foods was feces, so also in the hell where one’s own flesh was eaten. Some (sinners) ate phlegm; some drank semen. Some sinners drank urine; some drank blood. In the mouths of some were leeches, resembling serpents.

133-151. Some (hells) were filled with serpents by the fierce messengers of Yama. O best brāhmaṇa, the very angry (servants of Yama) extracted the tongues of some (sinners). The cruel servants of Yama filled (i.e. put) heated oil into the cavities of the ears and into the mouths of some. They cut off with the edges of swords (i.e. with sharp swords) a hand and a foot also, so also ears and noses of some wicked ones. Some slept on the heap of burning charcoals; some on thorns resembling arrows. O best brāhmaṇa, Yama’s servants pulled out the hair of sinners and threw them into hot mud. They repeatedly inserted thousands of heated needles into the mouths and joints of nails of certain sinners. They put certain (sinners) on the tip of a heated pike. With sharp thorns they hurt the heads of some (sinners). (Yama’s servants) seized some sinners crying piteously by their hands and feet, and cut them asunder with the thorns of śālmali trees. Yama’s servants, after tying a stone round the necks (of the sinners) repeatedly threw some into ditches full of blood and into ditches full of pus. The messengers of Yama devoured the heads of the sinners. They angrily again and again crushed them with stones. They put into the chests of the wicked ones who were crying, masses of iron nails. The eyes of certain sinners were extracted with hooks. O brāhmaṇa, the noses of some were filled with scorpions. Yama’s servants tied the feet of some with ropes to the branch of a tree and burnt fire with smoke at the root (of the tree). There the sinners inhaled smoke. They remained there with their faces down and feet up as long as the moon and stars (shine in the sky). Some (sinners), being repeatedly beaten with pestles and mallets by Yama’s messengers, and overcome by agony, vomitted blood, Certain sinners sank into an abode full of darkness and having the odour of pus, along with gad-flies and gnats. Some ate ash; some ate insects. Some ate ill-smelling flesh, and some earth with pus. Some, being eaten by dogs, tigers, jackals and hogs, so also by bears, and wet with blood, wail(ed). Some others were being eaten by serpents with extremely strong poison. O brāhmaṇa, the chests of others were being torn asunder by the horns of he-buffaloes.

152-161. Sprinkling the ground with their blood, they fell in a swoon on the earth. With their entire bodies shattered with arrows, resembling snakes, which (arrows) were discharged from the bows of Yama’s servants, others rolled on the ground. They (crush) a mass of heated iron balls and a heated stone with a cutting weapon into their mouths. Yama’s messengers sewed the nostrils and mouths of some in order to suppress breath. The arrogant, very strong servants of Yama, pulled out, with Yama’s sharp-edged (weapons called) Śakti , the skin of the bodies of some. They seized some by their hair, and dropped them on the ground. They always struck (the sinners) with weapons and (their) feet etc. Some sinners were tormented with streams of saline water. O brāhmaṇa, they wailing in various ways, drank saline water. Certain sinners drank bile , O noble one. Some great sinners drank the mucus resembling thick milk flowing from the nose. Yama’s servants placed on the chests of some lying on the ground, big, heated stones, resembling mountains. They tied with strong cords the faces of some turned upwards, after putting a pair of logs at their necks and into their throats. They dropped some on the ground after placing them on the branch of a tree.

162-167. They raised them and again and again threw them on the ground. In this way all the sinners, hungry and thirsty, and murmuring ‘save me, save me’ cried in the abode of torment (i.e. in hell). Having, till the end of the yuga experienced torment in hell, and having not experienced (the fruit of) the remaining sins, they are born in sinful stocks. They, born in sin ful stocks, are troubled by diseases. They are defective in a limb, or have an excess limb. They are unhappy and resort to sins. They are sonless. They are great fools. They are absorbed in harming others. They have a short (span of) life. They are dull. They are the husbands of bad wives. Everyday they do sinful acts through (physical) deeds, mind and words. Again as a result of their sins they go to hell as before. Therefore, the best ones should never commit a sin.

168-175a. Men who have committed sins, cannot escape from hell. O best brāhmaṇa, I have explained to you in brief the affliction of sinners. Who is able to describe it properly even with hundreds of myriads of years? Then, having observed the sinners with a bad plight, we, getting into an aeroplane, went to Viṣṇu’s city. Having enjoyed pleasures in Viṣṇu’s house for thousands of crores of kalpas , we were born in this very pure royal family, O best brāhmaṇa. Having enjoyed here (i.e. in this existence) all pleasures with all affluence, O best brāhmaṇa, we had a happy (i.e. peaceful) death, and we would go to the highest place. In the three worlds, there is no (other) vow like the Ekādaśī vow. Such is our mode of existence even after our having observed the vow unintentionally. I do not know what would happen to them, through Viṣṇu’s grace, who observe the Ekādaśī vow with devotion. O best brāhmaṇa, I have thus told you all that (you) had asked (me) about the importance of the day of (i.e. sacred to) Viṣṇu. What else do you want to listen to?

Vyāsa said :

175b-178. Hearing these words of him, the brāhmaṇa, knowing the highest truth, put his mind very firmly into (observing) the Ekādaśī vow. The king and the queen having, for a long time, enjoyed the earth, in the end went to Viṣṇu’s city and obtained the highest position. Those who listen to or recite the importance of this king of vows are freed from the heaps of sins and obtain (a place) near Viṣṇu.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 24564, revision 336771 (2022-04-27T03:57:22Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365864.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.