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Chapter 91

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नारद उवाच-। देवशर्मा महाप्राज्ञः समं सुमनसा तया । तीर्थे कनखले पुण्ये गंगायामतिविश्रुते १। वैशाखे विधिना स्नानं चक्रे मेषस्थिते रवौ । पूजयामास विधिवन्मधुसूदनमच्युतम् २। यमैः सनियमैर्युक्तः शक्त्या किंचिद्ददौ ततः । हविष्यभुग्भूमिशायी ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतस्थितः ३। कृच्छ्रादि तपसा क्षामो ध्यायन्नारायणं हृदि । तत्र प्राप्य स वैशाखीं दत्वा मधुतिलादिकम् ४। विप्रेभ्यो भोजनं दत्वा भक्त्या धेनुं सदक्षिणाम् । अच्छिद्रं प्रार्थयामास तत्र स्नानस्य भूसुरान् ५। सापि साध्वी च सुश्रोणी पतिभक्तिपरायणा । पतिं शुश्रूषते नित्यं स्नात्वा संपूज्य केशवम् ६। तौ दंपती ततो यातौ स्वगेहं साधुहर्षितम् । कृतकृत्यावथात्मानौ मन्यमानावसंशयम् ७। तेन पुण्यप्रभावेण कालेन कियता किल । बभूवुरमितास्तस्य धनधान्यानि संपदः ८। तनया विनयोपेताश्चत्वारः श्रुतिकोविदाः । धर्मज्ञा वैष्णवा नित्यं पितृमातृपरायणाः ९। बभूवुरमितप्रज्ञाः पुरुषार्थाय बोधिताः । विख्याता विधितत्त्वज्ञा ब्रह्मज्ञा ब्रह्मतत्पराः १०। समग्रगुणसंपन्नाः संप्रतिष्ठंति कीर्तयः ११। तौ दंपती सुतसमग्रसमृद्धसौख्यं पुण्योदयं समुपयुज्य ततश्चिरेण । स्थानं परं परममीयतुरस्य भक्त्या श्रीमाधवे च सुकृतस्य नृपप्रसादात् १२। यथैव माधवः साक्षाद्विद्यालक्ष्मी धवः स्मृतः । तथैव माधवो मासो मधुसूदनवल्लभः १३। इदं माधवमाहात्म्यं किंचित्संक्षेपतोऽनघ । मया ते कथितं वीर यत्पुरा च पितुः श्रुतम् १४। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे नारदांबरीषसंवादे वैशाखमासमाहात्म्ये एकनवतितमोऽध्यायः ९१।

nārada uvāca-| devaśarmā mahāprājñaḥ samaṃ sumanasā tayā | tīrthe kanakhale puṇye gaṃgāyāmativiśrute 1| vaiśākhe vidhinā snānaṃ cakre meṣasthite ravau | pūjayāmāsa vidhivanmadhusūdanamacyutam 2| yamaiḥ saniyamairyuktaḥ śaktyā kiṃciddadau tataḥ | haviṣyabhugbhūmiśāyī brahmacaryavratasthitaḥ 3| kṛcchrādi tapasā kṣāmo dhyāyannārāyaṇaṃ hṛdi | tatra prāpya sa vaiśākhīṃ datvā madhutilādikam 4| viprebhyo bhojanaṃ datvā bhaktyā dhenuṃ sadakṣiṇām | acchidraṃ prārthayāmāsa tatra snānasya bhūsurān 5| sāpi sādhvī ca suśroṇī patibhaktiparāyaṇā | patiṃ śuśrūṣate nityaṃ snātvā saṃpūjya keśavam 6| tau daṃpatī tato yātau svagehaṃ sādhuharṣitam | kṛtakṛtyāvathātmānau manyamānāvasaṃśayam 7| tena puṇyaprabhāveṇa kālena kiyatā kila | babhūvuramitāstasya dhanadhānyāni saṃpadaḥ 8| tanayā vinayopetāścatvāraḥ śrutikovidāḥ | dharmajñā vaiṣṇavā nityaṃ pitṛmātṛparāyaṇāḥ 9| babhūvuramitaprajñāḥ puruṣārthāya bodhitāḥ | vikhyātā vidhitattvajñā brahmajñā brahmatatparāḥ 10| samagraguṇasaṃpannāḥ saṃpratiṣṭhaṃti kīrtayaḥ 11| tau daṃpatī sutasamagrasamṛddhasaukhyaṃ puṇyodayaṃ samupayujya tataścireṇa | sthānaṃ paraṃ paramamīyaturasya bhaktyā śrīmādhave ca sukṛtasya nṛpaprasādāt 12| yathaiva mādhavaḥ sākṣādvidyālakṣmī dhavaḥ smṛtaḥ | tathaiva mādhavo māso madhusūdanavallabhaḥ 13| idaṃ mādhavamāhātmyaṃ kiṃcitsaṃkṣepato'nagha | mayā te kathitaṃ vīra yatpurā ca pituḥ śrutam 14| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe nāradāṃbarīṣasaṃvāde vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye ekanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 91|

English translation

Nārada said :

1-6. That very wise Devaśarman along with that Sumanī took a bath according to proper rites at the very famous and holy sacred place called Kanakhala in (i.e. on the bank of) Gaṅgā in Vaiśākha when the Sun was in Aries. Observing curbs and restraints, he worshipped Viṣṇu according to the proper rites, and gave something (by way of gifts) according to his capacity. He ate food fit to be eaten during days of fast, slept on the bare ground, and practised the vow of celibacy. He became emaciated by the practice of penance like Kṛcchra (i.e. mortification of the body) and meditated upon Nārāyaṇa in his heart. When the full-moon day arrived, he gave honey, sesamum seeds etc., so also he devoutly gave food, a cow along with other presents, to brāhmaṇas , and requested the brāhmaṇas for the absence of a defect in (the fruit of) bathing there. That beautiful, chaste wife, solely devoted to her husband, every day served her husband, after bathing and worshipping Viṣṇu.

7-14. The couple, undoubtedly looking upon themselves as fortunate, went home, well-pleased. Due to the efficacy of that religious merit, he had, after some time, unlimited wealth, grains, and (other) riches. He obtained four sons who were endowed with modesty, were proficient in sacred texts, knew the ways of the world, were devoted to Viṣṇu, were solely devoted to their mother and father, whose intellect was unbounded, and who were instructed for (having the fourfold) goal of human life, were well-known, knew the Vedas and were devoted to Brahman , who were endowed with all virtues, and were famous. The couple, having enjoyed the full rich pleasure from the sons, took, after a long time, a great (i.e. auspicious) bath in Vaiśākha, due to devotion to him (i.e. Viṣṇu) and the favourableness of their religious merit, O king. As Viṣṇu is actually said to be the lord of Vidyā (i.e. knowledge) and of Lakṣmī (i.e. prosperity), in the same way the month of Vaiśākha is dear to Viṣṇu. O sinless one, I have told you in a slightly abridged form this importance of (the month of) Vaiśākha, which, O hero, I had formerly heard from (my) father (i.e. Brahmā ).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43976, revision 336182 (2022-04-19T12:19:26Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365403.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.