Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 95
Sourceसूत उवाच- यातुं तमुद्यतं नत्वा मुनिं राजा ततो मुदा । विधिं पप्रच्छ संक्षिप्तं स्नानदानक्रियोचितम् १। अंबरीष उवाच- मुने वैशाखमासेऽस्मिन्को विधिः किं तपोऽधिकम् । किं च दानं कथं स्नानं कथं केशवपूजनम् २। कृपया वद विप्रर्षे सर्वज्ञस्त्वं हरिप्रियः । विशेषतोऽपि पूजाया विधिं तीर्थपदे वद ३। नारद उवाच-। मेषसंक्रमणे भानोर्माधवे मासि सत्तम । महानद्यां नदीतीरे नदे सरसि निर्झरे ४। देवखातेऽथवा स्नायाद्यथाप्राप्ते जलाशये । दीर्घिका कूप वापीषु नियतात्मा हरिं स्मरन् ५। मधुमासस्य शुक्लायामेकादश्यामुपोषितः । पंचदश्यां च वा वीर मेषसंक्रमणेऽपि वा ६। वैशाखस्नाननियमं ब्राह्मणानामनुज्ञया । मधुसूदनमभ्यर्च्य कुर्यात्सुस्नानपूर्वकम् ७। वैशाखं सकलं मासं मेषसंक्रमणे रवेः । प्रातः सनियमः स्नास्ये प्रीयतां मधुसूदनः ८। मधुहंतुः प्रसादेन ब्राह्मणानामनुग्रहात् । निर्विघ्नमस्तु मे पुण्यंवैशाखस्नानमन्वहम् ९। माधवे मेषगे भानौ मुरारे मधुसूदन । प्रातःस्नानेन मे नाथ यथोक्तफलदो भव १०। यथा ते माधवो मासो वल्लभो मधुसूदन । प्रातःस्नानेन मे तस्मिन्फलदः पापहा भव ११। एवमुच्चार्य तत्तीर्थे पादौ प्रक्षाल्य वाग्यतः । स्मरन्नारायणं देवं स्नानं कुर्याद्विधानतः १२। तीर्थं प्रकल्पयेद्धीमान्मूलमंत्रमिमं पठन् । ॐनमोनारायणायमूलमंत्र उदाहृतः १३। दर्भपाणिस्तु विधिवदाचांतः प्रणतो भुवि । चतुर्हस्तसमायुक्तं चतुरस्रं समंततः १४। प्रकल्प्यावाहयेद्गंगां मंत्रेणानेन मानवः । विष्णुपादप्रसूतासि वैष्णवी विष्णुदेवता १५। त्राहि नस्त्वेनसस्तस्मादाजन्ममरणांतिकात् । तिस्रःकोट्योर्द्धकोटी च तीर्थानां वायुरब्रवीत् १६। दिवि भुव्यंतरिक्षे च तानि ते संति जाह्नवि । नंदिनीत्येव ते नाम वेदेषु नलिनीति च १७। दक्षा पृथ्वी च विहगा विश्वगाथा शिवप्रिया । विद्याधरी महादेवी तथा लोकप्रसादिनी १८। क्षेमंकरी जाह्नवी च शांता शांतिप्रदायिनी । एतानि पुण्यनामानि स्नानकाले प्रकीर्तयेत् १९। भवेत्संनिहिता तत्र गंगा त्रिपथगामिनी । सप्तवाराभि जप्तेन करसंपुटयोजिते २०। मूर्ध्नि कृत्वा जलं भूपश्चतुर्वा पंच सप्त वा । स्नानं कृत्वा मृदा तद्वदामंत्र्य तु विधानतः २१। अश्वक्रांते रथक्रांते विष्णुक्रांते वसुंधरे । मृत्तिके हर मे पापं यन्मया दुष्कृतं कृतम् २२। उद्धृतासि वराहेण विष्णुना शतबाहुना । नमस्ते सर्वलोकानां प्रभवारणि सुव्रते २३। एवं स्नात्वा ततः पश्चादाचम्य तु विधानतः । उत्थाय वाससी शुक्ले शुद्धे तु परिधापयेत् २४। ततस्तु तर्प्पणं कुर्य्यात्त्रैलोक्याप्यायनाय वै । ब्रह्माणं तर्प्पयेत्पूर्वं विष्णुं रुद्रं प्रजापतिम् २५। देवान्यक्षांस्तथा नागान्गंधर्वाप्सरसोसुरान् । क्रूरान्सर्पान्सुपर्णांश्च तरून्वै जंतुकान्खगान् २६। विद्याधराञ्जलधरांस्तथैवाकाशगामिनः । निराधाराश्च ये जीवाः पापकर्मरताश्च ये २७। तेषामाप्यायनार्थाय दीयते सलिलं मया । कृतोपवीती देवेषु निवीती च भवेन्नरः २८। मनुष्यांस्तर्प्पयेद्भक्त्या ब्रह्मपुत्रानृषींस्तथा । सनकः सनंदनश्चैव तृतीयश्च सनातनः २९। कपिलश्चासुरिश्चैव वोढुः पंचशिखस्तथा । ते सर्वे तृप्तिमायांतु मद्दत्तेनांबुना सदा ३०। मरीचिमत्र्यंगिरसौ पुलस्त्यं पुलहं क्रतुम् । प्रचेतसं वसिष्ठं च भृगुं नारदमेव च ३१। देवब्रह्मऋषीन्सर्वांस्तर्पयेदक्षतोदकैः । अपसव्यं ततः कुर्यात्सव्यं जान्वाच्य भूतले ३२। अग्निष्वात्तास्तथा सौम्या हविष्मंतस्तथोष्मपाः । कव्यानलान्बर्हिषदस्तथा वै चाज्यपाः पुनः ३३। संतर्पयेत्पितॄन्भक्त्या सतिलोदकचंदनैः । यमाय धर्मराजाय मृत्यवे चांतकाय च ३४। वैवस्वताय कालाय सर्वभूतक्षयाय च । उदुंबराय दध्नाय नीलाय परमेष्ठिने ३५। वृकोदराय चित्राय चित्रगुप्ताय वै नमः । दर्भपाणिस्तु विधिवत्पितॄन्संतर्पयेत्ततः ३६। पित्रादीन्नामगोत्रेण तथा मातामहानपि । संतर्प्य विधिना सर्वानिमं मंत्रमुदीरयेत् ३७। ये बांधवा बांधवा ये येऽन्यजन्मनि बांधवाः । ते तृप्तिमखिलां यांतु येऽस्मत्तस्तोयकांक्षिणः ३८। आचम्य विधिवत्सम्यगालिखेत्पद्ममग्रतः । साक्षतैश्च सपुष्पैश्च सलिलारुणचंदनैः ३९। अर्घं दद्यात्प्रयत्नेन सूर्य्यनामानुकीर्त्तनैः । नमस्ते विष्णुरूपाय नमस्ते ब्रह्मरूपिणे ४०। सहस्ररश्मये सूर्य नमस्ते सर्वतेजसे । नमस्ते रुद्रवपुषे नमस्ते भक्तवत्सल ४१। पद्मनाभ नमस्तेऽस्तु कुंडलांगदभूषित । नमस्ते सर्वलोकेश सुप्तानामुपबोधन ४२। सुकृतं दुष्कृतं चैव सर्वं पश्यसि सर्वदा । सत्यदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु प्रसीद मम भास्कर ४३। दिवाकर नमस्तेस्तु प्रभाकर नमोस्तु ते । एवं सूर्यं नमस्कृत्य सप्त कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् ४४। द्विजं गां कांचनं स्पृष्ट्वा पश्चाच्च स्वगृहं व्रजेत् । आश्रमस्थांस्ततः पूज्य प्रतिमां चापि पूजयेत् ४५। पूर्वं भक्त्यैव गोविंदं गृही च नियतात्मवान् । पूजयेद्भक्तितो राजन्नुभयत्र यथाविधि ४६। विशेषादपि वैशाखे योऽर्चयेन्मधुसूदनम् । सर्वं संवत्सरं यावदर्चितस्तेन माधवः ४७। माधवे मासि संप्राप्ते मेषस्थे कर्मसाक्षिणि । केशवप्रीतये कुर्यात्केशवव्रतसंचयम् ४८। दद्यादनेकदानानि तिलाज्यप्रभृतीन्यपि । जन्मकोटिसमुद्भूत पातकांतकराणि च ४९। जलान्नशर्कराधेनुतिलधेनुमुखानि च । वित्तमानेन देयानि दानानीप्सितसिद्धये ५०। वैशाखं सकलं मासं नित्यस्नायी जितेंद्रियः । जपन्हविष्यं भुंजानः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ५१। एकभुक्तमथो नक्तमयाचितमतंद्रितः । माधवे मासि यः कुर्याल्लभते सर्वमीप्सितम् ५२। वैशाखे विधिना स्नानद्वयं नद्यादिके बहिः । हविष्यं ब्रह्मचर्यं च भूशय्या नियमस्थितिः ५३। व्रतं दानं जपो होमो मधुसूदनपूजनम् । अपि जन्मसहस्रोत्थं पापं दहति दारुणम् ५४। यथैव माधवो ध्यातो विनाशयति किल्बिषम् । तथैव माधवे स्नानं नियमेन विनिर्मितम् ५५। तीर्थे चानुदिनं स्नानं तिलैश्च पितृतर्पणम् । दानं धर्मघटादीनां मधुसूदनपूजनम् ५६। माधवे मासि कुर्वीत मधुसूदनतुष्टिदम् । तिलोदकसुवर्णान्न शर्करांबरभूषणम् ५७। पादत्राणातपत्रांबु कुंभान्दद्याद्द्विजातिषु । त्रिसंध्यं पूजयेदीशं भक्तितो मधुसूदनम् ५८। साक्षाद्विमलया लक्ष्म्या समुपेतं समाहितः । सुवर्णतिलपात्रैश्च ब्राह्मणाञ्छक्तितो बहून् ५९। तर्पयेदुदपात्रैर्यो ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति । वैशाखे मासि यः स्नात्वा प्रातर्नद्यां समाहितः ६०। पूजयित्वा हरिं भक्त्या पुष्पैः कालोद्भवैः फलैः । पूजयेद्ब्राह्मणं शक्त्या पाखंडालापवर्जितः ६१। तर्पयेद्वस्त्रगोदानै रत्नाद्यैर्धनसंचयैः । अन्यद्वित्तं यथाशक्ति स्तोकं स्तोकं समाचरेत् ६२। पश्चाद्विनिःस्वः पुरुषो माधवे मासि माधवम् । पुष्पार्चनविधानेन पूजयेन्मधुसूदनम् ६३। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः पितॄणां तारयेच्छतम् । सजन्मशतसाहस्रं न शोकफलभाग्भवेत् ६४। न च व्याधिभयं तस्य न दारिद्र्यं न बंधनम् । स विष्णुभक्तो जायेत धन्यो जन्मनिजन्मनि ६५। यावद्युगसहस्राणि शतमष्टोत्तरं भवेत् । तावत्स्वर्गे वसेद्वीर भूपतिश्च पुनर्भवेत् ६६। भूपतेर्विविधान्भोगान्भुक्त्वा चैव यथासुखम् । माधवस्य प्रसादेन माधवे लीयते ततः ६७। शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि समासान्माधवार्चनम् । वैदिकं तांत्रिकं वापि मिश्रकं पापनाशनम् ६८। नह्यंतोऽनंतपारस्य नांतः पूजाविधेर्नृप । अथ संक्षिप्य चोच्येत यथावदनुपूर्वशः ६९। वैदिकस्तांत्रिको मिश्रः श्रीविष्णोस्त्रिविधो मखः । त्रयाणामीप्सितेनैव विधिना हरिमर्चयेत् ७०। वैदिको मिश्रको वापि विप्रादीनां विधीयते । तांत्रिको विष्णुभक्तस्य शूद्रस्यापि प्रकीर्तितः ७१। यथा स्वनिगमेनोक्तं द्विजत्वं प्राप्य पूरुषः । यजेच्च विधिवद्विष्णुं ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः ७२। अर्चयेत्स्थंडिलेऽग्नौ वा सूर्येऽप्सु हृदि वा द्विजे । द्रव्येण भक्तियुक्तेन स्वगुरुं तदनुज्ञया ७३। पूर्वं स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत धौतदंतोंऽगशुद्धये । उभयोरपि च स्नानं मंत्रैर्मृद्ग्रहणादिना ७४। संध्योपास्त्यादिकर्माणि वेदतंत्रोदितानि वै । पूजांते कल्पयेत्सम्यक्संकल्पं कर्मपावनम् ७५। शैली दारुमयी लौही लेप्या लेख्या च सैकती । मनोमयी मणिमयी प्रतिमाष्टविधा स्मृता ७६। चलाचलेति द्विविधा प्रतिष्ठा जीवमंदिरम् । उद्वासा वाहनेन स्तः स्थिरायां माधवार्चने ७७। अस्थिरायां विकल्पः स्यात्स्थंडिले तु भवेद्द्वयम् । स्नापनं त्वविलेप्यायामन्यत्र परिमार्जनम् ७८। द्रव्यैः प्रसिद्धैर्देवेज्या प्रतिमादिष्वमायिनः । भक्तस्य च यथालब्धैर्भक्तिभावेन चैव हि ७९। स्नानालंकरणं श्रेष्ठमर्चायामेव भूपते । स्थंडिलेष्वपि विन्यासो वह्नावाज्यहुतं हविः ८०। सूर्ये चाभ्यर्हणं श्रेष्ठं स्थंडिले सलिलादिभिः । श्रद्धयोपहृतं श्रेष्ठं हरौ भक्तेन वार्यपि ८१। गंधो धूपः सुमनसो दीपोऽन्नाद्यं च किं पुनः । शुचिः संभृतसंभारः प्राग्दर्भैः कल्पितासनः ८२। आसीनः प्रागुदग्वक्त्रो ह्यर्चायामथ सम्मुखः । कृतन्यासः कृतन्यासां हर्यर्चां पाणिना स्पृशेत् ८३। कलशं प्रोक्षणीयं च यथावदुपसाधयेत् । तदद्भिर्देवयजनं द्रव्याण्यात्मानमेव च ८४। प्रोक्ष्य पात्राणि त्रीण्यद्भिस्तैस्तैर्द्रव्यैस्तु सादयेत् । पाद्यार्घ्याचमनीयार्थं त्रीणि पात्राणि दापयेत् ८५। हृतशीर्ष्णा च शिखया गायत्र्या चाभिमंत्रयेत् । पिंडे वाय्वग्निसंसिद्धे हृत्पद्मस्थां परां विभोः ८६। अण्वीं जीवकलां ध्यायेन्नादांते सिद्धिभाविताम् । तयात्मभूतया पिंडे व्याप्ते संपूज्य तन्मयः ८७। आवाह्यार्चादिषु स्थाप्य न्यस्तां गां तां प्रपूजयेत् । पाद्यार्घ्यस्नानार्हणादीनुपचारान्प्रकल्पयेत् ८८। धर्मादिभिश्च नवभिः कल्पयित्वासनं हरेः । पद्ममष्टदलं तत्र कर्णिकाकेसरोज्ज्वलम् ८९। उभाभ्यां वेदतंत्राभ्यां हरेरुभयसिद्धये । सुदर्शनं पांचजन्यं गदासीषु धनुर्हलम् ९०। मुशलं कौस्तुभं मालां श्रीवत्सं चानुपूजयेत् । नंदं सुनंदं गरुडं प्रचंडं चंडमेव च ९१। महाबलं बलं चैव कुमुदं कुमुदेक्षणम् । दुर्गां विनायकं व्यासं विष्वक्सेनं गुरून्सुरान् ९२। स्वेस्वे स्थानेष्वभिमुखान्पूजयेत्प्रोक्षणादिभिः । चंदनोशीरकर्पूर कुंकुमागुरुवासितैः ९३। सलिलै स्नापयेन्मंत्रैर्नित्यं वा विभवे सति । स्वर्णघर्मानुवाकेन महापुरुषविद्यया ९४। पौरुषेणापि सूक्तेन सामनीराजनादिभिः । वस्त्रोपवीताभरण पत्रस्रग्गंधलेपनैः ९५। अलंकुर्वीत सप्रेम विष्णुभक्तो यथोचितम् । पाद्यमाचमनीयं च गंधं सुमनसोक्षतान् ९६। गंधधूपोपहार्याणि दद्याद्वै श्रद्धयार्चकः । गुडपायससर्पींषि शष्कुल्यापूपमोदकान् ९७। पायसं दधिसर्पिश्च नैवेद्यं स विकल्पयेत् । अभ्यंगोन्मर्दनादर्श दंतधावाभिषेचनम् ९८। अन्नाद्यं नृत्यगीतानि सर्वाणि स्युरथान्वहम् । विधिना विहिते कुंडे मेखलावर्तवेदिभिः ९९। अग्निमाधाय परितः समूहेत्पाणिनोदकम् । परिस्तीर्याथ पर्युक्ष्य दत्वा इध्मं यथाविधि १००। प्रोक्षण्यासाद्य द्रव्याणि प्रोक्षण्यैवाज्यसेचनम् । तप्तजांबूनदप्रख्यं शंखचक्रगदांबुजैः १०१। लसच्चतुर्भुजं शांतं पद्मकिंजल्कवाससम् । स्फुरत्किरीटकटककटिसूत्रवरांगदम् १०२। श्रीवत्सवक्षसंभ्राजत्कौस्तुभं वनमालिनम् । ध्यायन्नभ्यर्च्य दारूणि हविषा सघृतानि च १०३। प्रास्याज्यभागावाघारौ दत्वा चाज्यप्लुतं हविः । अभ्यर्च्याथ नमस्कृत्य पार्षदेभ्यो बलिं हरेत् १०४। मूलमंत्रं जपेद्ब्रह्मन्स्मरन्नारायणात्मकम् । दत्वाचमनमुच्छिष्टं विष्वक्सेनाय कल्पयेत् १०५। मुखवासं तु सुरभिं तांबूलाद्यमुपाहरेत् । उपगायन्गृणन्नित्यं कर्माण्यभिरवाक्षरैः १०६। सत्कथां श्रावयञ्छृण्वन्मुहूर्तं क्षणिको भवेत् । स्तवैरुच्चावचैः स्तोत्रैः पौराणैः प्राकृतैरपि १०७। स्तुत्वा प्रसीद भगवन्निति वंदेत दंडवत् । शिरस्तत्पादयोः कृत्वा बाहुभ्यां च परस्परम् १०८। प्रपन्नं पाहि मामीश भीतं मृत्युग्रहार्णवात् । इति शेषान्हरेर्दत्ताञ्छिरस्याधाय सादरम् १०९। उद्वासयेच्चेदुद्वास्यं ज्योतिर्ज्योतिषि चात्मनः । अर्चादिषु पदं यत्र श्रद्धावांस्तत्र चार्चयेत् ११०। सर्वभूतेष्वात्मनि च सर्वात्मानमवस्थितम् । एवं क्रियायोगपथैः पुमान्वैदिकतांत्रिकैः १११। अर्च्चयेच्च यतः सिद्धिं हरेर्विंदत्यभीप्सिताम् । तामर्चां संप्रतिष्ठाप्य मंदिरं कारयेद्दृढम् ११२। पुष्पोद्यानानि रम्याणि पूजायात्रोत्सवादिकम् । पूजादीनां प्रवाहार्थं महापर्वस्वथान्वहम् ११३। क्षेत्रापणपुरग्रामान्दत्वा सायुज्यतामियात् । प्रतिष्ठया सार्वभौमं सद्मना भुवनत्रयम् ११४। पूजादिना ब्रह्मलोकं त्रिभिस्तत्साम्यतामियात् । तमेव नैरपेक्षेण भक्तियोगेन विंदते ११५। भक्तियोगं स लभते एवं यः पूजयेद्धरिम् ११६। यत्कृष्णप्रणिपातधूलिधवलं तद्वर्ष्म तद्वच्छुभं । ते नेत्रे तपसार्जिते सुरुचिरे याभ्यां हरिर्दृश्यते । सा बुद्धिर्विमलेंदु शंखधवला या माधवव्यापिनी । सा जिह्वा मृदुभाषिणी नृप मुहुर्या स्तौति नारायणम् ११७। मूलमंत्रेण कर्तव्यं स्त्रीशूद्रैरपि पूजनम् । श्रद्धया स्वगुरूद्दिष्टमार्गेणान्यैश्च वैष्णवः ११८। इदं ते सर्वमाख्यातं पावनं माधवार्चनम् । विशेषान्माधवे मासि त्वमेतत्कुरु भूपते ११९। सूत उवाच- इत्येवमाकर्ण्य वचो विचित्रं पुण्यं पवित्रं विधिनंदनस्य । प्रणम्य बद्धांजलिराह राजा सकौतुकी भागवतप्रधानः १२०। अंबरीष उवाच- समस्तभूमीवलयेश्वरोऽहमव्याहताज्ञो विबुधप्रसेवी । गोविंदपादांबुजदत्तचित्तः स्वचित्तसंतोषितभूमिदेवः १२१। विख्यातराजोचितवंशरत्नं निरंतरं धर्मरुचिर्यशस्वी । सौंदर्यशौर्योदयदानशीलः सुपुत्रवानस्मि जितारिवर्गः १२२। केनापि पुण्येन पवित्रबुद्धिर्जातोहमीदृग्गुणसंतश्रीः । इयं पुनः श्रीरिव पुण्यमूर्तिर्लब्धा कुतः कांतिमती च कांता १२३। इदं मे सुकृतं सर्वं पुराजन्मनि चेष्टितम् । समादिश मुने सम्यक्सर्वज्ञोसि दयानिधे १२४। नारद उवाच- इयं रूपवती नाम वेश्यासीदन्यजन्मनि । सांप्रतं तव भार्या या सत्याचारातिसुंदरी १२५। वेश्याधर्मेण वर्तेत यथोद्दिष्टेन भाविनी । कुर्वती किल कर्माणि शुभानि द्विजशासनात् १२६। देवदास इति ख्यातो हेमकारो भवानभूत् । पूर्वजन्मनि वै तस्या रुचेर्भर्ता भुजंगमः १२७। इयं भवंतं भजते रुची रूपवती पुनः । व्ययार्थमयनं धर्मं स्थिता विज्ञानमुत्तमम् १२८। आकर्ण्य चैकदा धर्मं वैशाखस्नानसंभवम् । चक्रे धर्मवती तोये स्नानं मेषगते रवौ १२९। दानं दत्तवती दक्षा वेश्या रूपवती सदा । ब्राह्मणाय नमस्कारं भक्त्यादरपुरःसरम् १३०। स तया देवदासस्त्वं बोधितः स्नेहयंत्रितः । कृतवान्बुद्धितः स्नानं माधवे मासि सादरम् १३१। तत्र त्रेतायुगस्यादौ तृतीयामाप्यनिर्मलाम् । सुवर्णकारं सोवाच देवदासं तमादरात् १३२। वेश्योवाच- उत्तमं कुरु सौवर्णं मधुसूदनमच्युतम् । पूजयित्वा यवैर्देवमेतैः संतर्प्य चानलम् १३३। ब्राह्मणाय च दास्यामि ब्राह्मणानामनुज्ञया । दानमेतत्पुराणेषु कथ्यते तत्र चाक्षयम् १३४। अक्षयेति तृतीयासौ ब्राह्मणेभ्यः श्रुतं मया । शुक्ला वैशाखमासस्य तदक्षयफलप्रदम् १३५। अस्यां दास्यामि तं हैमं मधुसूदनमव्ययम् । नारद उवाच- इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मधुरं हेमकारकः १३६। चक्रे सुवर्णप्रतिमामच्युतस्यापि सुंदरीम् । सत्यभावेन धर्मार्थमिति चौर्यविवर्जितः १३७। यथोद्दिष्टस्य चंद्रस्य प्रतिमां लक्षणान्विताम् । ददौ सा च विधानेन स्नात्वा विप्राय सुंदरीम् १३८। पूजयित्वा ततस्तस्यामक्षयायां तिथौ नृप १३९। कालेन कियता वेश्या सा मृता धर्मनिष्ठिता । देवदासोऽपि स ततो मृतः स्वीयायुषक्षये १४०। तेन पुण्येन भूपाल हेमकारोऽन्य जन्मनि । स त्वं प्राप्तो महीं राजन्नशेषगुणसंयुतः १४१। सापि रूपवती वेश्या तेन धर्मेण तेऽभवत् । नाम्ना कांतिमती कांता प्रणयेन परिप्लुता १४२। विविधा वासना वीर कर्मणां पूर्वसंभवाः । विचित्रा गतयस्तात ज्ञायंते न बुधैरपि १४३। तमेनं माधवं मासं प्रतिकार्यं न संशयः । गोपितं तेन देवेन ब्रह्मणा माधवेन च १४४। असाधुसंगैरनवाप्तविद्यैरसंयतैराश्रमधर्महीनैः । अभूततीर्थैरकृतव्रतैस्तैर्न लभ्यते माधवमासधर्मः १४५। गोविंदकेशवमुकुंदहरे मुरारे लक्ष्मीनिवास मधुसूदन कृष्ण विष्णो । वाणी वरा न वदने वसतीति येषां वैशाखमासनियमो भवते न तेषाम् १४६। ये साधुसाधु वचनानि हिताधिकानि नाकर्णयंति च हरेश्चरितामृतानि । पश्यंति ये न कमलापतिकेतनानि वैशाखमासनियमं न हि ते लभंते १४७। शुश्रूषिता न गुरवो न वराय कन्या दत्ता समाय समये समलंकृता यैः । अध्यापिता न तनया विनयादि धर्मं वैशाखमासनियमं न हि ते लभंते १४८। सूत उवाच- इत्येवमादिश्य मुनिर्नरेश मामंत्र्य तं मंत्रविदग्रगण्यः । स्नातुं ययौ माधवमासि गंगामभ्यर्चितस्तेन तदा स विप्राः १४९। विधिं स राजापि ततश्चकार वैशाखमासस्य मुनिप्रणीतम् । पत्न्यासमं पुण्यधिया तमेव संचिंतयँल्लोकपवित्रकीर्तिः १५०। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वैशाखमाहात्म्ये नारदांबरीष संवादे पंचनवतितमोऽध्यायः ९५।
sūta uvāca- yātuṃ tamudyataṃ natvā muniṃ rājā tato mudā | vidhiṃ papraccha saṃkṣiptaṃ snānadānakriyocitam 1| aṃbarīṣa uvāca- mune vaiśākhamāse'sminko vidhiḥ kiṃ tapo'dhikam | kiṃ ca dānaṃ kathaṃ snānaṃ kathaṃ keśavapūjanam 2| kṛpayā vada viprarṣe sarvajñastvaṃ haripriyaḥ | viśeṣato'pi pūjāyā vidhiṃ tīrthapade vada 3| nārada uvāca-| meṣasaṃkramaṇe bhānormādhave māsi sattama | mahānadyāṃ nadītīre nade sarasi nirjhare 4| devakhāte'thavā snāyādyathāprāpte jalāśaye | dīrghikā kūpa vāpīṣu niyatātmā hariṃ smaran 5| madhumāsasya śuklāyāmekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ | paṃcadaśyāṃ ca vā vīra meṣasaṃkramaṇe'pi vā 6| vaiśākhasnānaniyamaṃ brāhmaṇānāmanujñayā | madhusūdanamabhyarcya kuryātsusnānapūrvakam 7| vaiśākhaṃ sakalaṃ māsaṃ meṣasaṃkramaṇe raveḥ | prātaḥ saniyamaḥ snāsye prīyatāṃ madhusūdanaḥ 8| madhuhaṃtuḥ prasādena brāhmaṇānāmanugrahāt | nirvighnamastu me puṇyaṃvaiśākhasnānamanvaham 9| mādhave meṣage bhānau murāre madhusūdana | prātaḥsnānena me nātha yathoktaphalado bhava 10| yathā te mādhavo māso vallabho madhusūdana | prātaḥsnānena me tasminphaladaḥ pāpahā bhava 11| evamuccārya tattīrthe pādau prakṣālya vāgyataḥ | smarannārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ snānaṃ kuryādvidhānataḥ 12| tīrthaṃ prakalpayeddhīmānmūlamaṃtramimaṃ paṭhan | oṃnamonārāyaṇāyamūlamaṃtra udāhṛtaḥ 13| darbhapāṇistu vidhivadācāṃtaḥ praṇato bhuvi | caturhastasamāyuktaṃ caturasraṃ samaṃtataḥ 14| prakalpyāvāhayedgaṃgāṃ maṃtreṇānena mānavaḥ | viṣṇupādaprasūtāsi vaiṣṇavī viṣṇudevatā 15| trāhi nastvenasastasmādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt | tisraḥkoṭyorddhakoṭī ca tīrthānāṃ vāyurabravīt 16| divi bhuvyaṃtarikṣe ca tāni te saṃti jāhnavi | naṃdinītyeva te nāma vedeṣu nalinīti ca 17| dakṣā pṛthvī ca vihagā viśvagāthā śivapriyā | vidyādharī mahādevī tathā lokaprasādinī 18| kṣemaṃkarī jāhnavī ca śāṃtā śāṃtipradāyinī | etāni puṇyanāmāni snānakāle prakīrtayet 19| bhavetsaṃnihitā tatra gaṃgā tripathagāminī | saptavārābhi japtena karasaṃpuṭayojite 20| mūrdhni kṛtvā jalaṃ bhūpaścaturvā paṃca sapta vā | snānaṃ kṛtvā mṛdā tadvadāmaṃtrya tu vidhānataḥ 21| aśvakrāṃte rathakrāṃte viṣṇukrāṃte vasuṃdhare | mṛttike hara me pāpaṃ yanmayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam 22| uddhṛtāsi varāheṇa viṣṇunā śatabāhunā | namaste sarvalokānāṃ prabhavāraṇi suvrate 23| evaṃ snātvā tataḥ paścādācamya tu vidhānataḥ | utthāya vāsasī śukle śuddhe tu paridhāpayet 24| tatastu tarppaṇaṃ kuryyāttrailokyāpyāyanāya vai | brahmāṇaṃ tarppayetpūrvaṃ viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ prajāpatim 25| devānyakṣāṃstathā nāgāngaṃdharvāpsarasosurān | krūrānsarpānsuparṇāṃśca tarūnvai jaṃtukānkhagān 26| vidyādharāñjaladharāṃstathaivākāśagāminaḥ | nirādhārāśca ye jīvāḥ pāpakarmaratāśca ye 27| teṣāmāpyāyanārthāya dīyate salilaṃ mayā | kṛtopavītī deveṣu nivītī ca bhavennaraḥ 28| manuṣyāṃstarppayedbhaktyā brahmaputrānṛṣīṃstathā | sanakaḥ sanaṃdanaścaiva tṛtīyaśca sanātanaḥ 29| kapilaścāsuriścaiva voḍhuḥ paṃcaśikhastathā | te sarve tṛptimāyāṃtu maddattenāṃbunā sadā 30| marīcimatryaṃgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum | pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca 31| devabrahmaṛṣīnsarvāṃstarpayedakṣatodakaiḥ | apasavyaṃ tataḥ kuryātsavyaṃ jānvācya bhūtale 32| agniṣvāttāstathā saumyā haviṣmaṃtastathoṣmapāḥ | kavyānalānbarhiṣadastathā vai cājyapāḥ punaḥ 33| saṃtarpayetpitṝnbhaktyā satilodakacaṃdanaiḥ | yamāya dharmarājāya mṛtyave cāṃtakāya ca 34| vaivasvatāya kālāya sarvabhūtakṣayāya ca | uduṃbarāya dadhnāya nīlāya parameṣṭhine 35| vṛkodarāya citrāya citraguptāya vai namaḥ | darbhapāṇistu vidhivatpitṝnsaṃtarpayettataḥ 36| pitrādīnnāmagotreṇa tathā mātāmahānapi | saṃtarpya vidhinā sarvānimaṃ maṃtramudīrayet 37| ye bāṃdhavā bāṃdhavā ye ye'nyajanmani bāṃdhavāḥ | te tṛptimakhilāṃ yāṃtu ye'smattastoyakāṃkṣiṇaḥ 38| ācamya vidhivatsamyagālikhetpadmamagrataḥ | sākṣataiśca sapuṣpaiśca salilāruṇacaṃdanaiḥ 39| arghaṃ dadyātprayatnena sūryyanāmānukīrttanaiḥ | namaste viṣṇurūpāya namaste brahmarūpiṇe 40| sahasraraśmaye sūrya namaste sarvatejase | namaste rudravapuṣe namaste bhaktavatsala 41| padmanābha namaste'stu kuṃḍalāṃgadabhūṣita | namaste sarvalokeśa suptānāmupabodhana 42| sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ caiva sarvaṃ paśyasi sarvadā | satyadeva namaste'stu prasīda mama bhāskara 43| divākara namastestu prabhākara namostu te | evaṃ sūryaṃ namaskṛtya sapta kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam 44| dvijaṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ spṛṣṭvā paścācca svagṛhaṃ vrajet | āśramasthāṃstataḥ pūjya pratimāṃ cāpi pūjayet 45| pūrvaṃ bhaktyaiva goviṃdaṃ gṛhī ca niyatātmavān | pūjayedbhaktito rājannubhayatra yathāvidhi 46| viśeṣādapi vaiśākhe yo'rcayenmadhusūdanam | sarvaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadarcitastena mādhavaḥ 47| mādhave māsi saṃprāpte meṣasthe karmasākṣiṇi | keśavaprītaye kuryātkeśavavratasaṃcayam 48| dadyādanekadānāni tilājyaprabhṛtīnyapi | janmakoṭisamudbhūta pātakāṃtakarāṇi ca 49| jalānnaśarkarādhenutiladhenumukhāni ca | vittamānena deyāni dānānīpsitasiddhaye 50| vaiśākhaṃ sakalaṃ māsaṃ nityasnāyī jiteṃdriyaḥ | japanhaviṣyaṃ bhuṃjānaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate 51| ekabhuktamatho naktamayācitamataṃdritaḥ | mādhave māsi yaḥ kuryāllabhate sarvamīpsitam 52| vaiśākhe vidhinā snānadvayaṃ nadyādike bahiḥ | haviṣyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca bhūśayyā niyamasthitiḥ 53| vrataṃ dānaṃ japo homo madhusūdanapūjanam | api janmasahasrotthaṃ pāpaṃ dahati dāruṇam 54| yathaiva mādhavo dhyāto vināśayati kilbiṣam | tathaiva mādhave snānaṃ niyamena vinirmitam 55| tīrthe cānudinaṃ snānaṃ tilaiśca pitṛtarpaṇam | dānaṃ dharmaghaṭādīnāṃ madhusūdanapūjanam 56| mādhave māsi kurvīta madhusūdanatuṣṭidam | tilodakasuvarṇānna śarkarāṃbarabhūṣaṇam 57| pādatrāṇātapatrāṃbu kuṃbhāndadyāddvijātiṣu | trisaṃdhyaṃ pūjayedīśaṃ bhaktito madhusūdanam 58| sākṣādvimalayā lakṣmyā samupetaṃ samāhitaḥ | suvarṇatilapātraiśca brāhmaṇāñchaktito bahūn 59| tarpayedudapātrairyo brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati | vaiśākhe māsi yaḥ snātvā prātarnadyāṃ samāhitaḥ 60| pūjayitvā hariṃ bhaktyā puṣpaiḥ kālodbhavaiḥ phalaiḥ | pūjayedbrāhmaṇaṃ śaktyā pākhaṃḍālāpavarjitaḥ 61| tarpayedvastragodānai ratnādyairdhanasaṃcayaiḥ | anyadvittaṃ yathāśakti stokaṃ stokaṃ samācaret 62| paścādviniḥsvaḥ puruṣo mādhave māsi mādhavam | puṣpārcanavidhānena pūjayenmadhusūdanam 63| sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tārayecchatam | sajanmaśatasāhasraṃ na śokaphalabhāgbhavet 64| na ca vyādhibhayaṃ tasya na dāridryaṃ na baṃdhanam | sa viṣṇubhakto jāyeta dhanyo janmanijanmani 65| yāvadyugasahasrāṇi śatamaṣṭottaraṃ bhavet | tāvatsvarge vasedvīra bhūpatiśca punarbhavet 66| bhūpatervividhānbhogānbhuktvā caiva yathāsukham | mādhavasya prasādena mādhave līyate tataḥ 67| śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi samāsānmādhavārcanam | vaidikaṃ tāṃtrikaṃ vāpi miśrakaṃ pāpanāśanam 68| nahyaṃto'naṃtapārasya nāṃtaḥ pūjāvidhernṛpa | atha saṃkṣipya cocyeta yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ 69| vaidikastāṃtriko miśraḥ śrīviṣṇostrividho makhaḥ | trayāṇāmīpsitenaiva vidhinā harimarcayet 70| vaidiko miśrako vāpi viprādīnāṃ vidhīyate | tāṃtriko viṣṇubhaktasya śūdrasyāpi prakīrtitaḥ 71| yathā svanigamenoktaṃ dvijatvaṃ prāpya pūruṣaḥ | yajecca vidhivadviṣṇuṃ brahmacārī samāhitaḥ 72| arcayetsthaṃḍile'gnau vā sūrye'psu hṛdi vā dvije | dravyeṇa bhaktiyuktena svaguruṃ tadanujñayā 73| pūrvaṃ snānaṃ prakurvīta dhautadaṃtoṃ'gaśuddhaye | ubhayorapi ca snānaṃ maṃtrairmṛdgrahaṇādinā 74| saṃdhyopāstyādikarmāṇi vedataṃtroditāni vai | pūjāṃte kalpayetsamyaksaṃkalpaṃ karmapāvanam 75| śailī dārumayī lauhī lepyā lekhyā ca saikatī | manomayī maṇimayī pratimāṣṭavidhā smṛtā 76| calācaleti dvividhā pratiṣṭhā jīvamaṃdiram | udvāsā vāhanena staḥ sthirāyāṃ mādhavārcane 77| asthirāyāṃ vikalpaḥ syātsthaṃḍile tu bhaveddvayam | snāpanaṃ tvavilepyāyāmanyatra parimārjanam 78| dravyaiḥ prasiddhairdevejyā pratimādiṣvamāyinaḥ | bhaktasya ca yathālabdhairbhaktibhāvena caiva hi 79| snānālaṃkaraṇaṃ śreṣṭhamarcāyāmeva bhūpate | sthaṃḍileṣvapi vinyāso vahnāvājyahutaṃ haviḥ 80| sūrye cābhyarhaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sthaṃḍile salilādibhiḥ | śraddhayopahṛtaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ harau bhaktena vāryapi 81| gaṃdho dhūpaḥ sumanaso dīpo'nnādyaṃ ca kiṃ punaḥ | śuciḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāraḥ prāgdarbhaiḥ kalpitāsanaḥ 82| āsīnaḥ prāgudagvaktro hyarcāyāmatha sammukhaḥ | kṛtanyāsaḥ kṛtanyāsāṃ haryarcāṃ pāṇinā spṛśet 83| kalaśaṃ prokṣaṇīyaṃ ca yathāvadupasādhayet | tadadbhirdevayajanaṃ dravyāṇyātmānameva ca 84| prokṣya pātrāṇi trīṇyadbhistaistairdravyaistu sādayet | pādyārghyācamanīyārthaṃ trīṇi pātrāṇi dāpayet 85| hṛtaśīrṣṇā ca śikhayā gāyatryā cābhimaṃtrayet | piṃḍe vāyvagnisaṃsiddhe hṛtpadmasthāṃ parāṃ vibhoḥ 86| aṇvīṃ jīvakalāṃ dhyāyennādāṃte siddhibhāvitām | tayātmabhūtayā piṃḍe vyāpte saṃpūjya tanmayaḥ 87| āvāhyārcādiṣu sthāpya nyastāṃ gāṃ tāṃ prapūjayet | pādyārghyasnānārhaṇādīnupacārānprakalpayet 88| dharmādibhiśca navabhiḥ kalpayitvāsanaṃ hareḥ | padmamaṣṭadalaṃ tatra karṇikākesarojjvalam 89| ubhābhyāṃ vedataṃtrābhyāṃ harerubhayasiddhaye | sudarśanaṃ pāṃcajanyaṃ gadāsīṣu dhanurhalam 90| muśalaṃ kaustubhaṃ mālāṃ śrīvatsaṃ cānupūjayet | naṃdaṃ sunaṃdaṃ garuḍaṃ pracaṃḍaṃ caṃḍameva ca 91| mahābalaṃ balaṃ caiva kumudaṃ kumudekṣaṇam | durgāṃ vināyakaṃ vyāsaṃ viṣvaksenaṃ gurūnsurān 92| svesve sthāneṣvabhimukhānpūjayetprokṣaṇādibhiḥ | caṃdanośīrakarpūra kuṃkumāguruvāsitaiḥ 93| salilai snāpayenmaṃtrairnityaṃ vā vibhave sati | svarṇagharmānuvākena mahāpuruṣavidyayā 94| pauruṣeṇāpi sūktena sāmanīrājanādibhiḥ | vastropavītābharaṇa patrasraggaṃdhalepanaiḥ 95| alaṃkurvīta saprema viṣṇubhakto yathocitam | pādyamācamanīyaṃ ca gaṃdhaṃ sumanasokṣatān 96| gaṃdhadhūpopahāryāṇi dadyādvai śraddhayārcakaḥ | guḍapāyasasarpīṃṣi śaṣkulyāpūpamodakān 97| pāyasaṃ dadhisarpiśca naivedyaṃ sa vikalpayet | abhyaṃgonmardanādarśa daṃtadhāvābhiṣecanam 98| annādyaṃ nṛtyagītāni sarvāṇi syurathānvaham | vidhinā vihite kuṃḍe mekhalāvartavedibhiḥ 99| agnimādhāya paritaḥ samūhetpāṇinodakam | paristīryātha paryukṣya datvā idhmaṃ yathāvidhi 100| prokṣaṇyāsādya dravyāṇi prokṣaṇyaivājyasecanam | taptajāṃbūnadaprakhyaṃ śaṃkhacakragadāṃbujaiḥ 101| lasaccaturbhujaṃ śāṃtaṃ padmakiṃjalkavāsasam | sphuratkirīṭakaṭakakaṭisūtravarāṃgadam 102| śrīvatsavakṣasaṃbhrājatkaustubhaṃ vanamālinam | dhyāyannabhyarcya dārūṇi haviṣā saghṛtāni ca 103| prāsyājyabhāgāvāghārau datvā cājyaplutaṃ haviḥ | abhyarcyātha namaskṛtya pārṣadebhyo baliṃ haret 104| mūlamaṃtraṃ japedbrahmansmarannārāyaṇātmakam | datvācamanamucchiṣṭaṃ viṣvaksenāya kalpayet 105| mukhavāsaṃ tu surabhiṃ tāṃbūlādyamupāharet | upagāyangṛṇannityaṃ karmāṇyabhiravākṣaraiḥ 106| satkathāṃ śrāvayañchṛṇvanmuhūrtaṃ kṣaṇiko bhavet | stavairuccāvacaiḥ stotraiḥ paurāṇaiḥ prākṛtairapi 107| stutvā prasīda bhagavanniti vaṃdeta daṃḍavat | śirastatpādayoḥ kṛtvā bāhubhyāṃ ca parasparam 108| prapannaṃ pāhi māmīśa bhītaṃ mṛtyugrahārṇavāt | iti śeṣānharerdattāñchirasyādhāya sādaram 109| udvāsayeccedudvāsyaṃ jyotirjyotiṣi cātmanaḥ | arcādiṣu padaṃ yatra śraddhāvāṃstatra cārcayet 110| sarvabhūteṣvātmani ca sarvātmānamavasthitam | evaṃ kriyāyogapathaiḥ pumānvaidikatāṃtrikaiḥ 111| arccayecca yataḥ siddhiṃ harerviṃdatyabhīpsitām | tāmarcāṃ saṃpratiṣṭhāpya maṃdiraṃ kārayeddṛḍham 112| puṣpodyānāni ramyāṇi pūjāyātrotsavādikam | pūjādīnāṃ pravāhārthaṃ mahāparvasvathānvaham 113| kṣetrāpaṇapuragrāmāndatvā sāyujyatāmiyāt | pratiṣṭhayā sārvabhaumaṃ sadmanā bhuvanatrayam 114| pūjādinā brahmalokaṃ tribhistatsāmyatāmiyāt | tameva nairapekṣeṇa bhaktiyogena viṃdate 115| bhaktiyogaṃ sa labhate evaṃ yaḥ pūjayeddharim 116| yatkṛṣṇapraṇipātadhūlidhavalaṃ tadvarṣma tadvacchubhaṃ | te netre tapasārjite surucire yābhyāṃ harirdṛśyate | sā buddhirvimaleṃdu śaṃkhadhavalā yā mādhavavyāpinī | sā jihvā mṛdubhāṣiṇī nṛpa muhuryā stauti nārāyaṇam 117| mūlamaṃtreṇa kartavyaṃ strīśūdrairapi pūjanam | śraddhayā svagurūddiṣṭamārgeṇānyaiśca vaiṣṇavaḥ 118| idaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pāvanaṃ mādhavārcanam | viśeṣānmādhave māsi tvametatkuru bhūpate 119| sūta uvāca- ityevamākarṇya vaco vicitraṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ vidhinaṃdanasya | praṇamya baddhāṃjalirāha rājā sakautukī bhāgavatapradhānaḥ 120| aṃbarīṣa uvāca- samastabhūmīvalayeśvaro'hamavyāhatājño vibudhaprasevī | goviṃdapādāṃbujadattacittaḥ svacittasaṃtoṣitabhūmidevaḥ 121| vikhyātarājocitavaṃśaratnaṃ niraṃtaraṃ dharmaruciryaśasvī | sauṃdaryaśauryodayadānaśīlaḥ suputravānasmi jitārivargaḥ 122| kenāpi puṇyena pavitrabuddhirjātohamīdṛgguṇasaṃtaśrīḥ | iyaṃ punaḥ śrīriva puṇyamūrtirlabdhā kutaḥ kāṃtimatī ca kāṃtā 123| idaṃ me sukṛtaṃ sarvaṃ purājanmani ceṣṭitam | samādiśa mune samyaksarvajñosi dayānidhe 124| nārada uvāca- iyaṃ rūpavatī nāma veśyāsīdanyajanmani | sāṃprataṃ tava bhāryā yā satyācārātisuṃdarī 125| veśyādharmeṇa varteta yathoddiṣṭena bhāvinī | kurvatī kila karmāṇi śubhāni dvijaśāsanāt 126| devadāsa iti khyāto hemakāro bhavānabhūt | pūrvajanmani vai tasyā rucerbhartā bhujaṃgamaḥ 127| iyaṃ bhavaṃtaṃ bhajate rucī rūpavatī punaḥ | vyayārthamayanaṃ dharmaṃ sthitā vijñānamuttamam 128| ākarṇya caikadā dharmaṃ vaiśākhasnānasaṃbhavam | cakre dharmavatī toye snānaṃ meṣagate ravau 129| dānaṃ dattavatī dakṣā veśyā rūpavatī sadā | brāhmaṇāya namaskāraṃ bhaktyādarapuraḥsaram 130| sa tayā devadāsastvaṃ bodhitaḥ snehayaṃtritaḥ | kṛtavānbuddhitaḥ snānaṃ mādhave māsi sādaram 131| tatra tretāyugasyādau tṛtīyāmāpyanirmalām | suvarṇakāraṃ sovāca devadāsaṃ tamādarāt 132| veśyovāca- uttamaṃ kuru sauvarṇaṃ madhusūdanamacyutam | pūjayitvā yavairdevametaiḥ saṃtarpya cānalam 133| brāhmaṇāya ca dāsyāmi brāhmaṇānāmanujñayā | dānametatpurāṇeṣu kathyate tatra cākṣayam 134| akṣayeti tṛtīyāsau brāhmaṇebhyaḥ śrutaṃ mayā | śuklā vaiśākhamāsasya tadakṣayaphalapradam 135| asyāṃ dāsyāmi taṃ haimaṃ madhusūdanamavyayam | nārada uvāca- iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā madhuraṃ hemakārakaḥ 136| cakre suvarṇapratimāmacyutasyāpi suṃdarīm | satyabhāvena dharmārthamiti cauryavivarjitaḥ 137| yathoddiṣṭasya caṃdrasya pratimāṃ lakṣaṇānvitām | dadau sā ca vidhānena snātvā viprāya suṃdarīm 138| pūjayitvā tatastasyāmakṣayāyāṃ tithau nṛpa 139| kālena kiyatā veśyā sā mṛtā dharmaniṣṭhitā | devadāso'pi sa tato mṛtaḥ svīyāyuṣakṣaye 140| tena puṇyena bhūpāla hemakāro'nya janmani | sa tvaṃ prāpto mahīṃ rājannaśeṣaguṇasaṃyutaḥ 141| sāpi rūpavatī veśyā tena dharmeṇa te'bhavat | nāmnā kāṃtimatī kāṃtā praṇayena pariplutā 142| vividhā vāsanā vīra karmaṇāṃ pūrvasaṃbhavāḥ | vicitrā gatayastāta jñāyaṃte na budhairapi 143| tamenaṃ mādhavaṃ māsaṃ pratikāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | gopitaṃ tena devena brahmaṇā mādhavena ca 144| asādhusaṃgairanavāptavidyairasaṃyatairāśramadharmahīnaiḥ | abhūtatīrthairakṛtavrataistairna labhyate mādhavamāsadharmaḥ 145| goviṃdakeśavamukuṃdahare murāre lakṣmīnivāsa madhusūdana kṛṣṇa viṣṇo | vāṇī varā na vadane vasatīti yeṣāṃ vaiśākhamāsaniyamo bhavate na teṣām 146| ye sādhusādhu vacanāni hitādhikāni nākarṇayaṃti ca hareścaritāmṛtāni | paśyaṃti ye na kamalāpatiketanāni vaiśākhamāsaniyamaṃ na hi te labhaṃte 147| śuśrūṣitā na guravo na varāya kanyā dattā samāya samaye samalaṃkṛtā yaiḥ | adhyāpitā na tanayā vinayādi dharmaṃ vaiśākhamāsaniyamaṃ na hi te labhaṃte 148| sūta uvāca- ityevamādiśya munirnareśa māmaṃtrya taṃ maṃtravidagragaṇyaḥ | snātuṃ yayau mādhavamāsi gaṃgāmabhyarcitastena tadā sa viprāḥ 149| vidhiṃ sa rājāpi tataścakāra vaiśākhamāsasya munipraṇītam | patnyāsamaṃ puṇyadhiyā tameva saṃciṃtaya~llokapavitrakīrtiḥ 150| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe vaiśākhamāhātmye nāradāṃbarīṣa saṃvāde paṃcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 95|
English translation
Sūta said :
1. Then the king joyfully asked the sage, after saluting him who was ready to go for his bath, the rite in brief, proper for bathing, giving (gifts) and other performances.
Ambarīṣa said :
2-3. O sage, in this month of Vaiśākha which rite (should be performed)? Which is superior penance? Which gift (should be given)? How should a bath (be taken)? How should Viṣṇu be worshipped? O brāhmaṇa sage, please tell it (to me). You know everything, and you are dear to Viṣṇu. Tell (me) in particular about the procedure of worship at a holy place.
Nārada said :
4-7. O best one, when the Sun enters Aries in the month of Vaiśākha, a man, remembering Viṣṇu, should bathe in a great river, at the bank of a river, in a big river, in a lake, in a spring, in a natural pond, or a reservoir that he would come across by chance. Having observed a fast, on the eleventh day of the bright half of Caitra or on the fifteenth day when the Sun enters Aries, he, with the consent of a brāhmaṇa, and after having taken a good bath and having worshipped Viṣṇu, should take up the vow of the (daily) bath in Vaiśākha.
8-11. “During the entire month of Vaiśākha, when the Sun has entered Aries, I shall bathe in the morning with (certain) restraints. May the killer of (the demon) Madhu (i.e. Viṣṇu) be pleased. May my bath on every day during the month of Vaiśākha be free from difficulty by the favour of (Viṣṇu,) the killer of (the demon) Madhu and the favour of the brāhmaṇas . O Murāri , O Madhusūdana , give me the fruit (as told in the sacred works), O lord, due to my bath (every) morning in the month of Vaiśākha, when the Sun has entered Aries. O Madhusūdana, since this month of Vaiśākha is dear to you, be a giver of fruit, and a killer of (my) sins due to my (daily) morning bath during that (month).”
12-13. Having uttered these words at that holy place, having washed his feet, and being controlīed in speech, he, remembering god Nārāyaṇa , should bathe according to the proper rules. A man should prepare a holy place by reciting this basic hymn: ‘Salutation to Nārāyaṇa’. This is said to be the basic hymn.
14-19a. Taking darbha in his hand, having sipped water according to the rules, and having bowed, a man should fashion a quadrangular having the measure of four cubits on all sides, and should invoke Gaṅgā by means of this basic hymn: “You have sprung up from Viṣṇu’s feet. You belong to Viṣṇu. You have Viṣṇu as your deity. Therefore, protect us from the sin (committed by us) from birth to death. Vāyu has stated the number of holy places to be three crores and a half. O Jāhnavī , your holy places exist in heaven, on the earth and in the intermediate region between heaven and earth. Your name is Nandinī ; among gods it is Nalinī . You (are) also (called) Dakṣā , Pṛthvī , Vihagā, Viśvagāthā, Śivapriyā, Vidyādharī , Mahādevī , so also Lokaprasādinī, and Kṣemaṅkarī, Jāhnavī, Śāntā , Śāntipradāyinī.”
19b-23. He should pronounce these names at the time of bathing. Gaṅgā moving in the three worlds, is present there. Having with the cavities of the hands (i.e. palms) joined and put on his head, and having put (i.e. sprinkled) water on his head four, five or seven times, then one should like that bathe with clay, after having invoked it according to the rules (as): “O you earth, O you day, O you who are trampled over by horses, O you who are trodden over by chariots, O you who are trampled over by Viṣṇu, remove my sin—the misdeed I have done. You have been upheld by Viṣṇu, (in) the Boar (incarnation), having a hundred arms. Salutation to you of a good vow, and the araṇi (the cause) of the rise of all people.”
24-27a. After thus having bathed, and having sipped water according to the rules, he should stand up and wear pure, white garments. Then for the satisfaction of the three worlds he should offer libations. He should first gratify Brahmā , Viṣṇu, Rudra , Prajāpati , gods, yakṣas , so also serpents, gandharvas , celestial nymphs and demons, cruel snakes, eagles, trees, creatures and birds, vidyādharas , clouds, so also those moving in the sky.
27b-29a. (He should say:) “For the satisfaction of (these and) the beings also who have no support and who are engaged in sinful deeds, this water is offered by me.” A man should wear the sacred thread on the left shoulder and under the right armpit, and wear it round the neck while making offerings to gods. With devotion he should gratify offerings to gods. With devotion he should gratify men, sons of sages and sages.
29b-51. (He should say:) “ Sanaka , Sanandana , so also Sanātana as the third, and Kapila , Āsuri , Voḍhu , and Pañcaśikha also. Let all of them always be satisfied with the water offered by me.” With sacred rice-grains and water he should gratify all divine and brāhmaṇa sages like Marīci , Atri , Aṅgiras , Pulastya , Pulaha , Kratu , Vasiṣṭha , Bhṛgu , and Nārada . Then he should make the sacred thread hang down towards the left part of the body over the right shoulder and then wear it on the left shoulder and under the right armpit, after going (down) to the ground (i.e. after touching the ground) with his knees. With sesamum seeds, water and sandal, he should devoutly gratify the manes like: Agniṣvātta [1] , Saumya , Haviṣmanta [2] , so also Uṣmapa [3] , Kavyānala, Barhiṣad [4] , and Ājyapa [5] also. (He should say:) “Salutation to Yama , Dharmarāja , Mṛtyu , and Antaka , Vaivasvata , Kāla , Sarvabhūtakṣaya (i.e. who destroys all beings), to Udumbara , Dadhna, Nīla and Parameṣṭhin; salutation to Vṛkodara , Citra , Citragupta .” Then, with darbhas in his hand, he should gratify the manes. Having, with proper rite, gratified his manes (mentioning them) with their names and family, so also his grandsires on the mother’s side, he should recite this prayer: “May all kinsmen (in this existence) and the kinsmen in former existences, desiring (libations of) water from me, be fully gratified.” Having sipped water according to the rules, he should, in front (of him) properly draw a lotus with sacred rice-grains, flowers, water and red sandal. By mentioning the names of the Sun, he should carefully make respectful offerings (to the Sun): “Salutation to you of the form of Viṣṇu, of the form of Brahma , to you, O Sun, having a thousand rays, and who are all-lustre; salutation to you, having the body of Rudra; salutation to you, to whom devotees are dear. O Padmanābha , salutation to you, adorned with ear-rings and armlets; salutation to you who are the lord of all the worlds, who awaken the sleeping ones. You always observe all good and bad deeds. O Satyadeva , salutation to you. Favour me, O Bhāskara . O Divākara , I salute you. O Prabhākara , my salutation to you.” Having in this way saluted the Sun, and having gone round (the lotus drawn in front of him) keeping it to his right seven times, he should touch a cow, a brāhmaṇa, and gold, and then go home. Having worshipped the (venerable ones) in the hermitage, he should then worship the image. Being restrained and self-possessed, a householder should first devoutly only worship Viṣṇu and again at both places, with devotion, and according to the rules. He who would especially worship Viṣṇu during the month of Vaiśākha, has worshipped him all the year round. He should perform the group of the vows in honour of Viṣṇu, for pleasing him, when the month of Vaiśākha has arrived and when (the Sun) the witness to (all) deeds has entered Aries. He should give many gifts like sesamum seeds, ghee etc., which destroy sins produced (i.e. committed) during crores of existences. A rich person should give, for the fulfilment of his desire, gifts like water, food, the (representations of a) cow made of sugar, sesamum etc. With his senses controlled one who bathes daily during the entire month of Vaiśākha, who mutters (prayers), who eats food fit to be eaten on days of fast, is freed from all sins.
52-60a. He who, being careful, eats once only(in a day), or eats at night, or eats without asking for the food during the month of Vaiśākha, gets all his desired objects. The rule is that one should have daily two baths outside (his house), at a river etc., according to proper rules, should eat food fit to be eaten on days of fast, should observe celibacy, and sleep on (bare) ground. (Observance of) a vow, (giving) gifts, muttering (hymns), sacrifice, and worship of Viṣṇu burns terrible sin committed during thousands of existences. As Mādhava (i.e. Viṣṇu) when reflected upon, destroys sin, similarly (daily) bath in Mādhava (i.e. Vaiśākha) done according to rules (destroys sins). A man should bathe every day at a holy place, should gratify his dead ancestors with sesamum seeds, should give gifts of jars of fragrant water etc., and should worship Viṣṇu during the month of Vaiśākha. This gives satisfaction to Viṣṇu. He should give water with sesamum seeds, gold, food, sugar, garments, ornaments; he should devoutly worship thrice a day lord Viṣṇu who is actually accompanied by pure Lakṣmī . He who gratifies brāhmaṇas with many golden pots containing sesamum seeds, or with jars full of water according to his capacity, removes (the sins of) the murder of a brāhmaṇa.
60b-81a. A man, being concentrated, should bathe in a river in the morning in the month of Vaiśākha, and worship Viṣṇu with devotion with seasonal flowers and fruits. Free from heretic talk, he should honour a brāhmaṇa according to his capacity. He should gratify him by giving gifts of garments, cows, jewels etc. and heaps of wealth, or should give him other valuable things in small quantity according to his capacity. Then, the man who has no possessions left, should worship Viṣṇu by offering him flowers in the month of Vaiśākha. He, being free from all sins, would emancipate a hundred of his dead ancestors. He would not experience grief for a hundred thousand existences. He has no fear from a disease; he is not bound by poverty. He would become a devotee of Viṣṇu, and is blessed in existence after existence. O hero, he would live in heaven for one hundred and eight thousand yugas and would again be (born) as a king. Enjoying various pleasures of a king happily, he, due to Viṣṇu’s grace, then merges into Viṣṇu. O king, listen; I shall tell you in brief about the worship of Viṣṇu. (It is of three kinds:) as laid down in the Vedas , as laid down in the Tāntric works and that which is of mixed types (all of which) destroy sins. There is no end to him whose fullest extent is limitless; O king, there is no end to the rite of worship. Now it will be in due order explained properly. The worship of Viṣṇu is ofthree kinds: As laid down in the Vedic texts, as laid down in the Tantras (i.e. religious treatises teaching magical and mystical formularies for the worship of a deity), and mixed. The Vaidika or the mixed one is laid down for brāhmaṇas and others. The Tāntrika is enjoined for even a śūdra who is Viṣṇu’s devotee. A man having attained brāhmaṇa-hood as laid down in his own Veda (i.e. the Veda looked upon as most authoritative by him), should, being composed and practising celibacy, worship Viṣṇu according to the proper rite. By his teacher’s consent, he should worship him on an altar or in (i.e. by offering oblations to) fire or the Sun, water, or his own heart or a brāhmaṇa, with devotion and wealth. Having brushed his teeth, he should first take bath for the purification of his body. At both times the bath should be taken to the accompaniment of hymns and with clay. The rites like the morning and evening prayers are prescribed in the Vedic texts and the Tantras. At the end of the worship he should properly fix the solemn vow to perform the observance, which purifies the rite. The image (of the deity) is said to be of eight kinds: (made) of a stone, of wood, of iron, smeared (with clay, i.e. of clay), drawn, of sand, metal and of jewels. It is of two kinds and said to be the abode of life (i.e. alive): movable and immovable. The invocation and allowing (the deity invoked) to go are not (necessary) in the case of the immovable (image) at the time of the worship of Viṣṇu. In the case of a movable one, there is an option. Both these (i.e. invocation and allowing it to go) take place on the altar (itself). In the case of that which is not smeared (i.e. which is not made of clay) bath is (enjoined). In the other case (i.e. in the case of one made ofclay) only sprinkling (with water should be done). A sincere devotee should devoutly worship the deity with well-known articles as become available. O king, in the worship, bathing and decorating (the image) is best. They (i.e. articles) may be put on the altars or oblation with ghee (should be offered) into fire. Or the worship offered into (i.e. to) the Sun is the best, or on the altar with water etc.
81b-96a. Even water offered with faith by a devotee is best. Being pure, and having first got his seat prepared with darbhas, he should, after having collected material like fragrance, incense, flowers, lamp, food etc., sit facing the north, or facing the deity, for worshipping (it). Having made the nyāsas [6] , he should then touch with his hand (the materials of) worship of Viṣṇu. He should properly make ready the pitcher (from which water) is to be sprinkled. With that water he has to worship the deity and sprinkle the materials of worship and himself. Sprinkling the three pots with water he should (fill them) with the material and offer them. He should cause to be given (i.e. should give) three pots for water for washing the feet, material of worship and sipping water. With the tuft of hair on the crown of the head, from which the (head-)dress is removed, he should consecrate them with the Gāyatrī -hymn. At the end of the recitation (of the hymn), he should meditate upon a small portion representing the life of the lord, as is (conceived) in the lotus of his heart, and cherished for the fulfilment (of his desires) on a lump made ready with air and fire. When the lump is occupied by the image as conceived by himself, he being devoted to it, should invoke the deity to the (place of) worship etc. and with its body placed there, he should worship it. He should keep ready the articles of worship like water for washing the feet, for bathing, and the materials of worship etc. Having prepared, in nine ways, a seat for Viṣṇu—a lotus with eight petals, bright with a pericarp and filaments—he should, for success at both places (i.e. in this world and in the next), worship according to the ways laid down in the Vedic texts and in Tantras, worship Viṣṇu’s (disc called) Sudarśana , (conch called) Pāñcajanya , mace, sword, arrow, bow, plough, pestle, Kaustubha , garland and (the mark called) Śrīvatsa . He should also worship by sprinkling etc., at their respective places, with their faces turned towards him, Nanda , Sunanda , Garuḍa , Pracaṇḍa and Caṇḍa . So also Mabābala, Bala , Kumuda , Kumudekṣṇa, Durgā , Vināyaka , Vyāsa , Viśvaksena (i.e. Viṣṇu), teachers and (other) gods. He, Viṣṇu’s devotee, should always, when he has the money (to do so), adorn Viṣṇu with sandal, (fragrant root of a plant called) uśīra , camphor, saffron, agallochum, and fragrant water, with (proper) hymns—like the Vedic Svarṇagharma, or the incantation in honour of Viṣṇu, or the hymn called Puruṣa-sūkta , so also with waving the light etc. before the deity, with garments, sacred thread, ornaments, leaves, garlands, fragrance and unguents.
96b-101a. The worshipper should give, with faith, water for washing the feet, for sipping, sandal, flowers, sacred rice-grains, perfumes, incense, and other articles to be offere[d?]. He should keep ready jaggery, rice boiled in milk, ghee, baked cake, small round cakes of flour, sweetmeats, milk, curd, ghee, and offering of eatables. Day after day there should be anointing the body, massaging it, showing the mirror, brushing the teeth, bath and all songs. In a basin as laid down according to the rules and with a round belt and altars, he should lay fire and gather it on all sides, and having diffused water with his hand, and sprinkled it, should offer fuel according to the rules. Taking the articles with holy water, he should sprinkle ghee with water used for sprinkling.
101b-119. He should meditate upon and worship (Viṣṇu) who resembles heated gold, whose four bands shine with a conch, a disc, a mace and a lotus, and who is calm and who has put on a garment (soft) like the filaments of lotuses, who has put on a bright crown, bracelets, a girdle, and excellent armlets, who has the Śrīvatsa on his chest, whose Kaustubha is shining, who has put on a garland of wood-flowers. Having worshipped the wooden pieces having ghee (sprinkled over them) along with the oblation, having thrown two portions of ghee, and having sprinkled clarified butter and having offered oblation covered with ghee, having then worshipped and saluted he should offer the oblation to his associates. O brāhmaṇa, remembering Nārāyaṇa, he should mutter the basic prayer. Then having given (water for) sipping, he should keep the leftovers for Viṣṇu. Always singing and describing his deeds with words he should offer him perfume used to scent breath, and fragrant tāmbūla etc. Causing to hear and listening to good stories he should have leisure for a moment. Having praised him with hymns, and with various eulogies from the Purāṇas and Prākṛta (provincial or vernacular) panegyrics, he should, (prostrating himself before him) like a stick, salute him, saying, ‘O lord, favour me’. Putting his head on his (i.e. of the image) feet and joining his hands, (he should say), “O lord, protect me, who have taken refuge with you, and who am afraid of the ocean having a shark-like death.” With these words he should put on his head the leftovers of the articles offered to Viṣṇu, and should cause to stay in himself the lustre fit to be put into (his heart). A man with faith should worship wherever there is a foot-mark of the idols etc. A man should worship him who dwells in all beings and in himself also, by means of purificatory rites and abstract meditation. Due to this he obtains desired welfare from Viṣṇu. Having installed the idol, he should get constructed a strong temple, so also charming flower-garden for accomplishing the worship (of the idol), so also should (introduce) worship, pilgrimage, festivals etc. for the continuation of the worship etc. on the parvan days and also every day. Having presented a (piece of) land, a market, a city, a village etc. (to the deity) he should reach intimate union with it. By means of the installation (of the idol), one would get sovereign empire; by (building) a temple one would get (happiness in) the three worlds; by worship etc. one would reach Brahmā’s heaven; and by the three he would attain similarity (with the deity). By means of firm, desireless devotion, one obtains him (i.e. Viṣṇu) only. He who worships Viṣṇu like this obtains loyal devotion. That (really) is the body (of a man) which is white due to the dust (clinging to the body) while saluting Kṛṣṇa ; it is auspicious like him. Those are the very charming eyes earned by means of penance, by which Viṣṇu is seen. That (alone) is the pure mind, which is white like the moon and a conch, and which pervades Mādhava. O king, that is the tongue, speaking softly, which repeatedly praises Viṣṇu. Women and śūdras also should worship (Viṣṇu) with the basic hymn, with devotion and according to the manner advised by the teacher; so also by other devotees of Viṣṇu. I have told you all this worship of Mādhava which is purifying. O king, do it especially in the month of Vaiśākha.
Sāta said :
120. Having heard these words of Brahmā’s son (Nārada), which were lovely, auspicious, and pure, the king, best among the devotees of Viṣṇu, being curious, saluted him with the palms of his hands joined, and said:
Ambarīṣa said :
121-124. I am the lord of the entire earth; my order is always obeyed; I serve the wise; I have dedicated my heart to the lotus-like feet of Viṣṇu; I have pleased the brāhmaṇas heartily. I am the gem from the family of well-known kings; I always have a liking for piety. I am successful. I am given to (appreciation of) beauty, appearance of bravery and to charity. I am having good sons. I have conquered a host of enemies. Due to some religious merit I have been born of a pure mind, and have been associated with the wealth of such virtues. From where again have I obtained this beautiful wife, the embodiment of religious merit and resembling Lakṣmī? O sage, tell me all these good deeds I did in the former existence. O you treasure of compassion, you know everything.
Nārada said :
125-132. This one who is your extremely beautiful wife, of a good conduct, was in the former existence a prostitute named Rūpavatī . This beautiful lady, performing auspicious deeds by the direction of a brāhmaṇa, would live (i.e. lived) as a prostitute as indicated (below). You were a goldsmith known as Devadāsa . You were, in a former existence, the lord, the paramour of her (who was then known as) Rucī . This Rūpavatī remained on the path of righteousness—the best knowledge—for (i.e, while) spending money (obscure!). Once on hearing about the religious merit due to the (daily) bath in Vaiśākha she, follow-ing (the path of) righteousness bathed when the Sun had entered Aries. The diligent, beautiful, prostitute Rūpavatī, always devoutly and respectfully saluted and gave gifts to a brāhmaṇa. You, Devadāsa, bound by love (towards her) were always advised by her. You intentionally and respectfully bathed in the month of Vaiśākha. At that time, at the beginning of Tretāyuga , on having got the third day (i.e. when the third day arrived), she spoke to the goldsmith Devadāsa, with respect:
The prostitute said :
133-135. Fashion an excellent (image of) Madhusūdana, Acyuta (i.e. Viṣṇu). Having worshipped the deity with these barley grains and having gratified fire, I shall give it to a brāhmaṇa, with the consent of brāhmaṇas. In Purāṇas, this gift is said to be inexhaustible there (i.e. in the next world). I have heard from the brāhmaṇas that this Tṛtīyā (i.e. the third day of Vaiśākha) is called ‘ Akṣaya (tṛtīyā)’ of the bright half of Vaiśākha. It gives inexhaustible fruit. On this day I shall give this (image of) immutable Viṣṇu (to a brāhmaṇa).
Nārada said :
136-144. Hearing these sweet words of her, the goldsmith, truthfully and free from theft (i.e. without taking away a portion of the gold), fashioned an extremely beautiful image of Viṣṇu, thinking it to be meant for a religious purpose. She gave that beautiful image, having the characteristics of the (beautiful) moon as indicated, after she had taken bath, to a brāhmaṇa according to the proper rites, after worshipping it on that day of Akṣaya (tṛtīyā), O king. After some time, that prostitute, devoted to religion, died. Then that Devadāsa also died when (the span of) his life was over. Due to that religious merit, O king, that Devadāsa, reached (i.e. was born on) the earth as you, endowed with all virtues. That Rūpavatī too, due to that religious merit became your wife, full of love, named Kāntimatī . O hero, many desires are due to former deeds. Their courses are varied. O dear one, they are not known even by the wise. Therefore, there is no doubt that (the rites) should be performed during this month of Vaiśākha. It was kept as a secret by that god Brahmā and by Viṣṇu.
145-148. The religious merit due to the month of Vaiśākha is not obtained by those who have the company of the bad, who have no other knowledge (like that of religion), who are not restrained, who are bereft of the practices of the stages (of the human life), who have not visited holy places, who have not practised vows. The vow of the month of Vaiśākha is not (possible) for them in whose mouth the words, ‘ Govinda , Keśava , Mukunda , Hari , Murāri, Lakṣmī-nivāsa, Madhusūdana, Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu’ do not find a place. Those who do not properly listen to the words of the good, which are very beneficial, and are the nectar in the form of the deeds of Viṣṇu, and who do not see (i.e. visit) the temples of (Viṣṇu) the lord of Lakṣmī, do not obtain (the religious merit of) the vow in the month of Vaiśākha. They, who have not served their teachers, who have not given (in marriage) their adorned daugḥter to the bridegroom on his arrival, and who have not taught their sons the practices of modesty etc. do not get (the religious merit of) the vow of the month of Vaiśākha.
Sūta said :
149-150. O brāhmaṇas, having thus advised the lord of men, the sage, the foremost among the knowers of hymns, took his leave, and, honoured by him (i.e. the king), went to Gaṅgā to bathe (in accordance with the vow) in the month of Vaiśākha. The king too, of a pure fame, thinking of him (i.e. Viṣṇu) only, performed, along with his wife, and with a religious mind, the rite of the month of Vaiśākha, as ordained by the sage.
[1]: [1] : Agniṣvātta—A class of manes who, on earth, neglected the sacrificial fire.
[2]: [2] : Haviṣmanta—Name of a class of manes regarded as progenitors of kṣatriyas and descended from Aṅgiras.
[3]: [3] : Uṣmapa—Literally, imbibing the stream of hot food; a class of manes.
[4]: [4] : Barhiṣad—Deceased ancestors.
[5]: [5] : Ājyapa—A class of manes who are the sons of Pulastya or of Kardama, and the ancestors of the vaiśya-order.
[6]: [6] : Nyāsa—assignment of the various parts of the body to different deities, which is usually accompanied with prayers and corresponding gesticulations.
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