Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa · Chapter 25
Sourceभीष्म उवाच। उपवासेष्वशक्तस्य तदेव फलमिच्छतः। अनभ्यासेन रोगाद्वा किमिष्टं व्रतमुच्यताम्१। पुलस्त्य उवाच। उपवासेष्वशक्तानां नक्तं भोजनमिष्यते। यस्मिन्व्रते तदप्यत्र श्रूयतां वै व्रतं महत्२। आदित्यशयनं नाम यथावच्छंकरार्चनम्। येषु नक्षत्रयोगेषु पुराणज्ञाः प्रचक्षते३। यदा हस्तेन सप्तम्यामादित्यस्य दिनं भवेत्। सूर्यस्य चापि संक्रांतिस्तिथिस्सा सार्वकामिकी४। उमामहेश्वरस्यार्चामर्चयेत्सूर्यनामभिः। सूर्यार्चां शिवलिगं च उभयं पूजयेद्यतः५। उमापते रवेश्चापि न भेदः क्वचिदिष्यते। यस्मात्तस्मान्नृपश्रेष्ठ गृहे भानुं समर्चयेत्६। हस्तेन सूर्याय नमोस्तुपादावर्काय चित्रासु च गुल्फदेशं। स्वातीषु जंघे पुरुषोत्तमाय धात्रे विशाखासु च जानुदेशम्७। तथानुराधासु नमोभि पूज्यमुरुद्द्वयं चैव सहस्रभानोः। ज्येष्ठास्वनंगाय नमोस्तु गुह्यमिन्द्रा यभीमाय कटिं च मूले८। पूर्वोत्तराषाढयुगे च नाभिं त्वष्ट्रे नमः सप्ततुरंगमाय। तीक्ष्णांशवे श्रवणे चाथ कुक्षिं पृष्ठं धनिष्ठासु विकर्तनाय९। वक्षस्थलं ध्वांतविनाशनाय जलाधिपर्क्षे प्रतिपूजनीयम्। पूर्वोत्तरा भाद्रपदद्वये च बाहूत्तमश्चंडकराय पूज्यौ१०। साम्नामधीशाय करद्वयं च संपूजनीयं नृप रेवतीषु। नखानि पूज्यानि तथाश्विनीषु नमोस्तु सप्ताश्वधुरंधराय११। कठोरधाम्ने भरणीषु कंठं दिवाकरायेत्यभिपूजनीयम्। ग्रीवाग्निपर्क्षे धरसंपुटे तु संपूजयेद्भारत रोहिणीषु१२। मृगेर्चनीया रसना पुरारे रौद्रे तु दंता हरये नमस्ते। नमः सवित्रे इति शंकरस्य नासाभि पूज्या च पुनर्वसौ च१३। ललाटमंभोरुहवल्लभाय पुष्येलकान्वेदशरीरधारिणे। सार्पे च मौलिविबुधप्रियाय मघासु कर्णाविति पूजनीयौ१४। पूर्वासु गोब्राह्मणनंदनाय नेत्राणि संपूज्यतमानि शंभोः। अथोत्तराफाल्गुनि भे भ्रुवौ च विश्वेश्वरायेति च पूजनीये१५। नमोस्तु पाशांकुशपद्मशूल कपालसर्पेन्दुधनुर्धराय। गयासुरानङ्गपुरांधकादि विनाशमूलाय नमः शिवाय१६। इत्यादिकांगानि च पूजयित्वा विश्वेश्वरायेति शिरोभिपूज्यम्। अत्रापि भोक्तव्यमतैलमन्नममांसमक्षारमभुक्तशेषम्१७। इत्येवं नृप नक्तानि कृत्वा दद्यात्पुनर्वसौ। शालेयतंडुलप्रस्थमौदुंबरमथो घृतम्१८। संस्थाप्य पात्रे विप्राय सहिरण्यं निवेदयेत्। सप्तमे वस्त्रयुग्मं तु पारणे त्वधिकं भवेत्१९। चतुर्दशे तु संप्राप्ते पारणे भारतादिके । ब्राह्मणं भोजयेद्भक्त्या गुडक्षीरघृतादिभिः२०। कृत्वा च कांचनं पद्ममष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम्। शुद्धमष्टांगुलं तच्च पद्मरागदलान्वितम्२१। शय्यां सुलक्षणां कृत्वा विरुद्धग्रंथिवर्जिताम्। सोपधानवितानां च स्वास्तरावरणाश्रयाम्२२। पादुकोपानहच्छत्र चामरासनदर्पणैः। भूपणैरपिसंयुक्तां फलवस्त्रानुलेपनैः२३। तस्यां विधाय तत्पद्ममलंकृत्य गुणान्विताम्। कपिलां वस्त्रसंयुक्तामतिशीलां पयस्विनीम्२४। रौप्यखुरां हेमशृंगीं सवत्सां कांस्यदोहनाम्। दद्यान्मंत्रेण तां धेनुं पूर्वाह्णं नातिलंघयेत्२५। यथैवादित्य शयनमशून्यं तव सर्वदा। कांत्या धृत्या श्रिया पुष्ट्या तथा मे संतु वृद्धयः२६। यथा न देवाः श्रेयांसं त्वदन्यमनघं विदुः। तथा मामुद्धराशेष दुःखसंसारसागरात्२७। ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य प्रणम्य च विसर्जयेत्। शय्यां गवादि तत्सर्वं द्विजस्य भवनं नयेत्२८। नैतद्विशीलाय न दांभिकाय प्रकाशनीयं व्रतमिंदुमौलेः। गोविप्रदेवर्षिविकर्मयोगिनां यश्चापि निंदामधिकां विधत्ते२९। भक्ताय दांताय च गुह्यमेतदाख्येयमानंदकरं शिवञ्च। इदं महापातकिनां नराणां अघक्षयं वेदविदो वदंति३०। न बंधुपुत्रैर्न धनैर्वियुक्तः पत्नीभिरानंदकरः सुराणां। नाभ्येति रोगं न च दुःखमोहं या चापि नारी कुरुतेथ भक्त्या३१। इदं वसिष्ठेन पुरार्जुनेन कृतं कुबेरेण पुरंदरेण। यत्कीर्तनादप्यखिलानि नाशमायांति पापानि न संशयोत्र३२। इति पठति शृणोति वा य इत्थं रविशयनं पुरुहूतवल्लभः स्यात्। अपि नरकगतान्पितॄनशेषानपि दिवमानयतीह यः करोति३३। अश्वत्थं च वटं चैवोदुंबरं वृक्षमेव च। नंदीशं जंबुवृक्षं च बिल्वं प्राहुर्महर्षयः३४। मार्गशीर्षादिमासाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां द्वाभ्यामथ क्रमात्। एकैकं दंतधवनं वृक्षेष्वेतेषु कारयेत्३५। दद्यात्समाप्ते दध्यन्नं वितानध्वजचामरम्। द्विजानामुदकुंभांश्च पंचरत्नसमन्वितान्३६। न वित्तशाठ्यं कुर्वीत कुर्वन्दोषानवाप्नुयात्३७।
bhīṣma uvāca| upavāseṣvaśaktasya tadeva phalamicchataḥ| anabhyāsena rogādvā kimiṣṭaṃ vratamucyatām1| pulastya uvāca| upavāseṣvaśaktānāṃ naktaṃ bhojanamiṣyate| yasminvrate tadapyatra śrūyatāṃ vai vrataṃ mahat2| ādityaśayanaṃ nāma yathāvacchaṃkarārcanam| yeṣu nakṣatrayogeṣu purāṇajñāḥ pracakṣate3| yadā hastena saptamyāmādityasya dinaṃ bhavet| sūryasya cāpi saṃkrāṃtistithissā sārvakāmikī4| umāmaheśvarasyārcāmarcayetsūryanāmabhiḥ| sūryārcāṃ śivaligaṃ ca ubhayaṃ pūjayedyataḥ5| umāpate raveścāpi na bhedaḥ kvacidiṣyate| yasmāttasmānnṛpaśreṣṭha gṛhe bhānuṃ samarcayet6| hastena sūryāya namostupādāvarkāya citrāsu ca gulphadeśaṃ| svātīṣu jaṃghe puruṣottamāya dhātre viśākhāsu ca jānudeśam7| tathānurādhāsu namobhi pūjyamuruddvayaṃ caiva sahasrabhānoḥ| jyeṣṭhāsvanaṃgāya namostu guhyamindrā yabhīmāya kaṭiṃ ca mūle8| pūrvottarāṣāḍhayuge ca nābhiṃ tvaṣṭre namaḥ saptaturaṃgamāya| tīkṣṇāṃśave śravaṇe cātha kukṣiṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ dhaniṣṭhāsu vikartanāya9| vakṣasthalaṃ dhvāṃtavināśanāya jalādhiparkṣe pratipūjanīyam| pūrvottarā bhādrapadadvaye ca bāhūttamaścaṃḍakarāya pūjyau10| sāmnāmadhīśāya karadvayaṃ ca saṃpūjanīyaṃ nṛpa revatīṣu| nakhāni pūjyāni tathāśvinīṣu namostu saptāśvadhuraṃdharāya11| kaṭhoradhāmne bharaṇīṣu kaṃṭhaṃ divākarāyetyabhipūjanīyam| grīvāgniparkṣe dharasaṃpuṭe tu saṃpūjayedbhārata rohiṇīṣu12| mṛgercanīyā rasanā purāre raudre tu daṃtā haraye namaste| namaḥ savitre iti śaṃkarasya nāsābhi pūjyā ca punarvasau ca13| lalāṭamaṃbhoruhavallabhāya puṣyelakānvedaśarīradhāriṇe| sārpe ca maulivibudhapriyāya maghāsu karṇāviti pūjanīyau14| pūrvāsu gobrāhmaṇanaṃdanāya netrāṇi saṃpūjyatamāni śaṃbhoḥ| athottarāphālguni bhe bhruvau ca viśveśvarāyeti ca pūjanīye15| namostu pāśāṃkuśapadmaśūla kapālasarpendudhanurdharāya| gayāsurānaṅgapurāṃdhakādi vināśamūlāya namaḥ śivāya16| ityādikāṃgāni ca pūjayitvā viśveśvarāyeti śirobhipūjyam| atrāpi bhoktavyamatailamannamamāṃsamakṣāramabhuktaśeṣam17| ityevaṃ nṛpa naktāni kṛtvā dadyātpunarvasau| śāleyataṃḍulaprasthamauduṃbaramatho ghṛtam18| saṃsthāpya pātre viprāya sahiraṇyaṃ nivedayet| saptame vastrayugmaṃ tu pāraṇe tvadhikaṃ bhavet19| caturdaśe tu saṃprāpte pāraṇe bhāratādike | brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayedbhaktyā guḍakṣīraghṛtādibhiḥ20| kṛtvā ca kāṃcanaṃ padmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam| śuddhamaṣṭāṃgulaṃ tacca padmarāgadalānvitam21| śayyāṃ sulakṣaṇāṃ kṛtvā viruddhagraṃthivarjitām| sopadhānavitānāṃ ca svāstarāvaraṇāśrayām22| pādukopānahacchatra cāmarāsanadarpaṇaiḥ| bhūpaṇairapisaṃyuktāṃ phalavastrānulepanaiḥ23| tasyāṃ vidhāya tatpadmamalaṃkṛtya guṇānvitām| kapilāṃ vastrasaṃyuktāmatiśīlāṃ payasvinīm24| raupyakhurāṃ hemaśṛṃgīṃ savatsāṃ kāṃsyadohanām| dadyānmaṃtreṇa tāṃ dhenuṃ pūrvāhṇaṃ nātilaṃghayet25| yathaivāditya śayanamaśūnyaṃ tava sarvadā| kāṃtyā dhṛtyā śriyā puṣṭyā tathā me saṃtu vṛddhayaḥ26| yathā na devāḥ śreyāṃsaṃ tvadanyamanaghaṃ viduḥ| tathā māmuddharāśeṣa duḥkhasaṃsārasāgarāt27| tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya praṇamya ca visarjayet| śayyāṃ gavādi tatsarvaṃ dvijasya bhavanaṃ nayet28| naitadviśīlāya na dāṃbhikāya prakāśanīyaṃ vratamiṃdumauleḥ| govipradevarṣivikarmayogināṃ yaścāpi niṃdāmadhikāṃ vidhatte29| bhaktāya dāṃtāya ca guhyametadākhyeyamānaṃdakaraṃ śivañca| idaṃ mahāpātakināṃ narāṇāṃ aghakṣayaṃ vedavido vadaṃti30| na baṃdhuputrairna dhanairviyuktaḥ patnībhirānaṃdakaraḥ surāṇāṃ| nābhyeti rogaṃ na ca duḥkhamohaṃ yā cāpi nārī kurutetha bhaktyā31| idaṃ vasiṣṭhena purārjunena kṛtaṃ kubereṇa puraṃdareṇa| yatkīrtanādapyakhilāni nāśamāyāṃti pāpāni na saṃśayotra32| iti paṭhati śṛṇoti vā ya itthaṃ raviśayanaṃ puruhūtavallabhaḥ syāt| api narakagatānpitṝnaśeṣānapi divamānayatīha yaḥ karoti33| aśvatthaṃ ca vaṭaṃ caivoduṃbaraṃ vṛkṣameva ca| naṃdīśaṃ jaṃbuvṛkṣaṃ ca bilvaṃ prāhurmaharṣayaḥ34| mārgaśīrṣādimāsābhyāṃ dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmatha kramāt| ekaikaṃ daṃtadhavanaṃ vṛkṣeṣveteṣu kārayet35| dadyātsamāpte dadhyannaṃ vitānadhvajacāmaram| dvijānāmudakuṃbhāṃśca paṃcaratnasamanvitān36| na vittaśāṭhyaṃ kurvīta kurvandoṣānavāpnuyāt37|
English translation
Bhīṣma said :
1. Tell me about the vow that is desirable for one who is unable to observe fasts due to lack of practice or ill health.
Pulastya said :
2. Hear about that great vow in (the performance of) which meal at night is prescribed for those who are unable to observe fasts.
3. It is called Ādityaśayana in which Śaṅkara is to be properly worshipped. (Listen to) the conjunctions of constellations (and planets), which, those who are well-versed in the Purāṇas , prescribe.
4. That seventh day of the month which falls on Sunday with Hasta (rising on that day), and on which there is also the transition [1] of the Sun, is the one which satisfies all desires.
5. With (the utterance of) the names of the Sun, a man should worship Umā and Maheśvara ; and hereafter he should worship both the Sun and the Phallus of Śiva .
6. Since no distinction is ever made between the lord of Umā (i.e. Śiva) and the Sun, therefore, O best of kings, he should worship the Sun at his house.
7. With (the appearance of) Hasta (in the sky he should worship the feet (of the image of the Sun, saying:) ‘My salutation to Sūrya .’ On (the appearance of) Citrā (in the sky, he should worship) the region of the ankles (of the Sun’s image, saying:) ‘My salutation to Arka ’. On (the appearance of) Svāti (in the sky, he should worship) the shanks (of the Sun’s image, saying:) ‘My salutation to Puruṣottama ’. On (the appearance of) the Viśākhā (in the sky, he should worship) the region of knees (of the Sun’s image, saying:) ‘My salutation to Dhātṛ .’
8. Then (on the appearance) of Anurādhā the couple of the thighs of (the image of) the Sun should be worshipped. On (the appearance of) Jyeṣṭhā (in the sky, he should worship) the organ of generation (of the image of the Sun saying:) ‘My salutation to Anaṅga ’. On (the appearance of) Mūla (in the sky, he should worship) the waist of the image, saying:) ‘My saluation to the fearful Indra ’.
9. On (the appearance of) the two viz. Pūrvā and Uttarā Āṣādhā (in the sky, he should worship) the navel (of the image saying:) ‘My salutation to Tvaṣṭṛ with seven horses’. On (the appearance of) Śravaṇa (in the sky, he should worship) the ears (of the image saying:) ‘My salutation to Tīkṣāṃśu’. On (the appearance of) Dhaniṣṭhā (in the sky, he should worship) the sides and the back (of the image saying:) ‘My salutation to Vikartana ’.
10. On (the appearance of Śatatārakā (in the sky, he should worship) the chest (of the image, saying:) ‘My salutation to Dhvānta - vināśana (i.e. to the destroyer of darkness)’. On the appearance of the two, viz. Pūrvā and Uttarā Bhādrapadā (in the sky), he should worship the arms (of the image saying:) ‘My salutation to Caṇḍakara’.
11. O king, on (the appearance of) Revatī (in the sky), the couple of the hands (of the image) should be worshipped (saying:) ‘My salutation to Sāmnām Adhīśa (i.e. to the lord of the Sāmans )’. Similarly on (the appearance of) Aśvinī (in the sky), the nails (of the image) should be worshipped by a man (saying:) ‘My salutation to Saptāśvadhurandhara (i.e. having seven excellent horses).’
12. On (the appearance of) Bharaṇī (in the sky), the throat (of the image) should be worshipped (saying:) ‘My salutation to Divākara of severe lustre’. O you descendant of Bharata , on (the appearance of) Kṛttikā and Rohiṇī (in the sky, a man) should worship the lips (of the image).
13. On (the appearance of) Mṛga (in the sky), the tongue (of the image) of Purāri should be worshipped. On (the appearance of) Ārdrā (in the sky), (a man) should worship the teeth (of the image saying:) ‘My salutation to Hari ’. On (the appearance of) Punarvasu (in the sky), the nose (of image) of Śiva, should be worshipped (saying:) ‘My salutation to Savitṛ ’.
14. On (the appearance of) Puṣya (in the sky), the forehead (of the image should be worshipped saying:) ‘My salutation to Ambhoruha , and the hair (should be worshipped saying: ‘My salutation’ to Vedaśarīradhārin’. On (the appearance of) Āśleṣā (in the sky), (he should worship) the head (saying:) ‘My salutation to Vibudhapriya’. On (the appearance of) Maghā (in the sky), he should worship the ears (of the image).
15. On the appearance af Pūrvā (in the sky), he should properly worship the eyes of (the image of) Śambhu (saying:) ‘My salutation to Go- brāhmaṇa - nandana (i.e. to him who delights the cows and the brāhmaṇas ).’ On (the appearance of) Uttarā- phālgunī (in the sky), he should worship the eye-brows of the image (saying:) My salutation to Viśveśvara ’.
16. (He should also say:) ‘My salutation to the holder of the noose, the goad, the lotus, the trident, the skull, the serpent, the (crescent-) moon and the bow, and also to Śiva, the root (i.e. the cause) of the destruction of the demon Gaja and of Cupid, and (the demon) Andhaka etc.’
17. Thus having worshipped the various parts (ofthe body of the image), he should worship the head saying: ‘My salutation to Śiva’. Here (i.e. during this vow) also he should eat food free from oil and salt, should not eat flesh and food left over.
18-19. Thus, O king, having eaten only at night, he should, on the day of Punarvasu, present a measure of Śāli —rice, an udumbara fruit, ghee , along with gold, after having placed (these things) in a vessel, to a brāhmaṇa. On the seventh conclusion of the fast he should give a pair of garments or more (to a brāhmaṇa).
20. O you descendant of Bharata, when the conclusion of the fourteenth fast has come (i.e. at the time of the conclusion of the fourteenth fast) he should devoutly feed a brāhmaṇa with jaggery, (sweetened) milk, ghee etc.
21-25. Having fashioned a golden lotus with eight leaves and a pericarp, which should be pure, of the length of eight fingers and should have petals of rubies; having prepared an excellent bed, free from improper protuberances, with a pillow and a cushion, with a good carpet and a coverlet, along with wooden sandals, shoes, an umbrella, a chowrie, a seat, a mirror and ornaments, and also with fruits, garments; and having placed that (golden) lotus on it (i.e. on the bed), he should give it (and) a tawny cow of good qualities, giving profuse milk, having good habits, with her hoofs (adorned) with silver, horns decorated with gold, udders with bell-metal, along with her calf to a brāhmaṇa in the forenoon to the accompaniment of the sacred text (given below); he should not tarry (in this matter).
26-27. ‘O Āditya , as your body is always occupied by Kānti (lustre), Dhṛti (energy), Śrī (splendour) and Puṣṭi (nourishment), in the same way may I have prosperity. As the gods do not know anyone other than you as superior and innocent, so emancipate me from the entire painful ocean of the worldly existence.’
28. Then having gone round (the brāhmaṇa) he should allow (him) to go. He should take all that—the bed, the cow etc. to the house of the brāhmaṇa.
29. One should not disclose this vow of (Śiva) having the crescent-moon on his head, to a man of bad character, or a hypocrite or to those who are connected with impious acts with reference to cows, brāhmaṇas and gods or to him who very much indulges in calumny.
30. This secret (vow) which causes delight and which is auspicious, should be narrated to a restrained devotee. Those who are well-versed in the Vedas say that this (vow) destroys the sin of people (who are) great sinners.
31. A man, who observes this vow devoutly, is not separated from his relatives, sons, wealth, wives and gives delight to gods. He, and also a woman, who observe this vow devoutly do not meet with a disease, nor with grief or delusion.
32. This (vow of Śiva) was formerly observed by Vasiṣṭha , Arjuna , Kubera (and) Indra. Even by its narration all sins perish. There is no doubt about it.
33. He, who thus recites or listens to this (vow called) Ravi - śayana , would; become dear to Indra. He, who observes this (vow) brings (i.e. takes) to heaven even (those of) his manes who have fallen into hell.
34-35. The great sages have recommended aśvattha , vaṭa and the udumbara tree, and also the tree of nandīśa , of jambu and bilva ; in each of the couple of months, beginning with Mārgaśīrṣa , he should use, one by one, (the wood of) each of these trees (for making a brush) to clean his teeth.
36-37. At the conclusion (of the vow), he should give food with curds, a cushion, a flag and a chowrie, and also five water-pitchers with gems to brāhmaṇas. He should not have vanity about his wealth; if he has, he gets blemishes.
[1]: [1] : Saṅkrānti : Passage from one point to another, transition, the passage of the Sun or any planetary body from one zodiacal sign into another.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 33835, revision 332871 (2022-02-22T01:28:32Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc364146.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.