Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 40
Sourceयुधिष्ठिर उवाच- पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु किं नामैकादशी भवेत् । किं नाम को विधिस्तस्या एतद्विस्तरतो वद । एतदाख्याहि भो स्वामिन्को देवस्तत्र पूज्यते १। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- कथयिष्यामि राजेंद्र भवतः स्नेहबंधनात् । तुष्टिर्मे न तथा राजन्यज्ञैर्बहुलदक्षिणैः २। यथा मे तुष्टिरायाति ह्येकादशीव्रतेन वै । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कर्त्तव्यो हरिवासरः ३। सत्यमेतन्न वै मिथ्या धर्मिष्ठानां विशारद । पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे या सफला नाम नामतः ४। तस्यां नारायणं देवं पूजयेच्च यथाविधि । पूर्वेणैव विधानेन कर्त्तव्यैकादशी शुभा ५। नागानां च यथा शेषो पक्षिणां पन्नगाशनः । देवानां च यथा विष्णुर्द्विपदानां यथा द्विजः ६। व्रतानां च यथा राजन्श्रेष्ठा चैकादशी तिथिः । ते जनाश्चैव भो राजन्पूज्या वै सर्वदा मम ७। हरिवासरसंलीनाः कुर्वंत्येकादशीव्रतम् । इहैव धनसंयुक्ता मृता मोक्षं लभंति ते ८। सफलायां फलै राजन्पूजयेन्नामतो हरिम् । नारिकेलफलैश्चैव क्रमुकैर्बीजपूरकैः ९। जंबीरैर्दाडिमैश्चैव तथा धात्रीफलैः शुभैः । लवंगैर्बदरीभिश्च तथाम्रैश्च विशेषतः १०। पूजयेद्देवदेवेशं धूपदीपैस्तथैव च । सफलायां विशेषेण दीपदानं तु कारयेत् ११। रात्रौ जागरणं चैव कर्त्तव्यं सह वैष्णवैः । यावन्निमेषो नेत्रस्य तावज्जागर्ति यो निशि १२। एकाग्रमनसो राजन्तस्य पुण्यं शृणुष्व हि । तत्समो नास्ति यज्ञो वै तीर्थं वा तत्समं नहि १३। सर्वव्रतानि राजेंद्र कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम् । एवं वर्षसहस्राणि तपसा नैव यत्फलम् १४। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति यः करोति हि जागरम् । श्रूयतां राजशार्दूल सफलायाः कथा शुभा १५। चंपावतीति विख्याता पुरी माहिष्मतस्य च । बभूवुस्तस्य राजर्षेः पुत्राः पंच कुमारकाः १६। तेषां मध्ये तु ज्येष्ठो वै महापापरतः सदा । परदाराभिचारी च वेश्यासक्तश्च मद्यपः १७। पितुर्द्रव्यं तु तेनैव गमितं पापकर्मणा । असद्वृत्तिरतो नित्यं भूसुराणां तु निंदकः १८। वैष्णवानां च देवानां नित्यं निंदां करोति सः । ईदृशं तु ततो दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं माहिष्मतो नृपः १९। नाम्ना तु लुंपक इति राजपुत्रेषु चापठत् । राज्यान्निष्कासितस्तेन पित्रा चैव तु बंधुभिः २०। स चैवं परिवारैस्तु त्यक्तश्च परिपंथिवत् । लुंपकोऽपि तथा त्यक्तश्चिंतयामास वै तदा २१। त्यक्तोऽहं बांधवैः पित्रा राज्यान्निष्कासितः किल । इति संचिंत्यमानोऽसौ मतिं पापे तदाकरोत् २२। मया गंतव्यमेवास्तु दारुणे गहने वने । तस्माच्चैव पुरं सर्वं लुंपयिष्यामि वै पितुः २३। इत्येवं स मतिं कृत्वा लुंपको दैवयोगतः । निर्जगाम पुरात्तस्माद्गतोऽसौ गहने वने २४। जीवघातरतो नित्यं स्तेयद्यूतकलानिधिः । सर्वं च नगरं तेन मुषितं पापकर्मणा २५। स्तेयाभिगामी नगरे गृहीतः स निशाचरैः । उवाच तान्सुतोऽहं वै राज्ञो माहिष्मतस्य च २६। स तैर्मुक्तः पापकर्मा चागतो विपिनं पुनः । आमिषाभिरतो नित्यं तरोर्वै फलभक्षणे २७। आश्रमस्तस्य दुष्टस्य वासुदेवस्य संनिधौ । अश्वत्थो वर्त्तते तत्र जीर्णश्च बहुवार्षिकः २८। देवत्वं तस्य वृक्षस्य विपिने वर्तते महत् । तत्रैव निवसंश्चैव लुंपकः पापबुद्धिमान् २९। गते बहुतिथे काले कस्यचित्पुण्यसंचयात् । पौषस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु दशम्यां दिवसे तथा ३०। फलानि भुक्त्वा वृक्षाणां रात्रौ शीतेन पीडितः । लुंपको नाम पापिष्ठो वस्त्रहीनो गतेक्षणः ३१। पीड्यमानोऽतिशीतेन हरिवृक्षसमीपतः । न निद्रा न सुखं तस्य गतप्राण इवाभवत् ३२। आछाद्य दशनैरास्यमेवं नीता निशाखिला । भानूदयेऽपि पापिष्ठो न लेभे चेतनां तदा ३३। लुंपको गतसंज्ञस्तु सफलाया दिने तथा । रवौ मध्यंगते चैव संज्ञां लेभे स लुंपकः ३४। इतस्ततो विलोक्याथ व्यथितश्च तदासनात् । स्खलत्पद्भ्यां प्रचलितः खंजन्निव मुहुर्मुहुः ३५। वनमध्ये गतस्तत्र क्षुत्क्षामः पीडितोऽभवत् । न शक्तिर्जीवघाते तु लुंपकस्य दुरात्मनः ३६। फलानि च तदा राजन्नाजहार स लुंपकः । यावत्समागतस्तत्र तावदस्तं गतो रविः ३७। किं भविष्यति तातेति स विलापं चकार ह । फलानि तत्र भूरीणि वृक्षमूले न्यवेशयत् ३८। इत्युवाच फलैरेभिः श्रीपतिस्तुष्यतां हरिः । इत्युक्त्वा लुंपकश्चैव निद्रां लेभे न वै निशि ३९। रात्रौ जागरणं मेने विष्णुस्तस्य दुरात्मनः । फलैस्तु पूजनं मेने सफलायास्तथानघ ४०। अकस्माद्व्रतमेवैतत्कृतवान्वै स लुंपकः । तेन पुण्यप्रभावेन प्राप्तं राज्यमकंटकम् ४१। सूर्यस्योदयनं यावत्तावद्विष्णुर्जगाम ह । दिवि तत्कालमुत्पन्ना वागुवाचाशरीरिणी ४२। राज्यं प्राप्स्यसि पुत्रत्वं सफलायाः प्रसादतः। तथेत्युक्ते तु वचसि दिव्यरूपधरोऽभवत् ४३। मतिरासीत्ततस्तस्य परमा वैष्णवी नृप । दिव्याभरणशोभाढ्यो लेभे राज्यमकंटकम् ४४। कृतं राज्यं तु तेनैवं वर्षाणि दशपंच च । मनोदास्तस्यपुत्रास्तु दाराः कृष्णप्रसादतः ४५। आशु राज्यं परित्यज्य पुत्रे चैव समर्प्य च । गतः कृष्णस्य सांनिध्यं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति ४६। एवं यः कुरुते राजन्सफलाव्रतमुत्तमम् । इहलोके सुखं प्राप्य मृतो मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् ४७। धन्यास्ते मानवा लोके सफलायां च ये रताः । तेषां च सफलं जन्म नात्र कार्या विचारणा ४८। पठनाच्छ्रवणाच्चैव करणाच्च विशांपते । राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः ४९। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमापतिनारदसंवादे पौषकृष्णासफलैकादशीनाम चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ४०।
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu kiṃ nāmaikādaśī bhavet | kiṃ nāma ko vidhistasyā etadvistarato vada | etadākhyāhi bho svāminko devastatra pūjyate 1| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- kathayiṣyāmi rājeṃdra bhavataḥ snehabaṃdhanāt | tuṣṭirme na tathā rājanyajñairbahuladakṣiṇaiḥ 2| yathā me tuṣṭirāyāti hyekādaśīvratena vai | tasmātsarvaprayatnena karttavyo harivāsaraḥ 3| satyametanna vai mithyā dharmiṣṭhānāṃ viśārada | pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe yā saphalā nāma nāmataḥ 4| tasyāṃ nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ pūjayecca yathāvidhi | pūrveṇaiva vidhānena karttavyaikādaśī śubhā 5| nāgānāṃ ca yathā śeṣo pakṣiṇāṃ pannagāśanaḥ | devānāṃ ca yathā viṣṇurdvipadānāṃ yathā dvijaḥ 6| vratānāṃ ca yathā rājanśreṣṭhā caikādaśī tithiḥ | te janāścaiva bho rājanpūjyā vai sarvadā mama 7| harivāsarasaṃlīnāḥ kurvaṃtyekādaśīvratam | ihaiva dhanasaṃyuktā mṛtā mokṣaṃ labhaṃti te 8| saphalāyāṃ phalai rājanpūjayennāmato harim | nārikelaphalaiścaiva kramukairbījapūrakaiḥ 9| jaṃbīrairdāḍimaiścaiva tathā dhātrīphalaiḥ śubhaiḥ | lavaṃgairbadarībhiśca tathāmraiśca viśeṣataḥ 10| pūjayeddevadeveśaṃ dhūpadīpaistathaiva ca | saphalāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa dīpadānaṃ tu kārayet 11| rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ caiva karttavyaṃ saha vaiṣṇavaiḥ | yāvannimeṣo netrasya tāvajjāgarti yo niśi 12| ekāgramanaso rājantasya puṇyaṃ śṛṇuṣva hi | tatsamo nāsti yajño vai tīrthaṃ vā tatsamaṃ nahi 13| sarvavratāni rājeṃdra kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm | evaṃ varṣasahasrāṇi tapasā naiva yatphalam 14| tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yaḥ karoti hi jāgaram | śrūyatāṃ rājaśārdūla saphalāyāḥ kathā śubhā 15| caṃpāvatīti vikhyātā purī māhiṣmatasya ca | babhūvustasya rājarṣeḥ putrāḥ paṃca kumārakāḥ 16| teṣāṃ madhye tu jyeṣṭho vai mahāpāparataḥ sadā | paradārābhicārī ca veśyāsaktaśca madyapaḥ 17| piturdravyaṃ tu tenaiva gamitaṃ pāpakarmaṇā | asadvṛttirato nityaṃ bhūsurāṇāṃ tu niṃdakaḥ 18| vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca devānāṃ nityaṃ niṃdāṃ karoti saḥ | īdṛśaṃ tu tato dṛṣṭvā putraṃ māhiṣmato nṛpaḥ 19| nāmnā tu luṃpaka iti rājaputreṣu cāpaṭhat | rājyānniṣkāsitastena pitrā caiva tu baṃdhubhiḥ 20| sa caivaṃ parivāraistu tyaktaśca paripaṃthivat | luṃpako'pi tathā tyaktaściṃtayāmāsa vai tadā 21| tyakto'haṃ bāṃdhavaiḥ pitrā rājyānniṣkāsitaḥ kila | iti saṃciṃtyamāno'sau matiṃ pāpe tadākarot 22| mayā gaṃtavyamevāstu dāruṇe gahane vane | tasmāccaiva puraṃ sarvaṃ luṃpayiṣyāmi vai pituḥ 23| ityevaṃ sa matiṃ kṛtvā luṃpako daivayogataḥ | nirjagāma purāttasmādgato'sau gahane vane 24| jīvaghātarato nityaṃ steyadyūtakalānidhiḥ | sarvaṃ ca nagaraṃ tena muṣitaṃ pāpakarmaṇā 25| steyābhigāmī nagare gṛhītaḥ sa niśācaraiḥ | uvāca tānsuto'haṃ vai rājño māhiṣmatasya ca 26| sa tairmuktaḥ pāpakarmā cāgato vipinaṃ punaḥ | āmiṣābhirato nityaṃ tarorvai phalabhakṣaṇe 27| āśramastasya duṣṭasya vāsudevasya saṃnidhau | aśvattho varttate tatra jīrṇaśca bahuvārṣikaḥ 28| devatvaṃ tasya vṛkṣasya vipine vartate mahat | tatraiva nivasaṃścaiva luṃpakaḥ pāpabuddhimān 29| gate bahutithe kāle kasyacitpuṇyasaṃcayāt | pauṣasya kṛṣṇapakṣe tu daśamyāṃ divase tathā 30| phalāni bhuktvā vṛkṣāṇāṃ rātrau śītena pīḍitaḥ | luṃpako nāma pāpiṣṭho vastrahīno gatekṣaṇaḥ 31| pīḍyamāno'tiśītena harivṛkṣasamīpataḥ | na nidrā na sukhaṃ tasya gataprāṇa ivābhavat 32| āchādya daśanairāsyamevaṃ nītā niśākhilā | bhānūdaye'pi pāpiṣṭho na lebhe cetanāṃ tadā 33| luṃpako gatasaṃjñastu saphalāyā dine tathā | ravau madhyaṃgate caiva saṃjñāṃ lebhe sa luṃpakaḥ 34| itastato vilokyātha vyathitaśca tadāsanāt | skhalatpadbhyāṃ pracalitaḥ khaṃjanniva muhurmuhuḥ 35| vanamadhye gatastatra kṣutkṣāmaḥ pīḍito'bhavat | na śaktirjīvaghāte tu luṃpakasya durātmanaḥ 36| phalāni ca tadā rājannājahāra sa luṃpakaḥ | yāvatsamāgatastatra tāvadastaṃ gato raviḥ 37| kiṃ bhaviṣyati tāteti sa vilāpaṃ cakāra ha | phalāni tatra bhūrīṇi vṛkṣamūle nyaveśayat 38| ityuvāca phalairebhiḥ śrīpatistuṣyatāṃ hariḥ | ityuktvā luṃpakaścaiva nidrāṃ lebhe na vai niśi 39| rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ mene viṣṇustasya durātmanaḥ | phalaistu pūjanaṃ mene saphalāyāstathānagha 40| akasmādvratamevaitatkṛtavānvai sa luṃpakaḥ | tena puṇyaprabhāvena prāptaṃ rājyamakaṃṭakam 41| sūryasyodayanaṃ yāvattāvadviṣṇurjagāma ha | divi tatkālamutpannā vāguvācāśarīriṇī 42| rājyaṃ prāpsyasi putratvaṃ saphalāyāḥ prasādataḥ| tathetyukte tu vacasi divyarūpadharo'bhavat 43| matirāsīttatastasya paramā vaiṣṇavī nṛpa | divyābharaṇaśobhāḍhyo lebhe rājyamakaṃṭakam 44| kṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tu tenaivaṃ varṣāṇi daśapaṃca ca | manodāstasyaputrāstu dārāḥ kṛṣṇaprasādataḥ 45| āśu rājyaṃ parityajya putre caiva samarpya ca | gataḥ kṛṣṇasya sāṃnidhyaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati 46| evaṃ yaḥ kurute rājansaphalāvratamuttamam | ihaloke sukhaṃ prāpya mṛto mokṣamavāpnuyāt 47| dhanyāste mānavā loke saphalāyāṃ ca ye ratāḥ | teṣāṃ ca saphalaṃ janma nātra kāryā vicāraṇā 48| paṭhanācchravaṇāccaiva karaṇācca viśāṃpate | rājasūyasya yajñasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ 49| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde pauṣakṛṣṇāsaphalaikādaśīnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 40|
English translation
Yudhiṣṭhira said :
1. Which Ekādaśī would take place (i.e. fall) in the dark half of Pauṣa ? What is the name and the manner of observing it? Tell this to me in detail, O master; tell me which deity is worshipped on that day.
Śrī kṛṣṇa said :
2-14. O lord of kings, due to the bond of affection (between us) I shall tell (it to you). O king, I am not so much pleased with sacrifice in which profuse gifts are given, as I am pleased with the Ekādaśī-vow. Therefore, with all efforts, the day of Viṣṇu should be observed (as the day of vow). O you famous among the most religious, this is true, not false. On the Ekādaśī day falling in the dark half of Pauṣa and called Saphalā , a man should duly worship god Viṣṇu. This auspicious Ekādaśī should be observed in the same manner as told before. O king, as Śeṣa is (the best) of the serpents, as ( Garuḍa ) the eater of serpents is (the best) of the birds, as Viṣṇu is (the best) of the deities, as brāhmaṇa is (the best) of the bipeds, so the day of Ekādaśī is the best of the vows. O king, those men who are devoted to the day of (i.e. sacred to) Viṣṇu, andobserve the vow of Ekādaśī, are always venerable to me. They are united with wealth here (i.e. in this world) only, and after death they obtain salvation. O king, on (the day of) the Saphalā (Ekādaśī) a man should worship Viṣṇu by uttering his (various) names, with coconuts, betel-nuts, citron-fruits, jambīra -fruits, pomegranates, and auspicious dhātrī -fruits, so also with cloves, badari -fruits and especially with mangoes. So also he should worship the lord of gods with incense and lights. Especially on the Saphalā (day) he should cause to be given (i.e. should give) the present of lights. He should keep awake along with Viṣṇu’s devotees during (that) night. O king, listen to the religious merit of him, of a concentrated mind, who keeps awake during that night (just) for (the time of) the twinkling of an eye. No sacrifice is equal to that. There is no sacred place like that. All (other) vows do not deserve (i.e. are not equal to even) the sixteenth part (of the Saphalā-vow). O lord of kings.
15-23. He who thus keeps awake, gets the fruit which cannot be obtained by (practising) penance for thousands of years. O best king, listen to the auspicious account of the Saphalā. There was a city of (i.e. belonging to) Māhiṣmata well-known as Campāvatī . That royal sage had five young sons. Of them the eldest was always engaged in (committing) sins. He was an adulterer, fond of prostitutes and a drunkard. The sinner spent his father’s money in that only. He was always engaged in bad behaviour and censured brāhmaṇas . He always censured Viṣṇu’s devotees and deities. Noticing his son to be like this, king Māhiṣmata called him, among the sons, by the name Lumpaka (i.e. a robber). His father and brothers expelled him from the kingdom. He was thus abandoned like an obstructor by the attendants also. Lumpaka also, who was abandoned like that, then thought: ‘I have indeed been expelled from the kingdom by my kinsmen and my father.’ Thinking like this he set his heart on (committing) sins. ‘I must go to a fearful, dense forest; and from it I shall plunder the entire city of my father.’
24-31a. Thinking like this, Lumpaka, by a lucky coincidence, went out of that city, and went into that dense forest. He was always engaged in killing living beings. He was the treasure of the arts of stealing and gambling. That sinner plundered the entire city. He, moving in the city for stealing, was arrested by night-stalkers. To them he said: “I am the son of king Māhiṣmata.” He who committed sinful deeds was released by them, and again came (back) to the forest. He was fond of to (eating) flesh and fruits. Near that wicked man there was the abode of Viṣṇu. There was an old Aśvattha tree (standing there) for many years. The tree had great divineness in the forest. That Lumpaka, of a sinful mind, living just there, ate, after many days had passed, fruits of trees due to some collection of (his) religious merit on the tenth day of the dark half of Pauṣa.
31b-38. Lumpaka who was the most sinful, was oppressed by heat. He was without clothes and lost his sight. Being oppressed by severe cold, he did not enjoy the pleasure of sleep near that tree of (i.e. sacred to) Viṣṇu. He was as it were dead. Covering his mouth (i.e. his lips) with his teeth, he passed the entire night. Even at sunrise, the most sinful one did not (re-)gain consciousness. (Thus) Lumpaka remained unconscious on that day of Saphalā. When the Sun was in the middle (of the sky) that Lumpaka got (back) consciousness. He looked here and there; was pained; and tumbling from his seat, he again and again walked like a lame man with his feet. He went into the middle part (i.e. the interior) of the forest, was emaciated by hunger and was oppressed. That Lumpaka, of a wicked mind, did not have strength to kill a living being. O king, at that time that Lumpaka did not obtain fruits. When he came there, the Sun had set. ‘O pity, what will happen (to me)?’ Like this he wailed. There, at the root of the tree he placed many fruits and said:
39-44a. “May Viṣṇu be pleased with these fruits.” Having spoken like this Lumpaka did not get sleep on (that) night. Viṣṇu regarded his (sleeplessness as) keeping awake at night (in his honour), and took the placing of fruits as being worshipped with fruits (on the day) of Saphalā. That Lumpaka observed this vow accidentally only. By the power of that religious merit he obtained the kingdom free from troubles. Till it was sunrise, Viṣṇu went to heaven. At that time a divine voice was heard: “By the favour of Saphalā, O son, you will obtain the kingdom.” When he said “All right”, he became one of a divine form. O king, he had a great inclination towards Viṣṇu.
44b-49. He, rich with divine ornaments, obtained the kingdom which was free from trouble. He ruled over the kingdom for fifteen years. By the favour of Kṛṣṇa he had charming sons and a (charming) wife. Having quickly abandoned his kingdom and having given it to his son, he went to Kṛṣṇa’s proximity, going where a man does not meet with grief. O king, he who observes the excellent vow of Saphalā in this way, gets happiness in this world, and after death would obtain salvation. Those men who are engrossed in (the vow of) Saphalā, areblessed. Their existence is fruitful. No doubt should be raised about this. A man, by reciting, listening to and observing the (vow of Saphalā) obtains the fruit of a Rājasūya -sacrifice, O king.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 25337, revision 336363 (2022-04-21T09:25:23Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365617.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.