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Chapter 48

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युधिष्ठिर उवाच- वैशाखस्यासिते पक्षे किंनामैकादशी भवेत् । महिमानं कथय मे वासुदेव नमोऽस्तु ते १। श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- सौभाग्यदायिनी राजन्निहलोके परत्र च । वैशाखकृष्णपक्षे तु नाम्ना चैव वरूथिनी २। वरूथिन्या व्रतेनैव सौख्यं भवति सर्वदा । पापहानिश्च भवति सौभाग्यप्राप्तिरेव च ३। दुर्भगा या करोत्येनां सा स्त्री सौभाग्यमाप्नुयात् । लोकानां चैव सर्वेषां भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदायिनी ४। सर्वपापहरा नॄणां गर्भवासनिकृंतनी । वरूथिन्या व्रतेनैव मांधाता स्वर्गतिं गतः ५। धुंधुमारादयश्चान्ये राजानो बहवस्तथा । ब्रह्मकपालनिर्मुक्तो बभूव भगवान्भवः ६। दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्यति यो नरः । कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे स्वर्णभारं ददाति यः । तत्तुल्यंफलमाप्नोतिवरूथिन्याव्रतंचरन् ७। श्रद्धावान्यस्तु कुरुते वरूथिन्या व्रतं नरः । वांछितं लभते सोऽपि इहलोके परत्र च ८। पवित्रा पावनी ह्येषा महापातकनाशिनी । भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा चैव कर्तॄणां नृपसत्तम ९। अश्वदानान्नृपश्रेष्ठ गजदानं विशिष्यते । गजदानाद्भूमिदानं तिलदानं ततोऽधिकम् १०। तस्माच्च स्वर्णदानं वै अन्नदानं ततोऽधिकम् । अन्नदानात्परं दानं न भूतं न भविष्यति ११। पितृदेवमनुष्याणां तृप्तिरन्नेन जायते । तत्समं कविभिः प्रोक्तं कन्यादानं नृपोत्तम १२। धेनुदानं च तत्तुल्यमित्याह भगवान्स्वयम् । प्रोक्तेभ्यः सर्वदानेभ्यो विद्यादानं विशिष्यते १३। तत्फलं समवाप्नोति नरः कृत्वा वरूथिनीम् । कन्यावित्तेन जीवंति ये नराः पापमोहिताः १४। पुण्यक्षयं ते गच्छंति निरयं यातनामयम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन न ग्राह्यं कन्यकाधनम् १५। यश्च गृह्णाति लोभेन कन्यां क्रीत्वा च तद्धनम् । सोऽन्यजन्मनि राजेंद्र ओतुर्भवति निश्चितम् १६। कन्यां पुण्येन यो दद्याद्यथाशक्ति स्वलंकृताम् । तत्पुण्यसंख्यां नृपते चित्रगुप्तो न शक्नुयात् १७। तत्तुल्यं फलमाप्नोति नरः कृत्वा वरूथिनीम् । कांस्यं मांसं मसूरांश्च चणकान्कोद्रवांस्तथा १८। शाकं मधु परान्नं च पुनर्भोजन मैथुने । वैष्णवो व्रतकर्ता च दशम्यां दश वर्जयेत् १९। द्यूतं क्रीडां च निद्रां च तांबूलं दंतधावनम् । परापवादं पैशुन्यं स्तेयं हिंसां तथा रतिम् २०। क्रोधं चैवानृतं वाक्यमेकादश्यां विवर्जयेत् । कांस्यं मांसं सुरां क्षौद्रं तैलं पतितभाषणम् २१। व्यायामं च प्रवासं च पुनर्भोजनमैथुनम् । वृषपृष्ठं मसूरान्नं द्वादश्यां परिवर्जयेत् २२। अनेन विधिना राजन्विहिता यैर्वरूथिनी । सर्वपापक्षयं कृत्वा दद्यात्प्रांतेऽक्षयां गतिम् । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा पूजितो मधुसूदनः २३। सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास्ते यांति परमां गतिम् । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कर्तव्या पापभीरुभिः २४। क्षपारितनयाद्भीतो नरः कुर्याद्वरूथिनीम् । पठनाच्छ्रवणाद्राजन्गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुलोके महीयते २५। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुमापतिनारदसंवादे वैशाखकृष्णवरूथिनी एकादशी नाम अष्टचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ४८।

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca- vaiśākhasyāsite pakṣe kiṃnāmaikādaśī bhavet | mahimānaṃ kathaya me vāsudeva namo'stu te 1| śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca- saubhāgyadāyinī rājannihaloke paratra ca | vaiśākhakṛṣṇapakṣe tu nāmnā caiva varūthinī 2| varūthinyā vratenaiva saukhyaṃ bhavati sarvadā | pāpahāniśca bhavati saubhāgyaprāptireva ca 3| durbhagā yā karotyenāṃ sā strī saubhāgyamāpnuyāt | lokānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinī 4| sarvapāpaharā nṝṇāṃ garbhavāsanikṛṃtanī | varūthinyā vratenaiva māṃdhātā svargatiṃ gataḥ 5| dhuṃdhumārādayaścānye rājāno bahavastathā | brahmakapālanirmukto babhūva bhagavānbhavaḥ 6| daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastapyati yo naraḥ | kurukṣetre ravigrahe svarṇabhāraṃ dadāti yaḥ | tattulyaṃphalamāpnotivarūthinyāvrataṃcaran 7| śraddhāvānyastu kurute varūthinyā vrataṃ naraḥ | vāṃchitaṃ labhate so'pi ihaloke paratra ca 8| pavitrā pāvanī hyeṣā mahāpātakanāśinī | bhuktimuktipradā caiva kartṝṇāṃ nṛpasattama 9| aśvadānānnṛpaśreṣṭha gajadānaṃ viśiṣyate | gajadānādbhūmidānaṃ tiladānaṃ tato'dhikam 10| tasmācca svarṇadānaṃ vai annadānaṃ tato'dhikam | annadānātparaṃ dānaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati 11| pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ tṛptirannena jāyate | tatsamaṃ kavibhiḥ proktaṃ kanyādānaṃ nṛpottama 12| dhenudānaṃ ca tattulyamityāha bhagavānsvayam | proktebhyaḥ sarvadānebhyo vidyādānaṃ viśiṣyate 13| tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti naraḥ kṛtvā varūthinīm | kanyāvittena jīvaṃti ye narāḥ pāpamohitāḥ 14| puṇyakṣayaṃ te gacchaṃti nirayaṃ yātanāmayam | tasmātsarvaprayatnena na grāhyaṃ kanyakādhanam 15| yaśca gṛhṇāti lobhena kanyāṃ krītvā ca taddhanam | so'nyajanmani rājeṃdra oturbhavati niścitam 16| kanyāṃ puṇyena yo dadyādyathāśakti svalaṃkṛtām | tatpuṇyasaṃkhyāṃ nṛpate citragupto na śaknuyāt 17| tattulyaṃ phalamāpnoti naraḥ kṛtvā varūthinīm | kāṃsyaṃ māṃsaṃ masūrāṃśca caṇakānkodravāṃstathā 18| śākaṃ madhu parānnaṃ ca punarbhojana maithune | vaiṣṇavo vratakartā ca daśamyāṃ daśa varjayet 19| dyūtaṃ krīḍāṃ ca nidrāṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ daṃtadhāvanam | parāpavādaṃ paiśunyaṃ steyaṃ hiṃsāṃ tathā ratim 20| krodhaṃ caivānṛtaṃ vākyamekādaśyāṃ vivarjayet | kāṃsyaṃ māṃsaṃ surāṃ kṣaudraṃ tailaṃ patitabhāṣaṇam 21| vyāyāmaṃ ca pravāsaṃ ca punarbhojanamaithunam | vṛṣapṛṣṭhaṃ masūrānnaṃ dvādaśyāṃ parivarjayet 22| anena vidhinā rājanvihitā yairvarūthinī | sarvapāpakṣayaṃ kṛtvā dadyātprāṃte'kṣayāṃ gatim | rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā pūjito madhusūdanaḥ 23| sarvapāpavinirmuktāste yāṃti paramāṃ gatim | tasmātsarvaprayatnena kartavyā pāpabhīrubhiḥ 24| kṣapāritanayādbhīto naraḥ kuryādvarūthinīm | paṭhanācchravaṇādrājangosahasraphalaṃ labhet | sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇuloke mahīyate 25| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmumāpatināradasaṃvāde vaiśākhakṛṣṇavarūthinī ekādaśī nāma aṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ 48|

English translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said :—

1. What would be the name of the Ekādaśī in the dark half of Vaiśākha ? Tell me (its) importance. Salutation to you, O Vāsudeva .

Śrīkṛṣṇa said :—

2-15. O king, this Ekādaśī named Varūthinī , (falling) in the dark half of Vaiśākha, gives grandeur in this and the next world. Due to the Varūthinī-vow happiness always results; and the sins are destroyed, and good fortune is obtained. An unfortunate woman who observes this (vow) obtains good fortune. This gives pleasures and salvation to all the people. It removes all the sins of people, and cuts off living as an embryo (i.e. puts an end to rebirth). Due to the Varūthinī-vow only Māndhātṛ went to heaven. So also many other kings like Dhundhumāra (went to heaven). Lord Śiva became free from the sin of (breaking) the skull of Brahmā . One who observes the vow of Varūthinī gets the fruit equal to that (obtained by him) who gives a bhāra of gold on Kurukṣetra when the Sun (is auspicious). That man with faith who observes the vow of Varūthinī, gets (his) desired (objects) in this world and the next (world). O best king, to those who observe it, it is pure, purifying; it destroys great sins. It gives them pleasures and salvation. O king, giving of elephants is superior to giving of horses. Giving of land (is superior) to giving of elephants. Gift of sesamum-seeds is superior (even) to that. Giving of gold is superior to that, and giving of food is superior to that (i.e. giving of gold). There was not nor there will be a greater gift than that of food. By means of food the manes, gods and men are satisfied. O best king, giving one’s daughter (in marriage) is said by the wise to be like that. The lord himself said that giving of a cow is equal to that. Of all the gifts that have been mentioned, giving knowledge is the best. A man, by observing the Varūthinī(-vow) gets a fruit equal to that. Those men who, deluded by sin, subsist on the money (got) for (giving their) daughter (in marriage), lose their religious merit, and go to hell full of torments. Therefore, with all care money for giving a daughter in marriage should not be taken (i.e. should be avoided).

16-25. O lord of kings, he who through greed takes money for offering his daughter in marriage, certainly becomes (i.e. is born as) a cat in the next existence. O king, even Citragupta cannot measure the religious merit of him who, with his religious merit, gives, according to his capacity, his daughter well-adorned (in marriage). A man gets fruit equal to that by observing the Varūthinī(-vow). Bell-metal, flesh, masūra (a kind of pulse), thick peas, kodrava (a species of grain eaten by the poor), vegetables, honey, eatables of (i.e. offered by) others, and food and sexual union—these ten a devotee of Viṣṇu should avoid on the tenth day. Playing with dice, sport, sleep, tāmbūla , cleaning the teeth, censuring others, wickedness, theft, harming (others) and indulging in sex, anger, telling lies—(these) he should avoid on the Ekādaśī. Bell-metal, flesh, liquor, honey, oil, talking to those who are fallen, exercise, journey and food and sexual union, (mounting on) a bull’s back, food prepared with masūra—he should avoid on Dvādaśī. O king, to those who have observed the Varūthinī(-vow) in this manner, it would, after destroying all their sins, give them an undecaying position in the end. Those who, having kept awake at night, have worshipped Viṣṇu, are freed from all sins and reach the highest position. Therefore, those who are afraid of sins, should observe it with all efforts. A man afraid of (Saturn) the son of enemy of the night, should observe the Varūthinī(-vow). O king, by reciting (about) it and by listening to (the account of) it, a man would obtain the fruit of (the gift of) a thousand cows. Being free from all sins, he is honoured in Viṣṇu’s world.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44621, revision 336429 (2022-04-21T18:12:24Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365625.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.