Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 72
Sourceश्रीमहादेव उवाच- ब्राह्मणा वा क्षत्रिया वा वैश्या वा गिरिकन्यके । शूद्रा वाथ विशेषेण पठंत्यनुदिनं यदि १। धनधान्यसमायुक्ता यांति विष्णोः परं पदम् । श्लोकं वा श्लोकमर्द्धं वा पादं पादार्द्धमेव वा २। पठनान्मोक्षमाप्नोति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । विन्यासेन युतं देवि विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् ३। ये पठंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते यांति पदमव्ययम् । एककालं द्विकालं वा त्रिकालं वाथ यः पठेत् ४। धनायुर्वर्धते तस्य यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश । पुत्रान्पौत्रांस्तथालक्ष्मी संपदं विपुलां लभेत् ५। किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन भूयो भूयो वरानने । विष्णोर्नामसहस्रं तु परं निर्वाणदायकम् ६। पूजनं प्रथमं तस्य कृतं येन नरेण तु । संपूर्णं पूजिते विष्णौ तस्य पूजा च वार्षिकी ७। व्यग्रत्वं च न कर्त्तव्यं पठने तु विशेषतः । यदि चेत्क्रियते पाठे ह्यायुर्वित्तं च नश्यति ८। यावंति भुवि तीर्थानि जंबुद्वीपेषु सर्वदा । तानि तीर्थानि तत्रैव विष्णोर्नामसहस्रकम् ९। तत्रैव गंगा यमुना च वेणी गोदावरी तत्र सरस्वती च । सर्वाणि तीर्थानि वसंति तत्र यत्र स्थितं नामसहस्रकं तत् १०। इदं पवित्रं परमं भक्तानां वल्लभं सदा । ध्येयं हि दासभावेन भक्तिभावेन चेतसा ११। परं सहस्रनामाख्यं ये पठंति मनीषिणः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास्ते यांति हरिसंनिधौ १२। अरुणोदयकाले तु ये पठंति जपंति च । आयुर्बलं च तेषां श्रीर्वर्द्धते च दिनेदिने १३। रात्रौ जागरणे प्राप्ते कलौ भागवतो नरः । पठनान्मुक्तिमाप्नोति यावदिंद्राश्चतुर्दश १४। एकैकेन तु नाम्ना वै हरौ तुलसिकारणात् । पूजा सा चैव विज्ञेया कोटियज्ञफलाधिका १५। मार्गे च गच्छमानास्तु ये पठंति द्विजातयः । न दोषा मार्गजास्तेषां भवंति किल पार्वति १६। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं केशवस्य तु । ये शृण्वंति नरश्रेष्ठास्ते पुण्याः पुण्यरूपिणः १७। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे उमापतिनारदसंवादे सहस्रनाममहिमानाम द्विसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः ७२।
śrīmahādeva uvāca- brāhmaṇā vā kṣatriyā vā vaiśyā vā girikanyake | śūdrā vātha viśeṣeṇa paṭhaṃtyanudinaṃ yadi 1| dhanadhānyasamāyuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam | ślokaṃ vā ślokamarddhaṃ vā pādaṃ pādārddhameva vā 2| paṭhanānmokṣamāpnoti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | vinyāsena yutaṃ devi viṣṇornāmasahasrakam 3| ye paṭhaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste yāṃti padamavyayam | ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ vātha yaḥ paṭhet 4| dhanāyurvardhate tasya yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa | putrānpautrāṃstathālakṣmī saṃpadaṃ vipulāṃ labhet 5| kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyo bhūyo varānane | viṣṇornāmasahasraṃ tu paraṃ nirvāṇadāyakam 6| pūjanaṃ prathamaṃ tasya kṛtaṃ yena nareṇa tu | saṃpūrṇaṃ pūjite viṣṇau tasya pūjā ca vārṣikī 7| vyagratvaṃ ca na karttavyaṃ paṭhane tu viśeṣataḥ | yadi cetkriyate pāṭhe hyāyurvittaṃ ca naśyati 8| yāvaṃti bhuvi tīrthāni jaṃbudvīpeṣu sarvadā | tāni tīrthāni tatraiva viṣṇornāmasahasrakam 9| tatraiva gaṃgā yamunā ca veṇī godāvarī tatra sarasvatī ca | sarvāṇi tīrthāni vasaṃti tatra yatra sthitaṃ nāmasahasrakaṃ tat 10| idaṃ pavitraṃ paramaṃ bhaktānāṃ vallabhaṃ sadā | dhyeyaṃ hi dāsabhāvena bhaktibhāvena cetasā 11| paraṃ sahasranāmākhyaṃ ye paṭhaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ | sarvapāpavinirmuktāste yāṃti harisaṃnidhau 12| aruṇodayakāle tu ye paṭhaṃti japaṃti ca | āyurbalaṃ ca teṣāṃ śrīrvarddhate ca dinedine 13| rātrau jāgaraṇe prāpte kalau bhāgavato naraḥ | paṭhanānmuktimāpnoti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa 14| ekaikena tu nāmnā vai harau tulasikāraṇāt | pūjā sā caiva vijñeyā koṭiyajñaphalādhikā 15| mārge ca gacchamānāstu ye paṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ | na doṣā mārgajāsteṣāṃ bhavaṃti kila pārvati 16| śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ keśavasya tu | ye śṛṇvaṃti naraśreṣṭhāste puṇyāḥ puṇyarūpiṇaḥ 17| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe umāpatināradasaṃvāde sahasranāmamahimānāma dvisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 72|
English translation
Śrī Mahādeva said :
1-8. O daughter of the Himālaya mountain, if brāhmaṇas , kṣatriyas , vaiśyas or śūdras recite this especially every day, they, having wealth and grains go to the highest position of Viṣṇu . By reciting a verse, half a verse, a line, or half a line a man goes to salvation (and stays there) till the universal deluge. O goddess, those best men who recite the thousand names of Viṣṇu with a special commitment, go to the imperishable position (of Viṣṇu). The wealth and the (span of) life of him who recites it once, twice or thrice (a day), increase till the (end of the regime of) fourteen Indras . He would obtain sons, grandsons, and large wealth and affluence. O you beautiful one, what is the use of repeatedly saying other things? The thousand names of Viṣṇu give the highest bliss. A man who has first offered him worship fully, has offered him worship (every day) for a year, when Viṣṇu is worshipped(?). There should be no distraction especially while reciting (the hymn). If a distraction is had while reciting it, (the span of) the life and wealth (of the reciter) decrease.
9-17. As many sacred places as there always are on the Jambū Dvīpa , (all) those are (present) just there (where) the thousand names of Viṣṇu (are recited). Just there is Gaṅgā . There is Yamunā . There is Veṇī ; there is Godāvarī ; there is Sarasvatī . (Thus) all sacred places exist there where are (recited) the thousand names of Viṣṇu. This (hymn) is very pure; it is always dear to the devotees. With the mind full of the feeling of (being Viṣṇu’s) servant and with devotion it should always be called to mind. Those wise ones who recite (this hymn) called Viṣṇusahasranāma (‘the thousand names of Viṣṇu’), reach, after being free from all sins, Viṣṇu’s proximity. The (span of the) life, strength and wealth of those who every day recite it at dawn, increase. A devotee of Viṣṇu, keeping awake during the night in the Kali age, obtains salvation as long as fourteen Indras (rule). That worship offered to Viṣṇu, for Tulasī , with (the utterance of) each name of Viṣṇu, should be known to be the worship superior to a crore of sacrifices. O Pārvatī , those brāhmaṇas who recite it while going along the way, have indeed no sins of the journey. O goddess, listen, I shall tell (you) the greatness of Viṣṇu. Those best men who listen to it are meritorious and are of the form of merit.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44644, revision 336468 (2022-04-22T22:40:46Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365649.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.