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Chapter 79

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महादेव उवाच- अपामार्जनकं दिव्यं परमाद्भुतमेव च । पठितव्यं विशेषेण पुत्रकामार्थसिद्धये १। एतत्स्तोत्रं पठेत्प्राज्ञः सर्वकामार्थसिद्धये । एककालं द्विकालं वा ये पठंति द्विजातयः २। आयुश्च श्रीर्बलं तस्य वर्द्धयंति दिने दिने । ब्राह्मणो लभते विद्यां क्षत्रियो राज्यमेव वा ३। वैश्यो धनसमृद्धिं च शूद्रो भक्तिं च विंदति । अन्यैश्च लभते भक्तिं पठनाच्छ्रवणाज्जपात् ४। सामवेदफलं तस्य जायते नगनन्दिनि । अखिलं पापसंघातं तत्क्षणादेव नश्यति ५। इति ज्ञात्वा तु भो देवि पठितव्यं समाहितैः । पुत्राश्चैव तथा लक्ष्मीः संपूर्णा भवति ध्रुवम् ६। लिखित्वा भूर्जपत्रे तु यो धारयति वैष्णवः । इहलोके सुखं भुक्त्वा याति विष्णोः परं पदम् ७। पठित्वा श्लोकमेकं तु तुलसीं यः समर्पयेत् । सर्वं तीर्थं कृतं तेन तुलस्याः पूजने कृते ८। एतत्स्तोत्रं तु परमं वैष्णवं मुक्तिदायकम् । पृथ्वीदानसमं पाठाद्विष्णुलोकं तु गच्छति ९। जपेत्स्तोत्रं विशेषेण विष्णुलोकस्य वांछया । बालानां जीवनार्थाय पठितव्यं समाहितैः १०। रोगग्रहाभिभूतानां बालानां शांतिकारकम् । भूत ग्रह विषं चैव पठनादेव नश्यति ११। कंठे तुलसिजां मालां धृत्वा विप्रो हि यः पठेत् । स च वै वैष्णवो ज्ञेयो विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति १२। कंठे माला धृता येन शंखचक्रादिचिह्नितः । वैष्णवः प्रोच्यते विप्रः स्तोत्रं चैतत्पठन्सदा १३। इहलोकं परित्यज्य विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । मोहमायापरित्यक्तो दंभतृष्णाविवर्जितः १४। एतत्स्तोत्रं पठेद्दिव्यं परं निर्वाणमाप्नुयात् । ते धन्याः संति भूर्लोके ये विप्रा वैष्णवाः स्मृताः १५। स्वात्मा वै तारितस्तैस्तु सकुलं नात्र संशयः । ते वै धन्यतमा लोके नारायणपरायणाः । तैर्भक्तिश्च सदा कार्या ते वै भागवता नराः १६। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुमापतिनारदसंवादे अपामार्जनमहिमानामैकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः ७९।

mahādeva uvāca- apāmārjanakaṃ divyaṃ paramādbhutameva ca | paṭhitavyaṃ viśeṣeṇa putrakāmārthasiddhaye 1| etatstotraṃ paṭhetprājñaḥ sarvakāmārthasiddhaye | ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā ye paṭhaṃti dvijātayaḥ 2| āyuśca śrīrbalaṃ tasya varddhayaṃti dine dine | brāhmaṇo labhate vidyāṃ kṣatriyo rājyameva vā 3| vaiśyo dhanasamṛddhiṃ ca śūdro bhaktiṃ ca viṃdati | anyaiśca labhate bhaktiṃ paṭhanācchravaṇājjapāt 4| sāmavedaphalaṃ tasya jāyate naganandini | akhilaṃ pāpasaṃghātaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati 5| iti jñātvā tu bho devi paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ | putrāścaiva tathā lakṣmīḥ saṃpūrṇā bhavati dhruvam 6| likhitvā bhūrjapatre tu yo dhārayati vaiṣṇavaḥ | ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam 7| paṭhitvā ślokamekaṃ tu tulasīṃ yaḥ samarpayet | sarvaṃ tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ tena tulasyāḥ pūjane kṛte 8| etatstotraṃ tu paramaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ muktidāyakam | pṛthvīdānasamaṃ pāṭhādviṣṇulokaṃ tu gacchati 9| japetstotraṃ viśeṣeṇa viṣṇulokasya vāṃchayā | bālānāṃ jīvanārthāya paṭhitavyaṃ samāhitaiḥ 10| rogagrahābhibhūtānāṃ bālānāṃ śāṃtikārakam | bhūta graha viṣaṃ caiva paṭhanādeva naśyati 11| kaṃṭhe tulasijāṃ mālāṃ dhṛtvā vipro hi yaḥ paṭhet | sa ca vai vaiṣṇavo jñeyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati 12| kaṃṭhe mālā dhṛtā yena śaṃkhacakrādicihnitaḥ | vaiṣṇavaḥ procyate vipraḥ stotraṃ caitatpaṭhansadā 13| ihalokaṃ parityajya viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati | mohamāyāparityakto daṃbhatṛṣṇāvivarjitaḥ 14| etatstotraṃ paṭheddivyaṃ paraṃ nirvāṇamāpnuyāt | te dhanyāḥ saṃti bhūrloke ye viprā vaiṣṇavāḥ smṛtāḥ 15| svātmā vai tāritastaistu sakulaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | te vai dhanyatamā loke nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ | tairbhaktiśca sadā kāryā te vai bhāgavatā narāḥ 16| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmumāpatināradasaṃvāde apāmārjanamahimānāmaikonāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 79|

English translation

Mahādeva said :

1-16. The sprinkling (called Apamārjana) is divine and very wonderful. It (i.e. the hymn) should be recited especially for fulfilling the desire of having a son. A wise man should recite this hymn for fulfilling all his desires. The life, wealth and strength of those twice-borns who recite it once, twice or thrice a day, increase. A brāhmaṇa obtains knowledge; and a kṣatriya gets a kingdom. A vaiśya obtains wealth and prosperity, and a śūdra gets devotion—others also get devotion by reciting, listening to, and muttering it. O daughter of the ( Himālaya ) Mountain, he gets the fruit (of the recital) of Sāmadeva. Just at that moment only the entire multitude of his sins perishes. O goddess, knowing this, people, being calm, should recite it. Certainly they have sons and full wealth. That devotee of Viṣṇu who, writing it on a birch-leaf, has it (on his person), goes to Viṣṇu’s highest position after having enjoyed happiness in this world. He who, having recited one verse, would offer it to Tulasī , has visited all holy places on his having worshipped Tulasī. This great hymn belongs to Viṣṇu and gives salvation. Being recited it resembles the gift of land, and the person (who recites it) goes to the world of Viṣṇu. He should especially recite the hymn with a desire to go to Viṣṇu’s world. Men, being composed, should recite it for the (long) life of the children. It brings about peace to the children who are overcome by diseases and imps (or Planets). Being possessed by a ghost, so also (the influence of) poison, perishes just on its recital. That brāhmaṇa who, having put a Tulasī-garlaad round his neck, would recite it, should be known as a devotee of Viṣṇu, and he goes to the world of Viṣṇu. That brāhmaṇa who has (on his body) the marks of a conch, a disc etc., who has the (Tulasī) garland round his neck, and who always recites this hymn, is said to be a devotee of Viṣṇu. On leaving this world he goes to Viṣṇu’s world. He is free from delusion, illusion, hypocrisy and thirst (i.e. desires). A man should recite this divine hymn. He would obtain the highest bliss. Those brāhmaṇas who are known to be the devotees of Viṣṇu are blessed on the earth. There is no doubt that they have emancipated themselves with their family. They, highly devoted to Viṣṇu, are most fortunate in the world. They should always be devoted (to Viṣṇu). They are the followers of the lord (i.e. Viṣṇu).

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 44654, revision 336475 (2022-04-22T22:48:04Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365656.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.