Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 84
Sourceमहादेव उवाच- अस्मिन्वै चैत्रमासे तु कार्यो दमनकोत्सवः । द्वादश्यां तु तथा सम्यग्विधिः कार्यो विशेषतः १। वैष्णवैः श्रद्धया पुण्यो जनतानंदवर्द्धनः । देवानंदसमुद्भूता दिव्या दमनमंजरी २। निवेद्या वैष्णवैर्भक्तैः सर्वपूजाफलेप्सुभिः । चैत्रे तु शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादश्यां नगनंदिनि ३। कारयेत्परया भक्त्या महोत्सवमनास्तथा । तत्रादौ च स्वयं गत्वा आरामं प्रति चानघे ४। गुर्वाज्ञया प्रकर्त्तव्यं पूजनं रतिना सह । कामदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु विश्वमोहनकारक ५। विष्णोरर्थे विचेष्यामि कृपां कुरु ममोपरि । गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषैरानेतव्यो गृहं प्रति ६। एकादश्यां सुरश्रेष्ठि ह्यधिवासनपूर्वकम् । कर्त्तव्यं पूजनं तत्र रात्रौ भक्त्या तु वैष्णवैः ७। कर्त्तव्यमग्रतस्तस्य सर्वतोभद्र मंडलम् । स्थापयित्वा तु देवेशं रतिना सह तत्र वै ८। आच्छाद्य श्वेतवस्त्रेण दमनं स्थापयेद्बुधः । तत्र वै पूजनं कार्यं वैष्णवैर्द्विजसत्तमैः ९। क्लीं कामदेवाय नमो ह्रीं रत्यै च तथा नमः । एंद्र्यादि दिशि संस्थाप्य कंदर्प्पं पूजयेद्बुधः १०। गंधं पुष्पं तथा धूपं दीपमारार्तिकं तथा । रात्रौ भक्त्या प्रकर्त्तव्यं विधिनात्र सुरेश्वरि ११। मदनाय नम इति प्राच्याम् । मन्मथाय नम इति आग्न्येय्याम् । कंदर्पाय नम इति याम्ये । अनंगाय नम इति रक्षोदिशि । भस्मशरीराय नमः इति वारुण्याम् । स्मराय नम इति वायव्याम् । ईश्वराय नमः इति कौबेर्याम् । पुष्पबाणाय नमः इति ईशान्याम् । चतुर्दिक्षु च सर्वासु पूजनं तत्र कारयेत् । पूजिते केशवे चात्र सर्वे देवाः सुपूजिताः १२। अक्षतगंध धूपदीपैर्नैवेद्यैस्तांबूलैश्च दमनकं पूजयित्वा तु । तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे कामदेवाय धीमहि । तन्नोऽनंगः प्रचोदयात् । इति वै कामगायत्र्या अष्टोत्तरशतवारं तं दमनकं अभिमंत्र्य नमस्कुर्यात् । नमोस्तु पुष्पबाणाय जगदाह्लादकारिणे । मन्मथाय जगन्नेत्रे रतिप्रीतिकराय च १३। देवदेव नमस्तेऽस्तु श्रीविश्वेश नमोस्तु ते । रतिपते नमस्तेस्तु नमस्ते विश्वमंडन १४। नमस्तेस्तु जगन्नाथ सर्वबीज नमोस्तु ते । एतैर्नानाविधैर्मंत्रैरागमोक्तैर्विशेषतः १५। पूजनीयः प्रयत्नेन लक्ष्म्या सह जनार्दनः । ततो निवेद्य तत्कर्म जागरं कारयेद्बुधः १६। देवदेव जगन्नाथ वांच्छितार्थप्रदायक । हृत्स्थान्पूरय मे विष्णो कामान्कामेश्वरीप्रिय १७। इत्येतैर्बहुभिर्मंत्रैः पूजनीयः प्रयत्नतः । श्रीनिवासो जगन्नाथो भक्तानां शमभीप्सकः १८। ततो दमनकमुष्टिं गृहीत्वा तत्र मूलमंत्रेण । श्रीश्रीविष्ण्वादिदेवेभ्यो दमनकं निवेदयेत् । ततो गंधादिभिर्महतीपूजागीतवाद्यनृत्यैश्च महोत्सवः कार्यः । देवाग्रेस्थापितः कलशोदकं देवस्य पादयोर्निक्षिप्य जलक्रीडा तस्मिन्दिने कर्त्तव्या । ततः स्वगुरुं वस्त्रालंकारद्रविणैः श्रद्धया प्रपूजयेत् । ततः स्वयं वैष्णवैर्बंधुभिः सह अश्नीयात् १९। महादेव उवाच- ततो दमनकमंजर्या यो वै विष्णुं प्रपूजयेत् । पूजिते वै जगन्नाथे ह्यहं वै पूजितः सदा २०। ब्रह्महा हेमहारी च मद्यपो मांसभक्षकः । मुच्यते पातकाद्देवि दृष्ट्वा दमनकोत्सवम् २१। एवं दमनको देवि पूजितो यैः सुवैष्णवैः । सर्वं तीर्थं कृतं तैस्तु मंजर्या पूजनं कृतम् २२। वेदाध्ययनं कृतं तेन शास्त्राध्ययनमेव च । अग्निहोत्रं कृतं तेन मंजर्या पूजितो हरिः २३। तत्कुलं तु महज्ज्ञेयं ब्राह्मं वा चाथ क्षात्रियम् । शौद्रं वैश्यं च यच्चान्यद्धन्यं धन्यतरं स्मृतम् २४। यस्मिन्कुलेऽवतीर्याथोत्सवो दमनकः कृतः । स च धन्यस्तु धन्यो वै येन विष्णुः प्रपूजितः २५। दमनकेन तु तथा संप्राप्ते मधुमाधवे । संपूज्य गोसहस्रस्य देवि संलभते फलम् २६। मल्लिकाकुसुमैर्देवं वसंते गरुडध्वजम् । योऽर्चयेत्परया भक्त्या मुक्तिभागी भवेत्तु सः २७। मरुकोदमनकश्चैव सद्यस्तुष्टिकरो हरेः । अतः पूजा प्रकर्त्तव्या वैष्णवैर्नरसत्तमैः २८। गोसहस्रं कृतं तेन कन्यादानं तथैव च । पृथ्वीदानं कृतं तेन विष्णोर्वै पूजने कृते २९। एकामेकां गृहीत्वा तु मंजरीं दमनस्य तु । यः पूजयति देवेशं संप्राप्ते मधुमाधवे ३०। पुण्यसंख्यां न जाने वै तस्याहं नगनंदिनि । स वै चतुर्भुजो भूत्वा इह लोके परत्र च । धर्मानर्थांश्च कामांश्च प्रभुंक्ते वैष्णवं पदम् ३१। इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यां संहितायामुत्तरखंडे दमनकमहोत्सवो नाम चतुरशीतितमोऽध्यायः ८४।
mahādeva uvāca- asminvai caitramāse tu kāryo damanakotsavaḥ | dvādaśyāṃ tu tathā samyagvidhiḥ kāryo viśeṣataḥ 1| vaiṣṇavaiḥ śraddhayā puṇyo janatānaṃdavarddhanaḥ | devānaṃdasamudbhūtā divyā damanamaṃjarī 2| nivedyā vaiṣṇavairbhaktaiḥ sarvapūjāphalepsubhiḥ | caitre tu śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ naganaṃdini 3| kārayetparayā bhaktyā mahotsavamanāstathā | tatrādau ca svayaṃ gatvā ārāmaṃ prati cānaghe 4| gurvājñayā prakarttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ ratinā saha | kāmadeva namaste'stu viśvamohanakāraka 5| viṣṇorarthe viceṣyāmi kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari | gītavāditranirghoṣairānetavyo gṛhaṃ prati 6| ekādaśyāṃ suraśreṣṭhi hyadhivāsanapūrvakam | karttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ tatra rātrau bhaktyā tu vaiṣṇavaiḥ 7| karttavyamagratastasya sarvatobhadra maṃḍalam | sthāpayitvā tu deveśaṃ ratinā saha tatra vai 8| ācchādya śvetavastreṇa damanaṃ sthāpayedbudhaḥ | tatra vai pūjanaṃ kāryaṃ vaiṣṇavairdvijasattamaiḥ 9| klīṃ kāmadevāya namo hrīṃ ratyai ca tathā namaḥ | eṃdryādi diśi saṃsthāpya kaṃdarppaṃ pūjayedbudhaḥ 10| gaṃdhaṃ puṣpaṃ tathā dhūpaṃ dīpamārārtikaṃ tathā | rātrau bhaktyā prakarttavyaṃ vidhinātra sureśvari 11| madanāya nama iti prācyām | manmathāya nama iti āgnyeyyām | kaṃdarpāya nama iti yāmye | anaṃgāya nama iti rakṣodiśi | bhasmaśarīrāya namaḥ iti vāruṇyām | smarāya nama iti vāyavyām | īśvarāya namaḥ iti kauberyām | puṣpabāṇāya namaḥ iti īśānyām | caturdikṣu ca sarvāsu pūjanaṃ tatra kārayet | pūjite keśave cātra sarve devāḥ supūjitāḥ 12| akṣatagaṃdha dhūpadīpairnaivedyaistāṃbūlaiśca damanakaṃ pūjayitvā tu | tatpuruṣāya vidmahe kāmadevāya dhīmahi | tanno'naṃgaḥ pracodayāt | iti vai kāmagāyatryā aṣṭottaraśatavāraṃ taṃ damanakaṃ abhimaṃtrya namaskuryāt | namostu puṣpabāṇāya jagadāhlādakāriṇe | manmathāya jagannetre ratiprītikarāya ca 13| devadeva namaste'stu śrīviśveśa namostu te | ratipate namastestu namaste viśvamaṃḍana 14| namastestu jagannātha sarvabīja namostu te | etairnānāvidhairmaṃtrairāgamoktairviśeṣataḥ 15| pūjanīyaḥ prayatnena lakṣmyā saha janārdanaḥ | tato nivedya tatkarma jāgaraṃ kārayedbudhaḥ 16| devadeva jagannātha vāṃcchitārthapradāyaka | hṛtsthānpūraya me viṣṇo kāmānkāmeśvarīpriya 17| ityetairbahubhirmaṃtraiḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ | śrīnivāso jagannātho bhaktānāṃ śamabhīpsakaḥ 18| tato damanakamuṣṭiṃ gṛhītvā tatra mūlamaṃtreṇa | śrīśrīviṣṇvādidevebhyo damanakaṃ nivedayet | tato gaṃdhādibhirmahatīpūjāgītavādyanṛtyaiśca mahotsavaḥ kāryaḥ | devāgresthāpitaḥ kalaśodakaṃ devasya pādayornikṣipya jalakrīḍā tasmindine karttavyā | tataḥ svaguruṃ vastrālaṃkāradraviṇaiḥ śraddhayā prapūjayet | tataḥ svayaṃ vaiṣṇavairbaṃdhubhiḥ saha aśnīyāt 19| mahādeva uvāca- tato damanakamaṃjaryā yo vai viṣṇuṃ prapūjayet | pūjite vai jagannāthe hyahaṃ vai pūjitaḥ sadā 20| brahmahā hemahārī ca madyapo māṃsabhakṣakaḥ | mucyate pātakāddevi dṛṣṭvā damanakotsavam 21| evaṃ damanako devi pūjito yaiḥ suvaiṣṇavaiḥ | sarvaṃ tīrthaṃ kṛtaṃ taistu maṃjaryā pūjanaṃ kṛtam 22| vedādhyayanaṃ kṛtaṃ tena śāstrādhyayanameva ca | agnihotraṃ kṛtaṃ tena maṃjaryā pūjito hariḥ 23| tatkulaṃ tu mahajjñeyaṃ brāhmaṃ vā cātha kṣātriyam | śaudraṃ vaiśyaṃ ca yaccānyaddhanyaṃ dhanyataraṃ smṛtam 24| yasminkule'vatīryāthotsavo damanakaḥ kṛtaḥ | sa ca dhanyastu dhanyo vai yena viṣṇuḥ prapūjitaḥ 25| damanakena tu tathā saṃprāpte madhumādhave | saṃpūjya gosahasrasya devi saṃlabhate phalam 26| mallikākusumairdevaṃ vasaṃte garuḍadhvajam | yo'rcayetparayā bhaktyā muktibhāgī bhavettu saḥ 27| marukodamanakaścaiva sadyastuṣṭikaro hareḥ | ataḥ pūjā prakarttavyā vaiṣṇavairnarasattamaiḥ 28| gosahasraṃ kṛtaṃ tena kanyādānaṃ tathaiva ca | pṛthvīdānaṃ kṛtaṃ tena viṣṇorvai pūjane kṛte 29| ekāmekāṃ gṛhītvā tu maṃjarīṃ damanasya tu | yaḥ pūjayati deveśaṃ saṃprāpte madhumādhave 30| puṇyasaṃkhyāṃ na jāne vai tasyāhaṃ naganaṃdini | sa vai caturbhujo bhūtvā iha loke paratra ca | dharmānarthāṃśca kāmāṃśca prabhuṃkte vaiṣṇavaṃ padam 31| iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe damanakamahotsavo nāma caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ 84|
English translation
Mahādeva said :
1-19. In this month of Caitra itself, the Damanaka festival should be celebrated; and especially on the twelfth day the rite should be properly performed. (This festival) meritorious and enhancing the joy of the people, should be devoutly celebrated by the devotees of Viṣṇu . The blossom of Damanaka that has originated from the joy of gods should be offered by the devotees, the followers of Viṣṇu, desiring the fruit of the entire worship on the twelfth day of the bright half of Caitra, O daughter of the ( Himālaya ) Mountain. With the mind fixed on the great festival a man should celebrate it with great devotion. O you sinless one, having first gone to a grove, (a man) should worship (the deity) with Rati , according to the preceptor’s order (saying), ‘Salutation to you, O Kāmadeva , deluding all. I shall look out (for you) for Viṣṇu. (Please) favour me.’ He (i.e. his image) should be brought home to the accompaniment of the sounds of singing and musical instruments. O best among the gods, Viṣṇu’s devotees should devoutly worship him at night after preliminary consecration of his image at night. Then before him (i.e. his image) an auspicious circle should be drawn all round. Then he should install him there with Rati. The wise one should (then) cover the image with a white (piece of) cloth; and should place damanaka. The best brāhmaṇas , the devotees of Viṣṇu, should perform the worship there only. ‘ Klīṃ , salutation to Kāmadeva. Hrīṃ , salutation to Rati also.’ A wise man, -after installing (the image of) Kandarpa in the quarter of Indra (i.e. the east), should worship (the image). O chief among gods, at nightoffering of sandal, flowers, so also incense, lamp, waving of lights should be devoutly and in the proper manner done. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Madana ’ (he should) worship in the east. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Manmatha ’ (he should) worship in the south-east. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Kandarpa’ (he should worship) in the south. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Anaṅga ’ (he should worship) in the rakṣa (i.e. the south-west) direction. (Saying) ‘Salutation to him whose body was reduced to ash’ (he should worship) in the west. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Smara ’ (he should worship) in the north-east. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Īśvara ’ (he should worship) in the north. (Saying) ‘Salutation to Puṣpa-bāṇa ’ (i.e. having arrows of flowers) (he should worship) in the north-east. In all the four directions he should worship (the image of) him. Then worshipping damanaka with sacred rice grains, incense, lamps, offerings of eatables, tāmbūlas , he should salute damanaka after consecrating it with the recitation done one hundred and eight times of the Kāma - Gāyatrī (hymn): ‘We know that Puruṣa . Kāmadeva. We reflect on him. May that Anaṅga urge us on’. (Then he should say:) ‘Salutation to Puṣpabāṇa giving joy to the world; (salutation) to Manmatha, the eye of the world, and to him who delights Rati. Salutation to you, O god of gods. O Śrī Viśveśa (i.e. the lord of the universe), salutation to you. Salutation to you, O lord of Rati; salutation to you, O ornament of the universe. O lord of the world, salutation to you. Salutation to you, O origin of everything.’ With such various types of hymns, especially with those that are told in the sacred texts, Janārdana , along with Lakṣmī , should be carefully worshipped. Then the wise (man) should report the act (to the lord), and keep awake. (He should say), ‘O god of gods, O lord of the world, O you who give the desired objects, O you dear to Kāmeśvarī , O Viṣṇu, fulfil the desire in my heart’. Śrīnivāsa , Jagannātha (i.e. Viṣṇu) who desires the good of his devotees, should be carefully worshipped with many such hymns. He should offer damanaka to deities like Lakṣmī and Viṣṇu. Then (he should offer) a great worship with incense etc. And a great festival should be celebrated with songs, musical instruments, dancing etc. A pitcher is placed before the deity. Having poured water from the pitcher on the feet of the deity, he should have water-sport on that day. Then he should devoutly worship his preceptor with garments, ornaments and money. Then he should eat along with his kinsmen—the devotees of Viṣṇu.
Mahādeva said :
20-31. Then he should worship Viṣṇu with damanaka-sprouts. When Viṣṇu is worshipped, I am always worshipped. O goddess, on seeing the damanaka festival, he who has killed a brāhmaṇa , or snatched away gold, or is a drunkard, or eats flesh, is freed from the sin. O goddess, those good devotees of Viṣṇu who have worshipped the deity with damanaka, with damanaka-sprout, have visited all the sacred places. He who has worshipped Viṣṇu with a (damanaka-)sprout, has studied the Vedas , all holy texts, and maintained the sacred fire. His family—whether of a brāhmaṇa, kṣatriya , vaiśya , śūdra or (of) any other (caste)—is lucky, is said to be very lucky. Being born in a family in which the damanaka festival is celebrated, is blessed. So also he who has worshipped Viṣṇu. O goddess, having worshipped (Viṣṇu) with damanaka when spring has arrived, he gets the fruit of the gift of a thousand cows. He who would with great devotion worship Viṣṇu with jasmine flowers in the spring, would obtain salvation. Maruka and damanaka instantly pleased Viṣṇu. Therefore, the best men, Viṣṇu’s devotees, should worship (Viṣṇu with these). When he has worshipped Viṣṇu, he has made (a gift of) a thousand cows, has given his daughter (in marriage to a worthy groom), has given the gift of the earth. Of him who, having taken but one damanaka-sprout, worships the lord of gods when spring has come, O daughter Of the (Himālaya) Mountain, I do not know the measure of his religious merit. He having four arms enjoys the fruits of merit, worldly objects, sensual desires here (i.e. in this world) and in the next world, and enjoys Viṣṇu’s position.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14402, revision 336513 (2022-04-23T11:24:25Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365662.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.