Uttara-khaṇḍa · Chapter 95
Sourceनारद उवाच। अथोर्जव्रतिनः सम्यगुद्यापनविधिं नृप । तच्छृणुष्व मयाख्यातं किं विधानं समासतः १। ऊर्ज्जशुक्लचतुर्दश्यां कुर्यादुद्यापनं व्रती । व्रतसंपूर्णतार्थाय विष्णुप्रीत्यर्थमेव च २। तुलस्या उपरिष्टात्तु कुर्यान्मंडपिकां शुभाम् । सुतोरणां चतुर्द्वारां पुष्पचामरशोभिताम् ३। द्वारेषु द्वारपालांश्च पूजयेन्मृन्मयान्पृथक् । पुण्यशीलं सुशीलं च जयं विजयमेव च ४। तुलसीमूलदेशे च सर्वतोभद्रमालिखेत् । चतुर्भिर्वर्णकैः सम्यक्शोभाढ्यं समलंकृतम् ५। तस्योपरिष्टात्सपिधानं पंचरत्नसमन्वितम् । महाफलेन संयुक्तं कुंभं तत्र निधाय च ६। पूजयेत्तत्र देवेशं शंखचक्रगदाधरम् । कौशेयपीतवसनं युक्तं जलधिकन्यया ७। इंद्रादिलोकपालांश्च पूजयेन्मंडले व्रती । द्वादश्यां प्रतिबुद्धः स त्रयोदश्यां यतः सुरैः ८। दृष्टोऽर्चितश्चतुर्दश्यां तस्मात्पूज्यस्तथाधिकम् । तस्यामुपवसेद्भक्त्या शांतः प्रयतमानसः ९। पूजयेद्देवदेवेशं सौवर्णं गुर्वनुज्ञया । उपचारैः षोडशभिर्नानाभक्ष्यसमन्वितैः १०। रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्याद्गीतवाद्यादि मंगलैः । गीतं कुर्वंति ये भक्त्या जागरे चक्रपाणिनः ११। जन्मांतरशतोद्भूतैस्ते मुक्ताः पापसंचयैः । जागरे वासरे विष्णोर्गीतं नृत्यं च कुर्वताम् १२। गोसहस्रं च ददतां तत्फलं समुदाहृतम् । गीतनृत्यादिकं कुर्वन्दर्शयेत्कौतुकानि च १३। पुरतो वासुदेवस्य रात्रौ यो हरिजागरे । पठन्विष्णुचरित्राणि यो रंजयति वैष्णवान् १४। मुखेन कुरुते वाद्यं स्वेच्छालापांश्च दर्शयन् । भावैरेतैर्नरो यस्तु कुरुते हरिजागरम् १५। दिनेदिने तस्य पुण्यं तीर्थकोटिसमं स्मृतम् । ततस्तु पौर्णिमास्यां वै सपत्नीकान्द्विजोत्तमान् १६। त्रिंशन्मिताननेकान्वा स्वशक्त्या वा निमंत्रयेत् । वरान्दत्त्वा यतो विष्णुर्मत्स्यरूपी अभूत्तदा १७। तस्यां दत्तं हुतं जप्तं तदक्षयफलं स्मृतम् । अतस्तान्भोजयेद्विप्रान्पायसान्नादिना व्रती १८। अतो देवा इति द्वाभ्यां जुहुयात्तिलपायसम् । प्रीत्यर्थं देवदेवस्य देवानां च पृथक्पृथक् १९। दक्षिणां च यथाशक्ति प्रदद्यात्प्रणमेच्च तान् । पुनर्देवं समभ्यर्च्य देवांश्च तुलसीं तथा २०। ततो गां कपिलां तत्र पूजयेद्विधिवद्व्रती । गुरुं व्रतोपदेष्टारं वस्त्रालंकरणादिभिः २१। सपत्नीकं समभ्यर्च्य गां च तस्मै प्रदापयेत् । युष्मत्प्रसादाद्देवेशः प्रसन्नो मे भवेत्तदा २२। व्रतादस्माच्च यत्पापं सप्तजन्मकृतं मया । तत्सर्वं नाशमायातु स्थिरा मे चास्तु संततिः २३। मनोरथाश्च सफलाः संतु नित्यं ममार्चनात् । देहांते वैष्णवं स्थानं प्राप्नुयामतिदुर्लभम् २४। इति क्षमाप्यतान्विप्रान्प्रसाद्य च विसर्जयेत् । तामर्चां गुरवे दद्याद्रत्नयुक्तां तदा व्रती २५। तदा सुहृद्गुरुयुतः स्वयं भुंजति भक्तिमान् । कार्त्तिके वाथ तपसि विधिरेवंविधः स्मृतः २६। एवं यः कुरुते सम्यक्कार्तिकस्य व्रतं नरः । विपाप्मा स विनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसान्निध्यगो भवेत् २७। सर्वव्रतैः सर्वतीर्थैःस र्वदानैश्च यत्फलम् । तत्कोटिगुणितं ज्ञेयं सम्यगस्य विधानतः २८। ते धन्यास्ते महापुण्यास्तेषां सर्वफलोदयः । विष्णुभक्तिरता ये स्युः कार्तिके व्रतकारिणः २९। देहस्थितानि पापानि वितर्कं यांति तद्भयात् । क्व यास्यामो वदंत्येवं यद्ययं व्रतकृन्नरः ३०। इत्यूर्जव्रतनियमान्शृणोति भक्ता ये चैतत्कथयंति चैव वैष्णवाग्रे । ते सम्यग्व्रतकरणात्फलं लभेरन्तत्सर्वं कलुषविनाशनं लभंते ३१। इति श्रीपाद्मे महापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्सहस्रसंहितायामुत्तरखंडे कार्तिकमाहात्म्ये श्रीकृष्णसत्यभामासंवादे उद्यापनवर्णनोनाम पंचनवतितमोऽध्यायः ९५।
nārada uvāca| athorjavratinaḥ samyagudyāpanavidhiṃ nṛpa | tacchṛṇuṣva mayākhyātaṃ kiṃ vidhānaṃ samāsataḥ 1| ūrjjaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ kuryādudyāpanaṃ vratī | vratasaṃpūrṇatārthāya viṣṇuprītyarthameva ca 2| tulasyā upariṣṭāttu kuryānmaṃḍapikāṃ śubhām | sutoraṇāṃ caturdvārāṃ puṣpacāmaraśobhitām 3| dvāreṣu dvārapālāṃśca pūjayenmṛnmayānpṛthak | puṇyaśīlaṃ suśīlaṃ ca jayaṃ vijayameva ca 4| tulasīmūladeśe ca sarvatobhadramālikhet | caturbhirvarṇakaiḥ samyakśobhāḍhyaṃ samalaṃkṛtam 5| tasyopariṣṭātsapidhānaṃ paṃcaratnasamanvitam | mahāphalena saṃyuktaṃ kuṃbhaṃ tatra nidhāya ca 6| pūjayettatra deveśaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam | kauśeyapītavasanaṃ yuktaṃ jaladhikanyayā 7| iṃdrādilokapālāṃśca pūjayenmaṃḍale vratī | dvādaśyāṃ pratibuddhaḥ sa trayodaśyāṃ yataḥ suraiḥ 8| dṛṣṭo'rcitaścaturdaśyāṃ tasmātpūjyastathādhikam | tasyāmupavasedbhaktyā śāṃtaḥ prayatamānasaḥ 9| pūjayeddevadeveśaṃ sauvarṇaṃ gurvanujñayā | upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhirnānābhakṣyasamanvitaiḥ 10| rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādgītavādyādi maṃgalaiḥ | gītaṃ kurvaṃti ye bhaktyā jāgare cakrapāṇinaḥ 11| janmāṃtaraśatodbhūtaiste muktāḥ pāpasaṃcayaiḥ | jāgare vāsare viṣṇorgītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kurvatām 12| gosahasraṃ ca dadatāṃ tatphalaṃ samudāhṛtam | gītanṛtyādikaṃ kurvandarśayetkautukāni ca 13| purato vāsudevasya rātrau yo harijāgare | paṭhanviṣṇucaritrāṇi yo raṃjayati vaiṣṇavān 14| mukhena kurute vādyaṃ svecchālāpāṃśca darśayan | bhāvairetairnaro yastu kurute harijāgaram 15| dinedine tasya puṇyaṃ tīrthakoṭisamaṃ smṛtam | tatastu paurṇimāsyāṃ vai sapatnīkāndvijottamān 16| triṃśanmitānanekānvā svaśaktyā vā nimaṃtrayet | varāndattvā yato viṣṇurmatsyarūpī abhūttadā 17| tasyāṃ dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tadakṣayaphalaṃ smṛtam | atastānbhojayedviprānpāyasānnādinā vratī 18| ato devā iti dvābhyāṃ juhuyāttilapāyasam | prītyarthaṃ devadevasya devānāṃ ca pṛthakpṛthak 19| dakṣiṇāṃ ca yathāśakti pradadyātpraṇamecca tān | punardevaṃ samabhyarcya devāṃśca tulasīṃ tathā 20| tato gāṃ kapilāṃ tatra pūjayedvidhivadvratī | guruṃ vratopadeṣṭāraṃ vastrālaṃkaraṇādibhiḥ 21| sapatnīkaṃ samabhyarcya gāṃ ca tasmai pradāpayet | yuṣmatprasādāddeveśaḥ prasanno me bhavettadā 22| vratādasmācca yatpāpaṃ saptajanmakṛtaṃ mayā | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyātu sthirā me cāstu saṃtatiḥ 23| manorathāśca saphalāḥ saṃtu nityaṃ mamārcanāt | dehāṃte vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānaṃ prāpnuyāmatidurlabham 24| iti kṣamāpyatānviprānprasādya ca visarjayet | tāmarcāṃ gurave dadyādratnayuktāṃ tadā vratī 25| tadā suhṛdguruyutaḥ svayaṃ bhuṃjati bhaktimān | kārttike vātha tapasi vidhirevaṃvidhaḥ smṛtaḥ 26| evaṃ yaḥ kurute samyakkārtikasya vrataṃ naraḥ | vipāpmā sa vinirmukto viṣṇusānnidhyago bhavet 27| sarvavrataiḥ sarvatīrthaiḥsa rvadānaiśca yatphalam | tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ jñeyaṃ samyagasya vidhānataḥ 28| te dhanyāste mahāpuṇyāsteṣāṃ sarvaphalodayaḥ | viṣṇubhaktiratā ye syuḥ kārtike vratakāriṇaḥ 29| dehasthitāni pāpāni vitarkaṃ yāṃti tadbhayāt | kva yāsyāmo vadaṃtyevaṃ yadyayaṃ vratakṛnnaraḥ 30| ityūrjavrataniyamānśṛṇoti bhaktā ye caitatkathayaṃti caiva vaiṣṇavāgre | te samyagvratakaraṇātphalaṃ labherantatsarvaṃ kaluṣavināśanaṃ labhaṃte 31| iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe kārtikamāhātmye śrīkṛṣṇasatyabhāmāsaṃvāde udyāpanavarṇanonāma paṃcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ 95|
English translation
Nārada said :
1-9. O king, now listen properly to the rite of bringing to conclusion—what the rite is—being told by me in brief. The observer of the vow should bring to conclusion the vow on the fourteenth of Kārtika for pleasing Viṣṇu . Above the Tulasī he should put upan [upon?] auspicious pavilion with a good arched doorway and beautified with flowers and chowries. At the doors he should separately honour the door-keepers. He (should have) Jaya and Vijaya , meritorious and of good character. At the root of the Tulasī he should draw (an) auspicious (circle) all around. It should be properly beautified and ornamented with four colours. Above it should be a covering (decked) with five jewels. Having placed there a pitcher with a big fruit, he should worship there the god of gods holding a conch, a disc, a mace, having put on a silken yellow garment and with Lakṣmī . The observer of the vow should also honour in the circle the regents of quarters like Indra , since he was awakened by the gods on Dvādaśī along with Trayodaśī . He was seen to be honoured on the fourteenth. Therefore, he is more venerable. A man, calm and of a restrained mind, should devoutly fast on that day.
10-24. With his preceptor’s consent he should worship the golden (image of) the lord of the god of gods in sixteen ways of worship with several eatables. By means of auspicious (acts like) singing and (playing upon) musical instruments, he should keep awake at night. Those who on (the night of) keeping awake in honour of the Disc-holder (i.e. Viṣṇu), sing devoutly, are free from heaps of sins due to hundreds of existences. That fruit (which is obtained) by those keeping awake on the day of Viṣṇu, and singing and dancing, is said to be the fruit of those who give a thousand cows. He should sing, dance etc. and should present spectacles. Of him who keeps awake on the night of keeping awake for Viṣṇu, in front of Viṣṇu, he who amuses Viṣṇu’s devotees by reciting Viṣṇu’s accounts, who produces the sounds of musical instruments with his mouth, and who presents free talks, who with these dispositions keeps awake in honour of Viṣṇu, his religious merit everyday is said to be equal to (a visit to) crores of holy places. Then on the full-moon day he should invite thirty or more brāhmaṇas with their wives according to his capacity. Since having given boons Viṣṇu took up the form of fish, therefore, whatever is given, offered into fire or muttered is said to be of an inexhaustible fruit. Therefore, the observerer of the vow should feed those brāhmaṇas with sweetened milk etc. He should (saying) Ato deva , offer sesamum-seeds and sweetened milk to two separately for pleasing the god of gods and deities. Having then worshipped the god (Viṣṇu), Tulasī and (other) deities, he should give them presents according to his capacity and salute them. Then the observer of the vow should duly worship there a tawny cow. Having honoured his preceptor instructing him in the vow with garments, ornaments etc. and having honoured him with his wife, he should give the cow to him. ‘Due to your grace may the lord of gods be always pleased with me. May all that sin committed by me during seven existences, perish due to this vow, and may my progeny be stable. Due to the worship may my desires be always fruitful. On death may I obtain Viṣṇu’s position very difficult to be secured.’
25-31 Having thus apologised to and pleased the brāhmaṇas, he should dismiss them. Then the observer of the vow should give (the materials of) the worship with the jewels to his preceptor. Then the devoted one should eat with his friends and elders. The rite is said to be like this in Kārtika or Māgha . A man who thus duly observes the Kārtika vow, is free from sins, and getting release he would go into Viṣṇu’s proximity. The fruit due to the proper observance of this vow should be known to be a crore times more than that of all vows, (visits to) all holy places and all gifts. Those who are engrossed in devotion to Viṣṇu and who observe the Kārtika vow are lucky and very meritorious, and get all the fruits. Sins remaining in his body have deliberation through fear of him. They say, ‘If this man observes this vow, where shall we go?’ Those devotees who in this way listen to the restraints, and those who narrate them before Viṣṇu’s devotees, would obtain the fruit due to their having properly observed the vow, and have all their sins destroyed.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14067, revision 336526 (2022-04-23T23:32:55Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365674.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.