Kārttikamāsa-māhātmya · Chapter 23
Source।। नारद उवाच ।। ।। क्षिप्तेभ्यस्तत्र बीजेभ्यो वनस्पत्यस्त्रयोऽभवन् ।। धात्री च मालती चैव तुलसी च नृपोत्तम ।। १ ।। धात्र्युद्भवा स्मृता धात्री माभवा मालती स्मृता ।। गौरीभवा च तुलसी तमःसत्त्वरजोगुणाः ।। २ ।। स्त्रीरूपिण्यौ वनस्पत्यौ दृष्ट्वा विष्णुस्तदा नृप ।। उत्तस्थौ संभ्रमाद्वृंदा रूपातिशयविभ्रमः ।।३।। दृष्ट्वा च याचते मोहात्कामासक्तेन चेतसा ।। तं चाऽपि तुलसीधात्र्यौ रागेणैव व्यलोकताम्।।४।। यच्च लक्ष्म्या पुरा बीजमीर्ष्ययैव समर्पितम् ।। तस्मात्तदुद्भवा नारी तस्मिन्नीर्ष्यापराऽभवत् ।। ५ ।। अतः सा बर्बरीत्याख्यामवापाऽध विगर्हिताम् ।। धात्रीतुलस्यौ तद्रागात्तस्य प्रीतिप्रदे सदा ।। ६ ।। ततो विस्मृतदुःखोऽसौ विष्णुस्ताभ्यां सहैव तु ।। वैकुण्ठमगमद्धृष्टः सर्वदेव नमस्कृतः ।। ७ ।। कार्तिकोद्यापने विष्णोस्तस्मात्पूजा विधीयते ।। तुलसीमूलदेशेऽस्य प्रीतिदा सा यतः स्मृता ।। ८ ।। तुलसीकाननं राजन्गृहे यस्याऽवतिष्ठते ।। तद्गृहं तीर्थरूपं तु नाऽऽयांति यमकिंकराः ।। ९ ।। सर्वपापहरं नित्यं कामदं तुलसीवनम् ।। रोपयंति नराः श्रेष्ठास्ते न पश्यंति भास्करिम् ।। 2.4.23.१० ।। दर्शनं नर्मदायास्तु गंगास्नानं तथैव च ।। तुलसीवनसंसर्गः सममेव त्रयं स्मृतम् ।। ११ ।। रोपणात्पालनात्सेकाद्दर्शनात्स्पर्शनान्नृणाम् ।। तुलसी दहते पापं वाङ्मनःकायसंचितम् ।। १२ ।। तुलसीमंजरीभिर्यः कुर्याद्धरिहराऽर्चनम् ।। न स गर्भगृहं याति मुक्तिभागी न संशयः ।। १३ ।। पुष्कराद्यानि तीर्थानि गंगाद्याः सरितस्तथा ।। वासुदेवादयो देवास्तिष्ठंति तुलसीदले ।। १४ ।। तुलसीमंजरीयुक्तो यस्तु प्राणान्विमुंचति ।। यमोऽपि नेक्षितुं शक्तो युक्तं पापशतैरपि ।। १५ ।। विष्णोः सायुज्यमाप्नोति सत्यं सत्यं नृपोत्तम ।। तुलसीकाष्ठजं यस्तु चंदनं धारयेन्नरः ।। १६ ।। तद्देहं न स्पृशेत्पापं क्रियमाणमपीह यत् ।। तुलसीविपिनच्छाया यत्रयत्र भवेन्नृप ।। १७ ।। तत्र श्राद्धं प्रकर्तव्यं पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम् ।। धात्रीफलविमिश्रैश्च तुलसीपत्रमिश्रितैः ।। १८ ।। जलैः स्नाति नरस्तस्य गंगास्नानफलं स्मृतम् ।। देवार्चनं नरः कुर्याद्धात्रीपत्रैः फलैस्तथा ।। १९ ।। सुवर्णमणिमुक्तौघैरर्चनस्याप्नुयात्फलम् ।। तीर्थानि मुनयो देवा यज्ञाः सर्वेऽपि कार्तिके ।। ।। 2.4.23.२० ।। नित्यं धात्रीं समाश्रित्य तिष्ठंत्यर्के तुलास्थिते ।। द्वादश्यां तुलसीपत्रं धात्रीपत्रं तु कार्तिके ।। २१ ।। लुनाति स नरो गच्छेन्निरयानतिगर्हितान्।। धात्रीतुलस्योर्माहात्म्यमपि देवश्चतुर्मुखः ।। न समर्थो भवेद्वक्तुं यथा देवस्य शार्ङ्गिणः ।। २२ ।। धात्रीतुलस्युद्भवकारणं यः शृणोति यः श्रावयते च भक्त्या ।। विधूतपाप्मा सह पूर्वजैः स्वैः स्वर्गं व्रजत्यग्र्यविमानसंस्थैः ।।२३।। इति श्रीस्कांदे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे कार्तिकमासमाहात्म्ये धात्रीतुलस्युत्पत्तिवर्णनंनाम त्रयोविंशोऽध्यायः।। २३ ।।
|| nārada uvāca || || kṣiptebhyastatra bījebhyo vanaspatyastrayo'bhavan || dhātrī ca mālatī caiva tulasī ca nṛpottama || 1 || dhātryudbhavā smṛtā dhātrī mābhavā mālatī smṛtā || gaurībhavā ca tulasī tamaḥsattvarajoguṇāḥ || 2 || strīrūpiṇyau vanaspatyau dṛṣṭvā viṣṇustadā nṛpa || uttasthau saṃbhramādvṛṃdā rūpātiśayavibhramaḥ ||3|| dṛṣṭvā ca yācate mohātkāmāsaktena cetasā || taṃ cā'pi tulasīdhātryau rāgeṇaiva vyalokatām||4|| yacca lakṣmyā purā bījamīrṣyayaiva samarpitam || tasmāttadudbhavā nārī tasminnīrṣyāparā'bhavat || 5 || ataḥ sā barbarītyākhyāmavāpā'dha vigarhitām || dhātrītulasyau tadrāgāttasya prītiprade sadā || 6 || tato vismṛtaduḥkho'sau viṣṇustābhyāṃ sahaiva tu || vaikuṇṭhamagamaddhṛṣṭaḥ sarvadeva namaskṛtaḥ || 7 || kārtikodyāpane viṣṇostasmātpūjā vidhīyate || tulasīmūladeśe'sya prītidā sā yataḥ smṛtā || 8 || tulasīkānanaṃ rājangṛhe yasyā'vatiṣṭhate || tadgṛhaṃ tīrtharūpaṃ tu nā''yāṃti yamakiṃkarāḥ || 9 || sarvapāpaharaṃ nityaṃ kāmadaṃ tulasīvanam || ropayaṃti narāḥ śreṣṭhāste na paśyaṃti bhāskarim || 2.4.23.10 || darśanaṃ narmadāyāstu gaṃgāsnānaṃ tathaiva ca || tulasīvanasaṃsargaḥ samameva trayaṃ smṛtam || 11 || ropaṇātpālanātsekāddarśanātsparśanānnṛṇām || tulasī dahate pāpaṃ vāṅmanaḥkāyasaṃcitam || 12 || tulasīmaṃjarībhiryaḥ kuryāddhariharā'rcanam || na sa garbhagṛhaṃ yāti muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ || 13 || puṣkarādyāni tīrthāni gaṃgādyāḥ saritastathā || vāsudevādayo devāstiṣṭhaṃti tulasīdale || 14 || tulasīmaṃjarīyukto yastu prāṇānvimuṃcati || yamo'pi nekṣituṃ śakto yuktaṃ pāpaśatairapi || 15 || viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnoti satyaṃ satyaṃ nṛpottama || tulasīkāṣṭhajaṃ yastu caṃdanaṃ dhārayennaraḥ || 16 || taddehaṃ na spṛśetpāpaṃ kriyamāṇamapīha yat || tulasīvipinacchāyā yatrayatra bhavennṛpa || 17 || tatra śrāddhaṃ prakartavyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam || dhātrīphalavimiśraiśca tulasīpatramiśritaiḥ || 18 || jalaiḥ snāti narastasya gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ smṛtam || devārcanaṃ naraḥ kuryāddhātrīpatraiḥ phalaistathā || 19 || suvarṇamaṇimuktaughairarcanasyāpnuyātphalam || tīrthāni munayo devā yajñāḥ sarve'pi kārtike || || 2.4.23.20 || nityaṃ dhātrīṃ samāśritya tiṣṭhaṃtyarke tulāsthite || dvādaśyāṃ tulasīpatraṃ dhātrīpatraṃ tu kārtike || 21 || lunāti sa naro gacchennirayānatigarhitān|| dhātrītulasyormāhātmyamapi devaścaturmukhaḥ || na samartho bhavedvaktuṃ yathā devasya śārṅgiṇaḥ || 22 || dhātrītulasyudbhavakāraṇaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti yaḥ śrāvayate ca bhaktyā || vidhūtapāpmā saha pūrvajaiḥ svaiḥ svargaṃ vrajatyagryavimānasaṃsthaiḥ ||23|| iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe kārtikamāsamāhātmye dhātrītulasyutpattivarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ|| 23 ||
English translation
Nārada said :
1. From the seeds sown there three plants grew up, viz. Dhātrī , Mālatī (Jasmine) and Tulasī .
2. Dhātrī is remembered as having been born of Dhātrī (the Earth); Mālatī is remembered as born of Mā ( Lakṣmī ) and Tulasī is born of Gaurī . These have the Guṇas — Tamas , Sattva and Rajas (respectively).
3. On seeing the plants in the form of women, O king, Viṣṇu got up with great excitement. His flurry and perturbation was mainly due to the excessive beauty of Vṛndā .
4. On seeing them he began to solicit due to fascination with a passionate mind. Tulasī and Dhātrī looked at him with sincere love and attachment.
5. Since the seed was offered formerly by Lakṣmī with malice and jealousy, the woman originating therefrom became malicious and jealous with him.
6. Hence she (it) later received the despicable name Barbarī. But Dhātrī and Tulasī accorded great pleasure and delight to him always due to their attachment and love for him.
7. Then Viṣṇu forgot all his misery. Becoming delighted, he went to Vaikuṇṭha along with them. He was then bowed to by all the Devas .
8. Hence while concluding the Kārttika Vrata , Viṣṇu is worshipped at the root of the Tulasī plant, since it is remembered as very pleasant to him. [1]
9. The house in which there is a grove of Tulasī plants is a Tīrtha , O king. The servants of Yama do not come there.
10. Those excellent men who grow the Tulasī grove that is destructive of all sins and always grants all desired objects, never see the son of the Sun-god (Yama, the god of Death).
11. These three are said to be equal (in efficacy): seeing Narmada , taking a holy bath in Gaṅgā and association with the grove of Tulasī plants.
12. If it is planted, guarded, watered, seen and touched, Tulasī burns down the sins of men accumulated through words, thoughts and physical activities.
13. He who worships Hari and Hara with bunches of Tulasī, is not reborn in any other womb. He shall certainly attain salvation.
14. Tīrthas including Puṣkara , rivers including Gaṅgā and Devas including Vāsudeva dwell on the leaf of the Tulasī plant.
15. Even Yama is incapable of looking at the person who gives up his life with a bunch of Tulasī (on his person), though he may have committed hundreds of sins.
16-18. He attains Sāyujya with Viṣṇu. O excellent king, this is certainly true. One who wears a twig of the Tulasī plant with sandal paste is never contaminated with sins even if they are committed. Wherever there is the shade of Tulasī grove, Śrāddha should be performed unto the Manes there. The Śrāddha thus offered is of everlasting benefit.
19-21a. One who takes his holy bath with the waters mingled with fruits of Dhātrī and with leaves of Tulasī attains the benefit of holy bath in Gaṅgā.
If a man performs the worship of the Lord with leaves and fruits of Dhātrī, he shall attain the benefit of a worship with gold, jewels and multitudes of pearls.
In the month of Kārttika, when the Sun is in the Zodiac Libra, all the Tīrthas, sages, Devas and Yajñas perpetually resort to Dhātrī.
21b-22. One who plucks the leaves of Tulasī on the twelfth day and those of Dhātrī in the month of Kārttika falls into the most despicable of all the hells.
Even the Four-faced Lord is not capable of recounting the greatness of Dhātrī and Tulasī as that of the Śārṅga -bearing Lord (Viṣṇu).
23. He who listens to or expounds devoutly the cause of the origin of Dhātrī and Tulasī becomes rid of all his sins. He goes to heaven along with his ancestors seated in superior aerial chariots.
[1]: [1] : The whole episode of Vṛndā explains the rite of Viṣṇu-worship performed at the root of a Tulasī plant at the conclusion of Kārttika Vrata.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 14055, revision 294198 (2020-11-27T04:35:43Z). English is G. V. Tagare’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-skanda-purana/d/doc371665.html and the archival publication witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.