[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Padmapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma) › 6.117 # Padmapurana 6.117: saptadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ Padmapurāṇa 6.117 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [6.117.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32) — 3 parts ### saptadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ### [6.117.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.1) sūtauvāca itisarvaṃsamākarṇyasatrājitasutātadā harervākyaṃmahābhāgāsatyāvacanamabravīt ### [6.117.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.2) satyovāca kārtikasyacamāhātmyaṃnaśrutaṃvistarātprabho sarveṣāmevamāsānāṃkārtikaḥpravaraḥkatham ### [6.117.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.3) śrīkṛṣṇauvāca sādhupṛṣṭaṃtvayāsatyekārtikavratamādarāt śaunakāyapurāproktaṃsūtenasumahātmanā ### [6.117.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.4) sūtauvāca śrūyatāṃtatpravakṣyāmietatpraśnottaraṃśubham īśvareṇapurāproktaṃpṛcchateṣaṇmukhāyavai ### [6.117.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.5) kārtikeyauvāca bahūnipadmanābhasyarahasyāniśrutānica yathāhiprocyamānānivaiṣṇavenatvayāprabho ### [6.117.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.6) saṃsārasāgareprāptāduḥkhorulaharīvṛte teṣāmuttāraṇārthāyakathayasvaprayatnataḥ ### [6.117.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.7) kārtikasyavidhiścaivasnānasyavadatāṃvara yenaduḥkhāṃbudhiṃtātasaṃtariṣyaṃtimānavāḥ ### [6.117.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.8) phalaṃvaiṣṇavadharmasyakathayasvasuvistaram yenadharmaprabhāvenapadaṃgacchativaiṣṇavam ### [6.117.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.9) dīpadānasyamāhātmyaṃmunipuṣpasyasuvrata gopīcaṃdanamāhātmyaṃtulasyāstutathāvibho ### [6.117.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.10) mālatīpuṣpamāhātmyaṃvārijānāṃtathāvada dhātrīphalānāṃmāhātmyaṃtathādamanakasyaca ### [6.117.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.11) ketakīpuṣpamāhātmyaṃ naivedyasyaparaṃtapa tīrthodakasyamāhātmyaṃmāghasnānaphalaṃvibho ### [6.117.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.12) phalaṃbrūhisuraśreṣṭhabrahmapatreṣubhojanāt nīrājanaphalaṃsthāṇoparadīpapravedhanāt ### [6.117.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.13) puṣkarakṣetramāhātmyaṃśūkarasyatathāvibho śālagrāmasyamāhātmyaṃsvastikasyavidhānakam ### [6.117.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.14) dānānāṃcaphalaṃbrūhiparānnasyacavarjanāt māsopavāsasyaphalaṃkhaṭvāyāmokṣaṇādvibho ### [6.117.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.15) dīpāvalyāścamāhātmyaṃprabodhinyāścasuvrata paṃcabhīṣmasyamāhātmyaṃkathayasvasuvistarāt ### [6.117.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.16) īśvarauvāca sādhupṛṣṭaṃtvayāvatsalokoddharaṇahetave kathayāminasaṃdehastvatsamonāstivaiṣṇavaḥ ### [6.117.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.17) satputreṇatvayāvatsatārito'hanasaṃśayaḥ niścalākeśavebhaktistvayitiṣṭhatisarvadā ### [6.117.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.18) narebhyovaiṣṇavaṃdharmaṃyodadātidvijottamaḥ sasāgaramahīdānetatpuṇyaṃlabhatehisaḥ ### [6.117.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.19) kārtikasyacamāsasyakoṭyaṃśenāpinārhati ekataḥsarvatīrthānisarvadānānicaikataḥ ### [6.117.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.20) ekatogopradānānisarveyajñāḥsadakṣiṇāḥ ekataḥpuṣkarevāsaṃkurukṣetrehimālaye ### [6.117.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.21) ekatomathurātīrthevārāṇasyāṃcaśūkare ekataḥkārtikovatsasarvadākeśavapriyaḥ ### [6.117.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.22) sūtauvāca ityuktvāmuniśārdūlapunarvākyaṃjagauharaḥ kārtikasnānamāhātmyaṃkathayiṣyesuvistarāt ### [6.117.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.23) īśvarauvāca brāhmaṃkṛtayugaṃproktaṃtretātukṣatriyaṃsvayam dvāparaṃvaiśyamityāhuḥśūdraṃkaliyugaṃsmṛtam ### [6.117.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.24) kalauvatsamanuṣyāṇāṃśaithilyaṃsnānakarmaṇi tathāpikathayiṣyāmisnānaṃkārtikamāghayoḥ ### [6.117.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.25) yasyahastaucapādaunavāṅmanaścasusaṃyatam vidyātapaścakīrtiścasatīrthaphalabhāṅnaraḥ ### [6.117.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.26) aśraddadhānaḥpāpātmānāstikaśchinnamānasaḥ hetuvādīcapaṃcaitenatīrthaphalabhāginaḥ ### [6.117.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.27) prātarutthāyayoviprastīrthasnāyīsadābhavet sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥparaṃbrahmādhigacchati ### [6.117.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.28) snānaṃcaturvidhaṃproktaṃsnānavidbhiḥṣaḍānana vāyavyaṃvāruṇaṃdivyaṃbrāhmaṃcetitathāsmṛtam ### [6.117.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.29) vāyavyaṃgorajaḥsnānaṃvāruṇaṃsāgarādiṣu brāhmyabrāhmaṇamaṃtroktaṃdivyaṃmeghāṃbubhāskaram ### [6.117.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.30) snānānāṃcaivasarveṣāṃviśiṣṭaṃtatravāruṇam brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyovaiśyomaṃtravatsnānamācaret ### [6.117.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.31) tūṣṇīmevahiśūdrasyastrīṇāṃcaivaṣaḍānana bālācataruṇīvṛddhānaranārīnapuṃsakāḥ ### [6.117.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32) pāpaiḥsarvaiḥpramucyaṃtesnānātkārtikamāghayoḥ snātāvaikārtikelokāḥprāpnuvaṃtīpsitaṃphalam ### [6.117.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32.p1) iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇepaṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍekārtika māhātmyeśrīśivaṣaḍānanasaṃvādesaptadaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ### [6.117.32.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32.p2) aṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo'dhayāyaḥ ### [6.117.32.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32.p3) sūtauvāca ### [6.117.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.1-2) punaḥprovācabhagavānmahādevovṛṣadhvajaḥ śrotāramupasaṃgamyabhaktiyuktaṃṣaḍānanam ### [6.117.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.2-2) īśvarauvāca kārtikovaiṣṇavomāsaḥsarvamāseṣucottamaḥ asminmāsetrayastriṃśaddevāḥsaṃnihitāḥkalau ### [6.117.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.3-2) ūrjemāsimahābhāgaubhojanānidvijātaye tiladhenuṃhiraṇyaṃcarajataṃbhūmivāsasī ### [6.117.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.4-2) gopradānānidāsyaṃtisarvabhāvenasuvrata sarveṣāmevadānānāṃkanyādānaṃviśiṣyate ### [6.117.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.5-2) brāhmaṇāyātrayekanyāṃdāsyaṃtividhivannarāḥ vaikuṃṭhevasatisteṣāṃyāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa ### [6.117.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.6-2) romakāletusaṃprāptesomobhuṃktetukanyakām ṛtukāletugaṃdharvāvahnistukucadarśane ### [6.117.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.7-2) tāvadvivāhayetkanyāṃyāvannartumatībhavet vivāhastvaṣṭavarṣāyāḥkanyāyāḥśasyatebudhaiḥ ### [6.117.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.8-2) dātavyāśrotriyāyaivabrāhmaṇāyatapasvine sākṣādadhītavedāyavidhinābrahmacāriṇe ### [6.117.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.9-2) kanyāvarapramāṇāyāeṣaevavidhiḥsmṛtaḥ yāvaṃticaivaromāṇikanyāyāścatanausuta ### [6.117.10-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.10-2) tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇirudralokemahīyate sahasramevadhenūnāṃśataṃcānuḍuhāṃsamam ### [6.117.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.11-2) daśānuḍutsamaṃyānaṃdaśayānasamohayaḥ hayadānasahasrebhyogajadānaṃviśiṣyate ### [6.117.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.12-2) gajadānasahasrāṇāṃsvarṇadānaṃcatatsamam svarṇabhārasahasrāṇāṃvidyādānaṃcatatsamam ### [6.117.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.13-2) vidyādānātkoṭiguṇaṃbhūmidānaṃviśiṣyate bhūmidānasahasrebhyogopradānaṃviśiṣyate ### [6.117.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.14-2) gopradānasahasrebhyohyannadānaṃviśiṣyate annādhāramidaṃsarvaṃjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam ### [6.117.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.15-2) tasmāddeyaṃprayatnenakārtikeśikhivāhana trīṇitulyapradānānitrīṇitulyaphalānica ### [6.117.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.16-2) kārtikeyauvāca anyānapimahādevadharmānmevaktumarhasi yānkṛtvāsarvapāpāniprakṣālyatridaśobhavet ### [6.117.17-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.17-2) sūtauvāca itipṛṣṭastadāśaṃbhuḥpunarvaktuṃpracakrame yāvatkiṃbahudhāstutvāttacchṛṇudhvaṃtapodhanāḥ ### [6.117.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.18-2) īśvarauvāca parānnaṃvarjayedyastukārtikeniyamekṛte parānnavarjanādevalabheccāṃdrāyaṇaṃphalam ### [6.117.19-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.19-2) taṃprāptaṃkārtikaṃdṛṣṭvāparānnaṃyastuvarjayet dinedinetukṛcchrasyaphalaṃprāpnotimānavaḥ ### [6.117.20-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.20-2) kārtikevarjayettailaṃkārtikevarjayenmadhu kārtikevarjayetkāṃsyaṃsaṃghānnaṃcaviśeṣataḥ ### [6.117.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.21-2) rākṣasīṃyonimāpnotisakṛnmāṃsasyabhakṣaṇāt ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇiviṣṭhāyāṃparipacyate ### [6.117.22-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.22-2) tanmuktojāyatepāpoviṣṭhāśīgrāmasūkaraḥ pravṛttānāṃtubhakṣāṇāṃkārtikeniyamekṛte ### [6.117.23-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.23-2) avaśyaṃviṣṇurūpatvaṃprāpyatemokṣadaṃpadam nakārtikasamomāsonadaivaṃkeśavātparam ### [6.117.24-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.24-2) navedasadṛśaṃśāstraṃnatīrthaṃgaṃgayāsamam nasatyaṃnasamaṃvṛttaṃnakṛtenasamaṃyugam ### [6.117.25-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.25-2) natṛptīrasanātulyānadānasadṛśaṃsukham nadharmasadṛśaṃmitraṃnajyotiścakṣuṣāsamam ### [6.117.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.26-2) avratenakṣipedyastumāsaṃdāmodarapriyam karmabhraṣṭaḥsavijñeyohīnayoniṣujāyate ### [6.117.27-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.27-2) kārtikaḥpravaromāsovaiṣṇavānāṃsadāpriyaḥ samudragānadīpuṇyādurlabhāsnānaśālinām ### [6.117.28-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.28-2) kulaśīlavatīkanyādurlabhādaṃpatīnṛṇām durlabhājananīlokepitācaivaviśeṣataḥ ### [6.117.29-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.29-2) durlabhaṃsādhusanmānaṃdurlabhodhārmikaḥsutaḥ durlabhodvārikāvāsodurlabhaṃkṛṣṇadarśanam ### [6.117.30-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.30-2) durlabhaṃgomatīsnānaṃdurlabhaṃkārtikavratam brāhmaṇebhyomahīṃdattvāgrahaṇecaṃdrasūryayoḥ ### [6.117.31-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.31-2) yatphalaṃlabhatevatsatatphalaṃbhūmiśāyinaḥ bhojanaṃdvijadaṃpatyoḥpūjayeccavilepanaiḥ ### [6.117.32-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.32-2) kaṃbalānicaratnānivāsāṃsivividhānica tūlikāścapradātavyāḥpracchādanapaṭaiḥsaha ### [6.117.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.33) upānahāvātapatraṃkārtikedehipāvake yaḥkarotinaronityaṃkārtikepatrabhojanam ### [6.117.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.34) nadurgatimavāpnotiyāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa sarvakāmaphalaṃtasyasarvatīrthaphalaṃlabhet ### [6.117.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.35) nacāpinarakaṃpaśyedbrahmapatreṣubhojanāt brahmāeṣasmṛtaḥsākṣātpālāśaḥsarvakāmadaḥ ### [6.117.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.36) madhyamaṃvarjayetpatraṃkārtikeśikhivāhana brahmāviṣṇuścarudraścatrayodevāstripatrake ### [6.117.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.37) eśvaraṃvarjayetpatrabrahmāviṣṇuranuttamaḥ sarvapuṇyamavāpnotiśeṣapatreṣubhojanāt ### [6.117.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.38) bhojanānmadhyapatretukapilāpayasastathā prāśanānmuniśārdūlanaronarakamāpnuyāt ### [6.117.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.39) ajñānādbhuejateyastuśūdrovākapilāpayaḥ kapilāṃbrāhmaṇedattvāśuddhobhavatikārtike ### [6.117.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.40) tiladānaṃnadīsnānaṃsarvadāsādhudarśanam bhojanaṃbrahmapatreṣukārtikemuktidāyakam ### [6.117.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.41) maunīpālāśabhojīcajalasnāyīsadākṣamī kārtikekṣitiśāyīcahanyātpāpaṃyugārjitam ### [6.117.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.42) jāgaraṃkārtikemāsiyaḥkarotyaruṇodaye dāmodarāgresenānīrgosahasraphalaṃlabhet ### [6.117.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.43) pitṛpakṣe'nnadānenajyeṣṭhāṣāḍhecavāriṇā kārtiketatphalaṃpuṃsāṃparadīpaprabodhanāt ### [6.117.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.44) bodhanātparadīpasyavaiṣṇavānāṃcasevanāt kārtikephalamāpnotirājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ ### [6.117.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.45) nadīsnānaṃkathāviṣṇorvaiṣṇavānāṃcadarśanam nabhavetkārtikeyasyaharetpuṇyaṃdaśābdikam ### [6.117.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.46) puṣkaraṃyaḥsmaretprājñaḥkarmaṇāmanasāgirā kārtikemuniśārdūlalakṣakoṭiguṇaṃbhavet ### [6.117.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.47) prayāgomāghamāsetupuṣkaraṃkārtiketathā avaṃtīmādhavemāsihanyātpāpaṃyugārjitam ### [6.117.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.48) dhanyāstemānavālokekalikāleviśeṣataḥ kurvaṃtiskaṃdanityaṃyesarvathāharisevanam ### [6.117.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.49) kiṃdattairbahubhiḥpiṃḍairgayāśrāddhādibhirmune tāritāstenapitaronarakāccanasaṃśayaḥ ### [6.117.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.50) kṣīrādisnapanaṃviṣṇoḥkriyatepitṛkāraṇāt kalpakoṭiṃdivaṃprāpyavasaṃtitridaśaiḥsaha ### [6.117.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.51) kārtikenārcitoyaistukṛṣṇastukamalekṣaṇaḥ janmakoṭiṣuvipreṃdranateṣāṃkamalāgṛhe ### [6.117.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.52) daṣṭāmuṣṭāvinaṣṭāstepatitāḥkalikaṃdare yairnārcitoharirbhaktyākamalairasitaiḥsitaiḥ ### [6.117.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.53) padmenaikenadeveśaṃyo'cayetkamalāpatim varṣāyutasahasrasyapāpasyakurutekṣayam ### [6.117.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.54) aparādhasahasrāṇitathāsaptaśatānica padmenaikenadeveśaḥkṣametapraṇato'citaḥ ### [6.117.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.55) tulasīpatralakṣeṇakārtikeyo'cayeddharim patrepatremuniśreṣṭhamauktikaṃlabhatephalam ### [6.117.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.56) tulasīgaṃdhamiśraṃtuyatkiṃcitkriyatesuta kalpakoṭisahasrāṇiprītobhavatikeśavaḥ ### [6.117.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.57) mukheśirasidehetukṛṣṇottīrṇāṃtuyobahet tulasīṃṣaṇmukhaprītyānatasyaspṛśatekali ### [6.117.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.58) kṛṣṇottīrṇaistunirmālyairyogātraṃparimārjayet sarvarogaistathāpāpairmuktobhavatipaṇmukha ### [6.117.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.59) viṣṇoraṃgāraśeṣeṇayasyāṃgaṃspṛśatesuta duritānivinaśyaṃtivyādhayoyāṃtisaṃkṣayam ### [6.117.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.60) śaṃkhodakaṃharerbhaktirnirmālyaṃpādayorjalam caṃdanaṃdhūpaśeṣaṃtubrahmahatyāpahārakam ### [6.117.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117.118) itiśrīpādmemahāpurāṇepaṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍekārtikamāhātmye śrīśivakārtikeyasaṃvādepraśnottaronāmaaṣṭādaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ## Linked texts (7) - [Ācāraratna (Maṇirāma)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.bhatta.acararatna.15.60) — Maṇirāma 1630, Sanskrit - [Anūpavilāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.anupavilasa.15.60) — Maṇirāma 1665, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.24.3-3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.dharmasindhu.p162) — Kāśīnātha Upādhyāya 1790, Sanskrit - [Dharmasindhusāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.karana.dharmasindhusara.p162) — Śivānanda Gosvāmin 1766, Sanskrit - [Abdadīdhiti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.abdadidhiti.4.p27) — Anantadeva 1645, Sanskrit - [Rāmārcanacandrikā (Ānandavanayati) (ed1925)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.vaisnava.ramarcanacandrika-anandavanayati*ed1925.10.p3.10) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.117) · Pramāṇa