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# Padmapurana 6.61: ekaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Padmapurāṇa 6.61

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [6.61.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.68) — 1 part

### ekaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [6.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.1)

yudhiṣṭhirauvācaśrutaṃramāyāmāhātmyaṃtvattaḥkṛṣṇayathātatham  
kārtikeśuklapakṣeyātāṃmekathayamānada

### [6.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.2)

śrīkṛṣṇauvācaśṛṇurājanpravakṣyāmiśuklecorjadaletuyā  
sāyathānāradeproktābrahmaṇālokakāriṇā

### [6.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.3)

nāradauvāca -  
prabodhinyāścamāhātmyaṃvadavistaratomama  
yasyāṃjāgartigoviṃdodharmakarmapravarttakaḥ

### [6.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.4)

brahmovācaprabodhinyāścamāhātmyaṃpāpaghnaṃpuṇyavarddhanam  
muktipradaṃsubuddhīnāṃśṛṇuṣvamunisattama

### [6.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.5)

tāvadgarjaṃtitīrthāniāsamudrasarāṃsica  
yāvatprabodhinīviṣṇostithirnāyātikārtike

### [6.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.6)

tāvadgarjaṃtivipreṃdragaṃgābhāgīrathīkṣitau  
yāvannāyātipāpaghnīkārtikeharibodhinī

### [6.61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.7)

aśvamedhasahasrāṇirājasūyaśatānica  
ekenaivopavāsenaprabodhinyālabhennaraḥ

### [6.61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.8)

yaddurllabhaṃyadaprāpyaṃtrailokyasyanagocaram  
tadapyaprārthitaṃputraṃdadātiharibodhinī

### [6.61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.9)

eśvaryaṃsaṃpadaṃprajñāṃrājyaṃcasukhasaṃpadaḥ  
dadātyupoṣitābhaktyājanebhyoharibodhinī

### [6.61.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.10)

merumandara mātrāṇivapāpānyuktāniyāni ca  
ekenaivopavāsenadahatepāpanāśinī

### [6.61.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.11)

pūrvajanmasahasreṣuyatpāpaṃsamupārjitam  
niśijāgaraṇaṃcāsyādahatetūlarāśivat

### [6.61.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.12)

upavāsaṃprabodhinyāṃyaḥkarotisvabhāvataḥ  
vidhivanmuniśārdūlayathoktaṃlabhatephalam

### [6.61.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.13)

yathoktaṃkuruteyastuvidhivatsukṛtaṃnaraḥ  
svalpaṃmunivaraśreṣṭhamerutulyaṃbhavetphalam

### [6.61.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.14)

vidhihīnaṃtuyaḥkuryātsukṛtaṃmerumātrakam  
aṇumātraṃtadāpnotiphalaṃdharmasyanārada

### [6.61.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.15)

yedhyāyaṃtimanovṛtyāyekariṣyaṃtibodhinīm  
vasaṃtipitarohṛṣṭāviṣṇulokecatasyavai

### [6.61.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.16)

vimuktānārakairduḥkhairyātiviṣṇoḥparaṃpadam  
kṛtvātupātakaṃghoraṃbrahmahatyādikaṃnaraḥ

### [6.61.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.17)

kṛtvātujāgaraṃviṣṇorddhautapāpobhavennaraḥ  
duṣprāpyaṃyatphalaṃvipraaśvamedhādikairmakhaiḥ

### [6.61.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.18)

prāpyatetatsukhenaivaprabodhinyāstujāgare  
āplutyasarvatīrtheṣupradattvākāṃcanaṃmahīm

### [6.61.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.19)

tatphalaṃsamavāpnotiyatkṛtvājāgaraṃhareḥ  
jātaḥsaevasukṛtīkulaṃtenaivapāvitam

### [6.61.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.20)

kārtikemuniśārdūlakṛtāyenaprabodhinī  
yathādhruvaṃnṛṇāṃmṛtyurdhanaṃgātraṃtathādhruvam

### [6.61.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.21)

itijñātvāmuniśreṣṭhakartavyaṃvaiṣṇavaṃdinam  
yānikānicatīrthānitrailokyesaṃbhavaṃtica

### [6.61.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.22)

tānitasyagṛhesamyagyaḥkarotiprabodhinīm  
kiṃtasyabahubhiḥpuṇyaiḥkṛtāyenaprabodhinī

### [6.61.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.23)

putrapautrapradāhyeṣākārtikeharibodhinī  
sajñānīcasayogīcasatapasvījiteṃdriyaḥ

### [6.61.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.24)

bhogomokṣaścatasyāstiupāsteharibodhinīm  
viṣṇoḥpriyatarāhyeṣādharmasārasahāyinī

### [6.61.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.25)

yaḥkarotinarobhaktyābhuktibhāksabhavennaraḥ  
prabodhinīmupoṣitvāgarbhenaviśatenaraḥ

### [6.61.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.26)

sarvadharmānparityajyatasmātkurvītanārada  
karmaṇāmanasāvācāpāpaṃyatsamupārjitam

### [6.61.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.27)

tatkṣālayatigoviṃdaḥprabodhinyāṃtujāgare  
snānaṃdānaṃjapaḥpūjāṃsamuddiśyajanārdanam

### [6.61.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.28)

naroyatkurutevatsaprabodhinyāṃtadakṣayam  
yercayaṃtinarāstasyāṃbhaktyādevaṃcamādhavam

### [6.61.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.29)

samupoṣyapramucyaṃtepāpaistaiḥśatajanmajaiḥ  
mahāvratamidaṃputramahāpāpaughanāśanam

### [6.61.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.30)

prabodhavāsaraṃviṣṇorvidhivatsamupoṣayet  
vratenānenadeveśaṃparitoṣyajanārdanam

### [6.61.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.31)

virājayandiśaḥsarvāḥprayātiharimaṃdiram  
kartavyaiṣāprayatnenanaraiḥkāṃtidhanārthibhiḥ

### [6.61.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.32)

bālyeyatsaṃcitaṃpāpaṃyauvanevārddhaketathā  
śatajanmakṛtaṃpāpaṃsvalpaṃvāyadivābahu

### [6.61.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.33)

tatkṣālayatigoviṃdaścāsyāmabhyarcitonṛṇām  
dhanadhānyavahāpuṇyāsarvapāpaharāparā

### [6.61.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.34)

tāmupoṣyaharerbhaktyādurllabhaṃnabhavetkvacit  
caṃdrasūryoparāgecayatphalaṃparikīrtitam

### [6.61.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.35)

tatsahasraguṇaṃproktaṃprabodhinyāṃprajāgare  
snānaṃdānaṃjapohomaḥsvādhyāyo'bhyarcanaṃhareḥ

### [6.61.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.36)

tatsarvaṃkoṭiguṇitaṃprabodhinyāṃkṛtaṃtuyat  
janmaprabhṛtiyatpuṇyaṃnareṇopārjitaṃbhavet

### [6.61.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.37)

vṛthābhavatitatsarvamakṛtvākārtikevratam  
akṛtvāniyamaṃviṣṇoḥkārtikaṃyaḥkṣipennaraḥ

### [6.61.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.38)

najanmārjitapuṇyasyaphalaṃprāpnotinārada  
tasmātsarvaprayatnenadevadevaṃjanārdanam

### [6.61.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.39)

upasevetavipreṃdrasarvakāmaphalapradam  
parānnaṃvarjayedyastukārtikeviṣṇutatparaḥ

### [6.61.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.40)

parānnavarjanādvatsacāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃlabhet  
nityaṃśāstravinodenakārtikemadhusūdanaḥ

### [6.61.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.41)

sadahetsarvapāpāniyajñāyutaphalaṃlabhet  
natathātuṣyateyajñairnadānairvājapādibhiḥ

### [6.61.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.42)

yathāśāstrakathālāpaiḥkārtikemadhusūdanaḥ  
yekurvaṃtikathāṃviṣṇoryeśṛṇvaṃtiśubhānvitāḥ

### [6.61.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.43)

ślokārddhaṃślokapādaṃvākārtikegośataṃphalam  
sarvadharmānparityajyakārtikekeśavāgrataḥ

### [6.61.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.44)

śāstrāvadhāraṇaṃkāryaṃśrotavyaṃcamahāmune  
śreyasālobhabuddhyācayaḥkarotihareḥkathām

### [6.61.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.45)

kārtikemuniśārdūlakulānāṃtārayecchatam  
niyamenanaroyastuśṛṇutevaiṣṇavīṃkathām

### [6.61.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.46)

kārtiketuviśeṣeṇagosahasraphalaṃlabhet  
prabodhavāsareviṣṇoḥśṛṇuteyohareḥkathām

### [6.61.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.47)

saptadvīpavatīdānetatphalaṃlabhatemune  
śrutvāviṣṇukathāṃdivyāṃye'cayaṃtikathāvidam

### [6.61.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.48)

svaśaktyāmuniśārdūlateṣāṃloko'kṣayaḥsmṛtaḥ  
gītaśāstravinodenakārtikaṃyonayennaraḥ

### [6.61.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.49)

natasyapunarāvṛttirmayādṛṣṭākalipriya  
gītaṃnṛtyaṃcavādyaṃcabhavyāṃviṣṇukathāṃmune

### [6.61.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.50)

yaḥkarotisapuṇyātmātrailokyoparisaṃsthitaḥ  
bahupuṣpairbahuphalaiḥkarpūrāgurukuṃkumaiḥ

### [6.61.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.51)

hareḥpūjāvidhātavyākārtikebodhavāsare  
yasmātpuṇyamasaṃkhyātaṃprāpyatemunisattama

### [6.61.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.52)

phalairnānāvidhairdravyaiḥprabodhinyāṃtujāgare  
śaṃkhetoyaṃsamādāyaarghodeyojanārdane

### [6.61.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.53)

yatphalaṃsarvatīrtheṣusarvadāneṣuyatphalam  
tatphalaṃkoṭiguṇitaṃdattvārghaṃbodhavāsare

### [6.61.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.54)

gurupūjātataḥkāryābhojanācchādanādibhiḥ  
dakṣiṇābhiścadevarṣetuṣṭyarthaṃcakrapāṇinaḥ

### [6.61.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.55)

bhāgavataṃśṛṇuteyastupurāṇaṃcapaṭhennaraḥ  
pratyakṣaraṃbhavettasyakapilādānajaṃphalam

### [6.61.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.56)

kārttikemuniśārdūlasvaśaktyāvaiṣṇavaṃvratam  
yaḥkarotiyathoktaṃtumuktistasyasuniścalā

### [6.61.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.57)

ketakyāekapatreṇapūjitogaruḍadhvajaḥ  
samāḥsahasraṃsuprītobhavatimadhusūdanaḥ

### [6.61.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.58)

agastikusumairdevaṃpūjayedyojanārdanam  
darśanāttasyadevarṣenarakāgniḥpraṇaśyati

### [6.61.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.59)

munipuṣpārcitoviṣṇuḥkārtikepuruṣottamaḥ  
dadātyabhimatānkāmānśaśisūryagraheyathā

### [6.61.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.60)

vihāyasarvapuṣpāṇimunipuṣpeṇakeśavam  
kārtikeyo'cayedbhaktyāvājimedhaphalaṃlabhet

### [6.61.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.61)

tulasīdalānipuṣpāṇiyeyacchaṃtijanārdane  
kārtikesakalaṃvatsapāpaṃjanmāyutaṃdahet

### [6.61.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.62)

dṛṣṭāspṛṣṭāthavādhyātākīrtitānāmatastutā  
ropitāsiṃcitānityaṃpūjitātulasīśubhā

### [6.61.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.63)

navadhātulasībhaktiṃyekurvaṃtidinedine  
yugakoṭisahasrāṇitanvaṃtisukṛtaṃmune

### [6.61.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.64)

yāvacchākhāpraśākhābhirbījapuṣpadalairmune  
ropitātulasīpuṃbhirvarddhatevasudhātale

### [6.61.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.65)

teṣāṃvaṃśetuyejātāyebhaviṣyaṃtiyegatāḥ  
ākalpavarṣasāhasraṃteṣāṃvāsoharergṛhe

### [6.61.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.66)

yatphalaṃsarvapuṣpeṣusarvapatreṣunārada  
tulasīdalenacaikenakārtikeprāpyatetutat

### [6.61.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.67)

saṃprāptaṃkārttikaṃdṛṣṭvāniyamenajanārdanaḥ  
pūjanīyomahāviṣṇuḥkomalaistulasīdalaiḥ

### [6.61.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.68)

iṣṭvākratuśatairdevāndattvādānānyanekaśaḥ  
tulasīdalaistutatpuṇyaṃkārtikekeśavārcane

### [6.61.68.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.61.68.p1)

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇepaṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃsaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍeumāpati nāradasaṃvādekārttikeśuklaikādaśīmāhātmyaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (7)

- [Ṣaḍviṃśatyekādaśīmāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.ekadasi.sadvimsatyekadasimahatmya.23.1) — Sanskrit
- [Ekādaśīkhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.ekadasikhanda.25.1) — Sanskrit
- [Kārtikaśuklaikādaśīprabodhinīvratakathā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.kartikasuklaikadasiprabodhinivratakatha.1) — Sanskrit
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- [Vrataprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.prayoga.vrataprakasa.79.37) — Viśvanātha 1711, Sanskrit
- [Vrataprakasa (ed1884)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.vrataprakasa*ed1884.79.37) — Sanskrit
- [Sadācārasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.sadacarasamuccaya.22.1.8) — Harerāma Śarman, Sanskrit

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