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# Padmapurana 6.74: catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

Padmapurāṇa 6.74

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [6.74.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26) — 1 part
- [6.74.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26-2) — 1 part

### catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [6.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.1)

mahādevauvācaśṛṇudevipravakṣyāmidharmamāhātmyamuttamam  
yacchrutvānapunarjanmajāyatebhuvikarhicit

### [6.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.2)

dharmādarthaṃcakāmaṃcamokṣaṃcaitattrayaṃlabhet  
tasmāddharmaṃsamīhetavidvānyaḥsabudhaḥsmṛtaḥ

### [6.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.3)

tapasācaivadānenavratenaniyamenaca  
tapasāprāpyatesvargaḥsātvikenatathaivaca

### [6.74.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.4)

ihāyātolabhedrājyaṃkrodhalobhavivarjitaḥ  
janmāṃtareṇamuktiḥsyātpadaṃviṃdativaiṣṇavam

### [6.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.5)

tapasārājaseneharājasaścaivajāyate  
taptvātāmasabhāvenakrūrakarmāhiniṣṭhuraḥ

### [6.74.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.6)

tapastadrakṣasāṃcoktaṃbhuktidaṃtāmasātmanām  
yattaptaṃsātvikaṃcaivatattapobhavatidhruvam

### [6.74.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.7)

rajastamobhyāṃniyataṃtapasyāṃvanesatāṃvāyubhujāṃsunirjane  
tapasvināṃcaivadhanādivāṃcchatāṃvane'pidoṣāḥprabhavaṃtirāgiṇām

### [6.74.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.8)

gṛhe'pipaṃceṃdriyanigrahastapastvakutsitekarmaṇiyaḥpravarttate  
nivṛttarāgasyatapovanaṃgṛhaṃgṛhāśramo'togaditaḥsvadharmaḥ

### [6.74.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.9)

sudustaraḥsatvajiteṃdriyāṇāṃsaṃhanyateśreṣṭhatamaḥśubhāśramaḥ  
gṛhastudharmaḥpravaromanīṣiṇāṃbrahmādibhiścābhihitonagātmaje

### [6.74.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.10)

taptvātapasvīvipinekṣudhārtogṛhaṃsamāyātisadānnadātuḥ  
bhaktyāsacānnaṃpradadātitasmaitapovibhāgaṃbhajatehitasya

### [6.74.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.11)

gṛhāśramaṃjyeṣṭhamihāśramāṇāṃsamyakcayaḥpālayatemanuṣyaḥ  
ihaivabhuṃjansamanuṣyabhogānsvargaṃprayātītinasaṃśayo'tra  
gṛhaṃsadāpālayatāṃnarāṇāṃpāpaṃsamāyātikathaṃhidevi

### [6.74.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.12)

gṛhāśramaḥpuṇyatamaḥsarvadātīrthavadgṛham  
asmingṛhāśramepuṇyedānaṃdeyaṃviśeṣataḥ

### [6.74.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.13)

devānāṃpūjanaṃyatraatithīnāṃcabhojanam  
pathikānāṃcaśaraṇaṃatodhanyatamomataḥ

### [6.74.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.14)

tadgṛhaṃtusamāśrityaye'cayaṃtidvijānnarāḥ  
āyurlakṣmīstathāputrānahīyaṃtekadācana

### [6.74.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.15)

śṛṇusuṃdarivakṣyāmimahāpāpaviśodhanam  
sarvasaṃpatkaraṃdānaṃihāmutraphalapradam

### [6.74.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.16)

śubhekālesamāyātesamabhyarcyasvadaivatam  
nityaṃnaimittakaṃkṛtvādadyāddānaṃsvaśaktitaḥ

### [6.74.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.17)

gṛhītvāparadravyaṃcadvijadevebhyaevahi  
dadyātsanirayaṃdṛṣṭvāpaścādyātiparāṃgatim

### [6.74.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.18)

śatānīkoyathādānātsaputraścaivatāritaḥ  
dattvānyecadvijebhyaścasagaṃtādharmatodivam

### [6.74.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.19)

dharmasthāneṣuyairdattaṃteṣāṃdharmamudāhṛtam  
śṛṇudevipravakṣyāmivittadānaṃsamāsataḥ

### [6.74.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.20)

dehaśuddhikaraṃdānaṃnabhūtaṃnabhaviṣyati  
pāpahīnoyenapumānjāyatenātrasaṃśayaḥ

### [6.74.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.21)

bhogānbhuktvātataścāyaṃyātiviṣṇuṃsanātanam  
purāvaibrahmaṇāproktaṃbhārgavāyamahātmane

### [6.74.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.22)

pāpayuktāyarāmāyatulāvṛṣabhamevaca  
pāpakarmarataścaivabhavabaṃdhakriyonṛpaḥ

### [6.74.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.23)

abhakṣabhakṣaṇaratābhrūṇahāgurutalpagaḥ  
etepyanṛtavādīcaprasūyaṃteviyoniṣu

### [6.74.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.24)

ayājyayājanaṃkṛtvāyācayitvātuniṃditān  
sadākopasamāyuktāḥsādhūnāṃpīḍaneratāḥ

### [6.74.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.25)

viśvāsopahatāścaiṣāmasubhirdharmaniṃdakāḥ  
pāpairebhiḥsamāyuktājñātvātmānaṃgatāyuṣam

### [6.74.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26)

itijñātvātutairdevidānaṃdeyaṃviśeṣataḥ  
bahavodharmakarttārovaiṣṇavābhuviviśrutāḥ

### [6.74.26.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26.p1)

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇepaṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃsaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍeumāpatināradasaṃvādedānadharmonāmacatuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

### [6.74.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.1-2)

pañcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥmahādevauvācagaṃḍikāyāstumāhātmyaṃvakṣyedevividhānataḥ  
yathāgaṃgātathāsācakathitānaganaṃdini

### [6.74.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.2-2)

śālagrāmaśilāyatrajāyatebahudhātathā  
māhātmyaṃcaivatasyāścakathitaṃmunisattamaiḥ

### [6.74.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.3-2)

aṃḍajāudbhijāyatrasvedajāścajarāyujāḥ  
yasyādarśanamātreṇapuṇyarūpāstupārvati

### [6.74.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.4-2)

uttaresātusaṃbhūtāgaṃḍikātumahānadī  
saṃsmṛtāsaṃsmṛtānūnaṃpāpaṃhaṃtyaganaṃdini

### [6.74.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.5-2)

yatranārāyaṇodevonityaṃtiṣṭhatibhūtidaḥ  
śaṃkhacakradharāstasyasamīpenivasaṃtiye

### [6.74.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.6-2)

temṛtyuṃsamanuprāpyadivyarūpāścaturbhujāḥ  
ṛṣayastatratiṣṭhaṃtidevāścaivaṃviśeṣataḥ

### [6.74.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.7-2)

rudrānāgāstathāyakṣānātrakāryāvicāraṇā  
tasyāḥsamīpehyeko'yasthalovaiviṣṇurūpadhṛk

### [6.74.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.8-2)

sthale'sminvartatemūrtirbahurūpātimuktidā  
caturviṃśatibhūtānāṃjātayaḥsaṃtitatravai

### [6.74.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.9-2)

ekāvaimatsyarūpācakṛṣṇarūpātimuktidā  
anyācayābudhaiḥproktāsthalevaiviṣṇusaṃjñake

### [6.74.10-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.10-2)

kalkināmnītathāpuṇyākapilāyāmayoditā  
anyāstuvividhākārādṛśyaṃtebahudhāapi

### [6.74.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.11-2)

tiṣṭhaṃtimūrttayaḥsarvānānārūpāhyanekaśaḥ  
sāgaṃgāmahatīpuṇyādharmakāmārthamuktidā

### [6.74.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.12-2)

yasyāṃbhūmauhṛṣīkeśoniyamenasamanvitaḥ  
varttate'dyāpitatraivamayāsahanasaṃśayaḥ

### [6.74.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.13-2)

bhrūṇahatyābālahatyāgohatyācaviśeṣataḥ  
yasyāḥsparśanamātreṇamucyatesarvakilbiṣāt

### [6.74.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.14-2)

brāhmaṇāḥkṣatriyāvaiśyāḥśūdrāścaivānyajātayaḥ  
sarvetevaivimucyaṃtedarśanādgaṃḍikāṃbunaḥ

### [6.74.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.15-2)

iyaṃveṇīsamāpuṇyāpāpināṃtuviśeṣataḥ  
mucyatebrahmahāyatraitareṣāṃtukākathā

### [6.74.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.16-2)

sarvadāsarvakāletuahaṃgacchāmipārvati  
tīrthānāṃtīrtharājo'yabrahmaṇābhāṣitaḥkila

### [6.74.17-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.17-2)

tatrasnānaṃcadānaṃcamunibhiḥparikalpitam  
āṣāḍhepuṇyakāletutatragacchāmisuṃdari

### [6.74.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.18-2)

māsaikavidhinācaivasnānaṃtatrakaromyaham  
tārakaṃtatraviśadaṃjapāmituniraṃtaram

### [6.74.19-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.19-2)

ato'havaiṣṇavojātoviṣṇukṣetreyatogataḥ  
viṣṇunānirmitaṃpūrvaṃkṣetraṃtattumahattaram

### [6.74.20-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.20-2)

vaiṣṇavānāṃcagatidaṃpāvanaṃparamaṃsmṛtam  
bhave'sminmānuṣejanmadurlabhaṃdevisarvadā

### [6.74.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.21-2)

durlabhaṃgaṇḍikātīrthaṃviṣṇukṣetraṃtudurlabham  
atohyāṣāḍhamāsetugaṃtavyaṃdvijasattamaiḥ

### [6.74.22-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.22-2)

tatragatvāviśeṣeṇaśaṃkhacakrādidhāraṇam  
karttavyaṃtudvijaśreṣṭhaiḥpavitraṃparamaṃsmṛtam

### [6.74.23-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.23-2)

śaṃkhatīrthaṃtuvāmevaidakṣiṇecakracihnitam  
dvijānāṃmuktidaṃproktaṃdhāritavyaṃprayatnataḥ

### [6.74.24-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.24-2)

brāhmaṇaiścaviśeṣeṇaśaṃkhacakrādidhāraṇaṃ  
dhṛtesatimahādevivaiṣṇavāstehimānavāḥ

### [6.74.25-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.25-2)

nagaṇḍikāsamaṃtīrthaṃnavrataṃdvādaśīsamam  
nadevaḥkeśavādanyobhūyobhūyovarānane

### [6.74.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26-2)

gaṃḍikāyāstumāhātmyaṃyeśṛṇvaṃtinarottamāḥ  
ihalokesukhaṃbhuktvāviṣṇulokehiyāṃtite

### [6.74.26-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.6.74.26-2.p1)

iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇepaṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃsaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍeumāpati nāradasaṃvādegaṃḍikātīrthamāhātmyaṃnāmapaṃcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (1)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.113.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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