Skandapurana 6.3.234.27_1

6.3.234.27_1

"anuvāda:-
sūta jī bole – he ṛṣiyoṃ! jisane pahale samaya meṃ isa vrata ko kiyā thā usakā itihāsa kahatā hūm̐, dhyāna se suno! suṃdara kāśīpurī nagarī meṃ eka atyaṃta nirdhana brāhmaṇa rahatā thā. bhūkha pyāsa se pareśāna vaha dharatī para ghūmatā rahatā thā. brāhmaṇoṃ se prema karane vāle bhagavāna ne eka dina brāhmaṇa kā veśa dhāraṇa kara usake pāsa jākara pūchā – he vipra! nitya dukhī hokara tuma pṛthvī para kyūm̐ ghūmate ho? dīna brāhmaṇa bolā – maiṃ nirdhana brāhmaṇa hūm̐. bhikṣā ke lie dharatī para ghūmatā hūm̐.
he bhagavan ! yadi āpa isakā koī upāya jānate ho to kṛpākara batāie. vṛddha brāhmaṇa kahatā hai ki satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna manovāṃchita phala dene vāle haiṃ isalie tuma unakā pūjana karo. ise karane se manuṣya sabhī dukhoṃ se mukta ho jātā hai. vṛddha brāhmaṇa banakara āe satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna usa nirdhana brāhmaṇa ko vrata kā sārā vidhāna batākara antardhāna ho gae. brāhmaṇa mana hī mana socane lagā ki jisa vrata ko vṛddha brāhmaṇa karane ko kaha gayā hai maiṃ use avaśya karūm̐gā. yaha niścaya karane ke bāda use rāta meṃ nīm̐da nahīṃ āī.
vaha savere uṭhakara satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna ke vrata kā niścaya kara bhikṣā ke lie calā gayā. usa dina nirdhana brāhmaṇa ko bhikṣā meṃ bahuta dhana milā. jisase usane baṃdhu-bām̐dhavoṃ ke sātha milakara śrī satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā vrata saṃpanna kiyā. bhagavāna satyanārāyaṇa kā vrata saṃpanna karane ke bāda vaha nirdhana brāhmaṇa sabhī dukhoṃ se chūṭa gayā aura aneka prakāra kī saṃpattiyoṃ se yukta ho gayā. usī samaya se yaha brāhmaṇa hara māha isa vrata ko karane lagā.

Translation:— / Sūta said: “O seers! I shall relate the history of the one who performed this observance in earlier times; listen attentively! In the beautiful city of Kāśī, there lived an exceedingly poor brahmin. Distressed by hunger and thirst, he constantly wandered about the earth. The Lord, who is fond of brahmins, assumed the disguise of a brahmin one day, approached him, and asked: ‘O vipra! Why do you wander upon the earth, constantly miserable?’ The destitute brahmin replied: ‘I am a poor brahmin. I wander the earth for alms. / O venerable one! If you know any remedy for this, please tell me.’ The old brahmin said: ‘Lord Satyanārāyaṇa grants desired fruits; therefore, you should worship him. By doing this, a man is freed from all miseries.’ Lord Satyanārāyaṇa, having come disguised as the old brahmin, explained the entire procedure of the observance to that poor brahmin and disappeared. The brahmin began to think to himself: ‘The observance that the old brahmin told me to do, I shall certainly perform.’ Having made this resolve, he could not sleep at night. / Getting up in the morning, having resolved upon the observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa, he went out for alms. On that day, the poor brahmin received much wealth in alms. Gathering together with his kinsmen, he completed the observance of the blessed Lord Satyanārāyaṇa. After completing the observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa, that poor brahmin was freed from all afflictions and endowed with various kinds of riches. From that time onward, this brahmin began to perform this observance every month.