Skandapurana 6.3.234.27_2

6.3.234.27_2

isa taraha se satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna ke vrata ko jo manuṣya karegā vaha sabhī prakāra ke pāpoṃ se chūṭakara mokṣa ko prāpta hogā. jo manuṣya isa vrata ko karegā vaha bhī sabhī dukhoṃ se mukta ho jāegā. sūta jī bole ki isa taraha se nārada jī se nārāyaṇa jī kā kahā huā śrīsatyanārāyaṇa vrata ko maine tumase kahā. he vipro ! maiṃ aba aura kyā kahūm̐? ṛṣi bole – he munivara ! saṃsāra meṃ usa vipra se sunakara aura kisa-kisa ne isa vrata ko kiyā, hama saba isa bāta ko sunanā cāhate haiṃ. isake lie hamāre mana meṃ śraddhā kā bhāva hai. sūta jī bole – he muniyoṃ ! jisa-jisa ne isa vrata ko kiyā hai, vaha saba suno .
eka samaya vahī vipra dhana va èśvarya ke anusāra apane baṃdhu-bām̐dhavoṃ ke sātha isa vrata ko karane ko taiyāra huā. usī samaya eka eka lakar̤ī becane vālā lakar̤ahār̤ā āyā aura lakar̤iyām̐ bāhara rakhakara aṃdara brāhmaṇa ke ghara meṃ gayā. pyāsa se dukhī vaha lakar̤ahārā brāhmaṇa ko vrata karate dekha vipra ko namaskāra kara pūchane lagā ki āpa yaha kyā kara rahe haiṃ tathā ise karane se kyā phala milegā? kṛpayā mujhe bhī batāem̐.brāhmaṇa ne kahā ki saba manokāmanāoṃ ko pūrā karane vālā yaha satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā vrata hai.inakī kṛpā se hī mere ghara meṃ dhana dhānya ādi kī vṛddhi huī hai.
vipra se satyanārāyaṇa vrata ke bāre meṃ jānakara lakar̤ahārā bahuta prasanna huā . caraṇāmṛta lekara va prasāda khāne ke bāda vaha apane ghara gayā. lakar̤ahāre ne apane mana meṃ saṃkalpa kiyā ki āja lakar̤ī becane se jo dhana milegā usī se śrīsatyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā uttama vrata karūm̐gā. mana meṃ isa vicāra ko le lakar̤ahārā sira para lakar̤iyām̐ rakha usa nagara meṃ becane gayā jahām̐ dhanī loga jyādā rahate the. usa nagara meṃ use apanī lakar̤iyoṃ kā dāma pahale se cāra gunā adhika milā .
lakar̤ahārā prasannatā ke sātha dāma lekara kele, śakkara, ghī, dūdha, dahī aura gehūm̐ kā āṭā le aura satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna ke vrata kī anya sāmagriyām̐ lekara apane ghara gayā. vahām̐ usane apane baṃdhu-bām̐dhavoṃ ko bulākara vidhi vidhāna se satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā pūjana aura vrata kiyā. isa vrata ke prabhāva se vaha būr̤hā lakar̤ahārā dhana putra ādi se yukta hokara saṃsāra ke samasta sukha bhoga aṃta kāla meṃ baikuṃṭha dhāma calā gayā.

In this manner, whatever man performs the observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa will be freed from all sins and attain liberation. Whatever man performs this observance will also be liberated from all sorrows.” Sūta said: “Thus have I related to you the observance of the blessed Lord Satyanārāyaṇa as told by Nārāyaṇa to Nārada. O vipras! What more shall I say now?” The seers said: “O best of sages! Hearing from that vipra, who else in the world performed this observance? We all desire to hear this matter; there is an attitude of faith in our minds for this.” Sūta said: “O sages! Listen to all those who performed this observance. / Once upon a time, that same vipra, according to his wealth and prosperity, prepared to perform this observance together with his kinsmen. At that very time, a woodcutter who sold wood arrived, placed his firewood outside, and entered the brahmin's house. Afflicted with thirst, seeing the brahmin performing the observance, that woodcutter bowed to the vipra and asked: ‘What are you doing, and what fruit is obtained by doing this? Please tell me as well.’ The brahmin said: ‘This is the observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa, which fulfills all desires. By his grace alone, wealth, grain, and the like have increased in my home.’ / Learning about the Satyanārāyaṇa observance from the vipra, the woodcutter became very delighted. Having taken the water sanctified by his feet and eaten the food offering, he went to his house. The woodcutter resolved in his mind: ‘Whatever wealth I receive today by selling wood, with that alone I will perform the excellent observance of the blessed Lord Satyanārāyaṇa.’ Holding this thought in his mind, placing firewood on his head, the woodcutter went to sell it in that city where wealthier people lived. In that city, he obtained four times more price for his firewood than before. / Joyfully taking the price, the woodcutter bought bananas, sugar, ghee, milk, yogurt, and wheat flour, and taking other materials for the observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa, he went home. There, having invited his kinsmen, he performed the worship and observance of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa according to the ritual injunctions. Through the power of this observance, that old woodcutter became endowed with wealth, sons, and the like, enjoyed all worldly happiness, and at the end of his life went to the realm of Vaikuṇṭha.”