Skandapurana 6.3.235.51_3

6.3.235.51_3

he rājana ! bhaktibhāva se pūrṇa hokara āpa yaha kyā kara rahe haiṃ? maiṃ sunane kī icchā rakhatā hūm̐ to āpa mujhe batāem̐. rājā bolā – he sādhu ! apane baṃdhu-bām̐dhavoṃ ke sātha putrādi kī prāpti ke lie mahāśaktimāna śrīsatyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā vrata va pūjana kara rahā hūm̐. rājā ke vacana suna sādhu ādara se bolā – he rājana ! mujhe isa vrata kā sārā vidhāna kahie. āpake kathanānusāra maiṃ bhī isa vrata ko karum̐gā. merī bhī saṃtāna nahīṃ hai aura isa vrata ko karane se niścita rupa se mujhe saṃtāna kī prāpti hogī. rājā se vrata kā sārā vidhāna suna, vyāpāra se nivṛta ho vaha apane ghara gayā. sādhu vaiśya ne apanī patnī ko saṃtāna dene vāle isa vrata kā varṇana kaha sunāyā aura kahā ki jaba merī saṃtāna hogī taba maiṃ isa vrata ko karum̐gā.
sādhu ne isa taraha ke vacana apanī patnī līlāvatī se kahe. eka dina līlāvatī pati ke sātha ānandita ho sāṃsārika dharma meṃ pravṛta hokara satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kī kṛpā se garbhavatī ho gaī. dasaveṃ mahīne meṃ usake garbha se eka suṃdara kanyā ne janma liyā. dinoṃdina vaha èse bar̤hane lagī jaise ki śukla pakṣa kā caṃdramā bar̤hatā hai. mātā-pitā ne apanī kanyā kā nāma kalāvatī rakhā. eka dina līlāvatī ne mīṭhe śabdoṃ meṃ apane pati ko yāda dilāyā ki āpane satyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna ke jisa vrata ko karane kā saṃkalpa kiyā thā use karane kā samaya ā gayā hai, āpa isa vrata ko kariye. sādhu bolā ki he priye ! isa vrata ko maiṃ usake vivāha para karum̐gā.
isa prakāra apanī patnī ko āśvāsana dekara vaha nagara ko calā gayā. kalāvatī pitā ke ghara meṃ raha vṛddhi ko prāpta ho gaī. sādhu ne eka bāra nagara meṃ apanī kanyā ko sakhiyoṃ ke sātha dekhā to turaṃta hī dūta ko bulāyā aura kahā ki merī kanyā ke yogya vara dekha kara āo. sādhu kī bāta sunakara dūta kaṃcanapura nagara meṃ pahuṃcā aura vahām̐ dekhabhāla kara lar̤akī ke suyogya vāṇika putra ko le āyā. suyogya lar̤ake ko dekha sādhu ne baṃdhu-bām̐dhavoṃ ko bulākara apanī putrī kā vivāha kara diyā.
lekina durbhāgya kī bāta ye ki sādhu ne abhī bhī śrīsatyanārāyaṇa bhagavāna kā vrata nahīṃ kiyā. isa para śrī bhagavāna krodhita ho gae aura śrāpa diyā ki sādhu ko atyadhika dukha mile. apane kārya meṃ kuśala sādhu baniyā jamāī ko lekara samudra ke pāsa sthita hokara ratnāsārapura nagara meṃ gayā. vahām̐ jākara dāmāda-sasura donoṃ milakara candraketu rājā ke nagara meṃ vyāpāra karane lage.

"O King! Filled with devotion, what is this that you are performing? I wish to hear, so please tell me."
The king said, "O Sādhu! Together with my kinsmen, I am performing the vow and worship of the almighty Lord Satyanārāyaṇa to obtain sons and other blessings."
Hearing the king's words, Sādhu respectfully said, "O King! Tell me the entire ritual procedure of this vow. In accordance with your instruction, I too will observe this vow. I also have no offspring, and by performing this vow I will certainly attain offspring."
Having heard the entire ritual procedure of the vow from the king, he retired from his business and went to his house. The merchant Sādhu recounted to his wife this vow that grants offspring, and said, "When I have a child, then I will perform this vow."
Sādhu spoke such words to his wife Līlāvatī. One day, Līlāvatī, rejoicing with her husband and engaging in conjugal duty, became pregnant by the grace of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa. In the tenth month, a beautiful girl was born from her womb. Day by day she began to grow like the moon in the bright fortnight. The parents named their daughter Kalāvatī.
One day, Līlāvatī reminded her husband in sweet words, "The time has arrived to perform that vow of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa which you had resolved to perform; please observe this vow." Sādhu said, "O beloved! I will perform this vow at the time of her marriage."
Having thus reassured his wife, he went to the city. Remaining in her father's house, Kalāvatī reached maturity. Sādhu, once seeing his daughter in the city with her female companions, immediately summoned a messenger and said, "Go and look for a suitable bridegroom for my daughter."
Hearing Sādhu's words, the messenger reached the city of Kāñcanapura, and having searched there, brought back a suitable merchant's son for the girl. Seeing the worthy boy, Sādhu invited his kinsmen and gave his daughter in marriage.
Yet, unfortunately, Sādhu still did not perform the vow of Lord Satyanārāyaṇa. At this, the blessed Lord became angry and cursed him so that Sādhu should suffer extreme sorrow. Sādhu the merchant, skilled in his enterprise, took his son-in-law and went near the sea to the city of Ratnasārapura. Going there, both son-in-law and father-in-law began doing trade together in the city of King Candraketu.