प्रणम्य तुलसीदेवीं सागरोत्क्रमणं कृतम्। कृतकार्यः प्रहृष्टश्च हनूमान्पुनरागतः
Having bowed to the goddess Tulasī, Hanumān crossed the ocean; his task accomplished and delighted, he returned again.
तुलसीग्रहणं कृत्वा विमुक्तो याति पातकैः। अथवा मुनिशार्दूल ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
By taking Tulasī, one is freed from sins; or, O best of sages, even the sin of killing a brāhmaṇa is dispelled.
तुलसीपत्रगलितं यस्तोयं शिरसा वहेत्। गंगास्नानमवाप्नोति दशधेनुफलप्रदम्
Whoever carries on their head water that has washed a leaf of tulasī attains the merit of bathing in the Gaṅgā, which bestows the fruit of ten cows.
प्रसीद देवि देवेशि प्रसीद हरिवल्लभे। क्षीरोदमथनोद्भूते तुलसि त्वां नमाम्यहम्
Be gracious, O goddess, O queen of the gods, be gracious, beloved of Hari, born from the churning of the milk ocean; O tulasī, I bow to you.
द्वादश्यां जागरे रात्रौ यः पठेत्तुलसीस्तवम्। द्वात्रिंशदपराधांश्च क्षमते तस्य केशवः
Whoever recites the hymn to tulasī during the night vigil on the twelfth day (dvādaśī), Keśava forgives his thirty-two offenses.
यत्पापं यौवने बाल्ये कौमारे वार्द्धके कृतम्। तत्सर्वं विलयं याति तुलसीस्तव पाठतः
Whatever sin has been committed in youth, childhood, adolescence, or old age—all of it is destroyed by reciting the hymn to tulasī.
प्रीतिमायाति देवेशस्तुष्टो लक्ष्मीं प्रयच्छति। कुरुते शत्रुनाशं च सुखं विद्यां प्रयच्छति
The Lord of gods becomes pleased, grants prosperity, destroys enemies, bestows happiness and knowledge.
तुलसीनाममात्रेण देवा यच्छंति वांछितम्। गर्ह्याणमपि देवेशो मुक्तिं यच्छति देहिनाम्
By merely uttering the name of tulasī, the gods grant what is desired; even to the blameworthy, the Lord of gods grants liberation to embodied beings.
तुलसी स्तवसंतुष्टा सुखं वृद्धिं ददाति च। उद्गतं हेलया विद्धि पापं यमपथे स्थितम्
Satisfied by the hymn to tulasī, she gives happiness and increase; know that sin committed carelessly is stationed on the path to Yama.
यस्मिन्गृहे च लिखितो विद्यते तुलसीस्तवः। नाशुभं विद्यते तस्य शुभमाप्नोति निश्चितम्
In whatever house the hymn to tulasī is written and present, there is no misfortune; surely, auspiciousness is attained.
सर्वं च मंगलं तस्य नास्ति किंचिदमंगलम्। सुभिक्षं सर्वदा तस्य धनं धान्यं च पुष्कलम्
All good fortune belongs to that person; there is nothing inauspicious. He always has abundance, wealth, and grain in plenty.
निश्चला केशवे भक्तिर्न वियोगश्च वैष्णवैः। जीवति व्याधिनिर्मुक्तो नाधर्मे जायते मतिः
Unwavering devotion to Keśava, and no separation from Vaiṣṇavas; while living, he is free from disease, and his mind does not incline toward unrighteousness.
द्वादश्यां जागरे रात्रौ यः पठेत्तुलसीस्तवम्। तीर्थकोटिसहस्रैस्तु यत्फलं लक्षकोटिभिः
Whoever recites the hymn to tulasī during the night vigil on the twelfth day attains the fruit that comes from a hundred thousand crores of holy pilgrimages.
तत्फलं समवाप्नोति पठित्वा तुलसीस्तवम्
That very fruit is obtained by reciting the hymn to tulasī.
इति श्रीपाद्मपुराणे प्रथमे सृष्टिखंडे तुलसीस्तवमाहात्म्यं नामैकषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Padma Purāṇa, in the first section on creation, the sixty-first chapter named 'The Greatness of the Hymn to Tulasī' is concluded.
द्विषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 1.62 द्विजाऊचुः- मज्जनादखिलं पापं क्षयं यांति सुनिश्चितम्। महापातकमन्यच्च तदादेशं वदस्व नः
The twice-born said: By bathing, all sin is certainly destroyed, including great sins and others; instruct us accordingly.
पापात्पूतोऽक्षयं नाकमश्नुते दिवि शक्रवत्। सुरयोनेर्न हानिः स्यादुपदेशं वदस्व नः
Purified from sin, one attains imperishable heaven like Indra; there is no loss of divine birth—please give us this teaching.
अत्र भोग्यं परं सर्वं मृते स्वर्गे सुरोत्तमः। कलिपापहतानां च स्वर्गसोपानमुच्यते
Here, all supreme enjoyments are available; after death, heaven, O best of gods. For those afflicted by the sins of Kali, it is called the stairway to heaven.
व्यास उवाच- गतिं चिंतयतां विप्रास्तूर्णं सामान्यजन्मनाम्। स्त्रीपुंसामीक्षणाद्यस्माद्गंगा पापं व्यपोहति
Vyāsa said: For those who contemplate their future path, O brāhmaṇas, the Gaṅgā removes sin from men and women, even by a mere glance.
गंगेति स्मरणादेव क्षयं याति च पातकम्। कीर्तनादतिपापानि दर्शनाद्गुरुकल्मषम्
By merely remembering the word 'Gaṅgā', sin is destroyed; by singing her praise, even great sins, and by seeing her, the gravest impurities.
स्नानात्पानाच्च जाह्नव्यां पितॄणां तर्पणात्तथा। महापातकवृंदानि क्षयं यांति दिनेदिने
By bathing and drinking in the Jahnavi, and by offering libations to the ancestors there, even the greatest clusters of sins are destroyed day by day.
अग्निना दह्यते तूलं तृणं शुष्कं क्षणाद्यथा। तथा गंगाजलस्पर्शात्पुंसां पापं दहेत्क्षणात्
Just as cotton and dry grass are burned instantly by fire, so too is a person's sin burned at once by the touch of Ganga's water.
संप्राप्नोत्यक्षयं स्वर्गं गंगास्नानेन केशवम्। यशो राज्यं लभेत्पुण्यें स्वर्गमंते परां गतिम्
By bathing in the Ganga, one attains imperishable heaven and reaches Keshava; through merit, one gains fame, sovereignty, and at the end of life, the highest state.
पितॄनुद्दिश्य गंगायां यस्तु पिंडं प्रयच्छति। विधिना वाक्यपूर्वेण तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
He who, with proper words and ritual, offers a rice-ball for the ancestors in the Ganga—listen to the fruit of merit that comes to him.
अन्नैकेन तु साहस्रं वर्षं पूज्यः सुरालये। तिलेन द्विगुणं विद्धि तथा मेध्यफलेन च
By a single offering of food, he is honored in the abode of the gods for a thousand years; with sesame, know that the result is doubled, and likewise with pure offerings.
गव्येन विधिना विप्राः स्वर्गस्यांतो न विद्यते। एवं पिंडप्रदानेन नित्यं क्रतुशतं भवेत्
By offering cow's milk according to rule, O Brahmins, there is no end to heaven; thus, by giving the rice-ball, it is as if he performs a hundred sacrifices daily.
पितरो निरयस्था ये धन्यास्ते मर्त्यवासिनः। धनपुत्रयुतारोग्यं सुखसंमानपूजिताः
Those ancestors who dwell in hell become fortunate among mortals, endowed with wealth, sons, health, happiness, honor, and respect.
रसातलगता ये च ये च कीटा महीतले। स्थावरे पक्षिसंघादौ ते मर्त्या धनिनो नृपाः
Those who have gone to the netherworld, and those who are insects on earth, among immobile beings and flocks of birds—these mortals become wealthy kings.
तत्तत्पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च गोत्रैर्दौहित्रकैस्तथा। जामातृभागिनेयैश्च सुहृन्मित्रैः प्रियाप्रियैः
By sons, grandsons, kinsmen, daughters' sons, sons-in-law, maternal relatives, friends, and both dear and not dear ones,
प्रदीयते जलं पिंडं यथोपकरणान्वितम्। गंगातोयेषु तीरेषु तेषां स्वर्गोऽक्षयो भवेत्
When water and rice-balls are offered with proper implements on the banks and in the waters of the Ganga, for them, heaven becomes inexhaustible.