यथा हरेर्भीतिभयेन नागा नश्यंति सर्वे निचयास्तथैव । नूनं रवौ मेषगते विभाति स्नानेन तीर्थे च हरिस्तवेन
Just as, out of fear of Hari, all the hosts of serpents perish, so certainly, when the sun enters Aries, by bathing at a holy place and praising Hari, sin is dispelled.
तेजसा वैनतेयस्य पन्नगा इव पातकाः । विद्रवंति च वैशाखस्नानेनोषसि निश्चितम्
By the radiance of Garuḍa, serpents flee; in the same way, sins surely scatter at dawn by bathing in Vaiśākha.
तस्माद्देयापि भूपाल दिव्यादेवी पुनः स्वयम् । कृत्वा वैशाखश्रवणं श्रुत्वा पापहरं स्तवम्
Therefore, O king, give Divyādevī again of your own accord, after performing the Vaiśākha observance and hearing the sin-destroying hymn.
भवित्री भर्तुः संयोगसुखसंभोगभागिनी । सुदेवोऽपि स जातोस्ति पांड्यदेशाधिपो बली
She will become a partner in the joy of union with her husband; and Sudeva, the powerful lord of the Pāṇḍya land, will be born.
वैशाखमासि रेवायां स्नानपुण्येन भूपते । तस्मा एव सुतां देहि विशुद्धां स्नानतस्तथा
O king, by the merit of bathing in the Revā during the month of Vaiśākha, therefore give your purified daughter, cleansed by that bath.
माधवस्य पुनः स्तोत्रं श्रवणान्माधवस्य च । संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यो विचित्रं पश्य भूपते
Again, by hearing the hymn of Mādhava and of Mādhava himself, there should be no doubt here; see this wonder, O king.
इहामुत्रफलं तस्य समाख्यं पुण्यकर्मणः । नारद उवाच- इत्याकर्ण्यैव मुदितो राजा तमखिलं ततः
Here and hereafter, the fruit of that meritorious act is proclaimed. Nārada said: Hearing this, the king rejoiced and then did all that.
कारयामास तां पुत्रीं जातूकर्णोदितं विधिम् । वीरसेनेन तेनैव पांड्यदेशाधिपेन सा
He caused his daughter to perform the rite prescribed by Jātūkarṇa; and she was given by Vīrasena, the lord of the Pāṇḍya land.
पुराजन्मैकसुहृदा दिव्यादेवी विवाहिता । बुभुजे भूरिविषयांश्चिरं सुचरितव्रता
In a former birth, Divyādevī was married to Vīrasena, her one true friend, and she enjoyed many realms for a long time, steadfast in good vows.
वीरेसेनेन सुहृदा पूर्वजन्मकृतेन च । एतत्ते किंचिदाख्यातमंबरीष समासतः
With Vīrasena, her friend from a former life, and by the deeds of her previous birth as well—thus a little has been told to you, Ambarīṣa, in summary.
वैशाखस्नानमाहात्म्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमर्हसि
What more do you wish to hear about the greatness of bathing in Vaiśākha?
इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखंडे वैशाखमासमाहात्म्ये चित्रोपाख्याने। त्रिनवतितमोऽध्यायः
Thus ends the ninety-third chapter in the story of Citropākhyāna, concerning the greatness of the month of Vaiśākha, in the Pātāla section of the glorious Padma Purāṇa.
अंबरीष उवाच- पापप्रशमनं स्तोत्रं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तद्विभो । यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण पापराशिर्विलीयते
Ambarīṣa said: O Lord, I wish to hear that hymn which removes sin, by merely hearing which a mass of sin is dissolved.
धन्योऽस्म्यनुगृहीतोऽस्मि श्रावितोऽस्मि शुभं विधिम् । विकर्मोपार्जितं यस्य श्रवणादेव हीयते
I am blessed, I am favored, I have been taught the auspicious rite, by hearing which even the sin acquired by wrong deeds is diminished.
चित्रं किमत्र मधुसूदन दैवतस्य मासस्य पुण्यसवनैरिह माधवस्य । स्नानैरवश्यविहितैरघराशिनाशः स्याद्यस्य नामपठनादपि तस्य लोकः
O Madhusudana, what wonder is there in this, that in the holy month of Madhava, by the prescribed sacred baths, the destruction of heaps of sin surely occurs; and even by reciting his name, one attains that world.
तदेव पुण्यं परमं पवित्रं हृद्यं च लोके सुकृतैकलभ्यम् । यदुच्यते केशवनामधेयं मन्ये मुने माधवमासि भव्यम्
That alone is the supreme, pure, and delightful merit in this world, attainable only by the virtuous, which is spoken of as the name of Keshava; this, O sage, I consider the auspicious essence of the month of Madhava.
धन्यास्तु ते माधवमासि नाम स्मरंति येऽहो मधुसूदनस्य । तस्यैव मे किंचिदहो चरित्रं पुनः पवित्रं वद विश्वजन्यम्
Blessed indeed are those who remember the name of Madhava in this month, O slayer of Madhu; tell me again, I pray, some portion of his deeds, that are pure and the source of the universe.
सूत उवाच- वचः समाकर्ण्य हरिप्रियस्य प्रीतो मुनिस्तस्य नृपोत्तमस्य । स माधवस्नानसमुत्सुकोऽपि कथारसेनाह स माधवस्य
Suta said: Hearing the words of the devotee of Hari, the delighted sage spoke to that best of kings, though eager for the bath of Madhava month, being absorbed in the nectar of tales about Madhava.
नारद उवाच- सत्यं महीपाल मिथो मुकुंदकथारसालापविधिर्विशुद्धः । त्वया समं माधवमासधर्मस्नानाधिकोऽयं हरिदैवतेन
Narada said: Truly, O king, the pure exchange of stories about Mukunda between us surpasses even the merit of bathing in the holy month of Madhava, being sanctified by Hari himself.
जीवितं यस्य धर्मार्थं धर्मो हर्यर्थमेव च । अहोरात्राणि पुण्यार्थं तं मन्ये वैष्णवं भुवि
He whose life is devoted to righteousness and to the purpose of Hari, who spends his days and nights for the sake of merit—I consider him a true Vaishnava on earth.
किंचिद्वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्वैशाखस्नानजं फलम् । अस्मत्पितापि नो वक्तुमलं विस्तरतोऽखिलम्
I will tell you, O king, a little of the fruit that comes from bathing in the month of Vaishakha; even my father was not able to describe it all in detail.
यत्र मज्जनमात्रेण प्रेता मुक्तिमुपागताः । माधवे मासि ते पापा नर्मदासलिले परे
By merely bathing there, in the waters of the Narmada during the month of Madhava, even the departed, stained by sin, attained liberation.
पुरातीर्थप्रसंगेन भ्रमन्कोपि महीसुरः । मुनिशर्मेति विख्यातो धर्मात्मा सत्यवाञ्छुचिः
Once, while wandering in connection with ancient holy places, a certain noble sage, renowned as Munisharma, righteous, truthful, and pure, was traveling.
युक्तः शमदमाभ्यां च क्षांतिसंतोषसंयुतः । युक्तः स पितृकार्येषु श्रुतिस्मृतिविधानवान्
He was endowed with self-control and restraint, patience and contentment, diligent in ancestral rites, and versed in the injunctions of the scriptures and tradition.
युक्तो मधुरवाक्येषु संयुक्तो हरिपूजने । युक्तो वैष्णवसंसर्गे त्रिकालज्ञानवान्मुनिः
He was skilled in gentle speech, devoted to the worship of Hari, associated with Vaishnavas, and a sage possessing knowledge of the three times.
स्वकर्मणि रतो धीरो हृदयालुः प्रियाप्रियः । दयालुरतिमेधावी तत्त्वविद्ब्राह्मणप्रियः
Steadfast in his own duties, courageous, compassionate, impartial to friend and foe, merciful, highly intelligent, a knower of truth, and dear to the Brahmanas.
माधवे मासि रेवायां स्नानार्थं प्रतिसंचरन् । अग्रतः पंचपुरुषान्ददर्शातीव दुःखितान्
While journeying along the Reva for the purpose of bathing in the month of Madhava, he saw ahead five men, greatly afflicted.
परस्परमसंसर्गकारिणः कृष्णविग्रहान् । वटच्छायामुपाश्रित्य समासीनानवस्थितान्
They avoided contact with each other, had dark forms, and, taking shelter under the shade of a banyan tree, sat there, unsettled.
पश्यंतो दिक्षु सर्वासु दुरितोद्विग्नचेतसः । तानालोक्य द्विजश्रेष्ठश्चिंतयामास विस्मितः
Looking in all directions, their minds disturbed by misfortune, the best of twice-born, seeing them, wondered in amazement.
अत्रैते के नरा भीता विपिने दीनचेष्टिताः । चौरा वा विकृताकारा दृश्यंते संगभागिनः
Who are these men here, fearful and behaving wretchedly in the forest? Are they thieves, or deformed in appearance, seen together?