बंधु दौहित्र पुत्राद्यैः स्वयं भुंजीत वाग्यतः । अनेन विधिना राजन्कुरुव्रतमतंद्रितः
Together with relatives, grandsons, sons, and others, or by oneself with controlled speech, one should partake; by this method, O King, one should observe the vow with diligence.
विष्णुलोकं प्रयास्यंति पितरस्तव भूपते । इत्युक्त्वा नृपतिं राजन्मुनिरंतरधीयत
By this, your ancestors, O King, will go to the world of Viṣṇu; having said this, the sage vanished from the presence of the king.
यथोक्त विधिना राजा चकार व्रतमुत्तमम् । अंतःपुरेण सहितः पुत्रभृत्य समन्वितः
The king, as instructed, performed the excellent vow together with his inner household, accompanied by sons and attendants.
कृते व्रते तु कौंतेय पुष्पवृष्टिरभूद्दिवः । तत्पिता गरुडारूढो जगाम हरिमंदिरम्
When the vow was completed, O son of Kuntī, there was a shower of flowers from the sky; his father, mounted on Garuḍa, went to the abode of Hari.
इंद्रसेनोऽपिराजर्षिः कृत्वा राज्यमकंटकम् । राज्ये निवेश्य तनयं जगाम त्रिदिवं स्वयम्
King Indrasena, having ruled his kingdom without trouble, installed his son on the throne and himself ascended to heaven.
इंदिरा व्रत माहात्म्यं तवाग्रे कथितं मया । पठनाच्छ्रवणाद्राजन् सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
The greatness of the Indirā vow has been told to you by me; by reading or hearing it, O King, one is freed from all sins.
भुक्त्वेह निखिलान्भोगान् विष्णुलोके वसेच्चिरम्
Having enjoyed all pleasures here, one dwells for a long time in the world of Viṣṇu.
इति श्रीपाद्मेमहापुराणे पंचपंचाशत्साहस्र्यांसंहितायाम् उत्तरखंडे । उमापतिनारदसंवादे आश्विनकृष्णेंदिरैकादशीनामाष्टपंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Padma Mahāpurāṇa, in the section of fifty-five thousand verses, Uttarakhaṇḍa, in the dialogue between Umāpati and Nārada, this is the fifty-eighth chapter named 'The Indirā Ekādaśī of the dark fortnight of Āśvina.'
युधिष्ठिर उवाच- कथयस्व प्रसादेन ममाग्रे मधुसूदन । इषस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु किं नामैकादशीभवेत्
Yudhiṣṭhira said: By your grace, O Madhusūdana, please tell me before me, what is the name of the Ekādaśī that occurs in the bright fortnight of Īṣa month?
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच- शृणुराजेंद्र वक्ष्यामि माहात्म्यं पाप नाशनम् । शुक्लपक्षे चाश्विनस्य भवेदेकादशी तु या
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Hear, O king, I will tell you the greatness that destroys sins; the Ekādaśī that occurs in the bright fortnight of Āśvina.
पापांकुशेति विख्याता सर्वपापहरा परा । पद्मनाभाभिधानं मां पूजयेत्तत्र मानवः
It is renowned as Pāpāṅkuśā, supreme remover of all sins; on that day, a person should worship me, Padmanābha.
सर्वाभीष्ट फलं प्राप्तौ स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदं नृणाम् । तपस्तप्त्वा पुनस्तीव्रं चिरं सुनियतेन्द्रियः
By attaining all desired results, it grants heaven and liberation to people; even after performing severe austerity for a long time with well-controlled senses,
यत्फलं समवाप्नोति तन्न त्वा गरुडध्वजम् । कृत्वापि बहुशःपापं नरो मोह समन्वितः
The fruit thus obtained is not equal to that gained by worshipping me, Garuḍa-bannered one, even if a person, deluded, has committed many sins.
न याति नरकं नत्वा सर्वपापहरं हरिम् । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च
He does not go to hell, having bowed to Hari, the remover of all sins; all the holy places and sacred shrines on earth,
तानि सर्वाण्यवाप्नोति विष्णोर्नामानुकीर्त्तनात् । देवं शार्ङ्गधरं विष्णुं ये प्रपन्ना जनार्दनम्
All these are attained by reciting the names of Viṣṇu; those who take refuge in Viṣṇu, the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, Janārdana,
न तेषां यमलोकस्य यातना जायते क्वचित् । उपोष्यैकादशीमेकां प्रसंगेनापि मानवः । न याति यातनां यामीं पापं कृत्वापि दारुणम्
For them, there is never any torment of Yama's realm; even by observing Ekādaśī once, incidentally, a person does not go to Yama's torment, even after committing terrible sin.
वैष्णवः पुरुषो भूत्वा शिवनिंदां करोति यः । न विंदेद्वैष्णवं लोकं स याति नरकं ध्रुवम्
Whoever, being a devotee of Vishnu, speaks ill of Shiva, does not attain the world of Vishnu and certainly goes to hell.
शैवः पाशुपतो भूत्वा विष्णुनिंदां करोति चेत् । रौरवे पच्यते घोरे यावदिन्द्राश्चतुर्दश
If someone, being a devotee of Shiva or Pashupati, speaks ill of Vishnu, he is cooked in the dreadful hell called Raurava for as long as the fourteen Indras reign.
नेदृशं पावनं किंचित्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते । यादृशं पद्मनाभस्य व्रतं पातकनाशनम्
There is nothing in the three worlds as purifying as the vow of Padmanabha, which destroys sins.
तावत्पापानि देहेऽस्मिन्तिष्ठंति मनुजाधिपम् । यावन्नोपवसेज्जंतुः पद्मनाभदिनं शुभम्
Sins remain in a person's body, O king of men, until he observes the auspicious day of fasting for Padmanabha.
अश्वमेधसहस्राणि राजसूयशतानि च । एकादश्युपवासस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
A thousand Ashvamedha sacrifices and a hundred Rajasuya sacrifices do not equal even a sixteenth part of the merit of fasting on Ekadashi.
एकादशीसमं किंचिद्व्रतं लोके न विद्यते । व्याजेनापि कृता यैश्च न ते यांति हि भास्करिम्
There is no vow in the world equal to Ekadashi; even if performed with some pretense, those who observe it do not go to the sun's realm.
स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदा ह्येषा शरीरारोग्यदायिनी । कलत्रसुतदा ह्येषा धनमित्रप्रदायिनी
This vow bestows heaven and liberation, grants health to the body, gives a spouse and children, and also bestows wealth and friends.
न गंगा न गया राजन्न च काशी च पुष्करम् । न चापि कौरवं क्षेत्रं पुण्यं भूप हरेर्दिनात्
O king, neither the Ganga, nor Gaya, nor Kashi, nor Pushkara, nor even the Kuru field is as holy as the day of Hari.
रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा समुपोष्य हरेर्दिनम् । अनायासेन भूपाल प्राप्यते वैष्णवं पदम्
By keeping vigil at night and fasting on the day of Hari, O protector of the earth, the Vaishnava abode is attained without difficulty.
दशैव मातृके पक्षे राजेंद्र दश पैतृके । प्रियाया दशपक्षे तु पुरुषानुद्धरेन्नरः
By observing ten fasts for the maternal side, ten for the paternal side, and ten for the beloved's side, a man uplifts his ancestors.
चतुर्भुजा दिव्यरूपा नागारिकृतकेतनाः । स्रग्विणः पीतवस्त्राश्च प्रयांति हरिमंदिरम्
With four arms, divine forms, adorned with garlands and yellow garments, they go to the abode of Hari, having made the serpent their dwelling.
बालत्वे यौवनत्वे च वृद्धत्वे च नृपोत्तम । उपोष्यैकादशीं नूनं नैव प्राप्नोति दुर्गतिम्
O best of kings, whether in childhood, youth, or old age, one who surely observes Ekadashi never meets with misfortune.
पापांकुशामुपोष्यैव आश्विनस्य सिते नरः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो हरिलोकं स गच्छति
By fasting on Pāpāṅkuśā Ekadashi in the bright fortnight of Ashvina, a man becomes free from all sins and goes to the world of Hari.
दत्त्वा हेमतिलान्भूमिं गामन्नमुदकं तथा । उपानच्छत्रवस्त्रादीन्न पश्यति यमं नरः
By giving gold, sesame, land, cows, food, and water, as well as shoes, umbrellas, and garments, a man does not see Yama.