vishay soochi
brahm vaivart puran
ganapatikhand : adhyay 5
punyak-vrat ki mahatmy-katha ka kathan shrinarayan kahate haian– narad! is prakar vrat ke vidhan ko sunakar durga ka man prasannata se khil utha. tatpashchat unhoanne apane svami shiv ji se divy evan shubhakarini vrat-katha ke vishay mean jijnasa prakat ki. shriparvati ji ne poochha– nath! yah vrat tatha isaka phal aur vidhan b da hi adbhut hai. bhala, kisane is vrat ko prakashit kiya hai? isaki shreshth katha ka varnan kijiye. shrimahadev ji bole– priye! manu ki patni shataroopa, jo putr ke duahkh se duahkhi thi, brahmalok mean akar brahma ji se boli. shataroopa ne kaha– brahman! ap jagat ka dharan-poshan karane vale tatha srishti ke karanoan ke bhi karan haian. atah ap mujhe yah batalane ki kripa karean ki kis upay se vandhya ko putr utpann ho sakata hai; kyoanki brahman! usaka janm, aishvary aur dhan sab nishphal hi hota hai. putravanoan ke ghar mean putr ke bina any kisi vastu ki shobha nahian hoti. tapasya aur dan se utpann hua puny janmantar mean sukhadayak hota hai, parantu putr pita ko (isi janm mean) sukh, moksh aur harsh pradan karata hai. nishchay hi putr ‘puth’ namak narak se raksha karane ka hetu hota hai. brahman! ap putratap se santapt huee mujh abala ko putr-prapti ka upay batala dean, tabhi kalyan hai; anyatha maian pati ke sath van mean chali jaooangi. ap praja ko dharan karane vali prithvi, dhan, aishvary aur rajy adi grahan kijiye; kyoanki tat! ham donoan putrahinoan ko putr ke bina in sabase kya prayojan hai? sakshat brahma ji se yoan kahakar shataroopa phoot-phootakar rudan karane lagi. tab usaki or dekhakar kripalu brahma ji ne kaha. brahma ji bole– vatse! jo samast aishvary adi ka karanaroop, sampoorn manorathoan ka data tatha shubhakarak hai, us sukhadayak putr-prapti ke upay ka varnan karata hooan, suno. suvrate! maghamas ke shuklapaksh ki trayodashi ke din shuddh kal mean sarvasv pradan karane vale shrikrishn ki aradhana karake is uttam punyak-vrat ka anushthan karana chahiye. kanvashakha mean is vrat ka varnan kiya gaya hai. ise poore varsh bhar tak karana chahiye. yah sari abhisht-siddhiyoan ka pradata tatha sampoorn vighnoan ka vinashak hai. vratakal mean vedokt dravyoan ka dan karana chahiye. shubhe! tum bhi is vrat ka anushthan karake vishnu ke saman parakrami putr prapt karo. |
tika tippani aur sandarbh
sanbandhit lekh
adhyay | vishay | prishth sankhya |