Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 1
Vows of Hari and the Hundred Names of Suputra (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa): Ritual Metadata and Fruits of Japa
कुंजल उवाच । व्रतभेदान्प्रवक्ष्यामि यैर्यैश्चाराधितो हरिः । जया च विजया चैव जयंती पापनाशिनी
kuṃjala uvāca | vratabhedānpravakṣyāmi yairyaiścārādhito hariḥ | jayā ca vijayā caiva jayaṃtī pāpanāśinī
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Kuñjala
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: व्रतभेदान्प्रवक्ष्यामि = व्रतभेदान् + प्रवक्ष्यामि; यैर्यैश्चाराधितो = यैः + यैः + च + आराधितः; चैव = च + एव
FAQs
It introduces a teaching on different types of religious vows (vratas) specifically used to worship Hari (Viṣṇu), naming Jayā, Vijayā, and Jayantī.
Hari is a common epithet of Viṣṇu, indicating the deity being worshipped through these vratas.
It suggests disciplined devotional practice—undertaking vows as a structured means of worship—and frames such observances as purifying, with Jayantī explicitly described as “sin-destroying.”