shat apradh shaman vrat sudhanshu nirbhay eyah ek aisa vrat hai jo jivan men kie gae sau papon ke doshon ka parihar akele hi karta hai. bhagvan satyadev ki puja-archana karke is din vyakti samast papon se mukt hokar parivar samet sukh-samriddhipurn jivan vyatit karta hai. k bar raja ikshvaku ne apne parmpujya gurudev maharshi vashishth ji se prashn kiya- ‘he brahman ! ham lakh chahne ke bavjud bhule se bhi shatadhik papakarm to apne sanpurn jivan men kar hi lete hain jo mrityu uprant hamare evan uske uprant hamare vanshjon ke dukh ka karan bante hain. kya aisa koi vrat ya anushthan hai jiske karne se hamare sabhi pap mit jaen aur hamen mahafal ki prapti ho. tab brahmarshi vashishth ne kaha- he rajn! ek vrat aisa hai jise vidhipurvak karne se shatadhik papon ka shaman ho jata hai.’ raja ne kaha- ‘brahman! mujh par kripa karen aur sanpurn vidhan vistarpurvak bataen. yah bhi avashya bataen ki krit-akrit ye shat apradh kaun-kaun se hain.’ maharshi vashishth bole- ‘he mahabaho! ab ap dhyanpurvak is apradh-vivaran evan vidhi ke kathakram ko sunie. charon ashram men anasakt ho nastik vriÿia, hom adi karmon ka parityag, ashauch, nirdayata, lobhvriÿia, brahmacharyahinta, vratadi ka palan n karna, anna-dhan ya ashish ka kabhi dan n karna, amangal, kshamahinta, janpira, prapanch, vedninda, nastikta, kathorta, hinsa, chori, asatyavadita, indriyapraynta, krodh, dvesh, ishrya, danbh, pramad, katubhashan, shathta, mata, putra adi ke palan men anasakti, apujya ki puja, jap ke prati anasakti, panchayagya ke prati vimukhta, sandhya-havn-tarpan adi nitya karmon men anastha, rituhin stri se sansarg, parva adi men stri sahvas, par stri ke prati asakti, veshyagaman, pishunta, antyajsang, apatra ko dan, mata-pita ki seva n karna, puranon-smritiyon ka anadar karna, sabse jhagra karna, abhakshya bhakshan karna, bina vichare karya karna, stri droh, bharyasangrah, man par vijay n prapt karna, shastra ka tyag, vidya ki vismriti, rin vapas n dena, kamnasakti, bharya, kanya evan putra ka vikray, bilon men pani dalna, indhnarth vriksh katna, sarovr-talab adi ke jal ko dushit karna, yachna, svavriÿia ka tyag, vidya ka vikray, kumaitri, go-vadh, stri-vadh, mitra-vadh, bhuranahatya, parae ann evan shudrann ko grahan karna, paurohitya, shudra ka agnikarm karana, vidhivihin karm ka nishpadan, vidvan hokar bhi yachna karna, vachalta, pratigrah lena, shrotriyakarm aur sanskar ke prati anasakti svarn chori, surapan, brahm hatya, gurupatni se sansarg, patkiyon se sanbandh, art vyakti ka duahkh dur n karna adi apradh ki shreni men ate hanai. tatvagya vidvanon ne bhi in baton ke svikar kiya hai. atah in papon se mukt hone ke lie anagh prabhu bhagvan satyadev ki vrat puja karni chahie. apni priya lakshmi ke sath satyarup dhvaj par shobhayman bhagvan satyesh, jinke pata- 64, sukar kshetra, soron, eta (u. pra.) purva men vamdev, dakshin men nrisinh, pashchim men kapil, uÿar men varah evan udhrvasthan men achyut bhagvan sthit hain, jo apne bhakton ka sadaiv kalyan karte hain. shankh, chakra, gada v paù se yukt bhagvan satyadev jinki jaya, vijya, jayanti, papnashini, unmilni, vanjuli, trisprisha evan vivardhana ath shaktiyan hain, jinke agrabhag se ganga ka avirbhav hua hai, sadaiv bhakton ke vash men rahne vale hain. inki puja margashirsh se praranbh karke pratyek paksh ki dvadshi ko karni chahie. pratah nitya kriyaon ke uprant snan shuddhi karke bhagvan satyesh ki puja evan vrat ka sankalp karen. fir svarn ke ek ashtashakti rupi padmasan par sapatnik viraje hue bhagvan satyesh ki pratima banvaen. dudh se bhare hue ghare ke upar is pratima ko sthapit kar padm karnikaon par purvokt athon shaktiyon ka pujan karen. iske pashchat haripriya lakshmi sahit bhagvan satyadev ka shodshopchar pujan karen. fir brahman ko bhojan karakar tatha dravyadi dakshina dekar vida karen aur vrat ka samapan karen. varshaparyant donon pakshon men is vrat ka niyampurvak palan karen. vrat purn hone par udyapan karen. brahman devta se apne sabhi pap evan duahkhon ke shaman ki prarthana karen evan ashish len. fir us suvarn pratima ko brahman devta ko samarpit kar bhagvan vishnu ki prarthana karen- ‘‘krishn krishn prabho ram ram krishn vibho hare. trahi man sarvaduahkhebhyo ramya sah madhav.. puja cheyan maya daÿaa pitamah jagadgurau. grihan jagdishan narayan namo'stute..’’ ‘he rajn! brahma ji ne iske mahatva ko batate hue kaha hai ki yah vrat karne se anant v abhisht fal ki prapti hoti hai. tirth gaman aur vedadhyayan se jo punya fal prapt hota hai usse koti guna fal yah vrat karne se prapt hota hai. yah vrat karne vala svasth evan vidvan hota hai tatha dharm, arth, kam evan moksh prapt karta hai. use stri, santan tatha mitra ke purn sukh ke sath-sath anya sabhi sukhane ki prapti hoti hai.